Billboard Most-Played Race Records of 1947 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]
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five dominated the year-end chart with 10 ranked records, including the No. 1 record ("Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens") and five of the top ten. [1]
Four separate recordings of the song "Open the Door, Richard!" were included on the year-end chart, including versions by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five and Count Basie and His Orchestra. [1]
"That's My Desire" by Frankie Laine was the only record by a white singer to make the list, ranked at No. 20. A cover of the song by the Hadda Brooks Trio ranked No. 25. [1]
Billboard also awarded point totals to each of the labels with Decca (Louis Jordan's label) receiving 433 points, followed by Capitol (including Capitol Americana) with 120 points and Manor and Mercury with 77 points each. [1]
Rank | Title | Artist(s) | Label | Points |
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1 | "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | Decca | 93 |
2 | "Boogie Woogie Blue Plate" | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | Decca | 80 |
3 | "I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)" | Savannah Churchill & The Four Tunes | Manor | 77 |
4 | "Jack, You're Dead" | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | Decca | 67 |
5 | "Old Maid Boogie" | Eddie Vinson & His Orchestra | Mercury | 63 |
6 | "(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch and Grab It" | Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends | Capitol Americana | 45 |
7 | "Let the Good Times Roll" | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | Decca | 43 |
8 | "Texas and Pacific" | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | Decca | 37 |
9 | "He's a Real Gone Guy" | Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm | Capitol Americana | 33 |
10 | "Hurry on Down" | Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm | Capitol Americana | 28 |
11 | "New Orleans Blues" | "Johnny Moore's Three Blazers" | Exclusive | 27 |
12 | "I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)" | Lionel Hampton & His Hamptonians | Decca | 23 |
13 | "Across the Alley from the Alamo" | The Mills Brothers | Decca | 22 |
14 | "Open the Door, Richard!" | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | Decca | 21 |
15 | "Open the Door, Richard!" | Dusty Fletcher with Jimmy Jones & His Band | National | 20 |
16 | "Open the Door, Richard!" | Jack McVea & His All Stars | Black & White | 19 |
17 | "Hawk's Boogie" | Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra | RCA Victor | 17 |
17 | "Since I Fell for You" | Annie Laurie with Paul Gayten & His Trio | DeLuxe | 17 |
19 | "Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They'll Do It Every Time)" | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | Decca | 16 |
20 | "Open the Door, Richard!" | Count Basie & His Orchestra (vocals Harry Edison, Bill Johnson) | RCA Victor | 14 |
20 | "That's My Desire" | Frankie Laine | Mercury | 14 |
22 | "Early in the Mornin'" | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | Decca | 13 |
23 | "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | Decca | 12 |
24 | "True Blues" | Roy Milton & His Solid Senders | Specialty | 8 |
25 | "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" | The King Cole Trio | Capitol | 7 |
25 | "That's My Desire" | Hadda Brooks Trio | Modern Music | 7 |
25 | "Meet Me at No Special Place (And I'll Be There at No Particular Time) | The King Cole Trio | Capitol | 7 |
28 | "Don't You Think I Ought to Know?" | Bill Johnson & His Musical Notes | Queen | 6 |
28 | "Tanya" | Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers | Exclusive | 6 |
28 | "Look Out" | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | Decca | 6 |
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1944.
"Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule" is a song attributed to Charles Stewart, William Davis, Duke Groaner, and Fleecie Moore. It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded in July 1945, and released on the Decca label.
"Blue Light Boogie" is a song written by Jessie Mae Robinson and Louis Jordan. It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded in June 1950, and released on the Decca label. On the original 78 record, the song was divided into two parts with part 1 on the "A" side and part 2 on the "B" side.
"Texas and Pacific" is a song written by Jack Wolf Fine and Joseph E. Hirsch. It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded in October 1946, and released on the Decca label. The song describes a rider's experience on the Texas & Pacific Railway. The "B" side of the record was "I Like 'Em Fat Like That".
"Jack, You're Dead" is a song written by Dick Miles and Walter Bishop. It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded in October 1946, and released on the Decca label. The song describes a man's physical state if he fails to respond to romance.
"Boogie Woogie Blue Plate" is a song written by Joe Burhkin and Johnny DeVries. It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five and released on the Decca label.
"Run Joe" is a calypso song written by Joe Willoughby, Louis Jordan, and Walt Merrick. It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five with vocal chorus by The Calypso Boys. It was recorded in April 1947 and released on the Decca label. The "B" side of the record was "All for the Love of Lil".
The Billboard Most-Played Folk Records of 1947 is a year-end chart compiled Billboard magazine ranking the year's top folk records based on the number of times the record was played on the nation's juke boxes. In 1947, country music records were included on, and dominated, the Billboard folk records chart.
The Billboard Most-Played Folk Records of 1946 is a year-end chart compiled Billboard magazine ranking the year's top folk records based on the number of times the record was played on the nation's juke boxes. In 1946, country music records were included on, and dominated, the Billboard folk records chart.
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.
"Salt Pork, West Virginia" is a song attributed to Fleecie Moore and William J. Tennyson Jr., performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, and released on the Decca label. It peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's race record chart and remained on the chart for 15 weeks. It ranked No. 8 on the magazine's list of the most played race records of 1946.
"Beware" is a song attributed to Morry Lasco, Dick Adams, and Fleecie Moore. It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded in January 1946, and released on the Decca label.
"That Chick's Too Young to Fry" is a song written by Tommy Edwards and Jimmy Hilliard. It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded in January 1946, and released on the Decca label. The record's "B" side was "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie".
"Reconversion Blues" is a song attributed to Steve Graham and Fleecie Moore. It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded in October 1946, and released on the Decca label. The record's "B" side was "Salt Pork, West Virginia".
"Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends" is a song written by Benny Carter, Irving Gordon, and Louis Jordan. It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded in December 1947 and released on the Decca label. The "B" side of the record was "We Can't Agree".
"He's a Real Gone Guy" is a song written and sung by Nellie Lutcher with backing on the record by a group called "Her Rhythm". Lutcher also played the piano on the record which was released in July 1947 on the Capitol Americana label. It debuted on the Billboard magazine's race records chart on September 27, 1947, peaked at No. 2, and remained on the chart for 23 weeks. It was ranked No. 9 on the magazine's year-end list of the most played race records of 1947.
"Hurry on Down" is a song written and sung by Nellie Lutcher with backing on the record by a group called "Her Rhythm". Lutcher also played the piano on the record which was released in 1947 on the Capitol Americana label. It debuted on the Billboard magazine's race records chart on August 16, 1947, peaked at No. 2, and remained on the chart for 18 weeks. It was ranked No. 10 on the magazine's year-end list of the most played race records of 1947.