The Rhumba Boogie Explained

The Rhumba Boogie
Artist:	Hank Snow (The Singing Ranger) and his Rainbow Ranch Boys
B-Side:	You Pass Me By
Released:	January 1951
Genre:	Country
Label:	RCA Victor 48-0431

"The Rhumba Boogie" is a 1951 song written and originally performed by Hank Snow.^[1]

Chart performance

The single was his follow up to "The Golden Rocket". "The Rhumba Boogie" was Hank Snow's third number one in a row on the Country & Western Best Seller chart where it stayed at the top for eight weeks and a total of twenty-seven weeks on the chart.^[2]

Cover versions

• The song was also recorded by Spade Cooley & his Fiddlin' Friends (DECCA 9-46310) with a vocal by Ginny Jackson,^{[3] [4]} and released in March 1951.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Rhumba Boogie lyrics chords | Hank Snow. Classic-country-song-lyrics.com. 3 May 2021.
2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 322.
3. Billboard, April 28, 1951, p. 84
4. Web site: DECCA (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 46000 series. 78discography.com. 3 May 2021.
5. Billboard, March 31, 1951, p. 19 Decca "New Releases Available for Immediate Shipment"