Slim & Slam
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Biography
Slim & Slam was a musical partnership in the late 1930s and early 1940s consisting of Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (vocals, guitar, vibes and piano) and Leroy Elliott "Slam" Stewart (bass and vocals). They produced novelty jazz numbers featuring Slim's distinctive vocal style with vocalese and scats, hipster argot and nonce words. Sam Allen played piano and Pompey "Gus" Dobson played drums on most of their early recordings.
Their biggest hits were "Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)", "Cement Mixer (Puti Puti)" and "The Groove Juice Special (Opera in Vout)". Other musicians who recorded with Slim & Slam included Charlie Parker, Ben Webster, Jimmy Rowles, Kenny Clarke, Al Killian, Chico Hamilton, Leo Watson and Garvin Bushel. The song "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard is loosely based on Slim & Slam's 1938 "Tutti Frutti" (Vocalion 4225).
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Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Palm Springs Jump
- Humpty Dumpty
- Chittlin' Switch Blues
- Humptey Dumptey
- Sweet Safronia
- Dopey Joe
- Ferdinand the Bull
- 8, 9, And 10
- Jump Session
- Oh, Lady Be Good
- Chinatown, My Chinatown
- Vol Vist Du Gaily Star
- It's Gettin' Kinda Chilly
- Ti-Pi-Tin
- Beatin' The Board
- Lady's in Love With You
- Flat Fleet Floogie
- That's What You Call Romance
- Tutti Frutti
- Look-A There
- Bei Mir Bist du Schön
- I Got Rhythm
- Dark Eyes
- The Flat Foot Floogee
