BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S (USA) WEEKLY R&B “MOST PLAYED BY JOCKEYS” CHARTS FROM 1955
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 22,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 - 1 1 HEARTS OF STONE-CHARMS 2 - 1 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 3 - 1 3 Earth Angel-Penguins 4 - 1 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 5 - 1 5 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 6 - 1 6 Mambo Baby-Ruth Brown 7 - 1 7 You Upset Me Baby-B.B. King 8 - 1 8 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 9 - 1 9 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 10 - 1 10 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 11 - 1 11 Hurt-Roy Hamilton 11 - 1 11 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 13 - 1 13 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon 14 - 1 14 Dim,Dim The Lights-Bill Haley & His Comets 15 - 1 15 Bazoom (I Need Your Lovin')-Charms 15 - 1 16 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 29,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 2 1 HEARTS OF STONE-CHARMS 2 2 2 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 3 3 2 3 Earth Angel-Penguins 4 9 2 4 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 5 4 2 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 6 15 2 6 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 7 7 2 7 You Upset Me Baby-B.B. King 8 5 2 5 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 9 11 2 9 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 10 8 2 8 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 10 13 2 10 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon 12 - 1 12 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.B. King 13 - 1 13 Bye Bye Young Men-Ruth Brown 13 11 2 11 Hurt-Roy Hamilton 15 - 1 15 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 15 - 1 15 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Joe Turner 15 - 1 15 Baby Let's Play House-Artrhur Gunter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 5,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 3 1 SINCERELY-MOONGLOWS 2 3 3 2 Earth Angel-Penguins 3 1 3 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 4 4 3 4 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 5 5 3 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 6 9 3 6 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 7 6 3 6 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 8 RE 2 8 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 9 7 3 7 You Upset Me Baby-B.B. King 10 8 3 5 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 11 - 1 11 Come Back-Ray Charles 12 13 3 11 Hurt-Roy Hamilton 13 10 3 8 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 14 15 2 14 Baby Let's Play House-Artrhur Gunter 15 10 3 10 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 12,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 4 4 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 4 2 Earth Angel-Penguins 3 3 4 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 4 1 4 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 5 7 4 5 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 6 5 4 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 7 6 4 6 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 8 11 2 8 Come Back-Ray Charles 9 8 3 8 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 10 10 4 5 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 11 9 4 7 You Upset Me Baby-B.B. King 12 14 3 12 Baby Let's Play House-Artrhur Gunter 13 12 4 11 Hurt-Roy Hamilton 14 13 4 8 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 14 - 1 14 Thinking Of You-Fats Domino BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 19,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 EARTH ANGEL-PENGUINS 2 1 5 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 3 4 5 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 4 3 5 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 5 7 5 5 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 6 6 5 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 7 5 5 5 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 8 8 3 8 Come Back-Ray Charles 9 9 4 8 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 10 RE 2 10 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 11 - 1 11 The Wallflower-Etta James 11 RE 2 11 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.B. King 13 RE 4 10 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon 14 RE 2 14 Dim,Dim The Lights-Bill Haley & His Comets 15 - 1 15 Sneakin' Around-B.B. King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 26,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 6 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 1 6 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 3 3 6 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 4 4 6 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 5 7 6 5 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 6 6 6 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 7 8 4 7 Come Back-Ray Charles 8 11 2 8 The Wallflower-Etta James 9 9 5 8 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 10 11 3 10 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.B. King 11 RE 5 5 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 12 5 6 5 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 13 10 3 10 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 14 - 1 14 I Wanna Hug Ya,Squeeze Ya,Kiss Ya-Buddy Griffin & Claudia Swana 15 15 2 15 Sneakin' Around-B.B. King 15 - 1 15 That's All I Want From You-Dinah Washington BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 5,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 7 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 3 3 7 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 4 8 3 4 The Wallflower-Etta James 5 5 7 5 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 6 4 7 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 7 7 5 7 Come Back-Ray Charles 8 6 7 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 9 - 1 9 Johnny Has Gone- Varetta Dillard 10 9 6 8 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 11 13 4 10 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 12 12 7 5 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 13 10 4 10 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.B. King 14 - 1 14 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 15 - 1 15 Johnny Ace's Last Letter-Johnny Moore BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 12,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 8 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 3 4 4 3 The Wallflower-Etta James 4 3 8 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 5 8 8 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 6 5 8 5 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 7 7 6 7 Come Back-Ray Charles 8 6 8 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 9 9 2 9 Johnny Has Gone- Varetta Dillard 10 14 2 10 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 11 12 8 5 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 12 10 7 8 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 13 - 1 13 My Babe-Little Walter 14 RE 3 14 Sneakin' Around-B.B. King 15 - 1 15 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 19,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 3 4 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 3 2 9 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 4 6 9 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 5 4 9 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 6 7 7 6 Come Back-Ray Charles 7 5 9 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 8 13 2 8 My Babe-Little Walter 9 9 3 9 Johnny Has Gone- Varetta Dillard 10 8 9 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 11 - 1 11 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 12 - 1 12 Don't You Know?-Fats Domino 13 RE 5 10 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 13 10 3 10 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 15 13 5 10 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.B. King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 26,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 5 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 3 3 10 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 4 6 8 4 Come Back-Ray Charles 5 4 10 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 5 8 3 5 My Babe-Little Walter 7 13 4 7 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 8 5 10 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 8 9 4 8 Johnny Has Gone- Varetta Dillard 10 RE 2 10 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 11 RE 8 8 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 12 - 1 12 Lonely Nights-Hearts 13 - 1 13 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 14 11 2 11 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 14 - 1 14 That's All I Want From You-Dinah Washington BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 2,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 6 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 3 3 11 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 4 8 11 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 5 4 9 4 Come Back-Ray Charles 5 5 4 5 My Babe-Little Walter 7 13 5 7 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 8 5 11 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 9 RE 10 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 10 8 5 8 Johnny Has Gone- Varetta Dillard 11 RE 10 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 12 - 1 12 Two Hearts-Charms 13 11 9 8 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 14 - 1 14 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 15 14 3 11 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 9,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 7 1 THE WALLFLOWER-ETTA JAMES 2 1 12 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 3 5 5 3 My Babe-Little Walter 4 3 12 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 5 8 12 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 6 5 10 4 Come Back-Ray Charles 7 4 12 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 8 7 6 7 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 9 RE 2 9 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 10 RE 3 10 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 11 15 4 11 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 12 - 1 12 Most Of All-Moonglows 13 12 2 12 Two Hearts-Charms 14 RE 2 12 Don't You Know?-Fats Domino 14 9 11 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 16,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 13 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 1 8 1 The Wallflower-Etta James 3 11 5 3 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 4 4 13 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 5 8 7 5 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 6 7 13 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 6 3 6 3 My Babe-Little Walter 8 6 11 4 Come Back-Ray Charles 9 14 3 9 Don't You Know?-Fats Domino 10 13 3 10 Two Hearts-Charms 11 9 3 9 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 12 RE 2 12 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 13 5 13 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 14 12 2 12 Most Of All-Moonglows 14 14 12 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 23,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 9 1 The Wallflower-Etta James 3 6 7 3 My Babe-Little Walter 4 3 6 3 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 5 11 4 5 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 6 14 3 6 Most Of All-Moonglows 7 13 14 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 8 8 12 4 Come Back-Ray Charles 9 5 8 5 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 10 10 4 10 Two Hearts-Charms 11 12 3 11 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 11 RE 2 11 Lonely Nights-Hearts 13 4 14 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 14 9 4 9 Don't You Know?-Fats Domino 15 RE 4 10 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 30,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 15 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 10 1 The Wallflower-Etta James 3 4 7 3 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 4 3 8 3 My Babe-Little Walter 5 9 9 5 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 6 15 5 6 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 7 5 5 5 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 8 10 5 8 Two Hearts-Charms 9 13 15 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 10 6 4 6 Most Of All-Moonglows 10 11 3 10 Lonely Nights-Hearts 12 7 15 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 12 - 1 12 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 14 8 13 4 Come Back-Ray Charles 14 - 1 14 It May Sound Silly-Ivory Joe Hunter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 7,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 11 1 THE WALLFLOWER-ETTA JAMES 2 7 6 2 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 3 1 16 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 4 4 9 3 My Babe-Little Walter 5 3 8 3 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 6 12 2 6 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 7 RE 5 7 Don't You Know?-Fats Domino 8 8 6 8 Two Hearts-Charms 9 14 14 4 Come Back-Ray Charles 10 10 5 6 Most Of All-Moonglows 11 5 10 5 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 12 RE 4 11 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 13 6 6 6 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 14 - 1 14 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 15 - 1 15 Loving You-Lowell Fulson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 14,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 4 10 1 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER 2 1 12 1 The Wallflower-Etta James 3 3 17 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 4 5 9 3 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 5 10 6 5 Most Of All-Moonglows 6 14 2 6 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 7 11 11 5 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 8 2 7 2 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 9 9 15 4 Come Back-Ray Charles 10 8 7 8 Two Hearts-Charms 10 12 5 10 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 12 RE 16 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 13 RE 14 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 13 6 3 6 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 15 RE 16 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 15 - 1 15 Bop Ting-A Ling-Lavern Baker 15 - 1 15 That's All I Need-Lavern Baker BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 21,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 13 1 THE WALLFLOWER-ETTA JAMES 2 4 10 2 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 3 3 18 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 3 8 8 2 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 5 5 11 1 My Babe-Little Walter 5 7 12 5 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 7 10 6 7 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 8 13 4 6 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 9 6 3 6 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 10 19 8 8 Two Hearts-Charms 11 5 7 5 Most Of All-Moonglows 12 RE 6 7 Don't You Know?-Fats Domino 13 - 1 13 Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley 14 - 1 14 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 15 - 1 15 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 28,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 14 1 THE WALLFLOWER-ETTA JAMES 2 5 12 1 My Babe-Little Walter 3 2 11 2 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 4 3 9 2 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 5 8 5 5 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 6 9 4 6 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 7 3 19 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 8 5 13 5 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 9 RE 2 9 Bop Ting-A Ling-Lavern Baker 10 11 8 5 Most Of All-Moonglows 11 7 7 7 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 12 12 7 7 Don't You Know?-Fats Domino 13 - 1 13 This Is My Story-Gene & Eunice 14 13 2 13 Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley 15 15 2 15 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 4,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 13 1 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER 2 4 10 2 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 3 1 15 1 The Wallflower-Etta James 4 15 3 4 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 5 6 5 5 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 6 8 14 5 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 7 3 12 2 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 8 RE 2 8 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 9 11 8 7 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 9 RE 2 9 That's All I Need-Lavern Baker 11 RE 7 6 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 12 RE 17 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 13 - 1 13 Chop Chop Boom-Danderliers 14 5 6 5 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 14 - 1 14 Who'll Be Next-Howlin' Wolf BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 11,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 4 4 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 5 6 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 3 2 11 2 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 4 14 7 4 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 5 3 16 1 The Wallflower-Etta James 6 1 14 1 My Babe-Little Walter 7 RE 3 7 Bop Ting-A Ling-Lavern Baker 8 11 8 6 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 9 8 3 8 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 10 7 13 2 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 10 13 2 10 Chop Chop Boom-Danderliers 12 9 9 7 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 13 9 3 9 That's All I Need-Lavern Baker 14 RE 2 13 This Is My Story-Gene & Eunice 15 6 15 5 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 15 - 1 15 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 18,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 7 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 3 6 15 1 My Babe-Little Walter 4 4 8 4 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 4 12 10 4 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 6 5 17 1 The Wallflower-Etta James 7 3 12 2 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 8 7 4 7 Bop Ting-A Ling-Lavern Baker 9 10 14 2 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 10 RE 9 5 Most Of All-Moonglows 11 RE 4 10 Lonely Nights-Hearts 12 RE 3 12 Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley 13 15 16 5 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 14 - 1 14 I Can See Everybody's Baby-Ruth Brown 15 - 1 15 As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 25,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 8 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 3 12 4 3 Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley 3 RE 2 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 5 8 5 5 Bop Ting-A Ling-Lavern Baker 6 RE 4 6 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 7 14 2 7 I Can See Everybody's Baby-Ruth Brown 8 4 9 4 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 9 3 16 1 My Babe-Little Walter 9 4 11 4 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 11 11 5 10 Lonely Nights-Hearts 11 RE 9 6 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 13 10 10 5 Most Of All-Moonglows 14 6 18 1 The Wallflower-Etta James 14 RE 2 14 Loving You-Lowell Fulson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 2,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 9 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 3 5 6 3 Bop Ting-A Ling-Lavern Baker 4 3 5 3 Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley 5 3 3 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 6 RE 13 2 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 7 RE 2 7 As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 8 6 5 6 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 8 9 17 1 My Babe-Little Walter 10 - 1 10 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King 11 - 1 11 Story Untold-Nutmegs 11 9 12 4 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 13 8 10 4 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 13 11 6 10 Lonely Nights-Hearts 15 RE 4 9 That's All I Need-Lavern Baker BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 9,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 - 1 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 3 6 14 2 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 4 8 18 1 My Babe-Little Walter 5 5 4 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 5 - 1 5 Fool For You-Ray Charles 7 2 10 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 8 RE 3 8 This Is My Story-Gene & Eunice 8 RE 11 5 Most Of All-Moonglows 10 4 6 3 Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley 11 - 1 11 This Little Girl Of Mine-Ray Charles 12 11 13 4 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 13 13 11 4 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 13 - 1 13 Verdict-Five Keys 15 13 7 10 Lonely Nights-Hearts BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 16,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 5 2 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 3 2 2 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 5 5 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 5 10 7 3 Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley 6 7 11 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 7 RE 3 7 As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 8 3 15 2 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 9 13 12 4 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 10 4 19 1 My Babe-Little Walter 10 RE 6 5 Bop Ting-A Ling-Lavern Baker 12 RE 6 6 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 12 8 4 8 This Is My Story-Gene & Eunice 14 11 2 11 This Little Girl Of Mine-Ray Charles 15 - 1 15 Diddley Daddy-Bo Diddley BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 23,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 3 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 3 3 3 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 6 12 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 5 RE 2 5 Story Untold-Nutmegs 6 4 6 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 7 7 4 7 As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 8 12 7 6 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 9 RE 2 9 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King 9 - 1 9 Every Day-Count Basie 11 - 1 11 Mama Talk To Your Daughter-J.B. Lenore 11 - 1 11 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 11 10 7 5 Bop Ting-A Ling-Lavern Baker 11 5 8 3 Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley 15 RE 8 10 Lonely Nights-Hearts BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 30,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 4 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 3 3 4 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 6 7 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 5 11 8 5 Bop Ting-A Ling-Lavern Baker 6 11 9 3 Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley 7 9 2 7 Every Day-Count Basie 8 5 3 5 Story Untold-Nutmegs 9 RE 5 8 This Is My Story-Gene & Eunice 10 9 3 9 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King 11 RE 2 11 Diddley Daddy-Bo Diddley 12 7 5 7 As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 13 11 2 11 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 13 15 9 10 Lonely Nights-Hearts 13 - 1 13 Piddly Patter Patter-Nappy Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 6,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 FOOL FOR YOU-RAY CHARLES 2 1 12 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 3 4 8 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 4 3 5 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 5 8 4 5 Story Untold-Nutmegs 6 - 1 6 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters 7 10 4 7 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King 8 7 3 7 Every Day-Count Basie 9 RE 3 9 This Little Girl Of Mine-Ray Charles 10 RE 13 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 10 - 1 10 There Goes That Train-Rollie McGill 12 - 1 12 Anymore-Johnny Ace 12 - 1 12 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 14 13 3 11 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 15 5 9 5 Bop Ting-A Ling-Lavern Baker 15 RE 3 7 I Can See Everybody's Baby-Ruth Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 13,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 13 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 1 6 1 Fool For You-Ray Charles 3 4 6 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 - 1 4 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 5 3 9 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 6 6 2 6 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters 7 5 5 5 Story Untold-Nutmegs 8 10 14 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 9 RE 6 7 As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 10 15 10 5 Bop Ting-A Ling-Lavern Baker 11 9 4 9 This Little Girl Of Mine-Ray Charles 12 - 1 12 Mama Talk To Your Daughter-J.B. Lenore 13 12 2 12 Anymore-Johnny Ace 14 RE 10 3 Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley 15 12 2 12 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 20,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 14 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 1 4 2 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 3 3 7 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 2 7 1 Fool For You-Ray Charles 5 7 6 5 Story Untold-Nutmegs 6 5 10 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 6 RE 4 6 Every Day-Count Basie 8 6 3 6 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters 9 15 3 9 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 10 RE 2 10 There Goes That Train-Rollie McGill 10 - 1 10 It's Love,Baby-Midnighters 12 - 1 12 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Earl King 13 13 3 12 Anymore-Johnny Ace 14 - 1 14 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 15 RE 5 7 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King 15 RE 10 10 Lonely Nights-Hearts BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 27,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 3 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 4 8 1 Fool For You-Ray Charles 3 3 8 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 1 15 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 5 6 11 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 6 9 4 6 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 7 6 5 6 Every Day-Count Basie 7 - 1 7 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets 9 - 1 9 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 10 8 4 6 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters 11 RE 4 11 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 12 14 2 12 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 13 5 7 5 Story Untold-Nutmegs 13 15 6 7 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King 13 RE 11 3 Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 3,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 4 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 4 16 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 3 3 9 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 5 12 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 5 2 9 1 Fool For You-Ray Charles 6 - 1 6 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Ruth Brown 7 12 3 7 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 8 6 5 6 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 9 10 5 6 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters 10 RE 4 10 Anymore-Johnny Ace 11 13 12 3 Bo Diddley-Bo Diddley 12 13 7 7 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King 13 7 6 6 Every Day-Count Basie 14 - 1 14 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 15 9 2 9 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 10,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 17 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 3 3 10 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 8 6 4 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 5 5 10 1 Fool For You-Ray Charles 6 7 4 6 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 7 - 1 7 Only You-Platters 8 13 7 6 Every Day-Count Basie 9 15 3 9 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 10 14 2 10 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 11 RE 5 11 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 12 6 2 6 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Ruth Brown 12 RE 8 5 Story Untold-Nutmegs 14 RE 5 9 This Little Girl Of Mine-Ray Charles 15 12 8 7 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King 15 - 1 15 Forgive This Fool-Roy Hamilton BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 17,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 3 11 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 3 7 2 3 Only You-Platters 4 9 4 4 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 5 10 3 5 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 6 5 11 1 Fool For You-Ray Charles 7 RE 5 7 Anymore-Johnny Ace 8 11 6 8 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 9 4 7 4 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 9 - 1 9 All By Myself-Fats Domino 11 2 18 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 12 15 9 7 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King 13 - 1 13 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Earl King 13 - 1 13 All Around The World-Little Willie John 13 6 5 6 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 24,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 5 4 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 3 4 5 3 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 4 RE 3 4 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Ruth Brown 5 9 8 4 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 6 6 12 1 Fool For You-Ray Charles 7 2 12 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 8 11 19 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 9 RE 2 7 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets 10 9 2 9 All By Myself-Fats Domino 11 13 6 6 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 12 RE 13 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 13 - 1 13 Maybellene-Jim Lowe 14 - 1 14 At My Front Door-El Dorados 15 13 2 13 All Around The World-Little Willie John 15 - 1 15 I Don't Go For That-Jimmy Reed 15 - 1 15 Ain't That A Shame-Pat Boone BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 1,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 10 3 2 All By Myself-Fats Domino 3 3 6 3 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 4 2 5 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 5 RE 2 5 Only You-Platters 6 4 4 4 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Ruth Brown 7 14 2 7 At My Front Door-El Dorados 8 5 9 4 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 9 11 7 6 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 10 9 3 7 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets 11 8 20 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 11 15 3 11 All Around The World-Little Willie John 13 - 1 13 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 14 - 1 14 Ship Of Love-Nutmegs 15 RE 10 7 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 8,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 4 2 All By Myself-Fats Domino 3 8 10 3 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 4 3 7 3 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 5 4 6 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 5 5 3 5 Only You-Platters 5 11 21 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 8 9 8 6 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 9 10 4 7 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets 10 RE 13 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 11 7 3 7 At My Front Door-El Dorados 12 6 5 4 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Ruth Brown 13 13 2 13 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 13 14 3 13 Ship Of Love-Nutmegs 13 RE 2 13 Nip Sip-Clovers 13 - 1 13 My Boy Flat-Top-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 15,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 5 7 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 3 2 5 2 All By Myself-Fats Domino 4 4 8 3 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 5 RE 4 5 All Around The World-Little Willie John 6 5 4 5 Only You-Platters 7 11 4 7 At My Front Door-El Dorados 8 12 6 4 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Ruth Brown 9 5 22 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 10 10 14 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 11 RE 2 11 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Earl King 12 9 5 7 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets 13 - 1 13 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Johnny "Guitar" Watson 14 - 1 14 Ten Long Years-B.B. King 15 - 1 15 Wee Wee Hours-Chuck Berry 15 RE 8 6 Every Day-Count Basie BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 22,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 6 5 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 1 11 1 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 2 3 6 2 All By Myself-Fats Domino 4 2 8 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 5 7 5 5 At My Front Door-El Dorados 6 9 23 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 7 11 3 7 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Earl King 8 RE 3 8 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 9 4 9 3 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 9 - 1 9 Come Home-Bubber Johnson 9 RE 11 3 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 12 RE 7 8 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 13 - 1 13 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 13 RE 9 6 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 15 15 9 6 Every Day-Count Basie BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 29,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 7 1 ALL BY MYSELF-FATS DOMINO 2 1 6 1 Only You-Platters 3 4 9 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 4 2 12 1 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 5 5 6 5 At My Front Door-El Dorados 6 9 10 3 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 7 RE 7 4 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Ruth Brown 8 RE 5 5 All Around The World-Little Willie John 9 13 2 9 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 10 6 24 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 10 RE 9 6 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 12 9 12 3 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 12 - 1 12 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 14 7 4 7 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Earl King 14 - 1 14 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 5,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 ALL BY MYSELF-FATS DOMINO 2 5 7 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 3 2 7 1 Only You-Platters 4 9 3 4 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 5 4 13 1 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 6 3 10 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 7 RE 4 7 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 8 6 11 3 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 9 14 5 7 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Earl King 10 10 25 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 10 RE 3 10 Nip Sip-Clovers 12 - 1 12 Greenbacks-Ray Charles 13 RE 6 7 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets 14 8 6 5 All Around The World-Little Willie John 14 14 2 14 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 12,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 ALL BY MYSELF-FATS DOMINO 2 3 8 1 Only You-Platters 3 6 11 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 4 4 4 4 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 5 RE 2 5 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 6 14 3 6 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 7 2 8 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 8 5 14 1 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 9 9 6 7 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Earl King 10 7 5 7 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 11 8 12 3 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 11 - 1 11 Adorable-Drifters 13 RE 13 3 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 14 13 7 7 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets 14 RE 2 14 Ten Long Years-B.B. King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 19,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 9 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 7 9 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 3 1 10 1 All By Myself-Fats Domino 4 4 5 4 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 5 11 2 5 Adorable-Drifters 6 RE 7 5 All Around The World-Little Willie John 7 - 1 7 Hands Off-Jay McShann 8 3 12 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 9 5 3 5 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 10 RE 2 10 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Johnny "Guitar" Watson 11 6 4 6 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 12 8 15 1 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 12 9 7 7 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Earl King 14 10 6 7 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 15 - 1 15 Burn That Candle-Bill Haley & His Comets 15 RE 26 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 15 - 1 15 I Hear You Knocking-Gale Storm BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 26,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 4 6 2 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 3 2 10 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 4 3 11 1 All By Myself-Fats Domino 5 8 13 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 6 RE 14 3 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 7 7 2 7 Hands Off-Jay McShann 8 6 8 5 All Around The World-Little Willie John 8 - 1 8 Good Rockin' Daddy-Etta James 10 - 1 8 Blackjack-Ray Charles 11 5 3 5 Adorable-Drifters 12 11 5 6 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 13 - 1 13 Poor Me-Fats Domino 14 RE 2 14 Ain't That A Shame-Pat Boone 15 12 8 7 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Earl King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 3,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 2 7 2 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 3 5 14 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 4 7 3 4 Hands Off-Jay McShann 5 3 11 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 6 4 12 1 All By Myself-Fats Domino 7 11 4 5 Adorable-Drifters 8 8 2 8 Good Rockin' Daddy-Etta James 8 RE 16 1 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 10 RE 4 5 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 11 15 9 7 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Earl King 12 - 1 12 Love Has Joined Us Together-Clyde McPhatter & Ruth Brown 13 13 2 13 Poor Me-Fats Domino 13 12 6 6 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 15 8 9 5 All Around The World-Little Willie John 15 - 1 15 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 15 - 1 15 Witchcraft-Spiders 15 - 1 15 'Cause You're My Lover-Five Keys BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 10,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 4 4 2 Hands Off-Jay McShann 3 2 8 2 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 4 13 3 4 Poor Me-Fats Domino 5 7 5 5 Adorable-Drifters 6 5 12 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 6 - 1 6 I Can't Go On-Fats Domino 8 3 15 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 9 6 13 1 All By Myself-Fats Domino 9 10 5 5 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 9 RE 2 9 Burn That Candle-Bill Haley & His Comets 12 15 2 12 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 12 15 2 12 'Cause You're My Lover-Five Keys 14 RE 10 6 Every Day-Count Basie 14 - 1 14 Steamboat-Drifters BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 17,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 HANDS OFF-JAY McSHANN 2 3 9 2 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 3 4 4 3 Poor Me-Fats Domino 4 1 13 1 Only You-Platters 5 RE 10 5 All Around The World-Little Willie John 6 5 6 5 Adorable-Drifters 7 6 13 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 8 14 2 8 Steamboat-Drifters 8 RE 2 8 Love Has Joined Us Together-Clyde McPhatter & Ruth Brown 10 - 1 10 Hands Off-Priscilla Bowman 11 RE 3 10 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Johnny "Guitar" Watson 12 8 16 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 13 - 1 13 At My Front Door-Pat Boone 14 12 3 12 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 15 RE 7 6 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 24,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 HANDS OFF-JAY McSHANN 2 4 14 1 Only You-Platters 3 2 10 2 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 4 14 4 4 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 5 3 5 3 Poor Me-Fats Domino 6 8 3 6 Steamboat-Drifters 7 7 14 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 7 12 17 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 9 RE 7 7 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 10 RE 6 5 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 10 RE 2 10 Witchcraft-Spiders 12 - 1 12 White Christmas-Drifters 13 6 7 5 Adorable-Drifters 13 15 8 6 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 13 RE 3 9 Burn That Candle-Bill Haley & His Comets BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 31,1955 "Most Played By Jockeys" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 5 6 1 POOR ME-FATS DOMINO 2 1 7 1 Hands Off-Jay McShann 3 4 5 3 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 4 - 1 4 Great Pretender-Platters 5 2 15 1 Only You-Platters 6 3 11 2 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 7 6 4 6 Steamboat-Drifters 7 13 8 5 Adorable-Drifters 7 RE 2 6 I Can't Go On-Fats Domino 10 12 2 10 White Christmas-Drifters 11 7 15 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 12 RE 3 8 Good Rockin' Daddy-Etta James 13 RE 10 7 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Earl King 14 7 18 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 15 9 8 7 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 15 RE 14 1 All By Myself-Fats Domino 15 - 1 15 I Wanna Do More-Ruth Brown