Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
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"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" is a swing-era song, originally made famous by The Andrews Sisters and later revived by Bette Midler, about a virtuoso army bugler whose jazzy playing boosts soldiers' morale.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy canonical | 10 |
| Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (as member of The Andrews Sisters) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T483898 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Context triple: [Bette Midler, notableSong, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy]
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A.
Heebie Jeebies
"Heebie Jeebies" is a 1926 jazz recording by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, famous for popularizing scat singing in mainstream jazz.
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B.
Happy Days Are Here Again
"Happy Days Are Here Again" is a popular 1929 song that became widely known as the optimistic campaign anthem associated with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1932 presidential victory.
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C.
Strike Up the Band
"Strike Up the Band" is a 1940 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, known for its lively song-and-dance numbers and classic big-band era style.
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D.
Broadway Boogie Woogie
Broadway Boogie Woogie is a late abstract painting by Piet Mondrian, celebrated for its vibrant grid of colored squares inspired by the rhythm and layout of New York City.
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E.
Little Man Tate
Little Man Tate is a 1991 drama film about a child prodigy struggling with isolation and identity, marking Jodie Foster’s directorial debut.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Target entity description: "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" is a swing-era song, originally made famous by The Andrews Sisters and later revived by Bette Midler, about a virtuoso army bugler whose jazzy playing boosts soldiers' morale.
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A.
Heebie Jeebies
"Heebie Jeebies" is a 1926 jazz recording by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, famous for popularizing scat singing in mainstream jazz.
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B.
Happy Days Are Here Again
"Happy Days Are Here Again" is a popular 1929 song that became widely known as the optimistic campaign anthem associated with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1932 presidential victory.
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C.
Strike Up the Band
"Strike Up the Band" is a 1940 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney, known for its lively song-and-dance numbers and classic big-band era style.
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D.
Broadway Boogie Woogie
Broadway Boogie Woogie is a late abstract painting by Piet Mondrian, celebrated for its vibrant grid of colored squares inspired by the rhythm and layout of New York City.
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E.
Little Man Tate
Little Man Tate is a 1991 drama film about a child prodigy struggling with isolation and identity, marking Jodie Foster’s directorial debut.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Bette Midler
ⓘ
The Andrews Sisters ⓘ |
| associatedWithConflict | World War II ⓘ |
| chartPerformance | hit for The Andrews Sisters in the early 1940s ⓘ |
| composer |
Don Raye
ⓘ
Hughie Prince ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| culturalStatus | American popular music standard ⓘ |
| era | World War II ⓘ |
| featuredInFilm | Buck Privates ⓘ |
| filmReleaseYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| firstReleaseDate | 1941-01-15 ⓘ |
| genre |
boogie-woogie
ⓘ
swing ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion |
Bette Midler recording
ⓘ
numerous later artists ⓘ |
| hasFictionalCharacter | army bugler named the "boogie woogie bugle boy" ⓘ |
| influencedBy | boogie-woogie piano style ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Don Raye
ⓘ
Hughie Prince ⓘ |
| lyricMotif |
company of soldiers
ⓘ
swinging bugle calls ⓘ |
| musicalFeature |
call-and-response vocals
ⓘ
scat-like syllables ⓘ syncopated rhythm ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme |
army bugler
ⓘ
military life ⓘ music boosting morale ⓘ |
| notableFor |
iconic Andrews Sisters harmony arrangement
ⓘ
wartime morale-boosting theme ⓘ |
| originallyPerformedBy | The Andrews Sisters ⓘ |
| originalMedium | film soundtrack ⓘ |
| performer |
Bette Midler
ⓘ
The Andrews Sisters ⓘ |
| period | swing era ⓘ |
| recordingFormat | 78 rpm shellac record ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Decca Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| revival | Bette Midler version in the 1970s ⓘ |
| setting | United States Army ⓘ |
| style | close-harmony vocals ⓘ |
| subject | virtuoso bugler from Illinois ⓘ |
| tempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| timeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| vocalArrangement | trio harmony ⓘ |
| writtenFor | film Buck Privates ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Description of subject: "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" is a swing-era song, originally made famous by The Andrews Sisters and later revived by Bette Midler, about a virtuoso army bugler whose jazzy playing boosts soldiers' morale.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy