#amosmilburn — Public Fediverse posts

This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #MusicOfTheMountains. Quite a few songs to choose from, but here's the list I came up with today:

Amos Milburn: Rocky Mountain (1954)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDl5p6FMXhY

Johnnie & Joe: Over the Mountain, Across the Sea (1957)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M69lfJzUiqQ

The Drifters: Suddenly There's A Valley (1958/1960)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1oSMBhhQ_o

Dick & Dee Dee: The Mountain's High (1961, video clip from 1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wtl0V2_aWOk

The Dramatics: Hey You! Get Off My Mountain (1973)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqJ2QobCuT8

#music #amosmilburn #johnnieandjoe #drifters #dickanddeedee #dramatics

This week's #TuneTuesday theme is #NomNomNomNom. I came up with the following list of five recordings - I'm not sure if all of the dishes mentioned would actually qualify as "delicious food":

Wynonie Harris: I Like My Baby's Pudding (1950)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma78qWiEgnk

The Robins: Smokey Joe's Cafe (1955)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuuBen1QZis

Amos Milburn: French Fried Potatoes And Ketchup (1956)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROdAp_ZbKMQ

Norman Fox & the Rob Roys: Pizza Pie (1959)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDw17ql5qmo

Andre Williams (Mr. Rhythm): Pass the Bisquits Please (1958)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaFvhOy4S_I

#music #wynonieharris #robins #amosmilburn #robroys #andrewilliams #rhythmnblues

Amos Milburn was one of the major rhythm & blues stars of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

"Bad, Bad Whiskey" was a #1 R&B hit for Milburn in 1950. Credited to the profilic arranger/producer Maxwell Davis, it was the first in a series of drinking songs recorded by him. Many of these were hits, including "Thinking and Drinking", "Let Me Go Home, Whiskey", "Good Good Whiskey" and the original version of "One Scotch, One Bourbon and One Beer".

There is a wonderful video of Milburn playing the song in 1954, backed by an orchestra led by saxophonist Paul Williams. As you can see in the video, Milburn was an excellent singer and pianist, and obviously a charismatic performer as well:

Amos Milburn: "Bad, Bad Whiskey" (1954)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCX--0wJQkQ

This is only one of several very nice live video performances by Milburn captured around this time.These were apparently filmed by a company called Studio Films in New York (although not at the Apollo Theater as was claimed). Together with other similar three-minute videos, they were shown on TV channels and included in low-budget movies.

There is an extensive review of these videos (with lots of impressive background information) in these two blog posts:

http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-amos-milburn.html
http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-rhythm-blues-review.html

#music #rhythmblues #amosmilburn #soundies #drinkingsongs #piano #1950s #maxwelldavis #aladdinrecords

Amos Milburn was one of the major rhythm & blues stars of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

"Bad, Bad Whiskey" was a #1 R&B hit for Milburn in 1950. Credited to the profilic arranger/producer Maxwell Davis, it was the first in a series of drinking songs recorded by him. Many of these were hits, including "Thinking and Drinking", "Let Me Go Home, Whiskey", "Good Good Whiskey" and the original version of "One Scotch, One Bourbon and One Beer".

There is a wonderful video of Milburn playing the song in 1954, backed by an orchestra led by saxophonist Paul Williams. As you can see in the video, Milburn was an excellent singer and pianist, and obviously a charismatic performer as well:

Amos Milburn: "Bad, Bad Whiskey" (1954)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCX--0wJQkQ

This is only one of several very nice live video performances by Milburn captured around this time.These were apparently filmed by a company called Studio Films in New York (although not at the Apollo Theater as was claimed). Together with other similar three-minute videos, they were shown on TV channels and included in low-budget movies.

There is an extensive review of these videos (with lots of impressive background information) in these two blog posts:

http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-amos-milburn.html
http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-rhythm-blues-review.html

#music #rhythmblues #amosmilburn #soundies #drinkingsongs #piano #1950s #maxwelldavis #aladdinrecords

Amos Milburn was one of the major rhythm & blues stars of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

"Bad, Bad Whiskey" was a #1 R&B hit for Milburn in 1950. Credited to the profilic arranger/producer Maxwell Davis, it was the first in a series of drinking songs recorded by him. Many of these were hits, including "Thinking and Drinking", "Let Me Go Home, Whiskey", "Good Good Whiskey" and the original version of "One Scotch, One Bourbon and One Beer".

There is a wonderful video of Milburn playing the song in 1954, backed by an orchestra led by saxophonist Paul Williams. As you can see in the video, Milburn was an excellent singer and pianist, and obviously a charismatic performer as well:

Amos Milburn: "Bad, Bad Whiskey" (1954)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCX--0wJQkQ

This is only one of several very nice live video performances by Milburn captured around this time.These were apparently filmed by a company called Studio Films in New York (although not at the Apollo Theater as was claimed). Together with other similar three-minute videos, they were shown on TV channels and included in low-budget movies.

There is an extensive review of these videos (with lots of impressive background information) in these two blog posts:

http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-amos-milburn.html
http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-rhythm-blues-review.html

#music #rhythmblues #amosmilburn #soundies #drinkingsongs #piano #1950s #maxwelldavis #aladdinrecords

Amos Milburn was one of the major rhythm & blues stars of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

"Bad, Bad Whiskey" was a #1 R&B hit for Milburn in 1950. Credited to the profilic arranger/producer Maxwell Davis, it was the first in a series of drinking songs recorded by him. Many of these were hits, including "Thinking and Drinking", "Let Me Go Home, Whiskey", "Good Good Whiskey" and the original version of "One Scotch, One Bourbon and One Beer".

There is a wonderful video of Milburn playing the song in 1954, backed by an orchestra led by saxophonist Paul Williams. As you can see in the video, Milburn was an excellent singer and pianist, and obviously a charismatic performer as well:

Amos Milburn: "Bad, Bad Whiskey" (1954)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCX--0wJQkQ

This is only one of several very nice live video performances by Milburn captured around this time.These were apparently filmed by a company called Studio Films in New York (although not at the Apollo Theater as was claimed). Together with other similar three-minute videos, they were shown on TV channels and included in low-budget movies.

There is an extensive review of these videos (with lots of impressive background information) in these two blog posts:

http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-amos-milburn.html
http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-rhythm-blues-review.html

#music #rhythmblues #amosmilburn #soundies #drinkingsongs #piano #1950s #maxwelldavis #aladdinrecords

Amos Milburn was one of the major rhythm & blues stars of the late 1940s and early 1950s.

"Bad, Bad Whiskey" was a #1 R&B hit for Milburn in 1950. Credited to the profilic arranger/producer Maxwell Davis, it was the first in a series of drinking songs recorded by him. Many of these were hits, including "Thinking and Drinking", "Let Me Go Home, Whiskey", "Good Good Whiskey" and the original version of "One Scotch, One Bourbon and One Beer".

There is a wonderful video of Milburn playing the song in 1954, backed by an orchestra led by saxophonist Paul Williams. As you can see in the video, Milburn was an excellent singer and pianist, and obviously a charismatic performer as well:

Amos Milburn: "Bad, Bad Whiskey" (1954)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCX--0wJQkQ

This is only one of several very nice live video performances by Milburn captured around this time.These were apparently filmed by a company called Studio Films in New York (although not at the Apollo Theater as was claimed). Together with other similar three-minute videos, they were shown on TV channels and included in low-budget movies.

There is an extensive review of these videos (with lots of impressive background information) in these two blog posts:

http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-amos-milburn.html
http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/f-rhythm-blues-review.html

#music #rhythmblues #amosmilburn #soundies #drinkingsongs #piano #1950s #maxwelldavis #aladdinrecords