Reasons for the Decline of the Swing Era.

World War 2 and the draft During World War 2, many big band members were drafted or volunteered to join the war effort. Big bands lost some of their great members, and thus big bands came to an end. Swing music, which was very popular during the war, died out at the end of the war. This happened because swing music was a reminder of the war and many people who were sad about the war tuned …

…considered below whites. Affect on Youth Some adults felt that swing was the cause for the rise in juvenile delinquency. They felt that late nights, sexual swing dancing, and race mixing were a bad influence on children. This led adults to close down teenage clubs and ban the use of jukeboxes. Swing music that was originally suppose to be about freedom and giving children some fun ended up getting them in trouble for enjoying it.