Pig Foot Pete
Pig Foot Pete is a song by Gene de Paul (music) and Don Raye (lyrics) released in 1942.
Raye and de Paul first wrote Pig Foot Pete for the film In Hell, the devil's loose! (Original title: Hellzapoppin '. 1941). Although the song performed by Martha Raye was not used for the film, Hellzapoppin ' mistakenly received an Oscar nomination for Best Song for Pig Foot Pete in 1943 . The song was eventually used in another Universal Studios production, in which Abbott and Costello film Keep 'em' flying.
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The humorous song is about a guy from Kansas City who played boogie woogie piano for pork knuckle and beer and was therefore called Pig Foot Pete. In the opinion of Peter J. Silvester, Gene de Paul got closer to his roots in jazz again with Pig Foot Pete , because the song combines solid boogie-woogie play with lyrics that refer to pianist Pete Johnson with his preference for the left hand alludes.
Martha Raye's recording of the song was released on Brunswick 03363; In the 1940s, several cover versions of the film song were made, including by Freddie Slack (Decca 4130), Ella Mae Morse (Capitol 278, with Freddie Slack Orchestra), Betty Hutton and with the Dinning Sisters, with whom a soundie of the song was produced .
Individual evidence
- ^ The 1943 Oscars in the Internet Movie Data Base
- ↑ See Andy Rausch: Obsessed With… Hollywood. 2007 and Susan Sackett, Marcia Rovins: Hollywood sings !: an inside look at sixty years of Academy. 1995, p. 58
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Peter J. Silvester: A Left Hand Like God: A History of Boogie-Woogie Piano. 1989, p. 206
- ↑ CD Review Digest: Jazz, popular, etc , 1994 - Volume 7, Issue 4 - page 302
- ↑ The Dinning Sisters: Almost Sweet and Gentle on Allmusic (English)
