Effective period / Period of releases: 1940 - 1994

Members: Bill Doggett, Louis Jordan, Idrees Sulieman, Bob Bushnell, Al Morgan, Jesse Simpkins, Billy Hadnott, Charlie Drayton, Harry Dial, Wild Bill Davis, Shadow Wilson, Teacho Wiltshire, Bob Mitchell (2), Eddie Johnson, Billy Austin, Josh Jackson, Aaron Izenhall, Arnold Thomas, Vic Lourie, Henry Turner, Courtney Williams (2), Alex Mitchell (4), Bill Jennings, Freddie Simon, Stafford Simon, Carl Hogan, Walter Martin (3), Joe Morris (3), Chris Columbo, Eddie Byrd (2), Eddie Roane, Dottie Smith, Peggy Thomas, Eddie Boyd (5), Clarence Johnson (12)

Was an American popular music group which recorded from the 1930s until the 1970s. During the 1940s, they were the most popular recording band of the soon-to-be-called rhythm and blues music having eighteen No. 1 hits, which places them as the third most successful singles artist in Billboard R&B charts history. The 1946 recording of "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" was tied for first place for spending the most weeks (eighteen) at No. 1. in the charts.