Thread: The Brian Sisters Boogie Woogie Boogie Man / Louis Armstrong Skeleton in the Closet

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These are both featured in The Haunted History of Halloween, and if you have a Vintage loving bone in your body, you've got to dig these:

Here's some more good ones:

HALLOWEEN JAZZ PLAYLIST

HALLOWEEN SWING PLAYLIST


DELTA RHYTHM BOYS - "DRY BONES"

Wow, thanks Halloweiner - those are some good ones! And those videos are great, Nocturnaloner!

That 'Sing You Sinners' clip in the Jazz list is awesome. A different version of the same song is in this Fleischer cartoon, also from 1930. It's one of my favorites, and great for Halloween:

Another good one! That cartoon is a trip and a half.

Originally Posted by talkingcatblues

Another good one! That cartoon is a trip and a half.

And they say LSD wasn't invented yet!! DTs were though I put that one on a cartoon reel that I show before Halloween movie night. It blows minds every time!

Can anyone find either the lyrics or sheet music or both for the Brian Sisters song at the top of this thread?

I like the song and might want to use it, but the quality is so poor, I can't make out the words and wouldn't want to use any of the recordings I've been able to find. I would rather re-do the song.

I have tried searching everywhere I know of, but found nothing.

Originally Posted by HalloweenBob

Can anyone find either the lyrics or sheet music or both for the Brian Sisters song at the top of this thread?

I like the song and might want to use it, but the quality is so poor, I can't make out the words and wouldn't want to use any of the recordings I've been able to find. I would rather re-do the song.

I have tried searching everywhere I know of, but found nothing.

That is an exceptionally cruddy encode. I'll have to see if I can put up a better one from my DVD. It's on the Monsters Attack the Pajama Party disc from Something Weird Video. Here's my shot at the lyrics:

There's a spook in tinpan alley walking on the piano keys/ He's the jiving ghost who can make the most/ Of his rhythmic tendencies.
So, better look out, someone's about/ Hauntin' the town with new kinds of rhythm/ You may meet the boogie woogie boogie man. / Better beware, better take care, cause if you dont, you'll go along with him / While you meet, the boogie woogie boogie man / If you see him once, he'll really hex you, yes that man, can really vex you/ With his face, he almost wrecks you-ooh (what's the boogie) / Better get wise, cause if he tries, he will soon have you beatin' his rhythm / When you meet, the boogie woogie boogie man / So be sure every night, that you lock the door tight/ turnin on every light, makin all the room bright / If you don't do it right, what a terrible sight / He will get you when he comes / He'll swing through the door, when he gets sore / cut some rugs on the floor, by the hundreds or more/ as his feet he will pound, with a horrible sound / Like a hundred million drums / If you see him once, he'll really hex you, yes that man, can really vex you/ With his face, he almost wrecks you-ooh (skeleton boogie-woogie) / Better get wise, cause if he tries, he will soon have you beatin' his rhythm / When you meet, you beat your feet, you join in neat, but the rhythm's sweet so / if you don't, you go along, then you think, you knew all along, when you hear the woogie song, of the boogie woogie boogie man

That was fun!

Wow! That's great!!

I would like to see/hear a better copy so I can take a shot at trying to figure out the music and harmonies.