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The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of racial attacks in 1943 during World War II that broke out in Los Angeles, California, during a period when many migrants arrived for the defense effort and newly assigned servicemen flooded the city. United States sailors and marines attacked Mexican youths, recognizable by the zoot suits they favored, as being unpatriotic. American military personnel and Mexicans were the main parties in the riots; servicemen attacked some African American and Filipino/Filipino American youths as well, who also took up the zoot suits. The Zoot Suit Riots were related to fears and hostilities aroused by the coverage of the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial, following the killing of a young Latino man in a barrio near Los Angeles. The riot appeared to trigger similar attacks that year against Latinos in Chicago, San Diego, Oakland, Evansville, Philadelphia, and New York City.
The zoot suit riots began in Los Angeles, California during a period of rising tensions between American servicemen stationed in Southern California and Mexican-American youths in the city, which had a large ethnic Mexican-American population. Many had ancestors who had been in the area prior to California being annexed by the United States. By the time of the riot, the United States military had already forced the evacuation of more than 120,000 Japanese-Americans, two-thirds of them native-born, from the west coast to inland internment camps.
A zoot suit (occasionally spelled zuit suit) is a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. This style of clothing became popular among the African-American, Chicano, Filipino American, and Italian American communities during the 1940s. In Britain the "Edwardian-look" suits with velvet lapels worn by Teddy Boys is said to be a one of the derivatives of the zoot suit.
The zoot suit was originally associated with Afro-American musicians and their sub-culture. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word zoot probably comes from a reduplication of suit. The creation and naming of the zoot suit have been variously attributed to Harold C. Fox, a Chicago clothier and big-band trumpeter; Charles Klein and Vito Bagnato of New York; Louis Lettes, a Memphis tailor; and Nathan (Toddy) Elkus, a Detroit retailer. Anti-Mexican youth riots in Los Angeles during World War II are known as the Zoot Suit Riots. In time, zoot suits were prohibited for the duration of the war, ostensibly because they used too much cloth.
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How the press treated mentions of zoot suits and their wearers.
BUY THE NEW CPD ALBUM! http://www.daddies.com/feature.cfm The original 1997 video for "Zoot Suit Riot" by Eugene, Oregon ska/swing band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, from their fourth album of the same name. Directed by Isaac Camner and filmed at the Cafe du Nord in San Francisco. This is the rarely seen original "Zoot" video which aired only once on MTV. Once the song became a hit, CPD's record label made them film another video, as this one apparently "wasn't up to the standards of MTV". That version - the one all of you '90s MTV junkies would be most familiar with - can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq7fuCRJULk Find more music, merchandise and tour dates at: http://www.daddies.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/CPDaddies http://www.facebook.com/CherryPoppinDaddies
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ZOOT SUIT RIOTS
Perhaps one of the greatest songs of all time! Who's that whisperin' in the trees? It's two sailors and they're on leave Pipes and chains and swingin' hands Who's your daddy? Yes I am Fat cat came to play Now he can't run fast enough You'd best stay away When the pushers come to shove Zoot suit riot throw back a bottle of beer Zoot suit riot Pull a comb through your coal black hair Zoot suit riot throw back a bottle of beer Zoot suit riot Pull a comb through your coal black hair Blow Daddy! A whipped up jitterbuggin' brown eyed man A stray cat frontin' up an eight-piece band Cut me Sammy and you'll understand In my veins hot music ran You got me in a sway and I want to swing ya dove Now you sailors know Where your women come for love Zoot sui...
CULTURA MÉXICO-NORTEAMERICANA DE LOS AÑOS 40 La represión a los mexicanos inmigrantes, aplicada por los marinos norteamericanos, cuando en una noche irrumpen a las calles de los Zoot Suiters y los golpean y desvisten, simbolizando la supremacía de raza y el desprecio a su vestimenta que implicaba su identidad. En un tiempo cuando los Estados Unidos estaban en plena segunda guerra mundial y México era un aliado básico e incondicional.
there's something very fun about mashing up DMX songs - DMX where the hood at + Cherry Poppin' Daddies- Zoot Suit Riot
Cherry Poppin Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot Saturday, September 10, 2016 Harris Center, Folsom CA Carerra Productions Video By Morpheous Music
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Cherry Poppin' Daddies big hit "Zoot Suit Riot!". One of the titles responsible for bringing back swing music and ballroom dancing (though the lyrics may be a little too cutting edge). A great number to challenge your group's ensemble skills and Jazz chops, it's a great addition to your library. I would also add that it is a great chart for "performing" (a little choreographing moves, hot dogging, etc.). Can be found at: http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/zoot-suit-riot-digital-sheet-music/20324090?ac=1&_requestid=9760978
TITULO COMPLETO: Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies 1. Zoot Suit Riot (0:11) 2. The Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line (4:04) 3. When I Change Your Mind (7:36) 4. Here Comes the Snake (10:05) 5. Mr. White Keys (13:24) 6. Come Back to Me [Burton Lane, Alan Jay Lerner] (16:31) 7. Brown Derby Jump (19:10) 8. Dr. Bones (22:09) 9. Pink Elephant (25:43) 10. Master and Slave (29:23) 11. Drunk Daddy (33:28) 12. No Mercy for Swine (38:38) 13. Cherry Poppin' Daddy Strut (42:40) 14. Shake Your Lovemaker (45:46) Cherry Poppin' Daddies é uma banda de rock iniciada em Eugene, Estados Unidos. A banda foi fundada por Steve Perry e passou por diversas mudanças em sua formação. Steve, Dan Schmid e Dana Heitman são os únicos membros que restaram desde o início da banda, sendo S...
Kathy Peiss George A. Miller Endowment Visiting Professor, UIUC and Roy F. and Jennette P. Nichols Chair of American History, University of Pennsylvania The Zoot Suit--an oversized suit with broad shoulders, a 'drape shape' and pegged pants popular among young men in the 1940s--was infamous for its role in the 1943 Los Angeles riot, in which white servicemen attacked Mexican-American zooters and literally tore the clothes off their backs. What is the relationship between fashion and social action, style and resistance? This lecture revisits the zoot suit, as clothing and as cultural and political symbol. Hosted by: Graduate School of Library and Information Science In conjunction with: African American Studies and Research Program, Asian American Studies Program, Center for Latin Am...
The Forest Theater Guild's All-Star Student Production of "Zoot Suit", directed by Larry Welch, Summer 2008 http://montereyhighdrama.com/multimedia/zoot-suit-2008/
It can be rare to find a #1 Contender's Match consisting of challengers with this much contempt for each other. At *41: Absolute, B.B. Disco was defending the World Title against Hijo Del Reyes. At the climax of the battle, the referee Jebus Jones was taken out of action, giving Calavera enough time to jump the guardrail and layout the Champ with a Leaping Lariat. Afterward, Calavera returned to the ring to successfully remove Disco's mask as a trophy. The month afterward, Calavera was seen parading around TCW* events with his new prize, most notably at War Games Torneo Caballo during his World Title fight with Hijo. B.B. then made his vengeance known, costing him the match with a superkick and the return of his mask. At The Zoot Suit Riot, the two will do battle once more in a Number One ...
Wishing Stick opens Zoot Suit Riot at the Stonehouse in Nevada City, Sept 22, 2012
Saints of Swing March 12, 2016, Set 2: How High the Moon, Things Ain't What They Used to Be, Sway, Girl From Ipanema, Basie Straight Ahead, Tuxedo Junction, Jump Jive An Wail, What a Wonderful World, Emily, String of Pearls, Leap Frog, Zoot Suit Riot
via YouTube Capture The Cherry Poppin' Daddies perform portions of Ain't That a Kick in the Head, Luck Be a Lady, Fly Me to the Moon, 42nd Street, Let's Misbehave, Zoot Suit Riot, and That's Life at the intimate Lava Room at the fabulous Reserve Casino in historic Central City, CO.
I'm the hippiest number in town and I'll tell you why,
I'm the snappiest dresser right down to my inch wide tie,
And to get you wise I'll explain it to you,
A few of the things that a face is supposed to do.
I wear zoot suit jacket with side vents five inches long,
I have two-tone ????? yeah you know this is wrong.
But the main thing is unless you're a fool,
Ah you know you gotta know, yeah you know, yeah you gotta be cool.
So all you tickets I just want you to dig me,
With my striped zoot jacket that the sods can plainly see,
So the action lies with all of you guys,
Is how you look in the other, the other, yeah, the other cat's eye.
Well don't you see, well don't you see, well don't you see now,
Well don't you see now, come on baby, 'cause don't you see now, oh baby,
Well don't you see now, you drive me wild, hmm hmm hmm, you're crazy-looking now.