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Amos Milburn (April 1, 1927 – January 3, 1980) was an American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist, popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born and died in Houston, Texas.
He was a polished pianist and performer and in 1946 attracted the attention of an enterprising woman who arranged a recording session with Aladdin Records in Los Angeles. Milburn’s relationship with Aladdin lasted eight years during which he cut over seventy-five sides. His “Down the Road Apiece” (1946), an early jump blues with a rocking Texas boogie beat that bordered on rock, was ahead of its time. [1] However, none caught on until 1949 when seven of his singles got the attention of the R&B audience. “Hold Me Baby” and “Chicken Shack Boogie” landed numbers eight and nine on Billboard’s survey of 1949’s R&B Bestsellers.
He became one of the leading performers associated with the Central Avenue music scene of Los Angeles’ Watts neighborhood. Among his best known songs was “One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer”. In 1950 Milburn’s “Bad, Bad, Whiskey” reached the top of the R&B charts and began a string of drinking songs (none written by Milburn, but several penned by Rudy Toombs, one of the best R&B songwriters around). However, there is no evidence that Milburn had a drinking problem.
Milburn continued his successful drinking songs through 1952 {"Thinking and Drinking", "Trouble in Mind"} and was by now touring the country playing clubs.
He was a polished pianist and performer and in 1946 attracted the attention of an enterprising woman who arranged a recording session with Aladdin Records in Los Angeles. Milburn’s relationship with Aladdin lasted eight years during which he cut over seventy-five sides. His “Down the Road Apiece” (1946), an early jump blues with a rocking Texas boogie beat that bordered on rock, was ahead of its time. [1] However, none caught on until 1949 when seven of his singles got the attention of the R&B audience. “Hold Me Baby” and “Chicken Shack Boogie” landed numbers eight and nine on Billboard’s survey of 1949’s R&B Bestsellers.
He became one of the leading performers associated with the Central Avenue music scene of Los Angeles’ Watts neighborhood. Among his best known songs was “One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer”. In 1950 Milburn’s “Bad, Bad, Whiskey” reached the top of the R&B charts and began a string of drinking songs (none written by Milburn, but several penned by Rudy Toombs, one of the best R&B songwriters around). However, there is no evidence that Milburn had a drinking problem.
Milburn continued his successful drinking songs through 1952 {"Thinking and Drinking", "Trouble in Mind"} and was by now touring the country playing clubs.
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