<p><strong>So, sorry to dispel and old wive's tale but Louis Armstrong did not invent skat singing!  As great as his 1926 HEEBIE JEEBIES Hot Five recording is ( and ground breaking in so many ways) it wasn't the first skat singing on record..on this episode we trace the style to a 1911 recording and go from there - so de de dat tra lat and tune in! </strong></p>

So, sorry to dispel and old wive's tale but Louis Armstrong did not invent skat singing! As great as his 1926 HEEBIE JEEBIES Hot Five recording is ( and ground breaking in so many ways) it wasn't the first skat singing on record..on this episode we trace the style to a 1911 recording and go from there - so de de dat tra lat and tune in!

SKAT-DE-DAT!

American Grooves Radio Hour, hosted by filmmaker and collector Joe Lauro, takes you on a deep dive into the music of pre-World War II America. It focuses on the Jazz, pioneering Blues, early Country, Gospel, Vaudeville and World Music which was being performed on the streets and in the taverns and nightclubs of pre-1935 America. ONLY original 78 rpm records from Joe’s world-renowned archive and the libraries of other notable collectors will be played. There will also be stories from the first generation of record collecting as well as backgrounds and information on the records and the artists. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/american-grooves-hour/support)

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