Songs featured in ads for the Melodee in the Minneapolis Spokesman in 1946 indicate that Rhythm & Blues was moving in quickly on Swing:

• Prisoner of Love, Billy Eckstine
• Abernathy’s Boogie, Marion  Abernathy
• She’s Gone With the Wind, Wynonie “Blues” Harris
• A Hundred Years from Today, Cats ‘N Jammers
• Jazz at Philharmonic Album
• Wise Woman Blues, Dinah Washington
• Blue, Billy Eckstine
• Evening, T. Bone Walker
• Darktown Poker Club, Phil Harris
• King Cole, Lester Young and Red Callender Trio – album
• Spirituals by Coleman Bros., Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Jubileers
• Cecil Gant
• Don’t Explain, Billie Holliday
• I’ve Got a Right to Cry, Erskine Hawkins
• Oooo Walkie Talkie, Dinah Washington
• It Ain’t Gonna Be Like That, Three Blazes
• Boogie Blues, Gene Krupa
• I’ve Got to Pass Your House, Billy Eckstine
• Roll ‘Em Katy, Jay McShann
• Rich Man Blues, Dinah Washington
• Merle’s Mood, Illinois Jacquet
• R.M. Blues, Roy Milton
• Ave Maria, Marian Anderson
• After Hours, Erskine Hawkins
• One Day the Lord Will Call, Southern Suns Quartette
• Look Out, Metronome All Stars
• Tippin’ In, Erskine Hawkins
• Claire De Lune, Jose Iturbi
• They All Say I’m the Biggest Fool, Buddy Johnson
• Let the Good Times Roll, Louis Jordan
• Jelly – Jelly, Billy Eckstine
• Don’t Take Your Love From Me, Luis Russell
• Christmas Song, King Cole Trio
• Postman Blues, Dinah Washington