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. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Country United States State Texas Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Incorporated June 5, 1837 Government  - Mayor Bill White Area  - City  601. ... Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rhythm and blues (also known as R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences, first performed by African American artists. ... Boogie-woogie is a style of piano-based blues that became very popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and was extended from piano, to three pianos at once, guitar, big band, and country and western music, and even gospel. ... A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Aladdin Records was a post-World War II United States record label, headquartered in Hollywood, California. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Rhythm and blues (also known as R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences, first performed by African American artists. ... A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Country United States State Texas Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Incorporated June 5, 1837 Government  - Mayor Bill White Area  - City  601. ...

Life and career

Born in Houston, one of thirteen children, by the age of five Milburn was playing tunes on the piano. He enlisted in the United States Navy when he was fifteen and earned thirteen battle stars in the Philippines, before returning to Houston and organizing a sixteen-piece band playing in Houston clubs, and mixing with the Houston jazz and blues scene. 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 cover of "Down The Road A Piece" (1947), 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.^[2] “Children” redirects here. ... Tune can refer to: a melody. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... USN redirects here. ... Bronze and Silver Service Stars A Service star, also referred to as a battle star, campaign star, or engagement star, is an attachment to a military decoration which denotes participation in military campaigns or multiple bestowals of the same award. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... // This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that most often follows a twelve-bar structure. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Sound recorder” redirects here. ... Aladdin Records was a post-World War II United States record label, headquartered in Hollywood, California. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State California County Los Angeles County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition. ... A song written in 1940 by Don Raye, which was written as a boogie woogie number for Will Bradleys big band, who recorded it in August and gained a top 10 hit with it in the closing months of the year. ... Jump blues is a type of up-tempo blues music influenced by big band sound. ... Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Boogie is swing blues rhythm (Burrows 1995, p. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... Rhythm and blues (also known as R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences, first performed by African American artists. ... It has been suggested that Billboard be merged into this article or section. ... A bestseller in music is a song or album listed at or near the top of a hits list or chart such as the Billboard charts produced by Billboard magazine which published its first hit parade in 1940. ...

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.^[3] Central Avenue is a major north-south throughfare in the central portion of the Los Angeles, California metropolitan area. ... Watts is a residential district in southern Los Angeles, California. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... A lion drinking Cygnus olor (mute swan) drinking Drinking is the act of consuming a liquid through the mouth. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Rudy Toombs was a black songwriter who wrote Teardrops from My Eyes, Ruth Browns first number one R&B hit song. ...

Milburn continued his successful drinking songs through 1952 {"Thinking and Drinking", "Trouble in Mind"} and was by now touring the country playing clubs. While touring the Midwest that summer, he announced that he would disband his combo and continue as a solo act and that fall he joined Charles Brown for a Southern concert tour. For the next few years his tours were made up of strings of one nighters. After three years of solo performing he returned to Houston in 1956 to reform his band. In 1957 Milburn's releases on Aladdin Records did not sell well, and the record label, having its own problems, went out of business. He tried to regain commercial success with a few more releases on Ace Records but his time had passed. Radio airplay was becoming focused on the teenage market.^[4] 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Regional definitions vary from source to source. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Combo: combo box (a widget) No WTO Combo (a punk rock band) El Gran Combo (a Salsa band) Peregoyo y su Combo Vacano (a Salsa band) Combo Waterhole This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer (solo is an Italian word literally meaning alone). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Charles Brown (September 13, 1922 – January 21, 1999) was an American blues singer and pianist, originally a member of The Blazers. ... This article is 88 kilobytes or more in size. ... A classical music concert in the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 2005 Kasia Kowalska concert in Warsaw A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Aladdin Records was the name of at least two record labels. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Ace Records was started in August 1955 in Jackson Mississippi by Johnny Vincent, with Teem Records as its budget subsidiary. ... Airplay is a technical term used in the radio industry to state how frequently a song is being played on a radio station. ... “Young Men” redirects here. ...

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). Yule is the winter solstice celebration of the Scandinavian Norse mythology and Germanic pagans. ... In music, a canon is a contrapuntal composition that employs a melody with one or more imitations of the melody played after a given duration (e. ... Christmas is an annual holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus. ... U.S. King Records logo King Records was a United States based record label, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, started in 1943 by Syd Nathan, specializing in country music, at the time still known as Hillbilly music. King advertised If its a King, Its a Hillbilly -- If its... Berry Gordy, Jr. ... Motown Records, also known as Tamla-Motown outside of the United States, is a record label originally based out of Detroit, Michigan (Motor City), where it achieved widespread international success. ... Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris),[1] is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Nothing could jump start the pianist's fading career by then, though.^[5]

Milburn's final recording was on an album by Johnny Otis. This was in 1972 after he had been incapacitated by a stroke, so much so that Otis had to play the left-hand piano parts for his enfeebled old friend.^[3] His second stroke led to the amputation of a leg because of circulatory problems. He died shortly after at the age of 52 from a third stroke.^[5] “Sound recorder” redirects here. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... Johnny Otis Johnny Otis (born Ioannis (Yannis) Veliotes on December 28, 1921 in Vallejo, California) is an American blues and rhythm and blues pianist, vibraphonist, drummer, singer, bandleader, and impresario. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Stroke (or cerebrovascular accident or CVA) is the clinical designation for a rapidly developing loss of brain function due to an interruption in the blood supply to all or part of the brain. ... Partial hand amputation For the song Amputations by Death Cab for Cutie, see You Can Play These Songs with Chords Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma (also referred to as avulsion) or surgery. ...

Legacy

The Texan boogie woogie pianist and singer was an important marker in the map of blues music in the years following World War II. His best work encapsulated much of what was good about his Houston, hipster's romp style, piano work. Thus, Milburn remains an important figure in the history of blues musicianship. Official language(s) No official language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Largest metro area Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Boogie-woogie is a style of piano-based blues that became very popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and was extended from piano, to three pianos at once, guitar, big band, and country and western music, and even gospel. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that most often follows a twelve-bar structure. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Houston redirects here. ... A hipster is a person who is strongly associated with a subculture that considers itself hip. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that most often follows a twelve-bar structure. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ...

Milburn's boogleing R&B records rocked as hard as the later Rock 'n' Roll.^[6] Milburn was one of the first performers to switch from sophisticated jazz arrangements to a rougher jump blues. He began to put rhythm first and technical qualities of voice and instrumentation second.^[7] His high-energy numbers, about getting 'high', led the way for a 10 year party, jointly celebrated by fellow musician admirers, such as Little Willie Littlefield, Floyd Dixon and his prime disciple, Fats Domino.^[3] Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... In music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch, such as a lead sheet. ... Rhythm (Greek = flow, or in Modern Greek, style) is the variation of the length and accentuation of a series of sounds or other events. ... The human voice consists of sound made by a human using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying and screaming. ... Little Willie Littlefield in Germany, 2006 “Little” Willie Littlefield (b 16 September 1931, El Campo, Texas) is an American R&B pianist and singer. ... Floyd Dixon (born Born J Riggins Jnr. ... Antoine Dominique Fats Domino (born February 26, 1928) is a classic R&B and rock and roll singer, songwriter and pianist. ...

He was a commercial success for eleven years and influenced many performers. Fats Domino consistently credited Milburn as an influence on his music. At least one person has noted the similarity between Milburn's piano fills and Chuck Berry's later guitar stylings. Milburn was a musical pioneer, who made the transition from the swing and jump blues of the 1940s, to the R&B of the late 1940s and early 1950s, that evolved into today's rock music.^[4] “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... // Music is an art form consisting of sound and silence expressed through time. ... Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of jazz music that developed during the 1920s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United States. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ...

Landmark recordings

"Bad, Bad Whiskey"
Amos Milburn
Aladdin Records

• "Amos Blues" - 1946
• "Down The Road Apiece" - 1947
• "Chicken Shack Boogie" - 1948
• "A&M Blues" - 1948
• "Bad, Bad, Whiskey" - 1950
• "Thinkin' And Drinkin" - 1952 - written by Rudy Toombs
• "Let Me Go Home, Whiskey" - 1953 - written by Shifte Henri
• "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" - 1953 - also written by Rudy Toombs
• Rockin' The Boogie - (LP) - 1955
• Let's Have A Party - (LP) - 1957
• Amos Milburn Sings The Blues - (LP) - 1958
• The Return of Blues Boss - (LP) - 1963 - Motown Records

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Recommended compilation

• Blues, Barrelhouse And Boogie Woogie 1946-1955 - Capitol Records^[3]

Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the...

Notes

1. ^ Anthony DeCurtis, & James Henke (eds) (1980). The RollingStone: The Definitive History of the Most Important Artists and Their Music, (3rd Ed.), New York, N.Y.: Random House, Inc., 9. ISBN 0-679-73728-6. 
2. ^ Shaw, Arnold (1978). Honkers and Shouters. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, p. 99-101. ISBN 0-02-061740-2. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books Limited, p. 145-146. ISBN 1-85868-255-X. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Amos Milburn-Texas TNT ©1999JCMarion. Retrieved on 2006-11-05.
5. ^ ^{a b} Amos Milburn Biography. allmusic. Retrieved on 2006-11-06.
6. ^ Palmer, Robert (1982). Deep Blues. United States: Penguin Books, p. 223. ISBN 0-14-006223-8. 
7. ^ Gillett, Charlie (1996). The Rise of Rock and Roll, (2nd Ed.), New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press, p. 135. ISBN 0-306-80683-5. 

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External links

• Amos Milburn biography
• Expanded biography at Earthlink.net
• Jazz History - Amos Milburn