| "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 | |||
| The Andrews Sisters singles chronology | ||||
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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]
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" has become an iconic song of World War II,[4][5] commonly featured and referenced in media set during that era. The song inspired the 1941 cartoon Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B produced by Walter Lantz Productions,[6] and the Christina Aguilera song "Candyman" (released as a single in 2007) from Aguilera's hit album Back to Basics, as a tribute to both the Andrews Sisters and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy".[7]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Edmondson, Jacqueline (2013-10-03). Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture [4 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 979-8-216-12039-1.
- ^ ""Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy": Music in World War II". www.wwiimemorialfriends.org. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
- ^ Cohen, Karl F. (2013-10-18). Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0725-2.
- ^ Moss, Corey (2007-02-21). "Xtina X Three: Aguilera Has Multiple-Personality Disorder In Clip – Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved 2012-01-04.