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 ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jim Byrne, who made a living installing sprinkler systems and made a name for himself as a jitterbug dancer and a boxer, died ...