| Jump, Jive an' Wail | |
| Type: | song |
| Artist: | Louis Prima |
| Album: | The Wildest! |
| Length: | 3:28 |
| Label: | Capitol Records |
"Jump, Jive an' Wail" is a 1956 jazz swing song by Louis Prima.[1] [2] It first appeared on his album The Wildest! and became one of his signature songs.[3]
Keely Smith, Prima's wife at that time, was one of the backup singers on the song. The song had a resurgence in popularity during the swing revival in the late 1990s.[4]
| Jump Jive An' Wail | |
| Cover: | The_Brian_Setzer_Orchestra_-_Jump_Jive_an_Wail_Cover.jpg --> |
| Type: | Single |
| Artist: | The Brian Setzer Orchestra |
| Album: | The Dirty Boogie |
| Released: | August 1998 |
| Length: | 2:53 |
| Label: | Interscope Records |
The Brian Setzer Orchestra covered the song on their 1998 album The Dirty Boogie.[5] In 1999, Setzer's cover won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 41st Grammy Awards. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy covered the song on their 2017 album Louie, Louie, Louie album - a tribute to Louis Prima, Louis Jordan, and Louis Armstrong.