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However, Clarence Zylman did not enlist in the Army until June 9, 1942, well after "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was written and recorded. Nonetheless, a sculpture of Zylman as the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy has been dedicated in his hometown of Muskegon, Michigan, at the LST-393 Veterans Museum. The sculpture was created by artist Ari Norris. [10]
Oscar Peterson (1925–2007), Canadian jazz pianist and composer; Piano Red (1911–1985), brother of Speckled Red; Piano "C" Red (1933–2013), Chicago blues and boogie-woogie pianist, singer and composer; Honey Piazza (born 1951), West Coast blues and boogie-woogie pianist; Pinetop Perkins (1913–2011), American musician and teacher of Ike ...
Don Raye and Hughie Prince were able to convince Schoen to arrange Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar and after the success of that, they followed with a new song Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. Schoen remembered that the first draft of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy was "a total mess. The harmonies were bad, the song had wrong notes in it.
Andrews Sisters, first in 1940; [6] their 1941 hit, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", which praises a fictional trumpet player, resembles this hit. [3] Both songs were written by Don Raye and Hughie Prince. Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in 1940 on RCA Victor Bluebird. [7] Woody Herman in 1940 on Decca. [8]
The Great American Songbook is the loosely defined canon of significant 20th-century American jazz standards, ... "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" Don Raye: Hughie Prince: 1933
Boogie-woogie waned in popularity in the 1930s, but enjoyed a resurgence and its greatest acclaim in the 1940s, reaching audiences around the world. Among its most famous acts was the "Boogie Woogie Trio" of Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons, and Meade "Lux" Lewis. Other famous boogie woogie pianists of this peak era were Maurice Rocco and Freddie Slack.
The 2010 video game Mafia II features numerous Andrews Sisters songs, with "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", "Strip Polka" and "Rum and Coca-Cola". The 2011 video game L.A. Noire features the song "Pistol Packin' Mama", where the sisters perform a duet with Bing Crosby. [46]
[31] Jenny Eliscu from Rolling Stone criticized "Candyman" as "a dead rip-off" of the Andrews Sisters' "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy". [8] A reviewer from The Guardian disapproved of the "awful creation" and wrote that "the jollier she sounds, the more terrifying it becomes."