8 to the Bar credited to (Johnson - Ammons) 8 to the Bar 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. It was recorded in two sessions, May 7 and June 17, 1941. It was reissued by RCA Victor in 1952 as a 10-inch LP record as LPT-9. In the United Kingdom, this LP was released by the Gramophone Company as HMV DLP 1011. It was also released as a set of four 45rpm discs, WPT-14. The album peaked at number 2, in 1945, on
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