BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S TOP R&B SINGLES FOR 1951 ((National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Record Charts) (Barry Kowal)
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 SIXTY MINUTE MAN-DOMINOES-JUNE 1812 2 TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES-RUTH BROWN-January 1520 3 CHAINS OF LOVE-JOE TURNER, VAN WALLIS-August 1320 4 FOOL, FOOL, FOOL-CLOVERS-November 1218 5 DON'T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU-CLOVERS-September 1176 6 BLACK NIGHT-CHARLES BROWN-March 1124 7 I'M WAITING JUST FOR YOU-LUCKY MILLINDER ORCHESTRA-July 1120 8 ROCKIN' BLUES-Johnny Otis Orchestra-March 1116 9 BAD, BAD WHISKEY-Amos Milburn-January 1040 10 I GOT LOADED-Peppermint Harris-December 988 11 Rocket 88-Jackie Brenston-June 918 12 Glory Of Love-Five Keys-September 864 13 Lost Love-Percy Mayfield-May 846 14 I'm In The Mood-John Lee Hooker-November 714 15 Tend To Your Business-James Waynes-May 696 16 Because Of You-Tab Smith Orchestra-December 586 17 Weeping And Crying-Griffin Brothers-December 578 18 I Apologize-Billy Eckstine-May 570 19 Too Young-Nat King Cole-June 562 20 Don't Take Your Love From Me-Joe Morris,Laurie Tate-April 498 21 Do Something For Me-Dominoes-February 466 22 Seven Long Days-Charles Brown-December 444 23 I Will Wait-Four Buddies-May 432 24 Smooth Sailing-Ella Fitzgerald-October 426 25 Red's Boogie-Piano Red-April 416 26 T-99 Blues-Jimmy Nelson-September 370 27 Tra La La-Griffin Brothers-August 364 28 Old Time Shuffle Blues-Lowell Fulson, Lloyd Glenn-January 338 29 Little Red Roosters-Margie Day, Griffin Brothers-February 330 30 Bloodshot Eyes-Wynonie Harris-August 322 31 Rocking With Red-Piano Red-March 286 32 How High The Moon-Les Paul & Mary Ford-June 278 33 Telephone Blues-Floyd Dixon-February 274 34 Gee, Baby-Johnny Otis Orchestra-June 250 35 Tennessee Waltz Blues-Stick Mcghee-May 244 36 Castle Rock-Johnny Hodges-September 242 37 Tears, Tears, Tears-Amos Milburn-April 230 38 I Know-Ruth Brown-August 184 39 I'll Wait For You-Ruth Brown-April 158 40 Lemonade-Louis Jordan-January 146 41 T-town Twist-Roy Milton-September 144 42 Let's Rock Awhile-Amos Milburn-April 140 43 Chic A Boo-Lloyd Glenn-July 138 44 How Many More Years-Howlin' Wolf-December 130 45 The Thrill Is Gone-Roy Hawkins-August 100 46 Weak Minded Blues-Louis Jordan-May 96 47 All Night Long-Johnny Otis Orchestra-September 94 48 Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand-Ray Charles-March 92 49 Lonesome Christmas-Lowell Fulson-January 90 50 Mambo Boogie-Johnny Otis Orchestra-April 88 51 I'll Never Be Free-Lucky Millinder-January 88 52 Will You Be Mine-Swallows-September 86 53 Eyesight To The Blind-Larks-July 52 54 I Won't Cry Anymore-Dinah Washington-May 50 55 Shouldn't I Know-Cardinals-October 48 56 Oh, Babe-Wynonie Harris-January 48 57 I Am With You-Dominoes-November 46 58 Long Distance Call-Muddy Waters-April 46 59 Big Town-Roy Brown-August 46 60 What A Fool I Was-Percy Mayfield-June 46 61 Laying The Boogie-Piano Red-September 46 62 Rockin' Chair-Fats Domino-December 44 63 Pretty Baby-Margie Day, Griffin Brothers-December 42 64 Little Side Car-Larks-October 42 65 Louisiana Blues-Muddy Waters-January 42 66 Just Right Bounce-Piano Red-July 42 67 Money Blues-Camille Howard Trio-September 42 68 I'm A Night Owl (Parts I & Ii)-Lowell Fulson-June 42 69 I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole-Arthur 'big Boy' Crudup-November 42 70 All Over Again-Tommy Edwards-November 42 71 The Wrong Yo Yo-Piano Red-May 42
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