CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S NATIONAL (MAGAZINE'S CHART) R&B BEST SELLERS FOR 1955*

No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE-FEBRUARY 
  2 AIN?T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO-July
  3 EARTH ANGEL (WILL YOU BE MINE)-PENGUINS-January
  4 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER & JUKES-April
  5 HEARTS OF STONE-CHARMS-January
  6 I?VE GOT A WOMAN-RAY CHARLES & BAND-March 
  7 JOHNNY HAS GONE-VARETTA DILLARD-March 
  8 MAYBELLENE-Chuck Berry-August
  9 IT?S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers-August
 10 UNCHAINED MELODY-Al Hibbler-May 
 11 Every Day-Joe Williams & Count Basie Orchestra-August
 12 Sincerely-Moonglows-January 882 
 13 Only You (And You Alone)-Platters-October
 14 The Wallflower-Etta James & 'the Peaches'-April
 15 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker & Gliders-February 
 16 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton-May 
 17 A Fool For You-Ray Charles & Band-July
 18 Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley-June
 19 You Upset Me Baby-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra-January
 20 Don?t Be Angry-Nappy Brown-May 696 
 21 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner & Blues Kings-May
 22 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis-November 
 23 Why Don?t You Write Me?-Jacks-September
 24 All By Myself-Fats Domino-October
 25 What?cha Gonna Do-Clyde Mcphatter & Drifters-May
 26 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear-September 
 27 Story Untold-Nutmegs-July 
 28 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows-July 
 29 At My Front Door-El Dorados-November
 30 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson-January
 31 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms-January
 32 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington-January

*As published in the December 24,1955 issue of Cash Box Magazine