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