BILLBOARD MAGAZINE’S (USA) WEEKLY R&B “MOST PLAYED IN JUKE BOX RHYTHM & BLUES RECORDS” CHARTS FROM 1955
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 1,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 YOU UPSET ME BABY-B.B. KING 2 4 8 2 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 3 3 8 2 Mambo Baby-Ruth Brown 3 4 4 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 5 9 2 5 Earth Angel-Penguins 6 - 1 6 Sincerely-Moonglows 7 10 2 7 White Christmas-Drifters 8 RE 31 1 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Joe Turner 9 - 1 9 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon 10 6 3 6 Last Night-Little Walter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 8,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 9 1 MAMBO BABY-RUTH BROWN 2 2 9 2 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 3 5 3 3 Earth Angel-Penguins 4 1 9 1 You Upset Me Baby-B.B. King 5 6 2 5 Sincerely-Moonglows 6 7 3 6 White Christmas-Drifters 7 9 2 7 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon 8 3 5 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 9 8 32 1 Shake,Rattle & Roll-Joe Turner 9 - 1 9 Hurt-Roy Hamilton 9 - 1 9 Twenty One-Spiders BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 15,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 4 1 EARTH ANGEL-PENGUINS 2 1 10 1 Mambo Baby-Ruth Brown 3 2 10 2 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 4 5 3 4 Sincerely-Moonglows 5 4 10 1 You Upset Me Baby-B.B. King 6 8 6 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 7 7 3 7 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon 8 - 1 8 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 9 RE 17 1 Hurts Me To My Heart-Faye Adams 9 - 1 9 Come Back-Ray Charles BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 22,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 4 4 1 SINCERELY-MOONGLOWS 2 3 11 2 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 3 6 7 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 4 1 5 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 5 5 11 1 You Upset Me Baby-B.B. King 6 2 11 1 Mambo Baby-Ruth Brown 7 8 2 7 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 8 7 4 7 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon 9 - 1 9 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 10 - 1 10 Last Night-Little Walter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 29,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 12 1 HEARTS OF STONE-CHARMS 2 1 5 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 3 3 8 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 3 4 6 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 5 - 1 5 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 6 - 1 6 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 7 7 3 7 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 8 5 12 1 You Upset Me Baby-B.B. King 9 6 12 1 Mambo Baby-Ruth Brown 10 - 1 10 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.B. King 10 9 2 9 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 5,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 HEARTS OF STONE-CHARMS 2 2 6 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 3 3 7 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 4 5 2 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 5 3 9 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 6 6 2 6 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 7 - 1 7 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 8 7 4 7 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 9 RE 2 9 Come Back-Ray Charles 10 10 2 10 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.B. King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 12,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 7 1 SINCERELY-MOONGLOWS 2 3 8 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 3 7 2 7 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 4 1 14 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 4 4 3 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 6 8 5 6 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 7 5 10 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 8 6 3 6 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 8 9 3 9 Come Back-Ray Charles 10 10 3 10 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.B. King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 19,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 9 1 EARTH ANGEL-PENGUINS 2 1 8 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 3 3 3 3 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 4 6 6 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 5 4 15 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 6 4 4 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 7 7 11 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 8 10 4 8 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.B. King 9 8 4 6 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 10 9 4 8 Come Back-Ray Charles BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 26,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 EARTH ANGEL-PENGUINS 2 3 4 2 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 3 2 9 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 4 4 7 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 5 5 16 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 6 6 5 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 7 7 12 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 7 9 5 6 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 7 - 1 7 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 10 8 5 8 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.B. King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 5,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 1 11 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 3 3 10 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 4 4 8 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 5 6 6 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 6 7 2 6 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 7 5 17 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 8 - 1 8 The Wallflower-Etta James 9 7 13 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 10 - 1 10 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 12,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 12 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 3 3 11 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 4 5 7 4 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 5 8 2 5 The Wallflower-Etta James 6 4 9 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 7 6 3 6 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 8 9 14 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 9 10 2 9 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 10 7 18 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 19,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 3 12 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 3 4 8 3 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 4 - 1 4 My Babe-Little Walter 5 5 3 5 The Wallflower-Etta James 6 6 10 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 7 2 13 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 8 8 15 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 9 9 3 9 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 10 - 1 10 Johnny Has Gone-Varetta Dillard BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 26,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 3 9 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 3 4 2 3 My Babe-Little Walter 4 7 14 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 5 5 4 5 The Wallflower-Etta James 6 6 11 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 7 2 13 1 Sincerely-Moonglows 8 - 1 8 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 9 10 2 9 Johnny Has Gone-Varetta Dillard 10 RE 5 8 Come Back-Ray Charles BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 2,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 4 15 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 3 2 10 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 4 5 5 4 The Wallflower-Etta James 5 3 3 3 My Babe-Little Walter 6 8 2 6 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 7 6 12 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 8 - 1 8 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 9 9 3 9 Johnny Has Gone-Varetta Dillard 10 7 14 1 Sincerely-Moonglows BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 9,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 3 11 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 3 2 16 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 4 4 6 4 The Wallflower-Etta James 5 5 4 3 My Babe-Little Walter 6 6 3 6 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 7 8 2 7 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 8 7 13 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 8 9 4 8 Johnny Has Gone-Varetta Dillard 10 RE 4 9 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 16,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 12 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 3 5 5 3 My Babe-Little Walter 4 4 7 4 The Wallflower-Etta James 5 3 17 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 6 6 4 6 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 7 7 3 7 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 8 8 14 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 9 - 1 9 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 10 8 5 8 Johnny Has Gone-Varetta Dillard BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 23,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 3 6 2 My Babe-Little Walter 3 2 13 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 4 4 8 4 The Wallflower-Etta James 5 5 18 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 6 6 5 6 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 7 9 2 7 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 8 7 4 7 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 9 - 1 9 Most Of All-Moonglows 10 8 15 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 30,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 7 1 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER 2 3 14 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 3 1 13 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 4 4 9 4 The Wallflower-Etta James 5 6 6 5 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 6 RE 5 6 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 7 7 3 7 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 8 5 19 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 9 8 5 7 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 10 9 2 9 Most Of All-Moonglows BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 7,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 15 1 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-RAY CHARLES 2 1 8 1 My Babe-Little Walter 3 3 14 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 4 5 7 4 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 5 6 6 5 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 5 - 1 5 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 7 4 10 4 The Wallflower-Etta James 8 7 4 7 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 9 9 6 7 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 10 - 1 10 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 14,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 15 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 5 2 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 3 4 8 3 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 4 2 9 1 My Babe-Little Walter 5 1 16 1 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 6 5 7 5 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 7 9 7 7 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 8 - 1 8 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 9 10 2 9 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 10 7 11 4 The Wallflower-Etta James BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 21,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 4 10 1 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER 2 2 3 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 2 3 9 2 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 4 1 16 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 4 - 1 4 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 6 5 17 1 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 7 7 8 7 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 7 8 2 7 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 9 6 8 5 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 10 - 1 10 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 28,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 4 11 1 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER 2 6 18 1 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 3 2 10 2 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 4 2 4 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 5 4 2 4 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 6 4 17 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 7 RE 3 7 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 8 RE 5 7 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 9 - 1 9 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 10 10 2 10 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 4,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER 2 2 19 1 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 2 7 4 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 4 4 5 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 5 3 11 2 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 5 5 3 4 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 7 8 6 7 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 8 - 1 8 I Can See Everybody's Baby/As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 9 RE 9 7 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 10 6 18 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 11,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER 2 2 5 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 3 5 4 3 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 4 5 12 2 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 5 2 20 1 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 6 4 6 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 7 8 2 7 I Can See Everybody's Baby/As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 8 RE 3 7 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 9 9 10 7 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 10 - 1 10 This Is My Story-Gene & Eunice BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 18,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 8 4 1 UNCHAINED MELODY-AL HIBBLER 2 3 5 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 3 1 14 1 My Babe-Little Walter 4 6 7 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 5 2 6 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 6 RE 2 6 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 7 4 13 2 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 8 7 3 7 I Can See Everybody's Baby/As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 9 9 11 7 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 10 - 1 10 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 25,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 4 8 1 BO DIDDLEY/I'M A MAN-BO DIDDLEY 2 6 3 2 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 3 5 7 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 4 1 5 1 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 5 2 6 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 6 9 12 6 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 7 3 15 1 My Babe-Little Walter 8 7 14 2 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 9 8 4 7 I Can See Everybody's Baby/As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 10 RE 3 10 Bop Ting-A Ling-Lavern Baker BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 2,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 3 8 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 3 1 9 1 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 4 6 13 4 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 5 4 6 1 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 5 7 16 1 My Babe-Little Walter 7 5 7 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 8 9 5 7 I Can See Everybody's Baby/As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 8 - 1 8 Rollin' Stone-Marigolds 10 8 15 2 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 9,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 3 10 1 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 3 2 9 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 4 - 1 4 Fool For You-Ray Charles 5 4 14 4 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 6 - 1 6 Roller Coaster-Little Walter 7 5 7 1 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 7 7 8 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 9 5 17 1 My Babe-Little Walter 10 8 6 7 I Can See Everybody's Baby/As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 10 - 1 10 Story Untold-Nutmegs BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 16,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 11 1 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 3 4 2 3 Fool For You-Ray Charles 4 - 1 4 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 5 10 2 5 Story Untold-Nutmegs 6 3 10 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 7 6 2 6 Roller Coaster-Little Walter 8 7 9 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 9 RE 2 8 Rollin' Stone-Marigolds 10 - 1 10 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 23,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 12 1 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 3 - 1 3 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 4 8 10 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 5 4 2 4 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 6 5 3 5 Story Untold-Nutmegs 7 3 3 3 Fool For You-Ray Charles 8 6 11 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 9 10 2 9 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 10 9 3 8 Rollin' Stone-Marigolds 10 - 1 10 Every Day-Count Basie BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 30,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 13 1 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 3 10 2 3 Every Day-Count Basie 4 RE 7 4 I Can See Everybody's Baby/As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 5 4 11 2 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 6 5 3 4 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 6 7 4 3 Fool For You-Ray Charles 8 - 1 8 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters 9 9 3 9 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 10 - 1 10 Forgive This Fool-Roy Hamilton BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 6,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 14 1 BO DIDDLEY/I'M A MAN-BO DIDDLEY 2 1 9 2 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 3 6 5 3 Fool For You-Ray Charles 4 6 4 4 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 5 8 2 8 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters 6 3 3 3 Every Day-Count Basie 7 RE 4 5 Story Untold-Nutmegs 8 - 1 8 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 9 9 4 9 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 10 10 2 10 Forgive This Fool-Roy Hamilton BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 13,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 10 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 3 6 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 3 4 5 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 - 1 4 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 5 8 2 5 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 6 1 15 1 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 7 6 4 3 Every Day-Count Basie 8 5 3 8 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters 8 7 5 5 Story Untold-Nutmegs 10 9 5 9 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 20,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 4 2 2 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 3 2 7 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 4 3 6 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 5 7 5 3 Every Day-Count Basie 6 6 16 1 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 7 10 6 7 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 8 - 1 8 Anymore-Johnny Ace 9 RE 8 4 As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 10 8 4 8 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters 10 5 3 5 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 27,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 3 2 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 3 5 6 3 Every Day-Count Basie 4 4 7 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 5 3 8 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 6 6 17 1 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 7 10 5 7 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters 8 7 7 7 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 9 9 9 4 As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 9 RE 6 5 Story Untold-Nutmegs BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 3,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 1 13 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 3 4 8 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 3 7 3 Every Day-Count Basie 5 5 9 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 6 7 6 6 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters 7 6 18 1 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 8 - 1 8 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 9 - 1 9 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 10 - 1 10 There Goes That Train-Rollie McGill 10 9 7 5 Story Untold-Nutmegs BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 10,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 14 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 3 4 8 3 Every Day-Count Basie 4 3 9 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 5 5 10 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 6 - 1 6 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 7 8 2 7 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 8 - 1 8 Only You-Platters 9 - 1 9 Walking The Blues-Willie Dixon 10 - 1 10 Wee Wee Hours-Chuck Berry BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 17,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 15 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 3 4 9 3 Every Day-Count Basie 4 3 10 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 5 5 11 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 6 6 2 6 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 6 7 3 6 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 8 8 2 8 Only You-Platters 9 RE 4 5 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 10 - 1 10 All By Myself-Fats Domino BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 24,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 16 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 3 3 10 3 Every Day-Count Basie 4 4 11 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 5 5 12 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 6 8 3 6 Only You-Platters 7 RE 8 7 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 8 9 5 5 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 8 10 2 8 All By Myself-Fats Domino 10 6 4 6 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 1,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 4 12 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 3 2 17 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 4 3 11 3 Every Day-Count Basie 5 6 4 5 Only You-Platters 6 8 6 5 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 7 7 9 7 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 8 - 1 8 Walking The Blues-Willie Dixon 9 - 1 9 Ten Long Years-B.B. King 10 - 1 10 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Earl King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 8,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 3 18 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 2 5 5 2 Only You-Platters 4 4 12 3 Every Day-Count Basie 5 2 13 2 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 6 8 2 6 Walking The Blues-Willie Dixon 6 RE 3 6 All By Myself-Fats Domino 8 RE 5 6 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 9 6 7 5 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 10 10 2 10 Those Lonely,Lonely Nights-Earl King 10 - 1 10 At My Front Door-El Dorados BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 15,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 4 13 2 Every Day-Count Basie 3 8 6 3 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 4 2 19 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 5 - 1 5 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 6 6 4 6 All By Myself-Fats Domino 6 10 2 6 At My Front Door-El Dorados 8 2 6 2 Only You-Platters 9 9 8 5 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 10 - 1 10 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 22,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 6 5 2 All By Myself-Fats Domino 3 8 7 2 Only You-Platters 4 6 3 4 At My Front Door-El Dorados 5 5 2 5 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 5 2 14 2 Every Day-Count Basie 7 3 7 3 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 7 9 9 5 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 9 4 20 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 10 RE 3 6 Walking The Blues-Willie Dixon BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 29,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 3 7 2 Only You-Platters 3 2 5 2 All By Myself-Fats Domino 4 5 2 4 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 5 4 3 4 At My Front Door-El Dorados 6 7 7 3 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 7 5 14 2 Every Day-Count Basie 8 7 9 5 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 9 RE 2 9 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 9 - 1 9 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 5,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 8 2 Only You-Platters 3 4 3 3 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 4 7 15 2 Every Day-Count Basie 5 9 2 5 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 6 9 3 6 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 7 3 6 2 All By Myself-Fats Domino 8 6 8 3 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 9 5 4 4 At My Front Door-El Dorados 10 RE 2 9 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 12,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 9 2 Only You-Platters 3 6 4 3 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 4 4 16 2 Every Day-Count Basie 5 5 3 5 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 6 3 4 3 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 7 10 3 7 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 8 9 5 4 At My Front Door-El Dorados 9 - 1 9 All Around The World-Little Willie John 10 - 1 10 Greenbacks-Ray Charles BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 19,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 10 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 1 14 1 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 2 5 4 2 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 2 7 4 2 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 5 6 5 3 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 6 8 6 4 At My Front Door-El Dorados 7 3 5 3 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 8 9 2 9 All Around The World-Little Willie John 9 4 17 2 Every Day-Count Basie 10 10 2 10 Greenbacks-Ray Charles 10 - 1 10 Hands Off-Jay McShann BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 26,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 2 5 2 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 3 5 6 3 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 4 2 5 2 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 5 7 6 3 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 6 6 7 4 At My Front Door-El Dorados 6 - 1 6 Poor Me-Fats Domino 8 10 3 8 Greenbacks-Ray Charles 8 - 1 8 When You Dance-Turbans 8 - 1 8 Adorable-Drifters BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 3,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 2 6 2 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 3 6 8 3 At My Front Door-El Dorados 4 - 1 4 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 5 8 4 5 Greenbacks-Ray Charles 6 RE 2 6 Hands Off-Jay McShann 7 6 2 6 Poor Me-Fats Domino 7 RE 18 2 Every Day-Count Basie 9 4 6 2 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 9 8 2 8 When You Dance-Turbans BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 10,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 3 9 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 3 4 2 3 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 4 RE 7 3 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 5 2 7 2 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 6 - 1 6 Good Rockin' Daddy-Etta James 7 6 3 6 Hands Off-Jay McShann 8 9 7 2 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 9 RE 3 9 All Around The World-Little Willie John 10 RE 7 3 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 10 7 19 2 Every Day-Count Basie BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 17,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 3 3 2 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 3 2 10 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 4 4 8 3 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 5 5 8 2 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 6 RE 3 6 When You Dance-Turbans 7 6 7 6 Hands Off-Jay McShann 8 9 8 2 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 8 - 1 8 Blackjack-Ray Charles 10 RE 2 8 Adorable-Drifters BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 24,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 15 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 3 4 2 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 3 6 4 3 When You Dance-Turbans 4 3 11 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 5 7 8 5 Hands Off-Jay McShann 6 10 3 6 Adorable-Drifters 7 5 9 2 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 8 RE 3 6 Poor Me-Fats Domino 8 - 1 8 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 10 8 9 2 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 31,1955 "Most Played In Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 6 4 1 ADORABLE-DRIFTERS 2 1 16 1 Only You-Platters 3 2 5 2 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 4 3 5 3 When You Dance-Turbans 5 8 4 5 Poor Me-Fats Domino 6 5 9 5 Hands Off-Jay McShann 7 4 12 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 7 8 2 7 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 9 7 10 2 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 9 RE 8 3 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams