Name: Best Choice R&B No. 1s Of The '40s / Various
Brand: R&B No. 1s Of The '40s / Various
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1. Andy Kirk ; His Clouds Of Joy – Take It And Git

2. Freddie Slack – Mr. Five By Five

3. Paul Whiteman ; His Orch. – Trav’lin’ Light

4. Earl Hines ; His Orch. – Stormy Monday Blues

5. Lucky Millinder ; His Orch. – When the Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)

6. Bing Crosby – White Christmas

7. Bea Booze – See See Rider Blues

8. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – What’s The Use Of Getting Sober

9. King Cole Trio – That Ain’t Right

10. Lucky Millinder ; His Orch. – Apollo Jump

11. Bonnie Davis – Don’t Stop Now

12. Ink Spots – Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

13. Harry James Orch. With Helen Forrest – I’ve Heard That Song Before

14. Ink Spots – I Can’t Stand Losing You

15. Duke Ellington ; His Famous Orchestra – Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

16. Dick Haymes ; The Song Spinners – You’ll Never Know

17. Erskine Hawkins – Don’t Cry Baby

18. Duke Ellington ; His Famous Orchestra – A Slip Of The Lip

19. Duke Ellington ; His Famous Orchestra – Sentimental Lady

20. King Cole Trio – All For You

21. Ella Mae Morse – Shoo Shoo Baby

22. Lucky Millinder ; His Orch. – Sweet Slumber

23. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Ration Blues

24. Duke Ellington ; His Famous Orchestra – Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me

25. Johnny Mercer – G.I. Jive

26. Benny Goodman Orch. – Solo Flight

27. Ella Fitzgerald ; Ink Spots – Cow Cow Boogie

28. Duke Ellington ; His Famous Orchestra – Main Stem

29. Buddy Johnson – When My Man Comes Home

30. King Cole Trio – Straighten Up And Fly Right

31. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – G.I. Jive

32. Mills Brothers – Till Then

33. Lionel Hampton Orch. – Hamp’s Boogie Woogie

34. Benny Carter – I’m Lost

35. King Cole Trio – Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You

36. Ella Fitzgerald ; Ink Spots – Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall

37. Cootie Williams – Somebody’s Got To Go

38. Pvt. Cecil Gant – I Wonder

39. Roosevelt Sykes – I Wonder

40. Erskine Hawkins – Tippin’ In

41. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Mop Mop

42. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Caldonia

43. Lucky Millinder ; Wynonie Harris – Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well

44. Joe Liggins ; His Honeydrippers – The Honeydripper Pt. 1

45. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Buzz Me

46. Lionel Hampton ; His Orch. – Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop

47. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Don’t Worry ‘Bout That Mule

48. Ink Spots – The Gypsy

49. Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Stone Cold Dead In The Market (He Had It Coming)

50. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Choo Choo Ch’Boogie

51. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Ain’t That Just Like A Woman

52. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens

53. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Texas And Pacific

54. Savannah Churchill – I Want To Be Loved (Only By You)

55. Eddie Vinson – Old Maid Boogie

56. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Jack, You’re Dead

57. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Boogie Woogie Blue Plate

58. Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends – Snatch It And Grab It

59. Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends – King Size Papa

60. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Run Joe

61. Sonny Thompson With The Sharps And Flats – Long Gone (Pts. I ; II)

62. Memphis Slim and His House Rockers – Messin’ Around

63. Arbee Stidham – My Heart Belongs To You

64. Hal Singer Sextette – Corn Bread

65. Dinah Washington – Am I Asking Too Much

66. Ivory Joe Hunter – Pretty Mama Blues

67. Sonny Thompson Quintet – Late Freight

68. Pee Wee Crayton – Blues After Hours

69. The Orioles – It’s Too Soon To Know

70. Amos Milburn – Chicken Shack Boogie

71. Red Miller Trio – Bewildered

72. Roy Brown Mighty Men – Long About Midnight

73. Amos Milburn – Bewildered

74. John Lee Hooker – Boogie Chillen

75. Big Jay McNeely’s Blue Jays – Deacon’s Hop

76. Paul Williams And His Hucklebuckers – The Hucklebuck

77. Charles Brown Trio – Trouble Blues

78. Jimmy Witherspoon – Ain’t Nobody’s Business (Part 1)

79. Amos Milburn – Roomin’ House

80. The Orioles – Tell Me So

81. Dinah Washington – Baby, Get Lost

82. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Beans And Cornbread

83. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Saturday Night Fish Fry (Part 1)

84. Larry Darnell – For You My Love

85. Ivory Joe Hunter – I Almost Lost My Mind

86. Johnny Otis ; Little Esther – Double Crossing Blues

87. Little Esther with Mel Walker ; The Johnny Otis Orch. – Mistrustin’ Blues

88. Ivory Joe Hunter – I Need You So

89. Joe Liggins ; His Honeydrippers – Pink Champagne

90. Little Esther ; Mel Walker – Cupid’s Boogie

91. Roy Brown – Hard Luck Blues

92. Nat King Cole – Mona Lisa

93. Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five – Blue Light Boogie (Part 1)

94. Lowell Fulson – Blue Shadows

95. Joe Morris ; His Orchestra – Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere

96. Percy Mayfield – Please Send Me Someone To Love

97. Ruth Brown – Teardrops From My Eyes

More Info:

Acrobat has devoted a number of collections over the years to anthologies of the biggest hits in different years and decades across different genres, and this one fills a particular gap in the catalogue, bringing together all the records which featured at No. 1 in all of Billboard’s charts relating to the R&B market during the 1940s.