BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S TOP R&B SINGLES FOR 1955 (Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Plays Chart

  1 AIN'T THAT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO-JULY 1214 
  2 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-RAY CHARLES-May 1106
  3 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE-March 1106
  4 ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)-PLATTERS-November 1096
  5 EARTH ANGEL-PENGUINS-January 1068
  6 EVERYDAY-COUNT BASIE-October 1034
  7 BO DIDDLEY-BO DIDDLEY-June 1006
  8 MAYBELLENE-Chuck Berry-September 998
  9 MY BABE-Little Walter-April 990
 10 HEARTS OF STONE-Charms-January 958
 11 Sincerely-Moonglows-January 786
 12 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner-May 764
 13 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson-January 748
 14 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker-February 732
 15 It's Love Baby-Louis Brooks & The Hi-toppers-October 702
 16 What'cha Gonna Do-Drifters-July 660
 17 Mambo Baby-Ruth Brown-January 652
 18 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee-November 644
 19 Fool For You-Ray Charles-August 638
 20 I'm A Man-Bo Diddley-June 624
 21 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton-June 572
 22 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown-June 568
 23 The Wallflower-Etta James-April 562
 24 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry-November 536
 25 Adorable-Drifters-December 504
 26 Come Back-Ray Charles-April 502
 27 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis-November 480
 28 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams-November 478
 29 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks-August 462
 30 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner-October 432
 31 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows-August 406
 32 When You Dance-Turbans-December 390
 33 Play It Fair-Lavern Baker-December 384
 34 As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown-July 368
 35 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed-May 368
 36 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler-June 364
 37 All By Myself-Fats Domino-October 350
 38 I Can See Everybody's Baby-Ruth Brown-July 326
 39 A Story Untold-Nutmegs-July 324
 40 Steamboat-Drifters-December 310
 41 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters-August 284
 42 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals-April 280
 43 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington-January 238
 44 Johnny Has Gone-Varetta Dillard-April 218
 45 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.b. King-February 214
 46 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon-January 186
 47 Greenbacks-Ray Charles-December 182
 48 Walking The Blues-Willie Dixon-October 182
 49 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice-March 146
 50 White Christmas-Drifters-January 140
 51 All Around The World-Little Willie John-November 134
 52 Rollin' Stone-Marigolds-July 132
 53 Bop Ting-a Ling-Lavern Baker-May 126
 54 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear-September 100
 55 Roller Coaster-Little Walter-July 98
 56 Most Of All-Moonglows-April 86
 57 Ling, Ting, Tong-Charms-January 86
 58 Those Lonely, Lonely Nights-Earl King-October 84
 59 That's All I Need-Lavern Baker-May 84
 60 Forgive This Fool-Roy Hamilton-July 84
 61 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & The Comets-July 56
 62 This Little Girl Of Mine-Ray Charles-July 54
 63 Good Rockin' Daddy-Etta James-December 50
 64 Anymore-Johnny Ace-August 46
 65 Blackjack-Ray Charles-December 46
 66 Twenty One-Spiders-January 44
 67 Hurt-Roy Hamilton-January 44
 68 Ten Long Years-B.b. King-October 44
 69 Wee Wee Hours-Chuck Berry-September 42
 70 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King-June 42
 71 There Goes That Train-Rollee Mcgill-September 42
 72 This Is My Story-Gene & Eunice-June 42