Moon Mullican
Aubrey Wilson Mullican (March 29, 1909 – January 1, 1967), known as Moon Mullican, and "King of the Hillbilly Piano Players", was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and pianist. However, he also sang and played jazz, rock 'n' roll, and the blues. He was associated with the hillbilly boogie style which greatly influenced rockabilly. Jerry Lee Lewis cited him as a major influence on his own singing and piano playing.
Mullican once stated, "We gotta play music that'll make them goddamn beer bottles bounce on the table".
Early life
Mullican was born to Oscar Luther Mullican (1876–1961) and his first wife, Virginia Jordan Mullican (1880–1915), near Corrigan, Polk County, Texas. They were a farming family of Scottish, Irish and Eastern European descent. Moon was a descendant of the Mullikins of Maryland. His Scots-Irish immigrant ancestor, James Mullikin, was born in Scotland, arriving in Maryland in 1630–1640 via Northern Ireland. His paternal grandfather was Pvt. Wilson G. Mullican, who fought with the 6th Mississippi Infantry, CSA, at the Battle of Shiloh. Moon's parents, stepmother and grandparents are all buried in Stryker Cemetery, Polk County, Texas.
Podcasts:
Moon Mullican
ALBUMS
- Seven Nights to Rock: More King Classics 1950-1956 released: 2004
- Moonshine Jamboree released: 1993
- Moon's Rock released: 1992
- 22 Greatest Hits released:
- I Left My Heart in Texas released:
Seven Nights to Rock: More King Classics 1950-1956
Released 2004- I'm Mad With You
- Seven Nights to Rock
- Honolulu Rock-A Roll-A
- Rock'n'Roll Mr. Bullfrog
- Hey Shah
- Short but Sweet
- Maybe It's All for the Best
- Memphis Blues
- Mona Lisa
- Grandpa Stole My Baby
- You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry
- Keep a Light in the Window for Me
- Wanted
- Think It Over
- Piano Breakdown
- If You Don't Want No More of My Loving
- Jambalaya
- Without a Port of Love
- Sugar Beet
- Too Many Irons in the Fire
- A Mighty Pretty Waltz
- Crippled for Life
- Jose The Mexican Boy
- So Long
Moonshine Jamboree
Released 1993- Hey, Mr. Cotton Picker
- Leaving You With a Worried Mind
- What's the Matter With the Mill
- Pipeliner Blues
- Triflin' Woman Blues
- Nine Tenths of the Tennessee River
- Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh-Aleena)
- All I Need Is You
- I'll Sail My Ship Alone
- Good Deal Lucille
- Moonshine Blues
- Rocket to the Moon
- Downstream
- I Done It
- Goodnight Irene
- Rheumatism Boogie
- Well Oh Well
- Don't Ever Take My Picture Down
- The Lonesome Hearted
- It's a Sin to Love You Like I Do
- I'm Gonna Move Home Bye and Bye
- I Left My Heart in Texas
- I'll Take Your Hat Right Off My Rack
Moon's Rock
Released 1992- Moon's Rock
- Jenny Lee
- Pipeliner Blues
- Sweet Rockin' Music
- That's Me
- Cush Cush Ky-Yay
- The Writin' on the Wall
- The Wedding of the Bugs
- Nobody Knows but My Pillow
- My Love
- I'm Waiting for Ships That Never Come In
- You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry
- I'll Sail My Ship Alone
- I Was Sorta Wonderin'
- Every Which-A-Way
- I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)
- Sweeter Than the Flowers
- The Leaves Mustn't Fall
- Anything That's Part of You
- Early Morning Blues
- My Baby's Gone
- Colinda
- Make Friends
- The Cajun Coffee Song
- Quarter Mile Rows
- Just to Be With You
- I'll Pour the Wine
- Fools Like Me
- Big Big City
- Mr. Tears
- She Once Lived Here
- This Glas I Hold
22 Greatest Hits
- Farewell
- Ragged but Right
- Magnolia Rag
- Sweeter Than the Flowers
- Jole' Blon
- Wabash Cannonball
- Bottom of the Glass
- Louisian
- Mona Lisa
- Well Oh Well
- Pipeliner Blues
- Southern Hospitality
- Grandpa Stole My Baby
- Cherokee Boogie
- What Have I Done That Made You Go Away
- Shoot the Moon
- Triflin' Woman Blues
- Good Deal Lucille
- Don't Ever Take My Picture Down
- I'll Sail My Ship Alone
- Make Friends
- Good Times Gonna Roll Again
I Left My Heart in Texas
- All I Need Is You
- (Don't Let Temptation) Turn You 'round
- The Lonesome Hearted Blues
- It's a Sin to Love You Like I Do
- Jole Blon Is Gone, Amen
- Broken Dreams
- I Left My Heart in Texas
- Mona Lisa
- You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry
- No Stranger
- I'm Hanging Up All My Work Clothes
- A Maiden's Prayer
- Worries on My Mind
- Without a Port of Love
- Wait a Minute
- I'm Gonna Move Home Bye and Bye
- When a Soldier Knocks and Finds Nobody Home
- New Pretty Blonde (New Jole Blon)
- The Lamp of Life Is Burning Low
- I'll Sail My Ship Alone
Born: 1909-03-29
Died: 1967-01-01
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The King of the Hillbilly Piano Players - EP
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