Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar
| "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" | |
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Sheet music cover | |
| Single by Will Bradley and His Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley | |
| B-side | "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar Pt. 2" |
| Published | 1940 by Leeds Music |
| Released | 1940 |
| Recorded | May 21, 1940 |
| Genre | Boogie woogie |
| Length | 2:39 |
| Label | Columbia (no. 35530) |
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"Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" is a song written in 1940 by Don Raye, Hughie Prince, and Ray McKinley. It follows the American boogie-woogie tradition of syncopated piano music. In some versions the title is punctuated "Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar)" or "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar," or written "Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to a Bar."