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The trickle of what was initially called hillbilly boogie, or Okie boogie ( later to be renamed country boogie ), became a flood beginning around late 1945.

One notable country boogie from this period was the Delmore Brothers " Freight Train Boogie ", considered to be part of the combined evolution of country music and blues towards rockabilly.

In 1948 Arthur Smith achieved Top 10 US country chart success with his MGM Records recordings of " Guitar Boogie " and " Banjo Boogie ", with the former crossing over to the US pop chart, introducing many people to the potential of the electric guitar.

The hillbilly boogie period lasted into the 1950s, the last recordings of this era were made by Tennessee Ernie Ford with Cliffie Stone and his orchestra with the great guitar duo Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West.

Bill Haley and the Saddlemen recorded two boogies in 1951.