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100 Greatest Recordings From 1948
Criteria: - These records were chosen and ranked based on their initial & lasting popularity, and on their impact on the overall scope of musical history.
Edited By: Adam
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1 Good Rockin' Tonight Wynonie Harris
2 It's Too Soon To Know Orioles
3 Boogie Chillen' John Lee Hooker
4 Nature Boy King Cole Trio
5 Tomorrow Night Lonnie Johnson
6 Chicken Shack Boogie Amos Milburn
7 A Little Bird Told Me Evelyn Knight / Paula Watson
8 Manteca Dizzy Gillespie
9 Honky Tonkin' Hank Williams
10 Sweet Georgia Brown Brother Bones
11 Fine Brown Frame Nellie Lutcher
12 Run Joe Louis Jordan
13 I Can't Be Satisfied Muddy Waters
14 Long Gone Sonny Thompson
15 Tennessee Saturday Night Red Foley
16 My Happiness Ella Fitzgerald
17 White Christmas Ravens
18 Ain't Nobody's Business Jimmy Witherspoon
19 Long About Midnight Roy Brown
20 Bewildered Amos Milburn / Red Miller Trio
21 I Can't Go On Without You Bull Moose Jackson
22 My Heart Belongs To You Arbee Stidham
23 Messin' Around Memphis Slim
24 How High The Moon Ella Fitzgerald
25 (I Feel Like) Going Home Muddy Waters
26 Corn Bread Hal Singer
27 I Saw The Light Hank Williams
28 Blues After Hours Pee Wee Crayton
29 We're Gonna Rock Wild Bill Moore
30 Up Above My Head Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight
31 Mañana Peggy Lee
32 Hop, Skip, And Jump Roy Milton
33 Lollipop Mama Wynonie Harris
34 Wrapped Up In A Dream Do, Ray & Me
35 Miss Fanny Brown Roy Brown
36 Am I Asking Too Much Dinah Washington
37 Bouquet of Roses Eddy Arnold
38 Reet Petite and Gone Louis Jordan
39 Milky White Way Trumpeteers
40 Three O'Clock Blues Lowell Fulson
41 Dog House Boogie Hawkshaw Hawkins
42 I Want A Bowlegged Woman Bull Moose Jackson
43 My Fault Brownie McGhee
44 X-Temperaneous Boogie Camille Howard
45 Better Cut That Out Sonny Boy Williamson
46 West Side Baby T-Bone Walker / Dinah Washington
47 Pot Likker Todd Rhodes
48 Fore Day In The Morning Roy Brown
49 Blue Moon Billy Eckstine
50 Buttons And Bows Dinah Shore
51 That's You Last Boogie Johnny Otis (Joe Swift)
52 Send for Me If You Need Me Ravens
53 I'm a Long Gone Daddy Hank Williams
54 Elevator Boogie Mabel Scott
55 Groovy Movie Blues Johnny Moore's Three Blazers (Charles Brown)
56 The Darktown Strutter's Ball Joe Liggins
57 Texas Hop Pee Wee Crayton
58 Barbados Charlie Parker
59 Rainy Weather Blues Roy Brown
60 Don't Fall In Love With Me Ivory Joe Hunter
61 Everybody's Gonna Have a Wonderful Time Up There Homeland Harmony Quartet
62 Time Out For Tears Savannah Churchill & The Four Tunes
63 What Could I Do? Mahalia Jackson / Marie Knight
64 I'll Always Be In Love With You X-Rays
65 Keep a Dollar in Your Pocket Roy Milton
66 Pleasing You (As Long As I Live) Lonnie Johnson
67 Rockin' Boogie Joe Lutcher
68 Go Long Dixieaires
69 Long Tall Mama Smokey Hogg
70 Recess In Heaven Buddy Harper (Dan Grissom)
71 Lady Bird Fats Navaro
72 The Twister Paul Williams
73 Freedom Train Blues Lil Son Jackson
74 Boogie Woogie Santa Claus Mabel Scott
75 The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On) Nellie Lutcher
76 All My Love Belongs To You Bull Moose Jackson
77 Jack And Jill Boogie Wayne Raney
78 I'm Waiting For Your Call T-Bone Walker
79 The Blues Come Around Hank Williams
80 Silent Night Ravens
81 Precious Memories Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Mary Knight
82 Ah-Leu-Cha Charlie Parker
83 I'm A Good Man But A Poor Man Cecil Gant
84 Roll 'Em Joe Liggins
85 Little Boy Rev. Kelsey's Congregation
86 D'Natural Blues Lucky Millinder
87 The Dicky-Bird Song Freddy Martin
88 Robbie Doby Boogie Brownie McGhee
89 Sweeter Than The Flowers Moon Mullican
90 Tear Drop Blues Jimmy Liggins
91 What Did He Say Charioteers
92 Cocaine Blues Roy Hogsed
93 Love Me Tonight Bull Moose Jackson
94 Trees Al Hibbler
95 Out Of The Blue Hadda Brooks
96 Katie Mae Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
97 Who, Me? Tex Williams
98 Rock Bottom Gene Phillips
99 (It's Gonna Be A) Lonely Christmas Orioles
100 Sabre Dance Boogie Freddy Martin / Woody Herman
20 more worth mentioning.
101 What Have I Done ? Hadda Brooks
102 Hole In The Wall Tonight Albinia Jones
103 William Tell Overture Spike Jones
104 It Took A Long, Long Time Amos Milburn
105 Beef Stew Hal Singer
106 Together Ravens
107 You Sure Look Good To Me Big Three Trio
108 Far Cry Buddy Johnson
109 I Can't Understand Jimmy McCracklin
110 Gloria Mills Brothers
111 Get Your Self Another Fool Charles Brown
112 California Hop Big Jay McNeely
113 The Spider Joe Morris
114 Two Years Of Torture Percy Mayfield
115 Tell Me So Savannah Churchill & The Four Tunes
116 Temptation Earl Bostic
117 What Is This Thing Called Love? Les Paul
118 Don't Burn the Candle At Both Ends Louis Jordan
119 Ooh! Look-a-There, Ain't She Pretty? Charioteers
120 Tennessee Waltz Pee Wee King
Adam's choice - An unheralded great record from 1948
* Drop Dead Tex Williams

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