"The Rhumba Boogie" | |
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Song by Hank Snow (The Singing Ranger) and his Rainbow Ranch Boys | |
B-side | "You Pass Me By" |
Released | January 1951 |
Genre | Country |
Label | RCA Victor 48-0431 |
Songwriter(s) | Clarence E. Snow |
"The Rhumba Boogie" is a 1951 song written and originally performed by Hank Snow.
Chart performance
The single was his follow up to "The Golden Rocket". "The Rhumba Boogie" was Hank Snow's third number one in a row on the Country & Western Best Seller chart where it stayed at the top for eight weeks and a total of twenty-seven weeks on the chart.
Cover versions
- The song was also recorded by Spade Cooley & his Fiddlin' Friends (DECCA 9–46310) with a vocal by Ginny Jackson, and released in March 1951.
References
- "The Rhumba Boogie lyrics chords | Hank Snow". Classic-country-song-lyrics.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 322.
- Billboard, April 28, 1951, p. 84
- "DECCA (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 46000 series". 78discography.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- Billboard, March 31, 1951, p. 19 Decca "New Releases Available for Immediate Shipment"
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