#DonRaye

"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" is a #WorldWarII #jumpBlues song written by #DonRaye and #HughiePrince which was introduced by #TheAndrewsSisters in the #AbbottAndCostello #comedyFilm #BuckPrivates (1941). The Andrews Sisters' Decca recording reached number six on the U.S. pop singles chart in the spring of 1941 when the film was in release. The song is ranked No. 6 on #SongsOfTheCentury.
youtube.com/watch?v=BdhSxwMnvjs

"Mr. Five by Five" is a 1942 #popularSong by #DonRaye and #GeneDePaul, that describes a heavyset man who is "five feet tall and five feet wide". The person highlighted by the song was #JimmyRushing, the featured vocalist of #CountBasie's Orchestra from 1935 to 1948. #EllaMaeMorse with #FreddieSlack and His Orchestra had a hit recording with the song in 1942 (Capitol 115); it was number one on the #HarlemHitParade for two non-consecutive weeks.
youtube.com/watch?v=-kFW5tNmiF

"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" is a #WorldWarII #jumpBlues song written by #DonRaye and #HughiePrince which was introduced by #TheAndrewsSisters in the #AbbottAndCostello #comedyFilm, #BuckPrivates (1941). The Andrews Sisters' Decca recording reached number six on the U.S. pop singles chart in the spring of 1941 when the film was in release. The song is ranked No. 6 on #SongsOfTheCentury.
youtube.com/watch?v=lTOzR1sSfF

"Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" is a song written in 1940 by #DonRaye, #HughiePrince, and #RayMcKinley. It follows the American #boogiewoogie tradition of #syncopated piano music.
youtube.com/watch?v=xu1bTmtSA4

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