Luther Played the Boogie

"Luther Played the Boogie" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash. Luther is Luther Perkins, the guitarist in Cash's band.

"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 (1959-02-15)
Genre	Rockabilly[1]
Length	2:02
Label	Sun 316
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Cash[2]
Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two singles chronology
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" (1958) "Luther Played the Boogie" (1959) "Frankie's Man, Johnny" / "1959"
Music video
"Luther Played the Boogie" (audio only) on YouTube

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