1990: "Drunk Daddy", Cherry Poppin' Daddies

Years later, they would be eclipsed by newer swing revival bands like Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and the Brian Setzer Orchestra, but if anyone got there first it was Eugene, Oregon's Cherry Poppin' Daddies. Formed in 1989, the Daddies emerged out of the much more popular ska tradition, but though they did in fact dabble in both ska and swing (and any other genre that would support the liberal use of saxophone), even on their 1990 debut, Ferociously Stoned, swing music dominated.