1949
- Charles Brown (15 weeks BS, 11 weeks JB)
- Larry Darnell (6 weeks BS, 8 weeks JB)
- Wynonie Harris (1 week BS, 2 weeks JB)
- John Lee Hooker (1 week JB)
- Louis Jordan (12 weeks BS, 12 weeks JB)
- Big Jay McNeely (1 week BS, 1 week JB)
- Amos Milburn (2 weeks JB)
- The Orioles (1 week BS)
- Dinah Washington (2 weeks BS, 1 week JB)
- Paul Williams (12 weeks BS, 14 weeks JB)
- Jimmy Witherspoon (1 week BS)
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