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"Luther Played the Boogie"
"Luther Played the Boogie"
Single by Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
A-side	"Luther Played the Boogie"; "Thanks a Lot"
Released	February 15, 1959
Genre	Rockabilly
Length	2:02
Label	Sun 316
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two singles chronology
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	"Luther Played the Boogie" (audio only) on YouTube

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"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

References

^ Beck, Richard (2019). Trains, Jesus, and Murder - The Gospel According to Johnny Cash. Fortress Press. p. 19. ISBN 9781506455594. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
^ "Luther Played The Boogie". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
^ John Edwards Memorial Foundation (1974). JEMF Quarterly. John Edwards Memorial Foundation.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ John L. Smith (1 January 1999). Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3629-7.
^ 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.
^ Colin Escott; Martin Hawkins (1975). Catalyst: The Sun Records Story. Aquarius Books. ISBN 9780904619003.
^ ^a ^b John L. Smith (1 January 1999). Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3629-7.
^ Colin Escott; Martin Hawkins (1980). Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Recording Label. Quick Fox. ISBN 978-0-8256-3161-0.
^ Tim Neely (1 May 2004). Goldmine Records & Prices. Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87349-781-7.
^ Joel Whitburn (2005). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-165-9.
^ 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.
^ George Albert (1 January 1984). The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1685-5.
^ Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. ISBN 978-1-900924-22-1.
^ "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

[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.

[Foundation1974-3] John Edwards Memorial Foundation (1974). JEMF Quarterly. John Edwards Memorial Foundation.

[Alexander2018-4] 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.

[Smith1999_(2)-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.

[EscottHawkins2011-6] 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.

[EscottHawkins1975-7] Colin Escott; Martin Hawkins (1975). Catalyst: The Sun Records Story. Aquarius Books. ISBN 9780904619003.

[Smith1999-8] John L. Smith (1 January 1999). Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3629-7.

[EscottHawkins1980-9] Colin Escott; Martin Hawkins (1980). Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Recording Label. Quick Fox. ISBN 978-0-8256-3161-0.

[Neely2004-10] Tim Neely (1 May 2004). Goldmine Records & Prices. Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87349-781-7.

[Whitburn2005-11] Joel Whitburn (2005). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-165-9.

[Whitburn2002-12] 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.

[Albert1984-13] George Albert (1 January 1984). The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1685-5.

[Lewry2001-14] Peter Lewry (2001). I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle. Helter Skelter. ISBN 978-1-900924-22-1.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Johnny_Cash-15] "Johnny Cash Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

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 | B-side      =
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-| format      = 7" vinyl
+| recorded    =
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+| genre       = [[Rockabilly]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Trains, Jesus, and Murder - The Gospel According to Johnny Cash|first=Richard|last=Beck|date=2019|publisher=Fortress Press|page=19|isbn=9781506455594|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_MSHDwAAQBAJ|accessdate=7 October 2022}}</ref>
-| genre       = [[country music|country]]
-| length      =
+| length      = 2:02
 | label       = [[Sun Records|Sun]] <small>316</small>
-| writer      = [[Johnny Cash]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Cash-And-The-Tennessee-Two-Luther-Played-The-Boogie/master/639902|title=Luther Played The Boogie|website=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=2019-01-16}}</ref>
+| writer      = Johnny Cash<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Cash-And-The-Tennessee-Two-Luther-Played-The-Boogie/master/639902|title=Luther Played The Boogie|website=[[Discogs]]|accessdate=2019-01-16}}</ref>
 | producer    =
-| prev_title  =
+| prev_title  = [[Don't Take Your Guns to Town]]
 | prev_title2 =
-| prev_year   =
+| prev_year   = 1958
-| next_title  =
+| next_title  = [[Frankie's Man, Johnny]]
-| next_title2 =
+| next_title2 = 1959
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+| misc        = {{External music video|{{YouTube|uDVHWvHxOvk|"Luther Played the Boogie" (audio only)|link=no}}}}<!-- Johnny Cash official channel -->
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-"'''Luther Played the Boogie'''" is a song written and originally recorded by [[Johnny Cash]].
+"'''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 by Cash at [[Sun Records]] on July 10, 1958<ref name="Foundation1974">{{cite book|author=John Edwards Memorial Foundation|title=JEMF Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yh7aAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22&dq=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|year=1974|publisher=John Edwards Memorial Foundation}}</ref><ref name="Alexander2018">{{cite book|author=John M. Alexander|title=The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJlHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA41&dq=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|date=16 April 2018|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|isbn=978-1-61075-628-0|pages=41–}}</ref> It would be released as a [[single (music)|single]] (Sun 316, with "[[Thanks a Lot (Johnny Cash song)|Thanks a Lot]]" on the opposite side) on February 15 of the next year,<ref name="EscottHawkins2011">{{cite book|author1=Colin Escott|author2=Martin Hawkins|title=Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQZoSIW67k4C&pg=PT411&dq=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|date=1 March 2011|publisher=Open Road Media|isbn=978-1-4532-1314-8|pages=411–}}</ref><ref name="EscottHawkins1975">{{cite book|author1=Colin Escott|author2=Martin Hawkins|title=Catalyst: The Sun Records Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ml05AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22&dq=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|year=1975|publisher=Aquarius Books}}</ref><ref name="Smith1999">{{cite book|author=John L. Smith|title=Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vysKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-3629-7}}</ref><ref name="EscottHawkins1980">{{cite book|author1=Colin Escott|author2=Martin Hawkins|title=Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Recording Label|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XgUwAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22&dq=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiThbDfkfPfAhUWAxAIHfSyBAQ4ChDoAQgwMAI|year=1980|publisher=Quick Fox|isbn=978-0-8256-3161-0}}</ref><ref name="Neely2004">{{cite book|author=Tim Neely|title=Goldmine Records & Prices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fuIXAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22&dq=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|date=1 May 2004|publisher=Krause Publications|isbn=978-0-87349-781-7}}</ref><ref name="Whitburn2005">{{cite book|author=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OC4KAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|year=2005|publisher=Record Research|isbn=978-0-89820-165-9}}</ref><ref name="Whitburn2002">{{cite book|author=Joel Whitburn|title=Top Country Singles, 1944 to 2001: Chart Data Compiled from Billboard's Country Singles Charts, 1944-2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZszAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22&dq=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiThbDfkfPfAhUWAxAIHfSyBAQ4ChDoAQg2MAM|year=2002|publisher=Record Research|isbn=978-0-89820-151-2}}</ref><ref name="Albert1984">{{cite book|author=George Albert|title=The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t5BHAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|date=1 January 1984|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-1685-5}}</ref> when he already left the label for [[Columbia Records|Columbia]].<ref name="Alexander2018" />
+The song was recorded on July 10, 1958.<ref name="Foundation1974">{{cite book|author=John Edwards Memorial Foundation|title=JEMF Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yh7aAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|year=1974|publisher=John Edwards Memorial Foundation}}</ref> during Cash's final sessions for [[Sun Records]].<ref name="Alexander2018">{{cite book|author=John M. Alexander|title=The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJlHDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22&pg=PA41|date=16 April 2018|publisher=University of Arkansas Press|isbn=978-1-61075-628-0|pages=41–}}</ref> It would be released as a [[single (music)|single]] (Sun 316, with "[[Thanks a Lot (Johnny Cash song)|Thanks a Lot]]", another song from the same session,<ref name="Smith1999 (2)">{{cite book|author=John L. Smith|title=Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vysKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Thanks+a+Lot%22+%22July+10,+1958%22|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-3629-7}}</ref> on the opposite side) on February 15 of the next year,<ref name="EscottHawkins2011">{{cite book|author1=Colin Escott|author-link1=Colin Escott|author2=Martin Hawkins|title=Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQZoSIW67k4C&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22&pg=PT411|date=1 March 2011|publisher=Open Road Media|isbn=978-1-4532-1314-8|pages=411–}}</ref><ref name="EscottHawkins1975">{{cite book|author1=Colin Escott|author-link1=Colin Escott|author2=Martin Hawkins|title=Catalyst: The Sun Records Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ml05AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|year=1975|publisher=Aquarius Books|isbn=9780904619003}}</ref><ref name="Smith1999">{{cite book|author=John L. Smith|title=Another Song to Sing: The Recorded Repertoire of Johnny Cash|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vysKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-3629-7}}</ref><ref name="EscottHawkins1980">{{cite book|author1=Colin Escott|author-link1=Colin Escott|author2=Martin Hawkins|title=Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Recording Label|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XgUwAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|year=1980|publisher=Quick Fox|isbn=978-0-8256-3161-0}}</ref><ref name="Neely2004">{{cite book|author=Tim Neely|title=Goldmine Records & Prices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fuIXAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|date=1 May 2004|publisher=Krause Publications|isbn=978-0-87349-781-7}}</ref><ref name="Whitburn2005">{{cite book|author=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OC4KAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|year=2005|publisher=Record Research|isbn=978-0-89820-165-9}}</ref><ref name="Whitburn2002">{{cite book|author=Joel Whitburn|title=Top Country Singles, 1944 to 2001: Chart Data Compiled from Billboard's Country Singles Charts, 1944-2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZszAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|year=2002|publisher=Record Research|isbn=978-0-89820-151-2}}</ref><ref name="Albert1984">{{cite book|author=George Albert|title=The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t5BHAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|date=1 January 1984|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-1685-5}}</ref> when he already left the label for [[Columbia Records|Columbia]].<ref name="Alexander2018" />
 Before that, the song appeared on Sun Records' album ''[[Greatest!|Greatest! Johnny Cash]]'',<ref name="Smith1999" /> that came out in January 1959.
-Cash received a BMI award for this single.<ref name="Lewry2001">{{cite book|author=Peter Lewry|title=I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ocQK9YBdRhkC&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22&dq=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwirvKrCkfPfAhVFw4sKHaAmDUwQ6AEIPTAE|year=2001|publisher=Helter Skelter|isbn=978-1-900924-22-1}}</ref>
+Cash received a BMI award for this single.<ref name="Lewry2001">{{cite book|author=Peter Lewry|title=I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ocQK9YBdRhkC&q=%22Luther+Played+the+Boogie%22+%22Thanks+a+Lot%22|year=2001|publisher=Helter Skelter|isbn=978-1-900924-22-1}}</ref>
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