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Billboard Top R&B Records of 1955

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Billboard Top R&B Records of 1955 is made up of three year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top rhythm and blues records based on record sales, disc jockey plays, and juke box plays.[1]

Retail Disk jockey Juke box Title Artist(s) Label
1 1 2 "Pledging My Love" Johnny Ace Duke
2 4 1 "Ain't That a Shame" Fats Domino Imperial
3 7 3 "Maybellene" Chuck Berry Chess
4 2 4 "Earth Angel" The Penguins Doontone
5 9 5 "I've Got a Woman Ray Charles Atlantic
6 3 15 "The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)" Etta James Modern
7 13 14 "Only You (And You Alone)" The Platters Mercury
8 8 6 "My Babe" Little Walter Chess
9 5 7 "Sincerely" The Moonglows Chess
10 15 19 "Unchained Melody" Roy Hamilton Epic
11 6 9 "Hearts of Stone" The Charms DeLuxe
12 10 13 "Tweedle Dee" LaVern Baker Atlantic
13 NR 9 "Every Day I Have the Blues" Count Basie Orchestra, Joe Williams Clef
14 14 11 "It's Love, Baby (24 Hours a Day)" Louis Brooks Excello
15 15 12 "Flip, Flop and Fly" Big Joe Turner Atlantic
16 22 17 "Don't Be Angry" Nappy Brown Savoy
17 NR 8 "Bo Diddley" Bo Diddley Checker
18 17 20 "What'cha Gonna Do" The Drifters Atlantic
19 NR 22 "Unchained Melody" Al Hibbler Decca
20 NR NR "Story Untold" The Nutmegs Herald
21 NR NR "Soldier Boy" The Four Fellows Glory
22 20 23 "I Hear You Knocking" Smiley Lewis Imperial
23 12 16 "Fool for You" Ray Charles Atlantic
24 NR 25 "At My Front Door" The El Dorados Vee Jay
25 19 NR "All by Myself" Fats Domino Imperial
NR 11 NR "Come Back" Ray Charles Atlantic
NR 18 NR "Close Your Eyes" The Five Keys Capitol
NR 21 NR "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets Decca
NR 23 NR "Most of All" The Moonglows Chess
NR 24 NR "Lonely Nights" Hearts Baton
NR 25 NR "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart" The Cardinals Atlantic
NR NR 18 "Reconsider Baby" Lowell Fulson Checker
NR NR 21 "You Don't Have to Go" Jimmy Reed Vee Jay
NR NR 24 "Feel So Good" Shirley & Lee Aladdin

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1955's Top R&B Records". The Billboard. January 7, 1956. p. 20.