Search - Gold Star Ballroom :: Jive

Good value for these jive tracks

J. Wakefield | SLC, Utah | 08/20/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The tempos of these jives range from 29-47 measures per minute, and so don't be surprtised if they provoke more than one dance on the floor (jive, swing, foxtrot, West Coast swing). The album insert lists tracks 1-6, 18 as jive, and 7-15 as slow jive. Most of these are vocal and few of them are by the original artist. Tracks 15 and 16 are dull, but the rest rate 3.5 - 4 stars.



There are several editions of this disc (2003, 2005, 2006) and they all sem to be the same. Shop wisely!



Here are the titles, durations, suggested dance, and additional comments (if any) for each track:



Footloose, 3:12, Jive, 45 mpm, mixed vocal

Hawaii Five-O, 2:04, Jive, 44 mpm, instrumental

Hello Mary Lou, 2:44, Jive, 44 mpm, mixed vocal

Heatwave, 2:41, Jive, 40 mpm, female vocalist

I'll be there for you, 3:02, Jive, 47 mpm, male vocalist

Livin' la vida loca, 3:58, Jive, 45 mpm, male vocalist (also try mambo to this)

Sesame Street, 2:35, Jive, 36 mpm, mixed vocal

Baby love, 2:04, Jive, 36 mpm, female vocalist

Boy from New York City, 3:02, Jive, 37 mpm, female vocalist

Cry me a river, 2:40, Jive, 33 mpm, male vocalist

Heartache tonight, 3:38, Jive, 36 mpm, mixed vocal

Knock on wood, 3:30, Jive, 45 mpm, female vocalist

Perfect, 1:55, Jive, 29 mpm, female vocalist

Some kind of wonderful, 2:47, Jive, 35 mpm, male vocalist

Lion sleeps tonight, 2:46, Jive, 37 mpm, mixed vocal

Man with the golden gun, 2:20, Jive, 36 mpm, female vocalist

This will be, 2:05, Jive, 36 mpm, female vocalist

Franky, 3:27, Jive, 42 mpm, female vocalist"