BEAT ME DADDY EIGHT TO THE BAR

30's, 40's phrase used on an uptempo dance tune, as a command to the rhythm section (the drummer is "daddy" as in "daddy-o") to emphasize 8 beats to every bar of music, giving it a feel of doubletime (as opposed to 4 to a bar)

a command used by the singer to go to doubletime, such as after a chorus, to shout "beat me, daddy, eight to the bar!"

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