Andrews Sisters - Rhumboogie

The Andrews Sisters screen debut in "Argentine Nights" (1940)

Rhumboogie Lyrics

All Harlem's got a brand new rhythm
And it's burning up the dance halls
Because it's so hot.
They took a little rhumba rhythm,
And they added boogie-woogie,
And-a look what they've got:

Rhumboogie.
Rhumboogie-woogie.
It's Harlem's new creation
With a Cuban syncopation -
It's a killer.

Rhumboogie.
Rhumboogie-woogie.
The native rhythm haunts you,
It's barbaric and it taunts you -
It's a killer.

Just plant you toes and both feet on each side,
Let both your hips and shoulders glide,
Then throw your body a-way back and ride.
Sing a little of
The rhumba
The boogie
The woogie
Then put them
Both all together
You have rhumboogie...

Then all together sing rhumboogie.
Rhumboogie-woogie.
Rhumboogie.
In Harlem or Havana
In Poughkeepsie or Savannah
It's a killer.
It's a killer this rhumboogie.

Rhumboogie.
Rhumboogie.
Rhumboogie-woogie-woogie-woogie-woogie.
Do-do-do-do-u-do-do-do-u-do-do-do-u.
There's nothing like rhumboogie!

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• Andrews
• Sisters
• Rhumboogie
• Argentine
• Nights

[the1musiclad]

is it exploiting different cultures or is it popularising different cultures? without the andrews sisters and other acts at the time foreign music may never have been accepted by america.

[fiftiesflashback1953]

GREAT CLIP! I never saw this one before. Thanks for sharing.

[serg54999999]

Great women)

[Seaverful]

What a classy, classy, bunch of women. They were just awesome. Very, very, sexy without being vulgar, indecent, or profane. Today's female artists should take heed.

[hebneh]

Aw, what's the matter with that buncha cold fish out there in the audience, anyway? What are they, a buncha zombies sittin' around like they wuz at a political convention or somehin'? Don't you boys know good music when it's right there in front'a ya? Do I hafta come out there an' hit youse dumb clucks on the head or somethin' to get ya to appreciate what these three canaries just done for ya? Cheez!

[miltonSF]

what the heck are doing Larry, Moe and Shemp there????

[BrandonTxOthor]

In the movie "Ball of Fire' Barbara Stanwyck sings this with Gary Cooper,I have to admit I thought it was just a song made for that movie did not know the Andrew Sisters recorded it. Great post! Does anyone know which came first:their recording or the movie?

[Shoknifeman]

@1961websurfer The whole "Good Neighbor" policy thing gave North America Carmen Miranda, Desi Arnaz, Xavier Cugat and the Disney Cartoon "The Three Caballeros"

[1961websurfer]

@Shoknifeman Very true. Also don't forget that many people still wanted to travel. Their only options were north to Canada or south to Central and South America. The rest of the world was off limits.

[Shoknifeman]

@the1musiclad Well, the whole "Latin craze" of the 40s was a kind of political propoganda aimed at a policy of friendship with Latin-American countries, many of them had ties with the Nazis (An attempt at winning them over to the Allies side). After the war some of these became infamous for hiding Nazi criminals (Brazil and Argentina in particular). Hollywood and the record industry went along with the USA's "Good Neighbor" policy and it spawned a Latin craze.

[TheFrontrowkid]

My parents had this song on a 78 rpm record. It was on the B side, the flip side of the record. Tuxedo Junction was on the A side. At the age 4, I knew this song by heart. Patti Andrews was always the cutup of the group, making funny faces. They were in several Abbott and Costello movies and of course, recorded with Bing Crosby. This is t6he first time I have seen this song done on video.

[RueBroadway]

I love how fun they are. I'm not gong to lie-- I hadn't heard of these ladies until I saw a reference of them on Keri Hilson's video, but I'm starting to appreciate their sound :o)