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"'''R. M. Blues'''" is a [[blues]] song written by [[Roy Milton]] and performed by Roy Milton and His Solid Senders. It was released on the [[Juke Box Records|Juke Box]] label and [[Specialty Records|Specialty]] labels, as well as Milton's own Roy Milton Record Co. Milton played drums and sang on the record. |
"'''R. M. Blues'''" is a [[blues]] song written by [[Roy Milton]] and performed by Roy Milton and His Solid Senders. It was released on the [[Juke Box Records|Juke Box]] label and [[Specialty Records|Specialty]] labels, as well as Milton's own Roy Milton Record Co. Milton played drums and sang on the record. |
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The song peaked at No. 2 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s race record chart and remained on that chart for 25 weeks.<ref>{{cite book|title=Top R&B Singles 1942–1988|author=Joel Whitburn|year=1988| publisher=Record Research, Inc| isbn=0-89820-068-7| page=292| url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whit/page/292}}</ref> It ranked No. 5 on the magazine's year-end list of the most played race records of 1946.<ref name=list>{{cite news|title=Year's Most-Played Race Records on Nation's Juke Boxes|newspaper=The Billboard|date=January 4, 1947|page=54|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txoEAAAAMBAJ |
The song peaked at No. 2 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s race record chart and remained on that chart for 25 weeks.<ref>{{cite book|title=Top R&B Singles 1942–1988|author=Joel Whitburn|year=1988| publisher=Record Research, Inc| isbn=0-89820-068-7| page=292| url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whit/page/292}}</ref> It ranked No. 5 on the magazine's year-end list of the most played race records of 1946.<ref name=list>{{cite news|title=Year's Most-Played Race Records on Nation's Juke Boxes|newspaper=The Billboard|date=January 4, 1947|page=54|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txoEAAAAMBAJ}}</ref> The song was kept from the No. 1 spot by [[Lionel Hampton]]'s "[[Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop]]". The success of "R. M. Blues" was credited with making [[Specialty Records]] into a going concern.<ref>{{cite book|title=Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'N' Roll|author=Larry Birnbaum|publisher=The Scarecrow Press|year=2013|page=241|isbn=9780810886384}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=AllMusic Guide to The Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues|authors=Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine|publisher=Backbeat Books|page=404|year=2003|isbn=9780879307363}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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| "R. M. Blues" | |
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| Single by Roy Milton and His Solid Senders | |
| Released | 1946 |
| Genre | Blues |
| Label | Juke Box, Specialty |
"R. M. Blues" is a blues song written by Roy Milton and performed by Roy Milton and His Solid Senders. It was released on the Juke Box label and Specialty labels, as well as Milton's own Roy Milton Record Co. Milton played drums and sang on the record.
The song peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's race record chart and remained on that chart for 25 weeks.[1] It ranked No. 5 on the magazine's year-end list of the most played race records of 1946.[2] The song was kept from the No. 1 spot by Lionel Hampton's "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop". The success of "R. M. Blues" was credited with making Specialty Records into a going concern.[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1988). Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Record Research, Inc. p. 292. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.
- ^ "Year's Most-Played Race Records on Nation's Juke Boxes". The Billboard. January 4, 1947. p. 54.
- ^ Larry Birnbaum (2013). Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'N' Roll. The Scarecrow Press. p. 241. ISBN 9780810886384.
- ^ AllMusic Guide to The Blues: The Definitive Guide to the Blues. Backbeat Books. 2003. p. 404. ISBN 9780879307363.
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