Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

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"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" is a swing-era song, originally made famous by The Andrews Sisters and later revived by Bette Midler, about a virtuoso army bugler whose jazzy playing boosts soldiers' morale.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
associatedAct Bette Midler
The Andrews Sisters
associatedWithConflict World War II
chartPerformance hit for The Andrews Sisters in the early 1940s
composer Don Raye
Hughie Prince
countryOfOrigin United States
culturalStatus American popular music standard
era World War II
featuredInFilm Buck Privates
filmReleaseYear 1941
firstReleaseDate 1941-01-15
genre boogie-woogie
swing
hasCoverVersion Bette Midler recording
numerous later artists
hasFictionalCharacter army bugler named the "boogie woogie bugle boy"
influencedBy boogie-woogie piano style
language English
lyricist Don Raye
Hughie Prince
lyricMotif company of soldiers
swinging bugle calls
musicalFeature call-and-response vocals
scat-like syllables
syncopated rhythm
narrativeTheme army bugler
military life
music boosting morale
notableFor iconic Andrews Sisters harmony arrangement
wartime morale-boosting theme
originallyPerformedBy The Andrews Sisters
originalMedium film soundtrack
performer Bette Midler
The Andrews Sisters
period swing era
recordingFormat 78 rpm shellac record
recordLabel Decca Records
releaseYear 1941
revival Bette Midler version in the 1970s
setting United States Army
style close-harmony vocals
subject virtuoso bugler from Illinois
tempo up-tempo
timeSignature 4/4
vocalArrangement trio harmony
writtenFor film Buck Privates

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