List of singles on the Billboard R&B chart in 1949
This list contains musicians, titles and their composer (s), date of entry into the charts, length of stay in the charts and highest position (abbreviated HP , each related to the calendar year). The presetting takes place after the artist / title first enters the top 10 of the charts. It can also be sorted by artist, title, chart entry, length of stay, position and label. |
The list of singles on the Billboard R & B charts in 1949 contains all the songs from singles in the calendar year 1949 in the categories Best Selling Retail Records Race and Most Played Juke Box Race Records of Billboard were listed. From June 1949, these two charts were renamed Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records and Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records .
background
Since the early 1940s, the market for so-called race records (records by African American musicians for an African American audience) had grown so much that Billboard became interested in measuring their sales. Race Music was a term that had been used by the record industry since the 1920s .
Initially as a Harlem Hit Parade and through sales of records, Billboard has been determining charts for such race records since 1942 . The weekly sales were first surveyed in an informal survey of an unspecified selection of the “most popular record stores” in the New York borough of Harlem (which was heavily influenced by African American people). In 1944 record stores were opened in Chicago and Newark, New Jersey , and then throughout the United States.
Since February 1945 published billboard instead of these sales charts in a chart identifying the weekly most-played songs jukebox , which was based on reports of such jukebox operators in the United States, their location Race Records required; this was released under the title Most Played Juke Box Race Records . In addition, sales charts were reintroduced in 1948; The weekly chart table Best Selling Retail Race Records was based on a national survey of record stores where the majority of customers bought Race Records .
In June 1949, the editor of the magazine was of the opinion that the term Race Records should no longer be used because it was a pejorative . When looking for a new title, the then Billboard journalist Jerry Wexler prevailed over his colleagues with his suggestion. From June 25, 1949, the term Race was finally replaced in both chart lists by “ Rhythm and Blues ”.
In retrospect, Wexler wrote in his autobiography : " Race was a common term at the time, a self-reference used by blacks ... On the other hand, Race Records didn't fit well ... I developed a handle that I think goes well with the music -" Rhythm and Blues. ' ... [It was] a label better suited to enlightened times. ”Since then, the name of the charts has changed several times; it became a soul chart in August 1969 and finally a black music chart in June 1982 .
The number one hits identified by Billboard on these charts were 1949 Trouble Blues by the Charles Brown Trio (15 weeks), The Huckle-Buck by Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers (14 weeks), Saturday Night Fish Fry by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (12 weeks), For You My Love by Larry Darnell (8 weeks), Roomin 'House Boogie by Amos Milburn , All She Wants to Do Is Rock by Wynonie Harris , Baby Get Lost by Dinah Washington (two weeks each), Beans and Corn Bread by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five, Boogie Chillen by John Lee Hooker , The Deacon's Hop by Big Jay McNeely 's Blue Jays, Ain't Nobody's Business by Jimmy Witherspoon and Tell Me So by The Orioles (one week each) .
List of "Most Played Juke Box Race Records" and "Best Selling Retail Race Records"
In a separate column, the list records the sales figures for records ( Best Selling Retail Race / Rhythm & Blues Records , abbreviated R in the table ) and the number of times they were played on the jukeboxes ( Most Played Juke Box Race / Rhythm & Blues Records , abbreviated J ).
Interpreter | Title Author (s) |
Entry (R) | Weeks (R) | HP (R) | Entry (J) | Weeks (J) | HP (J) | Label number | Remarks
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Amos Milburn |
Bewildered Teddy Powell , Leonard Whitcup |
December 11, 1948 | 15th | 1 | December 18, 1948 | 14th | 1 | Aladdin 3018 | |
Pee Wee Crayton and His Guitar |
Blues After Hours Crayton |
October 23, 1948 | 14th | 2 | 11/06/1948 | 9 | 15th | Modern 20-624 | After his first hit with Yours Truly , Crayton had great success with Blues After Hours . |
Amos Milburn |
Chicken Shack Boogie Amos Milburn |
11/27/1948 | 23 | 1 | 11/20/1948 | 20th | 1 | Aladdin 3014 | B-side of Milburn's single It Took a Long, Long Time . |
Red Miller Trio |
Bewildered Leonard Whitcup , Teddy Powell |
11/20/1948 | 16 | 1 | 11/20/1948 | 19th | 1 | Bullet 295 | Red Miller (vcl) with Lloyd Glenn (p), Mitchell “Tiny” Webb (git), Ralph “Chuck” Hamilton (kb), Bob Harvey (dr). |
Pee Wee Crayton |
Texas Hop Crayton - Deaf |
December 25, 1948 | 9 | 5 | 01/01/1949 | 11 | 5 | Modern 20-643 | |
Hal Singer sextets |
Corn bread H. Singer |
September 18, 1948 | 19th | 2 | 09/03/1948 | 20th | 8th | Savoy 671 | Hal Singer Sextets, with Milt Larkin (trb), Hal Singer (ts), Sir Charles Thompson (p) or Wynton Kelly (p), Franklin Skeete (b) NN (dr). |
Al Hibbler |
Trees Joyce Kilmer , Oscar Rasbach |
December 18, 1948 | 14th | 5 | 01/08/1949 | 5 | 3 | Miracle M-501 | |
Lonnie Johnson |
Pleasing You (As Long As I Live) L. Johnson |
October 23, 1948 | 6th | 7th | 10/30/1948 | 10 | 10 | King 4245 | |
Dinah Washington |
It's Too Soon to Know Deborah Chessler |
October 23, 1948 | 11 | 7th | - | - | - | Mercury 6107 | Dinah Washington with Mitch Miller ’s Orchestra |
Roy Brown |
'Fore Day in the Morning Roy Brown |
01/29/1949 | 4th | 6th | 01/01/1949 | 6th | 6th | De Luxe 3198 | Roy Brown was one of the many blues shouters to pop up in the 1940s, and without a doubt one of the most distinctive in the series. His magnificent voice corresponds to the strength of a great opera tenor. |
Todd Rhodes |
Blues for the Red Boy Todd Rhodes |
October 23, 1948 | 16 | 10 | October 23, 1948 | 12 | 4th | King 4240 | B-side of Rhodes' single Sportree's Jump . |
Memphis Slim and The House Rockers |
Messin 'Around P. Chatman |
May 29, 1948 | 25th | 10 | - | - | - | Miracle 125 | B-side of Midnight Jump . |
Mabel Scott |
Boogie Woogie Santa Claus Leon Rene |
December 25, 1948 | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | Exclusive 75X | |
Paula Watson |
A Little Bird Told Me Henry O. Brooks |
11/06/1948 | 13 | 3 | 11/20/1948 | 19th | 3 | Supreme S-1507 | A Little Bird Told Me , sung by Paula Watson on Supreme Records, was covered by Decca's Evelyn Knight even before the original hit the R&B charts in November 1948. Then there was a copyright dispute . |
Billy Eckstine |
Blue Moon Rodgers & Hart |
01/01/1949 | 1 | 13 | 04/09/1949 | 1 | 12 | MGM 10311 | |
Nellie Lutcher |
I Wish I Was in Walla Walla Sharon A. Pease |
01/01/1949 | 1 | 13 | - | - | - | Capitol 15279 | Nellie Lutcher and her Rhythm: Nellie Lutcher (p, voc) Ulysses Livingston (git), Billy Hadnott (kb). |
Louis Jordan |
Pettin 'and Pokin' Lora Lee |
01/01/1949 | 6th | 5 | - | - | - | Decca 24257 | Jordan's Pettin 'and Pokin' "a rapid-fire rhyme festival where Louie raps one door down about the fleeting couple." |
Ella Fitzgerald |
It's Too Soon to Know Deborah Chessler |
11/06/1948 | 2 | 13 | 05.03.1949 | 3 | 14th | Decca 24497 | "Vocal with Male Quartet and Instrumental Accompaniment" |
Blue Lu Barker |
A Little Bird Told Me Henry O. Brooks |
- | - | - | 01/01/1949 | 2 | 4th | Capitol 15308 | Louisa "Blue Lu" Barker was famous for her suggestive songs like Don't You Feel My Leg and her ladylike behavior. Barker recorded hits like A Little Bird Told Me, I Got Ways Like the Devil, and Leave My Man Alone . |
Nat King Cole |
The Christmas Song Mel Tormé , Robert Wells |
- | - | - | 01/01/1949 | 1 | 8th | Capitol | |
Sonny Thompson with The Sharps and Flats |
Long Gone Thompson - Simpkins |
- | - | - | 05/05/1948 | 30th | 8th | Miracle M-126 | An instrumental track by Sonny Thompson with the Sharps and Flats on two sides. Thompson on piano played with Eddie Chamblee (ts), Arvin Garrett (git), Leroy Morrison (kb) and Herman "Red" Cooper (dr). |
Roy Milton & His Sold Broadcasters |
Hop, Skip and Jump R. Milton |
- | - | - | 10/02/1948 | 7th | 10 | Specialty SP-314 | |
Sonny Thompson Featuring Eddie Chamblee |
Late Freight Thompson |
- | - | - | 08/28/1948 | 9 | 10 | Miracle 128 | |
Nat King Cole |
Kee-Mo Ky-Mo (The Magic Song) Bob Hilliard , Roy Alfred |
- | - | - | 01/01/1949 | 1 | 15th | Capitol 2400 | |
Roy Brown ’s Might Might Men |
Long About Midnight Roy Brown |
October 23, 1948 | 14th | 4th | 10/30/1948 | 15th | 3 | De luxe 1154 | |
The Orioles |
It's Too Soon to Know Deborah Chessler |
- | - | - | 09/11/1948 | 16 | 10 | Natural 5000 | On August 21, 1948, the Orioles' first record, Deborah Chessler's ballad It's Too Soon to Know , was released on Natural Records ; the black DJ Willie Bryant introduced them with his partner Ray Carroll on the radio station WHOM. |
Louis Jordan Orchestra featuring Martha Davis |
Daddy-O Don Raye , Gene De Paul |
10/30/1948 | 3 | 7th | - | - | - | Decca 24502 | |
Hadda Brooks |
Out of the Blue Will Jason , Henry Nemo |
09/25/1948 | 2 | 10 | - | - | - | Modern 20-600 | Brooks made an appearance as a nightclub pianist in the film Out of the Blue (1947, directed by Leigh Jason ), in which she introduced the song. |
John Lee Hooker |
Boogie Chilling J. L. Hooker |
01/08/1949 | 18th | 3 | 02/19/1949 | 18th | 1 | Modern 627 | “Detroit also became a center for electric blues, initiating the careers of greats like John Lee Hooker. His Boogie Chillen was a hugely popular post-war blues record and put him on a par with Muddy Waters as one of the most popular blues musicians of the time. " |
Johnny Moore |
Merry Christmas, baby Lou Baxter , Johnny Moore |
December 18, 1948 | 5 | 8th | - | - | - | Exclusive EX-254 | In fact, the number came from the band singer Charles Brown , as Ben Sidran announced in an interview. |
The X-Ray's (Vocal by Milton Larkin) |
I'll Always Be in Love with You Bud Green , Harry Ruby , Sam H. Stept |
01/08/1949 | 2 | 10 | 01/08/1949 | 5 | 3 | Savoy 681 | |
The Ravens |
White Christmas Irving Berlin |
01/08/1949 | 1 | 14th | 01/08/1949 | 1 | 9 | National 9063 | |
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends |
Christmas Spirits Red Burns |
02/01/1949 | 1 | 14th | - | - | - | Capitol 15203 | Julia Lee (p, voc) with Vic Dickenson (trb), Benny Carter (tb, as), Jack Marshall (git), Billy Hadnott (kb), Sam "Baby" Lovett (dr). |
Paul Williams "35-30" sextets |
Walkin 'Around Williams |
- | - | - | 01/08/1949 | 2 | 6th | Savoy 680 | |
Brownie McGhee |
My Fault McGhee |
- | - | - | 10/09/1948 | 8th | 6th | Savoy 5551 | |
B. Banes & His Shadows |
Sweet Georgia Brown Kenneth Casey , Ben Bernie , Maceo Pinkard |
January 15, 1949 | 4th | 11 | 01/08/1949 | 1 | 9 | Tempo 652 | The whistle version of the jazz classic Sweet Georgia Brown with the unusual percussion on cow ribs by Brother Bones & His Shadows (actually Freeman Davis) became the signature tune of the Harlem Globetrotters three years later . |
Frankie Laine & C. Fischer Orchestra |
You're All I Want for Christmas Glen Moore , Seger Ellis |
- | - | - | 01/08/1949 | 1 | 15th | Mercury 5177 | B-side of Frankie Laine's single Tara Talara Tala . |
Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Mary Knight & Sammy Price Trio |
Up Above My Head, I Hear the Music in the Air Tharpe |
December 25, 1948 | 7th | 6th | 01/29/1949 | 4th | 9 | Decca 40890 | |
Do Ray and Me Trio |
Wrapped Up in a Dream Best - Berman |
January 15, 1949 | 14th | 2 | December 18, 1948 | 18th | 2 | Commodore C-7505 | |
Jay McShann |
Hot Biscuits Jay McShann |
January 15, 1949 | 8th | 9 | 03/12/1949 | 2 | 12 | Downbeat 165 | |
Billy Eckstine |
Bewildered Leonard Whitcup , Teddy Powell |
01/22/1949 | 7th | 5 | 02/05/1949 | 1 | 13 | MGM 10540 | With the Quartones Orchestra under the direction of Hugo Winterhalter . The 1936 song was also popular in the Ink Spots version during this period. |
Ray-O-Vacs |
I'll Always Be in Love with You Bud Green , Herman Ruby , Sam H. Stept |
01/22/1949 | 3 | 8th | 05.03.1949 | 1+ | 15th | Savoy 681 / Colemen C-100 | A band around the bassist Jackson McQueen (1916-) from Newark (New Jersey). |
Joe Swift & The Johnny Oris Orchestra |
That's Your Last Boogie Joe Swift |
11/20/1948 | 4th | 2 | - | - | - | Exclusive 51-X | With the song, in which he accompanied the singer Joe Swift, Johnny Otis had his first chart success. |
Nat King Cole Trio |
Flo and Joe Milton Leeds , Ted Varnick |
- | - | - | 01/22/1949 | 1 | 7th | Capitol 18320 | B-side of Nat King Cole's single That's a Natural Fact . |
Amos Milburn |
A and M Blues Milburn |
- | - | - | 01/22/1949 | 1 | 9 | Aladdin 3018 | |
Andrew Tibbs |
I Feel Like Cryin ' Tibbs |
- | - | - | 01/22/1949 | 1 | 13 | Savoy 1163 | Chicago blues singer (1926-1991). The song was the B-side of Tibbs' single Married Man Blues . |
Roy Brown |
Rainy Weather Blues Brown |
02/19/1949 | 9 | 9 | 01/22/1949 | 6th | 13 | De Luxe 3108? | |
Big Jay McNeely |
Deacon's Hop McNeely |
01/29/1949 | 13 | 1 | 01/29/1949 | 12 | 2 | Savoy 885 | Deacon's Hop was a parody of Count Basie's recording of Broadway . |
Amos Milburn |
It Took a Long Long Time Jesse Cryor |
- | - | - | December 25, 1948 | 1 | 8th | Aladdin 2014 | |
Billy Eckstine |
Fools Rush In Johnny Mercer , Rube Bloom |
02/05/1949 | 1 | 13 | 02/05/1949 | 1 | 6th | MGM 10311 | B-side of Billy Eckstine's single Blue Moon . |
Paul Williams |
Hucklebuck Williams |
02/19/1949 | 32 | 1 | 02/05/1949 | 32 | 1 | Savoy 683 | |
Nellie Lutcher |
Cool water Bob Nolan |
- | - | - | 08/07/1948 | 3 | 7th | Capitol 15148 | Nellie Lutcher (p, vcl), Hurley Ramey (git), Truck Parham (kb), Alvin Burroughs (dr). |
The Ravens |
Bye Bye Baby Blues Howard Biggs |
09/11/1948 | 2 | 8th | - | - | - | King 3234 | Bye Bye Baby Blues was King Records' first chart success with a black vocal group. |
Buddy Johnson Orchestra |
I Don't Care Who Knows Buddy Johnson |
02/12/1949 | 2 | 11 | - | - | - | Decca 48088 | Singing Ella Johnson . |
Charles Brown Trio |
Get Yourself Another Fool Edward W. Mitchell |
March 26, 1949 | 5 | 12 | 02/12/1949 | 4th | 8th | Aladdin 3020 | With Charles Brown (p, voc), Eddie Williams (bass) and Charles Norris (guitar). |
Lightnin'Hopkins |
Tim Moore's Farm Hopkins |
- | - | - | 02/12/1949 | 1 | 13 | Modern 20-673 | The song was also released as Tom Moore's Blues by Lightnin 'Hopkins . |
Erskine Hawkins |
Corn Bread Hal Singer |
02/19/1949 | 1 | 11 | 04/16/1949 | 1 | 8th | Victor 20-3326 | Cover version of Hal Singer's R&B chart success at the time. |
Lonnie Johnson |
So Tired Russ Morgan , Jack Stuart |
- | - | - | 02/19/1949 | 4th | 9 | King 4283 | |
Mary Knight & Dependable Boys with Sammy Price Trio |
Gospel Train Knight |
- | - | - | 02/19/1949 | 1 | 9 | Decca 48092 | "Sacred singing with piano, guitar, bass and drums." |
Al Hibbler |
Lover, Come Back to Me Sigmund Romberg , Oscar Hammerstein II |
- | - | - | 02/19/1949 | 1 | 9 | Miracle 501 | |
Ivory Joe Hunter |
I Like It Hunter |
- | - | - | 02/19/1949 | 1 | 14th | King 4255 | With Ivory Joe Hunter (p), HJ Baker (tp), Tyree Glenn (trb), RK Procope (as), Oscar Pettiford (kb), Sonny Greer (dr). |
Wynonie Harris and His All Stars |
Grandma Plays the Numbers Haynes - Burns |
02/19/1949 | 6th | 7th | 04/02/1949 | 5 | 4th | King 4276 | With Numbers lottery was meant. Wynonie Harris with Cat Anderson (tp), Frank Culley (as), Hal Singer (ts), Elmer Alexander (bar), Albert "Birdie" Wallace (p), Jimmy Butts (kb), Connie Kay (dr). |
Wynonie Harris |
I Feel That Old Age Creeping On Haynes - Burns |
02/19/1949 | 1 | 13 | 04/09/1949 | 3 | 10 | King 4276 | The duo Homer & Jethro was the first to record the title in 1949; James Brown covered the song in 1956. |
Edgar Hayes and His Stardusters |
Fat Meat 'n' Greens Hayes |
- | - | - | 02/26/1949 | 2 | 11 | Exclusive 78X | |
Big Jay McNeely & His Bluejays |
Wild Wig Jay McNeely |
- | - | - | 02/26/1949 | 1 | 12 | Savoy 682 | With John Anderson (tp), John "Streamline" Ewing (trb), Big Jay McNeely (ts), Bob McNeely (bar), Jimmy O'Brien (p), Ted Shirley (kb) William Streetser (dr). |
Memphis Slim & The House Rockers |
Frisco Bay Chatman |
03/12/1949 | 1 | 11 | 02/26/1949 | 1 | 14th | Miracle 132 | Timothy Overton (ts), Alex Atkins (as), Memphis Slim (p, vcl), Big Crawford (kb). |
Wynonie Harris |
Good Rockin 'Tonight Roy Brown |
05.03.1949 | 4th | 11 | - | - | - | King 4210 | The big hit of 1948 briefly hit the charts again at the beginning of the year. |
T-Bone Walker and His Guitar |
Description Blues Shifty Henry |
- | - | - | 05.03.1949 | 1 | 13 | Comet T-52 | B-side of T-Bone Walker's single That Old Feelin 'Is Gone . |
Jimmy Witherspoon |
Ain't Nobody's Business Henry Grisham |
March 26, 1948 | 33 | 1 | 02/26/1949 | 23 | 3 | Supreme 1506 | With Frank Sleets (as), Benny Booker (kb), Pete McShann (dr), Louis Speiginer (git), Jay McShann (p), Charles Thomas (ts), Forrest Powell (tp). |
Paula Watson |
You Broke Your Promise George Wyle , Eddie Pole, Irving Taylor |
02/26/1949 | 1 | 2 | March 26, 1949 | 1 | 13 | Monogram 114 | Paula Watson (vcl, p), with Max Herman (tp), Jack Dumont, Henry Mandei, (as), Babe Russin (ts), George Wyle (p, arr), Vince Terri (git), [Al Pollin] ( kb), Sam Weiss (dr). |
Chubby Newsom & Her Hip Shakers |
Hip Shakin 'Mama Newsome |
02/26/1949 | 2 | 14th | March 26, 1948 | 4th | 8th | De Luxe 3199 | Chubby "Hip-Shakin '" Newsome with Wallace Davenport (tp), Lee Allen (ts), Frank Campbell (bar), Paul Gayten (p), Jack Scott (git), George Pryor (kb), Robert Green (dr) . |
Floyd Dixon |
Dallas Blues Floyd Dixon |
- | - | - | 03/12/1949 | 1 | 10 | Modern 20-653 | "Both the vocal style and the instrumentation showed the influence of Charles Brown's and Johnny Moore's Three Blazers." |
Dee Williams sextets |
Bongo Blues Williams - Bass - Anderson |
- | - | - | 03/12/1949 | 1 | 2 | Savoy 654 | With John Anderson (tp), Gene Montgomery (ts), Richard Brom (bar), Devonia Williams (p), [alias Darby Hicks] Chuck Norris (git), Morris Edwards (kb), Roy Porter (dr). |
Julia Lee |
I Didn't Like It the First Time Bill Gordon , Johnny Gomez |
March 19, 1949 | 2 | 9 | 03/12/1949 | 2 | 4th | Capitol 15367 | With Vic Dickenson (trb), Benny Carter (tb, as), Julia Lee (p, vcl), Jack Marshall (git), Billy Hadnott (kb), Sam "Baby" Lovett (dr). |
Saunders King and His Orchestra |
Empty Bedroom Blues Saunders King |
March 19, 1949 | 2 | 9 | 04/23/1949 | 2 | 11 | King 20-659 | Saunders King (vcl, git) with Eddie Walker (tp), Eddie Taylor (sax), Cedric Haywood (p) Lawrence Kato (kb), Bobby Osiban (dr). |
Hal Singer sextets |
Beef Stew Hal Singer |
March 19, 1949 | 1 | 11 | - | - | - | Savoy 686 | The X-Rays / Hal Singer Sextet: Willie Moore (tp) Alfred Chippy Outcalt (trb) Hal Singer (ts), George Rhodes (p), Walter Page (bk), Bobby Donaldson (dr) The X-Rays, Milt Larkins (vcl). |
T-bone walker |
T-bone shuffle walker |
04/16/1949 | 1 | 11 | March 19, 1949 | 4th | 7th | Comet T-53 | |
Charles Brown with Anita |
A Long Time C. Brown |
04/02/1949 | 1 | 9 | March 19, 1949 | 1 | 11 | Aladdin 3021 | |
Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy with June Richmond |
47th Street Jive Roosevelt Sykes |
- | - | - | March 19, 1949 | 1 | 14th | Coral 60021 | |
Saunders King |
Stay Gone Blues Curtis |
- | - | - | March 19, 1949 | 1 | 14th | Modern | Saunders King (1909-2000; vcl, git), with Eddie Walker (tp), Eddie Taylor (sax), Cedric Haywood (p) Lawrence Kato (kb), Bobby Osiban (dr). |
Louis Jordan |
Roamin 'Blues Ben Lorre , Jeff Dane, Louis Jordan |
March 26, 1949 | 2 | 13 | 04/02/1949 | 2 | 10 | Decca 24571 | B-side of Jordan's single Have You Got the Gumption . |
Sonny Thompson & Eddie Chamblee |
Blue Dreams Thompson |
- | - | - | March 26, 1949 | 1 | 10 | Miracle M-131 | |
Charlie Ventura and His Bop for the People |
Lullaby in Rhythm Clarence Profit , Edgar Sampson , Gene Roland |
- | - | - | March 26, 1949 | 1 | 13 | Victor 20-3396 | With Norman Faye (tp), Bennie Green (trb), Charlie Ventura (ts, bar), Ben Ventura (bar), Roy Kral (p, vcl), Kenny O'Brien (kb), Ed Shaughnessy (dr), Jackie Cain (vcl). |
Roy Brown with His Mighty Mighty Men |
Rockin 'at Midnight Roy Brown |
04/09/1949 | 13 | 2 | March 26, 1949 | 16 | 2 | De Luxe 2312 | |
Bull Moose Jackson |
Don't Ask Me Why Thomas |
04/02/1949 | 1 | 12 | -King 4280 | - | - | ||
Louis Jordan |
You Broke Your Promise George Wile, Eddie Pola, Irving Taylor |
- | - | - | 04/02/1949 | 2 | 3 | Decca 24587 | |
Lucky Millinder |
D'Natural Blues Henry Glover , L. Millinder |
04/09/1949 | 10 | 6th | 04/02/1949 | 11 | 4th | Victor 3351 | In Millinder's orchestra in 1949 a. a. Joe Wilder , Lammar Wright (tp), Porky Cohen (trb), Rudy Powell (as), Paul Quinichette , Leroy Lovett (p), Mundell Lowe (git), Horace Holmes (kb) and Chris Stanton (dr). |
Stick McGhee and His Buddies |
Drinkin 'Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Stick McGhee |
04/16/1949 | 21st | 3 | 04/02/1949 | 19th | 2 | Atlantic 873 | The idea for the song came up when Granville "Stick" McGhee was at Army Camp in Virginia during World War II, and he and his army mates were sitting in their barracks singing Drinkin 'Wine, Mother Fucker, Drinkin' Wine . A defused version later appeared on record, with Big Chief Ellis (piano). |
Dinah Washington |
You Satisfy Danny Baxter |
- | - | - | 04/02/1949 | 1 | 8th | Mercury 8102 | Dinah Washington and Chubby Jackson Orchestra, with Tony Aless (p), Billy Bauer (git), Chubby Jackson (kb) and members of the Woody Herman Band. |
Flip Phillips et al. a. ( Jazz at the Philharmonic ) |
Mordido |
- | - | - | 04/02/1949 | 1 | 14th | Mercury 1101 | With Howard McGhee (tp), Bill Harris (tb), Illinois Jacquet , Flip Phillips (ts), Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (kb), Jo Jones (dr). Recorded at Carnegie Hall , New York, September 27, 1947. |
Jimmie Preston and His Prestonians |
Hucklebuck Daddy Waters |
04/02/1949 | 10 | 4th | 05/14/1949 | 5 | 4th | Gotham G-175 | |
Herb Lance and Ray Abrams Sextet |
Close Your Eyes Bernice Petkere |
04/09/1949 | 13 | 4th | 04/23/1949 | 18th | 5 | Sittin 'In With 514 | B-side of Candle Glow . |
Maxine Trio |
Confession Blues R.C. Robinson |
04/09/1949 | 11 | 5 | 05/07/1949 | 9 | 2 | Downbeat 171 | Ray Charles ' first recording, with GD McKee (git), Ray Charles (p) and Milson Garret (kb) |
Sonny Thompson |
Blues on Rhumba Thompson |
04/09/1949 | 1 | 14th | - | - | - | Miracle 131 | |
Johnny Moore 'Three Blazers |
Where Can I Find My Baby Mack Lollie |
- | - | - | 04/09/1949 | 1 | 8th | Exclusive 69X | |
The Mills Brothers |
I Love You So Much It Hurts Floyd Tillman |
- | - | - | 04/09/1949 | 1 | 9 | Decca 24530 | B-side of the Mills Brothers single I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm . |
Roy Milton & His Solid Senders |
Huckle-Buck Andy Gibson , Roy Alfred |
04/16/1949 | 14th | 5 | 04/23/1949 | 4th | 12 | Specialty 327 | |
Jimmy Liggins and His Drops of Joy |
Careful Love Jimmy Liggins |
04/16/1949 | 1 | 15th | - | - | - | Specialty SP-319 | |
Jay McShann |
Ole Buttermilk Sky Hoagy Carmichael |
04/16/1949 | 1 | 15th | - | - | - | Downbeat 172 | |
Charles Brown Trio |
It's Nothing Scott - Brown |
- | - | - | 04/16/1949 | 1 | 13 | Aladdin 3021 | B-side of Brown's single A Long Time . |
Don Johnson Orchestra | Jackson's Blues | - | - | - | 04/16/1949 | 1 | 14th | Specialty SP-323 | The recording of the trumpeter Don Johnson was made on February 2nd, 1949 in Universal Recorders Studio, Hollywood, produced by Art Rupe. |
Amos Milburn |
Hold Me Baby Lola Ann Cullum, A. Milburn |
04/23/1949 | 16 | 2 | 04/30/1949 | 15th | 4th | Aladdin 3023 | B-side of Amos Milburn's single Jitterbug Parade. |
Charles Brown |
Trouble Blues Ch. Brown |
04/23/1949 | 27 | 1 | 04/23/1949 | 25th | 1 | Aladdin 3021 | B-side of Charles Brown's single Confidential . |
The Orioles |
Tell Me So Deborah Chessler |
05/07/1949 | 26th | 1 | 04/23/1949 | 20th | 2 | Jubilee 5085 | B-side of the Orioles single Deacon Jones . |
John Lee Hooker & His Guitar |
Hoogie Boogie Hooker |
04/30/1949 | 1 | 15th | 05/07/1949 | 5 | 9 | Modern 863? | B-side of John Lee Hooker's single Hobo Blues . |
Billy Eckstine |
Caravan Juan Tizol ; Duke Ellington |
04/30/1949 | 3 | 14th | May 28, 1949 | 1 | 14th | MGM 10368 | The Caravan jazz standard made it into the charts twice; as a vocal version with Eckstine in 1949 and as an orchestral piece with Ralph Marterie in 1953. |
Bull Moose Jackson |
Little Girl, Don't Cry Doris Davis , Lucky Millender |
05/07/1949 | 20th | 2 | 04/30/1949 | 17th | 3 | King 4285? | B-side of Bull Moose Jackson's single Moosey . |
John Lee Hooker |
Hobo blues hooker |
05/14/1949 | 9 | 9 | 05/07/1949 | 6th | 5 | Modern 683 | "Hooker unleashed such clearly identifiable blues classics as Hobo Blues (1949) and Crawling King Snake (1929) and the crossover hit I'm in the Mood (1950)." |
Frank Culley |
Coal Slaw Jesse Stone |
05/14/1949 | 1 | 12 | 05/14/1949 | 3 | 11 | Atlantic 873 | An adaptation of Jesse Stone's composition Sorgham Switch (1942). Frank Culley (ts) likely recorded the title with Randy Weston (p) and Connie Kay (dr). |
Eddie Chamblee |
Back Street Chamblee - Simpkins |
05/14/1949 | 5 | 10 | 05/14/1949 | 6th | 9 | Miracle 133 | Probably with John "Streamline" Ewing (trb), Eddie Chamblee (ts), Andrew "Goon" Gardner (bar), James Craig (p), Ernie Shepard (kb), Chuck Williams (dr). |
Four Jacks |
I Challenge Your Kiss |
- | - | - | May 21, 1949 | 4th | 8th | Allen 21000 | A cover version of the Charioteer hit. The Four Jacks were a vocal group from Richmond, Virginia , consisting of Lonnie Smith (tenor), Vance Joyner (baritone) and Levi Hansley (bass). |
Fat Man Robinson Quintet |
Lavender Boogie Shirley Albert |
- | - | - | May 21, 1949 | 1 | 9 | Motif 2001 | |
Todd Rhodes |
Pot Likker Rhodes |
May 28, 1949 | 10 | 5 | 06/18/1949 | 9 | 3 | King 4287 | B-side of Red Boy at the Mardi Gras . With Joe Thomas (saxophone). |
Billy Eckstine |
Somehow Mort Maser |
May 28, 1949 | 1 | 15th | - | - | - | MGM 10383 | Billy Eckstine & The Quartones |
Louis Jordan |
Coal Slaw Jesse Stone |
06/04/1949 | 10 | 7th | May 28, 1949 | 5 | 11 | Decca 24833 | With Aaron Izenhall, Bob Mitchell, Harold Mitchell (tp), Louis Jordan (ts, vcl), Josh Jackson (ts), Bill Doggett (p, arr) Ham Jackson (el-g), Billy Hadnott (b), Christopher Columbus (dr). |
Wynonie Harris |
Drinkin 'Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Sticks McGhee |
06/11/1949 | 13 | 4th | 06/25/1949 | 6th | 4th | King 4292 | |
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan |
Baby It's Cold Outside Frank Loesser |
06/25/1949 | 3 | 9 | 06/11/1949 | 4th | 6th | Decca 246443 | Loesser wrote the song for the feature film Neptun's Daughter (1949, directed by Deward Buzzell ), in which it is presented by Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban . In the same year he was also covered by Pearl Bailey & Hot Lips Page . |
Amos Milburn |
In the Middle of the Night Jesse M. Robinson |
06/25/1949 | 12 | 6th | 06/11/1949 | 4th | 3 | Aladdin 3026 | |
The Ravens |
Ricky's Blues Louis Jordan, William Tennyson |
- | - | - | 06/11/1949 | 6th | 9 | National 9073 | |
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five |
Every Man to His Own Profession Louis Jordan, William Tennyson |
- | - | - | 06/26/1949 | 2 | 10 | Decca 24633 | B-side of Cole Slaw . |
Memphis Slim and The House Rockers |
Blue and Lonesome Fraser |
07/16/1949 | 11 | 3 | 07/16/1949 | 5 | 5 | Miracle 136 | B-side of Help Me Some . |
Pee Wee Crayton and His Guitar |
I Love You So Crayton |
07/30/1949 | 11 | 7th | 07/16/1949 | 5 | 6th | Modern 20-875 | B-side of The Bop Hop . |
Herb Lance |
Because |
- | - | - | 07/16/1949 | 1 | 8th | Sittin'in With 519 | |
Paul Williams |
House Rocker Williams |
- | - | - | 07/16/1949 | 1 | 12 | Savoy 702 | |
The Charioteers |
A Kiss and a Rose Tommie Connor - Patrick Toohey |
08/27/1949 | 1 | 12 | 07/16/1949 | 5 | 8th | Columbia 38438 | Geraldo and The Orioles were also successful with the song in 1948/49 . |
Lionel Hampton |
Drinkin 'Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee Sticks McGhee |
- | - | - | 07/23/1949 | 1 | 14th | Decca 24642 | In 1949, the hit from Sticks Me Ghee was also covered by Louis Jordan and Loy Gordon & his Pleasant Valley Boys. |
Billy Eckstine |
Temptation Arthur Freed |
07/30/1949 | 1 | 9 | 07/30/1949 | 2 | 7th | MGM 10458 | With the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra |
Dinah Washington |
Baby, Get Lost Billy Moore, Jr. |
07/30/1949 | 15th | 1 | 08/06/1949 | 14th | 1 | Mercury 8148 | With George Hudson (tp), Ernie Wilkins , Rupert Cole (as), Cecil Payne (bar), Ray Brown (kb), Teddy Stewart (dr), Freddie Green (git), James Forman Jr. (p). |
Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five | Beans and Cornbread | 08/06/1949 | 5 | 8th | 08/06/1949 | 9 | 1 | Decca 24673 | |
Lowell Fulson and His Trio |
Come back, baby Fulson |
08/13/1949 | 4th | 14th | 08/27/1949 | 1 | 13 | Downbeat 230 | A production by the short-lived record label Down Beat , founded in 1947 by Jack Lauderdale. In October 1949 the company name was changed to Swing Beat Records , and around 1950 to Swing Time Records . |
Dinah Washington |
Long John Blues Tommy George |
08/20/1949 | 6th | 12 | 08/20/1949 | 8th | 3 | Mercury 8148 | |
Angelic Gospel Singers |
Touch Me Lord, Jesus Lucie Eddie Campbell |
08/20/1949 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | Gotham 605 | |
Buddy Johnson |
Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit the Ball? Buddy Johnson |
08/20/1949 | 1 | 15th | 09/03/1949 | 2 | 13 | Decca 24675 | The song refers to the baseball player in Major League Baseball , Jackie Robinson (1919-1972). |
Little Willie Littlefield |
It's Midnight (No Place to Go) Littlefield - Taub |
09/03/1949 | 12 | 3 | 08/20/1949 | 9 | 3 | Modern 20-686 | |
Wynonie Harris |
All She Wants to Do Is Rock Teddy McRae |
08/27/1949 | 13 | 1 | 08/27/1949 | 18th | 1 | King 4304 | Wynonie Harris with Joe Morris (tp), Matthew Gee (trb), Freddie Douglas , Johnny Griffin (ts), Bill McLemore (bar), Elmo Sylvester (p), Gene Ramey (kb), Kelly Martin (dr) & vocal group. |
Freddie Mitchell Orchestra |
Doby's Boogie Carol, Marcy, Michel |
09/03/1949 | 5 | 3 | 08/27/1949 | 4th | 10 | Derby 713 | "Featuring Joe Block on the Piano" |
Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers |
He Knows How to Hucklebuck Williams |
- | - | - | 08/27/1949 | 1 | 13 | Savoy 702 | |
Lionel Hampton (Vocal Chrus by Joe James and Lionel Hampton) |
Lavender Coffin Shirley Albert |
- | - | - | 08/27/1949 | 1 | 13 | Decca 24652 | In the Lionel Hampton Orchestra played when recording the title u. a. Wendell Culley , Al Gray , Alfred Chippy Outcalt , Bobby Plater , Wes Montgomery, and Earl Walker ; Vocalists were The Hamp-Tones. |
Charles Brown |
In the Evening When the Sun Comes Down Leroy Carr , Don Raye |
09/03/1949 | 10 | 5 | 09/17/1949 | 7th | 6th | Aladdin 3030 | Big Buill Broonzy , Ink Spots and Jay McShann also recorded the title during this period . |
Julia Lee |
Tonight's the Night Yardley Yates |
- | - | - | 09/03/1949 | 1 | 13 | Capitol S7-700013 | Julia Lee (vcl, p) with Tommy Douglas (ts), Jim "Daddy" Walker (git), Clint Weaver (kb), Sam "Baby" Lovett (dr). Taken in Kansas City, April 20, 1949. |
Joe Lutcher |
Mardi Gras J. Lutcher |
- | - | - | 09/03/1949 | 1 | 13 | Modern 20-972 | In 1949, after signing a record deal with Modern Records, Lutcher had his last hit with Mardi Gras . |
Sonny Thompson |
Still Gone (Parts III & IV) Thompson - Simpkins |
09/10/1949 | 2 | 12 | - | - | - | Miracle 139 | |
Amos Milburn |
Roomin 'House Boogie Jessie Mae Robinson |
09/17/1949 | 11 | 2 | 09/10/1949 | 12 | 1 | Aladdin 3032 | |
Ivory Joe Hunter |
Waiting in Vain Ivory Joe Hunter |
- | - | - | 09/10/1949 | 4th | 5 | King 4291 | B-side of Guess Who . |
Ivory Joe Hunter Orchestra |
Blues at Midnight Ivory Joe Hunter |
- | - | - | 09/10/1949 | 2 | 3 | 4 star 1283 | |
Eddie Williams feat. Floyd Dixon |
Broken Hearted John Hogg , Mark Hurley |
09/17/1949 | 11 | 2 | 09/17/1949 | 18th | 2 | Supreme 1535 | |
Ruth Brown & Eddie Condon Orchestra |
So Long Harris - Morgan - Malcher |
09/17/1949 | 10 | 4th | 10/08/1949 | 4th | 4th | Atlantic 879 | Ruth Brown with Bobby Hackett (tp), Will Bradley (trb), Dick Cary (alto-hrn), Peanuts Hucko (cl, ts), Ernie Caceres (bar), Joe Bushkin (p), Eddie Condon (git), Jack Lesberg (kb), Sidney Catlett (dr). |
Jimmy Preston & His Prestonians |
Rock the Joint Henry Crafton |
10/01/1949 | 2 | 11 | 09/17/1949 | 1 | 6th | Gotham 185 | |
The Great Gates |
Late after hours |
- | - | - | 09/17/1949 | 1 | 6th | Selective S-103 | An R&B band from the west coast of the USA |
Tampa Red |
When Things Go Wrong with You Hudson Whitacker |
10/22/1949 | 2 | 11 | 09/17/1949 | 3 | 15th | Victor 22-0035 (78) | Tampa Red (voc, git), Little Johnny Jones (kazoo, b-voc, p), Odie Payne (kb), Ransom Knowling (dr). A remake of the blues standard It Hurts Me Too with different lyrics. |
Memphis Slim and The House Rockers |
(You Got to) Help Me Some P. Chatman |
- | - | - | 09/17/1949 | 1 | 9 | Miracle 136 | |
Paul Williams |
Pop Corn Williams |
- | - | - | 09/17/1949 | 2 | 13 | Savoy 711 | |
Roy Brown & His Might Mighty Men |
Please don't go Roy Brown |
- | - | - | 09/17/1949 | 5 | 9 | De Luxe 3226 | |
Amos Milburn |
Empty Arms Blues Ivory Joe Hunter |
09/24/1949 | 10 | 4th | 10/01/1949 | 6th | 6th | Aladdin 3032 | |
Joe Thomas & His Orchestra |
Page Boy Shuffle Todd Rhodes |
- | - | - | 09/24/1949 | 2 | 7th | King 4299 | |
Edgar Hayes and His Stardusters |
Blues at Dawn (Parts I & II) E. Hayes |
- | - | - | 09/24/1949 | 1 | 12 | Exclusive 110 | With Teddy Bunn , piano. |
Jimmy Witherspoon |
In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down Leroy Carr , Don Raye |
October 15, 1949 | 4th | 7th | 09/24/1949 | 4th | 6th | Supreme 1533 | |
Camille Howard |
Fiesta in Old Mexico Bill Anson , Ted Mossman |
- | - | - | 09/24/1949 | 1 | 12 | Specialty 332 | "Singing and playing the piano with rhythm acc." A Latin number that Buddy Greco & The Heathertones recorded in 1949 . |
Sugar Chile Robinson |
Numbers Boogie Vernon White |
10/01/1949 | 17th | 4th | 11/26/1949 | 5 | 14th | Capitol 75-70037 | |
Wynonie Harris |
I Want My Fanny Brown Roy Brown |
- | - | - | 10/01/1949 | 2 | 10 | King4304 | |
Louis Jordan |
Saturday Night Fish Fry (Pts. I & II) L. Jordan, Ellis Walsh |
10/08/1949 | 23 | 1 | 10/08/1949 | 18th | 1 | Decca 24725 | |
Rudy Render |
Sneakin 'Around J.M. Robinson |
10/08/1949 | 15th | 2 | October 15, 1949 | 9 | 4th | London 17000 | A track that was recorded by the Joe Morris Orchestra in 1949 . |
Erroll Garner |
I Cover the Waterfront Johnny Green , Edward Heyman |
- | - | - | 10/08/1949 | 1 | 8th | Savoy 688 | The pianist's first hit on the R&B charts. |
Lingthin'Hopkins |
"T" model Blues Hopkins |
- | - | - | 09/10/1949 | 1 | 8th | Gold Star682 | |
LC Williams |
Ethel Mae L C Williams |
10/22/1949 | 1 | 12 | 09/10/1949 | 3 | 2 | Freedom 1517 | B-side of Williams' single Shout Baby Shout . |
Ivory Joe Hunter |
Guess Who J. Hunter |
October 29, 1949 | 9 | 5 | 10/08/1949 | 9 | 2 | King 4306 | with Harold Shorty Baker (tp), Tyree Glenn (tb), Russell Procope (cl, as), Ivory Joe Hunter (p, vcl), Sonny Greer (dr), Ray Nance (from left), Wendell Marshall (kb). |
Johnny Moore 'Three Blazers |
Walkin 'Blues Oscar Moore - Stu Goldberg - Fleming |
- | - | - | 10/08/1949 | 1 | 13 | Victor (78) 22-0042, (45) 50-0026 | |
Billy Wright Orchestra, Direction of Howard Callender |
Blues for My Baby Wright - Reig |
October 15, 1949 | 6th | 5 | 05/11/1949 | 3 | 3 | Savoy 710 | Remake of a song by Big Maceo Merriweather . |
Ivory Joe Hunter |
Landlord Blues Hunter sample |
October 15, 1949 | 3 | 8th | October 29, 1949 | 5 | 6th | King 4306 | |
Billy Eckstine |
Crying |
October 15, 1949 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | MGM 10458 | Billy Eckstine & The Buddy Baker Orchestra |
Bill Farrell |
You've Changed Carl T. Fisher , Bill Carey |
October 15, 1949 | 1 | 12 | - | - | - | MGM 10519 | The baritone Bill Farrell (1926-2007) recorded a number of singles such as Your Eyes, Love Locked Out and Be Mine Tonight (Noche de Ronda) for MGM and TEL in the 1950s . |
Joe Thomas His Sax and His Orchestra |
Teardrops Bigge |
10/22/1949 | 2 | 11 | - | - | - | King 4299 | Todd Rhodes & His Toddlers (with Joe Thomas) recorded the title for Sensation. |
Bull Moose Jackson |
Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me? Wayne Raney |
05/11/1949 | 9 | 2 | 10/22/1949 | 10 | 2 | King 4322 | With Harold "Money" Johnson (tp), Eugene "Heads" Adams (as), Ted "Snookie" Hulbert (as, bar), Bull Moose Jackson (ts, vcl), Harold Clark (ts), Irving Greene (p) , John Allen (kb), Les Erskine (dr). |
Herb Lance |
That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) Beasley Smith , Haven Gillespie |
- | - | - | 10/22/1949 | 3 | 14th | Castle 524 | The song was also covered by Frankie Laine (# 1 Pop), Frank Sinatra , Sarah Vaughan , Louis Armstrong , Hot Lips Page in 1949 . |
Billy Wright |
You Satisfy Wright - Reig |
- | - | - | 10/22/1949 | 2 | 12 | Savoy 710 | The recording was made in Atlanta, Georgia. |
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy |
Don't Put Me Down J. Liggins |
December 3rd, 1949 | 2 | 9 | October 29, 1949 | 8th | 5 | Specialty SP 339 | Liggins had two other jump blues hits in 1949, Careful Love and Don't Put Me Down , but then had to interrupt his career due to a gunshot wound. |
Larry Darnell & Paul Gayten Orchestra |
I'll Get Along Somehow Buddy Fields, Gerald Marks |
11/12/1949 | 15th | 3 | December 3rd, 1949 | 16 | 8th | Shelf 3236 | Larry Darnell's two-part song I'll Get Along Somehow was ambitious; the second part begins with a recitation. |
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends |
You Ain't Got It No More Mildred Wax |
11/12/1949 | 1 | 9 | - | - | - | Capitol 57-70031 | B-side of Oh, Chuck It (In a Bucket) ; Julia Lee (p, voc) with Jim Daddy Walker (git), Clint Weaver (kb), Baby Lovett (dr). |
Larry Darnell |
For You My Love Paul Gayten |
11/12/1949 | 22nd | 1 | December 3rd, 1949 | 12 | 1 | Shelf 3240 | “It was Larry Darnell who made it big with the carefree“ For You, My Love ”(# 1 R&B), which turned out to be the second biggest R&B hit of 1950 and stayed on the Billboard pop charts for a full 22 weeks. " |
The Orioles |
Forgive and Forget Deborah Chessler |
11/12/1949 | 8th | 5 | - | - | - | Jubilee 5016 | B-side of the Orioles single So Much . |
Ivory Joe Hunter |
Jealous Heart Jennie Lou Carson |
December 10, 1949 | 11 | 2 | 11/12/1949 | 10 | 2 | King 4314 | B-side of Hunter's single All States Boogie . |
Clarence Gatemouth Brown |
Mary Is Fine C. Brown |
- | - | - | 11/12/1949 | 1 | 9 | Peacock 1504 | Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown with the Jack McVea Orchestra. B-side of My Time Is Expensive . |
Clarence Gatemouth Brown |
My Time Is Expensive C. Brown |
- | - | - | 11/12/1949 | 1 | 9 | Peacock 1504 | Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown with the Jack McVea Orchestra. |
Roy Brown |
Boogie at Midnight R. Brown |
December 3rd, 1949 | 11 | 5 | November 19, 1949 | 11 | 4th | De Luxe 33008 | With Teddy Riley (tp), Johnny Fontenette (ts), Tommy Shelvin (kb), Frank Parker (dr). |
Little Willie Littlefield |
Farewell Littlefield |
- | - | - | November 19, 1949 | 2 | 5 | Modern 20-709 | Little Willie Littlefield enjoyed brief popularity on the rhythm and blues charts in late 1949. In 1949 he produced several top ten hits for the Modern label: "It's Midnight", "Farewell" and "I'be Been Lost". |
Memphis Slim |
Angel Child traditional |
November 19, 1949 | 5 | 7th | November 19, 1949 | 3 | 11 | Miracle M-145 | With Alex Atkins (as), Ernest Cotton (ts), Memphis Slim (p, vcl), Big Crawford (kb). |
Eddie Vinson |
Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red Bernard - man |
- | - | - | November 19, 1949 | 2 | 6th | King 4313 | B-side of Vinson's single Wineola . |
Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart Orchestra |
Good Daddy Blues Spencer - Washington |
11/26/1949 | 2 | 8th | - | - | - | Mercury 8154 | Dinah Washington with George Hudson (tp), Rupert Cole , Ernie Wilkins (as), Cecil Payne (bar), James "Hen Gates" Forman (p), Freddie Green (git), Ray Brown (kb), Teddy Stewart (dr ). |
Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chicken-Shackers |
Let's Make Christmas Merry, baby Frank Haywood , Monroe Tucker |
11/26/1949 | 6th | 3 | 11/26/1949 | 4th | 9 | Aladdin 3037 | |
Charles Brown |
Homesick Blues Brown |
December 3rd, 1949 | 8th | 6th | December 3rd, 1949 | 4th | 5 | Aladdin 3039 | |
John Lee Hooker |
Crawling King Snake Blues Hooker |
December 3rd, 1949 | 1 | 11 | December 10, 1949 | 2 | 6th | Modern 714 | With Crawlin 'King Snake John Lee Hooker had his second big hit in 1949. |
Mercy Dee Walton |
Lonesome Cabin Blues (Log Cabin Blues) Mercy Dee Walton |
December 3rd, 1949 | 5 | 11 | - | - | - | Spire 11-001 | Mercy Dee (Mercy Dee Walton (1915-1992)) was best known for One Room Country Shack (1952). |
Annie Laurie with Paul Gayten Orchestra |
Cuttin 'Out Paul Gayten |
- | - | - | November 19, 1949 | 3 | 2 | Shelf 3240 | B-side of My Rough And Ready Man . |
Charles Brown |
I'll Miss You Ch. Brown |
- | - | - | December 10, 1949 | 1 | 15th | Exclusive 120 | |
Sugar Chile Robinson |
Caldonia Louis Jordan , Fleecie Moore |
December 17, 1949 | 1 | 14th | - | - | - | Capitol 57-70056 | Boogie Woogie child prodigy Frank "Sugarchile" Robinson appeared with the Louis Jordan number in the film No Leave No Love (1946, directed by Charles Martin ). |
Floyd Dixon |
Mississippi Blues Dixon |
- | - | - | December 17, 1949 | 1 | 14th | Modern 20-700 | |
The Orioles Featuring Sonny Til |
What Are You Dong New Year's Eve Frank Loesser |
December 24, 1949 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - | The song was also covered by Billy Eckstine , Ella Fitzgerald , Mel Tormé and Margaret Whiting during this time . | |
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & The Rosette Gospel Singers |
Silent Night |
December 24, 1949 | 3 | 10 | - | - | - | Decca 48119 | |
Frank Culley |
After Hour Session Culley - Wall |
December 24, 1949 | 3 | 11 | December 24, 1949 | 1 | 12 | Atlantic 888 | Duo with Harry Van Walls (p). |
Jimmy Witherspoon |
No Rollin 'Blues J. Witherspoon |
December 31, 1949 | 11 | 5 | December 24, 1949 | 1 | 9 | Modern 20-721 | Jimmy Witherspoon with the Gene Gilbeaux Quartet, with Don Hill (as), Gene Gilbeaux (p), Herman Washington (kb), Henry Tucker Green (dr). |
Jimmy Witherspoon |
Big Fine Girl Smith |
December 31, 1949 | 10 | 5 | - | - | - | Modern 20-721 | Same line-up as No Rollin 'Blues |
The Orioles |
It's Gonna Be a Lovely Christmas Rose - Leap |
December 31, 1949 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | Jubilee 5017 | |
Nat King Cole Trio |
Exactly Like You Dorothy Fields , Jimmy McHugh |
- | - | - | December 31, 1949 | 1 | 2 | ||
Robert Nighthawk & The Nighthawks |
Annie Lee Blues Nighthawk |
- | - | - | December 31, 1949 | 1 | 13 | Aristocrat 2301 | Nighthawk's two songs, Black Angel Blues and Annie Lee Blues, came from the Tampa Red repertoire . |
Felix Gross |
Love for Christmas |
- | - | - | December 31, 1949 | 1 | 13 | Savoy 720 | |
Cleo Brown |
Cook That Stuff M.H. Wax |
- | - | - | December 31, 1949 | 1 | 13 | Capitol 57-70057 | B-side of Cleo's Boogie . |
Web links
Individual evidence
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- ^ I Met Everybody in the Business: All Sorts of Characters (Interview with Wexler) Billboard, November 27, 2004, p. 66
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- ^ Sally Asher: Stories from the St. Louis Cemeteries of New Orleans 2015, p. 111.
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- ↑ Charles Brown Trio - Get Yourself Another Fool / Ooh Ooh Sugar at Discogs
- ↑ Marie Knight - Gospel Train / Behold His Face at Discogs
- ↑ Ivory Joe Hunter - I Like It / No Money, No Luck Blues at Discogs
- ↑ T-Bone Walker And His Guitar - That Old Feelin 'Is Gone / Description Blues at Discogs
- ↑ Jimmy Witherspoon - Ain't Nobody's Business at Discogs
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- ↑ The group's name - The McSon Trio - was accidentally listed on the record as The Maxin Trio . "Confession Blues" was Ray Charles' first single to hit the charts. The song, as well as much of Charles' early work, was based on the style of Nat King Cole and Charles Brown. See Michael Lydon (2004). Ray Charles: Man and Music, Updated Commemorative Edition. Routledge. pp. 58-60. ISBN 0203498321 .
- ↑ The Mills Brothers - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm / I Love You So Much It Hurts at Discogs
- ^ Charles Brown Trio - A Long Time / It's Nothing at Discogs
- ↑ See Upside Your Head !: Rhythm and Blues on Central Avenue by Johnny Otis (1993).
- ↑ Amos Milburn - Jitterbug Parade / Hold Me Baby at Discogs
- ^ Charles Brown - Confidential / Trouble Blues at Discogs
- ↑ The Orioles - Deacon Jones / Tell Me So at Discogs
- ↑ John Lee Hooker & His Guitar - Hobo Blues / Hoogie Boogie at Discogs
- ^ Will Friedwald : The Great Jazz and Pop Vocal Albums : Penguin Random House 2017.
- ↑ Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats - Moosey / Little Girl Don't Cry at Discogs
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- ↑ The Four Jacks at Discogs (English)
- ↑ Todd Rhodes And His Orchestra - Red Boy At The Mardi Gras / Pot Likker at Discogs
- ↑ Billy Eckstine - Somehow / What's My Name at Discogs
- ↑ Neptun's Daughter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Cole Slaw / Every Man To His Own Profession at Discogs
- ↑ Memphis Slim and The House Rockers - Help Me Some / Blue and Lonesome at Discogs
- ↑ Pee Wee Crayton and His Guitar - "The Bop Hop" / I Love You So at Discogs
- ↑ Dinah Washington - Baby Get Lost / Long John Blues at Discogs
- ↑ Down Beat at Discogs
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- ↑ as a 45 single: 50-0019
- ↑ Bill Farrell at Discogs (English)
- ↑ Larry Birnbaum: Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll . Lanham: Scarefrow Press 2015, p. 240.
- ^ Barry Hansen: Negro Popular Music, 1945-1953 . Hansen, 1967 p. 44
- ↑ Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends - Oh, Chuck It (In A Bucket) / You Ain't Got It No More at Discogs
- ↑ John Broven: Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans . Gretna (LA): Pelican Publ. 2016
- ↑ The Orioles - So Much / Forgive and Forget at Discogs
- ↑ Ivory Joe Hunter - All States Boogie / Jealous Heart at Discogs
- ↑ Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - My Time Is Expensive / Mary Is Fine at Discogs
- ↑ See Rhythm and Blues, Rap, and Hip-hop by Frank W. Hoffmann (2005), p. 168
- ^ The "Cleanhead" Vinson - Wineola / Somebody Done Stole My Cherry Red at Discogs
- ↑ Cf. Blues Highway: Music stories between New Orleans and Chicago by Peter J. Kraus. Ch. Links Verlag, 1998
- ↑ Mercy Dee Walton at Discogs (English)
- ↑ Annie Laurie With Paul Gayten Orchestra - My Rough And Ready Man / Cuttin Out at Discogs
- ↑ No Leave, No Love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ^ Henry Louis Gates Jr., Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham African American National Biography . Oxford Univ., 2008, p. 158
- ↑ Cleo Brown - Cleo's Boogie / Cook That Stuff at Discogs