Up Swing
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| Up Swing | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various | ||||
| Released | February 17, 1944 | |||
| Recorded | 1936–1941 | |||
| Genre | Dance band, swing, jazz | |||
| Label | Victor | |||
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| Artie Shaw chronology | ||||
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Up Swing is a compilation album of phonograph records released by bandleaders Tommy Dorsey, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, and Artie Shaw in 1944 as a part of the Victor Musical Smart Set series. The set, a progenitor to greatest hits releases, features some of the most popular Dance Band Era recordings by the four bandleaders.
Released in the middle of the 1942-44 recording ban, the album reached number four on the August 4, 1945 Billboard Best-Selling Popular Record Albums chart,[1] which would soon become the standard. A February 1944 issue of Billboard Magazine highlighted Miller's disc specifically: "Re-issue of this swell tune is one of eight sides comprising Victor's new album, "Up Swing." A close race, but this disk wins. Miller fans, new and old, should eat it up."[2] However, Swing Magazine's Bob Kennedy preferred Shaw's disk and declared the album "an absolute must for collectors."[3]
