Luther Played the Boogie explained

Luther Played the Boogie
Type:	single
Artist:	Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
A-Side:	"Luther Played the Boogie" "Thanks a Lot"
Genre:	Rockabilly^[1]
Length:	2:02
Label:	Sun 316
Prev Title:	Don't Take Your Guns to Town
Prev Year:	1958
Next Title:	Frankie's Man, Johnny
Next Title2:	1959

"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.^[2] during Cash's final sessions for Sun Records.^[3] It would be released as a single (Sun 316, with "Thanks a Lot", another song from the same session,^[4] on the opposite side) on February 15 of the next year,^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]} when he already left the label for Columbia.

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

Cash received a BMI award for this single.^[13]

Notes and References

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