R&B number-one hits of 1948 (USA)
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This list of R&B #1 hits of 1948 in the United States is part of the List of #1 R&B hits (USA).
| Issue Date | Song Title | Artist | Weeks at #1 |
| 21 January | I Love You Yes I Do | Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats | 3 weeks* |
| 20 March | King Size Papa | Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends | 9 weeks |
| 22 May | Tomorrow Night | Lonnie Johnson | 7 weeks* |
| 19 June | Good Rockin' Tonight | Wynonie Harris | 1 week |
| 10 July | Long Gone (Parts I & II) | Sonny Thompson | 3 weeks* |
| 10 July | Run Joe | Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | 2 weeks* |
| 24 July | I Can't Go on Without You | Bull Moose Jackson and His Buffalo Bearcats | 8 weeks |
| 4 September | Messin' Around | Memphis Slim and His House Rockers | 2 weeks* |
| 11 September | My Heart Belongs to You | Arbee Stidham | 1 week |
| 18 September | Pretty Mama Blues | Ivory Joe Hunter | 3 weeks |
| 2 October | Corn Bread | Hal Singer Sextette | 4 weeks* |
| 2 October | Late Freight | Sonny Thompson Quintet | 1 week |
| 9 October | Am I Asking Too Much | Dinah Washington | 1 week |
| 6 November | Blues After Hours | Pee Wee Crayton | 3 weeks* |
| 27 November | It's Too Soon to Know | The Orioles | 1 week |
| 4 December | Chicken-Shack Boogie | Amos Milburn | 5 weeks* |
| 4 December | Bewildered | Red Miller Trio | 5 weeks* |
| 18 December | 'Long About Midnight | Roy Brown | 1 week |
| 25 December | Bewildered | Amos Milburn | 3 weeks* |
An asterisk (*) after a song title means that the song lost and then regained the number-one spot.
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