Ten years later, a rendition appeared on the Ventures' 1972 album, Rock & Roll Forever with Harvey Mandel guesting on lead guitar. A version of "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" (simply titled "Guitar Boogie") by New Zealand musician Peter Posa became a bit hit in his native country in 1962. Also in 1959, a version of "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" by Bert Weedon backed with "Bert's Boogie" reached number ten in the UK charts. In 1959, the Virtues' single reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 27 on the Hot R&B Sides chart, which Eder calls "one of the most popular and influential instrumentals of its era". In 1958, a Philadelphia band, Frank Virtue and the Virtues, recorded it as "Guitar Boogie Shuffle". In 1953, a version by the Super-Sonics was titled "New Guitar Boogie Shuffle" and another by the Esquire Boys with Danny Cedrone on guitar was titled "Guitar Boogie Shuffle". AllMusic critic Bruce Eder describes these renditions as having "new accents and a beat that took it out of country boogie and Western swing". In the 1950s, rock and roll versions of "Guitar Boogie", usually titled "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" (but credited to Arthur Smith), were recorded. As an early popular example of hillbilly boogie, it is a link between 1940s Western swing and honky-tonk and 1950s rockabilly. By 1949, "Guitar Boogie" reached number eight during a stay of seven weeks on the Hot Country Songs chart and number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it "the first guitar instrumental to climb the Country charts crossover, and climb the Pop Charts".
In October 1948, MGM Records (which had purchased Super Disc and Smith's contract) re-released the instrumental under the name "Arthur (Guitar Boogie) Smith and His Cracker-Jacks". Regionally "Guitar Boogie" did well, due in part to Smith's appearances on popular radio programs, such as Charlotte, North Carolina WBT's Carolina Hayride. The piece was released under the name "the Rambler Trio featuring Arthur Smith" by the independent Super Disc Records label. There has been conflicting information on the type of guitar Smith used for the recording several sources identify it as an acoustic guitar and others as an electric guitar. Smith first recorded "Guitar Boogie" in 1945 with the Rambler Trio, with Don Reno on rhythm guitar and Roy Lear on bass.
Originally a jazz musician, Smith explained, "I guess I picked that from Tommy Dorsey's 'Boogie Woogie', 'cause I didn't listen to country or blues, I listened to big band in those days". In his version, Smith performs the piano parts on guitar, alternating between boogie rhythmic patterns and soloing. Music historian Larry Birnbaum describes it as "not the same as Arthur Smith's country hit by the same title". It features a descending arpeggio based on " Pinetop's Boogie Woogie", a piano-based piece recorded by Pinetop Smith in 1928. Roosevelt Graves and His Brother recorded an instrumental "Guitar Boogie" in 1929, which was issued by Paramount Records. "Guitar Boogie" is an uptempo twelve-bar boogie-style instrumental and is patterned after older boogie-woogie piano pieces. It is among the songs discussed as the first rock and roll record. "Guitar Boogie" has been interpreted and recorded by a variety of musicians. It was the first guitar instrumental to climb the country music charts, and then crossover and also gain high rankings on the popular music charts. It was one of the first recordings in the style later dubbed " hillbilly boogie" to reach a widespread audience, and eventually sold nearly three million copies. " Guitar Boogie" is a guitar instrumental recorded by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith in 1945. Single by the Rambler Trio featuring Arthur Smith For the 1971 record release, see Guitar Boogie (album).
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