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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.
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.
824046716820

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Format: CD
Label: ACROBAT
Rel. Date: 02/03/2023
UPC: 824046716820

R&B No. 1s Of The '40s / Various
Artist: R&B No. 1s Of The '40s / Various
Format: CD
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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

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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.
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