Wacky Dust

A teenager coming from an unstable homelife, in 1934 young Ella Fitzgerald ends up living on the streets of NY, and wins a talent contest at The Apollo Theater. She hooks up with hunchbacked drummer Chick Webb, who becomes her legal guardian and by the late 30's she spends a total of six years fronting Webb's band, based outta Harlem's Savoy Ballroom. Webb dies of heart attack in '39, Ella continues leading his band until 1942, and then goes on to a storied career becoming America's "first lady of song"... Here she is recording a naughty lil' nightclub fave for Decca long before the many awards and accolades came pouring in...

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as as performed by Chick Webb & His Orchestra featuring Ella Fitzgerald

" Wacky Dust"

(composers : Stanley Adams & Oscar Levant) They call it wacky dust It's from a hot cornet It gives your feet a feeling so breezy And oh, it's so easy to get They call it wacky dust It brings a dancing jag And once it starts, then only a Sap'll refuse to Big Apple or Shag Oh I don't know just why It gets you so high Putting a buzz in you heart You'll do a marathon You'll wanna go on Kickin' the ceilin' apart They call it wacky dust It's something you can't trust And in the end the rhythm will stop When it does, then you'll drop From happy wacky dust [Instrumental] Oh we don't know just why It gets you so high Putting a buzz in you heart You'll do a marathon You'll wanna go on Kickin' the ceilin' apart They call it wacky dust It's something you can't trust And in the end the rhythm will stop When it does, then you'll drop From happy wacky dust

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