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Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 1946

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Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 1946 is a year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top race records based on the number of times the record was played on the nation's juke boxes.Billboard assigned point totals to each record based on its juke box plays.[1]

"Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" from Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra was the year's No. 1 record with 120 points, ranking more than 40 points higher than any other record.[1]

Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five led all other artists with 11 records on the year-end chart, including "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" (No. 2) and "Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)" with Ella Fitzgerald (No. 3).[1] Billboard ranked Jordan's band as the year's top race record band with 385 points, more than triple the total of the second place band (Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra with 128 points).[2]

Decca Records led all other labels with 17 records, including the top four, on the year-end chart. Capitol Records ranked second with five records followed by RCA Victor (four) and Exclusive (three).[1]

Rank Title Artist(s) Label Points
1 "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra Decca 120
2 "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 79
3 "Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)" Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 63
4 "The Gypsy" The Ink Spots Decca 53
5 "R. M. Blues" Roy Milton & His Solid Senders Juke Box, Specialty 50
6 "Buzz Me" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 48
7 "Drifting Blues" Johnny Moore's Three Blazers Philo 47
8 "Salt Pork, West Virginia" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 44
9 "I Know" Andy Kirk & His Orchestra with The Jubalaires Decca 41
10 "Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They'll Do It Every Time)" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 34
11 "Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 32
12 "(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66" The King Cole Trio Capitol 27
13 "Beware" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 26
14 "Reconversion Blues" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 20
15 "Don't Be a Baby, Baby" The Mills Brothers Decca 18
15 "That Chick's Too Young to Fry" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 18
16 "I've Got a Right to Cry" Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive 16
16 "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 16
16 "I Know Who Threw the Whiskey (In the Well)" Bull Moose Jackson & His Orchestra Queen 16
17 "I've Got a Right to Cry" Erskine Hawkins RCA Victor 15
17 "Tanya" Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive 15
18 "Sunny Road" Roosevelt Sykes with his Original Honeydrippers RCA Victor 12
19 "The Christmas Song" The King Cole Trio Capitol 9
20 "Beulah's Boogie" Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra Decca 8
20 "Shorty's Got to Go" Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra Decca 8
20 "Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got" Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Capitol 8
20 "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" The King Cole Trio Capitol 8
21 "The Honeydripper" Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Exclusive 7
21 "Be-Baba-Leba" Helen Humes Philo 7
22 "Voo-It! Voo-It!" The Blues Woman Juke Box 6
22 "After Hours" Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra RCA Victor 6
23 "Playful Baby" Wynonie Harris with Johnnie Alston & His All Stars Apollo 5
23 "The Very Thought of You" Luis Russell & His Orchestra Apollo 5
23 "So Glad You're Mine" Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup RCA Victor 5
23 "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca 5
24 "Buzz Me" Ella Mae Morse with Billy May's Orchestra Capitol 4
24 "Prisoner of Love" Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra National 4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Year's Most-Played Race Records on Nation's Juke Boxes". The Billboard. January 4, 1947. p. 54.
  2. ^ "Year's Top Band on Race Records on Nation's Juke Boxes". The Billboard. January 4, 1947. p. 54.