8 to the Bar explained

8 to the Bar
Type:	studio
Artist:	Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons
Cover:	8totheBar.jpg
Released:	September 1941
Recorded:	May 7 and June 17, 1941
Genre:	Boogie-woogie
Label:	Victor

8 to the Bar is a studio album released by Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons in 1941 on Victor 78rpm set P-69, record numbers 27504 through 27507.^[1]

Background

It was recorded in two sessions, May 7 and June 17, 1941.^[2] It was reissued by RCA Victor in 1952 as a 10-inch LP record as LPT-9.^[3] In the United Kingdom, this LP was released by the Gramophone Company as HMV DLP 1011.^[4] It was also released as a set of four 45rpm discs, WPT-14.^[5]

Chart performance

The album peaked at number 2, in 1945, on Billboard's album chart.^[6]

Track listing

All titles credited to Johnson and Ammons

Notes and References

1. Book: Bruyninckx, Walter . 60 years of recorded jazz 1917-1977, Volume 6 .
2. Web site: VICTOR numerical listing discography: 27500 - 28000 . Abrams . Steve . Settlemier . Tyrone . May 18, 2012 . Online Discographical Project . July 9, 2013.
3. Book: Neely, Tim . Goldmine Jazz Album Price Guide: 50 Years of Jazz on Vinyl . 2011 . Krause Publications . 9781440227721 . 43.
4. Book: Harris, Rex. Jazz. 4. 1956 . Penguin Books . 167.
5. News: Album and LP Reviews . Billboard . December 8, 1951 . 49 . July 9, 2013.
6. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . Joel Whitburn's Billboard pop hits, singles & albums, 1940-1954. 2002 . Record Research . 9780898201529 . 519.