Amos Milburn

Amos Milburn was a Houston-born pianist and vocalist who was one of the biggest stars of the late 1940s R&B scene, scoring 19 Top Ten R&B hits for Aladdin Records between 1948 and 1954. His rocking piano style and good-time drinking songs ('Bad, Bad Whiskey,' 'One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer,' 'Let Me Go Home, Whiskey,' 'Thinking and Drinking') made him one of the most popular Black recording artists of the postwar period and a significant influence on Fats Domino and Little Richard. His career declined in the late 1950s with the rise of rock and roll, and health problems (including the amputation of both legs due to diabetes) curtailed his later activities.