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The Best of The Aladdin Years 1946-57
The Best of The Aladdin Years 1946-57

Amos Milburn
Styles: Blues, R&B
Catalogue Number: ADDCD3151
Amos Milburn was one of the pioneers of piano-based R&B to emerge from Texas in the post-war years to become one of the artists who helped frame the template for rock ‘n’ roll, along the way enjoying a run of memorable hits from 1947 through into the mid-’50s.He developed from his beginnings as a boogie-woogie pianist to become a jump blues bandleader, scoring his first hit with “Chicken Shack Boogie,” and after that helped the Los Angeles-based Aladdin label to become a major force, with his run of hits including his specialist strand of rocking booze-related hits like “Bad Bad Whiskey”, “Thinking And Drinking”, “Let Me Go Home Whiskey”, “One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer” and “Good Good Whiskey”. This great-value 52-track 2-CD set comprises nearly half of the 106 A & B sides he released on Aladdin, and naturally includes all of his 19 Billboard R&B chart hits, the majority of his A sides and selected B sides. It provides a hugely entertaining showcase for his talents as a vocalist, pianist, songwriter and bandleader, with boogie-woogie and blues, hot R&B, and proto rock ’n’ roll during the ‘50s as he competed with the wave of new artists who overtook those who had laid the groundwork.

Disk 1:
Track Title Artist
1 After Midnight Amos Milburn
2 My Baby's Booging Amos Milburn
3 Down The Road A Piece Amos Milburn
4 Operation Blues Amos Milburn
5 Money Hustlin' Woman Amos Milburn
6 Blues At Sundown Amos Milburn
7 Sad And Blue Amos Milburn
8 Train Time Blues Amos Milburn
9 Pool Playing Blues Amos Milburn
10 It Took A Long, Long Time Amos Milburn
11 Chicken Shack Boogie Amos Milburn
12 Bewildered Amos Milburn
13 A & M Blues Amos Milburn
14 Jitterbug Parade Amos Milburn
15 Hold Me Baby Amos Milburn
16 In The Middle Of The Night Amos Milburn
17 Rooming House Boogie Amos Milburn
18 Empty Arms Blues Amos Milburn
19 Let's Make Christmas Merry Baby Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
20 Real Pretty Mama Blues Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
21 Drifting Blues Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
22 Tell Me How Long Has The Train Been Gone Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
23 Johnson Rag Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
24 Walkin' Blues Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
25 Square Dance Boogie Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
26 Birmingham Bounce Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
Disk 2:
Track Title Artist
1 Two Years Of Torture Amos Milburn with Maxwell Davis on tenor sax
2 Sax Shack Boogie Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
3 Bad Bad Whiskey Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
4 I'm Going To Tell My Mama Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
5 Tears, Tears, Tears Amos Milburn
6 Let's Rock A While Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
7 That Was Your Last Mistake Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
8 Just One More Drink Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
9 Ain't Nothin' Shaking Amos Milburn
10 Trouble In Mind Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
11 Thinkin' And Drinkin' Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
12 Flying Home Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
13 Put Something In My Hand Amos Milburn
14 Roll Mr. Jelly Amos Milburn
15 Greyhound Amos Milburn
16 Let Me Go Home Whiskey Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
17 One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
18 Let's Have A Party Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
19 Good, Good Whiskey Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
20 Milk And Water Amos Milburn
21 Baby, Baby All The Time Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
22 Vicious, Vicious Vodka Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
23 I Done Done It Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
24 All Is Well Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers
25 House Party Amos Milburn
26 Soft Pillow Amos Milburn &with Johnny Mandel & Orchestra
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