Dance historians who research such things credit American jazz singer and bandleader Cab Calloway for coining the term “jitterbug.” In 1934, he recorded a lively tune, “Jitter Bug,” that some credit ...

One of the uncertainties of holding an event in Cadillac last weekend was how it might be affected by the various KISS ...

In a Vanity Fair profile this year, swing great Artie Shaw recalled once referring to jitterbug dancers as "a bunch of morons who would dance to a windshield wiper." That crack was made 50-odd years ...

Put on your dancing shoes! Dance Instructor Tim Pattison is back at the Y and excited to be teaching 50’s jitterbug dance. Classes will be from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays, Oct. 5, 12, and 19. Y ...

Jim Byrne, who made a living installing sprinkler systems and made a name for himself as a jitterbug dancer and a boxer, died Saturday (April 11,2009) at Christian Hospital of a heart ailment.Hewas 79 ...