BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S (USA) R&B TOP SINGLES 1946
Jukebox Plays
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 CHOO CHOO CH' BOOGIE-LOUIS JORDAN & THE TYMPANY FIVE-AUGUST 1706 2 HEY! BA-BA-RE-BOP-LIONEL HAMPTON ORCHESTRA-March 1634 3 R.M. BLUES-ROY MILTON-August 1354 4 DRIFTING BLUES-JOHNNY MOORE'S THREE BLAZERS-April 1240 5 STONE COLD DEAD IN THE MARKET-ELLA FITZGERALD, LOUIS JORDAN-July 1188 6 AIN'T THAT JUST LIKE A WOMAN-LOUIS JORDAN & THE TYMPANY FIVE-November 998 7 I KNOW-ANDY KIRK ORCHESTRA-May 864 8 BUZZ ME-Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five-January 850 9 SALT PORK,W.VA.-Louis Jordan-March 838 10 THE GYPSY-Ink Spots-June 772 11 Got A Right To Cry-Joe Liggins Orchestra-January 652 12 Don't Worry 'bout That Mule-Louis Jordan-March 636 13 That Chick's Too Young To Fry-Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five-August 610 14 (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66-King Cole Trio-June 592 15 Got A Right To Cry-Erskine Hawkins-August 536 16 Beware-Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five-May 494 17 Tanya-Joe Liggins-November 492 18 Don't Be A Baby, Baby-Mills Brothers-April 438 19 Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'-Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five-July 420 20 Reconversion Blues-Louis Jordan-March 386 21 (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons-King Cole Trio-December 382 22 Gotta Gimmie Watcha Got-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends-November 382 23 I Know Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well-Bull Moose Jackson-June 370 24 The Christmas Song-Nat King Cole-November 328 25 Voo-it! Voo-it!-The Blues Woman-April 314 26 Sunny Road-Roosevelt Sykes-October 272 27 After Hours-Erskine Hawkins-November 216 28 Sunny Road-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers-November 214 29 Shorty's Got To Go-Lucky Millinder-July 210 30 Buzz Me-Ella Mae Morse-January 170 31 Playful Baby-Wynonie Harris-September 168 32 The Very Thought Of You-Luis Russell-November 166 33 So Glad You're Mine-Arthur 'big Boy' Crudup-October 164 34 To Each His Own-Ink Spots-October 162 35 Just A-sittin' And A-rockin'-Delta Rhythm Boys-January 112 36 Come To Baby, Do-King Cole Trio-January 110 37 I Cover The Waterfront-Cats 'n Jammers-April 108 38 Ethel May-Arthur 'big Boy' Crudup-November 106 39 The Frim Fram Sauce-Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald-April 106 40 Prisoner Of Love-Billy Eckstine-May 106 41 Petootie Pie-Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan-September 104 42 Sneakin' Out-Erskine Hawkins-July 102 43 Wynonie's Blues-Wynonie Harris-January 56 44 You Call It Madness But I Call It Love-Billy Eckstine-September 56 45 The Honeydripper-Cab Calloway-February 56 46 The Dark Town Poker Club-Phil Harris Orchestra-September 54 47 Fan It-Woody Herman-August 54 48 Milton Boogie-Roy Milton-December 54 49 So Long-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers-November 54 50 Fifteen Years-Pearl Bailey-January 54 51 Cement Mixer (Put-ti, Put-ti)-Slim Gaillard Trio-May 52 52 I Don't Know What I'd Ever Do Without You-Andy Kirk, Jubilaires-November 52 53 Blue Flame-Lenny Lewis Orchestra-December 52 54 Port Wine-Bill Samuels-November 52 55 Prisoner Of Love-Ink Spots-July 52 56 They All Say I'm The Biggest Fool-Buddy Johnson-July 52 57 My Gal's A Jockey-Joe Turner-August 50