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"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" is a swing-era song, originally made famous by The Andrews Sisters and later revived by Bette Midler, about a virtuoso army bugler whose jazzy playing boosts soldiers' morale.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