Editing 1948 in music (section)

==Top popular records==

The following songs appeared in [[Billboard Hot 100#History|The Billboard's 'Best Selling Retail Records']], 'Records Most-Played On the Air' and 'Most Played Juke Box Records' charts, starting November 1947 and before December 1948. Each week fifteen points were awarded to the number one record, then nine points for number two, eight points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. The total of a song's complete chart run is determined (never cutoff at the end of December, as in The Billboard's year-end lists), then the three Popular charts are combined, with that number determining a record's year-end rank. Regional charts determine the 11-25 rankings each week, and records that failed to score on the main chart were ranked by highest position. If a record scored on only one or two of the popular charts, it will obviously rank lower than a national hit on radios and juke boxes. Additional information from other sources is reported, but not used for ranking. This includes dates obtained from the "[[Discography of American Historical Recordings]]" website, chart performance from '[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Most Played Juke Box Race Records]]', 'Most Played Juke Box Folk (Hillbilly) Records', 'Cashbox', and other sources as noted.
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
|-
| 1 || [[Dinah Shore|Dinah Shore and Her Happy Boys]] || "[[Buttons and Bows]]"<ref name=Columbia380/> || Columbia 38284 || {{Start date|1947|11|30}} || {{Start date|1948|8|16}} || US Billboard 1948 #1, US #1 for 10 weeks, 23 total weeks, 577 points, CashBox #1, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, sold 2.5 million
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| 2 || [[Pee Wee Hunt|Pee Wee Hunt Orchestra]] || "[[Twelfth Street Rag]]"<ref name=Capitol150/> || Capitol 15105 || {{Start date|1947|11|8}} || {{Start date|1948|6}} || US Billboard 1948 #2, US #1 for 8 weeks, 32 total weeks, 559 points, CashBox #34
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| 3 || [[Peggy Lee]] (Dave Barbour Orchestra) || "[[Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)]]"<ref name=Capitol150/> || Capitol 15022 || {{Start date|1947|11|25}} || {{Start date|1948|1}} || US Billboard 1948 #3, US #1 for 9 weeks, 21 total weeks, 551 points, CashBox #16
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| 4 || [[Margaret Whiting]] || "[[A Tree in the Meadow]]"<ref name=Capitol150/> || Capitol 15122 || {{Start date|1948|5|28}} || {{Start date|1948|7}} || US Billboard 1948 #4, US #1 for 5 weeks, 23 total weeks, 424 points, CashBox #3
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| 5 || [[Art Mooney|Art Mooney and his Orchestra]] || "[[I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=MGM 78rpm numerical listing discography: 10000–10500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/MGM10000.htm |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || MGM 10119 || {{Start date|1947|11|21}} || {{Start date|1947|12}} || US Billboard 1948 #5, US #1 for 5 weeks, 18 total weeks, 413 points, CashBox #10
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| 6 || [[Nat King Cole|King Cole]] || "[[Nature Boy]]"<ref name=Capitol150/> || Capitol 15054 || {{Start date|1946|12|18}} || {{Start date|1948|3|29}} || US Billboard 1948 #6, US #1 for 8 weeks, 18 total weeks, 386 points, CashBox #4
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| 7 || [[Bing Crosby]] || "[[Now Is the Hour (song)|Now is the Hour]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 4541. Now is the hour / Bing Crosby – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270964/L_4541-Now_is_the_hour |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24279 || {{Start date|1947|11|8}} || {{Start date|1948|1}} || US Billboard 1948 #7, US #1 for 3 weeks, 23 total weeks, 383 points, CashBox #2
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| 8 || Jon and Sondra Steele || "[[My Happiness (1948 song)|My Happiness]]"<ref name=pc40s21>{{cite web|author=Gilliland, John. |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633211/m1/#track/3 |title=Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #21 – All Tracks UNT Digital Library |publisher=Digital.library.unt.edu |date=197X |accessdate=2021-02-11}}</ref> || Damon 11133 || {{Start date|1948|4}} || {{Start date|1948|4}} || US Billboard 1948 #8, US #2 for 2 weeks, 30 total weeks, 380 points, CashBox #6
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| 9 || [[Al Trace|Al Trace and His New Orchestra]] || [[You Call Everybody Darlin']] || Regent 117 || {{Start date|1948}} || {{Start date|1948|5}} || US Billboard 1948 #9, US #1 for 6 weeks, 24 total weeks, 378 points, CashBox #18
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| 10 || [[Kay Kyser|Kay Kyser and his Orchestra]] || "[[Woody Woodpecker]]"<ref name=Columbia380>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 38000–38499 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL38000.htm |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 38197 || {{Start date|1947|12|31}} || {{Start date|1948|5|10}} || US Billboard 1948 #10, US #1 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks, 360 points, CashBox #5
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| 11 || [[Kenneth W. Griffin|Ken Griffin (Organ)]] (Vocal Jerry Wayne) || "[[You Can't Be True, Dear]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ken Griffin Page |url=http://theatreorgans.com/hammond/keng/kenhtml/GKHome.htm |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=theatreorgans.com}}</ref> || Rondo 228 || {{Start date|1947|4|26}} || {{Start date|1948|3}} || US Billboard 1948 #11, US #1 for 7 weeks, 23 total weeks, 341 points, CashBox #9
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| 12 || Kay Kyser and his Orchestra || "[[On a Slow Boat to China]]"<ref name=Columbia380/> || Columbia 38301 || {{Start date|1947|11|9}} || {{Start date|1948|9|13}} || US Billboard 1948 #12, US #2 for 7 weeks, 20 total weeks, 328 points
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| 13 || [[Jo Stafford]] and [[Gordon MacRae]] || "[[My Darling, My Darling]]"<ref name=Capitol150>{{Cite web |title=Capitol 15000 series numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Capitol15000.htm |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Capitol 15270 || {{Start date|1948|9|23}} || {{Start date|1948|10}} || US Billboard 1948 #13, US #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 253 points
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| 14 || [[Dick Haymes]] || "[[Little White Lies (1930 song)|Little White Lies]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 4524. Little white lies / Dick Haymes – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270947/L_4524-Little_white_lies |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24280 || {{Start date|1947|11|3}} || {{Start date|1947|12}} || US Billboard 1948 #14, US #2 for 1 week, 23 total weeks, 250 points
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| 15 || [[The Pied Pipers]] || "My Happiness"<ref name=Capitol150/> || Capitol 15278 || {{Start date|1948|4|18}} || {{Start date|1948|5}} || US Billboard 1948 #15, US #3 for 1 week, 27 total weeks, 247 points
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| 16 || [[Doris Day]] || "[[It's Magic]]"<ref name=Columbia380/> || Columbia 38188 || {{Start date|1947|11|15}} || {{Start date|1948|6}} || US Billboard 1948 #16, US #2 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 229 points, CashBox #7
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| 17 || Ken Griffin || "You Can't Be True, Dear"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ken Griffin ''The Rondo Years'' |url=http://theatreorgans.com/hammond/keng/kenhtml/Ken%20Griffin%20The%20Rondo%20Years%20(Bryon%20Young).htm |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=theatreorgans.com}}</ref> || Rondo 128 || {{Start date|1947|8|20}} || {{Start date|1948|4}} || US Billboard 1948 #17, US #2 for 7 weeks, 15 total weeks, 224 points
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| 18 || Doris Day and [[Buddy Clark]] || "[[Love Somebody (1947 song)|Love Somebody]]"<ref name=Columbia380/> || Columbia 38174 || {{Start date|1947|11|15}} || {{Start date|1948|4|19}} || US Billboard 1948 #18, US #1 for 5 weeks, 24 total weeks, 214 points
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| 19 || [[Gordon Jenkins|Gordon Jenkins and His Orchestra]] || "[[Maybe You'll Be There]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 4366. Maybe you'll be there / Gordon Jenkins Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270789/L_4366-Maybe_youll_be_there |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24403 || {{Start date|1947|2|27}} || {{Start date|1948|5}} || US Billboard 1948 #19, US #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 188 points
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| 20 || [[Francis Craig|Francis Craig and His Orchestra]] || "[[Beg Your Pardon]]" || Bullet 1012 || {{Start date|1947}} || {{Start date|1948|1|5}} || US Billboard 1948 #20, US #3 for 1 week, 20 total weeks, 188 points, sold 2.5 million
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| 25 || [[Spike Jones|Spike Jones and His City Slickers]] || "[[All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=RCA Victor 78rpm numerical listing discography: 20-3000 through 20-3500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/RCA203000.htm |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || RCA Victor 20-3177 || {{Start date|1947|12|19}} || {{Start date|1948|11}} || US Billboard 1948 #25, US #1 for 3 weeks, 8 total week, 138 points
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| 30 || [[Mel Blanc|Mel Blanc and the Sportsmen]] || "Woody Woodpecker"<ref name=Capitol150/> || Capitol 15278 || {{Start date|1948|7|4}} || {{Start date|1948|7|18}} || US Billboard 1948 #30, US #2 for 5 weeks, 9 total weeks, 81 points
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| 56 || [[Gene Autry]] || "[[Here Comes Santa Claus|Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)]]"<ref name=Columbia375>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: 37500–38000 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL37500.htm |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 37942 || {{Start date|1947|8|28}} || {{Start date|1948|5|1}} || US Billboard 1948 #56, US #8 for 1 week, 5 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #24, USHB #4 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, 35 points
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| 134 || Gene Autry || "Buttons and Bows"<ref name=Columbia200>{{Cite web |title=Columbia 78rpm numerical listing discography: Country/Western series 20000–20500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/COL20000.htm |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Columbia 20469 || {{Start date|1947|12|26}} || {{Start date|1948|8|16}} || US Billboard 1948 #134, US #17 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Hillbilly 1948 #30, USHB #6 for 1 weeks, 12 total weeks, 17 points
|}

===The Billboard's Top Race Records===

The following songs appeared in [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|The Billboard's Most-Played Juke Box Race Records]] and Best-Selling Retail Race Records charts, starting November 1947 through November 1948. Each week twenty points were awarded to the number one record, then fourteen points for number two, thirteen points for number three, and so on. This system rewards songs that reach the highest positions, as well as those that had the longest chart runs. Also see [[Billboard Top Race Records of 1948]].
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart Positions
|-
| 1 || [[Sonny Thompson|Sonny Thompson with The Sharps and Flats]] || "[[Long Gone (instrumental)|Long Gone]]"<ref name=Miracle>{{Cite web |title=Miracle Records (78rpm) Numerical Listing Discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Miracle.htm |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Miracle 126 || {{Start date|1947|4|23}} || {{Start date|1947|8}} || US Billboard 1948 #339, US pop charts #29 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #1, Race Records charts #1 for 5 weeks, 31 total weeks, 700 points
|-
| 2 || [[Lonnie Johnson (musician)|Lonnie Johnson]] || "[[Tomorrow Night (Coslow and Grosz song)|Tomorrow Night]]"<ref name=King400>{{Cite web |title=King 78rpm numerical listing discography: 4000–4500 |url=https://www.78discography.com/King4000.htm |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || King 4201 || {{Start date|1947}} || {{Start date|1947|5}} || US Billboard 1948 #149, US pop charts #19 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #2, Race Records charts #1 for 7 weeks, 18 total weeks, 622 points
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| 3 || [[Amos Milburn]] || "[[Chicken Shack Boogie]]"<ref name=Aladdin300>{{Cite web |title=Aladdin 3000 series 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Aladdin3000.htm |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref><ref name=Russell>{{cite book|first=Tony|last=Russell|year=1997|title=The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray|publisher=Carlton Books|location=Dubai|page=13|isbn=1-85868-255-X}}</ref> || Aladdin 3014 || {{Start date|1947|11|19}} || {{Start date|1948|9}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #3, Race Records charts #1 for 5 weeks, 23 total weeks, 577 points
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| 4 || [[Ivory Joe Hunter]] || "[[Pretty Mama Blues]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pacific 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Pacific.htm |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Pacific 637 || {{Start date|1947|11|30}} || {{Start date|1948|8|16}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #4, Race Records charts #1 for 3 weeks, 25 total weeks, 530 points
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| 5 || [[Wynonie Harris]] || "[[Good Rocking Tonight|Good Rockin' Tonight]]"<ref name=King400/> || King 4210 || {{Start date|1947|12|28}} || {{Start date|1948|6}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #5, Race Records charts #1 for 1 week, 25 total weeks, 519 points
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| 6 || [[Red Miller (singer)|Red Miller Trio]] || "[[Bewildered]]" || Bullet 295 || {{Start date|1947|11|25}} || {{Start date|1948|1}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #6, Race Records charts #1 for 5 weeks, 21 total weeks, 486 points
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| 7 || [[Hal Singer|Hal Singer Sextette]] || "[[Corn Bread (instrumental)|Corn Bread]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Savoy 78rpm numerical listing discography: 500 series |url=https://www.78discography.com/Sav500.htm |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Savoy 671 || {{Start date|1948|6}} || {{Start date|1949|3}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #7, Race Records charts #1 for 4 weeks, 21 total weeks, 482 points
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| 8 || [[Julia Lee (musician)|Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends]] || "[[King Size Papa]]"<ref name=Capitol400>{{Cite web |title=78rpm Numerical Listing Discography for Capitol 40000: Americana |url=https://www.78discography.com/Capitol40000.htm |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Capitol Americana 40082 || {{Start date|1947|11|11}} || {{Start date|1947|9}} || US Billboard 1948 #128, US pop charts #15 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #8, Race Records charts #1 for 9 weeks, 28 total weeks, 451 points
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| 9 || [[Bull Moose Jackson|Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats]] || "[[I Can't Go on Without You]]"<ref name=King400/> || King 4230 || {{Start date|1947|12}} || {{Start date|1949|2}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #9, Race Records charts #1 for 8 weeks, 17 total weeks, 418 points
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| 10 || [[Memphis Slim|Memphis Slim and His House Rockers]] || "[[Messin' Around (Memphis Slim song)|Messin' Around]]"<ref name=Miracle/> || Miracle 125 || {{Start date|1949|1|13}} || {{Start date|1949|3}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #10, Race Records charts #1 for 2 weeks, 25 total weeks, 403 points
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| 11 || Amos Milburn || "Bewildered"<ref name=Aladdin300/> || Aladdin 3018 || {{Start date|1948|10|15}} || {{Start date|1949|3}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #11, Race Records charts #1 for 3 weeks, 16 total weeks, 384 points
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| 12 || [[Arbee Stidham]] || "[[My Heart Belongs to You]]"<ref name=Victor250>{{Cite web |title=RCA Victor 20-2500–3000 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/RCA202500.htm |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || RCA Victor 20-2572 || {{Start date|1947|9|18}} || {{Start date|1949|8|1}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #12, Race Records charts #1 for 1 week, 24 total weeks, 372 points
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| 13 || Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats || "[[I Love You Yes I Do]]"<ref name=King400/> || King 4181 || {{Start date|1947|8|15}} || {{Start date|1948|2}} || US Billboard 1948 #182, US pop charts #21 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #13, Race Records charts #1 for 3 weeks, 26 total weeks, 352 points
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| 14 || [[Louis Jordan]] and His [[Tympany Five]] || "[[Run Joe]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73886. Run Joe / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000302103/73886-Run_Joe |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24448 || {{Start date|1947|4|23}} || {{Start date|1946|11}} || US Billboard 1948 #240, US pop charts #23 for 1 week, 3 total weeks, US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #14, Race Records charts #1 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 324 points
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| 15 || [[Roy Brown (blues musician)|Roy Brown and His Orchestra]] || "Long About Midnight" || DeLuxe 3154 || {{Start date|1949|1|13}} || {{Start date|1949|3}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #15, Race Records charts #1 for 1 week, 17 total weeks, 313 points
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| 16 || Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats || "All My Love Belongs To You"<ref name=King400/> || King 4189 || {{Start date|1949|1|20}} || {{Start date|1949|2}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #16, Race Records charts #3 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, 273 points
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| 17 || [[Pee Wee Crayton|Pee Wee Crayton and His Guitar]] || "[[Blues After Hours]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modern Records 78rpm numerical listing discography (500 to end of series) |url=https://www.78discography.com/Modern500.htm |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Modern 624 || {{Start date|1949|1|13}} || {{Start date|1949|3}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #17, Race Records charts #1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 256 points
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| 18 || [[The Orioles]] || "[[It's Too Soon to Know]]" || It's A Natural 5000 || {{Start date|1949|1|13}} || {{Start date|1949|3}} || US Billboard 1948 #110, US pop charts #13 for 1 week, 7 total weeks, US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #18, Race Records charts #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 239 points
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| 19 || [[Nellie Lutcher|Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm]] || "[[Fine Brown Frame]]"<ref name=Capitol150/> || Capitol 15032 || {{Start date|1947|12|27}} || {{Start date|1947|7}} || US Billboard 1948 #195, US pop charts #21 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #19, Race Records charts #2 for 3 weeks, 17 total weeks, 229 points
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| 20 || [[Dinah Washington]] || "Am I Asking Too Much"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mercury 8000 series 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Merc080.htm |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Mercury 8095 || {{Start date|1947|11}} || {{Start date|1949|3}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #20, Race Records charts #1 for 1 weeks, 14 total weeks, 219 points
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| 21 || Paula Watson || "[[A Little Bird Told Me]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supreme records 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/Supreme47.htm |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Supreme 1507 || {{Start date|1948|10|12}} || {{Start date|1948|11}} || US Billboard 1949 #44, US pop charts #6 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks, US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #21, Race Records charts #2 for 1 weeks, 14 total weeks, 203 points
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| 22 || Sonny Thompson with The Sharps and Flats || "[[Late Freight]]"<ref name=Miracle/> || Miracle 128 || {{Start date|1947|4|23}} || {{Start date|1947|8}} || US Billboard 1948 #205, US pop charts #21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #22, Race Records charts #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, 200 points
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| 23 || [[Nat King Cole|King Cole]] || "[[Nature Boy]]"<ref name=Capitol150/> || Capitol 15054 || {{Start date|1946|12|18}} || {{Start date|1948|3|29}} || US Billboard 1948 #6, US pop charts #1 for 8 weeks, 18 total weeks, US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #23, Race Records charts #2 for 1 week, 12 total weeks, 198 points
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| 24 || [[The Ravens]] || "Send for Me if You Need Me" || National 9045 || {{Start date|1947|12|22}} || {{Start date|1949|3}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #24, Race Records charts #4 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, 165 points
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| 25 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "Barnyard Boogie"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73883. Barnyard boogie / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000302100/73883-Barnyard_boogie |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 24300 || {{Start date|1947|4|23}} || {{Start date|1946|11}} || US Billboard Top Race Records 1948 #25, Race Records charts #2 for 4 weeks, 13 total weeks, 152 points
|}