• OT First Billboard R&B Chart - Oct 1942

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    Harlem Hit Parade

    in Billboard issue for Oct 24, 1942

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUwuFMCyQdSLTZxOTkq0EygOToRjkRqvU

    1. Take It and Git - Andy Kirk [Decca 4366]
    2. Trav'lin Light - Paul Whiteman-Billie Holiday [Capitol 116]
    3. Mr. Five by Five - Freddie Slack [Capitol 115]
    4. Stormy Monday Blues - Earl Hines [Bluebird 11567]
    5. I'm Gonna Leave You at the Outskirts of Town - Louis Jordan [Decca
    8638]
    6. When the Lights Go on Again - Lucky Millinder [Decca 18496]
    7. Don't Get Around Much - Four Ink Spots [Decca 18503]
    8. Let's Be Friends - Lil Green [Bluebird 8895]
    9. Every Night About This Time - Four Ink Spots [Decca 18461]
    10. Just as Though You Were Here - Four Ink Spots [Decca 18466]


    (above named YT Playlist is currently Unlisted;
    all tracks found by a Python script using Google API, using
    ranked channel bias - The78Prof, The45Prof, 'Topic' in the name;
    YT playlist also created within a Python script using Google OAuth;
    above chart list got using Capture2Text on Billboard Mag page,
    Copilot can also list it, from Whitburn book I think)

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