Word: two-beat
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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...Orleans street bands, but if you'll listen to Bob Crosby's recording of "South Rampart Street Parade," you'll get an idea of the kind of stimulating, exciting music they played. I don't think it would be in any way sacrilegious to put a nice solid two-beat on tunes like "The Marine's Hymn," "The Caissons Go Rolling Along," and "Anchors Aweigh." In fact, the most patriotic music I ever heard was down at Nick's when a rough and tough little Dixicland outfit picked up "The Stars And Stripes Forever," and really gave it a workout...