| Varm korv boogie | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Owe Thörnqvist |
| A-Side: | Varm korv boogie |
| B-Side: | Svartbäckens ros |
| Released: | 1959 |
| Recorded: | Metronome Studio, Stockholm, 20 Februari 1959 |
| Genre: | rock |
| Label: | Metronome |
| Chronology: | Owe Thörnqvist |
Varm korv boogie is a song written by Owe Thörnqvist. Describing a hot dog (varm korv in Swedish) salesman at Fyristorg in Uppsala, who turns to rock music after his business is closed down by the local health department, it is one of the earliest Swedish rock songs. Becoming one of his most famous songs, it has appeared in many songbooks at school in Sweden, and is common at sing-along events.
Owe Thörnqvist recorded the song on the 1959 single Svartbäckens ros.,[1] and an A-side single the same year, with Svartbäckens ros acting as B-side.[2] In 1959 he also recorded it in Norwegian as Varm pølse boogie, with Gun fra Haugesund (Gun från Dragarbrunn) releasing it as a single the same year.[3]
The song also appeared on the 1986 Owe Thörnqvist live album Owe Thörnqvist live.[4]
| Artist | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Trio me' Bumba | 1973 single Varm korv boogie[5] | |
| Family Four | 1973 single Varm korv boogie[6] and 1974 album Kalla't va' du vill[7] | |
| Four Seven | 1974 single Tiotusen röda rosor[8] | |
| Berth Idoffs | 1975 album Sjung, le och dansa[9] | |
| Lill-Bengths | 1979 album Varm korv boogie[10] | |
| Ann Persson | 1981 album Sverigebesöket[11] | |
| Wästlaget | 1982 album Countrykul[12] | |
| Liljedahls | 1984 album Liljedahls på Björkgården[13] | |
| Rock-Olga | 1989 compilation album Rock-Olga 1958-1988[14] | |
| Blue Steam, Gert-Johanz, Anders Ericsson | 2005 album En samling med Blue Steam, Gert-Johanz, Anders Ericsson[15] | |
| Thorleifs | 2009 album [16] |