Download MP3    No matter the genre of music you perform, from 50’s rock to hip-hop (non-music), trotting out a good ol’ boogie-woogie is sure to please. The style of boogie-woogie is really a twelve-bar blues and is sometimes called “eight to the bar”, as it is usually done in 4/4 time with eighth-notes being the driving force behind it all. The origin of the term boogie-woogie seems to come from the African word “booga” – meaning “to beat” or “to dance wildly and tear your clothes off”. That’s exactly what you want your audience to do, isn’t it?
Louis Jordan had a hit with “Choo-Choo Ch’Boogie” in 1946 and topped the charts for 18 weeks. You’re listening to my back-up sequence and you can download it from the Jazz/Swing list.. The lyrics are pretty silly, but it’s the beat that’s important here. After all, what you really want are happy, naked dancers.