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SWING HISTORY BOOK
(Text is adapted from “The Swing Book”)
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CHAPTER!!
FRANKIE
MANNING & WHITEY’S LINDY HOPPERS 
BENNY
GOODMAN’S BIG BREAK & THE PALOMAR BALLROOM 
THE
GLORY DAYS OF SWING (BALLROOMS &
ORCHESTRAS) 
MORE OF THE GLORY DAYS (PRESTO – IT’S CAB CALLOWAY) 
EVEN
MORE OF THOSE GLORY DAYS (SWINGING LADIES) 
STILL
MORE OF THE GLORY (HARLEM’S SETTING THE PACE) 
THE
RISE & FALL OF SWING (GLENN MILLER & WWII) 
MORE
OF THE RISE & FALL (T.V. BUTTS IN & SWING ADAPTS) 
THE
JUMP BLUES ERA (THE BEST TYPE OF SWING!!!) 
THE
REBIRTH OF SWING (FRANKIE MANNING’S BACK IN TOWN!!) 
MORE
OF THE REBIRTH (NEO SWING ADOPTS JUMP BLUES) 
EVEN
MORE OF THE REBIRTH (JUMP SWING MEETS ROCK & ROLL) 
SWING
MEETS GANSTER BOP 
NEO
SWING TAKES SAN FRANCISCO
NEO
SWING DANCERS BEGIN THE BEGUINE AGAIN!
NEO
SWING DANCERS MEET THE ORIGINAL LINDY HOPPERS!
FRANKIE
& OTHER CATS MENTOR THE NEO SWING DANCERS
NEO SWING DANCERS & BANDS START TO COME
TOGETHER 
THE DANCERS & THE BANDS MAKE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC….
NEO SWING’S NATIONAL SUCCESS
POST BLOW UP SWING – SETZER SETS THE STAGE ON FIRE 
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