BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S TOP R&B SINGLES FOR 1954 ((National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Record Ch

No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 WORK WITH ME,ANNIE-MIDNIGHTERS-May 1516 
  2 SHAKE,RATTLE & ROLL-JOE TURNER-June 1398
  3 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE-ROY HAMILTON-March 1220
  4 HONEY LOVE-DRIFTERS-July 1220
  5 THINGS THAT I USED TO DO-GUITAR SLIM-February 1208
  6 HEARTS OF STONE-CHARMS-November 1146
  7 LOVEY DOVEY-CLOVERS-April 1088
  8 HURTS ME TO MY HEART-Faye Adams-October 1008
  9 OH WHAT A DREAM-Ruth Brown-September 940
 10 SEXY WAYS-Midnighters-August 866
 11 I Didn't Want To Do It-Spiders-March 864
 12 I'll Be True-Faye Adams-February 824
 13 Annie Had A Baby-Midnighters-September 776
 14 Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight-Spaniels-June 742
 15 Little Mama-Clovers-May 722
 16 Sh-boom-Chords-July 674
 17 Just Make Love To Me-Muddy Waters-July 644
 18 Such A Night-Drifters-March 576
 19 You Upset Me Baby-B.b. King-December 562
 20 Mambo Baby-Ruth Brown-November 540
 21 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson-December 512
 22 Something's Wrong-Fats Domino-January 498
 23 I Don't Hurt Anymore-Dinah Washington-November 472
 24 Saving My Love For You-Johnny Ace-February 462
 25 You're Still My Baby-Chuck Willis-March 458
 26 I've Got My Eyes On You-Clovers-August 406
 27 Ebb Tide-Roy Hamilton-October 384
 28 I'm Just Your Fool-Buddy Johnson-January 368
 29 If I Loved You-Roy Hamilton-June 346
 30 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon-December 336
 31 You're So Fine-Little Walter-January 306
 32 Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash-Clovers-August 302
 33 I'm Ready-Muddy Waters-December 296
 34 It Should've Been Me-Ray Charles-April 272
 35 Gee-Crows-April 230
 36 Bip Bam-Drifters-November 220
 37 I'm Your Hootchie Cootchie Man-Muddy Waters-March 180
 38 I Feel So Bad-Chuck Willis-July 178
 39 Lucille-Drifters-March 138
 40 You're The One-Spiders-May 136
 41 Whole Lotta Love-B.b. King-November 134
 42 Tick Tock-Marvin & Johnny-October 128
 43 I Understand Just How You Feel-Four Tunes-June 88
 44 You Better Watch Yourself-Little Walter-October 86
 45 Darling Dear-Counts-April 86
 46 Dream-Dinah Washington-October 86
 47 Please Forgive Me-Johnny Ace-June 84
 48 Ain't It A Shame-Lloyd Price-January 48
 49 Oop-shoop-Shirley Gunter & The Teens-October 46
 50 Tv Mama-Joe Turner-February 44
 51 Don't You Know-Ray Charles-August 42
 52 Annie's Aunt Fanny-Midnighters-December 42
 53 You Done Me Wrong-Fats Domino-April 42