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In reply to the discussion: Why Do Conservatives Love Cowboy Culture? [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(57,425 posts)97. Dorothy Dandridge performs Cow-Cow Boogie
Cow-Cow Boogie
"Cow Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay)" is a "country-boogie"-style blues song utilizing the folklore of the singing cowboy in the American West. In the lyrics, the cowboy is from the city and tells his "dogies" (motherless calves) to "get hip." The music was written by Don Raye, and lyrics were written by Benny Carter and Gene De Paul. The song was written for the 1942 Abbott & Costello film Ride 'Em Cowboy, which included Ella Fitzgerald as a cast member. The first recording was by Freddie Slack & his Orchestra, featuring vocalist Ella Mae Morse in 1942. The record was the second release by Capitol Records and their first million-seller/ number one on the charts record. Morse learned the song from hearing Fitzgerald on a soundtrack she had acquired, even though the song had been cut from the movie. Morse also recalled recording the song in a single take, which she had thought was only a rehearsal. The 1944 collaboration between The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald resulted in a number-one hit on the Harlem Hit Parade and a number-10 hit on the pop chart.
"Cow Cow Boogie (Cuma-Ti-Yi-Yi-Ay)" is a "country-boogie"-style blues song utilizing the folklore of the singing cowboy in the American West. In the lyrics, the cowboy is from the city and tells his "dogies" (motherless calves) to "get hip." The music was written by Don Raye, and lyrics were written by Benny Carter and Gene De Paul. The song was written for the 1942 Abbott & Costello film Ride 'Em Cowboy, which included Ella Fitzgerald as a cast member. The first recording was by Freddie Slack & his Orchestra, featuring vocalist Ella Mae Morse in 1942. The record was the second release by Capitol Records and their first million-seller/ number one on the charts record. Morse learned the song from hearing Fitzgerald on a soundtrack she had acquired, even though the song had been cut from the movie. Morse also recalled recording the song in a single take, which she had thought was only a rehearsal. The 1944 collaboration between The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald resulted in a number-one hit on the Harlem Hit Parade and a number-10 hit on the pop chart.
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Lawlessness, "rugged individualism," stealing then cloaking with respectability...
UTUSN
Nov 2017
#2
Yes, they need an identity. They need to have an image, a model. Shame that being themselves
The Wielding Truth
Nov 2017
#33
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Ken Burch
Nov 2017
#71
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JHB
Nov 2017
#14
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hatrack
Nov 2017
#26
I'm lucky they can't see the Nocona boots I'm wearing. Then I would be in trouble.
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2017
#83
I wore a cowboy hat to work this morning. I'm going to wear it home tonight.
mahatmakanejeeves
Nov 2017
#75
feeds on their false narrative of american history and when people "knew their place"
beachbum bob
Nov 2017
#57
My republican relatives listen to country music and they are so not "country" type people.
smirkymonkey
Nov 2017
#70
Also, outlaws like Jesse James were ex-confederate soldiers. That is DEFINITELY part of what they
anneboleyn
Nov 2017
#74
In the case of my pa, his pa was an asshole cowboy. The only person in a household of 8 who got
Corvo Bianco
Nov 2017
#76