The Rhumba Boogie

"The Rhumba Boogie"
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.[1]

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.[2]

Cover versions

• The song was also recorded by Spade Cooley & his Fiddlin' Friends (DECCA 9–46310) with a vocal by Ginny Jackson,[3][4] and released in March 1951.[5]

References

1. "The Rhumba Boogie lyrics chords | Hank Snow". Classic-country-song-lyrics.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 322.
3. Billboard, April 28, 1951, p. 84
4. "DECCA (USA) 78rpm numerical listing discography: 46000 series". 78discography.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
5. Billboard, March 31, 1951, p. 19 Decca "New Releases Available for Immediate Shipment"