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:
- Andy Kirk ; His Clouds Of Joy - Take It And Git
- Freddie Slack - Mr. Five By Five
- Paul Whiteman ; His Orch. - Trav'lin' Light
- Earl Hines ; His Orch. - Stormy Monday Blues
- Lucky Millinder ; His Orch. - When the Lights Go On Again (All Over The World)
- Bing Crosby - White Christmas
- Bea Booze - See See Rider Blues
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - What's The Use Of Getting Sober
- King Cole Trio - That Ain't Right
- Lucky Millinder ; His Orch. - Apollo Jump
- Bonnie Davis - Don't Stop Now
- Ink Spots - Don't Get Around Much Anymore
- Harry James Orch. With Helen Forrest - I've Heard That Song Before
- Ink Spots - I Can't Stand Losing You
- Duke Ellington ; His Famous Orchestra - Don't Get Around Much Anymore
- Dick Haymes ; The Song Spinners - You'll Never Know
- Erskine Hawkins - Don't Cry Baby
- Duke Ellington ; His Famous Orchestra - A Slip Of The Lip
- Duke Ellington ; His Famous Orchestra - Sentimental Lady
- King Cole Trio - All For You
- Ella Mae Morse - Shoo Shoo Baby
- Lucky Millinder ; His Orch. - Sweet Slumber
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Ration Blues
- Duke Ellington ; His Famous Orchestra - Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
- Johnny Mercer - G.I. Jive
- Benny Goodman Orch. - Solo Flight
- Ella Fitzgerald ; Ink Spots - Cow Cow Boogie
- Duke Ellington ; His Famous Orchestra - Main Stem
- Buddy Johnson - When My Man Comes Home
- King Cole Trio - Straighten Up And Fly Right
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - G.I. Jive
- Mills Brothers - Till Then
- Lionel Hampton Orch. - Hamp's Boogie Woogie
- Benny Carter - I'm Lost
- King Cole Trio - Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You
- Ella Fitzgerald ; Ink Spots - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
- Cootie Williams - Somebody's Got To Go
- Pvt. Cecil Gant - I Wonder
- Roosevelt Sykes - I Wonder
- Erskine Hawkins - Tippin' In
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Mop Mop
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Caldonia
- Lucky Millinder ; Wynonie Harris - Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well
- Joe Liggins ; His Honeydrippers - The Honeydripper Pt. 1
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Buzz Me
- Lionel Hampton ; His Orch. - Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
- Ink Spots - The Gypsy
- Ella Fitzgerald And Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Stone Cold Dead In The Market (He Had It Coming)
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Ain't That Just Like A Woman
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Texas And Pacific
- Savannah Churchill - I Want To Be Loved (Only By You)
- Eddie Vinson - Old Maid Boogie
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Jack, You're Dead
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
- Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends - Snatch It And Grab It
- Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends - King Size Papa
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Run Joe
- Sonny Thompson With The Sharps And Flats - Long Gone (Pts. I ; II)
- Memphis Slim and His House Rockers - Messin' Around
- Arbee Stidham - My Heart Belongs To You
- Hal Singer Sextette - Corn Bread
- Dinah Washington - Am I Asking Too Much
- Ivory Joe Hunter - Pretty Mama Blues
- Sonny Thompson Quintet - Late Freight
- Pee Wee Crayton - Blues After Hours
- The Orioles - It's Too Soon To Know
- Amos Milburn - Chicken Shack Boogie
- Red Miller Trio - Bewildered
- Roy Brown Mighty Men - Long About Midnight
- Amos Milburn - Bewildered
- John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen
- Big Jay McNeely's Blue Jays - Deacon's Hop
- Paul Williams And His Hucklebuckers - The Hucklebuck
- Charles Brown Trio - Trouble Blues
- Jimmy Witherspoon - Ain't Nobody's Business (Part 1)
- Amos Milburn - Roomin' House
- The Orioles - Tell Me So
- Dinah Washington - Baby, Get Lost
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Beans And Cornbread
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Saturday Night Fish Fry (Part 1)
- Larry Darnell - For You My Love
- Ivory Joe Hunter - I Almost Lost My Mind
- Johnny Otis ; Little Esther - Double Crossing Blues
- Little Esther with Mel Walker ; The Johnny Otis Orch. - Mistrustin' Blues
- Ivory Joe Hunter - I Need You So
- Joe Liggins ; His Honeydrippers - Pink Champagne
- Little Esther ; Mel Walker - Cupid's Boogie
- Roy Brown - Hard Luck Blues
- Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa
- Louis Jordan ; His Tympany Five - Blue Light Boogie (Part 1)
- Lowell Fulson - Blue Shadows
- Joe Morris ; His Orchestra - Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere
- Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone To Love
- Ruth Brown - Teardrops From My Eyes
UPC: 824046716820
Label: ACROBAT
Release Date: 2.3.23
Format: CD
