Memorial Day Weekend Music: the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

In honor of Memorial Day, here’s a classic song from World War II — my late World War II veteran father’s generation. Here are The Andrews Sister in the original rendition of The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, as performed in

They redid it as a special number to be shown to the troops as well:’

Some young Andrews Sisters’ impersonators did this version in 2008:

Years later Bette Midler made it a big production number in her act — taking the number to a new, rousing level in terms of vocals and choreography (WARNING: Audio is much louder in this version):

Even Alvin and the Chipmonks did the number (TURN UP volume):

And here’s a cool school project using the original Andrews Sisters recording with some great visuals:

The Airforce Band of the West has done it as one of its numbers:

A middle school band does it, too:

I’m now waiting for someone to do a Jewish version: The Boogie Woogie Bagel Boy of Company B.