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What we call swing today started in the early 1930s and reached its peak of popularity in the 1940s. It began as a new form of dance to go with the music of the time. Listen to Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey and others of the era to hear the music.

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