Don Raye 
Last updated: 10.01.25
All that can presently (September 2019) be gleaned about Don Raye from sheet music covers and by internet searching is that he has 6 works published between 1940 and 1953.
Of ragtime interest is Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (1941).
Surfers are welcome to contribute information about this composer.
Websites:
url15.gif Don Raye Biography by wikipedia.org.  
url15.gif  DAHR: Don Raye List of 55 historic recordings from 1935 to 1951.
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
audiomidi15.gif Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar (1940) James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (1941) Hughie Prince James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Bounce Me Brother With a Solid Four (1941) Hughie Prince James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif Cow Cow Boogie (1942) Gene De Paul
B. Carter		 James Pitt-Payne
audiomidi15.gif He's My Guy (1942) Gene de Paul James Pitt-Payne
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordmp3.gif Sadie Hawkins' Day (1940) D. Raye King Sisters Victor: PBS-049582
     Performer CD Title Supplier
       
Ragtime Music CDs:
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     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar (1940) D. Raye (music)
Eleanore Sheehy (words)
Hughie Prince (words)
Andrews Sisters (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (1941) D. Raye (w&m)
Hughie Prince (coauth.)
Andrews Sisters (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer Pub.
pdf15.gif Bounce Me Brother With a Solid Four (1941) D. Raye (w&m)
Hughie Prince (coauth.)
Andrews Sisters (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer Pub.
pdf15.gif Cow Cow Boogie (1942) D. Raye (music)
Gene De Paul (coauth.)
B. Carter (coauth.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer Pub.
pdf15.gif He's My Guy (1942) D. Raye (w&m)
Gene de Paul (coauth.)
H. James (perf.)
Helen Forrest (perf.)		 Piano, Voice Sheet Music Singer Pub.
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 24 works by Don Raye. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Yodelin' Jive 1939 Hughie Prince (words)
Andrews Sisters (perf.)
Rose Blane (perf.)
Bing Crosby (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif youtube15.jpg
Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar 1940 Eleanore Sheehy (words)
Hughie Prince (words)
Andrews Sisters (perf.)
Woody Herman (perf.)
Glenn Miller (perf.) 		 Pub. pdf15.gif 
Rhumboogie (w&m) 1940 Hughie Prince (co-author)
Andrews Sisters (perf.)
Ritz Brothers (perf.)
Sadie Hawkins' Day 1940 Hughie Prince (co-author)
King Sisters (perf.) 		  recordmp3.gif
Scrub Me, Mama, With a Boogie Beat 1940
This Is My Country (w&m) 1940 Al Jacobs (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (w&m) 1941 Hughie Prince (co-author)
Andrews Sisters (perf.) 		 Pub. pdf15.gif youtube15.jpg 
Bounce Me Brother With a Solid Four (w&m) 1941 Hughie Prince (co-author)
Andrews Sisters (perf.) 		 Pub. pdf15.gif 
Down the Road a Piece (w&m) 1941 Freddie Slack (perf.)  Pub.
You're a Lucky Fellow Mr. Smith (w&m) 1941 Sonny Burke (co-author)
Hughie Prince (co-author)
Andrews Sisters (perf.) 		 Pub.
Cow Cow Boogie 1942 Gene De Paul (co-author)
Benny Carter (co-author)
Freddie Slack (perf.) 		 Pub. pdf15.gif 
⇑ He's My Guy (w&m) 1942 Gene de Paul (co-author)
Helen Forrest (perf.)
Harry James (perf.) 		 Pub. pdf15.gif 
Let's Keep 'em Flying (w&m) 1942 Gene De Paul (co-author)
Abbott & Costello (perf.)
Carol Bruce (perf.)
Dick Foran (perf.)
Martha Raye (perf.) 		 Pub.
Mister Five by Five (w&m) 1942 Gene De Paul (co-author)
Andrews Sisters (perf.)
Harry James (perf.)
Ella Mae Morse (perf.)
Freddie Slack (perf.)
Harry Slack (perf.) 		 Pub.
Star Eyes (w&m) 1943 Gene DePaul (co-author)
Bob Eberly (perf.)
Helen O'Connell (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet (w&m) 1944 Gene De Paul (co-author)
Tommy Dorsey (perf.)
Nancy Walker (perf.) 		 Pub.
House of Blue Lights, The 1946 Freddie Slack (co-author)
Andrews Sisters (perf.)
Ella Mae Morse (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Judaline 1948 Gene de Paul (words)  Pub.
Enchantment (w&m) 1949 Gene De Paul (co-author)  wvicon.gif
Katrina (w&m) 1949 Gene De Paul (co-author)
Bing Crosby (perf.)
Basil Rathbone (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Careless Lips 1953 Rene Roulette (words)
They Were Doin' the Mambo (w&m) 1954 Sonny Burke (co-author)
Vaughn Monroe (perf.) 		 wvicon.gif
Long Black Nylons (w&m) 1958 Sonny Burke (co-author)  Pub.
⇑ Whippoorwill (w&m) 1958 Robert Mitchum (co-author)  Pub.
     Composer Title Performer
       
youtube15.jpg D. Raye Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (2:45) Andrews Sisters
youtube15.jpg D. Raye Yodelin' Jive (3:14) R. Blane