Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy was a song made popular by the Andrews Sisters during World War II. The song was written by Don Raye and Hughie Prince. The Andrews Sisters first performed the song in the 1941 Abbott and Costello movie “Buck Privates”.  The song was nominated that year for the Academy Award for Best Read More

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy was a popular tune during World War II.  The song was a major hit for The Andrews Sisters. The song is extremely upbeat in tempo for a war song. Don Raye and Hughie Prince wrote the song.  “The song is closely based on an earlier Raye-Prince hit, “Beat Me Daddy, Eight Read More

The Andrew Sisters

When you think of hits such as Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Cirbiribin, Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree and I’ll Be with You in Apple Blossom Time then the 1940s and the Andrews Sisters come to mind. But, who were the Andrew Sisters? The group consisted of three sisters LaVerne Sophia, Maxene Angelyn and Patricia Read More