BILLBOARD MAGAZINE (USA) R&B #1 SINGLES:MOST PLAYED JUKE BOX RACE/R&B RECORDS CHARTS
1945 No. Date TW Song-Artist 1 2/17 2 I Wonder-Pvt. Cecil Grant 2 3/3 6 I Wonder-Roosevelt Sykes 3 4/14 6 1 of 6 Tippin' In-Erskine Hawkins 4 4/21 1 Mop Mop-Louis Jordan re 4/28 6 5 of 6 Tippin' In-Erskine Hawkins 5 6/2 7 Caldonia Boogie-Louis Jordan 6 7/14 8 Who Threw The Whiskey In The Well?-Lucky Millinder & Wynonie Harris 7 9/8 18 The Honeydripper-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
1946 No. Date TW Song-Artist 8 1/12 9 Buzz Me-Louis Jordan 9 3/16 16 15 of 16 Hey-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop-Lionel Hampton 10 6/29 2 1 of 2 The Gypsy-Ink Spots re 7/6 16 1 of 16 Hey-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop-Lionel Hampton re 7/13 2 1 of 2 The Gypsy-Ink Spots 11 7/20 5 Stone Cold Dead In The Market (He Had It Coming)-Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan 12 8/24 18 13 of 18 Choo Choo Ch' Boogie-Louis Jordan 13 11/23 2 1 of 2 Ain't That Just Like A Woman-Louis Jordan re 11/30 18 5 of 18 Choo Choo Ch' Boogie-Louis Jordan
1947 No. Date TW Song-Artist re 1/4 2 1 of 2 Ain't That Just Like A Woman-Louis Jordan 14 1/4 17 16 of 17 Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens-Louis Jordan 15 4/26 2 1 of 2 Texas And Pacific-Louis Jordan re 5/3 17 1 of 17 Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens-Louis Jordan re 5/10 2 1 of 2 Texas And Pacific-Louis Jordan 16 5/17 7 1 of 7 I Want To Be Loved (Only By You))-Savanah Churchill 17 5/24 2 1 of 2 Old Maid Boogie-Eddie Vinson re 5/31 7 3 of 7 I Want To Be Loved (Only By You))-Savanah Churchill re 6/21 2 1 of 2 Old Maid Boogie-Eddie Vinson re 6/28 7 2 of 7 I Want To Be Loved (Only By You))-Savanah Churchill 18 7/12 6 3 of 6 Jack,You're Dead-Louis Jordan re 8/2 7 1 of 7 I Want To Be Loved (Only By You))-Savanah Churchill re 8/9 6 3 of 6 Jack,You're Dead-Louis Jordan 19 8/30 14 12 of 14 Boogie Woogie Blue Plate-Louis Jordan 20 11/22 12 1 of 12 Snatch It And Grab It-Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends re 11/29 14 1 of 14 Boogie Woogie Blue Plate-Louis Jordan re 12/6 12 1 of 12 Snatch It And Grab It-Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends re 12/13 14 1 of 14 Boogie Woogie Blue Plate-Louis Jordan re 12/20 12 9 of 12 Snatch It And Grab It-Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends 1948 No. Date TW Song-Artist 21 2/21 3 2 of 3 I Love You,Yes I Do-Bull Moose Jackson re 3/6 12 1 of 12 Snatch It And Grab It-Julia Lee And Her Boy Friends re 3/13 3 1 of 3 I Love You,Yes I Do-Bull Moose Jackson 22 3/20 9 King Size Papa-Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 23 5/22 7 6 of 7 Tomorrow Night-Lonnie Johnson 23 7/3 1 Good Rockin' Tonight-Wynonie Harris 24 7/10 2 1 of 2 Run Joe-Louis Jordan re 7/17 7 1 of 7 Tomorrow Night-Lonnie Johnson re 7/24 2 1 of 2 Run Joe-Louis Jordan 25 7/31 2 1 of 2 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson 26 8/7 4 1 of 4 I Can't Go On Without You-Bull Moose Jackson re 8/14 2 1 of 2 Long Gone-Sonny Thompson re 8/21 4 2 of 4 I Can't Go On Without You-Bull Moose Jackson 27 9/4 2 1 of 2 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 28 9/11 1 My Heart Belongs To You-Arbee Stidham re 9/18 4 1 of 4 I Can't Go On Without You-Bull Moose Jackson re 9/25 2 1 of 2 Messin' Around-Memphis Slim 29 9/25 3 1 of 3 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 30 10/2 1 Late Freight-Sonny Thompson 31 10/2 4 1 of 4 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 32 10/9 1 Am I Asking Too Much?-Dinah Washington re 10/16 4 1 of 4 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins re 10/23 3 1 of 3 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter re 10/30 4 1 of 4 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins 33 11/6 3 1 of 3 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton re 11/13 4 1 of 4 Corn Bread-Joe Liggins re 11/13 3 1 of 3 Pretty Mama Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter re 11/20 3 1 of 3 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton 34 11/27 1 It's Too Soon To Know-The Orioles 35 12/4 5 1 of 5 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn re 12/11 3 1 of 3 Blues After Hours-Pee Wee Crayton 36 12/18 7 1 of 7 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio re 12/25 5 1 of 5 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn
1949 No. Date TW Song-Artist re 1/1 7 1 of 7 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio re 1/8 5 1 of 5 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn re 1/15 7 3 of 7 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio re 2/5 5 1 of 5 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn re 2/12 7 1 of 7 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio 37 2/19 1 Boogie Chillen-John Lee Hooker re 2/26 5 1 of 5 Chicken Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 38 3/5 1 Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeely 39 3/12 14 1 of 14 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams re 3/19 7 1 of 7 Bewildered-Red Miller Trio re 3/26 14 12 of 14 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams 40 6/18 11 4 of 11 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio re 7/16 14 1 of 14 Hucklebuck-Paul Williams re 7/23 11 7 of 11 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 41 9/10 2 Roomin' House Boogie-Amos Milburn 42 9/17 2 1 of 2 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 43 9/24 1 Baby,Get Lost-Dinah Washington re 10/1 2 1 of 2 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 44 10/8 1 Beans And Cornbread-Louis Jordan 45 10/15 11 10 of 11 Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 46 12/24 8 2 of 8 For You My Love-Larry Darnell
1950 No. Date TW Song-Artist re 1/7 11 1 of 11 Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan re 1/14 8 6 of 8 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 47 2/25 5 4 of 5 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 48 3/25 4 3 0f 4 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 49 4/15 4 2 of 4 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra re 4/29 5 1 of 5 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter re 5/6 4 2 of 4 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra re 5/20 4 1 0f 4 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 50 5/27 6 7 of 13 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 51 7/8 1 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther re 7/15 13 7 of 13 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 52 9/2 4 Mona Lisa-Nat "King" Cole 53 9/30 4 Blue Light Boogie (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 54 10/28 4 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 55 11/25 3 Anytime,Anyplace,Anywhere-Joe Morris 56 12/16 1 Please Send Me Someone To Love-Percy Mayfield 57 12/23 7 3 of 7 Teardrops From My Eyes-Ruth Brown
1951 No. Date TW Song-Artist 58 1/13 3 2 of 3 Bad,Bad Whiskey-Amos Milburn re 1/27 7 4 of 7 Teardrops From My Eyes-Ruth Brown re 2/24 3 1 of 3 Bad,Bad Whiskey-Amos Milburn 59 3/3 14 Black Night-Charles Brown 60 6/9 2 Chica Boo-Lloyd Glenn 61 6/23 5 Rocket 88-Jackie Brenston 62 7/28 12 Sixty Minute Man-Dominoes 63 10/20 2 Glory Of Love-Five Keys 64 11/3 1 "I" 99 Blues-Jimmy Nelson 65 11/10 2 1 of 2 I Got Loaded-Peppermint Harris 66 11/17 4 2 of 4 I'm In The Mood-John Lee Hooker re 12/1 2 1 of 2 I Got Loaded-Peppermint Harris re 12/8 4 2 of 4 I'm In The Mood-John Lee Hooker 67 12/22 3 Fool,Fool,Fool-The Clovers
1952 No. Date TW Song-Artist 68 1/12 3 Weeping And Crying-Griffen Brothers 69 2/2 5 1 of 5 Three O'Clock Blues-B.B. King 70 2/9 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray re 2/16 5 4 of 5 Three O'Clock Blues-B.B. King 71 3/15 7 Night Train-Jimmy Forest 72 5/3 6 5-10-15 Hours-Ruth Brown 73 6/14 10 4 of 10 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 74 7/12 1 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price re 7/19 10 5 of 10 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 75 8/23 3 2 of 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers re 9/6 10 1 of 10 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes re 9/13 3 1 of 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 76 9/20 1 Ting A-Ling-The Clovers 77 9/27 8 6 of 8 Juke-Little Walter 78 11/8 7 5 of 7 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd re 12/13 8 2 of 8 Juke-Little Walter re 12/27 7 2 of 7 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd
1953 No. Date TW Song-Artist 79 1/10 7 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon 80 2/28 3 Baby Don't Do It-The "5" Royales 81 3/21 5 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 82 4/25 7 Hound Dog-Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton 83 6/13 5 3 of 5 Help Me Somebody-The "5" Royales 84 7/4 2 1 of 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King re 7/11 5 2 of 5 Help Me Somebody-The "5" Royales re 7/25 2 1 of 2 Please Love Me-B.B. King 85 8/1 4 The Clock-Johnny Ace 86 8/29 5 3 of 5 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & Orioles 87 9/19 9 3 of 9 Shake A Hand-Faye Adams re 10/10 5 2 of 5 Crying In The Chapel-Sonny Til & Orioles re 10/24 9 4 of 9 Shake A Hand-Faye Adams 88 11/21 1 Money Honey-Clyde McPhatter re 11/28 9 2 of 9 Shake A Hand-Faye Adams 89 12/5 8 Honey Hush-Joe Turner
1954 No. Date TW Song-Artist 90 1/30 14 Things That I Used To Do-Guitar Slim 91 5/8 5 You'll Never Walk Alone-Roy Hamilton 92 6/12 3 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Joe Turner 93 7/3 4 Work With Me,Annie-Hank Ballard & The Midnighters 94 7/31 8 Honey Love-Drifters 95 9/25 8 What A Dream-Ruth Brown 96 11/20 5 Hurts Me To My Heart-Faye Adams 97 12/25 2 You Upset Me Baby-B.B. King
1955 No. Date TW Song-Artist 98 1/8 1 Mambo Baby-Ruth Brown 99 1/15 3 1 of 3 Earth Angel-Penguins 100 1/22 2 1 of 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 101 1/29 2 Hearts Of Stone-Charms re 2/12 2 1 of 2 Sincerely-Moonglows re 2/19 3 2 of 3 Earth Angel-Penguins 102 3/5 9 8 of 9 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 103 4/30 5 1 of 5 My Babe-Little Walter 104 5/7 1 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles re 5/14 9 1 of 9 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace re 5/21 5 4 of 5 My Babe-Little Walter 105 6/18 1 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 106 6/25 2 1 of 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 107 7/2 8 5 of 8 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino re 8/6 2 1 of 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley re 8/13 8 3 of 8 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 108 9/3 11 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 109 11/19 6 Only You-Platters 110 12/31 1 Adorable-Drifters
1956 No. Date TW Song-Artist 111 1/7 1 At My Front Door-El Dorados 112 1/14 2 Hands Off-Jay McShann 113 1/28 9 Great Pretender-Platters 114 3/31 2 Drown In My Own Tears-Ray Charles 115 4/14 8 Long Tall Sally-Little Richard 116 4/21 7 Slippin' And Slidin'(Peepin' And Hidin')-Little Richard 117 6/9 9 7 of 9 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino 118 6/9 8 1 of 8 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino re 6/23 8 5 of 8 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino 119 7/28 1 Treasure Of Love-Clyde McPhatter re 8/4 9 2 of 9 I'm In Love Again-Fats Domino re 8/4 8 2 of 8 My Blue Heaven-Fats Domino 120 8/18 2 My Prayer-Platters 121 9/1 1 Fever-Little Willie John 122 9/8 3 1 of 3 Let The Good Times Roll-Shirley & Lee 123 9/15 6 4 of 6 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley 124 9/15 5 1 of 5 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley re 9/29 5 2 of 5 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley re 10/13 3 1 of 3 Let The Good Times Roll-Shirley & Lee 125 10/20 1 Honky Tonk-Bill Doggett re 10/27 6 4 of 6 Hound Dog-Elvis Presley re 10/27 5 2 of 5 Don't Be Cruel-Elvis Presley 126 11/10 7 1 of 7 Blueberry Hill-Fats Domino re 11/17 3 1 of 3 Let The Good Times Roll-Shirley & Lee re 11/24 7 6 of 7 Blueberry Hill-Fats Domino
1957 No. Date TW Song-Artist 127 1/5 3 Since I Met You,Baby-Ivory Joe Hunter 128 1/26 8 Blue Monday-Fats Domino 129 1/26 4 2 of 4 What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasing You)-Fats Domino re 3/9 4 2 of 4 What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasing You)-Fats Domino 130 3/23 5 I'm Walkin'-Fats Domino 131 4/27 2 Lucille-Little Richard 132 4/29 1 Send Me Some Lovin'-Little Richard 133 5/6 4 2 of 4 All Shook Up-Elvis Presley 134 5/20 1 School Day-Chuck Berry re 5/27 4 2 of 4 All Shook Up-Elvis Presley 135 6/10 3 Young Blood-Coasters 136 6/10 2 Searchin'-Coasters
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