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| "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" | ||||
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| Single by The Andrews Sisters | ||||
| B-side | "Bounce Me, Brother, with a Solid Four" | |||
| Recorded | January 2, 1941 | |||
| Studio | Decca, Hollywood, California | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Don Raye, Hughie Prince | |||
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| "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (Official Music Video) on YouTube | ||||
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" is a World War II jump blues song written by Don Raye and Hughie Prince which was introduced by The Andrews Sisters in the Abbott and Costello comedy film, Buck Privates (1941).[1] The Andrews Sisters' Decca recording reached number six on the U.S. pop singles chart in the spring of 1941 when the film was in release. The song is ranked No. 6 on Songs of the Century. Bette Midler's 1972 recording of the song also reached the top ten on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost to "The Last Time I Saw Paris".[2]
The song is closely based on an earlier Raye-Prince hit, "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar," which is about a virtuoso boogie-woogie piano player.[3]
- ^ Furmanek, Bob and Ron Palumbo. "Abbott and Costello in Hollywood." Perigee Books, 1990.
- ^ "The 14th Academy Awards | 1942". Oscars.org.
- ^ Palumbo, Ron. "Buck Privates: The Complete Filmscript." Bear Manor Media.