Roy Clifton Hogsed (December 24, 1919, in Flippin, Arkansas - March 1978) was an American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, o ...

singer. He is best known for his song "

Cocaine Blues "Cocaine Blues" is a Western swing song written by Troy Junius Arnall, a reworking of the traditional song "Little Sadie". Roy Hogsed recorded a well known version of the song in 1944. Background The song is the tale of a man, Willy Lee, who ...

", which he took to number 15 on the country music charts in 1948. Although he was active in the music business for only seven years, "Cocaine Blues" has been widely covered. Roy Hogsed was the first artist to record the

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song Gonna Get Along Without You Now made famous by

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(1952), Patience and Prudence (1956),

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(1964),

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(1967) and

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(1979).

Singles

Discography

Compilations

* ''Cocaine Blues'' (Bear Family BCD-16191, 1999)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hogsed, Roy 1919 births 1978 deaths American country singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from Arkansas 20th-century American singers Country musicians from Arkansas 20th-century American male singers