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

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Number of Discs
4

Release Date
06/01/2023

Artist
Various Artists

format
CD / Album

Label / Studio
Acrobat

Description

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. The collection offers a fascinating spread of music, ranging across the spectrum of a genre which was continually evolving from big band music 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.

Disc 1:
1) Take It and Git - Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy ()
2) Mr. Five-by-five - Freddie Slack ()
3) Trav'lin' Light - Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra ()
4) Stormy Monday Blues - Earl Hines & His Orchestra ()
5) When the Lights Go On Again (All Over the World) - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra ()
6) White Christmas - Bing Crosby ()
7) See See Rider Blues - Bea Booze ()
8) What's the Use of Getting Sober - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five ()
9) That Ain't Right - King Cole Trio ()
10) Apollo Jump - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra ()
11) Don't Stop Now - Bonnie Davis ()
12) Don't Get Around Much Anymore - The Ink Spots ()
13) I've Heard That Song Before - Harry James & His Orchestra with Helen Forrest ()
14) I Can't Stand Losing You - The Ink Spots ()
15) Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra ()
16) You'll Never Know - Dick Haymes & The Song Spinners ()
17) Don't Cry Baby - Erskine Hawkins ()
18) A Slip of the Lip - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra ()
19) Sentimental Lady - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra ()
20) All for You - The King Cole Trio ()
21) Shoo Shoo Baby - Ella Mae Morse ()
22) Sweet Slumber - Lucky Millinder and His Orchestra ()
23) Ration Blues - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five ()

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

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

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

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

Publisher
Discovery Records/Trapeze

Main Format
CD

Explicit Lyrics
No

Keyword Index
The R&B No.1s of the '40s | Various Artists

Catalogue Number
ACQCD7168

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