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SONG: Java Jive ARTIST: The Ink Spots YEAR: 1940 Listen to it here:  THE SONG: Java Jive was written in 1940 by Ben Oakland and Milton Drake as a fad song and recorded later that year by The Ink Spots.  Their version reached number 17 on the charts and is seen as a light-hearted departureContinue reading “Song 20 – Java Jive”