BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S WEEKLY R&B SINGLE CHARTS:HOT R&B*
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 20,1958 "HOT R&B" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 8 1 ROCK-IN' ROBIN-BOBBY DAY 2 4 7 2 Tears On My Pillow-Little Anthony & The Imperials 3 1 6 1 It's All In The Game-Tommy Edwards 4 10 9 4 Win Your Love For Me-Sam Cooke 5 5 3 5 Topsy II-Cozy Cole 6 15 5 6 Down The Aisle Of Love-Quin-Tones 7 - 1 7 Hold It-Bill Doggett 8 - 1 8 It Don't Hurt No More-Nappy Brown 9 20 2 9 Ten Commandments Of Love-Harvey & The Moonglows 10 - 1 10 I'm Gonna Get My Baby-Jimmy Reed 11 - 1 11 Little Boy Blue-Bobby (Blue) Bland 12 - 1 12 My Life-Chuck Willis 13 - 1 13 Yes I Want You-Ivory Joe Hunter 14 - 1 14 Close To You-Muddy Waters 15 7 4 7 Chantilly Lace-Big Bopper 16 - 1 16 Baby Face-Little Richard 17 - 1 17 A Lover's Question-Clyde McPhatter 18 16 4 16 Carol-Chuck Berry 19 14 5 11 Summertime Blues-Eddie Cochran 20 - 1 20 Itchy Twitchy Feeling-Bobby Hendricks 21 8 13 1 Little Star-Elegants BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 27,1958 "HOT R&B" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 5 4 1 TOPSY II-COZY COLE 2 3 7 1 It's All In The Game-Tommy Edwards 3 2 8 2 Tears On My Pillow-Little Anthony & The Imperials 4 4 10 4 Win Your Love For Me-Sam Cooke 5 1 9 1 Rock-in' Robin-Bobby Day 6 7 2 6 Hold It-Bill Doggett 7 10 2 7 I'm Gonna Get My Baby-Jimmy Reed 8 17 2 8 A Lover's Question-Clyde McPhatter 9 8 2 8 It Don't Hurt No More-Nappy Brown 10 9 3 9 Ten Commandments Of Love-Harvey & The Moonglows 11 14 2 11 Close To You-Muddy Waters 12 18 5 12 Carol-Chuck Berry 13 13 2 13 Yes I Want You-Ivory Joe Hunter 14 11 2 11 Little Boy Blue-Bobby (Blue) Bland 15 12 2 12 My Life-Chuck Willis 16 16 2 16 Baby Face-Little Richard 17 23 2 17 Key To The Highway-Little Walter 18 6 6 6 Down The Aisle Of Love-Quin-Tones 19 24 2 19 Tell It Like It Is-Little Willie John 20 15 5 7 Chantilly Lace-Big Bopper BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 3,1958 "HOT R&B" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 TOPSY II-COZY COLE 2 2 8 1 It's All In The Game-Tommy Edwards 3 6 3 3 Hold It-Bill Doggett 4 4 11 4 Win Your Love For Me-Sam Cooke 5 3 9 2 Tears On My Pillow-Little Anthony & The Imperials 6 7 3 7 I'm Gonna Get My Baby-Jimmy Reed 7 8 3 8 A Lover's Question-Clyde McPhatter 8 5 10 1 Rock-in' Robin-Bobby Day 9 11 3 9 Close To You-Muddy Waters 10 28 4 10 Just A Dream-Jimmy Clanton 11 17 3 11 Key To The Highway-Little Walter 12 16 3 12 Baby Face-Little Richard 13 12 6 13 Carol-Chuck Berry 14 9 3 8 It Don't Hurt No More-Nappy Brown 15 10 4 9 Ten Commandments Of Love-Harvey & The Moonglows 16 21 4 16 The End-Earl Grant 17 15 3 12 My Life-Chuck Willis 18 22 15 1 Little Star-Elegants 19 - 1 19 I'm Sorry-Kenny Maerin 20 - 1 20 Queen Of The Hop-Bobby Darin BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 10,1958 "HOT R&B" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 TOPSY II-COZY COLE 2 2 9 1 It's All In The Game-Tommy Edwards 3 8 11 1 Rock-in' Robin-Bobby Day 4 5 10 2 Tears On My Pillow-Little Anthony & The Imperials 5 7 4 5 A Lover's Question-Clyde McPhatter 6 6 4 6 I'm Gonna Get My Baby-Jimmy Reed 7 3 4 3 Hold It-Bill Doggett 8 4 12 4 Win Your Love For Me-Sam Cooke 9 10 5 9 Just A Dream-Jimmy Clanton 10 9 4 9 Close To You-Muddy Waters 11 11 4 11 Key To The Highway-Little Walter 12 20 2 12 Queen Of The Hop-Bobby Darin 13 - 1 13 Try Me-James Brown 14 12 4 12 Baby Face-Little Richard 15 30 3 12 It's Only Make Believe-Conway Twitty 16 - 1 16 Please Accept My Love-B.B. King 17 27 7 7 Chantilly Lace-Big Bopper 18 15 5 9 Ten Commandments Of Love-Harvey & The Moonglows 19 18 16 1 Little Star-Elegants 20 26 4 11 Little Boy Blue-Bobby (Blue) Bland BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 17,1958 "HOT R&B" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 TOPSY II-COZY COLE 2 2 10 1 It's All In The Game-Tommy Edwards 3 3 11 1 Rock-in' Robin-Bobby Day 4 5 5 4 A Lover's Question-Clyde McPhatter 5 6 5 5 I'm Gonna Get My Baby-Jimmy Reed 6 11 5 6 Key To The Highway-Little Walter 7 7 5 3 Hold It-Bill Doggett 8 9 6 8 Just A Dream-Jimmy Clanton 9 12 3 9 Queen Of The Hop-Bobby Darin 10 4 11 2 Tears On My Pillow-Little Anthony & The Imperials 11 16 2 11 Please Accept My Love-B.B. King 12 17 8 7 Chantilly Lace-Big Bopper 13 8 13 4 Win Your Love For Me-Sam Cooke 14 10 5 9 Close To You-Muddy Waters 15 20 5 11 Little Boy Blue-Bobby (Blue) Bland 16 - 1 16 Nobody But You-Dee Clark 17 RE 2 17 Why Me?-Ruth Brown 18 13 2 13 Try Me-James Brown 19 21 5 19 Tell It Like It Is-Little Willie John 20 - 1 20 Lonely Teardrops-Jackie Wilson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 24,1958 "HOT R&B" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 TOPSY II-COZY COLE 2 3 12 1 Rock-in' Robin-Bobby Day 3 2 11 1 It's All In The Game-Tommy Edwards 4 4 6 4 A Lover's Question-Clyde McPhatter 5 5 6 5 I'm Gonna Get My Baby-Jimmy Reed 6 6 6 6 Key To The Highway-Little Walter 7 9 4 7 Queen Of The Hop-Bobby Darin 8 7 6 3 Hold It-Bill Doggett 9 14 6 9 Close To You-Muddy Waters 10 20 2 10 Lonely Teardrops-Jackie Wilson 11 16 2 11 Nobody But You-Dee Clark 12 22 6 8 It Don't Hurt No More-Nappy Brown 13 11 3 11 Please Accept My Love-B.B. King 14 18 3 13 Try Me-James Brown 15 13 14 4 Win Your Love For Me-Sam Cooke 16 - 1 16 Whole Lotta Loving-Fats Domino 17 25 2 17 To Know Him Is To Love Him-Teddy Bears 18 27 2 18 One Night-Elvis Presley 19 - 1 19 Everything Will Be All Right-Gene Allison 20 15 6 11 Little Boy Blue-Bobby (Blue) Bland BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 1,1958 "HOT R&B" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 TOPSY II-COZY COLE 2 4 7 2 A Lover's Question-Clyde McPhatter 3 16 2 3 Whole Lotta Loving-Fats Domino 4 3 12 1 It's All In The Game-Tommy Edwards 5 5 7 5 I'm Gonna Get My Baby-Jimmy Reed 6 11 3 6 Nobody But You-Dee Clark 7 10 3 7 Lonely Teardrops-Jackie Wilson 8 2 13 1 Rock-in' Robin-Bobby Day 9 6 7 6 Key To The Highway-Little Walter 10 12 7 8 It Don't Hurt No More-Nappy Brown 11 14 4 11 Try Me-James Brown 12 8 7 3 Hold It-Bill Doggett 13 17 3 13 To Know Him Is To Love Him-Teddy Bears 14 7 5 7 Queen Of The Hop-Bobby Darin 15 9 7 9 Close To You-Muddy Waters 16 13 4 11 Please Accept My Love-B.B. King 17 18 3 17 One Night-Elvis Presley 18 15 15 4 Win Your Love For Me-Sam Cooke 19 22 6 12 It's Only Make Believe-Conway Twitty 20 25 3 20 You've Been An Angel-B.B. King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 8,1958 "HOT R&B" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 8 1 A LOVER'S QUESTION-CLYDE McPHATTER 2 3 3 2 Whole Lotta Loving-Fats Domino 3 1 10 1 Topsy II-Cozy Cole 4 6 4 4 Nobody But You-Dee Clark 5 7 4 5 Lonely Teardrops-Jackie Wilson 6 5 8 5 I'm Gonna Get My Baby-Jimmy Reed 7 4 13 1 It's All In The Game-Tommy Edwards 8 10 8 8 It Don't Hurt No More-Nappy Brown 9 9 8 6 Key To The Highway-Little Walter 10 13 4 10 To Know Him Is To Love Him-Teddy Bears 11 8 14 1 Rock-in' Robin-Bobby Day 12 17 4 12 One Night-Elvis Presley 13 14 6 7 Queen Of The Hop-Bobby Darin 14 11 5 11 Try Me-James Brown 15 12 8 3 Hold It-Bill Doggett 16 20 4 16 You've Been An Angel-B.B. King 17 16 5 11 Please Accept My Love-B.B. King 18 21 3 18 Secret Love-Ahmad Jamal 19 15 8 9 Close To You-Muddy Waters 20 19 7 12 It's Only Make Believe-Conway Twitty BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 15,1958 "HOT R&B" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 5 5 1 LONELY TEARDROPS-JACKIE WILSON 2 1 9 1 A Lover's Question-Clyde McPhatter 3 4 5 3 Nobody But You-Dee Clark 4 2 4 2 Whole Lotta Loving-Fats Domino 5 14 6 5 Try Me-James Brown 6 13 7 6 Queen Of The Hop-Bobby Darin 7 7 14 1 It's All In The Game-Tommy Edwards 8 8 9 8 It Don't Hurt No More-Nappy Brown 9 17 6 9 Please Accept My Love-B.B. King 10 - 1 10 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes-Platters 11 25 12 7 Chantilly Lace-Big Bopper 12 3 11 1 Topsy II-Cozy Cole 13 - 1 13 Sweet Little Rock And Roller-Chuck Berry 14 9 9 6 Key To The Highway-Little Walter 15 - 1 15 Rockhouse II-Ray Charles 16 - 1 16 Stagger Lee-Lloyd Price 17 10 5 10 To Know Him Is To Love Him-Teddy Bears 18 15 9 3 Hold It-Bill Doggett 19 19 9 9 Close To You-Muddy Waters 20 - 1 20 The Chipmunk Song-David Seville & The Chipmunks BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 22,1958 "HOT R&B" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 LONELY TEARDROPS-JACKIE WILSON 2 5 7 2 Try Me-James Brown 3 10 2 3 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes-Platters 4 2 10 1 A Lover's Question-Clyde McPhatter 5 3 6 3 Nobody But You-Dee Clark 6 16 2 6 Stagger Lee-Lloyd Price 7 4 5 2 Whole Lotta Loving-Fats Domino 8 20 2 8 The Chipmunk Song-David Seville & The Chipmunks 9 RE 3 9 Tom Dooley-Kingston Trio 10 9 7 9 Please Accept My Love-B.B. King 11 18 10 3 Hold It-Bill Doggett 12 23 10 12 Love You Most OF All-Sam Cooke 13 19 10 9 Close To You-Muddy Waters 14 6 8 6 Queen Of The Hop-Bobby Darin 15 17 6 10 To Know Him Is To Love Him-Teddy Bears 16 RE 2 16 Sweet Home Chicago-Little Jr. Parker 17 15 2 15 Rockhouse II-Ray Charles 18 8 10 8 It Don't Hurt No More-Nappy Brown 19 24 2 19 Keep A-Driving-Chuck Willis 20 14 10 6 Key To The Highway-Little Walter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 29,1958 "HOT R&B" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 LONELY TEARDROPS-JACKIE WILSON 2 2 8 2 Try Me-James Brown 3 4 11 1 A Lover's Question-Clyde McPhatter 4 6 3 4 Stagger Lee-Lloyd Price 5 3 3 3 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes-Platters 6 5 7 3 Nobody But You-Dee Clark 7 7 6 2 Whole Lotta Loving-Fats Domino 8 11 11 3 Hold It-Bill Doggett 9 9 4 9 Tom Dooley-Kingston Trio 10 22 2 10 Pretty Girls Everywhere-Eugene Church & Fellows 11 8 3 8 The Chipmunk Song-David Seville & The Chipmunks 12 12 11 12 Love You Most OF All-Sam Cooke 13 20 11 6 Key To The Highway-Little Walter 14 17 3 14 Rockhouse II-Ray Charles 15 16 3 15 Sweet Home Chicago-Little Jr. Parker 16 13 11 9 Close To You-Muddy Waters 17 21 7 12 One Night-Elvis Presley 18 23 13 1 Topsy II-Cozy Cole 19 19 3 19 Keep A-Driving-Chuck Willis 20 25 10 12 It's Only Make Believe-Conway Twitty * In the October 20th,1958 issue of Billboard you can find the first "Hot R&B" chart.The weekly totals & last week positions (October 20,1958)include the chart action from the Billboard Best Sellers R&B chart.The Billboard Best Sellers R&B chart printed it's final chart in the October 13,1958 issue.