"Stompin' at the Savoy" is a 1934 jazz standard

Jazz standard

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 composed by Edgar Sampson

Edgar Sampson

Edgar Melvin Sampson was a composer, arranger, saxophonist, and violinist...

. It is named after the Savoy Ballroom

Savoy Ballroom

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Although the song is credited to Benny Goodman

Benny Goodman

Benjamin David “Benny” Goodman was an American jazz and swing musician, clarinetist and bandleader; widely known as the "King of Swing".In the mid-1930s, Benny Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in America...

, Chick Webb

Chick Webb

William Henry Webb, usually known as Chick Webb was an American jazz and swing music drummer as well as a band leader.-Biography:...

, and Edgar Sampson

Edgar Sampson

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, and the lyrics by Andy Razaf, in reality the music was written and arranged for Chick Webb's band by Sampson, who was the band's alto saxophonist. It was recorded as an instrumental by both Webb and Goodman, whose recording was the bigger hit. Lyrics were added by Andy Razaf, who wrote the lyrics to many popular songs. Goodman and Webb got their names added to the song when their bands recorded it.

In Benny Goodman's version of 1934, the piece is written in 32 bar song form with 8 four bar phrases arranged AABA. The A sections use a Db6, Ab9, Db6, Ddim, Ebm7, Ab7, Db,Db chord sequence. With chord sequences on the downbeat to bring out the swing. The B phrases use a Gb9/G9, Gb9, B13/D13, B13, E9/F9, E9, A13/Ab9b chord sequence. The swing is medium fast.

Judy Garland

Judy Garland

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 recorded the song in 1936. Then in 2007, Nikki Yanofsky

Nikki Yanofsky

Nicole "Nikki" Yanofsky is a Canadian jazz-pop singer from Hampstead, Quebec. She is involved in charitable causes, and released her first studio album on her own label, A440 Entertainment, and on Decca Records outside of Canada. Yanofsky sang Canada's national anthem at the opening ceremonies of...

, a Canadian jazz-pop singer, collaborated with Grammy Award-winning musicians Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

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 and Will.i.am

Will.i.am

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 (from The Black Eyed Peas) to record a crossover version of this swing era hit.

The song was also heavily featured throughout Woody Allen

Woody Allen

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's 2000 film Small Time Crooks

Small Time Crooks

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