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"One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" (originally "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer") is a blues song written by Rudy Toombs and recorded by Amos Milburn in 1953. It is one of several drinking songs recorded by Milburn in the early 1950s that placed in the top ten of the Billboard R&B chart . [ 1 ]
It was released in 1977 by the label Rounder Records. [1] Consisting mostly of covers of blues hits, it includes a medley of John Lee Hooker's "House Rent Boogie" and "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer", [2] the latter a song written by Rudy Toombs for Amos Milburn, and later covered by Hooker.
[1] [2] [3] The album is composed entirely of blues covers, from artists Thorogood said "really mean something to me." [8] The album also features a live version of "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" recorded live, at Rockline in 1999. [7] CD versions of the album also feature a bonus track, "Dynaflow Blues" written by John Ned Shines. [7] [9]
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All music is composed by John Lee Hooker ... 1. "I'm Bad Like Jesse James" 5:03: 2. ... 5:10: 5. "One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer" 4:05: 6. "I Don't Want No ...
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Among his best-known songs was "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer". In 1950 his recording of Maxwell Davis' "Bad, Bad Whiskey", reached the top of the R&B record chart. It was the first of a series of drinking songs he recorded (none written by Milburn, but several composed by Rudy Toombs). However, there is no evidence that he had an alcohol ...
Some of Toombs' best known songs are listed below. [3]"Teardrops from My Eyes", a Rhythm and blues song for Ruth Brown, which was a hit for her in 1950 "One Mint Julep", [1] recorded by The Clovers (number 1 R&B in 1951), covered in an instrumental version by Ray Charles (number 1 R&B, Billboard Hot 100 number 8 in 1961)