ABC Of The Blues CD30 (2010)

CD 30 - Roy Milton & Amos Milburn

30-01 Roy Milton – Cryin’ and Singin’ the Blues
30-02 Roy Milton – I Want a Little Girl
30-03 Roy Milton – My Blue Heaven
30-04 Roy Milton – ‘Taint Me
30-05 Roy Milton – Groovy Blues
30-06 Roy Milton – Waking Up Blues
30-07 Roy Milton – Sympathetic Blues
30-08 Roy Milton – Playboy Blues
30-09 Roy Milton – Rhythm Cocktail						play
30-10 Roy Milton – Bye Bye Blues
30-11 Amos Milburn – Chicken Shack Boogie
30-12 Amos Milburn – I’m Still a Fool for You			play
30-13 Amos Milburn – All Is Well
30-14 Amos Milburn – My Happiness Depends on You
30-15 Amos Milburn – I Know You Love Me
30-16 Amos Milburn – One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
30-17 Amos Milburn – Bad Bad Whiskey
30-18 Amos Milburn – Let’s Have a Party
30-19 Amos Milburn – Down the Road Apiece
30-20 Amos Milburn – Trouble in Mind

Roy Milton (July 31, 1907 – September 18, 1983) was an American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader. Milton's grandmother was a Chickasaw. He was born in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, United States, and grew up on an Indian reservation before moving to Tulsa, Oklahoma. He joined the Ernie Fields band in the late 1920s as singer and, later, drummer.

Moving to Los Angeles, California in 1933, he formed his own band, the Solid Senders, with Camille Howard on piano. He performed in local clubs and began recording in the 1940s, his first release being "Milton's Boogie" on his own record label. His big break came in 1946, when his "R. M. Blues", on the new Juke Box label, became a hit, reaching number 2 on the Billboard R&B chart and #20 on the pop chart. Its success helped establish Art Rupe's company, which he shortly afterwards renamed Specialty Records.

Milton and his band became a major touring attraction, and he continued to record successfully for Specialty Records through the late 1940s and early 1950s. He recorded a total of 19 Top Ten R&B hits, the biggest being "Hop, Skip and Jump" (# 3 R&B, 1948), "Information Blues" (# 2 R&B, 1950), and "Best Wishes" (# 2 R&B, 1952). He left Specialty in 1955. However, releases on other labels were unsuccessful, and the development of rock and roll had rendered him something of an anachronism by the middle of the decade.

Nevertheless he continued to perform, appearing in 1970 as a member of Johnny Otis' band at the Monterey Jazz Festival, and resuming his recording career in the 1970s with albums for Kent Records and the French label Black & Blue. Milton died in Los Angeles, California, in September 1983, aged 76.

The Texan boogie woogie pianist and singer was an important performer of blues music during the years immediately after World War II. Milburn was one of the first performers to switch from sophisticated jazz arrangements to a louder “jump” blues. He began to emphasize rhythm and technical qualities of voice and instrumentation second. He was a commercial success for eleven years and his energetic songs, about getting ‘high’, were admired by fellow musicians and influenced many performers, such as Little Willie Littlefield, Floyd Dixon and his prime disciple, Fats Domino (who credited Milburn consistently as an influence on his music).

Amos Milburn (April 1, 1927 – January 3, 1980) was an African American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist, popular during the 1940s and 1950s. He was born and died in Houston, Texas.

Born in Houston, one of thirteen children, by the age of five years Milburn was playing tunes by 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 participating with the Houston jazz and blues musicians. He was a polished pianist and performer and during 1946 attracted the attention of a woman who arranged a recording session with Aladdin Records in Los Angeles. Milburn’s relationship with Aladdin lasted eight years during which he produced more than seventy-five sides. His cover version of “Down the Road a Piece” (1946) was a blues song with a Texas boogie beat that was similar in many respects to rock music.However, none became popular until 1949 when seven of his singles got the attention of the R&B audience.

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