TEX BENEKE ~ HEY-BA-BA-RE-BOP ~ 1946

[bambasr62]

this song should be in the next fallout

[jashary15]

Helen Humes, who was African American, did the original version in 1945; Tex Beneke's was a cover version.

[emrkinne]

Sometime in '58 or '59 Grand Prix records put out an album with Tex and his band on one side and Millers second tenor Al Klink and his band on the other side. Klink was thought to be the better sax player but miller liked Tex better.

[4205lr]

@emrkinne Miller regarded Tex as a personality. In Al's own words he was introverted despite his talent. Unfortunately, he only got to make one record under his own name.

[paulie4m]

@DigFowler , This is from Tex's band after the war. He fronted the band for the Miller estate.

[onhowtobelovely]

I've been crushing on Tex since I was 12. Just sayin'.

[wholesomesweetness86]

Love this! You wouldn't happen to have any of Tex Beneke's recordings with Eydie Gorme? She sang with his band sometime in 1950 or 51. Not sure if they actually released disks with her vocals or if it was strictly on the radio. - Matt

[usmc7242]

we used to sing HEY BOP A REE BOP while running in formation in 1977!

[puglydoodle]

@usmc7242 From my time in the Army in 1981..

I wish all the ladies

were bricks in a pile

and I was a mason

I'd lay 'em all in style.

Hey hey ba ba re bop

hey hey pass the reefa!

[tlskillman]

Now I feel crazy for not listening to all the big band 78s that use to sit on my parents record shelf. Tex is great. What a great sound.

[brian4858]

5*****killer version

[bunsomatic]

♥♥♥♥♥

[KatieGoLucky]

I want to play all of these songs at my wedding ;-;

[MissYoungClassic]

Yay!  Tex!

[swinginkatz]

Thanks Joan, great song for jitterbugging.

[nallo69]

It seems to me that his front teeth loks more like the grill of the 1958 Opel Rekord

[GITARBUB]

''Up in the mountain mad as i can be tryn' to find the cat that took my baby from me shoutin hey ba ba re bop''.........I love it so much!!!....2:19

[MartyInLa]

I agree I was thinking this sounds a lot like a transition to 50's rock. I guess Tex was a trend setter!

[rbound827]

MartyLa-? Tex was doing a cover of the original Lionel Hampton song, which came out a few years earlier, and also made famous by Wyonie Harris. It was commonplace in the 50s for white artists to cover RNB songs for the white audiences.

[HarleyjXXX]

This cat rocks. Sounds like the precursor to rock and roll to me.

[hebneh]

My father used to say this in conversation - "Hey baba rebop!"

[nutshell74]

Considering this was only two years after GM disappeared, its amazing how the orchestra's sound had changed. It had a certain crispness and precision that became more evident under Tex's direction.

[inkey2]

Tex's front teeth look like the grill of a 1952 Buick Roadmaster

[Factnotfictionpeople]

But his Sax playing was second to none - so where's the problem?

[inkey2]

to Factnotfictionpeople: "no problem" at all.....I just like old Buicks

[Factnotfictionpeople]

:-)

[jdperrenoud]

Outstanding! That brass section is out of this world.

[yowzephyr]

On rare occasions on TV I've seen clips of Tex Beneke singing with the Glenn Miller Band. But only now am I really becoming aware of this guy. He had a great voice and a fantastic stage presence with that face of his. The dude is cool!

[juuukka2]

heipapparipa

[zaces083]

What is this officially classified as? As stated earlier this isn't rock and rock or rockabilly. This can't be Big Bank or Jazz.

What is this genre?

[lunarpollen]

This is big band jazz. They are doing a jump blues tune.

[4205lr]

Bobby Nichols is the high note trumpet soloist.

[joeasmythe]

This was what we danced to at our Jr. prom. We used to call it jitterbug. Now it's called Lindy Hop. Great memories.

[JosephNScott]

Starting at 1:44 this has the huge backbeat that Lionel Hampton and Buddy Johnson were often using as of 1946, but hardly anyone else was. It became part of rock and roll because Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown, Jimmy Preston, Freddie Mitchell, etc. admired the likes of Hampton and Johnson and used it during 1947-1952. Haley first got interested in that all wild up-to-date R&B in 1950. So this recording foreshadows Bill Haley -- but only sort of "by coincidence."

[Joans20thCentury]

nice comment, many thanks.

[littletimone]

My parents used to dance to this very song when they were young. It makes me miss them so much to hear it now, but it's also a great way to remember them by. You are the only one who has it posted.Great job.

[hep2jive]

WARNING: Listen to that BASS with that beat, warning!! That may turn into a rock and a roll a few years later.

[glennmillerfan]

I Have This Record,But It Has Very Bad Wear From Many Plays With A Steel Needle AKA Steel Railroad Spike.

[64098]

This is likely the best version of this. I have two 78 copies of it, I love it that much.