# one o' clock jump - the best version?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-o-clock-jump-the-best-version/559277>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 3, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-o-clock-jump-the-best-version/559277 "2010-11-03T00:18:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-o-clock-jump-the-best-version/559277/1 "2010-11-03T00:18:31Z")

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I’m looking for a rockin’ version of One O’Clock Jump. The best I’ve heard is by Glenn Miller, but I’ve heard it done by another big band, more recently, and it was really loud and really good.

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**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-o-clock-jump-the-best-version/559277/2 "2010-11-03T00:49:50Z")

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Well, Count Basie is the classic, but I’m partial to Benny Goodman’s version.

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-o-clock-jump-the-best-version/559277/3 "2010-11-08T12:52:05Z")

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I’m sitting here watching an oldie from the 40’s called Fast Foot Forward starring Lucille Ball, and Harry James and His Music Makers are playing Two O’Clock Jump (a variation of One O’Clock Jump). Think I found what I was looking for!

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**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-o-clock-jump-the-best-version/559277/4 "2010-11-08T13:36:46Z")

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I’m watching it too! (Well, the TV is on in the other room while I work.) What did you think of that _Flight of the Bumblebee_?

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-o-clock-jump-the-best-version/559277/5 "2010-11-08T16:00:16Z")

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> [@Sigmagirl](#):
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> I’m watching it too! (Well, the TV is on in the other room while I work.) What did you think of that _Flight of the Bumblebee_?

Same thing I always think when I hear it - “where’s a rolled up magazine when you need it”, lol!

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-o-clock-jump-the-best-version/559277/6 "2010-11-08T16:05:01Z")

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> [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](#):
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> Well, Count Basie is the classic, but I’m partial to Benny Goodman’s version.

Exactly - it’s Basie’s signature tune…

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**Author:** ![nycjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c0e974/32.png) [@nycjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nycjim)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-o-clock-jump-the-best-version/559277/7 "2011-09-02T14:28:44Z")

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yes to all of them. but i’d call them “really swingin” not “really rocking” since that’s what they do. the difference is danceability.