Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar

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"Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" is a 1940 boogie-woogie swing song popularized by the Andrews Sisters and known for its driving rhythm and playful lyrics.

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Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
associatedDanceStyle jitterbug
swing dance
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
decade 1940s
era Swing Era NERFINISHED
genre big band
boogie-woogie
swing
hasLyricTheme boogie-woogie piano
dance
swing-era nightlife
intendedFor popular entertainment
language English
lyricStyle playful
slang-filled
medium 78 rpm record
musicalFeature big band backing
boogie-woogie piano accompaniment
syncopated rhythm
notableFor popularizing boogie-woogie style in mainstream swing
notableRecordingBy The Andrews Sisters NERFINISHED
partOf American popular song repertoire
performedBy The Andrews Sisters NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1940
rhythmicFeature driving eight-to-the-bar boogie-woogie rhythm
timePeriod World War II era popular music
titlePhraseRefersTo piano player keeping an eight-beat boogie-woogie pattern
vocalArrangement close-harmony trio

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The Andrews Sisters notableWork Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
Hughie Prince notableWork Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
Don Raye notableWork Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
Don Raye wroteLyricsFor Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar