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We count down the Top 10 Hits in the United States for late October 1944,
as reported to Billboard Magazine.
WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2024
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
3 A.M. Boogie Willard McDaniel Specialty Records 1952
Solid Gold Cadillac Mitch Woods Happy Hour 2024
Rocky Mountain Blues Billie Holiday w/ Tiny Grimes Aladdin Records 1951
Did You Ever Love A Women B.B. King R.P.M. Records 1956
Shake A Hand Faye Adams Herald Records 1953
Little Joe’s Boogie Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Specialty Records 1950
Hide Away Blues Fats Domino Imperial Records 1949
Sittin’ On It All The Time Wynonie Harris King Records 1950
Frog Legs Sonny Thompson King Records 1950
I’m Just A Lucky So-And-So Ella Fitzgerald …The Duke Ellington Song Book 1958
I’m Gonna Go Fishing
Planet D Nonet
Echoes of Harlem: A Tribute To Duke Ellington, Vol. 2 2024
Low Society Blues Lowell Fulson Checker Records 1949
I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You) Savannah Churchill Manor Records 1947
Keepin’ Out Of Mischief Now Louis Armstrong Satch Plays Fats 1955
Good Daddy Blues Dinah Washington Mercury Records 1949
Paradise Squat Count Basie Mercury Records 1952
Uptown Boogie Illinois Jacquet Philo Records 1945
That Lucky Old Sun Ray Charles Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul 1963
TOP 10 R&B SONGS – LATE OCTOBER 1944 – BILLBOARD MAGAZINE
10-I’m Lost (Nat) King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1944
9-I’ll Walk Alone Louis Prima The Hit Record 1944
8-You Always Hurt The One You Love Mills Brothers Decca Records 1944
7-I Wonder Cecil Gant Gilt-Edge Records 1944
6-G.I. Jive Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1944
5-My Little Brown Book Duke Ellington RCA Bluebird Series 1942
4-(Cherry) Red Blues Cootie Williams Hit Records 1944
3-Hamp’s Boogie Woogie Lionel Hampton Decca Records 1944
2-I’m Lost Benny Carter Capitol Records 1944
1-Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good To You King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1944
Sportree’s Jump Todd Rhodes Sensation Records 1948
Perfect Woman The Four Blazes United Records 1953
Mend Your Ways Ruth Brown Atlantic Records 1953
I Almost Lost My Mind Ivory Joe Hunter MGM Records 1950
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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