Let's swing the vote In 1964, Dizzy Gillespie ran for the US presidency on an anti- racism, pro-bebop platform. Sholto Byrnes looks back on the very brief political career of one very cool cat

Belfast Telegraph | October 20, 2004 | Copyright

From Bill Clinton's use of Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" to Bob Dole's unlikely choice of Gary Glitter's "Rock'n'Roll Part Two", a key feature of every US presidential campaign is the pop or rock tune adopted to gee up supporters. But there's only ever been one candidate who wrote his own tune and had the great bebop vocalist Jon Hendricks create the lyrics: "Your politics oughta be a groovier thing, so get a good president who's willing to swing. Vote Dizzy! Vote Dizzy!" And he's the same candidate who wanted to change the name of the White House to the Blues House, install Duke Ellington as ...

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