Slim & Slam
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Slim Gaillard (behind) and Slam Stewart
Slim & Slam was a 1930s musical partnership formed by Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (vocals, guitar 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 also played piano on many of their recordings.
Their biggest hits were "Flat Foot Floogie (with a Floy Floy)", "Cement Mixer (Puti Puti)" and "The Groove Juice Special (Opera in Vout)".
[edit] Trivia
The song Tutti Frutti by Little Richard is loosely based on a Slim & Slam song with the same name.
