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

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

Number of Discs: 4

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