Amos Milburn begins West Coast R&B recording career

Amos Milburn began his recording career in 1946 after returning from Navy service, signing with Aladdin Records. His piano-driven jump blues and 'Chicken Shack Boogie' (1947) — No. 1 for 4 weeks — made him one of the most commercially successful Black artists of the late 1940s and an important link between jump blues and rock and roll.