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Boogie-woogie is a genre of blues music that became popular during the late 1920s, developed in African-American communities since the 1870s. [1] It was eventually extended from piano to piano duo and trio, guitar, big band, country and western music, and gospel.
Boogie-woogie in competition is a led, partnered dance, not choreographed. It falls under the umbrella of swing dance, but is distinct from Lindy Hop.It follows a six-beat dance pattern, usually cued as "step-step, triple step, triple step", [4] each word taking one beat but the second syllable of "triple" delayed to match the music's syncopation.
The song's lyrics urge listeners to dance ("everybody do the Mess Around"), along with a few other key phrases, notably "see that girl with the red dress on", harkening back to "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie", Pinetop Smith's early boogie-woogie classic.
Many aphids performing this action at the same time has led to this species being referred to as the "Boogie-Woogie Aphid". [2] Beech blight aphids moving in unison - doing the Boogie Woogie. Deposits of sooty mold caused by the fungus Scorias spongiosa build up below the colonies, growing on the copious amounts of honeydew the insects exude. [3]
In 2012 Baldori released a documentary film called Boogie Stomp! that tells "the story of boogie woogie, its origins, subsequent history and ongoing development." [4] It also serves as an unofficial biography of boogie woogie pianist Bob Seeley. The film appeared in film festivals around the US and was well received, winning fourteen awards. [5]
"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 ...
Huey "Piano" Smith (1934–2023), "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu", also accompanist on Frankie Ford's "Sea Cruise" Pinetop Smith (1904–1929), "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie" in 1929 was the first boogie-woogie hit and popularized the name for the style; Charlie Spand (1893–after 1958)
The Baldry album features his biggest U.S. hit, "Don't Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll"; Baldry once noted how Stewart's loose and late-night recording sessions affected the tracks, "especially those recorded on my thirtieth birthday when he showed up with cases of Remy Martin cognac and several measures of good quality ...