[Dixielandjazz] Strange Jazz Titles

[Don Kirkman]

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:46:57 -0000, Ivor Jones wrote:

>At the time that the Alligator Crawl was written there was no such dance as 
>the 'Crawl'  The Crawl was a Hollywood creation for Presley in the 1950's. 
>See 'Jazz Dance' by Marshall and Jean Stearns. Published in 1979. It appears 
>to be a learned tome, all 464 pages!

>All the best,

>Ivor Jones in deepest Portugal

>From: "Dave Stoddard" <dhs2 at peoplepc.com>
>To: "iVOR jONES" <BANJONES at sapo.pt>
>Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:19 AM
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Strange Jazz Titles

>> With respect to Alligator Crawl, I believe that the crawl was a form of 
>> dance.  Numbers of dance tunes were named the _____ Crawl.

I wonder if it refers to a dance.  Tiny Parham wrote Jungle Crawl in
the 1920s (Chicago?), and there are Google hits that mention pub
crawls.  I have a hard time relating a nightclub tour to alligators,
though.
-- 
Don Kirkman
donsno2 at charter.net