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“Jump Jive An' Wail” by Brian Setzer Orchestra
From the album The Dirty Boogie (1998)
“Jump Jive An' Wail” by Brian Setzer Orchestra appears on 16 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 1998 and 2025. It was first released in 1998 on the album The Dirty Boogie. Its best result is #25 on the WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #53 alternative song of 1998, #4,185 alternative song of all time and #391 of the '90s.
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"Jump Jive An' Wail" is Louis Prima's 1956 swing number, first heard on his album The Wildest!, and the Brian Setzer Orchestra gave it a second life on The Dirty Boogie in 1998, right as the swing revival was in full cry. Setzer plays guitar and sings, arranged the thing with trombonist Mark Jones, and turns the big band loose: a wall of trumpets, trombones and saxes, Bernie Dresel's percussion driving it along and Setzer's guitar slicing through the brass. Peter Collins produced.
In 1999 it earned Setzer's crew a Grammy, the 41st ceremony's award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, turned up in Stuart Little, and even surfaced as archive footage in Ken Burns' 2001 documentary Jazz.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 45 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1998 | 91 |
| 1998 | 41 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 | 106 |
| 1998 | 25 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101.7 Songs of 1998 | 102 |
| 1998 | 34 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 | 107 |
| 1998 | 54 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 | 100 |
| 1998 | 66 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1998 | 98 |
| 1998 | 66 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1998 | 103 |
| 1998 | 66 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 103 Songs of 1998 | 102 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 395 | 91X | 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 663 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 939 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 2004 | 475 | 107.7 The End | The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) | 500 |
| 2007 | 1568 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) | 2008 |
| 2021 | 399 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2024 | 111 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs | 850 |
| 2025 | 310 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
Also listed as: Jump, Jive, an' Wail; Jump, Jive, n' Wail; Jump Jive an' Wail; Jump Jive n' Wail; Jump Jive An Wail; Jump, Jive An' Wail.
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