"Drum Boogie" is a 1941 jazz "boogie-woogie" standard, composed by Gene Krupa and trumpeter Roy Eldridge and originally sung by Irene Daye, soon replaced by Anita O'Day.
Movie appearance
It was first recorded on January 17, 1941 in Chicago and was also featured in a film that year, Ball of Fire, performed by Krupa and his band in an extended version, when it was sung by Barbara Stanwyck, whose singing was dubbed by Martha Tilton.
Other versions
In 1942, Ella Fitzgerald sang the song on tour with the Gene Krupa Orchestra. In 1953, Gene Krupa played the song at the US-operated Ernie Pyle Theatre in Tokyo, which "brought the house down" according to The Pittsburgh Courier.
Analysis
David Dicaire referred to the song as "Krupa's best drum solo, an accumulation of twenty years of studying the intricacies of rhythmic textures". It is an E flat blues boogie-woogie progression with lyrics such as "Boogie! You hear the rhythm rompin'! Boogie! You see the drummer stompin'! It really is a killer!". In 1971 The Danville Register cited it as one of "50 Great Songs" of the Swinging 40's.
References
- Yanow, Scott (2003). Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years. Backbeat Books. p. 199. ISBN 978-0-87930-755-4.
- Silvester, Peter J. (29 July 2009). The Story of Boogie-Woogie: A Left Hand Like God. Scarecrow Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-8108-6933-2.
- Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2002). All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music. Backbeat Books. p. 739. ISBN 978-0-87930-717-2.
- ^ Dicaire, David (12 August 2003). Jazz Musicians of the Early Years, to 1945. McFarland. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-7864-8556-7.
- Reid, John Howard (March 2005). Your Colossal Main Feature Plus Full Support Program. Lulu.com. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4116-2909-7.
- "Drum Boogie". The Pittsburgh Courier. 24 January 1942. Retrieved 10 November 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Japanese go for JATP". The Pittsburgh Courier. 21 November 1953. p. 18. Retrieved 10 November 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Drum Boogie". The Danville Register. 28 November 1971. p. 85. Retrieved 10 November 2014 – via Newspapers.com.
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