His early prototype takes a few cues from Boogie Board's line of scratch pads.

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I'm gonna do you a little boogie on this here piano, doing mighty fine, I'm gonna make you shake it, I'll make you do it and make you do it until you break it, it's called the Lewis boogie, in the Lewis way, Lord, I do my little boogie woogie every day.

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' But it's sort of like 'Boogie Nights' meets 'Rocky.

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Still, boogie is now an essential part of our nation's great musical lexicon.

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Other children's television programmes to win awards included toddlers' favourites Boogie Beebies, which won the pre-school live action prize, and cartoon Peppa Pig, which scooped the pre-school animation prize.

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Pinetop Smith had died of a gunshot wound in Chicago by then so the top boogie piano players were Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons and Kansas City's own, Pete Johnson.

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The pre-school animation nominees are The Koala Brothers, Peppa Pig, Meg and Mog and Pingu, while last year's pre-school live action winner Balamory defends its title against Boogie Beebies, My First and Something Special.

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In his spare time, when he's not starring in blockbusters, he says he enjoys reading, playing basketball and boogie-boarding in the California surf.

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