The year 1948 saw the price of a first class stamp at three cents and unemployment in post-war America was at a low 3.9%. The Hollywood Ten were jailed for contempt of Congress when they refused to disclose Communist affiliations. And Columbia Records introduced the 33 1/3 LP at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The LP is still the standard by which physical listening is measured with album sales booming, with LPs sold rising 108% in the first six months of 2020. But we’re going to be sharing the music of 1948 this week: Eddy Arnold, Peggy Lee, Dick Haymes, Louis Jordan, Blue Lu Barker and Mahalia Jackson are just but a few we’ll be hearing from in this week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahalia Jackson | Move On Up A Little Higher | Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel |  |
| 2 | Lonnie Johnson | Tomorrow Night | Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 | |
| 3 | Blue Lu Barker | A Little Bird Told Me | From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944 | |
| 4 | Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends | King Size Papa | Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53 | |
| 5 | Amos Milburn | Chicken-Shack Boogie | Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn | |
| 6 | Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five | Run, Joe | Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949 | |
| 7 | Bull Moose Jackson | I Love You Yes I Do | Bad Man Jackson | |
| 8 | Bull Moose Jackson | I Can't Go On Without You | Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950 | |
| 9 | Wynonie Harris | Good Rockin' Tonight | Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949 | |
| 10 | Hal Singer | Cornbread | Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie | |
| 11 | Eddy Arnold | Bouquet Of Roses | Artist's Choice: Willie Nelson: Music That Matters To Him | |
| 12 | Eddy Arnold | Then I Turned And Slowly Walked Away | Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses | |
| 13 | Eddy Arnold | Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long, Long Way) | Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses | |
| 14 | Eddy Arnold | What A Fool I Was | Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses | |
| 15 | Floyd Tillman | I Love You So Much It Hurts | Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes | |
| 16 | Jimmy Wakely | One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) | Country & Western Hit Parade 1948 | |
| 17 | Tex Williams & His Western Caravan | Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell A Woman | That's What I Like About The West | |
| 18 | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | Bubbles in My Beer | Legends of Country Music Disc 4 | |
| 19 | Hank Thompson | Humpty Dumpty Heart | The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] | |
| 20 | Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers | Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time") | Country Legends | |
| 21 | Dinah Shore | Buttons and Bows | Your Hit Parade – 1948 | |
| 22 | Nat King Cole | Nature Boy | Nat King Cole [Disc 1] | |
| 23 | Doris Day | Love Somebody (With Buddy Clark) | The Vintage Years (Part One) | |
| 24 | Peggy Lee | Manana | Your Hit Parade – 1948 | |
| 25 | Art Mooney | I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover | Your Hit Parade – 1948 | |
| 26 | Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters | Powder Your Face With Sunshine | Good Old Summertime | |
| 27 | Frankie Yankovic And His Yanks | Just Because | Greatest Hits | |
| 28 | Dick Haymes & Gordon Jenkins | Little White Lies | Your Hit Parade – 1948 | |
| 29 | Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers | My Happiness | Capitol Collectors Series | |
| 30 | Doris Day | It's Magic | Your Hit Parade: 1948 | |
| 31 | The Andrews Sisters | Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka) | Your Hit Parade – 1948 | |
| 32 | Bing Crosby | Now is the Hour | Your Hit Parade – 1948 | |