"Luther Played the Boogie" is a song written and originally recorded by

Johnny Cash John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his ca ...

. Luther is Luther Perkins, the guitarist in Cash's band. The song was recorded on July 10, 1958. during Cash's final sessions for

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. It would be released as a

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(Sun 316, with "

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", another song from the same session, on the opposite side) on February 15 of the next year, when he already left the label for Columbia. Before that, the song appeared on Sun Records' album '' Greatest! Johnny Cash'', that came out in January 1959. Cash received a BMI award for this single.

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