Various Artists - The R&B No. 1s Of The '40s (Various Artists) [COMPACT DISCS] USA import

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Various Artists - The R&B No. 1s Of The '40s (Various Artists) [COMPACT DISCS]

Artist: Various Artists

Title: The R&B No. 1s Of The '40s (Various Artists)

Condition: New

Format: COMPACT DISCS

Release Date: 2023

Label: Acrobat

UPC: 824046716820

Genre: Pop

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
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

DISC 2:
1. Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra - Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me
2. Johnny Mercer - G.I. Jive
3. Benny Goodman Orch. - Solo Flight
4. Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots - Cow Cow Boogie
5. Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra - Main Stem
6. Buddy Johnson - When My Man Comes Home
7. King Cole Trio - Straighten Up and Fly Right
8. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - G.I. Jive
9. Mills Brothers - Till Then
10. Lionel Hampton Orch. - Hamp's Boogie Woogie
11. Benny Carter - I'm Lost
12. King Cole Trio - Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You
13. Ella Fitzgerald & Ink Spots - Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall
14. Cootie Williams - Somebody's Got to Go
15. PVT. Cecil Gant - I Wonder
16. Roosevelt Sykes - I Wonder
17. Erskine Hawkins - Tippin' in
18. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Mop Mop
19. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Caldonia
20. Lucky Millinder & Wynonie Harris - Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well
21. Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - the Honeydripper Pt. 1
22. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Buzz Me
23. Lionel Hampton & His Orch. - Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
24. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule

DISC 3:
1. Ink Spots - the Gypsy
2. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)
3. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Choo Choo Ch'boogie
4. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Ain't That Just Like a Woman
5. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
6. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Texas and Pacific
7. Savannah Churchill - I Want to Be Loved (Only By You)
8. Eddie Vinson - Old Maid Boogie
9. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Jack, You're Dead
10. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
11. Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends - Snatch It and Grab It
12. Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends - King Size Papa
13. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Run Joe
14. Sonny Thompson with the Sharps and Flats - Long Gone (PTS. I & II)
15. Memphis Slim and His House Rockers - Messin' Around
16. Arbee Stidham - My Heart Belongs to You
17. Hal Singer Sextette - Corn Bread
18. Dinah Washington - Am I Asking Too Much
19. Ivory Joe Hunter - Pretty Mama Blues
20. Sonny Thompson Quintet - Late Freight
21. Pee Wee Crayton - Blues After Hours
22. The Orioles - It's Too Soon to Know
23. Amos Milburn - Chicken Shack Boogie

DISC 4:
1. Red Miller Trio - Bewildered
2. Roy Brown Mighty Men - Long About Midnight
3. Amos Milburn - Bewildered
4. John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen
5. Big Jay McNeely's Blue Jays - Deacon's Hop
6. Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers - the Hucklebuck
7. Charles Brown Trio - Trouble Blues
8. Jimmy Witherspoon - Ain't Nobody's Business (Part 1)
9. Amos Milburn - Roomin' House
10. The Orioles - Tell Me So
11. Dinah Washington - Baby, Get Lost
12. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Beans and Cornbread
13. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Saturday Night Fish Fry (Part 1)
14. Larry Darnell - for You My Love
15. Ivory Joe Hunter - I Almost Lost My Mind
16. Johnny Otis & Little Esther - Double Crossing Blues
17. Little Esther with Mel Walker & the Johnny Otis Orch. - Mistrustin' Blues
18. Ivory Joe Hunter - I Need You So
19. Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers - Pink Champagne
20. Little Esther & Mel Walker - Cupid's Boogie
21. Roy Brown - Hard Luck Blues
22. Nat King Cole - Mona Lisa
23. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Blue Light Boogie (Part 1)
24. Lowell Fulson - Blue Shadows
25. Joe Morris & His Orchestra - Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere
26. Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone to Love
27. Ruth Brown - Teardrops from My Eyes

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. In October 1942, Billboard launched the "Harlem Hit Parade", which was replaced in February 1945 by the "Most Played Juke Box Race Records", to which in 1948 was added the "Best Selling Retail Race Records". This 97-track 4-CD collection features every record which reached No. 1 in any of those charts, apart from a few which are unavailable for copyright reasons. We have also included those from 1950, as it is arguably the final year of the decade, and we had space in the 4-CD format to accommodate them for the benefit of collectors who do not have our "R&B No. 1s of the '50s" set. The collection offers a fascinating spread of music, ranging across the spectrum of a genre which was continually evolving from big band music to solo singers, small group R &B and pure blues, with one or two artists like Louis Jordan and Nat King Cole maintaining a solid presence right through the decade. It's a hugely entertaining musical journey through what was a momentous decade socially and politically, in which R&B laid the groundwork for the arrival of the musical upheavals of the '50s. It contains a 12,000+ word booklet featuring background notes on every record as well as full discographical and chart information.