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in 1929, which garnered the number 20 spot. In the late 1930s, boogie became part of the then popular Swing style, as big bands such as "Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, and Louis Jordan...all had boogie hits." Swing big band audiences expected to hear boogie tunes, because the beat could be used for the
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142:. Boogie-woogie is a style of blues piano playing characterized by an up-tempo rhythm, a repeated melodic pattern in the bass, and a series of improvised variations in the treble. Boogie woogie developed from a piano style that developed in the rough
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A basic boogie rhythm riff (0:19; Ogg Vorbis, 154 KB)
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194:and the
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1169:Gwoka
1164:Salsa
1079:Other
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241:Usage
227:disco
214:-era
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