Boggs played and recorded with almost every major artist in the genre including Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1944-1945) and Spade Cooley's Dance Band.

Boggs appeared on some 2000 recordings as a soloist and his playing was prominent on several of Wills' hits that became Western swing standards, including "Roly Poly" and "Stay a Little Longer".

Born in Oklahoma City in 1917, Boggs began playing steel guitar in his youth and in 1935 was performing on three local radio stations while still in high school.

[6] Musician Billy Strange said, "Speedy [West], Noel Boggs, Jimmy Bryant, and I—the four of us would go out there [to the Fender factory] and just play around as much as we could and help them with design, and tell them the things that we wanted to see put on the instrument.

[3] Over his career, Boggs appeared on some 2000 recordings as a soloist[6] and performed with nearly every major artist in Western Swing including Bob Wills, Spade Cooley, Bill Boyd, Tommy Duncan and Hank Penny.

With Bob Wills, several hits featuring Boggs became standards, including "Roly Poly", "Texas Playboy Rag" and "Stay a Little Longer".