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"It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing." So said Duke Ellington in 1932, and by the mid-'30s, the listening/dancing public were beginning to agree. Benny Goodman's wildly popular appearances in California skyrocketed the music's popularity, and a year later Artie Shaw started giving Goodman a run for his money. There were the Dorsey Brothers, Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb, Kansas City's Count Basie, and as always in music, a host of imitators.
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The swing craze continued in full force as the decade came to a close. By that time, in various parts of the country, a few young rebels such as Charlie Parker, Lester Young and Dizzy Gillespie were working on something completely different.
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