List of singles in the Race Records Charts 1948

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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 in the Race Records Charts in 1948 contains all songs by singles that were listed in the Billboard Most Played Juke Box Race Records category in the calendar year 1948 . From May 22nd, in addition to the playing numbers of the jukeboxes, the sales numbers of 78 recordings were also determined and recorded in separate lists. These charts represented the forerunner of the Billboard R&B charts introduced in 1949 .

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 17, 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 May 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 term race was replaced in both chart lists by " Rhythm and Blues ".

In 1948 a total of 144 songs were placed.

List of "Most Played Juke Box Race Records" and (from May 22, 1948) "Best Selling Retail Race Records"

Info icon 001.svgFrom the entry date of May 22nd, the list records both the sales figures for records ( Best Selling Retail Race Records , abbreviated R in the table ) and the number of times they have been played on the jukeboxes ( Most Played Juke Box Rece Records , abbreviated J ) in separate columns .

Interpreter Title
Author (s)
Entry (R) Weeks (R) HP (R) Entry (J) Weeks (J) HP (J) Label number Remarks
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends (Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It
Sharon Pease
- - - 10/11/1947 28 1 Capitol 40028 The R&B number was structured similarly to Lee's hit Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got (1947), but more jazzy, with trumpet ( Ernie Royal ), saxophone ( Dave Cavanaugh ), piano (Julia Lee) and guitar (Jack Marshall), plus bass ( Harry Babasin ) and drums ( Baby Lovett ).
Bull Moose Jackson I Love You, Yes I Do
Henry Glover
May 22, 1948 3 8th 05/10/1947 25th 1 King 4181
Johnny Moore Merry Christmas, baby
Lou Baxter , Johnny Moore
December 18, 1948 4th 8th 05/10/1947 2 4th Exclusive EX-254 In fact, the number came from the band singer Charles Brown , as Ben Sidran announced in an interview.
Louis Jordan Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Joe Burhkin , Johnny De Vries
- - - 03/01/1948 24 2 Decca 24104
Louis Jordan Early in the Morning
Dallas Bartley , Leo Hickman , L. Jordan
- - - 11/15/1947 11 5 Decca 24155 A Latin number from the musical film Look Out Sister (1947, directed by Bud Pollard ).
Louis Jordan Let the Good Times Roll
Sam Theard , Fleecie Moore
- - - December 23, 1947 4th 4th Decca 23741
Nellie Lutcher He's a Real Gone Guy
Nellie Lutcher
- - - 09/13/1947 23 2 Capitol Americana 40017 Recorded in Los Angeles, April 30, 1947; with Billy Hadnott (bass), Lee Young (drums) and Nappy Lamare (guitar).
The Ravens Write Me a Letter
Howard Biggs
May 29, 1948 2 10 01/10/1948 13 5 National 9038
Louis Jordan & his Tymphany Band Early in the Morning
Dallas Bartley , Leo Hickman , L. Jordan
- - - 11/15/1947 10 3 Decca 24155 A Latin number from the musical film Look Out Sister (1947, directed by Bud Pollard ).
Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm Hurry On Down
Nellie Lutcher
- - - 08/16/1947 18th 2 Capitol Americana 40002 With Ulysses Livingston (git), Billy Hadnott (kb), Lee Young (dr); Los Angeles, April 1947.
T-bone walker Call It Stormy Mondy, But Tuesday Is Just As Bad
T-Bone Walker
- - - 01/24/1948 6th 5 Black & White Records 122
T-Bone Walker - Call it Stormy Monday
Rose Murphy I Can't Give You Anything but Love
Jimmy McHugh , Dorothy Fields
- - - January 31, 1948 7th 3 Majestic 1204 Ella Fitzgerald would later provide imitations of both Louis Armstrong's and Rose Murphy's interpretation of the jazz classic.
Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm Do You or Don't You Love Me?
Nellie Lutcher
- - - January 31, 1948 2 9 Capitol Americana 40062 Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm : Nellie Lutcher (p, vcl), Ulysses Livingston (git), Billy Hadnott (kb), Lee Young (dr).
Nellie Lutcher The Song Is Ended
Irving Berlin
- - - January 31, 1948 2 5 Capitol Americana 40062 B-side of Do You Or Don't You Love Me? . With Irving Ashby (git), Billy Hadnott (kb) and Sidney Catlett (dr).
Nat King Cole Trio Those Things Money Can't Buy
Al Goodhart , Ruth Poll
- - - January 31, 1948 3 10 Capitol 15011 Cole recorded Those Things Money Can't Buy in 1947 with Irving Ashby (git) and Johnny Miller (kb).
Nat King Cole Trio What'll I Do
Irving Berlin
- - - 02/07/1948 2 8th Capitol 15019 A jazz standard from the 1920s that Cole recorded in 1947 with Oscar Moore (git) and Johnny Miller (kb).
The Ravens Ol 'Man River
Oscar Hammerstein II
- - - 02/07/1948 1 10 National 9035
The Ravens - Ol 'Man River
Louis Jordan Barnyard Boogie
Barnyard Boogie
- - - 02/07/1948 13 2 Decca 24300 " Barnyard Boogie is a typically wild, humorous Jordan frenzy," wrote The New Yorker in 1948 .
Paul Williams 35-30 (Thirty-Five-Thirty)
Paul Williams
May 22, 1948 7th 9 02/14/1948 5 7th Savoy 661 A year before The Hucklebuck , instrumental number 35-30 was the saxophonist's first chart success .
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends King Size Papa
Johnny Gomez, Paul Vance
May 22, 1948 15th 5 02/14/1948 28 1 Capitol Americana 40082 Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends, with Geechie Smith (tp), Benny Carter (as), Dave Cavanaugh (ts), Julia Lee (p, vcl) Jack Marshall (git), Red Callender (kb), Sam "Baby" Lovett (dr).
T-bone walker Long Skirt Baby Blues
John Shifty Henry
- - - 02/14/1948 1 10 Black & White 123 With John E. Buckner (tp), Bumps Myers (ts), Willard McDaniel (p), Billy Hadnott (kb), Oscar Lee Bradley (dr).
Rose Murphy When I Grow Too Old to Dream
Sigmund Romberg , Oscar Hammerstein II
- - - 02/14/1948 3 10 Majestic 1204 The Billboard wrote in 1947, "Rose Murphy's good piano [playing] and the unusual squeak of her singing are odd enough to be contagious."
The Mills Brothers Manana
Dave Barbour , Peggy Lee
- - - 02/28/1948 1 10 Decca 24333 Manana was the B-side of I Wish I Knew the Name , a song by Allan Roberts and Lester Lee.
Lonnie Johnson Tomorrow Night
Sam Coslow , Will Grosz
May 22, 1948 19th 1 02/28/1948 31 1 King 4201 Lonnie Johnson's biggest commercial hit was Tomorrow Night , which sold 300,000 copies.
Louis Jordan How Long Must I Wait for You
Jerry Black, Lucky Millinder
- - - 03/06/1948 1 9 Decca 24300 A photo from July 16, 1945.
The Ink Spots The Best Things in Life Are Free
Ray Henderson
- - - 03/06/1948 1 10 Decca 24327 A musical song that was also popular in 1947-48 versions by Bing Crosby , Gordon MacRae , Andy Russell & The Pied Pipers , Dinah Shore , Kay Starr and Jo Stafford .
Joe Lutcher Shuffle Boogie
Joe Lutcher
- - - 03/06/1948 1 10 Capitol 40071 Joe Lutcher and His Band , with Karl George (tp), Joe Lutcher (as, vcl), Bill Ellis (ts), Leon Beck (bar), LH Morrow (p), Ulysses Livingston (git), Bea Booker (kb) , Booker Hart (dr).
Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm Fine Brown Frame
Guadalupe Cartiero , J. Mayo Williams
May 22, 1948 9 4th March 13, 1948 16 2 Capitol 15032 The song was written in December 1947 and was the B-side of Hurry On Down . With Hurley Ramey (git), Truck Parham (kb,) Alvin Burroughs (dr).
Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats All My Love Belongs to You
Sally Nix, Henry Glover
May 22, 1948 16 4th March 13, 1948 17th 3 King 4189
Rose Murphy Cecilia
Dave Dreyer , Herman Ruby
- - - March 13, 1948 1 10 Majestic 1213
Dinah Washington Ain't Misbehavin '
Fats Waller
- - - March 13, 1948 1 6th Mercury 8072 "In Dinah's hands, 'Ain't Misbehavin' turned into a ballad, slow and deliberate, paying attention to every word and phrase - very different from Waller's familiar romp."
Roy Milton ’s Solid Senders Keep a Dollar in My Pocket
King Perry
- - - March 27, 1948 1 8th Specialty SP-522 With Hoses Sapp (tp), Earl Sins (as), Bill Gaither (ts), Camille Howard (p, vo), Clarence Jones (b), Roy Milton (d, voc).
Rosetta Howard & Big Three Trio Ebony Rhapsody
Johnston - Coslow
- - - March 27, 1948 4th 8th Columbia 37573 "Blues singer with piano, guitar, string bass and drums acc."
Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats Sneaky Pete
Sally Nix
- - - March 27, 1948 1 10 King 4181 The R&B number was 1947/48 a. a. also recorded by Willie Bryant , Jesse Stone and Jimmie Lunceford's Orchestra (conducted by Eddie Wilcox & Joe Thomas ).
The Big Three Trio You Sure Look Good to Me
Caston
06/19/1948 1 13 04/03/1948 2 10 Columbia 38093 The song, a rework of Wee Baby Blues ( Big Joe Turner ) by Art Tatum (1939), was a production by Jim Bullet ( Bullet Records ) of Nashville, who sold it to Lester Melrose (Columbia). The trio consisted of Leonard "Baby Doo" Caston, Willie Dixon and Bernardo Dennis. The R&B number was also recorded by Little Miss Cornshucks in 1948, and later by Junior Wells .
Bull Moose Jackson I Want a Bowlegged Woman
Glover - Nothing
06/26/1948 4th 12 04/10/1948 11 6th King 4189 The title was created in August 1947 at the same session as Sneaky Pete
Louis Jordan Reet, Petite and Gone
Spencer Lee , Louis Jordan
- - - 04/17/1948 6th 4th Decca 24381 A song from the music film of the same name.
The Mills Brothers Shine
Ford Dabney , Cecil Mack , Lew Brown
- - - 04/24/1948 1 10 Decca 24382
Wynonie Harris Good Rockin 'Tonight
Roy Brown
May 22, 1948 22nd 2 05/01/1948 25th 2 King 4210
Wynonie Harris: Good Rockin Tonight
Savannah Churchill & The Four Tunes Time Out for Tears
Irving Berman , Abe Schiff
- - - 02/21/1948 3 10 Manor 1116 Churchill's first recording of this song was soon followed by versions of Nat Cole, the Ink Spots, and Dinah Washington.
Nat King Cole Nature Boy
Eden Ahbez
May 22, 1948 10 3 05/15/1948 10 3 Capitol 15054 Nat King Cole (p, vcl) was accompanied by his trio (Oscar Moore, guitar, Johnny Miller, bass) and an orchestra (with Harry Bluestone (from left to right), Jules Kinsler, woodwind instruments); The arranger was Frank DeVol .
Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm Come and Get It, Honey
Robert Larkin
- - - 05/15/1948 4th 6th Capitol 15064 Come and Get It, Honey (recorded in Chicago in 1947) was the B-side of He Sends Me .
Earl Bostic Orchestra Temptation
Arthur Freed , Nacio Herb Brown
06/12/1948 3 13 05/15/1948 1 10 Gotham G-160 Earl Bostic (as), George Parker (p), Vernon King (kb), Shep Shepherd dr.
Camille Howard Trio, accompanied by a Roy Milton Unit X-Temperance Boogie
Camille Howard
- - - May 22, 1948 12 7th Specialty SP-307 Camille Howard was a pianist with Roy Milton & His Solid Senders at the time.
Sonny Thompson with The Sharps and Flats Long Gone
Thompson - Simpkins
May 22, 1948 30th 1 05/05/1948 29 1 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), Alvin Garrett (git), Leroy Morrison (kb) and Herman "Red" Cooper (dr).
Dan Grissom Recess in Heaven
06/26/1948 5 11 May 22, 1948 6th 8th Jewel ON-2004 B-side of Why Must I Adore You . Dan Grissom was accompanied by Buddy Harper 's Orchestra, with Bumps Myers (ts) Buddy Harper (hca, git), Sylvester Scott (p), Joe Comfort (kb), Earl Hyde (dr).
Memphis Slim and The House Rockers Messin 'Around
Peter Chatman
May 29, 1948 25th 4th May 29, 1948 18th 1 Miracle 125 B-side of Midnight Jump .
Julia Lee That's What I Like
Julia Lee
- - - May 29, 1948 3 6th Capitol 15060 Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends, with Geechie Smith (tp), Benny Carter (as), Dave Cavanaugh (ts), Julia Lee (p, vcl), Jack Marshall (git), Red Callender (kb), Sam "Baby" Lovett (dr).
The Trumpeteers Milky White Way
Lander Coleman
06/13/1948 3 10 May 29, 1948 2 8th Score 5001 The Trumpeteers, also known as the CBS Trumpeteers , were a black gospel group best known for their recording of Milky White Way (originally for the Score label in 1947). They recorded for various labels such as Score, King, Okeh, Gotham, Grand, Nashboro and HSE from 1947 to the 1980s. Some secular recordings were made as Rockets and Four Rockets for Aladdin .
Ivory Joe Hunter Don't Fell in Love with Me
Hunter
06/05/1948 5 9 06/12/1948 8th 8th King 4220 With Harold "Shorty" Baker (tp), Tyree Glenn (tb, vib), Russell Procope (cl, as), Ivory Joe Hunter (p, vcl), Oscar Pettiford (kb), Sonny Greer (dr).
Ivory Joe Hunter Pretty Mama Blues
Hunter
06/05/1948 26th 1 06/12/1948 23 1 King 4220 / Pacific 673 The singer Clyde Bernhardt (with John Hardee and Sammy Price ) also recorded the number in 1948.
Arbee Stidham My Heart Belongs to You
Stidham
06/12/1948 23 1 07/10/1948 20th 1 Victor 20-2572 Stidham's first recording session for Victor in 1947 resulted in a surprising hit, the ballad My Heart Belongs to You , a success that he would never repeat.
Johnny Moore 'Three Blazers Groovy Movie Blues
Charles Brown, John Coppage, Johnny Moore, Oscar Moore
- - - 06/12/1948 2 10 Exclusive 265
Dinah Washington West Side Baby
Dallas Bartley , John Cameron
06/26/1948 2 10 06/19/1948 4th 10 Mercury 8079 Dinah Washington is accompanied by the Rudy Martin Trio (Rudy Martin, piano, Bill Settles , bass and Curtis "Geronimo" Walker, drums).
Dinah Washington & Cootie Williams Resolution Blues
Swain - Washington
- - - 06/19/1948 1 10 Mercury 8082 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra , with Cootie Williams, Bob Merrill (tp), Rupert Cole (as), William Parker (ts), Arnold Jarvis (p), Mundell Lowe (git), Leonard Swain (kb), Sylvester "Vess" Payne (dr).
Louis Jordan Run Joe
Joe Willoughby , Walt Merrick , Louis Jordan
06/26/1948 14th 3 06/26/1948 13 1 Decca 24448 Humorous calypso number
Camille Howard & Roy Milton Unit You Don't Love Me (Anymore)
D. Albert
06/26/1948 3 12 07/10/1948 2 12 Specialty SP-307 with Camille Howard (piano), Roy Milton (drums), Dallas Bartley (bass).
The Ravens Send for Me If You Need Me
Howard Biggs , Jimmy Ricks
07/03/1948 11 4th 07/03/1948 9 7th National 9045 Maithe Marshall, Leonard Puzey, Warren Suttles, Jimmy Ricks (vcl), accompanied a. a. by Howard Biggs (p, arr).
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Sweet Georgia Brown
Kenneth Casey , Ben Bernie , Maceo Pinkard
- - - 07/10/1948 1 27 Exclusive 271 "Joe Liggins, who also had established jazz musicians like Willie Jackson and Red Callendar in his band The Honey Drippers , showed real musicality with titles like Sweet Georgia Brown and (I've) Got a Right to Cry ."
Dinah Washington 'Walkin' and Talkin and Cryin 'My Blues Away
Leo Hickman
07/10/1948 1 10 - - - Mercury 8079 Dinah Washington is accompanied (as with Ain't Misbehavin ' ) by Rudy Martin (p), possibly Hurley Ramey (git) and Bill Settles (kb).
Lionel Hampton Gone Again
Curtis Lewis , Gladys Hampton, Curley Hamner
- - - 07/10/1948 2 13 Decca 24248
Bull Moose Jackson I Can't Go on Without You
Glover - Nothing
07/17/1948 17th 1 07/24/1948 14th 1 King 4230
Wynonie Harris Lollipop Mama
Roy Brown
07/17/1948 9 8th 08/14/1948 1 13 King 4226 With the typical Shouter number, Wynonie Harris continued the success of Good Rockin 'Tonight .
T-bone walker I'm Waiting for Your Call
Oscar McLollie
- - - 07/17/1948 1 8th Black & White 126 Photo taken on November 7, 1947, with Teddy Buckner (tp), Bumps Myers (ts), Willard McDaniel (p), Billy Hadnott (kb) Oscar Lee Bradley Jr. (dr).
Martha Davis Little White Read
Walter Donaldson
- - - 07/17/1948 1 11 Jewel ON-2002 Martha Davis (p, voc) with Ralph Williams (guitar), Calvin Ponder (bass) and Lee Young (drums).
Rev. Kelsey's Congregation Little Boy
Kelsey
- - - 07/17/1948 1 2 Super Disc 1027 Bishop Samuel Kelsey Jr. began preaching in the US Army at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia, then became known as a chant minister; he sang on street corners and in his church. His most famous song was Little Boy .
Sister Rosetta Tharpe & M. Knight Precious Memories
J. BF Wright
- - - 07/17/1948 1 13 Decca 4807
Dinah Washington I Want to Cry
Lillian Malatesta Randall - Harry Pirone
07/24/1948 3 13 - - - Mercury 8028 with Cootie Williams Orchestra , with Cootie Williams, Bob Merrill (tp), Rupert Cole (as), William Parker (ts), Arnold Jarvis (p), Mundell Lowe (git), Leonard Swain (kb,) Sylvester "Vess" Payne (dr).
Wild Bill Moore We're Gonna Rock, We're Gonna Roll
William Moore
07/24/1948 1 14th 07/24/1948 3 3

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Savoy 666 With We're Gonna Rock and Cornbread , the pianist had two big hits in the race music charts in 1948.
Louis Jordan All for the Love of Lil
Larry Wynn
- - - 07/24/1948 1 13 Decca 24448
Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Drippers Blues
Joe Liggins
- - - 07/31/1948 1 9 Exclusive 271
Mabel Scott Elevator Boogie
Benny Ray
08/21/1948 4th 13 07/31/1948 5 6th Exclusive 38X Symphony Sid said of Mabel Scott's Elevator Boogie , "I think It's a great rhythm novelty."
Savannah Churchill & Her Boy Friends I Want to Cry
Randall - Pirone
- - - 07/31/1948 1 14th Manor 1129 Savannah Churchill and The Four Tunes were also successful together with Time Out for Tears (# 20 Pop, # 10 R&B).
Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy Tear Drop Blues
Liggins
08/28/1948 1 14th 07/31/1948 3 7th Specialty SP-521
Julia Lee Tell Me Daddy
Bobby Black
08/07/1948 3 12 September 18, 1948 1 13 Capitol 15144 Julia Lee (P, voc), Sam “Baby” Lovett (dr), Red Callender (kb), Benny Carter, Dave Cavanaugh (sax), Jack Marshall (git), Red Norvo (vib), Bobby Sherwood (tp), Vic Dickenson (trb).
Nellie Lutcher Cool water
Bob Nolan
08/21/1948 1 10 08/07/1948 3 7th Capitol 15148 Nellie Lutcher (p, vcl), Hurley Ramey (git), Truck Parham (kb), Alvin Burroughs (dr).
Nellie Lutcher Lake Charles Boogie
Nellie Lutcher
- - - 08/07/1948 1 13 Capitol 15148 B-side of Cool Water .
Louis Jordan Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Pinetop Perkins
- - - 08/07/1948 1 14th Decca 25394 One of the numerous cover versions of the boogie-woogie classic from the 1920s, which was also recorded by Lionel Hampton and Walter “Fats” Pichon during this time .
Toni Harper & Eddie Beal Sextet Candy Store Blues
Eddie Beal , John Nicholas Castle, Herb Jeffries
- - - 08/07/1948 1 15th Columbia 38229 A song from the musical film Make Believe Ballroom (1949, directed by Joseph Santley , with Jerome Courtland , Ruth Warrick and Ron Randell in the lead roles), in which the song is also introduced by Toni Harper.
Smokey Hogg Long Tall Mama
Hogg
- - - 08/14/1948 1 8th Modern 20-571 The blues singer Smokey Hogg had two hits on Modern Records with 'Long Tall Mama' (1948) and Little School Girl (1950).
Ella Fitzgerald My Happinness
Betty Peterson Blasco
09/04/1948 2 13 08/14/1948 3 11 Decca 24446 The singer was accompanied by the vocal ensemble The Song Spinners .
Paul Williams & Wild Bill Moore The Twister
Williams
- - - 08/14/1948 1 15th Savoy 665 The recording of the instrumental number was made on March 2, 1948 in Detroit, with Phil Guilbeau (tp), Paul Williams (bar), William "Wild Bill" Moore (ts), Floyd Taylor (p), Herman Hopkins (kb), Reetham Mallett (dr).
The Ravens Bye bye baby blues
09/11/1948 2 12 08/21/1948 3 11 King 3234 Bye Bye Baby Blues was King Records' first chart success with a black vocal group.
T-bone walker Midnight BLues
T-Bone Walker
- - - 08/21/1948 2 11 Black & WHite 127 T-Bone Walker (vcl, git), with Bumps Myers (ts), Willard McDaniel (p), Billy Hadnott (b), Oscar Lee Bradley (dr).
Johnny Moore 'Three Blazers Jilted blues
- - - 08/28/1948 1 11 Exclusive 40X Numbers like Jilted Blues were typical of the jazz-inspired supper-club-style arrangements of Johnny Moore's Three Blazers Blues.
Sonny Thompson Quintet feat. Eddie Chamblee Lake Freight
Thompson
09/11/1948 10 1 08/28/1948 9 2 Miracle 128
Joe Liggins Sweet and Lovely
J. Liggins
- - - 08/28/1948 1 14th Exclusive 41K
Louis Jordan Don't Burn the Candle on Both Ends 09/04/1948 7th 4th 09/04/1948 6th 6th Decca 24483 With Wild Bill Davis (p) and Martha Davis (vocals)
Hal Singer sextets Corn bread September 18, 1948 19th 2 09/03/1948 20th 1 Savoy 671 Hal Singer Sextets, with Milt Larkin (trb), Hal Singer (ts), Sir Charles Thompson (p) or Wynton Kelly (p), Franklin Skeete (kb), NN (dr).
Dinah Washington Acc By Dave Young's Orchestra Am I Asking Too Much?
September 18, 1948 14th 5 09/11/1948 15th 1 Mercury 8095 B-side of I Sold My Heart To The Junk Man .
The Orioles It's Too Soon to Know
Deborah Chessler
10/09/1948 8th 2 09/11/1948 16 1 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 & His Tympany Five We Can't Agree - - - 09/11/1948 1 14th Decca 24483 Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five with Bill Doggett (p, arr).
Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Everything I Do Is Wrong
R. Milton
September 18, 1948 7th 7th September 18, 1948 8th 8th Specialty SP-314 The B-side of Everything I Do Is Wrong was Hop, Skip, and Jump , a title that also made it onto the R&B chart.
Paul Williams & Wild Bill Moore Waxie Maxie
Williams
September 18, 1948 3 11 10/02/1948 3 12 Savoy 670 Paul Williams / Wild Bill Moore, with Phil Guilbeau (tp), Paul Williams (bar), Wild Bill Moore (ts), Floyd Taylor (p), Herman Hopkins (kb), Reetham Mallett (dr).
Muddy Waters I Feel Like Going Home
Muddy Waters
December 06, 1948 1 11 September 18, 1948 2 11 Aristocrat 1305 B-side of I Can't Be Satisfied .
Hadda Brooks Out of the blue
09/25/1948 2 9 10/09/1948 2 12 Modern 20-600
Dizzy Gillespie Manteca
Dizzy Gillespie
09/25/1948 1 15th 10/09/1948 1 13 Victor 20-3023 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra with Chano Pozo (vocals), Gil Fuller (arrangement).>
Joe Lutcher & His Society Cats Rockin 'the Boogie
J. Lutcher
- - - 09/25/1948 1 14th Specialty 303
Don Byas Quartet London Donnie
D. Byas
October 23, 1948 2 14th 09/25/1948 2 14th Savoy 668 Taken on May 7, 1946; Don Byas (ts), Teddy Brannon (p, celeste), Franklin Skeete (kb), Fred Radcliffe (dr).
Cab Calloway The Calloway Boogie
Cab Calloway
- - - 09/25/1948 1 13 Columbia 38227 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra: Ed Mullins, Jonah Jones , Johnny Letman (tp), Keg Johnson , Quentin Jackson , James Buxton, Earl Hardy (tb), Hilton Jefferson , Rudy Powell , Charlie Frazier (as, bar), Al Gibson ( ts, arr), Sam "The Man" Taylor (ts), Dave Rivera (p), John Smith (git), Milt Hinton (kb), Panama Francis (dr).
Nellie Lutcher Alexander's Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin
10/02/1948 1 13 - - - Capitol 15180
Roy Milton & His Sold Broadcasters Hop, Skip and Jump
R. Milton
10/02/1948 10 3 10/02/1948 7th 7th Specialty SP-314
Cecil Gant Another Day, Abother Dollar
C. Gant
- - - 10/02/1948 1 6th Bullet 280
Lowell Fulson Three O'Clock Blues
L. Fulson
- - - 10/02/1948 1 6th Down Town Recording 2002 The King Records label's commercial breakthrough came in 1952 when Lowell Fulson's 1948 hit, Three O'Clock Blues, hit # 1 on the R&B chart.
Joe Liggins Roll 'em
J. Liggins
- - - 10/02/1948 2 9 Exclusive 41X
T-bone walker West Side Baby
Walker
10/09/1948 4th 8th 10/09/1948 1 10 Comet T-50
Brownie McGhee My Fault
McGhee
10/09/1948 3 11 10/09/1948 8th 2 Savoy 5551
Johnny Moore 'Three Blazers More Than You Know
Vincent Youmans , Billy Rose , Edward Eliscu
- - - 10/02/1948 1 4th Modern 20-599
Joe Liggins The Darktown Strutters' Ball
Shelton Brooks
- - - 10/16/1948 1 2
Ella Fitzgerald It's Too Soon to Know
Deborah Chessler
11/06/1948 2 8th 10/16/1948 2 7th Decca 24497 "Vocal with Male Quartet and Instrumental Accompaniment"
Pee Wee Crayton and His Guitar Blues After Hours
Crayton
October 23, 1948 13 1 11/06/1948 9 1 Modern 20-624 After his first hit with Yours Truly , Crayton had great success with Blues After Hours .
Todd Rhodes Blues for the Red Boy
Todd Rhodes
October 23, 1948 16 4th October 23, 1948 10 7th King 4240 B-side of Rhodes' single Sportree's Jump .
Dinah Washington It's Too Soon to Know
Deborah Chessler
October 23, 1948 11 1 October 23, 1948 7th 2 Mercury 6107 Dinah Washington with Mitch Miller ’s Orchestra
Roy Brown ’s Might Might Men Long About Midnight
Brown
October 23, 1948 13 3 10/30/1948 15th 4th De luxe 1154
Lonnie Johnson Pleasing You (As Long As I Live)
L. Johnson
October 23, 1948 6th 6th 10/30/1948 9 2 King 4245
Lonnie Johnson West Side Baby
Dallas Bartley, John Cameron
October 23, 1948 1 2 - - - King 4245
Ivory Joe Hunter What do you do to me?
Hunter
- - - October 23, 1948 2 9 King 4232 with Oscar Pettiford (bass), HJ Baker (trumpet), Sonny Greer (drums), RK Protone (alto saxophone), Tyree Glenn (trombone).
Louis Jordan Orchestra featuring Martha Davis Daddy-O
Don Raye , Gene De Paul
10/30/1948 3 10 11/13/1948 5 9 Decca 24502
Billy Eckstine & Sonny Burke Orchestra Everything I Have Is Yours
Burton Lane , Harold Adamson
- - - 10/30/1948 1 10 MGM 19259 B-side of I'll Be Faithful .
Nat King Cole Trio Lilette
- - - 10/30/1948 2 12 Capitol 15224
Paula Watson A Little Bird Told Me
Henry O. Brooks
11/06/1948 10 6th 11/20/1948 14th 6th 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.
The Ravens Be on Your Merry Way
Howard Biggs , Jimmy Ricks
- - - 11/06/1948 1 13 National 8056 B-side of It's Too Soon To Know .
Red Miller Trio Bewildered
Leonard Whitcup , Teddy Powell
11/20/1948 15th 1 11/20/1948 19th 8th Bullet 295
The Ravens It's Too Soon to Know
Deborah Chessler
11/20/1948 1 11 - - - National 9056
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra, Vocal Chorus by Al Hibbler Don't Be So Mean to Baby (Cause Baby's So Good To You)
Dave Barbour , Peggy Lee
11/20/1948 1 2 - - - Columbia 38295
Joe Swift & The Johnny Oris Orchestra That's Your Last Boogie
Joe Swift
11/20/1948 4th 2 December 25, 1948 1 15th Exclusive 51-X With the song, in which he accompanied the singer Joe Swift, Johnny Otis had his first chart success.
Amos Milburn Chicken Shack Boogie
Amos Milburn
11/27/1948 22nd 2 11/20/1948 20th 1 Aladdin 3014 B-side of Milburn's single It Took a Long, Long Time .
Tiny grimes Midnight Special
Traditional
- - - 11/20/1948 1 12 Atlantic 885 B-side of Grimes' single Annie Laurie .
The Dixieaires Go Long
Rudolph Trombs
December 06, 1948 2 13 11/20/1948 1 15th Gotham G-163 Vocal group from New York City around Caleb Ginyard.
Johnny Moore ’s Three Blazers Lonesome blues
- - - 11/20/1948 1 15th Exclusive 53-X
Bull Moose Jackson Going to Cleveland Ohio Blues
Jackson
- - - 11/20/1948 1 12 King / Queen 4165
Amos Milburn It Took a Long Long Time
Milburn
December 04, 1948 2 9 December 25, 1948 1 8th Aladdin 2014
Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats Love Me Tonight
Nix
- - - December 06, 1948 1 12 King 4250
Amos Milburn Bewildered
Teddy Powell , Leonard Whitcup
December 11, 1948 15th 1 December 18, 1948 14th 5 Aladdin 3018
Al Hibbler Trees
Joyce Kilmer , Oscar Rasbach
December 18, 1948 8th 5 - - - Miracle M-501
Sonny Boy Williamson I. Better Cut That Out
Willkiamson
December 18, 1948 1 2 - - - Victor 20-3118
Do Ray and Me Wrapped Up in a Dream
Best - Berman
- - - December 18, 1948 9 15th Commodore C-7505
Charlie Parker Barbados
Parker
- - - December 18, 1948 1 15th Savoy 936 With Miles Davis (tp), Charlie Parker (as), John Lewis (p), Curly Russell (kb), Max Roach (dr). The September 18, 1948 recording remained Charlie Parker's only listing on the R&B charts.
Pee Wee Crayton Texas Hop
CRayton - Deaf
December 25, 1948 5 9 - - - Modern 20-643
Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Mary Knight & Sammy Price Trio Up Above My Head, I Hear the Music in the Air
Tharpe
December 25, 1948 6th 12 - - - Decca 40890
Ivory Joe Hunter I Like It
Hunter
December 25, 1948 2 15th - - - King 4255 With Ivory Joe Hunter (p), HJ Baker (tp), Tyree Glenn (trb), RK Procope (as), Oscar Pettiford (kb), Sonny Greer (dr).
Mabel Scott Boogie Woogie Santa Claus
Leon Rene
December 25, 1948 3 15th - - - Exclusive 75X
The Orioles It's Gonna Be a Lonely Christmas
Phil Rose, Sid Leap
- - - December 25, 1948 1 8th Jubilee 5001 B-side of the Oiriolers single What Are You Doing New Year's Eve .
The Ravens Silent Night
Traditional
- - - December 25, 1948 1 8th National 9063

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Michael Campbell Popular Music in America: The Beat Goes on. Wadsworth / Thomson Learning, 2005
  2. ^ Billboard February 26, 2000
  3. Michael Campbell: Popular Music in America: The Beat Goes On. Cengage Learning 2012, p. 160.
  4. ^ Billboard February 17, 1945, p. 18
  5. Nelson George: Black Music Charts: What's in a Name? . Billboard. Vol. 94 H. 25-26 June 1982, p. 10
  6. Larry Birnbaum: Before Elvis: The Prehistory of Rock 'n' Roll. Lanham: Scaregrow Press 2013, p. 286
  7. Ben Sidran Talking Jazz With Ben Sidran: Volume 1: The Rhythm Section, Volume 1 . 2014; also Blue Rhythms: Six Lives in Rhythm and Blues by Chip Deffaa (1996), p. 114
  8. Look Out Sister in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  9. Nellie Lutcher And Her Rhythm - He's A Real Gone Guy / Let Me Love You Tonight at Discogs
  10. Look Out Sister in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  11. Jørgen Grunnet Jepsen and KE Knudsen: Jazz Records, 1942-1965: A Discography, Volume 4, Part 4 . , 1970, p. 339
  12. Stereo Review, Volume 49. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1984, p. 98; see. also Ella Fitzgerald: A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz, Updated Edition by Stuart Nicholson (2014), p. 182.
  13. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 4, 2019)
  14. Nellie Lutcher And Her Rhythm - Do You Or Don't You Love Me? / The Song Is Ended at Discogs
  15. ^ The New Yorker, Volume 23, Part 6. 1948, p. 86.
  16. ^ Robert Santelli: The Big Book of Blues: A Biographical Encyclopedia . Penguin Books, 2001, p. 516.
  17. T-Bone Walker - Long Skirt Baby Blues / Good-Bye Blues at Discogs
  18. ^ Billboard December 20, 1947, p. 104
  19. The Mills Brothers - I Wish I Knew The Name / Manana at Discogs
  20. Jazz on Record: A Critical Guide to the First 50 Years, 1917-1967 , ed. by Charles Fox, Albert J. McCarthy. Hanover Books, 1968
  21. Nellie Lutcher And Her Rhythm - Hurry On Down / Fine Brown Frame at Discogs
  22. Nadine Cohodas: Queen: The Life and Music of Dinah Washington . Pantheon Books 2007, p. 75.
  23. ^ Jan Leder Women in Jazz: A Discography of Instrumentalists, 1913-1968. Greenwood Press, 1985
  24. Mitsutoshi Inaba: Willie Dixon : Preacher of the Blues . 2011, p. 33
  25. See A shot in the dark: making records in Nashville, 1945-1955 by Martin Hawkins. Vanderbilt University Press & Country Music Foundation Press, 2006, p. 56
  26. Nellie Lutcher And Her Rhythm - He Sends Me / Come and Get It, Honey at Discogs
  27. Earl Bostic - Temptation / Artistry By Bostic at Discogs
  28. Memphis Slim And His House Rockers * - Midnight Jump / Messin 'Around at Discogs
  29. The Trumpeteers at Discogs (English)
  30. ^ Edward Komara, Peter Lee: The Blues Encyclopedia . 2004, p. 932
  31. ^ Geoffrey Haydon, Dennis Marks Repercussions: a celebration of African-American music . Century Publishing, 1985
  32. See Encyclopedia of the Blues by Edward M. Komara (2006), p. 413
  33. ^ Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music , edited by WK McNeil. Abington, Routledge 2013, p. 214
  34. Cf. Nervous man nervous: Big Jay McNeely and the Rise of the Honking Tenor Sax! by Jim Dawson. Big Nickel Publications, May 1, 1994
  35. ^ Billboard Oct. 2, 1948, p. 23
  36. See American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today by Jay Warner (2006), p. 32
  37. Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm - Cool Water / Lake Charles Boogie at Discogs
  38. Make Believe Ballroom in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  39. Nick Talevski: Rock Obituaries: Knocking On Heaven's Door . 2010, p. 274
  40. ^ Jon Hartley Fox: King of the Queen City: The Story of King Records . 2010, p. 95.
  41. ^ Living Blues, issues 67-72. Living Blues Publications., 1986, p. 41.
  42. ^ W. Bruyninckx: 60 years of recorded jazz 1917-1977, Volume 10 . P. 422.
  43. Dinah Washington - I Sold My Heart To The Junk Man / Am I Asking Too Much at Discogs
  44. ^ Greil Marcus : The Dustbin of History 1985, p. 234.
  45. ^ Roy Milton And His Solid Senders - Everything I Do Is Wrong / Hop, Skip, And Jump bdei Discogs
  46. Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied / I Feel Like Going Home at Discogs
  47. ^ The New Rolling Stone Album Guide , edited by Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard (2004), p. 252
  48. See Rock Obituaries: Knocking On Heaven's Door by Nick Talevski (2010), p. 106
  49. Todd Rhodes Orchestra - Sportree's Jump / Blues For The Red Boy at Discogs
  50. Billy Eckstine - I'll Be Faithful / Everything I Have Is Yours at Discogs
  51. James M. Salem: The late, great Johnny Ace and the transition from R&B to rock 'n' roll . University of Illinois Press, May 25, 1999. See also Dusty !: Queen of the Postmods by Annie J. Randall (2008)
  52. The Ravens - It's Too Soon To Know / Be On Your Merry Way at Discogs
  53. Amos Milburn - It Took A Long, Long Time / Chicken-Shack Boogie at Discogs
  54. Tiny Grimes Quintet - Annie Laurie / Midnight Special at Discogs
  55. It consisted of Julius Caleb Ginyard (lead), Joe Floyd (tenor), Jimmy Smith (baritone), Joe Hines (bass), Abe Green (guitar). Ginyard was director of the Royal Harmony Quartet (later The Jubilaires ) from 1936-46 ; later he founded The Du Droppers. see The Dixie Aires at Discogs (English)
  56. Ivory Joe Hunter - I Like It / No Money, No Luck Blues at Discogs
  57. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve / (It's Gonna Be A) Lonely Christmas at Discogs