List of number-one R&B singles of 1948 (U.S.)
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 | 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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