|
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S WEEKLY "NATIONAL BEST SELLERS RHYTHM & BLUES RECORDS" CHARTS FROM 1953
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 3,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 4 1 I DON'T KNOW-WILLIE MABON 2 2 14 1 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd 3 3 3 3 Sad Hours-Little Walter 4 6 5 4 I Played The Fool-Clovers 5 8 3 5 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 6 6 15 2 Juke-Little Walter 6 RE 9 5 Oooh,Oooh,Oooh-Lloyd Price 8 - 1 8 I'd Be Satisfied-Dominoes 9 4 8 3 My Story-Chuck Willis 10 - 1 10 Mean Old World-Little Walter
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 10,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 I DON'T KNOW-WILLIE MABON 2 5 4 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 3 4 6 3 I Played The Fool-Clovers 4 3 4 3 Sad Hours-Little Walter 5 9 9 3 My Story-Chuck Willis 6 2 15 1 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd 7 6 16 2 Juke-Little Walter 8 - 1 8 Gabbin' Blues-BHig Maybelle 9 - 1 9 The Bells-Dominoes 9 - 1 9 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 17,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 I DON'T KNOW-WILLIE MABON 2 2 5 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 3 4 5 3 Sad Hours-Little Walter 4 3 7 3 I Played The Fool-Clovers 5 5 10 3 My Story-Chuck Willis 6 9 2 6 The Bells-Dominoes 6 9 2 6 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 8 RE 17 1 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 9 8 2 8 Gabbin' Blues-BHig Maybelle 10 RE 5 7 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 24,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 I DON'T KNOW-WILLIE MABON 2 2 6 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 3 3 6 3 Sad Hours-Little Walter 3 6 3 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 5 - 1 5 Baby Don't Do It-The "5" Royales 6 8 18 1 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 7 6 3 6 The Bells-Dominoes 8 4 8 3 I Played The Fool-Clovers 9 - 1 9 Dream Girl-Jesse & Marvin 10 9 3 8 Gabbin' Blues-BHig Maybelle
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 31,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 I DON'T KNOW-WILLIE MABON 2 5 2 2 Baby Don't Do It-The "5" Royales 3 2 7 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 4 3 4 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 5 - 1 5 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace 6 7 4 6 The Bells-Dominoes 7 3 7 3 Sad Hours-Little Walter 8 RE 2 8 Hey Mrs. Jones-Jimmy Forrest 9 8 9 3 I Played The Fool-Clovers 10 9 2 9 Dream Girl-Jesse & Marvin
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 7,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 I DON'T KNOW-WILLIE MABON 2 2 3 2 Baby Don't Do It-The "5" Royales 3 4 5 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 4 5 2 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace 5 3 8 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 6 6 5 6 The Bells-Dominoes 7 10 3 7 Dream Girl-Jesse & Marvin 8 - 1 8 Ain't It A Shame-Lloyd Price 9 - 1 9 Yes,I Know (What You're Putting Down)-Linda Hayes 10 7 8 3 Sad Hours-Little Walter
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 14,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 I DON'T KNOW-WILLIE MABON 2 2 4 2 Baby Don't Do It-The "5" Royales 3 9 2 3 Yes,I Know (What You're Putting Down)-Linda Hayes 4 4 3 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace 5 3 6 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 6 - 1 6 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 7 5 9 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 8 7 4 7 Dream Girl-Jesse & Marvin 8 6 6 6 The Bells-Dominoes 10 - 1 10 I Believe-Elmore James
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 21,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 BABY DON'T DO IT-THE "5" ROYALES 2 1 11 1 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon 3 6 2 3 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 4 3 3 3 Yes,I Know (What You're Putting Down)-Linda Hayes 5 4 4 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace 6 5 7 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 7 8 5 7 Dream Girl-Jesse & Marvin 8 7 10 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 9 10 2 9 I Believe-Elmore James 10 8 7 6 The Bells-Dominoes 10 - 1 10 Pretend-Nat "King" Cole
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 28,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 BABY DON'T DO IT-THE "5" ROYALES 2 3 3 2 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 3 2 12 1 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon 4 4 4 3 Yes,I Know (What You're Putting Down)-Linda Hayes 5 5 5 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace 6 6 8 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 7 7 6 7 Dream Girl-Jesse & Marvin 8 - 1 8 Let Me Go Home Whiskey-Amos Milburn 9 9 3 9 I Believe-Elmore James 10 RE 2 8 Ain't It A Shame-Lloyd Price
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 7,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 (MAMA) HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN-RUTH BROWN 2 1 7 1 Baby Don't Do It-The "5" Royales 3 3 13 1 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon 4 4 5 3 Yes,I Know (What You're Putting Down)-Linda Hayes 5 5 6 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace 6 8 2 6 Let Me Go Home Whiskey-Amos Milburn 7 6 9 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 8 7 7 7 Dream Girl-Jesse & Marvin 9 - 1 9 Baby,I'm Doin' It-Annisteen Allen 10 RE 11 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 14,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 8 1 BABY DON'T DO IT-THE "5" ROYALES 2 1 5 1 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 3 3 14 1 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon 4 5 7 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace 5 6 3 5 Let Me Go Home Whiskey-Amos Milburn 6 4 6 3 Yes,I Know (What You're Putting Down)-Linda Hayes 6 7 10 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 8 8 8 7 Dream Girl-Jesse & Marvin 8 9 2 8 Baby,I'm Doin' It-Annisteen Allen 10 - 1 10 Crawlin'-The Clovers
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 21,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 6 1 (MAMA) HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN-RUTH BROWN 2 1 9 1 Baby Don't Do It-The "5" Royales 3 5 4 3 Let Me Go Home Whiskey-Amos Milburn 4 3 15 1 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon 5 6 11 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 5 10 2 5 Crawlin'-The Clovers 7 4 8 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace 8 6 7 3 Yes,I Know (What You're Putting Down)-Linda Hayes 9 - 1 9 My Kind Of Woman-Emitt Slay Trio 10 - 1 10 24 Hours-Eddie Boyd
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 28,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 (MAMA) HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN-RUTH BROWN 2 2 10 1 Baby Don't Do It-The "5" Royales 3 3 5 3 Let Me Go Home Whiskey-Amos Milburn 4 5 3 4 Crawlin'-The Clovers 5 - 1 5 Woke Up This Morning-B.B. King 6 - 1 6 Hound Dog-Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton 7 7 9 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace 8 RE 9 7 Dream Girl-Jesse & Marvin 9 5 12 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 10 9 2 9 My Kind Of Woman-Emitt Slay Trio
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 4,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 (MAMA) HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN-RUTH BROWN 2 6 2 2 Hound Dog-Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton 3 2 11 1 Baby Don't Do It-The "5" Royales 4 4 4 4 Crawlin'-The Clovers 5 3 6 3 Let Me Go Home Whiskey-Amos Milburn 6 5 2 5 Woke Up This Morning-B.B. King 7 - 1 7 Red Top-King Pleasure 8 9 13 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 9 8 10 7 Dream Girl-Jesse & Marvin 10 7 10 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 11,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 (MAMA) HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN-RUTH BROWN 2 2 3 2 Hound Dog-Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton 3 4 5 3 Crawlin'-The Clovers 4 5 7 3 Let Me Go Home Whiskey-Amos Milburn 5 3 12 1 Baby Don't Do It-The "5" Royales 6 7 2 6 Red Top-King Pleasure 7 6 3 5 Woke Up This Morning-B.B. King 8 - 1 8 (Daughter) That's Your Red Wagon-Sax Kari & Gloria Irving 9 8 14 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 10 RE 2 10 24 Hours-Eddie Boyd
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 18,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 HOUND DOG-WILLIE MAE "BIG MAMA" THORNTON 2 1 10 1 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 3 3 6 3 Crawlin'-The Clovers 4 6 3 4 Red Top-King Pleasure 5 4 8 3 Let Me Go Home Whiskey-Amos Milburn 6 7 4 5 Woke Up This Morning-B.B. King 7 5 13 1 Baby Don't Do It-The "5" Royales 8 8 2 8 (Daughter) That's Your Red Wagon-Sax Kari & Gloria Irving 9 - 1 9 Bear Cat-Rufus Thomas 10 - 1 10 I Wanna Know-Da Droppers
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 25,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 HOUND DOG-WILLIE MAE "BIG MAMA" THORNTON 2 2 11 1 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 3 9 2 3 Bear Cat-Rufus Thomas 4 3 7 3 Crawlin'-The Clovers 5 6 9 3 Let Me Go Home Whiskey-Amos Milburn 6 10 2 6 I Wanna Know-Da Droppers 7 4 4 4 Red Top-King Pleasure 8 6 5 5 Woke Up This Morning-B.B. King 9 - 1 9 Goin' To The River-Fats Domino 10 7 14 1 Baby Don't Do It-The "5" Royales
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 2,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 HOUND DOG-WILLIE MAE "BIG MAMA" THORNTON 2 2 12 1 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 3 3 3 3 Bear Cat-Rufus Thomas 4 4 8 3 Crawlin'-The Clovers 5 6 3 5 I Wanna Know-Da Droppers 6 - 1 6 I'm Mad-Willie Mabon 7 7 5 4 Red Top-King Pleasure 8 5 10 3 Let Me Go Home Whiskey-Amos Milburn 9 8 6 5 Woke Up This Morning-B.B. King 10 9 2 9 Goin' To The River-Fats Domino
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 9,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 HOUND DOG-WILLIE MAE "BIG MAMA" THORNTON 2 2 13 1 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 3 6 2 3 I'm Mad-Willie Mabon 4 5 4 4 I Wanna Know-Da Droppers 5 3 4 3 Bear Cat-Rufus Thomas 6 4 9 3 Crawlin'-The Clovers 7 7 6 4 Red Top-King Pleasure 8 10 3 8 Goin' To The River-Fats Domino 9 9 7 5 Woke Up This Morning-B.B. King 10 - 1 10 Goin' To The River-Chuck Willis
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 16,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 HOUND DOG-WILLIE MAE "BIG MAMA" THORNTON 2 3 3 2 I'm Mad-Willie Mabon 3 7 7 3 Red Top-King Pleasure 4 4 5 4 I Wanna Know-Da Droppers 5 2 14 1 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 6 8 4 6 Goin' To The River-Fats Domino 7 5 5 3 Bear Cat-Rufus Thomas 8 - 1 8 Help Me Somebody-The "5" Royales 9 6 10 3 Crawlin'-The Clovers 10 10 2 10 Goin' To The River-Chuck Willis
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 23,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 HOUND DOG-WILLIE MAE "BIG MAMA" THORNTON 2 3 4 2 I'm Mad-Willie Mabon 3 3 8 3 Red Top-King Pleasure 4 8 2 4 Help Me Somebody-The "5" Royales 5 6 5 5 Goin' To The River-Fats Domino 6 4 6 4 I Wanna Know-Da Droppers 7 5 15 1 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 8 7 6 3 Bear Cat-Rufus Thomas 9 9 11 3 Crawlin'-The Clovers 10 - 1 10 Crazy,Crazy,Crazy-The "5" Royales
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 30,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 I'M MAD-WILLIE MABON 2 4 3 2 Help Me Somebody-The "5" Royales 3 1 10 1 Hound Dog-Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton 4 5 6 4 Goin' To The River-Fats Domino 5 6 7 4 I Wanna Know-Da Droppers 6 3 9 3 Red Top-King Pleasure 7 7 16 1 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 8 10 2 8 Crazy,Crazy,Crazy-The "5" Royales 9 9 12 3 Crawlin'-The Clovers 10 - 1 10 Is It A Dream?-Vocaleers
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 6,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 I'M MAD-WILLIE MABON 2 4 7 2 Goin' To The River-Fats Domino 3 2 4 2 Help Me Somebody-The "5" Royales 4 5 8 4 I Wanna Know-Da Droppers 5 3 11 1 Hound Dog-Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton 6 6 10 3 Red Top-King Pleasure 7 8 3 7 Crazy,Crazy,Crazy-The "5" Royales 8 - 1 8 These Foolish Things-Dominoes 9 10 2 9 Is It A Dream?-Vocaleers 10 - 1 10 Way Back Home-Big Maybelle
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 13,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 5 1 HELP ME SOMEBODY-THE "5" ROYALES 2 2 8 2 Goin' To The River-Fats Domino 3 4 9 3 I Wanna Know-Da Droppers 4 1 7 1 I'm Mad-Willie Mabon 5 8 2 5 These Foolish Things-Dominoes 6 5 12 1 Hound Dog-Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton 7 6 11 3 Red Top-King Pleasure 8 7 4 7 Crazy,Crazy,Crazy-The "5" Royales 9 9 3 9 Is It A Dream?-Vocaleers 10 10 2 10 Way Back Home-Big Maybelle
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 20,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 HELP ME SOMEBODY-THE "5" ROYALES 2 2 9 2 Goin' To The River-Fats Domino 3 3 10 3 I Wanna Know-Da Droppers 4 4 8 1 I'm Mad-Willie Mabon 5 - 1 5 Wild,Wild Young Men-Ruth Brown 6 6 13 1 Hound Dog-Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton 7 5 3 5 These Foolish Things-Dominoes 8 9 4 8 Is It A Dream?-Vocaleers 9 - 1 9 Hittin' On Me-Buddy Johnson 10 7 12 3 Red Top-King Pleasure
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 27,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 HELP ME SOMEBODY-THE "5" ROYALES 2 2 10 2 Goin' To The River-Fats Domino 3 3 11 3 I Wanna Know-Da Droppers 3 5 2 3 Wild,Wild Young Men-Ruth Brown 5 - 1 5 Please Love Me-B.B. King 6 - 1 6 I Found Out-Da Droppers 7 7 4 5 These Foolish Things-Dominoes 8 4 9 1 I'm Mad-Willie Mabon 9 8 5 8 Is It A Dream?-Vocaleers 10 6 14 1 Hound Dog-Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 4,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 HELP ME SOMEBODY-THE "5" ROYALES 2 5 2 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 3 6 2 3 I Found Out-Da Droppers 4 2 11 2 Goin' To The River-Fats Domino 5 3 12 3 I Wanna Know-Da Droppers 6 3 3 3 Wild,Wild Young Men-Ruth Brown 7 - 1 7 Third Degree-Eddie Boyd 8 7 5 5 These Foolish Things-Dominoes 9 - 1 9 The Clock-Johnny Ace 10 9 6 8 Is It A Dream?-Vocaleers
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 11,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 HELP ME SOMEBODY-THE "5" ROYALES 2 5 3 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 3 9 2 3 The Clock-Johnny Ace 4 3 3 3 I Found Out-Da Droppers 5 6 4 3 Wild,Wild Young Men-Ruth Brown 6 5 13 3 I Wanna Know-Da Droppers 7 4 12 2 Goin' To The River-Fats Domino 8 7 2 7 Third Degree-Eddie Boyd 9 - 1 9 Mercy,Mr.Percy-Varetta Dillard 10 8 6 5 These Foolish Things-Dominoes
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 18,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 3 1 THE CLOCK-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 4 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 3 1 10 1 Help Me Somebody-The "5" Royales 4 4 4 3 I Found Out-Da Droppers 5 5 5 3 Wild,Wild Young Men-Ruth Brown 6 9 2 6 Mercy,Mr.Percy-Varetta Dillard 7 8 3 7 Third Degree-Eddie Boyd 8 7 13 2 Goin' To The River-Fats Domino 9 6 14 3 I Wanna Know-Da Droppers 10 10 7 5 These Foolish Things-Dominoes
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 25,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 3 1 THE CLOCK-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 4 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 3 3 10 1 Help Me Somebody-The "5" Royales 4 - 1 4 Good Lovin'-Clovers 5 5 5 3 Wild,Wild Young Men-Ruth Brown 6 6 2 6 Mercy,Mr.Percy-Varetta Dillard 7 4 4 3 I Found Out-Da Droppers 7 - 1 7 Please Don't Leave Me-Fats Domino 9 - 1 9 Don't Deceive Me-Chuck Willis 10 8 13 2 Goin' To The River-Fats Domino
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 1,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 4 1 THE CLOCK-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 5 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 3 4 2 3 Good Lovin'-Clovers 4 3 11 1 Help Me Somebody-The "5" Royales 5 - 1 5 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & Orioles 6 5 6 3 Wild,Wild Young Men-Ruth Brown 7 7 2 7 Please Don't Leave Me-Fats Domino 8 6 3 6 Mercy,Mr.Percy-Varetta Dillard 9 9 2 9 Don't Deceive Me-Chuck Willis 10 - 1 10 Get It-Royals
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 8,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 THE CLOCK-JOHNNY ACE 2 5 2 2 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & Orioles 3 2 6 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 4 3 3 3 Good Lovin'-Clovers 5 4 12 1 Help Me Somebody-The "5" Royales 6 7 3 6 Please Don't Leave Me-Fats Domino 7 8 4 6 Mercy,Mr.Percy-Varetta Dillard 8 9 3 8 Don't Deceive Me-Chuck Willis 9 6 7 3 Wild,Wild Young Men-Ruth Brown 10 10 2 10 Get It-Royals
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 15,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 THE CLOCK-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 3 2 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & Orioles 3 4 4 3 Good Lovin'-Clovers 4 3 7 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 5 6 4 5 Please Don't Leave Me-Fats Domino 6 8 4 6 Don't Deceive Me-Chuck Willis 7 7 5 6 Mercy,Mr.Percy-Varetta Dillard 8 5 13 1 Help Me Somebody-The "5" Royales 8 9 8 3 Wild,Wild Young Men-Ruth Brown 10 10 3 10 Get It-Royals
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 22,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 CRYING IN THE CHAPEL-SONNY TIL & ORIOLES 2 1 7 1 The Clock-Johnny Ace 2 3 5 2 Good Lovin'-Clovers 4 4 8 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 5 - 1 5 Too Much Lovin'-The "5" Royales 6 5 5 5 Please Don't Leave Me-Fats Domino 7 6 5 6 Don't Deceive Me-Chuck Willis 8 8 9 3 Wild,Wild Young Men-Ruth Brown 9 7 6 6 Mercy,Mr.Percy-Varetta Dillard 10 - 1 10 Shake A Hand-Faye Adams
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 29,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 CRYING IN THE CHAPEL-SONNY TIL & ORIOLES 2 2 6 2 Good Lovin'-Clovers 3 2 8 1 The Clock-Johnny Ace 4 4 9 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 5 5 2 5 Too Much Lovin'-The "5" Royales 6 10 2 6 Shake A Hand-Faye Adams 7 6 6 5 Please Don't Leave Me-Fats Domino 8 7 6 6 Don't Deceive Me-Chuck Willis 9 9 7 6 Mercy,Mr.Percy-Varetta Dillard 10 RE 4 10 Get It-Royals
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 5,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 CRYING IN THE CHAPEL-SONNY TIL & ORIOLES 2 2 7 2 Good Lovin'-Clovers 3 3 9 1 The Clock-Johnny Ace 4 6 3 4 Shake A Hand-Faye Adams 5 4 10 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 6 5 3 5 Too Much Lovin'-The "5" Royales 7 8 7 6 Don't Deceive Me-Chuck Willis 8 7 7 5 Please Don't Leave Me-Fats Domino 9 9 8 6 Mercy,Mr.Percy-Varetta Dillard 10 - 1 10 Baby It's You-Spaniels
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 12,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 CRYING IN THE CHAPEL-SONNY TIL & ORIOLES 2 4 4 2 Shake A Hand-Faye Adams 3 2 8 2 Good Lovin'-Clovers 4 6 4 4 Too Much Lovin'-The "5" Royales 5 3 10 1 The Clock-Johnny Ace 6 5 11 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 7 7 8 6 Don't Deceive Me-Chuck Willis 8 8 8 5 Please Don't Leave Me-Fats Domino 9 9 9 6 Mercy,Mr.Percy-Varetta Dillard 10 RE 5 10 Get It-Royals
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 19,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 SHAKE A HAND-FAYE ADAMS 2 1 8 1 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & Orioles 3 3 9 2 Good Lovin'-Clovers 4 4 5 4 Too Much Lovin'-The "5" Royales 5 5 11 1 The Clock-Johnny Ace 6 6 12 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 7 7 9 6 Don't Deceive Me-Chuck Willis 8 10 6 8 Get It-Royals 9 8 9 5 Please Don't Leave Me-Fats Domino 10 RE 2 10 Baby It's You-Spaniels
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 26,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 SHAKE A HAND-FAYE ADAMS 2 2 9 1 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & Orioles 3 3 10 2 Good Lovin'-Clovers 4 4 6 4 Too Much Lovin'-The "5" Royales 5 5 12 1 The Clock-Johnny Ace 6 6 13 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 7 9 10 5 Please Don't Leave Me-Fats Domino 8 - 1 8 One Scotch,One Bourbon,One Beer-Amos Milburn 9 - 1 9 Honey Hush-Joe Turner 10 8 7 8 Get It-Royals
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 3,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 SHAKE A HAND-FAYE ADAMS 2 2 10 1 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & Orioles 3 3 11 2 Good Lovin'-Clovers 4 4 7 4 Too Much Lovin'-The "5" Royales 5 9 2 5 Honey Hush-Joe Turner 6 - 1 6 Feelin' Good-Little Junior's Blue Flames 7 8 2 7 One Scotch,One Bourbon,One Beer-Amos Milburn 8 6 14 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 9 7 11 5 Please Don't Leave Me-Fats Domino 10 5 13 1 The Clock-Johnny Ace
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 10,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 SHAKE A HAND-FAYE ADAMS 2 3 12 2 Good Lovin'-Clovers 3 2 11 1 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & Orioles 4 4 8 4 Too Much Lovin'-The "5" Royales 5 7 3 5 One Scotch,One Bourbon,One Beer-Amos Milburn 6 5 3 5 Honey Hush-Joe Turner 6 6 2 6 Feelin' Good-Little Junior's Blue Flames 8 RE 10 6 Don't Deceive Me-Chuck Willis 9 9 12 5 Please Don't Leave Me-Fats Domino 10 8 15 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 17,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 SHAKE A HAND-FAYE ADAMS 2 2 13 2 Good Lovin'-Clovers 3 3 12 1 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & Orioles 4 5 4 4 One Scotch,One Bourbon,One Beer-Amos Milburn 5 6 4 5 Honey Hush-Joe Turner 6 4 9 4 Too Much Lovin'-The "5" Royales 7 6 3 6 Feelin' Good-Little Junior's Blue Flames 8 8 11 6 Don't Deceive Me-Chuck Willis 8 - 1 8 Please Hurry Home-B.B. King 10 - 1 10 Rosemary-Fats Domino
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 24,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 SHAKE A HAND-FAYE ADAMS 2 4 5 2 One Scotch,One Bourbon,One Beer-Amos Milburn 3 3 13 1 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & Orioles 4 2 14 2 Good Lovin'-Clovers 5 5 5 5 Honey Hush-Joe Turner 6 6 10 4 Too Much Lovin'-The "5" Royales 7 7 4 6 Feelin' Good-Little Junior's Blue Flames 8 8 2 8 Please Hurry Home-B.B. King 9 - 1 9 Blues With Feeling-Little Walter 10 - 1 10 TV Is The Thing-Dinah Washington
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 31,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 SHAKE A HAND-FAYE ADAMS 2 2 6 2 One Scotch,One Bourbon,One Beer-Amos Milburn 3 5 6 3 Honey Hush-Joe Turner 4 4 15 2 Good Lovin'-Clovers 5 3 14 1 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & Orioles 6 10 2 6 TV Is The Thing-Dinah Washington 7 9 2 7 Blues With Feeling-Little Walter 8 6 11 4 Too Much Lovin'-The "5" Royales 9 - 1 9 Money Honey-Clyde McPhatter 10 7 5 6 Feelin' Good-Little Junior's Blue Flames
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 7,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 SHAKE A HAND-FAYE ADAMS 2 3 7 2 Honey Hush-Joe Turner 3 9 2 3 Money Honey-Clyde McPhatter 4 2 7 2 One Scotch,One Bourbon,One Beer-Amos Milburn 5 10 6 5 Feelin' Good-Little Junior's Blue Flames 6 7 3 6 Blues With Feeling-Little Walter 7 5 15 1 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & Orioles 8 4 16 2 Good Lovin'-Clovers 9 6 3 6 TV Is The Thing-Dinah Washington 10 RE 12 6 Don't Deceive Me-Chuck Willis
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 14,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 SHAKE A HAND-FAYE ADAMS 2 3 3 2 Money Honey-Clyde McPhatter 3 2 8 2 Honey Hush-Joe Turner 4 4 8 2 One Scotch,One Bourbon,One Beer-Amos Milburn 5 9 4 5 TV Is The Thing-Dinah Washington 6 - 1 6 I Had A Notion-Joe Morris 7 8 17 2 Good Lovin'-Clovers 8 6 4 6 Blues With Feeling-Little Walter 9 - 1 9 Drunk-Jimmy Liggins 10 - 1 10 Fat Daddy-Dinah Washington
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 21,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 MONEY HONEY-CLYDE McPHATTER 2 1 14 1 Shake A Hand-Faye Adams 3 3 9 2 Honey Hush-Joe Turner 4 4 9 2 One Scotch,One Bourbon,One Beer-Amos Milburn 5 6 2 5 I Had A Notion-Joe Morris 6 5 5 5 TV Is The Thing-Dinah Washington 7 9 2 7 Drunk-Jimmy Liggins 8 7 18 2 Good Lovin'-Clovers 9 - 1 9 Mad Love-Muddy Waters 10 8 5 6 Blues With Feeling-Little Walter
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 28,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 MONEY HONEY-CLYDE McPHATTER 2 3 10 2 Honey Hush-Joe Turner 3 2 15 1 Shake A Hand-Faye Adams 4 4 10 2 One Scotch,One Bourbon,One Beer-Amos Milburn 5 5 3 5 I Had A Notion-Joe Morris 6 - 1 6 Rags To Riches-Dominoes 7 6 6 5 TV Is The Thing-Dinah Washington 8 - 1 8 Marie-Four Tunes 9 7 3 7 Drunk-Jimmy Liggins 10 9 2 9 Mad Love-Muddy Waters
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 5,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 MONEY HONEY-CLYDE McPHATTER 2 2 11 2 Honey Hush-Joe Turner 3 3 16 1 Shake A Hand-Faye Adams 4 6 2 4 Rags To Riches-Dominoes 5 4 11 2 One Scotch,One Bourbon,One Beer-Amos Milburn 6 5 4 5 I Had A Notion-Joe Morris 7 7 7 5 TV Is The Thing-Dinah Washington 8 8 2 8 Marie-Four Tunes 9 9 4 7 Drunk-Jimmy Liggins 10 - 1 10 My Country Man-Big Maybelle
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 12,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 MONEY HONEY-CLYDE McPHATTER 2 2 11 2 Honey Hush-Joe Turner 3 4 2 3 Rags To Riches-Dominoes 4 3 16 1 Shake A Hand-Faye Adams 5 6 4 5 I Had A Notion-Joe Morris 6 5 11 2 One Scotch,One Bourbon,One Beer-Amos Milburn 7 - 1 7 I'll Be True-Faye Adams 8 7 7 5 TV Is The Thing-Dinah Washington 9 8 2 8 Marie-Four Tunes 9 10 2 9 My Country Man-Big Maybelle
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 19,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 MONEY HONEY-CLYDE McPHATTER 2 2 12 2 Honey Hush-Joe Turner 3 3 3 3 Rags To Riches-Dominoes 4 7 2 4 I'll Be True-Faye Adams 5 5 5 5 I Had A Notion-Joe Morris 6 4 17 1 Shake A Hand-Faye Adams 7 6 12 2 One Scotch,One Bourbon,One Beer-Amos Milburn 7 9 3 7 Marie-Four Tunes 9 RE 3 8 Ain't It A Shame-Lloyd Price 10 RE 2 10 Fat Daddy-Dinah Washington
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 26,1953 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 MONEY HONEY-CLYDE McPHATTER 2 2 13 2 Honey Hush-Joe Turner 3 5 6 3 I Had A Notion-Joe Morris 4 3 4 3 Rags To Riches-Dominoes 5 4 3 4 I'll Be True-Faye Adams 6 6 18 1 Shake A Hand-Faye Adams 7 7 13 2 One Scotch,One Bourbon,One Beer-Amos Milburn 8 7 4 7 Marie-Four Tunes 9 - 1 9 Something Wrong-Fats Domino 10 9 4 8 Ain't It A Shame-Lloyd Price
|
