Top 5 Boogie Woogie Women

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Amazing talent in abundance. These are my top 5 boogie woogie performances from the best women of the boogie woogie world past and present. Do you agree with my choices? What changes would you make? Leave a comment and let me know. Otherwise just sit back and enjoy the very best of boogie woogie blues and the very best boogie woogie women.
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@boogiewoogieboss5894 3 жыл бұрын

Just a note to say a huge thank you to everyone for subscribing to the channel and liking this video. Your continued support will lead to lots more wonderful Boogie-Woogie content. Boogie Woogie Boss

@hansvanrijswijk409 3 жыл бұрын

Boogie Woogie Boss , do you ever have seen Ben Toury ? Playing with Brendan Kavanagh ? AMAZING for me , to see him. And you ever heard of Pia Beck ? From holland.

@boogiewoogieboss5894 3 жыл бұрын

Hans P, yes they feature first up in my boogie woogie duets video. It’s amazing, check it out. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fNKBqplp19GqZ5s.html

@billlander3700 3 жыл бұрын

I always wanted to play my piano like u people.l have been practicing 65 years at least.I'am still practicing.THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING YALL' S TALENT.May ouer Lord bless u all and keep u strong and well Halalua.

@JesusisJesus 3 жыл бұрын

May I have a piano lesson from you?

@boogiewoogieboss5894 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the delay, didn’t expect a question on lessons from this video. Have you tried some of the tutorial videos? What level are you? Beginner/ intermediate?

@CliffH49 5 ай бұрын

Ladyva's playing is absolutely magical, coupled with her magical ability to swap her bracelet from one wrist to the other whilst playing is an astounding skill

@mombasaflash 2 ай бұрын

😂

@terryallan235 Ай бұрын

Good one Cliff. Surprised her dress didn't change to multi coloured floral as well. They must've edited and mixed and matched for sound quality reasons or something similar.

@michaeljoseph2303 9 ай бұрын

They are all good and have unique individual style. It’s not right to put one against the other. My favorite is Ladyva!

@MyDagfinn 3 жыл бұрын

I am surprised Ladyva being fifth. She has a flow that is magical and to watch, it is not merely her hands playing but all of her - she is totally into her own play and that makes her number one, I say.

@boogiewoogieboss5894 3 жыл бұрын

Let’s face it they are all great in their very different ways. Thanks for supporting the channel, it great to hear so much love for boogie woogie.

@flomurdock 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, she is awesome!!!!

@michaelgreene7385 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed......

@randylenart9674 3 жыл бұрын

Very good thank you for making are day 🤗

@johndoe5346 2 жыл бұрын

Not taking anything away from her, but Dona's performance is just on another level

@louisstopforth5886 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite Ladyva you are the Best , you have class girl your music rocks my world.

@user-ws3fj4hj8s 4 ай бұрын

I,am 81 this women is the Queen of Boogie ***********************makes me feel 21 Greet,no one is better than her!

@ronnyl5773 3 күн бұрын

good i hear from someone who knows. Thank you. i say for some time she is the best

@glennkoons1560 8 ай бұрын

Ladyva is till my fave and I am 84 and have heard it all.

@rchwealth 2 жыл бұрын

I am a Ladyva fan and watch every evening. Of course I think she is #1.

@bonitzsche9106 Жыл бұрын

ladyva---- magnificent, magical!

@1samndrose 7 ай бұрын

Ladyva is my number one all day & every day !!

@ukucuckoo 3 жыл бұрын

My Mum was a great pianist who had been classically taught, and she was a big fan of Winifred Atwell. Whenever Mum played the Boogie Woogie we kids had to sit in the windows to see if our grandparents were coming along the road. If we saw them we would immediately warn Mum and she would change to playing Rock of Ages . They were big church people and did not approve of such decadent music as the Boogie Woogie.

@boogiewoogieboss5894 3 жыл бұрын

Stories like this are amazing, it’s had to think this music was once so controversial. Thanks for supporting the channel and best wishes.

@michaelgreene7385 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, at one time, you didn't play this music in public,or, certain people .. it was taboo...

@seanmagee5669 2 жыл бұрын

Back in the day, If one don't dig de Boogie:, one is Square.

@seanmagee5669 2 жыл бұрын

PS. Those ladies are just amazing, to say the least. Absolutely fantastic. Thanks for posting. 😂👍

@larrypuckett5291 Жыл бұрын

Not being disrespectful but your mum is someone I would love to meet. I play blues guitar but love the boogie woogie piano

@johnpearce3714 3 жыл бұрын

WE SAW LADYVA IN 2015 , ON THE JERRY LEE LEWIS ,LONDON SHOW. SHE WAS EXCELLENT !! ---- JOHN UK --

@harrymurphey2634 3 жыл бұрын

.... they are all great ... but ... Miss Ladyva's left hand is a "force of nature" ... it is like the Union Pacific's #4014 ... the "Big Boy" ... the most powerful steam engine ever built that ran/runs on the RR tracks of the USA, to this day ... Powerful and Relentless !!!! ... AWESOME !!! ... and then there is that SMILE !!!

@waynesmith9765 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite is Ladyva. She plays GREAT piano AND can magically move her bracelet from one arm to the other between notes.

@brianbaxter61 3 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@michaelgreene7385 3 жыл бұрын

She makes a great video, her director was probably the reason for that, not her. Her talent was flawless.... director, not so much....

@isaaccd79 2 жыл бұрын

Very good!!

@albertswift1490 2 жыл бұрын

🙄😅🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that's magic ..

@Cha-y412 2 жыл бұрын

Too funny.

@gary-kr7dm 3 жыл бұрын

It’s Ladyva for me. She has the right speed, the excellent left hand, the beautiful way of playing proper boogie woogie, and, the looks.

@boogiewoogieboss5894 3 жыл бұрын

The right speed is great point, even the great Meade lux Lewis succumbed to trying to play too fast in the end. It’s important to be able to hear those rolls and feel the swing.

@flomurdock 3 жыл бұрын

And elegance

@michaelgreene7385 3 жыл бұрын

You said it.. straight up. And well said.....

@jimmylamuasa Жыл бұрын

My Hobby Boogie Woogie Song, very Goods Keyboardis

@Kim-wo7mu 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see the last lady in the red shirt and black skirt play with Dr K Boogie Woogie! I've already seen the first lady play with Dr K and she is awesome! Love this music!

@junagbayani8488 2 жыл бұрын

I frankly never imagined piano music can be this...danceable...i love woogie boogie...!

@stevegrooms1142 3 жыл бұрын

I had to smile. My mother played the Bumble Bee Boogie. She was born in Iowa in 1918 and grew up in the Roaring Twenties. I think playing boogie woogie was a small act of rebellion, a way of telling her parents that she would make her own choices.

@boogiewoogieboss5894 3 жыл бұрын

I think this is one of the best comments I have ever received for a video. That’s why I play, teach and broadcast boogie woogie, so glad it connected with you Steve and a great story. Maybe we have some similar experience from other viewers?

@rogerpotger9261 3 жыл бұрын

Love and Respect to your beloved mum ... Australian fan !

@petergorm 9 ай бұрын

Imagine having a girlfriend that INSITS on playing the boogie! Oh my, that would be my heaven.

@michaelgreene7385 3 жыл бұрын

No.5 , got my vote for no.1, but, they all are phenomenal musicians, but, the grace and the beautiful atmosphere of the lighting, the settings, the way the keys flowed beneath her fingers, like fine silk rustling in the breeze. Did I mention that she was HOT!. It did it for me. A class A act. Simply beautiful....

@joewoodcock6786 3 жыл бұрын

amen

@michaelgreene7385 3 жыл бұрын

@@joewoodcock6786 I see you are a man of great taste...

@Watcherrye 3 жыл бұрын

The first lady that played, I thought , by golly she is as beautiful as the music she plays. I was tappin my toes and boopin my head to the beat, and she smiled and I thought damn she is good. She's extremely great at Boogie Woogie and off the charts beautiful.

@Mr.Ekshin 3 жыл бұрын

And she does that AMAZING magic trick where her bracelet keeps switching from her left wrist to her right wrist and back, all while playing the piano. She should bring that trick to Penn and Teller.

@catfishcave379 2 жыл бұрын

I was very familiar with Ladyva, Stephanie Trick and Dona Oxford, but I definitely need to head to the record store for some Martha Davis!

@iosifiulius4565 3 жыл бұрын

For me, Ladyva is number one !

@dabass438 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you--my soul instantly recognized Ladyva as my twin flame! ...and she acknowledged it in her song/video "To Whom Do I Want To Lie" (remember, she's Swiss, thinking in German) ❤I don't want this to end, Vanessa! ☦

@georgeleo928 10 ай бұрын

,φη 😊

@nannyi6166 3 жыл бұрын

Lady Va number one!👍👍

@vincegreenlees4655 10 ай бұрын

Ladyva is the best l have ever seen she should be number 1

@davidkean6676 2 жыл бұрын

I love listening to Lady Va she’s brilliant!

@HabuBeemer 2 жыл бұрын

Just recently discovered her and have been totally amazed with her playing. All the ladies on this vid are outstanding.

@brucejackson4219 11 ай бұрын

an understatement amigo

@CassandraLai 10 ай бұрын

She is full of life and energy and that’s what we want. humor too hee hee cheeky too! 😊

@hochbob 3 жыл бұрын

Agree with your choices. These women are incredibly talented.

@smedlysspeakeasy5226 3 жыл бұрын

musicians have another thing going on than us mere mortals...always in awe...thank you

@johnmuller2706 2 жыл бұрын

For me one of the best Boogie Woogie players. Gongratulations Ladyva.

@leonardorochadutra8811 Жыл бұрын

Wow!! What a left hand Martha Davis!! Jaw dropping!!

@burningisis 3 жыл бұрын

I love Lady Va, but Dona is just the heart and soul of Boogie Woogie. Her performance just bounces every time. If you see someone playing boogie woogie and they're not bouncing and smiling, they're just not in that zone.

@TheRobertpyoung 2 жыл бұрын

was that the last one?

@hansvanrijswijk409 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite , is Dona Oxford. I like her style. I'm a fan of Dona. Ladyva is a beautiful women , and plays excelent.

@billmarkelz 3 жыл бұрын

Dona.....wow what an entertainer she is!!!

@jeffg1524 3 жыл бұрын

Sheesh, that Dona Oxford is not only a boogie woogie master but a great showwoman! They're all great in this vid. Thanks for creating/sharing it, Boss.

@boogiewoogieboss5894 3 жыл бұрын

Really glad you appreciated it, thanks for supporting the channel and our boogie woogie revival.

@elizabethheindel7335 3 жыл бұрын

She is awesome, never new bout her till show on New Orleans La. Smoking that key board , would have luv to seen her jam with Killer Jerry lee Lewis in his younger days They would have knock your socks Off lol 😝, God bless them both

@rs7349 3 жыл бұрын

The first women is truly amazing,every time the camera shows her hands her bracelet is on the other wrist!

@jamesbockenstette4332 3 жыл бұрын

The reverse image is being displayed when the camera shows just her hands compared to the image showing her face and torso. You know the bracelet is the same.

@davidconner41 3 жыл бұрын

I believe she’s wearing a bracelet on both wrists.

@rs7349 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesbockenstette4332 1 seconde geleden @James Bockenstette It is not a reverse image because the low&high notes as well as the brand name of the instrument are not reversed! Also is she wearing clearly only one bracelet

@rs7349 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidconner41 She wearing clearly only one bracelet

@finnmccool684 3 жыл бұрын

That Dona Oxford deserves to be world famous. Unbelievable.

@georgesakellaropoulos8162 Жыл бұрын

Not just a performer, but an entertainer.

@TEBme-sf1it 4 ай бұрын

@@georgesakellaropoulos8162n I agree just magical🔥🎶🎵🎶❤️

@rkng1 3 жыл бұрын

Boogie Woogie is just such happy music. Makes you want to dance

@truthseeker6532 8 ай бұрын

Dang, that chic at the end = WOW!!!!!!

@chriskourlos4407 3 ай бұрын

Dona oxford. #1! Thanks dona from christos kourlos! I learned drums from Mr. Buddy rich! Goat! You are piano goat!

@franksaxton3583 2 жыл бұрын

I love boo-gee whoo-gee and have since a very young age. It's God's little practical joke that I can't sing or play a note.... I wish I could play like this for just one hour of my life.

@michaelwichita3859 2 жыл бұрын

My two favorites are Ladyva and Stephanie Trick. Two favorite guys are Dr. K and Terry Mikes!

@Mftjan2000 Жыл бұрын

all good....last one best!!

@positivasiempre2095 Жыл бұрын

Martha Davis 😳😳😳😳😳🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 THE BEST. AMAZINGGGGGGGG. So clear, clean and perfectly done. Her hands were flying.

@nannyi6166 3 жыл бұрын

They are all so great it’s so hard to have to choose one but if I really had to I would pickLa Diva!

@reggiebald2830 3 жыл бұрын

Not to take from any of these artists, I can't, but Dona Oxford plays it for me! All these women are on top!

@GloriaSmall-ih7yh 8 ай бұрын

It's enough that I ENJOY this music to the ENDS OF MY TOES!! WHAT would I, COULD I ever add!!❤❤💓 GO GALS!! 🎶🎶🎶

@michaelnaretto3409 3 жыл бұрын

All of these women are fantastic! Dona Oxford gets the vote for insane energy...

@jeffreychase4039 3 жыл бұрын

The Best Collection of Bogge Woggieing Women that I have ever seen. 💖🙃💖⚘⚘⚘💋

@chriskourlos4407 3 ай бұрын

Wow brocks boogie! Rocks!!!! Dona oxford no. 1. She just blew me away! And what a beautiful performer! Hall of fame fingerwork! A++. Thankyou dona oxford my depression is lifting! My father was mr. Boogie woogue, lumbros kourlis. We called him pops lefty. You are on his level. He passed away 35 years ago in my arms large cell carcinoma cancer in 3 months and left a hole in my heart sooo bug you can drive a mack truck thru it still! You reall hit that keyboard so perfect it had me floating and looking fir my drum sticks, a Big big big "thankyou" !!!!!!!!!!!❤😂🎉 Truely the best ive ever had heard!!! Im buying you recodings...thankyou jesus!!!❤😂🎉

@chriskourlos4407 3 ай бұрын

GOAT!!!!!☆☆☆☆☆

@chriskourlos4407 3 ай бұрын

Lumbros kourlos was was a tax account in st. Clair shores, michigan. 48080 on 21941 9 miles rd. After he finished your taxes he would often get up and play 30 mins of boogie boogie for you on his Steinway baby grand piano! He was a left hand stride fats waller copy cat! Trust me if you ever heard him you would all agree he was the GOAT! REST IN PEACE DADDY! ILL SEE YOU IN HEAVEN SOON!

@bootslangley4875 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, Thanks SO much for showcasing the Ladies of Boggie Woogie. I'm 72. In1955, @ 5yrs old, my Gramma Eliza Langley would play me the Music she said she would play at the "Speak Easy" joints she went to when she was young. It was this "Boogie Woogie'"Music that no one approved of then. I've always loved it and admire the people who could play it well. Thank you for high lighting this great music of my/our "Yout" I literally Cry with joy when I hear it well played like this!! cheers Richard Langley La Mesa, Ca PS; Nanna Langley (RIP) would be proud!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@juliojames5986 2 жыл бұрын

For a non player of any instrument, but a lover of great music, this is magical ! 💐

@kevinhornbuckle 2 жыл бұрын

You could pick up an instrument and work at learning enough to play along a little. It is a lot of fun.

@juliojames5986 2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinhornbuckle Oh no, I tried guitar about four or five times over thirty or forty years, Nada, no talent in these fingers. Thanks.

@kevinhornbuckle 2 жыл бұрын

@@juliojames5986 Try melodica, or harmonica. I play trombone.

@Billdick360 2 жыл бұрын

You sound like you've got 'A good ear'.

@Billdick360 2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinhornbuckle I'm a tremendous Harmonica player.

@kathyrammel5310 3 жыл бұрын

Marcia Ball is still my favorite female piano/keyboard player. Plus, she sings while playing.

@boogiewoogieboss5894 3 жыл бұрын

That’s a good shout Kathy, she is an all round entertainer.

@Dills1995 3 жыл бұрын

And she does it with her beautiful legs crossed!😂

@bobwasilewski5768 Жыл бұрын

Your hands, not to mention your astonishing skills, are amazing and joyful. Thank you. All of you.

@johnwagner5527 2 жыл бұрын

Barrelhouse Chuck. Knew him well. He never new any note of music. Played with the best of blues talent. Rest in peace my dear friend.

@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr 3 жыл бұрын

Winefred Atwell - Holy Moly .. off-the-charts Good Stuff! (All outstanding musicians!)

@boogiewoogieboss5894 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed she was something else 🤠

@DanielEngsvang Жыл бұрын

Boogie woogie absolutely is a way to express the soul of the one expressing their "Boogie". I love it, and i WISH really hard that i will learn to play the piano(I am just playing the guitar(Electric,Acoustic, and some kind of Air guitar if i must) Haha 😄😄

@haroldgillette7157 Жыл бұрын

I love all vintage music and everthing up to, but not including rap,and boogie woogie is near the top,and this is beautiful!

@price7955 Жыл бұрын

She's definitely a top buggy woogie rock and roll gal

@glenmillerrinthemoodbarnes9513 3 жыл бұрын

She is one of the top 10 in my library of misic ranging from A-Z, I can't stop listening to her, when I listen to someone else, I end up back to LADYVA!!!

@Charles53412 2 жыл бұрын

Same here ! I even found a video of her playing with Boogie Woogie guru, Brenden Kavanagh on his YT channel. It was quite amazing !

@prestonrushmore9692 3 жыл бұрын

Started playing boogie woogie 3 years ago, I can never go back

@boogiewoogieboss5894 3 жыл бұрын

I get that, I’ve played music all my life mainly guitar but when I started on the piano boogie woogie was like a calling. 90% of my music time is spent enjoying boogie woogie.

@prestonrushmore9692 3 жыл бұрын

Same here! A good Guitar sesh is great, but there’s nothing like boogie-ing on the piano!

@bennettdickmann1602 9 ай бұрын

The talent level between them is impossible to measure. The difference is a thousand times less than minuscule.

@jpjayakumar7241 11 ай бұрын

Her gentle touch on keyboardist masterful

@markturcotte2679 9 ай бұрын

Donna & Ladyva absolutely tear it up!! Love it! 🔥🎹🎹🔥🤟❤️🎼🎵🎹🤟🤟😜😎🤟

@keithorr6878 3 жыл бұрын

Ladyva and Donna still my favourites

@ecombiz8 Жыл бұрын

Boogie Woogie music is happy music. So much of today's so called music is depressing and angry. You can feel the joy and happiness in Boogie Woogie it makes you smile, clap your hands and move your feet.

@ltsgarage7780 2 жыл бұрын

That # 5 which was the first woman. She could play my piano 🎹 any day of the week. Maybe even more. Beautiful Eyes!!!!!

@smedlysspeakeasy5226 3 жыл бұрын

dona has the jerry lee look, and why not, if one can play like those two, one can look any way they want to...great stuff

@manelgene9229 Жыл бұрын

LadyVa (Vanessa): Long live to the heroes of music! Thank you very much for such valuable gifts 🙏

@steliansilvestru2170 Жыл бұрын

Lady va AMAZING!

@dianefowler8779 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!!! How could anyone not like this?

@sesquashtwo 3 жыл бұрын

The third gal, on stage BLEW MY MIND! Gawd...her talent....stunned me!

@VeganStance Жыл бұрын

The bass player is looking in awe of Dona Oxford . That is some outstanding playing right their and shes doing it all standing up 😊

@williamandwilmagreenwood4433 11 ай бұрын

You are the VERY VERY ( THE BEST ) - Wilma and William Greenwood

@jpjayakumar7241 11 ай бұрын

My favorite too is Ladyva...simply superb

@bs-jh8bd Жыл бұрын

no joke the first and second players are the best hands down. they were rightly put in the list. просто акуитительно играют буги-вуги

@sorendk1 Жыл бұрын

Never before in my 57y of living, have i EVER wished for a cameraman to keep focusing on the hands, when filming a beautiful lady 😄 They are all truly impressive musicians 🥰 I´m a guitarist who cant play piano so I may be wrong, but to me it sounded like Martha Davis speed and dexterity was superior. But as I said, they are all very very good..

@WayOfHaQodesh 2 жыл бұрын

HalleluYAH! All amazing YAH given talent, no doubt there... love the performance from Martha Davis and the bassist, ohhhhh man.... but all these ladies are brilliant artists.

@CjCharlton-mu1hr Жыл бұрын

Fricken awesome players

@phillipgreenfield8120 3 ай бұрын

She is special and that sees her apart And rolling eyes an glances added to her ease of playing also sets her at the top

@ImFatdaddy7 2 жыл бұрын

All I can say after picking my jaw up off the floor is this lady's playing is insane!! Thank you Ma'am!!

@dean3434 2 жыл бұрын

Yep. She does it all true to the art of BW and beyond the silly girl mellow BW. Dean

@indiarodgers3739 2 жыл бұрын

These phenomenal women are literally blowing my mind! The talent. individuality, incredible skill, dedication and time it would have taken to play like that...

@michaelgarland6468 Жыл бұрын

Those girls can dance!

@jmcampoamor2753 Жыл бұрын

Best for me Ladyva !!!

@murrayjimm 3 жыл бұрын

that is amazing how that bracelet jumps from right wrist to left wrist and back and forth. And during the song.

@mabdala9156 3 жыл бұрын

Good eye

@Iovingyou99 2 жыл бұрын

It’s Beautiful video ❤️ Eagle 🦅 eyes 👀 Amazing trick

@jthepickle7 3 жыл бұрын

Fantasy in time. Girl walks into a bar says, "Here Brahms hold my stein."

@leehedley3155 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@walterthompson4340 Жыл бұрын

LADYVA ONLY GETS BETTER AS SHE GETS OLDER - ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS WALTER THOMPSON WINNIPEG MANITOBA CANADA

@michaelgarland6468 Жыл бұрын

Stepping out with your beautiful fingers!

@philfletcher3434 2 жыл бұрын

Dona Oxford, the Jimi Hendrix of the boogie woogie piano; her energy is astounding as is the beauty of the two young ladies with her. May she never get arthritic fingers or else she'll have to start playing a slow waltz

@andrewbarrett1537 Жыл бұрын

I’m sure she’ll have a lot to say even with a waltz!

@philfletcher3434 Жыл бұрын

@@andrewbarrett1537 I don't really get where you're coming from here.

@jaxjake95 3 жыл бұрын

Vanessa, ......... there is no need to say more. Boogie Woogie redefined, love you girl. Hugs from Mobile, Al. Rick

@richardmackey1823 8 ай бұрын

I love Boogie Woogie.

@wallylee9259 2 жыл бұрын

Mit einer Lehrerin wie Ladyva spiele ich in 6 Monaten auch Boogie Woogie, weil ich nicht nach Hause will, sie ist so süß

@papabear149 2 жыл бұрын

Stephanie Trick is my favorite! She’s talented and classy!

@andrewbarrett1537 Жыл бұрын

In terms of performances, my top two favorites in this are indeed Martha Davis and Stephanie Trick. AFAIK Ms Davis is IMPROVISING and Stephanie is PLAYING A TRANSCRIPTION, but I’ll be damned if she doesn’t NAIL that transcription perfectly, with the right feel and everything.