Benny Goodman, Martha Tilton - AND THE ANGELS SING

Leaning a bit into the Christmas spirit... albeit without the "Hark the Herald..." part.

This was a Number One hit in 1939 for the Benny Goodman Band, so when he says here you could hear it everywhere back then, it was not hype.

Squirrel Nut Zippers "Suits Are Picking Up the Bill " Music Video

One of my favorite neo-swing bands, in the tradition of old-school jazz as well as contemporary groups like "The Cherry-Popping Daddies" and the dirty boogie sound of the former Stray Cat Brian Setzer group. Here's the lowdown on them, from Wikipedia:
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The band was founded by James "Jimbo" Mathus, formerly of Metalflake Mother and Johnny Vomit & The Dry Heaves, and his then-wife Katharine Whalen in Carrboro, North Carolina along with Chris Phillips, Don Raleigh and Ken Mosher. The group made its debut in Chapel Hill a few months later. Stacy Guess (formerly of Pressure Boys) joined shortly after.

"Nut Zippers," is a southern term for a variety of old bootleg moonshine, and the band's name comes from a newspaper account which related the story of a highly intoxicated man who climbed a tree one night, refusing to come down even after authorities arrived. The article's headline read: "Squirrel Nut Zipper."[2][3] It is also the name of a candy dating back to 1890.[4]

The band was initially lumped into the "lounge" movement, along with Combustible Edison, and credited as part of the brief swing music revival of the 1990s. The Zippers' sound incorporates a broad range of music, ranging in influence from Harlem Hot Music, Cab Calloway, Johnny Ace, Delta Blues, Raymond Scott, Fats Waller, Django Reinhardt, Tom Waits, and klezmer. The band's break-through single, "Hell", was distinguished by calypso rhythms, and helped push the band into further association with the "Neo Swing" movement.
directed by Norwood Cheek and Grady Cooper