Jersey Bounce a popular dance number from the 1940s, recorded by various musicians including Glenn Miller and Ella Fitzgerald.
Jersey Bounce was written by Tiny Bradshaw, Eddie Johnson and Bobby Plater with lyrics by Buddy Feyne. It hit No. 1 for four weeks in 1942 as an instrumental recorded by Benny Goodman and his orchestra. It also charted that same year by Jimmy Dorsey and Shep Fields and his New Music Orchestra. Versions of Jersey Bounce were performed by Harry James, Red Norvo, Jan Savitt, Ella Mae Morse, and The King Sisters. During World War II the title was popular as a nickname for aircraft. One of the first examples was a B-24D Liberator that served in the Eighth Air Force. At least four other Bombardment Groups had B-17 bombers named Jersey Bounce.
The lyrics begin:
They call it the Jersey Bounce
A rhythm that really counts
The temperature always mounts
Whenever they play the funny rhythm they play….
Myron Carlton Tiny Bradshaw (September 1907 – November 1958) was an American jazz, rhythm and blues bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer. His biggest hit was Well Oh Well in 1950, and the following year he recorded The Train Kept A-Rollin', a song that was pivotal to the development of rock and roll. He is remembered for a string of rhythm and blues hits and as a bandleader, he was an invaluable mentor to important musicians and arrangers including Sil Austin, Happy Caldwell, Shad Collins, Wild Bill Davis, Gil Fuller, Big Nick Nicholas, Curley Russell, Calvin "Eagle Eye" Shields, Sonny Stitt and Shadow Wilson.
Robert C. Plater (May 1914 - November 1982) was an American jazz alto saxophonist. Plater began playing alto sax at age 12 and played locally in the Newark area in the 1930s. He played with Tiny Bradshaw from 1940 to 1942 before spending 1942-45 serving in the U.S. military during World War II. After his discharge he worked briefly with Cootie Williams, then played intermittently with Lionel Hampton between 1946 and 1964. He also did arrangements with Hampton. In 1964 he took Frank Wess's place in the Count Basie Orchestra, where he played until his death. His only recordings as a leader were four songs for Bullet Records in 1950.
Plater was the co-composer of "Jersey Bounce", a popular dance number in the 1940s, recorded by various musicians including Glenn Miller and Ella Fitzgerald.[1]
Buddy Feyne (born Bernard Feinstein; June 1912 – December 1998) was an American lyricist during the swing era. He wrote the lyrics for Tuxedo Junction and Jumpin' with Symphony Sid, as well as Jersey Bounce. Feyne's songs have been recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Jackson, The Manhattan Transfer, Sarah Vaughan, Joe Williams, Louis Armstrong, Gene Autry, Frankie Avalon, The Andrews Sisters, George Benson, Nat King Cole, and Boz Scaggs. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
