Editing 1948 in music (section)

===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
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| 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
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| 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
|-
| 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
|-
| 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
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