Les Paul and Alvino Rey both covered the song on electric guitars, and “Guitar Boogie Shuffle,” a rocked-up version by the Philadelphia lounge group the Virtues, charted in 1959.

Les Paul and Alvino Rey both covered the song on electric guitars, and "Guitar Boogie Shuffle," a rocked-up version by the Philadelphia lounge group the Virtues, charted in 1959.

Smith, who was equally adept on guitar, tenor banjo, mandolin and violin, recorded “Guitar Boogie” in 1946 while stationed in Washington with the Navy.