Amos Milburn
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Biography
[Edit]Boogie piano master Amos Milburn was born in Houston, and he died there a short 52 years later. In between, he pounded out some of the most hellacious boogies of the postwar era, usually recording in Los Angeles for Aladdin Records and specializing in good-natured upbeat romps about booze and its effects (both positive and negative) that proved massive hits during the immediate pre-rock era.
The self-taught 88s ace made a name for himself as "the He-Man Martha Raye" around Houston before joining the Navy and seeing overseas battle action in World War II. When he came out of the service, Milburn played in various Lone Star niteries before meeting the woman whose efforts would catapult him to stardom.
Persistent manager Lola Anne Cullum reportedly barged into Aladdin boss Eddie Mesner's hospital room, toting a portable disc machine with Milburn's demo all cued up. The gambit worked — Milburn signed with Aladdin in 1946. His first date included a thundering "Down the Road Apiece" that presaged the imminent rise of rock & roll. But Milburn was capable of subtler charms too, crooning mellow blues ballads in a Charles Brown-influenced style (the two would later become close friends, playing together frequently).
The first of Milburn's 19 Top Ten R&B smashes came in 1948 with his party classic "Chicken Shack Boogie," which paced the charts and anointed his band with a worthy name (the Aladdin Chickenshackers, natch). A velvet-smooth "Bewildered" displayed the cool after-hours side of Milburn's persona as it streaked up the charts later that year, but it was rollicking horn-driven material such as "Roomin' House Boogie" and "Sax Shack Boogie" that Milburn was renowned for. Milburn's rumbling 88s influenced a variety of famous artists, notably Fats Domino.
With the ascent of "Bad, Bad Whiskey" to the peak of the charts in 1950, Milburn embarked on a string of similarly boozy smashes: "Thinking and Drinking," "Let Me Go Home Whiskey," "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" (an inebriating round John Lee Hooker apparently enjoyed!), and "Good Good Whiskey" (his last hit in 1954). Alcoholism later brought the pianist down hard, giving these numbers a grimly ironic twist in retrospect. Milburn's national profile rated a series of appearances on the Willie Bryant-hosted mid-'50s TV program Showtime at the Apollo (where he gave out with a blistering "Down the Road Apiece").
Aladdin stuck with Milburn long after the hits ceased, dispatching him to New Orleans in 1956 to record with the vaunted studio crew at Cosimo's. There he recut "Chicken Shack Boogie" in a manner so torrid that it's impossible to believe it didn't hit (tenor saxist Lee Allen and drummer Charles "Hungry" Williams blast with atomic power as Milburn happily grunts along with his pounding boogie piano solo). In 1957, he left Aladdin for good.
Milburn contributed a fine offering to the R&B Yuletide canon in 1960 with his swinging "Christmas (Comes but Once a Year)" for King. Berry Gordy gave him a comeback forum in 1962, issuing an album on Motown predominated by remakes of his old hits that doesn't deserve its extreme rarity today (even Little Stevie Wonder pitched in on harp for the sessions).
Nothing could jump start the pianist's fading career by then, though. His health deteriorated to the point where a string of strokes limited his mobility and his left leg was eventually amputated. Not too long after, one of the greatest pioneers in the history of R&B was dead.
Title: Bad Bad Whiskey 1946-1950 (Historic Recordings) (Historic Recordings)
Artist: Amos Milburn
Genre: Jazz
Title: Pioneers of Rhythm & Blues Volume 6
Artist: Johnny Otis, Amos Milburn
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Chicken Shack Boogie: 20 Diamonds Mined From The Past
Artist: Amos Milburn
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Let's Have A Party: Aladdin, Ace & King Sides (Remastered)
Artist: Amos Milburn
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock & Roll
Title: Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie: The Best of Amos Milburn 1946-55
Artist: Amos Milburn
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Down the Road Apiece - The Best of Amos Milburn
Artist: Amos Milburn
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer (Digitally Remastered) - Single
Artist: Amos Milburn
Genre: Pop
Collections
Title: Black Power - '60s & '70s
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Jump Blue: Rockin' the Jukes
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Let's Boogie Woogie
Genre: Blues
Title: A Night in Memphis - America's Blues
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock
Title: Lost Christmas - Holiday Rarities
Genre:
Title: Ultimate Rock N' Roll Drinkers & Sinners
Genre: Rock
Title: Blues, Blues Christmas (1925-1955)
Genre: Blues
Title: Pop History 50's - The Early Years Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Let's Get Drunk Again
Genre: Blues
Title: 100% American Made Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: R & B Blues
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Red Hot Blues
Genre: World Music
Title: Shades of Jazz & Blues - 50 Classics
Genre: Blues
Title: Retro Rockin' Jazz R&B Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues! Blast from the Past Edition
Genre: Blues
Title: The Aladdin Records Story
Genre: Pop
Title: R&B Soul Hits of the Past, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1952, Vol. 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1950, Vol. 3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1950, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1954, Vol. 7
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Motown Unreleased 1964
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 3 - 1963
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Favorite St. Patrick's Day Songs
Genre: Folk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Jazz Blues R&B! Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Hits of 1951, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The Great Pop Songs of All Time, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Dance Hall Killers
Genre: Rock
Title: I Smell a Rat
Genre: Rock
Title: Best of Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Kiss Me I'm Irish
Genre: World Music
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1949, Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Radio Blues No. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: R&B Soul Hits of the Past, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Essential Piano Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1954, Vol, 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1950, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1950, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1949, Vol. 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Definitive Collection of R&B Hits from 1949
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Early Black Rock and Roll, Vol. 1
Genre: Rock
Title: Jazz Blues R&B! Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: American Roots - Blues & Boogie
Genre: Blues
Title: 100 Blues Classics
Genre: Blues
Title: Blues Story 4
Genre: Blues
Title: Heritage of the Blues of 1956, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Blues, Blues Christmas, Vol. 3
Genre:
Title: 100 Proof Drinking Songs
Genre: Country
Title: Los Angeles Rhythm & Blues 1944-54
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: American Backroads Discovery: Doo Wop Diners
Genre: Rock
Title: Octoberfest Music
Genre: World Music
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1946, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 10
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1952, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The Party Rockin' Hits of 1956
Genre: Rock
Featuring albums
Title: The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 4
Artist: Various Blues Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Complete Blues Anthology (Doxy Collection, Remastered)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues
Title: R&B Hipshakers, Vol. 4: Bossa Nova and Grits
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Cool Cool Blues Of Charles Brown 1945-1961 (CD2)
Artist: Charles Brown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Title: Mickey Baker In Session: Ain't No Strain (1952-1961)
Artist: Mickey Baker
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues