BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S WEEKLY “NATIONAL BEST SELLERS RHYTHM & BLUES RECORDS” CHARTS FROM 1955
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 1,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 HEARTS OF STONE-CHARMS 2 2 3 2 Earth Angel-Penguins 3 6 3 3 White Christmas-Drifters 4 5 5 4 Sincerely-Moonglows 5 4 3 4 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 6 3 9 2 You Upset Me Baby-B.B. King 7 6 5 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 8 - 1 8 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 9 9 3 9 Hurt-Roy Hamilton 10 8 10 1 Mambo Baby-Ruth Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 8,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 HEARTS OF STONE-CHARMS 2 3 4 2 White Christmas-Drifters 3 2 4 2 Earth Angel-Penguins 4 5 4 4 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 5 4 6 4 Sincerely-Moonglows 6 7 6 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 7 8 2 7 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 8 6 10 2 You Upset Me Baby-B.B. King 9 9 4 9 Hurt-Roy Hamilton 10 RE 4 8 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 15,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 HEARTS OF STONE-CHARMS 2 5 7 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 3 3 5 2 Earth Angel-Penguins 4 4 5 4 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 5 7 3 5 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 6 - 1 6 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 7 6 7 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 8 9 5 8 Hurt-Roy Hamilton 9 8 11 2 You Upset Me Baby-B.B. King 10 10 5 8 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 22,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 HEARTS OF STONE-CHARMS 2 2 8 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 3 3 6 2 Earth Angel-Penguins 4 6 2 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 5 5 4 5 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 6 4 6 4 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 7 - 1 7 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 8 7 8 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 9 10 6 8 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon 10 - 1 10 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 29,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 7 1 EARTH ANGEL-PENGUINS 2 1 14 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 3 2 9 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 4 10 2 4 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 5 4 3 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 6 7 2 6 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 7 5 5 5 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 8 6 7 4 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 9 - 1 9 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 10 - 1 10 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.B. King 10 9 7 8 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 5,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 EARTH ANGEL-PENGUINS 2 4 3 2 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 3 2 15 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 4 3 10 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 5 5 4 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 6 9 2 6 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 7 6 3 6 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 8 7 6 5 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 9 - 1 9 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 10 - 1 10 Dim,Dim The Lights-Bill Haley & His Comets 11 8 8 4 Teach Me Tonight-Dinah Washington 12 10 2 10 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.B. King 12 RE 6 8 Hurt-Roy Hamilton 14 10 8 8 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon 15 - 1 15 Sneakin' Around-B.B. King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 12,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 EARTH ANGEL-PENGUINS 2 2 4 2 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 3 4 11 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 4 3 16 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 5 6 3 5 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 6 5 5 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 7 7 4 6 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 8 9 2 8 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 9 8 7 5 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 10 12 3 10 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.B. King 11 10 2 10 Dim,Dim The Lights-Bill Haley & His Comets 12 RE 9 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 13 12 7 8 Hurt-Roy Hamilton 14 - 1 14 Come Back-Ray Charles 15 15 2 15 Sneakin' Around-B.B. King 15 14 9 8 Poison Ivy-Willie Mabon BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 19,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 1 10 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 3 5 4 3 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 4 3 12 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 5 6 6 5 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 6 4 17 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 7 7 5 7 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 8 8 3 8 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 9 9 8 5 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 10 - 1 10 The Wallflower-Etta James 11 10 4 10 Everyday I Have The Blues-B.B. King 12 12 10 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 13 14 2 13 Come Back-Ray Charles 14 11 3 10 Dim,Dim The Lights-Bill Haley & His Comets 15 - 1 15 That's All I Want From You-Dinah Washington BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 26,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 11 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 3 3 5 3 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 4 5 7 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 5 4 13 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 6 6 18 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 7 8 4 7 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 8 7 6 7 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 8 10 2 8 The Wallflower-Etta James 10 9 9 5 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 11 13 3 11 Come Back-Ray Charles 12 15 2 12 That's All I Want From You-Dinah Washington 13 12 11 3 Reconsider Baby-Lowell Fulson 13 - 1 13 Johnny Has Gone-Varetta Dillard 13 - 1 13 (Gotta Go) Upside Your Head-Buddy Johnson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 5,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 12 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 3 3 6 3 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 4 4 8 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 5 8 3 5 The Wallflower-Etta James 6 5 14 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 7 13 2 7 Johnny Has Gone-Varetta Dillard 8 8 7 7 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 9 6 19 1 Hearts Of Stone-Charms 10 7 5 7 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 11 12 3 11 That's All I Want From You-Dinah Washington 12 10 10 5 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 13 - 1 13 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 14 - 1 14 Two Hearts-Charms 15 11 4 11 Come Back-Ray Charles BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 12,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 3 7 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 3 2 13 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 4 8 4 4 The Wallflower-Etta James 5 4 9 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 6 7 3 6 Johnny Has Gone-Varetta Dillard 7 6 15 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 8 11 4 8 That's All I Want From You-Dinah Washington 9 8 8 7 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms 10 10 6 7 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 10 14 2 10 Two Hearts-Charms 10 - 1 10 My Babe-Little Walter 13 12 11 5 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 14 - 1 14 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 15 13 2 13 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 19,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 8 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 3 4 5 3 The Wallflower-Etta James 4 3 14 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 5 5 10 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 6 10 2 6 My Babe-Little Walter 7 7 16 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 8 6 4 6 Johnny Has Gone-Varetta Dillard 9 RE 5 9 Come Back-Ray Charles 10 13 12 5 Ling,Ting,Tong-Five Keys 11 10 7 7 Ko Ko Mo-Gene & Eunice 12 14 2 12 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 13 - 1 13 Don't You Know?-Fats Domino 14 15 3 13 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 15 8 5 8 That's All I Want From You-Dinah Washington BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 26,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 3 6 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 3 2 9 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 4 6 3 4 My Babe-Little Walter 5 4 15 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 6 5 11 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 7 12 3 7 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 8 8 5 6 Johnny Has Gone-Varetta Dillard 9 9 6 9 Come Back-Ray Charles 10 - 1 10 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 11 7 17 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 12 14 4 12 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 13 13 2 13 Don't You Know?-Fats Domino 14 - 1 14 Lonely Nights-Hearts 15 RE 9 7 Ling,Ting,Tong-Charms BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 2,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 7 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 3 3 10 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 4 4 4 4 My Babe-Little Walter 5 5 16 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 6 7 4 6 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 7 10 2 7 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 8 6 12 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 9 8 6 6 Johnny Has Gone-Varetta Dillard 10 12 5 10 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 11 14 2 11 Lonely Nights-Hearts 12 11 18 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 13 9 7 9 Come Back-Ray Charles 14 - 1 14 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 15 13 3 13 Don't You Know?-Fats Domino BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 9,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 8 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 3 3 11 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 4 4 5 4 My Babe-Little Walter 5 7 3 5 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 6 6 5 6 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 7 8 13 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 8 5 17 1 Earth Angel-Penguins 9 10 6 9 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 10 14 2 10 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 11 12 19 2 Sincerely-Moonglows 12 13 8 9 Come Back-Ray Charles 13 11 3 11 Lonely Nights-Hearts 14 - 1 14 Blue Velvet-Clovers 15 9 7 6 Johnny Has Gone-Varetta Dillard BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 16,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 9 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 3 4 6 3 My Babe-Little Walter 4 3 12 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 5 5 4 5 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 6 6 6 6 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 7 10 3 7 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 8 13 4 8 Lonely Nights-Hearts 9 RE 3 9 Two Hearts-Charms 10 7 14 4 Tweedle Dee-Lavern Baker 10 9 7 9 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 12 - 1 12 Most Of All-Moonglows 13 - 1 13 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 14 12 9 9 Come Back-Ray Charles 15 11 20 2 Sincerely-Moonglows BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 23,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 7 1 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER 2 2 10 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 3 4 13 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 4 1 14 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 5 5 5 5 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 6 6 7 6 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 7 7 4 7 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 8 13 2 8 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 9 - 1 9 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 10 9 4 9 Two Hearts-Charms 11 12 2 11 Most Of All-Moonglows 12 10 8 9 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 13 8 5 8 Lonely Nights-Hearts 14 - 1 14 Chop Chop Boom-Danderliers 15 - 1 15 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 30,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER 2 2 11 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 3 3 14 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 4 5 6 4 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 5 7 5 5 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 6 4 15 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 7 8 3 7 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 8 9 2 8 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 9 - 1 9 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 10 6 8 6 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 11 15 2 11 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 12 11 3 11 Most Of All-Moonglows 13 10 5 9 Two Hearts-Charms 14 13 6 8 Lonely Nights-Hearts 15 12 9 9 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 7,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER 2 2 12 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 3 3 15 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 4 7 4 4 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 5 5 6 5 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 6 8 3 6 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 7 4 7 4 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 8 9 2 8 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 9 6 16 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace 10 11 3 10 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 11 12 4 11 Most Of All-Moonglows 12 10 9 6 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 13 13 6 9 Two Hearts-Charms 13 15 10 9 You Don't Have To Go-Jimmy Reed 15 - 1 15 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 14,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER 2 4 5 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 3 8 3 3 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 4 5 7 4 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 5 2 13 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 6 7 8 4 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 7 3 16 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 8 6 4 6 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 9 15 2 15 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker 10 - 1 10 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 11 10 4 10 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 12 12 10 6 Close Your Eyes-Five Keys 13 11 5 11 Most Of All-Moonglows 14 - 1 14 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 15 9 17 1 Pledging My Love-Johnny Ace BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 21,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 4 1 UNCHAINED MELODY-ROY HAMILTON 2 2 6 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 3 4 8 3 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 3 6 9 3 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 5 1 11 1 My Babe-Little Walter 6 9 3 6 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker 6 10 2 6 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 8 5 14 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 9 8 5 6 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 10 7 17 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 11 11 5 10 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 12 13 6 11 Most Of All-Moonglows 13 14 2 13 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 14 RE 2 14 Chop Chop Boom-Danderliers 15 - 1 15 This Is My Story-Gene & Eunice BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 28,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 UNCHAINED MELODY-ROY HAMILTON 2 9 6 2 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 3 6 3 3 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 4 2 7 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 5 3 9 3 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 6 5 12 1 My Babe-Little Walter 7 6 4 6 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker 8 8 15 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 9 3 10 3 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 10 13 3 9 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 11 10 18 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 12 12 7 11 Most Of All-Moonglows 13 11 6 10 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 14 - 1 14 I Diddie/If It's The Last Thing I Do-Dinah Washington 15 14 3 14 Chop Chop Boom-Danderliers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 4,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 UNCHAINED MELODY-ROY HAMILTON 2 3 4 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 3 10 4 3 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 4 2 7 2 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 5 4 8 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 6 6 13 1 My Babe-Little Walter 7 7 5 6 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker 8 5 10 3 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 9 8 16 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 10 9 11 3 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 11 - 1 11 Story Untold-Nutmegs 12 13 7 10 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 13 11 19 2 I've Got A Woman-Ray Charles 14 14 2 14 I Diddie/If It's The Last Thing I Do-Dinah Washington 15 - 1 15 Rollin' Stone-Marigolds BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 11,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 5 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 1 7 1 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 3 2 5 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 4 7 6 4 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker 5 6 14 1 My Babe-Little Walter 6 5 9 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 7 4 8 2 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 8 8 11 3 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 9 11 2 9 Story Untold-Nutmegs 9 - 1 9 I Can See Everybody's Baby/As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 11 12 8 10 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 12 10 12 3 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 13 9 17 2 The Wallflower-Etta James 14 14 3 14 I Diddie/If It's The Last Thing I Do-Dinah Washington 15 15 2 15 Rollin' Stone-Marigolds BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 18,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 8 1 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 3 3 6 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 4 4 7 4 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker 5 9 2 5 I Can See Everybody's Baby/As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 6 6 10 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 7 5 15 1 My Babe-Little Walter 8 8 12 3 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 9 7 9 2 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 10 9 3 9 Story Untold-Nutmegs 11 12 13 3 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 12 11 9 10 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 13 14 4 13 I Diddie/If It's The Last Thing I Do-Dinah Washington 14 - 1 14 Henry's Got Flat Feet-Midnighters 15 15 3 15 Rollin' Stone-Marigolds BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 25,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 3 7 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 3 2 9 1 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 4 5 3 4 I Can See Everybody's Baby/As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 5 10 4 5 Story Untold-Nutmegs 6 6 11 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 7 9 10 2 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 8 4 8 4 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker 9 7 16 1 My Babe-Little Walter 10 8 13 3 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 11 12 10 10 Door Is Still Open-Cardinals 12 15 4 12 Rollin' Stone-Marigolds 13 - 1 13 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 14 11 14 3 Flip Flop And Fly-Joe Turner 15 - 1 15 This Is My Story-Gene & Eunice BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 2,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 8 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 3 3 10 1 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 4 5 5 4 Story Untold-Nutmegs 5 7 11 2 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 6 8 9 4 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker 7 4 4 4 I Can See Everybody's Baby/As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 8 13 2 8 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 9 6 12 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 10 - 1 10 Fool For You-Ray Charles 11 - 1 11 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 12 12 5 12 Rollin' Stone-Marigolds 13 10 14 3 What'Cha Gonna Do-The Drifters 14 15 2 14 This Is My Story-Gene & Eunice 15 9 17 1 My Babe-Little Walter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 9,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 9 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 3 4 6 3 Story Untold-Nutmegs 4 3 11 1 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 5 11 2 5 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 6 10 2 6 Fool For You-Ray Charles 7 5 12 2 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 8 - 1 8 Every Day-Count Basie 9 9 13 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 10 6 10 4 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker 11 7 5 4 I Can See Everybody's Baby/As Long As I'm Moving-Ruth Brown 12 8 3 8 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 13 12 6 12 Rollin' Stone-Marigolds 14 14 3 14 This Is My Story-Gene & Eunice 15 - 1 15 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 16,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 3 7 2 Story Untold-Nutmegs 3 6 3 3 Fool For You-Ray Charles 4 8 2 4 Every Day-Count Basie 5 5 3 5 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 6 2 10 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 7 4 12 1 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 8 - 1 8 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 9 10 11 4 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker 10 9 14 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 11 - 1 11 Diddley Daddy-Bo Diddley 12 13 7 12 Rollin' Stone-Marigolds 13 7 13 2 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 14 12 4 8 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 15 14 4 14 This Is My Story-Gene & Eunice BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 23,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 3 4 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 3 4 3 3 Every Day-Count Basie 4 2 8 2 Story Untold-Nutmegs 5 8 2 5 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 6 5 4 5 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 7 6 11 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 8 14 5 8 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 9 7 13 1 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 10 - 1 10 Piddly Patter Patter-Nappy Brown 11 10 15 2 Don't Be Angry-Nappy Brown 12 9 12 4 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker 13 15 5 13 This Is My Story-Gene & Eunice 14 12 8 12 Rollin' Stone-Marigolds 15 11 2 11 Diddley Daddy-Bo Diddley BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 30,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 5 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 3 3 4 3 Every Day-Count Basie 4 6 5 4 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 5 4 9 2 Story Untold-Nutmegs 6 5 3 5 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 7 8 6 7 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 8 7 12 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 9 - 1 9 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters 10 12 13 4 Bop Ting-A Ling/That's All I Need-Lavern Baker 10 - 1 10 Only You-Platters 12 9 14 1 Unchained Melody-Roy Hamilton 13 15 3 11 Diddley Daddy-Bo Diddley 14 - 1 14 Forgive This Fool-Roy Hamilton 15 13 6 13 This Is My Story-Gene & Eunice BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 6,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 3 5 2 Every Day-Count Basie 3 2 6 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 4 7 7 4 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 5 4 6 4 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 6 5 10 2 Story Untold-Nutmegs 7 6 4 5 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 8 8 13 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 9 9 2 9 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters 10 - 1 10 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 11 - 1 11 Anymore-Johnny Ace 12 10 2 10 Only You-Platters 13 RE 14 2 Unchained Melody-Al Hibbler 14 RE 2 10 Piddly Patter Patter-Nappy Brown 15 13 4 11 Diddley Daddy-Bo Diddley BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 13,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 6 2 Every Day-Count Basie 3 3 7 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 4 10 2 4 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 5 7 5 5 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 6 5 7 4 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 7 4 8 4 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 8 6 11 2 Story Untold-Nutmegs 9 11 2 9 Anymore-Johnny Ace 10 8 14 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley 11 9 3 9 Manish Boy-Muddy Waters 11 - 1 11 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 13 12 3 10 Only You-Platters 13 - 1 13 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets 15 14 2 10 Piddly Patter Patter-Nappy Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 20,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 15 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 4 3 2 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 3 2 7 2 Every Day-Count Basie 4 5 6 4 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 5 6 8 4 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 6 3 8 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 7 7 9 4 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 8 8 12 2 Story Untold-Nutmegs 9 9 3 9 Anymore-Johnny Ace 10 13 4 10 Only You-Platters 11 13 2 11 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets 12 11 2 11 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 13 RE 2 13 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King 14 - 1 14 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 15 10 15 2 Bo Diddley/I'm A Man-Bo Diddley BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 27,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 1 16 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 3 4 7 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 3 8 2 Every Day-Count Basie 5 5 9 4 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 6 6 9 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 7 12 3 7 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 8 11 3 8 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets 9 10 5 9 Only You-Platters 10 9 4 9 Anymore-Johnny Ace 11 7 10 4 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 12 14 2 12 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 13 8 13 2 Story Untold-Nutmegs 14 13 3 13 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King 15 - 1 15 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 3,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" 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 8 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 4 9 2 Every Day-Count Basie 5 7 4 5 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 6 9 6 6 Only You-Platters 7 6 10 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 8 8 4 8 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets 9 5 10 4 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 10 12 3 10 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 12 14 4 12 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King 14 11 11 4 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 15 12 2 15 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 10,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 18 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 3 3 9 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 5 5 4 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 5 4 10 2 Every Day-Count Basie 6 6 7 6 Only You-Platters 7 10 4 7 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 8 9 11 4 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 9 15 3 9 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 10 - 1 10 It's Love,Baby-Midnighters 10 - 1 10 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 12 7 11 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 13 14 12 4 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets 14 - 1 14 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 15 12 5 12 Don't Take It So Hard-Earl King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 17,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 19 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 3 3 10 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 4 6 4 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 5 6 8 5 Only You-Platters 6 5 11 2 Every Day-Count Basie 7 8 12 4 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 8 9 4 8 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 8 10 2 8 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 10 7 5 7 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 11 14 2 11 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 12 12 12 2 Fool For You-Ray Charles 13 - 1 13 All By Myself-Fats Domino 14 - 1 14 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Ruth Brown 15 RE 5 8 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 24,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 20 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 3 3 11 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 5 9 4 Only You-Platters 5 4 7 4 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 6 13 2 6 All By Myself-Fats Domino 7 6 12 2 Every Day-Count Basie 8 8 3 8 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 9 7 13 4 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 10 8 5 8 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 11 10 6 7 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 12 15 6 8 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets 13 11 3 11 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 14 14 2 14 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Ruth Brown 15 - 1 15 Nip Sip-Clovers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 1,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 4 10 2 Only You-Platters 3 6 3 3 All By Myself-Fats Domino 4 3 12 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 5 2 21 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 6 5 8 4 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 7 7 13 2 Every Day-Count Basie 8 10 6 8 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 9 8 4 8 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 10 9 14 4 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 11 12 7 8 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets 12 11 7 7 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 13 13 4 11 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 14 14 3 14 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Ruth Brown 15 RE 13 4 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 8,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 11 2 Only You-Platters 3 3 4 3 All By Myself-Fats Domino 4 5 22 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 5 6 9 4 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 5 9 5 5 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 7 4 13 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 8 7 14 2 Every Day-Count Basie 9 8 7 8 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 10 - 1 10 All Around The World-Little Willie John 11 - 1 11 At My Front Door-El Dorados 12 12 8 7 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 13 - 1 13 Ten Long Years-B.B. King 14 10 15 4 Soldier Boy-Four Fellows 15 15 14 4 Rock Around The Clock-Bill Haley & His Comets BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 15,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 12 2 Only You-Platters 3 3 5 3 All By Myself-Fats Domino 4 5 6 4 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 5 11 2 5 At My Front Door-El Dorados 6 4 23 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 7 10 2 7 All Around The World-Little Willie John 8 5 10 4 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 9 12 9 7 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 10 RE 8 8 Seventeen-Boyd Bennett And His Rockets 11 8 15 2 Every Day-Count Basie 12 7 14 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 13 13 2 13 Ten Long Years-B.B. King 13 - 1 13 Your Painted Pictures-Spaniels 15 9 8 8 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 22,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 13 2 Only You-Platters 3 4 7 3 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 4 3 6 3 All By Myself-Fats Domino 5 5 3 5 At My Front Door-El Dorados 6 7 3 6 All Around The World-Little Willie John 7 6 24 1 Ain't It A Shame-Fats Domino 8 9 10 7 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 9 8 11 4 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 10 12 15 3 It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 11 - 1 11 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 12 13 3 13 Ten Long Years-B.B. King 13 15 9 8 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 13 11 16 2 Every Day-Count Basie 13 RE 5 11 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner 13 - 1 13 He-Al Hibbler BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 29,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 14 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 3 8 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 2 5 4 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 4 4 7 3 All By Myself-Fats Domino 5 1 13 1 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 6 6 4 6 All Around The World-Little Willie John 7 11 2 7 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 8 - 1 8 Blackjack/Greenbacks-Ray Charles 9 9 12 4 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 10 - 1 10 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 11 - 1 11 Adorable-Colts 11 - 1 11 I Concentrate On You-Dinah Washington 13 - 1 13 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 13 8 11 7 Walking The Blues-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 15 13 10 8 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 15 13 6 11 Hide And Seek-Joe Turner BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 5,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 15 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 2 5 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 3 2 9 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 4 5 14 1 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 5 4 8 3 All By Myself-Fats Domino 6 6 5 6 All Around The World-Little Willie John 7 10 2 7 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 8 13 2 8 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 9 8 2 8 Blackjack/Greenbacks-Ray Charles 10 7 3 7 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 11 9 13 4 Why Don't You Write Me?-Jacks 11 - 1 11 Hands Off-Jay McShann 13 - 1 13 Good Rockin' Daddy-Etta James 14 - 1 14 Adorable-Drifters 14 15 11 8 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 12,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 16 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 2 6 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 3 3 10 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 4 11 2 4 Hands Off-Jay McShann 5 5 9 3 All By Myself-Fats Domino 6 6 6 6 All Around The World-Little Willie John 7 7 3 7 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 8 4 15 1 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 9 10 4 7 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 10 9 3 8 Blackjack/Greenbacks-Ray Charles 11 14 12 8 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 12 13 2 12 Good Rockin' Daddy-Etta James 13 14 2 13 Adorable-Drifters 14 8 3 8 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 15 - 1 15 I Concentrate On You-Dinah Washington BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 19,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 17 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 4 3 2 Hands Off-Jay McShann 3 2 7 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 4 7 4 4 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 5 3 11 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 6 6 7 6 All Around The World-Little Willie John 7 11 13 7 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 8 5 10 3 All By Myself-Fats Domino 9 9 5 7 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 10 10 4 8 Blackjack/Greenbacks-Ray Charles 11 13 3 11 Adorable-Drifters 12 14 4 8 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 13 8 16 1 Maybellene-Chuck Berry 14 12 3 12 Good Rockin' Daddy-Etta James 15 15 2 15 I Concentrate On You-Dinah Washington BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 26,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 18 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 2 4 2 Hands Off-Jay McShann 3 3 8 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 4 4 5 4 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 5 7 14 5 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 6 6 8 6 All Around The World-Little Willie John 7 5 12 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 8 11 4 8 Adorable-Drifters 9 9 6 7 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 10 - 1 10 Poor Me-Fats Domino 11 8 11 3 All By Myself-Fats Domino 12 - 1 12 At My Front Door-Pat Boone 12 - 1 12 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 14 - 1 14 You Might Have Told Me-Dinah Washington 14 - 1 14 I'm Lost Without You Tonight-Dinah Washington 15 10 5 8 Blackjack/Greenbacks-Ray Charles 15 12 5 8 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 3,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 19 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 2 5 2 Hands Off-Jay McShann 3 4 6 3 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 4 3 9 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 5 8 5 5 Adorable-Drifters 6 10 2 6 Poor Me-Fats Domino 7 6 9 6 All Around The World-Little Willie John 8 7 13 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 8 5 15 5 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 10 12 2 10 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 11 15 6 8 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 11 - 1 11 Witchcraft-Spiders 13 9 7 7 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 13 - 1 13 Smokey Joe's Cafe-Robbins 15 - 1 15 When You Dance-Turbans BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 10,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 20 1 ONLY YOU-PLATTERS 2 2 6 2 Hands Off-Jay McShann 3 6 3 3 Poor Me-Fats Domino 4 3 7 3 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 5 5 6 5 Adorable-Drifters 6 4 10 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 7 10 3 7 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 8 8 16 5 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 9 7 10 6 All Around The World-Little Willie John 10 8 14 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 11 11 7 8 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 12 13 8 7 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 13 11 2 11 Witchcraft-Spiders 14 13 2 13 Smokey Joe's Cafe-Robbins 15 15 2 15 When You Dance-Turbans BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 17,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 7 1 HANDS OFF-JAY McSHANN 2 1 21 1 Only You-Platters 3 3 4 3 Poor Me-Fats Domino 4 7 4 4 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 5 5 7 5 Adorable-Drifters 6 8 17 5 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 7 4 8 3 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 8 9 11 6 All Around The World-Little Willie John 9 13 3 9 Witchcraft-Spiders 10 6 11 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 11 12 9 7 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 12 10 15 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 13 11 8 8 Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 13 - 1 13 Great Pretender-Platters 15 RE 2 13 He-Al Hibbler BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 24,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 HANDS OFF-JAY McSHANN 2 2 22 1 Only You-Platters 3 3 5 3 Poor Me-Fats Domino 4 4 5 4 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 5 5 8 5 Adorable-Drifters 6 6 18 5 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 7 13 2 7 Great Pretender-Platters 8 9 4 8 Witchcraft-Spiders 9 7 9 3 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 10 8 12 6 All Around The World-Little Willie John 11 10 12 2 At My Front Door-El Dorados 12 RE 3 12 When You Dance-Turbans 13 11 10 7 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 14 - 1 14 Sugar Sweet-Muddy Waters 15 15 3 13 He-Al Hibbler BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 31,1955 "National Best Sellers Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 HANDS OFF-JAY McSHANN 2 7 3 2 Great Pretender-Platters 3 2 23 1 Only You-Platters 4 4 6 4 Tutti Frutti-Little Richard 5 3 6 3 Poor Me-Fats Domino 6 5 9 5 Adorable-Drifters 7 6 19 5 Feel So Good-Shirley & Lee 8 8 5 8 Witchcraft-Spiders 9 10 13 6 All Around The World-Little Willie John 10 9 10 3 Play It Fair-LaVern Baker 11 14 2 11 Sugar Sweet-Muddy Waters 12 RE 16 2 I Hear You Knocking-Smiley Lewis 13 RE 5 2 White Christmas-Drifters 14 13 11 7 Don't Start Me Talkin'-Sonny Boy Williams 15 12 4 12 When You Dance-Turbans