404 Charline Arthur (1929-1987) “I’ve Got the Boogie Blues” 1950

“Though Patsy Cline and Wanda Jackson are the most renowned examples of women who can sing honky-tonk, neither was from Texas. But that they were influenced by an East Texan named Charline Arthur is undeniable. Arthur was a prototypical honky-tonk singer whose belligerent attitude was a blueprint for future country outlaws, and whose libidinous stage moves were replicated by a young Mississippi singer with whom she occasionally shared the stage: Elvis Presley” (Rick Koster, Texas Music, 1998). 

Charline Arthur “I’ve Got the Boogie Blues”