Top R&B Songs of 1948 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

as King Cole
[Capitol 15054]
written by Eden Ahbez

[Capitol 15308]
written by Harvey O. Brooks

[Supreme 1507]
written by Harvey O. Brooks

with The Song Spinners
[Decca 24446]
written by Betty Peterson Blasco & Borney Bergantine

written by Larry Fotine, Billy Faber & Fred Meadows

[Jubilee 5000]
written by Deborah Chessler

instrumental
[Tempo 652]
written by Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard & Kenneth Casey

[Capitol 40082]
written by Johnny Gomez & Paul Vance

#1 hit for Cliff Edwards in 1928
[Majestic 1204]
written by Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields

Christmas
[Mercury 5177]
written by Seger Ellis & Glen Moore

[King 4201]
written by Lonnie Johnson

written by Joe Willoughby, Louis Jordan & Walter Merrick

as Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats
written by Sally Nix & Henry Glover

[Columbia 37573]
written by Arthur Johnston & Sam Coslow

R Christmas
[Capitol 15201]
written by Mel Tormé & Robert Wells

as Savannah Churchill & the Four Tunes
[Manor 1116]
written by Irving Berman & Abe Schiff

[Four Star 1254]
written by Ivory Joe Hunter

[RCA Victor 20-2572]
written by Arbee Stidham

[Miracle 125]
written by Floyd Hunt

with The Sharps and Flats
instrumental
[Miracle 126]
written by Lewis Simpkins & Sonny Thompson

as Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men
[Deluxe 3154]
written by Roy Brown

as Sonny Thompson Quintet featuring Eddie Chamblee
instrumental
[Miracle 128]
written by Sonny Thompson

as Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats
written by Henry Glover & Sally Nix

written by Roy Brown

instrumental
[Savoy 672]
written by Hal Singer

written by Amos Milburn & Lola Cullum

instrumental
[Modern 624]
written by Pee Wee Crayton

[Bullet 295]
written by Teddy Powell & Leonard Whitcup

written by Teddy Powell & Leonard Whitcup

written by Helen Miller & Fay Whitman

[Commodore 7505]
written by William Best & Irving Berman

written by Joyce Kilmer & Oscar Rasbach

[King 4245]
written by Lonnie Johnson

[Savoy 5551]
written by Walter Brown McGhee

written by Deborah Chessler

written by Guadalupe Cartiero & J. Mayo Williams

written by Louis Jordan & Wilhelmina Gray

as Roy Brown and His Orchestra
US B side to Rainy Weather Blues
[Deluxe 3198]
written by Roy Brown

instrumental
[Modern 602]
written by Hadda Brooks

written by Irving Berlin & Fritz Löhner-Beda

written by Roy Milton

as Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats
written by Henry Glover & Sally Nix

written by Lora Lee & Louis Jordan

written by Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu & Vincent Youmans

written by Benny Carter, Louis Jordan & Irving Gordon

instrumental
[King 4240]
written by Todd Rhodes

written by Howard Biggs

instrumental
[Modern 643]
written by Connie Crayton & Jules Taub

[National 9045]
written by Jimmy Ricks & Howard Biggs

written by Louis Jordan

as Bull Moose Jackson & His Buffalo Bearcats
B side to All My Love Belongs to You
written by Sally Nix & Henry Glover

B side to Hop, Skip, and Jump
written by Roy Milton

[Black & White 122]
written by T-Bone Walker

with Sam Price Trio
written by Sister Rosetta Tharpe

written by Lowell Fulson

written by Julia Lee

written by Deborah Chessler

B side to Chicken-Shack Boogie
written by Jesse Cryor

[Exclusive 35x]
written by Benny Ray

[Capitol 15064]
written by Richard Larkin

as Cecil Gant Trio
[Bullet 280]
written by Fowler, Curly Kinsey & Stout

written by Andy Razaf, Harry Brooks & Fats Waller

instrumental
[Speciality 307]
written by Camille Howard

written by Dallas Bartley & Johnny Cameron

written by Shelton Brooks

as Jimmy Liggins and His Drops of Joy
[Specialty 521]
written by Jimmy Liggins

written by Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard & Kenneth Casey

[Gold Star 638]
written by Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson

with Martha Davis [pianist]
[Decca 24502]
written by Don Raye & Gene DePaul

written by Bob Nolan

[Capitol 15019]
written by Irving Berlin

[Cornet 50]
written by Dallas Bartley & Johnny Cameron

as Paul Williams Sextette
instrumental
written by Paul Williams [saxophonist]

[National 9062]
written by Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr & John Freeman Young

with Buddy Harper Orchestra
[Jewel 2004]
written by John Getz

[Score 5001]
written by Landers Coleman

R
written by Lou Baxter & Johnny Moore

written by Roy Brown

written by King Perry

[Black & White 126]
written by Oscar Lollie

written by Ivory Joe Hunter

written by Howard Biggs

written by Phil Rose & Sid Sprung

written by Ivory Joe Hunter

[Capitol 15011]
written by Al Goodhart & Ruth Poll

written by Bobby Black

instrumental
written by Joe Liggins

instrumental
[Modern 600]
written by Henry Nemo & Will Jason

[Modern 574]
written by Smokey Hogg

written by Jerry Black & Lucky Millinder

[Gotham 163]
written by Rudy Toombs

B side to Sweet Georgia Brown
written by Joe Liggins

B side to The Song Is Ended (But the Melody Lingers On)
written by Nellie Lutcher

B side to I Can't Give You Anything but Love
[Majestic 1204]
written by Sigmund Romberg & Oscar Hammerstein II

from the movie Good News
written by Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva & Ray Henderson

written by Ford Dabney, Cecil Mack & Lew Brown

written by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II

written by Peggy Lee & Dave Barbour

[Black & White 123]
written by John Henry

[novelty]
[Majestic 1213]
written by Dave Dreyer & Harry Ruby