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R&B No. 1s Of The '40s / Various - R&B No. 1s Of The '40s / Various [CD]

R&B No. 1s Of The '40s / Various - R&B No. 1s Of The '40s / Various [CD]

Release Date: /// Acrobat

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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.

Tracklist:

  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

UPC: 824046716820
Label: ACROBAT
Release Date: 2.3.23
Format: CD

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