Hamp's Boogie Woogie

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"Hamp's Boogie Woogie" is a 1944 instrumental written by Milt Buckner and Lionel Hampton and performed by Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra. The song, featuring Earl Bostic on alto sax, hit number one on the Harlem Hit Parade and peaked at number eighteen.[1] The song was number seven on Billboard's Annual High School Student Survey in 1945.[2]

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 244.
  2. ^ Smith, Kathleen E.R. God Bless America: Tin Pan Alley Goes to War. The University Press of Kentucky. p. 167. ISBN 0-8131-2256-2.
Preceded by
"G.I. Jive" by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Billboard Harlem Hit Parade number-one single
September 2, 1944
October 14, 1944
Succeeded by