Top R&B Songs of 1945 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[Decca 18636]
written by Lord Invader & Lionel Belasco

[Capitol 180]
written by Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer

as Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
[Decca 8670]
written by Fleecie Moore

vocals by Joya Sherrill
[Victor 20-1618]
written by Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges & Harry James

B side to Put Another Chair At the Table
written by Allan Roberts & Doris Fisher

vocals by Wynonie Harris
[Decca 18674]
written by Eddie DeLange & Johnny Brooks

[instumental]
written by Robert Lewis Smith

as Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra
hit for Guy Lombardo in 1930
[National 9014]
written by Willard Robison & Larry Conley

written by Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg & Billy Rose

hit for Paul Whiteman in 1933
[Decca 23425]
written by Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg & Billy Rose

as Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra & The Delta Rhythm Boys
[Decca 23451]
written by Joe Liggins

[Columbia 36831]
written by James Rushing

as Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
[Decca 8668]
written by Louis Jordan & Sam Theard

written by Joe Liggins

vocals by Ace Harris & Band
written by Fleecie Moore

vocals by Ella Johnson
written by Buddy Johnson

written by Richard Nelson & Cecil Gant

[Hit 7119]
written by Bob Haggart

written by Claude Demetrius & J. Mayo Williams

written by Pvt. Cecil Gant & Raymond Leveen

written by traditional

with Joe Liggins' Honeydrippers
[Exclusive 208]
written by Herb Jeffries, Nat Leslie & Irving Mills

[Capitol 208]
written by Nat King Cole

written by Lionel Hampton

written by Joe Liggins

written by Casey Bill Weldon

with Pete Johnson's All Stars
written by Joe Turner

[Bluebird 34-0725]
written by Arthur Crudup

as Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra
[National 9015]
written by Sam Koval

[Bluebird 34-0738]
written by Arthur Crudup

[Capitol 192]
written by Louis Jordan & Richard Rodgers

[Decca 18652]
written by Pvt. Cecil Gant & Raymond Leveen

as Savannah Churchill and Her All Star Orchestra
[Manor 1004]
written by Savannah Churchill & Irving Berman

with Johnny Moore's 3 Blazes
written by Ivory Joe Hunter

with Bill Doggett Octet
[Philo 106]
written by Helen Humes

[Bluebird 0735]
written by Big Maceo

as Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra
B side to Last Night (And Now Tonight Again)
[National 9015]
written by Billy Eckstine

[Gilt-Edge 506]
written by Pvt. Cecil Gant

[Victor 20-1623]
written by Duke Ellington & Don George

written by Allan Roberts, Pearl Bailey, Doris Fisher & Mitchell Ayres

B side to Rock Me Mamma
[Bluebird 34-0725]
written by Arthur Crudup

[Decca 23391]
written by Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman & Roger Ramirez

written by Tampa Red

instrumental US B side to I Wonder
[Gilt-Edge 500]
written by Pvt. Cecil Gant

instrumental
[Columbia 36766]
written by Count Basie & Buck Clayton

[National 9003]
written by Pvt. Cecil Gant & Raymond Leveen

[Gilt-Edge 505]
written by Pvt. Cecil Gant

as Tab Smith & His Orchestra with Trevor Bacon
written by William T. Ford

as Sextet with Dinah Washington
written by Leonard Feather

instrumental B side to I'll Walk Alone
[Hit 7083]
written by Bob Miketta & Louis Prima

B side to I'm Beginning to See the Light
[Victor 20-1618]
written by Duke Ellington & Mack David