"Pine Top" Smith (1904-1929), so nicknamed because of his proclivity for climbing trees, is given credit for having invented Boogie Woogie, although the term was probably coined by his mentor, "Cow Cow" Davenport, to suggest places too raunchy for nice people to go to. Sylvia's arrangement is totally authentic - one can compare it to Pine Top's original piano recording (12/29/1928), which sports a slightly less pronounced swing and features his lively overlay of verbal instructions for dancing, or as he calls it, "messing around". Sylvia's 1940 recording (General Records G-13) is virtually the same arrangement, but at a slightly slower tempo.