Editing 1946 in music (section)

==Top race records==

[[Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 1946]] is a year-end list compiled by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine, printed in the January 4, 1947, issue. It includes rankings for the calendar year only, handicapping records at the beginning and end of the year such as "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie", which finished second as a result. For all year-end charts on these pages, records that enter the chart in December of the previous year, or remain on the chart after December of the current year, receive points for their full chart runs. Each week, a score of 15 points is assigned for the no. 1 record, 9 points for no. 2, 8 points for no. 3, and so on, and the total of all weeks determined the final rank. 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 [[Billboard Hot 100#History|''Billboard''{{'}}s 'Best Selling Retail Records]], Records Most-Played On the Air and Most Played Juke Box Records charts, Most Played Juke Box Folk (Hillbilly) Records, Cashbox, and other sources as noted. Additional information can also be found at [[List of Most Played Juke Box Race Records number ones of 1946]].
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Artist
! Title
! Label
! Recorded
! Released
! Chart positions
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| 1 || [[Louis Jordan]] and His [[Tympany Five]] || "[[Choo Choo Ch'Boogie]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73305. Choo choo ch' boogie / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301522/73305-Choo_choo_ch_boogie |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23610 || {{Start date|1946|1|23}} || {{Start date|1946|8}} || US Billboard 1946 #54, US #7 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #1, Race Records #1 for 18 weeks, 26 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name="Decca Records 20th Anniversary"/>
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| 2 || Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra || "[[Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix L 4009. Hey-ba-ba-re-bop / Lionel Hampton Orchestra – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000270432/L_4009-Hey-ba-ba-re-bop |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18754 || {{Start date|1945|12|1}} || {{Start date|1946|1}} || US Billboard 1946 #114, US #9 for 1 weeks, 8 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #2, Race Records #1 for 16 weeks, 25 total weeks
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| 3 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Buzz Me]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 72709. Buzz me / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000300926/72709-Buzz_me |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18734 || {{Start date|1945|1|19}} || {{Start date|1945|12}} || US BB 1946 #90, US #9 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #3, Race Records #1 for 9 weeks, 13 total weeks
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| 4 || [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73073. Stone cold dead in de market / Ella Fitzgerald; Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301290/73073-Stone_cold_dead_in_de_market |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23546 || {{Start date|1945|10|8}} || {{Start date|1946|1|29}} || US Billboard 1946 #76, US #7 for 1 weeks, 6 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #4, Race Records #1 for 5 weeks, 20 total weeks, 95 points
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| 5 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They'll Do It Every Time)]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73306. Ain't that just like a woman / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301523/73306-Aint_that_just_like_a_woman |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23669 || {{Start date|1946|1|23}} || {{Start date|1946|10}} || US Billboard 1946 #229, US #17 for 1 week, 2 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #6, Race Records #1 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, 74 points
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| 6 || [[The Ink Spots]] || "[[The Gypsy (1945 song)|The Gypsy]]"<ref name="adp.library.ucsb.edu"/> || Decca 18817 || {{Start date|1946|2|19}} || {{Start date|1946|3}} || US Billboard 1946 #2, US #1 for 13 weeks, 23 total weeks, 55 points, CashBox #1, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #5, Race Records #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
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| 7 || [[Roy Milton|Roy Milton and His Solid Senders]] || "[[R. M. Blues]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juke Box 78rpm numerical listing discography |url=https://www.78discography.com/JukeBox.htm |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=www.78discography.com}}</ref> || Juke Box 504 || {{Start date|1946|7}} || {{Start date|1946|3}} || US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #7, Race Records #2 for 2 weeks, 25 total weeks, 54 points
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| 8 || [[Johnny Moore's Three Blazers]] (vocal [[Charles Brown (musician)|Charles Brown]]) || "[[Driftin' Blues]]"<ref>{{Cite web |last=neonadmin |title=Drifting Blues – Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Charles Brown, vocal) (Philo, 1945) |url=https://blues.org/blues_hof_inductee/drifting-blues-johnny-moores-three-blazers-charles-brown-vocal-philo-1945/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Blues Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> || Philo 112 || {{Start date|1945|9|14}} || {{Start date|1945|12}} || US Billboard Most-Played Juke Box Race Records 1946 #8, US #2 for 1 week, 23 total weeks, 48 points
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| 9 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Salt Pork, West Virginia]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 72979. Salt Pork, West Virginia / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301196/72979-Salt_Pork_West_Virginia |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18762 || {{Start date|1945|7|16}} || {{Start date|1946|2}} || US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #9, Harlem/Race Records #2 for 6 weeks, 15 total weeks, 44 points
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| 10 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 72982. Don't worry 'bout that mule / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301199/72982-Dont_worry_bout_that_mule |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18734 || {{Start date|1946|1|10}} || {{Start date|1946|3}} || US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #10, Race Records #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, 43 points
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| 11 || [[Andy Kirk (musician)|Andy Kirk and His Orchestra]] and [[The Jubalaires]] || "I Know"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73162. I know / The Jubalaires; Andy Kirk – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301379/73162-I_know |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 18782 || {{Start date|1945|11|27}} || {{Start date|1946|4}} || US Billboard 1946 #277, US #21 for 1 week, 1 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #11, Race Records #2 for 4 weeks, 16 total weeks, 34 points
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| 12 || [[Nat King Cole|King Cole Trio]] || "[[(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66]]"<ref name=Capitol/> || Capitol 256 || {{Start date|1946|3|15}} || {{Start date|1946|4|22}} || US Billboard 1946 #137, US #11 for 1 weeks, 2 total weeks, US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #12, Race Records #1 for 1 week, 11 total weeks, 30 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2018, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
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| 13 || Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five || "[[That Chick's Too Young To Fry]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Decca matrix 73307. That chick's too young to fry / Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five – Discography of American Historical Recordings |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000301524/73307-That_chicks_too_young_to_fry |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}}</ref> || Decca 23610 || {{Start date|1946|1|23}} || {{Start date|1946|8}} || US Most-Played Race Records 1946 #13, Race Records #3 for 8 weeks, 11 total weeks, 30 points
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| 20 || [[Nat King Cole|King Cole Trio]] || "[[(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons]]"<ref name=Capitol/> || Capitol 304 || {{Start date|1946|8|22}} || {{Start date|1946|9|30}} || US Billboard 1946 #10, US #1 for 7 weeks, 16 total weeks, CashBox #1, US Most-Played Race Records 1945 #20, Race Records #3 for 2 weeks, 8 total weeks, 17 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2018, 1,000,000 sales<ref name=PopMemories />
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