The Shotgun Boogie

"The Shotgun Boogie"
"The Shotgun Boogie"
Single by Tennessee Ernie Ford
B-side	"I Ain't Gonna Let It Happen No More"
Written	1949
Released	January 1950
Recorded	1949
Genre	Western swing, rockabilly
Length	2:37
Label	Capitol
Songwriter	Tennessee Ernie Ford
Producer	Lee Gillette

Last updated January 14, 2026

"The Shotgun Boogie" is a 1950 song by Tennessee Ernie Ford. "The Shotgun Boogie" was Tennessee Ernie Ford's most successful release on the Rockabilly & Western Swing charts, staying on the charts for a total of twenty-five weeks, and at number one for fourteen weeks.^[1] Ford, a hunter himself, wrote the song. Jazz bandleader Cab Calloway covered the song.

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 125.

Preceded by

"The Golden Rocket" by Hank Snow

Best Selling Retail (Country & Western) Records
January 20, 1951

Succeeded by

"There's Been a Change in Me" by Eddy Arnold

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 125.

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v t e Tennessee Ernie Ford
Albums	Hymns (1956) Ernie Sings & Glen Picks (1975)
Singles	"Mule Train" "I'll Never Be Free" "The Shotgun Boogie" "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" "Sixteen Tons" "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry" "Dark as a Dungeon"