Nacido el 31 de julio de 1907 en Wynnewood, Oklahoma, Milton pas贸 all铆 sus a帽os de juventud en una reserva India, antes de instalarse en Tulsa, donde consigui贸 trabajo como cantante en la banda de Ernie Fields y sustituy贸 en ocasiones al bater铆a.
En 1933 Milton se traslad贸 a Los Angeles, Californai, donde form贸 su propia banda, The Solid Senders. En 1940 grab贸 su prime disco "Milton's Boogie" y en 1945 firm贸 un contrato discogr谩fico con un nuevo sello independiente llamado Juke Box Records (m谩s tarde Specialty).
En 1945 Milton aument贸 su banda de tr铆o a tener 7 componentes conocidos como The Solid Senders. Milton y su banda grabaron para Specialty Records entre finales de los 1940s y principios de los 1950s: "Hop, Skip and Jump" (1948), "Information Blues" (1950), "Best Wishes" (1952).
"True Blues", "Camille's Boogie","It Should Have Been This Way", "Red Light","Sunny Side Of The Street", "I'll Always Be In Love With You", "Blues In My Heart", "Grooving With Joe", "Mr. Fine" ,"Rainy Day Confessin' Blues", "Little Boy Blue", "Them There Eyes", "Pack Your Sack Jack" , "When I Grow Too Old To Dream", "Big Fat Mama", "Thrill Me", "Roy Rides" , "What's The Use","My Blue Heaven", "Keep A Dollar In Your Pocket","Train Blues" , "I've Had My Moments"...
En enero de 1950, Milton sufri贸 un accidente de autom贸vil serio mientras estaba recorriendo el Pacific Northwest. Camille Howard dej贸 la formaci贸n para iniciar su carrera en solitario y fue sustituida por Lil Greenwood. A mediados del a帽o 1950 la formaci贸n de los Solid Senders era Roy Milton, l铆der y bater铆a; Eddie Taylor, saxo tenor; Jackie Kelso, saxo alto; Charles Gillum, trompeta; Jimmy Rogers, guitarra; Lawrence Cato, bajo; Miss Perry Lee Blackwell, piano; Lil Greenwood, voz. Esta formaci贸n cerr贸 1950 con una de las giras de m谩s 茅xito en la historia del R&B.
La primera publicaci贸n de Milton en 45rpm en Specialty sali贸 a principios de 1951: "Bye Bye Baby Blues" y "That's The One For Me". En Mayo Milton grab贸 "The Numbers Blues" y "It's Later Than You Think".
En Enero de 1952, Milton y su banda aparecieron con Roy Brown en el escenario en el Howard Theater de Washington D. C. Siguieron grabando, "Don't You Remember" , "Someday", "Let Me Give You All My Love" , "Early In The Morning", "I Stood By" y "Baby Don't You Know", "Make Me Know It", "A Bird In The Hand", "It's Too Late" y "Gonna Leave You Baby","How Can I Live Without You" , "Tell It Like It Is", "Baby Don't Do That To Me" y "What Can I Do". Este fue el 煤ltimo disco que Milton hizo para el sello, finalizando una carrera de once a帽os all铆, donde fue el primer gigante que empez贸 la historia del R&B independiente.
En Abril, Milton firm贸 con otro indie de Southern California, Dootone Records: "I Can't Go On" y "Fools Are Getting Scarcer", "You Got Me Reelin' And Rockin'" , "Nothing Left", "I Want To Go Home" y "I Never Would Have Made It", "Bam-A-Lam ", "I'm A Woman".
A principios de 1957 la carrera de Roy Milton se vio eclipsada por el rock and roll m谩s comercial y artificial de la 茅poca.
En los primeros 60 sus actualizaciones de viejos temas como "Red Light" y "Milton's Boogie" hicieron saber al mundo que 茅l estaba todav铆a en la brecha, interpretando cl谩sicos del R&B. A principios de los 70 su gira con Johnny Otis and Orchestra constituy贸 un 煤ltimo recorrido por las hist贸ricas caravanas de R&B del pasado (captadas en disco por Monterey) y la Barrel House Reunion (tambi茅n con Otis) proporcion贸 a todo el mundo una raci贸n de lo que fue la rompedora presentaci贸n del sonido del moderno R&B.
Roy Milton muri贸 el 18 de septiembre de 1983
DISCOGRAF脥A
Miltone 1-10Rainey Day Confesi贸n Blues Part 1
Rainey Day Confesi贸n Blues Part 2
Miltone 1-11Groovin’ With Joe
Blues In My Heart
Miltone 101-102Red Light
It Never Should Have Been This Way
Miltone 103Mr. Fine [Camille]
Milton’s Boogie
Miltone 104I’ll Always Be In Love With You
Sunny Side Of The Street
Miltone 105R. M. Blues
Groovy Blues [Camille]
Miltone 201Them There Eyes
Little Boy Blue
Miltone 202When I Grow To Old To Dream [Camille]
Do As I Say
[teenage vocalist Jimmy Grissom]
Miltone 219G-ing With Gene
[Roy Milton featuring Gene Morris]
Pack Your Sack, Jack [Camille]
Juke Box 503
Specialty 503Groovy Blues [Camille]
Milton’s Boogie
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders12/1945
Juke Box 504
Specialty 504R. M. Blues
Rhythm Cocktail
Roy Milton & his Solid Senders7/1946
Specialty 510True Blues
Camille's Boogie [Camille Howard]1946
Specialty 511It Should Have Been This Way
Red Light1946
Specialty 513Sunny Side Of The Street
I'll Always Be In Love With You1947
Specialty 514Blues In My Heart
Grooving With Joe1947
Specialty 515Mr. Fine
Rainy Day Confessin' Blues1947
Specialty 516Little Boy Blue
Them There Eyes
Specialty 517Pack Your Sack, Jack [Camille]
When I Grow Too Old To Dream [Camille]1947
Specialty 518Big Fat Mama [Roy Milton vocal]
Thrill Me [Camille]
(Camille Howard)
Roy Milton & His Solid Senders1947
Specialty 519Roy Rides
What's The Use1948
Specialty 522My Blue Heaven
Keep A Dollar In Your Pocket1948
Specialty 524Train Blues
I've Had My Moments1948
Specialty 314Everything I Do Is Wrong [Camille]
Hop, Skip And Jump [Camille]1948
Specialty 317New Year's Resolution [Camille]
Porter's Love Song [Camille]1948
Specialty 328The Hucklebuck
—1949
Specialty 330Junior Jumps
There Is Something Missing1949
Specialty 341 I'm Wakin' Up Baby
Taint Me1949
Specialty 349Information Blues
—1949
Specialty 358Junior Jives
Where There Is No Love1950
Gotham 258Milton's Boogie [Roy Milton & Solid Senders]
Mr. Fine [Camille Howard]
Gotham 260
[reedici贸n Miltone]R. M. Blues [Roy Milton & Solid Senders]
Groovy Blues [Camille Howard & Solid Senders]1950
Gotham 261When I Grow Too Old To Dream
Sometimes I'm Happy
[Camille Howard]
Specialty 366 Playboy Boogie
Crying And Singing The Blues1950
Specialty 372Bartender's Boogie
Sad Feeling1950
Specialty 381Oh Babe
Christmas Time Blues12/1950
Specialty 386Bye Bye Baby Blues
That's The One For Me1951
Specialty 403The Numbers Blues
It's Later Than You Think1951
Specialty 407T-Town Jump [despu茅s T-Town Twist]
I've Got News For You1951
Specialty 414Best Wishes [Lil Greenwood]
Sweet, Short, and Snappy [Lil Greenwood]1951
Specialty 429So Tired
Thelma Lou04/1952
Specialty 438 Night And Day
Am I Wasting My Time1952
Specialty 446 Believe Me Baby
Blue Turning Gray12/1952
Specialty 455 Don't You Remember
Someday03/1953
Specialty 464 Let Me Give You All My Love
Early In The Morning06/1953
Specialty 480 I Stood By
Baby Don't You Know1954
Specialty 489 Make Me Know It
A Bird In The Hand1954
Specialty 526 It's Too Late
Gonna Leave You Baby1954
Specialty 538How Can I Live Without You
Tell It Like It Is12/1954
Specialty ?Baby Don't Do That To Me
What Can I Do1955
Dootone 363I Can't Go On
Fools Are Getting Scarcer1955
Dootone 369 You Got Me Reelin' And Rockin'
Nothing Left07/1955
Dootone 377 I Want To Go Home
I Never Would Have Made It1956
Dootone 378Bam-A-Lam [Mickey Champion]
I'm A Woman [Mickey Champion]1956
Dootone 398 Baby I'm Gone [Mickey Champion]
Cry Some Baby [Mickey Champion]06/1956
King 4993 You're Gonna Suffer, Baby [M. Champion]
One Zippety Zam [Mickey Champion]1956
King 5035Succotash
I’m Grateful
Roy Milton1957
King 5069Rockin’ Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu
Skid Row
Roy Milton & Mickey Champion1957
King 5074Jeeps Blues
A Brand New Me
Roy Milton1957
King 5663Milton’s Blues
Jeep’s Blues
Roy Milton Orchestra1962
Oldies 45-164I’m Forgetting About You
Driveway Blues
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