The Jumpin' Jive") is a famous jazz/swing composition, written by Cab Calloway, Frank Froeba, and Jack Palmer.
[2][1][3] Calloway performs the song with his orchestra and the Nicholas Brothers in the 1943 musical film Stormy Weather.
The album, originally conceived as "a few pub gigs for a laugh," also featured other jump-blues tracks, including Calloway's "We the Cats (Shall Hep Ya).
[6] It has been recorded notably by Benny Goodman, The Andrews Sisters, Glenn Miller, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.
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