"Oakie Boogie" is a Western swing dance song written by Johnny Tyler

Johnny Tyler

Lehman Monroe "Johnny" Tyler was an American country musician.His career began around 1945 on Stanchel Records with the band Original Hillbillies. In 1947 he signed a recording contract with RCA Victor, where he had the largest success of his career...

 in 1947. It is recognizable by its refrain:

When you do the Oakie Boogie, and do it Oklahoma style,

That mean old Oakie Boogie is bound to drive you wild.

Jack Guthrie

Jack Guthrie

Jack Guthrie was a songwriter and performer whose rewritten version of the Woody Guthrie song "Oklahoma Hills" was a hit in 1945. The two musicians were cousins.-Early life:...

's version (Capitol 341) reached #3 on the charts in 1947 and is often included in the list of the first rock and roll songs. The singing of "Oakie Boogie" is the only performance by Guthrie in a film—Ernest Tubb

Ernest Tubb

Ernest Dale Tubb , nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" , marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music...

's Hollywood Barn Dance in 1947.

Ella Mae Morse

Ella Mae Morse

Ella Mae Morse , was an American popular singer. Morse blended jazz, country, pop, and R&B.-Career:Morse was born in Mansfield, Texas, United States. She was hired by Jimmy Dorsey when she was 14 years old. Dorsey believed she was 19, and when he was informed by the school board that he was now...

 also recorded a version for Capitol which reached #23 in 1952. Her version was one of the first songs arranged by Nelson Riddle

Nelson Riddle

Nelson Smock Riddle, Jr. was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid 1980s...

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The song has been recorded by many artists over the years.