The Melodee Record Shop: 1946
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