The Langley Sisters perform Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

The song was written by Don Raye and Hughie Prince, and was recorded at Decca’s Hollywood studios on January 2, 1941, nearly a year before the United States entered World War II but after the start of a peacetime draft to expand the armed forces in anticipation of American involvement. The flip side was “Bounce Me, Brother, With a Solid Four“. The Andrews Sisters introduced both songs in the Abbott and Costello film, Buck Privates (released January 1941), which was in production when they made the record. “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy“ was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. The song is closely based on an earlier Raye-Prince hit, “Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar,“ which is about a virtuoso boogie-woogie piano player. (WIKIPEDIA) The Langley Sisters are Gita Langley Rosie Langley Edie Langley