BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S WEEKLY "BEST SELLING RETAIL RACE RECORDS" CHARTS FROM 1948
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 22,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" (first chart) TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 – 1 1 TOMORROW NIGHT-LONNIE JOHNSON
2 - 1 2 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 3 - 1 3 Nature Boy-Nat "King" Cole 4 - 1 4 Fine Brown Frame-Nellie Lutcher 5 - 1 5 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 6 - 1 6 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson 7 - 1 7 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 8 - 1 8 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 9 - 1 9 I Love You,Yes I Do-Bull Moose Jackson 10 - 1 10 35-30-Paul Williams BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 29,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 2 1 TOMORROW NIGHT-LONNIE JOHNSON
2 2 2 2 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 3 3 2 3 Nature Boy-Nat "King" Cole 4 6 2 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson 5 5 2 5 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 6 7 2 6 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 7 4 2 4 Fine Brown Frame-Nellie Lutcher 8 9 2 8 I Love You,Yes I Do-Bull Moose Jackson 8 8 2 8 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 10 - 1 10 Write Me A Letter-The Ravens BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 5,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 3 1 TOMORROW NIGHT-LONNIE JOHNSON
2 2 3 2 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 3 3 3 3 Nature Boy-Nat "King" Cole 4 5 3 4 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 5 6 3 5 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 6 4 3 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson 7 8 3 7 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 8 7 3 4 Fine Brown Frame-Nellie Lutcher 9 - 1 9 Don't Fall In Love With Me-Ivory Joe Hunter 10 - 1 10 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 12,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 4 1 TOMORROW NIGHT-LONNIE JOHNSON
2 2 4 2 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 3 4 4 3 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 4 3 4 3 Nature Boy-Nat "King" Cole 5 5 4 5 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 6 8 4 4 Fine Brown Frame-Nellie Lutcher 7 10 2 7 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 8 7 4 7 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 9 9 2 9 Don't Fall In Love With Me-Ivory Joe Hunter 10 6 4 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson 10 - 1 10 Milky White Way-Trumpeteers 12 RE 2 10 35-30-Paul Williams 13 - 1 13 Good Rockin' Tonight-Roy Brown 13 - 1 13 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 13 - 1 13 Temptation-Earl Bostic Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 19,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 2 5 1 GOOD ROCKIN’ TONIGHT-WYNONIE HARRIS
2 1 5 1 Tomorrow Night-Lonnie Johnson 3 3 5 3 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 4 8 5 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 5 10 5 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson 5 4 5 3 Nature Boy-Nat "King" Cole 7 5 5 5 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 8 7 3 7 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 9 12 3 9 35-30-Paul Williams 10 13 2 10 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 10 6 5 4 Fine Brown Frame-Nellie Lutcher 12 10 2 10 Milky White Way-Trumpeteers 13 - 1 13 I Want A Bowlegged Woman-Bull Moose Jackson 14 9 3 9 Don't Fall In Love With Me-Ivory Joe Hunter 15 RE 2 15 Write Me A Letter-The Ravens BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 26,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 2 6 1 TOMORROW NIGHT-LONNIE JOHNSON
2 1 6 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 3 3 6 3 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 4 5 6 3 Nature Boy-Nat "King" Cole 5 4 6 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 6 5 6 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson 7 - 1 7 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 8 7 6 5 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 9 8 4 7 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 10 - 1 10 West Side Baby-Dinah Washington 11 13 2 11 I Want A Bowlegged Woman-Bull Moose Jackson 11 10 3 10 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 13 - 1 13 Recess In Heaven-Gan Grissom 14 9 4 9 35-30-Paul Williams 15 - 1 15 You Don't Love Me-Camille Howard BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 3,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 7 1 TOMORROW NIGHT-LONNIE JOHNSON
2 2 7 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 3 3 7 3 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 4 9 5 4 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 5 5 7 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 6 6 7 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson 7 7 2 7 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 8 4 7 3 Nature Boy-Nat "King" Cole 9 - 1 9 Send For Me If You Need Me-The Ravens 10 8 7 5 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 11 13 2 11 Recess In Heaven-Gan Grissom 12 15 2 12 You Don't Love Me-Camille Howard 13 RE 2 13 Temptation-Earl Bostic Orchestra 13 RE 4 9 Don't Fall In Love With Me-Ivory Joe Hunter 15 RE 6 4 Fine Brown Frame-Nellie Lutcher BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 10,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 3 8 1 LONG GONE-SONNY THOMPSON
2 1 8 1 Tomorrow Night-Lonnie Johnson 3 2 8 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 4 5 8 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 5 9 2 5 Send For Me If You Need Me-The Ravens 6 7 3 6 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 7 10 8 5 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 8 6 8 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson 9 RE 4 9 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 10 4 6 4 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 11 8 8 3 Nature Boy-Nat "King" Cole 12 RE 2 12 I Want A Bowlegged Woman-Bull Moose Jackson 13 - 1 13 Walkin' And Talkin'-Dinah Washington 14 RE 3 8 I Love You,Yes I Do-Bull Moose Jackson 14 RE 5 9 35-30-Paul Williams BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 17,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 2 9 1 TOMORROW NIGHT-LONNIE JOHNSON
2 1 9 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 3 6 4 3 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 4 3 9 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 5 4 9 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 6 5 3 5 Send For Me If You Need Me-The Ravens 7 8 9 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson 8 9 5 8 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 9 - 1 9 I Can't Go On Without You-Bull Moose Jackson 10 10 7 4 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 11 - 1 11 Lollypop Mama-Wynonie Harris 12 14 6 9 35-30-Paul Williams 13 7 9 5 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 14 12 3 12 I Want A Bowlegged Woman-Bull Moose Jackson 15 RE 3 11 Recess In Heaven-Gan Grissom BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 24,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 9 2 1 I CAN’T GO ON WITHOUT YOU-BULL MOOSE JACKSON
2 1 10 1 Tomorrow Night-Lonnie Johnson 3 3 5 3 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 4 4 10 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 5 2 10 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 6 6 4 5 Send For Me If You Need Me-The Ravens 7 5 10 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 8 11 2 8 Lollypop Mama-Wynonie Harris 9 8 6 8 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 10 7 10 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Mooe Jackson 11 10 8 4 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 12 13 10 5 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 13 - 1 13 I Want To Cry-Dinah Washington 14 - 1 14 We're Gonna Rock,We're Gonna Roll-Will Bill Moore 15 RE 7 4 Fine Brown Frame-Nellie Lutcher BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 31,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 3 1I CAN’T GO ON WITHOUT YOU-BULL MOOSE JACKSON
2 5 11 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 3 4 11 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 3 2 11 1 Tomorrow Night-Lonnie Johnson 5 7 11 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 6 6 5 5 Send For Me If You Need Me-The Ravens 7 3 6 3 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 8 9 7 8 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 9 11 9 4 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 10 12 11 5 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 10 RE 2 10 West Side Baby-Dinah Washington 12 15 8 4 Fine Brown Frame-Nellie Lutcher 13 10 11 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson 13 RE 4 12 I Want A Bowlegged Woman-Bull Moose Jackson 15 RE 9 3 Nature Boy-Nat "King" Cole 15 RE 3 13 Temptation-Earl Bostic Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 7,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 4 1 I CAN’T GO ON WITHOUT YOU-BULL MOOSE JACKSON
2 3 12 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 3 7 7 3 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 4 2 12 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 5 8 8 5 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 6 3 12 1 Tomorrow Night-Lonnie Johnson 7 5 12 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 8 9 10 4 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 9 6 6 5 Send For Me If You Need Me-The Ravens 10 RE 3 10 Lollypop Mama-Wynonie Harris 11 13 12 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson 12 - 1 12 Tell Me Daddy-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 13 12 9 4 Fine Brown Frame-Nellie Lutcher 13 10 12 5 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 15 RE 4 11 Recess In Heaven-Gan Grissom BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 14,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 5 1 I CAN’T GO ON WITHOUT YOU-BULL MOOSE JACKSON
2 2 13 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 3 8 11 3 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 4 13 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 5 7 13 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 6 6 13 1 Tomorrow Night-Lonnie Johnson 6 5 9 5 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 8 9 7 5 Send For Me If You Need Me-The Ravens 9 3 8 3 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 10 15 5 10 Recess In Heaven-Gan Grissom 11 10 4 10 Lollypop Mama-Wynonie Harris 12 13 13 5 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 13 RE 5 9 Don't Fall In Love With Me-Ivory Joe Hunter 14 12 2 12 Tell Me Daddy-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 15 11 13 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 21,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 6 1 I CAN’T GO ON WITHOUT YOU-BULL MOOSE JACKSON
2 3 12 2 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 6 10 3 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 4 8 8 4 Send For Me If You Need Me-The Ravens 5 4 14 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 6 9 9 3 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 7 5 14 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 8 2 14 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 9 6 14 1 Tomorrow Night-Lonnie Johnson 10 - 1 10 Cool Water-Nellie Lutcher 11 RE 2 11 I Want To Cry-Dinah Washington 11 - 1 11 Bye,Bye Baby Blues-The Ravens 13 11 5 10 Lollypop Mama-Wynonie Harris 14 12 14 5 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 15 - 1 15 Elevator Boogie-Mabel Scott BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 28,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 7 1 I CAN’T GO ON WITHOUT YOU-BULL MOOSE JACKSON
2 2 13 2 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 9 15 1 Tomorrow Night-Lonnie Johnson 4 5 15 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 5 8 15 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 6 3 11 3 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 6 6 10 3 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 8 7 15 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 9 4 9 4 Send For Me If You Need Me-The Ravens 10 13 6 10 Lollypop Mama-Wynonie Harris 11 14 15 5 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 12 RE 14 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson 13 RE 3 12 You Don't Love Me-Camille Howard 14 - 1 14 Tear Drop Blues-Jimmy Liggins 15 RE 3 12 Tell Me Daddy-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 4,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 8 1 I CAN’T GO ON WITHOUT YOU-BULL MOOSE JACKSON
2 4 16 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 3 2 14 2 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 5 16 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 5 6 11 3 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 6 6 12 3 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 7 3 16 1 Tomorrow Night-Lonnie Johnson 8 8 16 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 9 9 10 4 Send For Me If You Need Me-The Ravens 10 - 1 10 Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends-Louis Jordan 11 12 15 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson 11 10 7 10 Lollypop Mama-Wynonie Harris 13 - 1 13 My Happiness-Ella Fitzgerald 14 RE 3 10 Milky White Way-Trumpeteers 14 RE 3 11 I Want To Cry-Dinah Washington BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 11,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 9 1 I CAN’T GO ON WITHOUT YOU-BULL MOOSE JACKSON
2 3 15 2 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 2 17 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 4 4 17 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 5 8 17 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 6 10 2 6 Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends-Louis Jordan 7 6 13 3 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 8 - 1 8 Late Freight-Sonny Thompson 9 11 8 9 Lollypop Mama-Wynonie Harris 10 5 12 3 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 11 9 11 4 Send For Me If You Need Me-The Ravens 12 11 16 4 All My Love Belongs To You-Bull Moose Jackson 12 RE 2 11 Bye,Bye Baby Blues-The Ravens 14 - 1 14 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington 15 13 2 13 My Happiness-Ella Fitzgerald BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 18,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 2 16 1 PRETTY MAMA BLUES-IVORY JOE HUNTER
2 3 18 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 3 8 2 3 Late Freight-Sonny Thompson 4 7 14 3 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 5 5 18 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 6 1 10 1 I Can't Go On Without You-Bull Moose Jackson 7 6 3 6 Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends-Louis Jordan 8 - 1 8 Everything I Do Is Wrong-Roy Milton 9 10 13 3 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 10 14 2 10 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington 11 - 1 11 Waxie Maxie-Paul Williams 12 RE 17 1 Tomorrow Night-Lonnie Johnson 13 RE 5 12 I Want A Bowlegged Woman-Bull Moose Jackson 13 - 1 13 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 15 4 18 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 25,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 17 1 PRETTY MAMA BLUES-IVORY JOE HUNTER
2 6 11 1 I Can't Go On Without You-Bull Moose Jackson 3 4 15 3 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 4 15 19 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 5 2 19 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 6 5 19 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 7 8 2 7 Everything I Do Is Wrong-Roy Milton 8 10 3 8 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington 9 3 3 3 Late Freight-Sonny Thompson 9 - 1 9 Out Of The Blue-Hadda Brooks 11 13 2 11 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 12 7 4 6 Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends-Louis Jordan 12 9 14 3 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 14 RE 9 9 Lollypop Mama-Wynonie Harris 15 11 2 11 Waxie Maxie-Paul Williams 15 - 1 15 Manteca-Dizzy Gillespie BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 2,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 18 1 PRETTY MAMA BLUES-IVORY JOE HUNTER
2 11 3 2 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 3 9 4 3 Late Freight-Sonny Thompson 4 12 5 4 Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends-Louis Jordan 5 3 16 3 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 6 2 12 1 I Can't Go On Without You-Bull Moose Jackson 7 5 20 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 8 4 20 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 8 6 20 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 10 8 4 8 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington 11 15 3 11 Waxie Maxie-Paul Williams 12 12 15 3 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 13 - 1 13 Alexander's Ragtime Band-Nellie Lutcher 13 RE 2 13 Elevator Boogie-Mabel Scott 15 7 3 7 Everything I Do Is Wrong-Roy Milton 15 - 1 15 Hop,Skip And Jump-Roy Milton BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 9,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 5 17 1 MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU-ARBEE STIDHAM
2 7 21 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 3 1 19 1 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 6 13 1 I Can't Go On Without You-Bull Moose Jackson 5 10 5 5 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington 6 15 4 6 Everything I Do Is Wrong-Roy Milton 7 8 21 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 8 - 1 8 West Side Baby-T. Bone Walker 9 3 5 3 Late Freight-Sonny Thompson 10 15 2 10 Hop,Skip And Jump-Roy Milton 11 4 6 4 Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends-Louis Jordan 12 2 4 2 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 13 - 1 13 It's Too Soon To Know-The Orioles 14 RE 18 1 Tomorrow Night-Lonnie Johnson 15 RE 3 13 Elevator Boogie-Mabel Scott 15 - 1 15 My Fault-Brownie McGhee BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 16,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 2 22 1 LONG GONE-SONNY THOMPSON
2 1 18 1 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 3 12 5 2 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 3 9 6 3 Late Freight-Sonny Thompson 5 4 14 1 I Can't Go On Without You-Bull Moose Jackson 6 5 6 5 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington 7 3 20 1 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 8 10 3 8 Hop,Skip And Jump-Roy Milton 9 11 7 4 Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends-Louis Jordan 9 7 22 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 11 - 1 11 Everything I Have Is Yours-Billy Eckstine 12 13 2 12 It's Too Soon To Know-The Orioles 13 15 4 13 Elevator Boogie-Mabel Scott 14 RE 21 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 14 8 2 8 West Side Baby-T. Bone Walker BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 23,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 3 7 1 LATE FREIGHT-SONNY THOMPSON
2 3 6 2 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 3 1 23 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 3 7 21 1 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 5 8 4 5 Hop,Skip And Jump-Roy Milton 6 - 1 6 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton 7 6 7 5 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington 7 RE 5 6 Everything I Do Is Wrong-Roy Milton 9 2 19 1 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 10 - 1 10 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 11 - 1 11 It's Too Soon To Know-Dinah Washington 12 12 3 12 It's Too Soon To Know-The Orioles 13 - 1 13 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 14 - 1 14 London Donnie-Don Byas 15 - 1 15 Pleasing You-Lonnie Johnson 15 14 3 8 West Side Baby-T. Bone Walker BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 30,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 3 24 1 LONG GONE-SONNY THOMPSON
2 2 7 2 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 3 12 4 3 It's Too Soon To Know-The Orioles 4 6 2 4 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton 5 RE 23 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 5 9 20 1 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 7 3 22 1 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 8 13 2 13 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 9 5 5 5 Hop,Skip And Jump-Roy Milton 10 - 1 10 Daddy-O-Louis Jordan 11 11 2 11 It's Too Soon To Know-Dinah Washington 12 7 8 5 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington 13 RE 15 1 I Can't Go On Without You-Bull Moose Jackson 14 7 6 6 Everything I Do Is Wrong-Roy Milton 14 15 2 14 Pleasing You-Lonnie Johnson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 6,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 4 3 1 BLUES AFTER HOURS-PEE WEE CTAYTON
2 14 3 2 Pleasing You-Lonnie Johnson 3 2 8 2 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 4 9 6 4 Hop,Skip And Jump-Roy Milton 5 11 3 5 It's Too Soon To Know-Dinah Washington 6 3 5 3 It's Too Soon To Know-The Orioles 7 5 21 1 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 8 13 16 1 I Can't Go On Without You-Bull Moose Jackson 8 7 23 1 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 8 - 1 8 A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson 11 RE 2 10 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 11 10 2 10 Daddy-O-Louis Jordan 11 RE 8 1 Late Freight-Sonny Thompson 14 12 9 5 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington 15 - 1 15 You Were Only Foolin'-Ink Spots 15 RE 2 14 London Donnie-Don Byas 15 RE 2 15 My Fault-Brownie McGhee BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 13,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 3 9 1 CORN BREAD-JOE LIGGINS
2 1 4 1 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton 3 5 4 3 It's Too Soon To Know-Dinah Washington 4 14 10 4 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington 5 RE 3 5 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 6 RE 25 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 6 - 1 6 It's Too Soon To Know-Ella Fitzgerald 8 4 7 4 Hop,Skip And Jump-Roy Milton 9 2 4 2 Pleasing You-Lonnie Johnson 10 11 3 10 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 11 15 3 11 My Fault-Brownie McGhee 11 8 24 1 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 13 RE 24 4 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 13 7 22 1 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 15 8 17 1 I Can't Go On Without You-Bull Moose Jackson 15 11 9 1 Late Freight-Sonny Thompson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 20,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 10 1 CORN BREAD-JOE LIGGINS
2 2 5 1 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton 3 8 8 3 Hop,Skip And Jump-Roy Milton 4 5 4 4 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 5 3 5 3 It's Too Soon To Know-Dinah Washington 6 6 26 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 7 4 11 4 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington 7 10 4 7 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 9 - 1 9 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio 10 RE 3 10 Daddy-O-Louis Jordan 11 RE 5 11 Elevator Boogie-Mabel Scott 11 15 10 1 Late Freight-Sonny Thompson 11 RE 6 3 It's Too Soon To Know-The Orioles 11 - 1 11 It's Too Soon To Know-The Ravens 15 RE 2 8 A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson 15 - 1 15 Don't Be So Mean To Me Baby-Duke Ellington Orchestra 15 - 1 15 That's Your Last Boogie-Joe Swift & Johnny Otis Orchestra 15 RE 4 8 West Side Baby-T. Bone Walker BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 27,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 11 1 CORN BREAD-JOE LIGGINS
2 11 7 2 It's Too Soon To Know-The Orioles 3 4 5 3 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 4 3 9 3 Hop,Skip And Jump-Roy Milton 5 2 6 1 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton 6 15 3 6 A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson 7 5 6 3 It's Too Soon To Know-Dinah Washington 8 7 5 7 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 9 7 12 4 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington 10 RE 23 1 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 10 RE 25 1 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 12 - 1 12 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 12 6 27 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 14 RE 7 6 Everything I Do Is Wrong-Roy Milton 14 RE 5 2 Pleasing You-Lonnie Johnson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 4,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 RE 2 1 BEWILDERED-RED MILLER TRIO
2 5 7 1 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton 3 3 6 3 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 4 12 2 4 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 5 9 13 4 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington 5 1 12 1 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 7 8 6 7 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 8 7 7 3 It's Too Soon To Know-Dinah Washington 9 - 1 9 It Took A Long,Long Time-Amos Milburn 10 4 10 3 Hop,Skip And Jump-Roy Milton 11 6 4 6 A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson 11 - 1 11 Goin' Home-Muddy Waters 11 2 8 2 It's Too Soon To Know-The Orioles 14 12 28 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 15 - 1 15 Go Long-The Dixieaires BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 11,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 5 13 1 CORN BREAD-JOE LIGGINS
2 3 7 2 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 3 2 8 1 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton 4 1 3 1 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio 5 4 3 4 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 6 11 9 2 It's Too Soon To Know-The Orioles 7 7 7 7 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 8 - 1 8 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 9 11 5 6 A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson 10 8 8 3 It's Too Soon To Know-Dinah Washington 11 - 1 11 Merry Christmas Baby-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 11 RE 24 1 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham 13 RE 11 1 Late Freight-Sonny Thompson 14 RE 4 10 Daddy-O-Louis Jordan 15 10 11 3 Hop,Skip And Jump-Roy Milton BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 18,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 2 8 1 LONG ABOUT MIDNIGHT-ROY BROWN MIGHTY MIGHTY MEN
2 4 4 1 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio 3 5 4 3 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 4 7 8 4 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes 5 1 14 1 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 6 6 10 2 It's Too Soon To Know-The Orioles 7 3 9 1 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton 8 8 2 8 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 9 RE 14 4 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington 9 11 2 9 Merry Christmas Baby-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 11 9 6 6 A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson 11 - 1 11 Trees-Al Hibbler 13 RE 2 13 Go Long-The Dixieaires 13 RE 7 9 35-30-Paul Williams 15 - 1 15 Better Cut That Out-Sonny Boy Williams BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 25,1948 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 8 3 1 BEWILDERED-RED MILLER TRIO
2 11 7 2 A Little Bird Told Me-Paul Watson 2 3 5 2 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 4 2 5 1 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio 5 1 9 1 Long About Midnight-Roy Brown Mighty Mighty Men 5 11 2 5 Trees-Al Hibbler 7 5 15 1 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 8 9 3 8 Merry Christmas Baby-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 9 - 1 9 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 10 - 1 10 That's Your Last Boogie-Joe Swift & Johnny Otis Orchestra 11 7 10 1 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton 12 4 9 4 Blues For The Red Boy-Todd Rhodes
12 – 1 12 Up Above My Head,I Hear Music In The Air-Sister Rosetta Tharpe
14 RE 29 1 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 15 - 1 15 I Like It-Ivory Joe Hunter 15 RE 9 3 It's Too Soon To Know-Dinah Washington 15 - 1 15 Boogie Woogie Santa Claus-Mabel Scott