BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S TOP R&B SINGLES FOR 1950 ((National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Record Charts) (Barry Kowal)
 
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 PINK CHAMPAGNE-JOE LIGGINS & THE HONEYDRIPPERS-JUNE 1518 2 PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE-PERCY MAYFIELD-November 1506 3 DOUBLE CROSSING BLUES-JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA-March 1362 4 FOR YOU MY LOVE-LARRY DARNELL-January 1282 5 ANYTIME,ANYPLACE, ANYWHERE-JOE MORRIS,LAURIE TATE-November 1226 6 NEED YOU SO-IVORY JOE HUNTER-May 1100 7 WELL, OH WELL-TINY BRADSHAW-July 1082 8 I ALMOST LOST MY MIND-Ivory Joe Hunter-February 1080 9 BLUE SHADOWS-Lowell Fulson-October 1030 10 HARD LUCK BLUES-Roy Brown-August 1012 11 Blue Light Boogie (Parts I & Ii)-Louis Jordan-September 964 12 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins-April 956 13 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther, Johnny Otis Orchestra-May 914 14 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther, Mel Walker-June 864 15 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson-October 820 16 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Larry Darnell-January 758 17 Cry, Cry Baby-Ed Wiley-May 636 18 Mona Lisa-Nat King Cole-September 628 19 Love Don't Love Nobody-Roy Brown-October 540 20 I Wanna Be Loved-Dinah Washington-July 518 21 Big Fine Girl-Jimmy Witherspoon-January 508 22 No Rollin' Blues-Jimmy Witherspoon-January 450 23 Information Blues-Roy Milton-April 410 24 Rag Mop-Lionel Hampton Orchestra-February 384 25 I Quit My Pretty Mama-Ivory Joe Hunter-February 380 26 It Isn't Fair-Dinah Washington-April 378 27 I Love My Baby-Larry Darnell-August 376 28 My Baby's Gone-Charles Brown-June 366 29 Rag Mop-Doc Sausage & His Mad Lads-February 358 30 Boogie At Midnight-Ruth Brown-January 350 31 Deceivin' Blues-Little Esther, Robins-September 308 32 Every Night About This Time-Fats Domino-December 290 33 I Only Know-Dinah Washington-April 286 34 Oh, Babe-Larry Darnell-December 242 35 I Almost Lost My Mind-Nat King Cole-May 224 36 Rag Mop-Joe Liggins, Honeydrippers-March 214 37 Lonesome Cabin Blues-Mercy Dee-January 204 38 I've Been A Fool-Shadows-January 200 39 Oh, Babe-Jimmy Preston, Burnetta Evans-December 196 40 I'll Never Be Free-Dinah Washington-October 192 41 Far Away Blues-Little Esther, Johnny Otis-December 190 42 Wedding Boogie-Little Esther, Mel Walker-November 190 43 Shotgun Blues-Lightnin' Hopkins-November 180 44 Million Dollar Secret-Helen Humes-November 178 45 Oh, Babe-Roy Milton-December 174 46 School Days-Louis Jordan-January 162 47 After Hour Session-Frank Culley-January 160 48 Besame Mucho-Ray-o-vacs-December 148 49 I'm Yours To Keep-Herb Fisher Trio-October 146 50 Walkin' Blues-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers-April 142 51 The Fat Man-Fats Domino-April 138 52 Raining In My Heart-Peppermint Harris-April 136 53 Silent Night-Sister Rosetta Tharpe Gospel Singers-January 132 54 I'll Never Be Free-Paul Gayten Trio-May 130 55 Landlord Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter-January 128 56 Bald Head-Roy Byrd-October 94 57 Cadillac Baby-Roy Brown-October 92 58 Tenderly-Lynn Hope Quintet-August 88 59 Sitting By The Window-Billy Eckstine-March 86 60 My Foolish Heart-Gene Ammons-July 86 61 Sittin' On It All The Time-Wynonie Harris-January 86 62 Stak-a-lee (Parts I & Ii)-Archibald Orchestra-June 84 63 Confused-Lonnie Johnson-February 76 64 Merry Christmas, Baby-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers-January 76 65 Little School Girl-Smokey Hogg-January 76 66 S.p. Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter-February 72 67 Tennessee Waltz-Erskine Hawkins-December 50 68 My Mother Told Me-King Cole Trio-February 50 69 I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball-Tiny Bradshaw-October 48 70 Easter Boogie-Freddie Mitchell-April 48 71 Walkin' Blues-Amos Milburn-May 46 72 Dreamin' Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra-September 46 73 Because-Buddy Johnson-March 46 74 Long About Sundown-Roy Brown-October 46 75 You Satisfy-Billy Wright-January 44 76 Don't Have To Ride No More-Ravens-February 44 77 Love For Christmas-Felix Gross Orchestra-January 44 78 I Like My Baby's Pudding-Wynonie Harris-March 44 79 Tamburitza Boogie-Louis Jordan-November 42 80 Safronia-b-Calvin Boze-September 42 81 Still In The Dark-Joe Turner-March 38 82 For You My Love-King Cole Trio-February 38 83 If It's So Baby-Robins-February 34
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