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The R&B No. 1s of the '40s

Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop

Style: Rhythm & Blues

Country: UK

Label(s): Acrobat (ACQCD 7168)

1.01. Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy - Take It and Git

1.02. Freddie Slack - Mr. Five by Five

1.03. Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra - Trav'lin' Light

1.04. Earl Hines & His Orchestra - Stormy Monday Blues

1.05. Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra - When the Lights Go on Again (All Over the World)

1.06. Bing Crosby - White Christmas

1.07. Bea Booze - See See Rider Blues

1.08. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - What's the Use of Getting Sober

1.09. The Nat King Cole Trio - That Ain't Right

1.10. Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra - Apollo Jump

1.11. Bonnie Davis - Don't Stop Now

1.12. The Ink Spots - Don't Get Around Much Anymore

1.13. Harry James & His Orchestra with Helen Forrest - I've Heard That Song Before

1.14. The Ink Spots - I Can't Stand Losing You

1.15. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Don't Get Around Much Anymore

1.16. Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners - You'll Never Know

1.17. Erskine Hawkins - Don't Cry Baby

1.18. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - A Slip of the Lip

1.19. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Sentimental Lady

1.20. The Nat King Cole Trio - All for You

1.21. Ella Mae Morse - Shoo Shoo Baby

1.22. Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra - Sweet Slumber

1.23. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Ration Blues

2.01. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me

2.02. Johnny Mercer - G.I. Jive

2.03. Benny Goodman & His Orchestra - Solo Flight

2.04. Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots - Cow Cow Boogie

2.05. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Main Stem

2.06. Buddy Johnson - When My Man Comes Home

2.07. The Nat King Cole Trio - Straighten Up and Fly Right

2.08. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - G.I. Jive

2.09. The Mills Brothers - Till Then

2.10. Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Hamp's Boogiewoogie

2.11. Benny Carter - I'm Lost

2.12. The Nat King Cole Trio - Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You

2.13. Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall

2.14. Cootie Williams - Somebody's Got to Go

2.15. Cecil Gant - I Wonder -   

2.16. Roosevelt Sykes - I Wonder

2.17. Erskine Hawkins - Tippin' In

2.18. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Mop Mop

2.19. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Caldonia

2.20. Lucky Millinder & Wynonie Harris - Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well

2.21. Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - The Honeydripper Pt. 1

2.22. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Buzz Me

2.23. Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra - Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop

2.24. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule -

3.01. The Ink Spots - The Gypsy

3.02. Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)

3.03. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie

3.04. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Ain't That Just Like a Woman

3.05. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens

3.06. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Texas and Pacific

3.07. Savannah Churchill - I Want to Be Loved (Only by You)

3.08. Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Old Maid Boogie

3.09. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Jack, You're Dead

3.10. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Boogie Woogie Blue Plate

3.11. Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends - Snatch It and Grab It

3.12. Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends - King Size Papa

3.13. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Run Joe

3.14. Sonny Thompson, Sharps and Flats - Long Gone (Pts. I & Ii)

3.15. Memphis Slim and the House Rockers - Messin' Around

3.16. Arbee Stidham - My Heart Belongs to You

3.17. Hal Singer S-tet - Corn Bread

3.18. Dinah Washington - Am I Asking too Much

3.19. Ivory Joe Hunter - Pretty Mama Blues

3.20. Sonny Thompson Quintet - Late Freight

3.21. Pee Wee Crayton - Blues After Hours

3.22. The Orioles - It's too Soon to Know

3.23. Amos Milburn - Chicken Shack Boogie

3.24. Red Miller Trio - Bewildered

3.25. Roy Brown & His Mighty-Mighty Men - Long About Midnight

4.01. Amos Milburn - Bewildered

4.02. John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen

4.03. Big Jay McNeely's Blue Jays - Deacon's Hop

4.04. Paul Williams & His Hucklebuckers - The Hucklebuck

4.05. Charles Brown Trio - Trouble Blues

4.06. Jimmy Witherspoon - Ain't Nobody's Business (Part 1)

4.07. Amos Milburn - Roomin' House

4.08. The Orioles - Tell Me So

4.09. Dinah Washington - Baby, Get Lost

4.10. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Beans and Cornbread

4.11. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Saturday Night Fish Fry (Part 1)

4.12. Larry Darnell - For You My Love

4.13. Ivory Joe Hunter - I Almost Lost My Mind

4.14. Johnny Otis & Esther Phillips - Double Crossing Blues

4.15. Esther Phillips with Mel Walker & Johnny Otis & His Orchestra - Mistrustin' Blues

4.16. Ivory Joe Hunter - I Need You So

4.17. Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - Pink Champagne

4.18. Esther Phillips & Mel Walker - Cupid's Boogie

4.19. Roy Brown - Hard Luck Blues

4.20. Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa

4.21. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Blue Light Boogie (Part 1)

4.22. Lowell Fulson - Blue Shadows

4.23. Joe Morris & His Specialty Orchestra - Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere

4.24. Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone to Love

4.25. Ruth Brown - Teardrops from My Eye

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