Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar

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"Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" is a 1940 boogie-woogie swing song popularized by the Andrews Sisters and known for its driving rhythm and playful lyrics.

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Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar canonical 4

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedDanceStyle jitterbug ⓘ
swing dance ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
decade 1940s ⓘ
era Swing Era ⓘ
linked to: Big band era
genre big band ⓘ
boogie-woogie ⓘ
swing ⓘ
hasLyricTheme boogie-woogie piano ⓘ
dance ⓘ
swing-era nightlife ⓘ
intendedFor popular entertainment ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricStyle playful ⓘ
slang-filled ⓘ
medium 78 rpm record ⓘ
musicalFeature big band backing ⓘ
boogie-woogie piano accompaniment ⓘ
syncopated rhythm ⓘ
notableFor popularizing boogie-woogie style in mainstream swing ⓘ
notableRecordingBy The Andrews Sisters ⓘ
partOf American popular song repertoire ⓘ
performedBy The Andrews Sisters ⓘ
publicationYear 1940 ⓘ
rhythmicFeature driving eight-to-the-bar boogie-woogie rhythm ⓘ
timePeriod World War II era popular music ⓘ
titlePhraseRefersTo piano player keeping an eight-beat boogie-woogie pattern ⓘ
vocalArrangement close-harmony trio ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Andrews Sisters → notableWork → Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar ⓘ
Hughie Prince → notableWork → Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar ⓘ
Don Raye → notableWork → Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar ⓘ
Don Raye → wroteLyricsFor → Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar ⓘ