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| | January 2004 MilitaryMusic.com E-NEWS - Altissimo! Recordings - MilitaryMusic.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Raye was an East Coaster, but in 1940 he moved to Hollywood to pen more songs for the movies Ð songs such as "Rhumboogie," "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar," "Bounce Me Brother, With a Solid Four," and, of course, "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," which was nominated for an Oscar. |
 | | Raye's collaborator on "This Is My Country" was Al Jacobs, a composer more noted for love songs such as "Hurt", "Every Day of My Life", and "I Need You Now". |
 | | Raye and Jacobs are reported to have written the song in 1940, but Jacob's daughter thinks that they wrote it in New York, so either it was done before Raye left for the West Coast or they did it long distance. |
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