"Sugar-Foot Rag" (or Sugarfoot Rag) is a song written by

Hank Garland Walter Louis Garland (11 November 1930 – 27 December 2004), professionally Hank Garland, was an American guitarist and songwriter. He started as a country musician, played rock and roll as it became popular in the 1950s, and released a jazz al ...

and Vaughn Horton (given on

Red Foley Clyde Julian "Red" Foley (June 17, 1910 – September 19, 1968) was an American musician who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II. For more than two decades, Foley was one of the biggest stars of the gen ...

's record label as George Vaughn; both were aliases for songwriter

George Vaughn Horton George Vaughn Horton (born Broad Top, Pennsylvania, June 5, 1911; died New Port Richey, Florida, February 29, 1988) was an American songwriter and performer. Usually credited as "Vaughn Horton" or "George Vaughn", he wrote or contributed to the s ...

). It was originally recorded by Garland on , and released in 1949, selling over a million records. It was then recorded by American

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artist

on . It was also recorded by American country music artist

Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008) was an American singer, guitarist, composer, and songwriter as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included " Guitar Man", " U.S. Male", "A Thi ...

and released in November 1979 as the lead single from his album, ''Texas Bound and Flyin''. The song reached a peak of number 12 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart and number 13 on the Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart.

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covered "Sugar Foot Rag" on his 1993 album ''Guit with It.''

Chart performance

Red Foley

Jerry Reed

References

1950 singles Red Foley songs 1979 singles Jerry Reed songs 1949 songs Song recordings produced by Ray Pennington RCA Records singles Songs written by George Vaughn Horton {{1950s-country-song-stub