The Best Music of 1948

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1948. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 1948, check out this list.

Albums (?)		Wikipedia
Arthur Smith	Guitar Boogie	☆
Charlie Parker	Charlie Parker No, 1	☆
Count Basie	Piano Rhythms	☆
Duke Ellington	Liberian Suite	☆
Lionel Hampton	New Movements in Be-Bop	☆
Mel Tormé	The Velvet Fog	☆
Peggy Lee	Rendezvous with Peggy Lee	☆
Stan Kenton	A Presentation of Progressive Jazz	☆
Various Artists	Easter Parade (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	☆
Woody Herman and His Orchestra	Sequence in Jazz	☆

Songs (?)		Wikipedia
Amos Milburn	Chicken Shack Boogie	☆
Art Mooney	I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover	☆
Billie Holiday	I Loves You, Porgy	☆
Bing Crosby	A Fella With An Umbrella	☆
Brother Bones and His Shadows	Sweet Georgia Brown	☆
Charlie Parker	Parker's Mood	☆
Dinah Shore and Her Happy Boys	Buttons and Bows	☆
Dinah Washington	Am I Asking Too Much	☆
Eddy Arnold & His Tennessee Plowboys	Bouquet of Roses	☆
Hank Williams	I Saw The Light	☆
John Cage	In a Landscape	☆
John Lee Hooker	Boogie Chillen	☆
Kay Kyser and His Orchestra	Woody Woodpecker	☆
Lena Horne	Deed I Do	☆
Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five	Run Joe	☆
Mahalia Jackson	Move On Up A Little Higher	☆
Nat "King" Cole	Nature Boy	☆
Peggy Lee featuring the Dave Barbour Orchestra	Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me)	☆
Roy Brown	Mighty Mighty Man	☆
Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Up Above My Head, I Hear Music in the Air	☆
The Orioles	It's Too Soon To Know	☆
The Ravens	September Song	☆
The Ravens	Old Man River	☆
The Ravens	Write Me A Letter	☆
Vaughn Monroe and Sons of the Pioneers	Cool Water	☆
Wynonie Harris	Good Rockin' Tonight	☆

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