The R&B Years 1942-45 Volume 1

Ella Fitzgerald

Dinah Washington

Peggy Lee

Lionel Hampton

Duke Ellington

Count Basie

Nat King Cole

Cab Calloway

Louis Jordan

Lester Young

Andy Kirk

Erskine Hawkins

Jay McShann

Jimmy Rushing

Lonnie Johnson

T-Bone Walker

Tampa Red

Big Bill Broonzy

Sammy Price

Lucky Millinder

Big Joe Turner

Billy Eckstine

Charlie Christian

Bonnie Davis

The Ink Spots

Walter Brown

June Richmond

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Tiny Grimes

Tiny Bradshaw

Earl Hines And His Orchestra

Ella Johnson

Cootie Williams And His Orchestra

Benny Goodman And His Orchestra

Big Maybelle

Buddy Johnson

Saunders King

Mabel Robinson

Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

Christine Chatman

The Sepia Tones

Chester Boone