Luther Played the Boogie

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"Luther Played the Boogie"
Single by Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
A-side "Luther Played the Boogie"
"Thanks a Lot"
ReleasedFebruary 15, 1959 (1959-02-15)
Genre Rockabilly [1]
Length2:02
Label Sun 316
Songwriter(s) Johnny Cash [2]
Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two singles chronology
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"
(1958)		"Luther Played the Boogie"
(1959)		"Frankie's Man, Johnny" / "1959"
Music video
"Luther Played the Boogie" (audio only) on YouTube

"Luther Played the Boogie" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash. Luther is Luther Perkins, the guitarist in Cash's band.

The song was recorded on July 10, 1958. [3] during Cash's final sessions for Sun Records. [4] It would be released as a single (Sun 316, with "Thanks a Lot", another song from the same session, [5] on the opposite side) on February 15 of the next year, [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] when he already left the label for Columbia. [4]

Before that, the song appeared on Sun Records' album Greatest! Johnny Cash , [8] that came out in January 1959.

Cash received a BMI award for this single. [14]

Charts

Chart (1959)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [15] 8

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References

  1. ↑ Beck, Richard (2019). Trains, Jesus, and Murder - The Gospel According to Johnny Cash. Fortress Press. p. 19. ISBN   9781506455594 . Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Luther Played The Boogie". Discogs . Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  3. ↑ John Edwards Memorial Foundation (1974). JEMF Quarterly. John Edwards Memorial Foundation.
  4. 1 2 John M. Alexander (16 April 2018). The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash. University of Arkansas Press. pp. 41–. ISBN   978-1-61075-628-0.
  5. ↑ John L. Smith (1 January 1999). Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-3629-7.
  6. ↑ Colin Escott; Martin Hawkins (1 March 2011). Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll. Open Road Media. pp. 411–. ISBN   978-1-4532-1314-8.
  7. ↑ Colin Escott; Martin Hawkins (1975). Catalyst: The Sun Records Story. Aquarius Books. ISBN   9780904619003.
  8. 1 2 John L. Smith (1 January 1999). Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-3629-7.
  9. ↑ Colin Escott; Martin Hawkins (1980). Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Recording Label. Quick Fox. ISBN   978-0-8256-3161-0.
  10. ↑ Tim Neely (1 May 2004). Goldmine Records & Prices. Krause Publications. ISBN   978-0-87349-781-7.
  11. ↑ Joel Whitburn (2005). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard. Record Research. ISBN   978-0-89820-165-9.
  12. ↑ Joel Whitburn (2002). Top Country Singles, 1944 to 2001: Chart Data Compiled from Billboard's Country Singles Charts, 1944-2001. Record Research. ISBN   978-0-89820-151-2.
  13. ↑ George Albert (1 January 1984). The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-1685-5.
  14. ↑ Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. ISBN   978-1-900924-22-1.
  15. ↑ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
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