Discover the essential
swing dance tunes
Access swing dance band Biscuit Town’s fabulous resource for swing dancers and music aficionados. Learn the story of the songs you love, the history of swing dance music and discover the classic recordings that are perfect for dancers.
What is The Home Of Happy Feet?
We named this members site The Home of Happy Feet after the affectionate nickname Lindy Hop dancers gave Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom in the late 1920s. This site is an ever-growing resource of swing dance music for dancers and music-lovers to immerse themselves in the songs, gain a new appreciation and connect with the music at a deeper level on the dance floor and at the new swing event.
Explore classic songs such as:
Exactly Like You * Honeysuckle Rose * I Can’t Give You Anything But Love * If Dreams Come True * It’s Only A Paper Moon * My Blue Heaven * Night And Day * Pennies From Heaven
Membership of our growing encyclopaedia of the essential swing dance tunes, loved by dancers and music aficionados alike. Learn the origins of the classic songs, who wrote them and who recorded them. Discover the versions that are perfect for dancing - from the golden era, right up to the present day.
What you’ll get
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The history of the classic swing dance repertoire. The composers, the lyricists, the original performances.
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Insights into how the music works and what gives each song its enduring appeal.
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Explore the classic recordings that are perfect for dancers. Different tempos and swing feel for Lindy Hop, Charleston, stroll and Balboa.
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Explore the deep links between the swing repertoire and Broadway, and the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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Discover the musicians that created the classic versions of these songs, their lasting impact and shared histories.
What’s inside
Exactly Like You
A 1930 classic from the fabulous songwriting partnership of Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh.
Night & Day
Cole Porter’s smash hit song from 1932, originally performed on Broadway and screen by Fred Astaire and the seminal recordings including Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra.
It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie
Lesser known composer Billy Mayhew’s famous song from 1932 and the classic Billie Holiday recording that’s perfect for dancers.