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by bogomipz 2275 days ago
No I think its the other way around. "Jive" was still in use up until the late 70s - The Bee Gees hit "Jive Talkin'" and a well-known scene form the comedy movie "Airplane" both being examples. It is/was almost always used in connection with speaking i.e "don't jive talk me"

The earlier musical dance/reference is the really just the Johnny Otis song which is actually just a Bo Diddley rip-off:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxU995zbfno