Did You Know...
Frankie Manning was one of the original swing dancers of the swing era. Credited for creating the first Lindy aerial, this Savoy Ballroom dancer was a member of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, a founder of the Congoroos, and has performed and choreographed in several movies. At age 88, Frankie Manning is still teaching Lindy Hop to dancers world wide.Swing Fashion
Women's Fashion History
Before 19201920's
╰ Flappers
1930's
╰ Jewelry in the '30s
1940's
After 1950
Men's Fashion History
1920's1930's
1940's
╰ The Zoot Suit
1950's
Dressing Swing
Intro to Dressing SwingMen's Swing Attire
Women's Swing Attire
Shoes
What are Spectators?Shoe Maintenance
Hats
How to Buy HatsThe History of Swing
What Is SwingSyncopation
Swing Music
Swing Jazz
The Beginning of the Swing Era
Swing and Racism
The End of the Swing Era
Swing Dance Music
Neo-Swing and the Swing Revival
The First Swing Dance
The Beginning of the Lindy Hop
The Swing Dance Era
The Evil Ballroom Instructors
Neo-Swing Dance Era
More Swing History
The Zoot Suit Riots of 1943The Savoy Ballroom
Swing Biographies
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)Cab Calloway (1907-1994)
Benny Goodman (1909-1986)
Fletcher Henderson (1898-1952)
Louis Prima (1910-1978)
Gene Krupa (1909-1973)
Frankie Manning (1914-2009)
Artie Shaw (born 1910)
Duke Ellington (born 1899)
Chick Webb (born 1905?)
Ella Fitzgerald (born 1917)
Styles of Swing Dance
Lindy HopSmooth Lindy or Hollywood
West Coast Swing
Pseudo-swing styles
East Coast Swing
╰ Ballroom Swing
Hustle
Shag
Jazz Dances
Charleston
Shim-Sham
Tap
- Recent swing music releases :
- Count Basie : This & That (03/21/06)
- Chick Webb : Stomping at the Savoy [Box Set] (01/17/06)
- Gene Krupa : Starburst (01/17/06)
- Brian Setzer : Dig That Crazy Christmas (12/06/05)