Red Miller (May 5, 1914, Atlanta, Georgia - October 13, 1987)
[''Billboard Book of Top 40 R&Band Hip Hop Hits'', Joel Whitburn] was an American
R&B singer, who had a # 1 R&B chart hit in 1948 with "Bewildered".
Few biographical details of Miller seem to be available. The record, on the
Bullet
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label, featured Miller backed by
Lloyd Glenn (piano), Tiny Webb (guitar), Ralph Hamilton (bass) and Robert Harvey (drums). It reached # 1 on the R&B chart in December 1948, and stayed there for five weeks, for some of that time tied with a version of the same song by
Amos Milburn
Joseph Amos Milburn (April 1, 1927 – January 3, 1980) was an American rhythm-and-blues singer and pianist, popular in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Houston, Texas, and died there 52 years later. One commentator noted, "Milburn excel ...
.
Miller later recorded with
Tiny Bradshaw for
King Records, and with Emmitt Slay for
Savoy
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, but soon disappeared into obscurity.
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American rhythm and blues musicians
1914 births
1987 deaths
20th-century American musicians
20th-century African-American musicians