# Survey - what band/performers would you go back in time to see?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 13, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-what-band-performers-would-you-go-back-in-time-to-see/612736 "2012-02-13T19:37:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-what-band-performers-would-you-go-back-in-time-to-see/612736/81 "2012-02-16T23:12:24Z")

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Wow. Lots of great suggestions.  
Chick Webb Orchestra at the Savoy Ballroom (bonus points for Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan in the band)

Louis Jordan at his peak

Cab Calloway at the Cotton Club

Any act in Harlem during it’s Renaissance period in the late '20s- early '30s.

[Domenico Dragonetti](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domenico_Dragonetti)

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-what-band-performers-would-you-go-back-in-time-to-see/612736/82 "2012-02-17T00:14:51Z")

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I’ve got 19 of the above acts, and I’m not counting the time-specific ones.

I know, who cares? 🆒

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