One of the most requested of all of Gene Krupa's numbers was "Drum Boogie" complete with a knowing vocal by Irene Daye, recorded on January 17, 1941 in Chicago just before she left the band to marry trumpeter Corky Cornelius. Elton Hill wrote this frantically paced boogie woogie arrangement with plenty of vocal interjections from the men in the band. The numerous sound colorings provided by Gene Krupa is dazzling to the ear as is Sam Donahue's aggressive tenor sax performance as is Corky Cornelius' blazing trumpet. Bob Kitsis' piano so is brief but leads into a frenzied drumming from Krupa.