Joseph Amos Milburn (April 1, 1927 – January 3, 1980) was an American R&B singer and pianist, popular in the 1940s and 1950s. One commentator noted, "Milburn...
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written by Rudy Toombs and recorded by Amos Milburn in 1953. It is one of several drinking songs recorded by Milburn in the early 1950s that placed in the...
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to have an influence, driven by blues artists such as T-Bone Walker, Amos Milburn and Brown. Their singing was lighter and more relaxed, and they worked...
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song by Maxwell Davis that was released in 1950 by Amos Milburn. The single was the last time Milburn reached the number one position on the US Billboard...
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Michelle Midnight Star Miguel Mila J Amos Milburn Miles Jaye Christina Milian Milira Miliyah Kato Amos Milburn Jake Miller Jamie Miller Stephanie Mills...
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One Scotch, One Beer", the latter a song written by Rudy Toombs for Amos Milburn, and later covered by Hooker. In 2015 Rounder Records released a new...
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'You and [Milburn] Amos go write one apiece and let me hear what you done.' When we brought it to Syd Nathan he fell in love with mine." Milburn's "Christmas...
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went on to write and compose "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" for Amos Milburn, "Fat Back and Corn Likker" for Louis Jordan, and "Nip Sip" for the Clovers...
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McDonald Big Jay McNeely Clyde McPhatter Max Merritt Big Maceo Merriweather Amos Milburn Chuck Miller Mitch Miller Roy Milton Garnet Mimms Bobby Mitchell Guy...
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influences on Littlefield's style were the Texas musicians Charles Brown and Amos Milburn. His first recording, "Little Willie's Boogie", was a hit in Texas in...
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'stream'. Alan Milburn, UK politician Amos Milburn, American rhythm and blues singer Barry Milburn, New Zealand cricketer Clara Milburn British housewife...
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Lanza, Enrico Caruso, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Brown, Amos Milburn, Wynonie Harris, Nellie Lutcher, Roy Brown, Jimmy Witherspoon, Eddie...
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Jackson "'Round Midnight" - Thelonious Monk "Chicken Shack Boogie" - Amos Milburn "Messin' Around" - Memphis Slim "Chica Boo" - Lloyd Glenn "Theme From...
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musicians booked and were waiting for the lead vocalist Amos Milburn to turn up. Due to Milburn not appearing, there were musicians standing around. Someone...
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song by the West Coast blues artist Amos Milburn. It was the first of four number-one hits on the R&B chart by Milburn. It was the B-side of a 78-RPM single...
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and 1950s. Other Texas bluesmen followed: the pianist and songwriter Amos Milburn, the singer Percy Mayfield (who would later become famous for the song...
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Some of his earliest recordings were done in the 1950s as a sideman for Amos Milburn and Ray Charles. He can be heard on several of Charles's hits from the...
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Dillard in 1952 "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer", recorded in 1953 by Amos Milburn "I Get a Thrill" recorded by Wynonie Harris in 1954 "Thinking and Drinking"...
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reworking of the 1959 single "I Want to Go Home" by Charles Brown and Amos Milburn, and it retains the gospel flavor and call-and-response format; the song...
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Jimmy Liggins Little Willie Littlefield Big Jay McNeely Jay McShann Amos Milburn Lucky Millinder Roy Milton Ella Mae Morse Elmore Nixon Johnny Otis Flip...
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additional songs with this title, artists followed by composers: Amos Milburn (Amos Milburn); Sonny Terry (Sonny Terry) "Train with the Rhumba Beat" (Johnny...
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alphabetized list of notable pianists who play or played pop and rock music. "Tori Amos". NPR Music. Boilen. "Join NPR Music's Listening Party For Fiona Apple's...
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playing. Other songs include "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" by Amos Milburn and "Brick House" by the Commodores. The train passing by the drive-in...
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Annapolis, Maryland "Chicken Shack Boogie", 1948 jump blues song by Amos Milburn Back at the Chicken Shack, 1960 album by jazz organist Jimmy Smith "Back...
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recorded by The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Foghat, Amos Milburn, Harry Gibson, and countless others. In 1940, he wrote the lyrics for...
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Park. In years to come, the holiday would bring Tiny Bradshaw (1939), Amos Milburn (1950), Buddy Johnson (1951), Lloyd Price (1952), and Lionel Hampton...
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jump blues stars; other artists who played the genre include Roy Brown, Amos Milburn, and Joe Liggins, as well as sax soloists Jack McVea, Big Jay McNeely...
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the late 1940s when two different versions, by the Red Miller Trio and Amos Milburn, reached number one on the R&B chart in 1948 (neither of them made the...
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Bailey Herb Jeffries Freddie & Flo (Freddie Lucas and Florence Hill) Amos Milburn The Larks (David Bowers, Orville Brooks and Gene Mumford) Sarah Vaughan...
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Hunter 1945–47 5016 Lloyd Glenn 1947–50 5017 Eddie Vinson 1945–47 5018 Amos Milburn 1946–47 5019 Todd Rhodes 1947–49 5020 Joe Liggins 1944–46 5021 Roy Brown...
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