Chicken Shack Boogie
| "Chicken Shack Boogie" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Amos Milburn | ||||
| B-side | "It Took a Long, Long Time" | |||
| Released | September 1948 | |||
| Format | 10" 78 rpm record | |||
| Recorded |
Universal Studios, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Blues, Jump Blues | |||
| Length | 2:48 | |||
| Label | Aladdin (Cat. no. 3014) | |||
| Writer(s) | Amos Milburn, Lola Cullum aka Anne Cullum | |||
| Amos Milburn singles chronology | ||||
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"Chicken Shack Boogie" is a 1948 jump-boogie style song by 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,[1] the A-side of which, "It Took a Long, Long Time", reached number nine on the same chart.[2]
In 1956, Milburn released "Chicken Shack", a faster rock and roll version of the song (subsequently included on his 1957 album Let's Have a Party). This version runs about 2:30 and is sometimes titled "Chicken Shack Boogie" when reissued on compilations. This version includes Earl Palmer on drums.[3]
References
- ↑ Chicken Shack Boogie at Discogs
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 265.
- ↑ Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, forward by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington D.C., 1999p. 173
| Preceded by "Bewildered" by The Red Miller Trio |
Billboard Best Selling Retail Race Records number-one single December 4, 1948 |
Succeeded by "Bewildered" by Amos Milburn |