Drum Boogie

Gene Krupa and his Orchestra

This clip featuring drummer Gene Krupa and his Orchestra featuring vocalist Barbara Stanwyck is an excerpt from the 1941 film “Ball of Fire”

*”Drum Boogie” was composed Gene Krupa and Roy Eldridge. It was first recorded on January 17, 1941 by Krupa’s band sung by Anita O’Day. The following year Ella Fitzgerald joined the Orchestra on tour providing her own rendition.

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