Jersey Bounce

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"Jersey Bounce" is a song written by Myron C. Bradshaw, Edward Johnson and Bobby Plater with lyrics by Buddy Feyne who used the nom de plume Robert B. Wright as this song was written during an ASCAP strike . It hit #1 in 1942 as an instrumental recorded by Benny Goodman and his orchestra, and also charted that same year by Jimmy Dorsey (#9) and Shep Fields (#15) . It was covered by numerous bands and Swing orchestras including Glenn Miller, Jan Savitt and Red Norvo. Artists such as Ella Fitzgerald and The King Sisters also recorded it.

The tune was so popular it was the name of two B-17 Flying Fortress fighter planes in the "The 303rd Bombardment Group (H). an 8th Air Force B-17 "Flying Fortress" four engine bomber Group, stationed at Molesworth, England during World War II. In fact, this plane flew 14 combat missions and was labeled "the hardest hit ship of the 358th Bomb Squadron(VK-K) ". After it was taken out of commission, the "Jersey Bounce 2" replaced it. Four other Bombardment Groups had B-17 bombers named "Jersey Bounce".

"Jersey Bounce" has been used in various movies, including Big Band films "The Benny Goodman Story", "Carnal Knowledge", "Electric Horsemen" and "Starsky and Hutch".

Lyrics:
They call it the Jersey Bounce
A rhythm that really counts
The temperature always mounts
Whenever they play the funny rhythm they play

It started in Journal Square
And somebody heard it there
They put it right on the air
And now you hear it everywhere

Uptown gave it some licks
Downtown added some tricks
No town made it sound the same
As where it came from

So if you don't feel so hot
Come down to some Jersey spot
And whether you're hep or not
The Jersey Bounce will make you swing.