1948 HITS ARCHIVE: Guitar Boogie - Arthur (Guitar Boogie) Smith

Guitar Boogie (Smith) by Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith and His Cracker-Jacks, featuring Arthur Smith (guitar), Don Reno (rhythm guitar), and Roy Lear (bass) This track was actually recorded back in 1945 and first released on the Super Disc label with the artist shown as “The Rambler Trio, featuring Arthur Smith - guitar.” When MGM purchased the master in 1948, it was reissued as shown here in the label scan and reached a top-10 ranking on Billboard’s Country Juke Box chart. The piece was updated as “Guitar Boogie Shuffle” in 1953 by both The Esquire Boys and The Super-Sonics, and again in 1959 by The Virtues (U.S.) and Bert Weedon (UK). THE 1948 HITS ARCHIVE - here in one place, a good-quality library of original-release-version best-sellers and songs that made an impact that were either released or enjoyed a major chunk of their popularity within the calendar year 1948 (some were recorded in 1947). . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: @the78prof72 ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! * The78Prof The45Prof AnotherProf