Chicken Shack Boogie

"Chicken Shack Boogie"
Single by Amos Milburn
B-side"It Took a Long, Long Time"
ReleasedSeptember 1948 (1948-09)
RecordedNovember 19, 1947
StudioUniversal, Los Angeles
GenreBlues, jump blues
Length2:48
LabelAladdin
Songwriter(s)Amos Milburn, Lola Cullum (Anne Cullum)
Amos Milburn singles chronology
"Down the Road Apiece"
(1946) 		"Chicken Shack Boogie"
(1948) 		"Bewildered"
(1948)

"Chicken Shack Boogie" is a 1948 jump-boogie song by the West Coast blues artist Amos Milburn.[1] 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, 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 (subsequently included on his 1957 album Let's Have a Party). This version runs about 2:30 and is sometimes titled "Chicken Shack Boogie" on later compilation albums. Earl Palmer was the drummer on this version.[3]

References

  1. ^ Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books. p. 13. ISBN 1-85868-255-X.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 265. ISBN 978-0898201604.
  3. ^ Scherman, Tony (1999). Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 173. ISBN 978-0306809804.