Roy Hogsed

{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}

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| birth_name = Roy Clifton Hogsed

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|12|24}}

| birth_place = Flippin, Arkansas

| origin = San Diego, California

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|03|13|1919|12|24}}

| death_place = San Diego, California

| genre = Country

| occupation = Singer

| instrument = Guitar

| years_active = 1947-1954

| label = Capitol

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Roy Clifton Hogsed (December 24, 1919, in Flippin, Arkansas - March 1978) was an American country music singer. He is best known for his song "Cocaine Blues", which he took to number 15 on the country music charts in 1948.{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=191|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} Although he was active in the music business for only seven years, "Cocaine Blues" has been widely covered.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p410582|title=Roy Hogsed biography|last=Proefrock|first=Stacia|work=Allmusic|accessdate=13 August 2011}} Roy Hogsed was the first artist to record the Rockabilly song Gonna Get Along Without You Now made famous by Teresa Brewer (1952), Patience and Prudence (1956), Skeeter Davis (1964), Trini Lopez (1967) and Viola Wills (1979).{{Cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B0UEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA116 |title=Folk Record Releases (cont.) |date=1951-12-01 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=116 |language=en |access-date=2017-07-17}}