CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B WEEKLY SINGLE CHARTS FROM 1955
CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: January 1,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 9 HEARTS OF STONE-CHARMS 2 2 10 YOU UPSET ME BABY-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 3 7 7 EARTH ANGEL (Will You Be Mine)-Penguins 4 3 6 RECONSIDER BABY-Lowell Fulson 5 8 4 TEACH ME TONIGHT-Dinah Washington 6 4 4 SINCERELY-Moonglows 7 9 2 WHITE CHRISTMAS-Drifters Featuring Clyde McPhatter & Bill Pinckney 8 6 4 POISON IVY-Willie Mabon 9 5 9 MAMBO BABY-Ruth Brown & Rhythmakers 10 12 4 HURT-Roy Hamilton 11 10 11 I'M READY-Muddy Waters 12 11 19 HURTS ME TO MY HEART-Faye Adams 13 - 1 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 14 15 4 LAST NIGHT-Little Walter & Jukes 15 - 1 LING, TING, TONG-Five Keys CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: January 8,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 10 HEARTS OF STONE-CHARMS 2 3 8 EARTH ANGEL (Will You Be Mine)-Penguins 3 6 5 SINCERELY-Moonglows 4 7 3 WHITE CHRISTMAS-Drifters Featuring Clyde McPhatter & Bill Pinckney 5 2 11 YOU UPSET ME BABY-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 6 5 5 TEACH ME TONIGHT-Dinah Washington 7 4 7 RECONSIDER BABY-Lowell Fulson 8 13 2 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 9 10 5 HURT-Roy Hamilton 10 8 5 POISON IVY-Willie Mabon 11 15 2 LING, TING, TONG-Five Keys 12 9 10 MAMBO BABY-Ruth Brown & Rhythmakers 13 11 12 I'M READY-Muddy Waters 14 14 5 LAST NIGHT-Little Walter & Jukes 15 12 20 HURTS ME TO MY HEART-Faye Adams CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: January 15,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 11 HEARTS OF STONE-CHARMS 2 2 9 EARTH ANGEL (Will You Be Mine)-Penguins 3 3 6 SINCERELY-Moonglows 4 6 6 TEACH ME TONIGHT-Dinah Washington 5 7 8 RECONSIDER BABY-Lowell Fulson 6 8 3 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 7 5 12 YOU UPSET ME BABY-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 8 9 6 HURT-Roy Hamilton 9 11 3 LING, TING, TONG-Five Keys 10 10 6 POISON IVY-Willie Mabon 11 13 13 I'M READY-Muddy Waters 12 12 11 MAMBO BABY-Ruth Brown & Rhythmakers 13 14 6 LAST NIGHT-Little Walter & Jukes 14 - 1 STINGY LITTLE THING-Midnighters 15 - 1 PLEDGING MY LOVE-Johnny Ace CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: January 22,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 10 EARTH ANGEL (WILL YOU BE MINE)-PENGUINS 2 3 7 SINCERELY-Moonglows 3 1 12 HEARTS OF STONE-Charms 4 4 7 TEACH ME TONIGHT-Dinah Washington 5 6 4 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 6 5 9 RECONSIDER BABY-Lowell Fulson 7 9 4 LING, TING, TONG-Five Keys 8 7 13 YOU UPSET ME BABY-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 9 8 7 HURT-Roy Hamilton 10 15 2 PLEDGING MY LOVE-Johnny Ace 11 - 1 EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 12 10 7 POISON IVY-Willie Mabon 13 - 1 MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE-Sarah Vaughan 14 13 7 LAST NIGHT-Little Walter & Jukes 15 14 2 STINGY LITTLE THING-Midnighters CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: January 29,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 11 EARTH ANGEL (WILL YOU BE MINE)-PENGUINS 2 2 8 SINCERELY-Moonglows 3 3 13 HEARTS OF STONE-Charms 4 10 3 PLEDGING MY LOVE-Johnny Ace 5 5 5 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 6 7 5 LING, TING, TONG-Charms 6 7 5 LING, TING, TONG-Five Keys 7 4 8 TEACH ME TONIGHT-Dinah Washington 8 6 10 RECONSIDER BABY-Lowell Fulson 9 11 2 EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 10 9 8 HURT-Roy Hamilton 11 8 14 YOU UPSET ME BABY-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 12 - 1 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 13 - 1 KO KO MO-Gene & Eunice with Jonesy's Combo 14 12 8 POISON IVY-Willie Mabon 15 - 1 COME BACK-Ray Charles & Band CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: February 5,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 4 4 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 1 12 EARTH ANGEL (Will You Be Mine)-Penguins 3 2 9 SINCERELY-Moonglows 4 3 14 HEARTS OF STONE-Charms 5 5 6 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 6 6 6 LING, TING, TONG-Charms 6 6 6 LING, TING, TONG-Five Keys 7 7 9 TEACH ME TONIGHT-Dinah Washington 8 9 3 EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 9 12 2 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 10 10 9 HURT-Roy Hamilton 11 8 11 RECONSIDER BABY-Lowell Fulson 12 13 2 KO KO MO-Gene & Eunice with Jonesy's Combo 13 14 9 POISON IVY-Willie Mabon 14 11 15 YOU UPSET ME BABY-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 15 15 2 COME BACK-Ray Charles & Band CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: February 12,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 5 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 13 EARTH ANGEL (Will You Be Mine)-Penguins 3 3 10 SINCERELY-Moonglows 4 5 7 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 5 4 15 HEARTS OF STONE-Charms 6 9 3 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 7 6 7 LING, TING, TONG-Charms 7 6 7 LING, TING, TONG-Five Keys 8 12 3 KO KO MO-Gene & Eunice with Jonesy's Combo 9 8 4 EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 10 7 10 TEACH ME TONIGHT-Dinah Washington 11 10 10 HURT-Roy Hamilton 12 11 12 RECONSIDER BABY-Lowell Fulson 13 15 3 COME BACK-Ray Charles & Band 14 - 1 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO-Jimmy Reed & Trio 15 - 1 SNEAKIN' AROUND-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & 'The Kings Men' CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: February 19,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 6 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 14 EARTH ANGEL (Will You Be Mine)-Penguins 3 3 11 SINCERELY-Moonglows 4 4 8 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 5 6 4 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 6 5 16 HEARTS OF STONE-Charms 7 7 8 LING, TING, TONG-Charms 7 7 8 LING, TING, TONG-Five Keys 8 8 4 KO KO MO-Gene & Eunice with Jonesy's Combo 9 9 5 EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 10 12 13 RECONSIDER BABY-Lowell Fulson 11 - 1 THE WALLFLOWER-Etta James & 'The Peaches' 12 11 11 HURT-Roy Hamilton 13 13 4 COME BACK-Ray Charles & Band 14 14 2 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO-Jimmy Reed & Trio 15 10 11 TEACH ME TONIGHT-Dinah Washington CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: February 26,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 7 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 15 EARTH ANGEL (Will You Be Mine)-Penguins 3 5 5 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 4 4 9 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 5 3 12 SINCERELY-Moonglows 6 11 2 THE WALLFLOWER-Etta James & 'The Peaches' 7 6 17 HEARTS OF STONE-Charms 8 7 9 LING, TING, TONG-Charms 8 7 9 LING, TING, TONG-Five Keys 9 8 5 KO KO MO-Gene & Eunice with Jonesy's Combo 10 9 6 EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 11 10 14 RECONSIDER BABY-Lowell Fulson 12 13 5 COME BACK-Ray Charles & Band 13 14 3 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO-Jimmy Reed & Trio 14 - 1 THAT'S ALL I WANT FROM YOU-Dinah Washington 15 - 1 JOHNNY HAS GONE-Varetta Dillard CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: March 5,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 8 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 3 6 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 3 2 16 EARTH ANGEL (Will You Be Mine)-Penguins 4 4 10 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 5 5 13 SINCERELY-Moonglows 6 6 3 THE WALLFLOWER-Etta James & 'The Peaches' 7 9 6 KO KO MO-Gene & Eunice with Jonesy's Combo 8 8 10 LING, TING, TONG-Charms 8 8 10 LING, TING, TONG-Five Keys 9 12 6 COME BACK-Ray Charles & Band 10 13 4 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO-Jimmy Reed & Trio 11 10 7 EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 12 15 2 JOHNNY HAS GONE-Varetta Dillard 13 14 2 THAT'S ALL I WANT FROM YOU-Dinah Washington 14 7 18 HEARTS OF STONE-Charms 15 - 1 MY BABE-Little Walter & Jukes CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: March 12,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 9 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 7 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 3 3 17 EARTH ANGEL (Will You Be Mine)-Penguins 4 6 4 THE WALLFLOWER-Etta James & 'The Peaches' 5 4 11 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 6 5 14 SINCERELY-Moonglows 7 12 3 JOHNNY HAS GONE-Varetta Dillard 8 10 5 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO-Jimmy Reed & Trio 9 7 7 KO KO MO-Gene & Eunice with Jonesy's Combo 10 9 7 COME BACK-Ray Charles & Band 11 8 11 LING, TING, TONG-Charms 11 8 11 LING, TING, TONG-Five Keys 12 15 2 MY BABE-Little Walter & Jukes 13 13 3 THAT'S ALL I WANT FROM YOU-Dinah Washington 14 - 1 TWO HEARTS-Charms 15 11 8 EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: March 19,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 10 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 8 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 3 4 5 THE WALLFLOWER-Etta James & 'The Peaches' 4 3 18 EARTH ANGEL (Will You Be Mine)-Penguins 5 7 4 JOHNNY HAS GONE-Varetta Dillard 6 5 12 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 7 12 3 MY BABE-Little Walter & Jukes 8 6 15 SINCERELY-Moonglows 9 9 8 KO KO MO-Gene & Eunice with Jonesy's Combo 10 13 4 THAT'S ALL I WANT FROM YOU-Dinah Washington 11 8 6 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO-Jimmy Reed & Trio 12 14 2 TWO HEARTS-Charms 13 10 8 COME BACK-Ray Charles & Band 14 11 12 LING, TING, TONG-Charms 14 11 12 LING, TING, TONG-Five Keys 15 - 1 CLOSE YOUR EYES-Five Keys CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: March 26,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 11 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 9 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 3 3 6 THE WALLFLOWER-Etta James & 'The Peaches' 4 7 4 MY BABE-Little Walter & Jukes 5 4 19 EARTH ANGEL (Will You Be Mine)-Penguins 6 6 13 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 7 5 5 JOHNNY HAS GONE-Varetta Dillard 8 8 16 SINCERELY-Moonglows 9 11 7 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO-Jimmy Reed & Trio 10 9 9 KO KO MO-Gene & Eunice with Jonesy's Combo 11 13 9 COME BACK-Ray Charles & Band 12 10 5 THAT'S ALL I WANT FROM YOU-Dinah Washington 13 12 3 TWO HEARTS-Charms 14 - 1 FLIP FLOP AND FLY-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 15 - 1 LOVING YOU (Is All I Crave)-Lowell Fulson CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: April 2,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 12 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 4 5 MY BABE-Little Walter & Jukes 3 2 10 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 4 3 7 THE WALLFLOWER-Etta James & 'The Peaches' 5 5 20 EARTH ANGEL (Will You Be Mine)-Penguins 6 14 2 FLIP FLOP AND FLY-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 7 6 14 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 8 7 6 JOHNNY HAS GONE-Varetta Dillard 9 9 8 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO-Jimmy Reed & Trio 10 8 17 SINCERELY-Moonglows 11 11 10 COME BACK-Ray Charles & Band 12 - 2 CLOSE YOUR EYES-Five Keys 13 - 1 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 14 15 2 LOVING YOU (Is All I Crave)-Lowell Fulson 15 - 1 LONELY NIGHTS-Hearts CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: April 9,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 13 PLEDGING MY LOVE-JOHNNY ACE 2 2 6 MY BABE-Little Walter & Jukes 3 3 11 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 4 4 8 THE WALLFLOWER-Etta James & 'The Peaches' 5 6 3 FLIP FLOP AND FLY-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 6 5 21 EARTH ANGEL (Will You Be Mine)-Penguins 7 12 3 CLOSE YOUR EYES-Five Keys 8 9 9 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO-Jimmy Reed & Trio 9 7 15 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 10 13 2 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 11 14 3 LOVING YOU (Is All I Crave)-Lowell Fulson 12 15 2 LONELY NIGHTS-Hearts 13 8 7 JOHNNY HAS GONE-Varetta Dillard 14 - 1 MOST OF ALL-Moonglows 15 - 2 DON'T YOU KNOW-Fats Domino CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: April 16,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 7 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER & JUKES 2 1 14 PLEDGING MY LOVE-Johnny Ace 3 3 12 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 4 4 9 THE WALLFLOWER-Etta James & 'The Peaches' 5 5 4 FLIP FLOP AND FLY-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 6 7 4 CLOSE YOUR EYES-Five Keys 7 10 3 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 8 14 2 MOST OF ALL-Moonglows 9 11 4 LOVING YOU (Is All I Crave)-Lowell Fulson 10 - 1 UNCHAINED MELODY-Al Hibbler 10 - 1 UNCHAINED MELODY-Roy Hamilton 11 8 10 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO-Jimmy Reed & Trio 12 6 22 EARTH ANGEL (Will You Be Mine)-Penguins 13 9 16 TWEEDLE DEE-LaVern Baker & Gliders 14 12 3 LONELY NIGHTS-Hearts 15 - 1 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: April 23,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 8 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER & JUKES 2 2 15 PLEDGING MY LOVE-Johnny Ace 3 4 10 THE WALLFLOWER-Etta James & 'The Peaches' 4 3 13 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 5 5 5 FLIP FLOP AND FLY-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 6 7 4 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 7 10 2 UNCHAINED MELODY-Al Hibbler 7 10 2 UNCHAINED MELODY-Roy Hamilton 8 6 5 CLOSE YOUR EYES-Five Keys 9 8 3 MOST OF ALL-Moonglows 10 15 2 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown 11 9 5 LOVING YOU (Is All I Crave)-Lowell Fulson 12 - 1 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN-Cardinals 13 14 4 LONELY NIGHTS-Hearts 14 11 11 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO-Jimmy Reed & Trio 15 - 4 TWO HEARTS-Charms CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: April 30,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 9 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER & JUKES 2 3 11 THE WALLFLOWER-Etta James & 'The Peaches' 3 4 14 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 4 7 3 UNCHAINED MELODY-Al Hibbler 4 7 3 UNCHAINED MELODY-Roy Hamilton 5 2 16 PLEDGING MY LOVE-Johnny Ace 6 5 6 FLIP FLOP AND FLY-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 7 6 5 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 8 8 6 CLOSE YOUR EYES-Five Keys 9 10 3 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown 10 9 4 MOST OF ALL-Moonglows 11 11 6 LOVING YOU (Is All I Crave)-Lowell Fulson 12 12 2 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN-Cardinals 13 - 1 CHOP CHOP BOOM-Danderliers 14 14 12 YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO-Jimmy Reed & Trio 15 - 1 THIS IS MY STORY-Gene & Eunice with Johnny's Combo CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: May 7,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 10 MY BABE-LITTLE WALTER & JUKES 2 4 4 UNCHAINED MELODY-Al Hibbler 2 4 4 UNCHAINED MELODY-Roy Hamilton 3 3 15 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 4 2 12 THE WALLFLOWER-Etta James & 'The Peaches' 5 6 7 FLIP FLOP AND FLY-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 6 7 6 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 7 9 4 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown 8 5 17 PLEDGING MY LOVE-Johnny Ace 9 12 3 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN-Cardinals 10 10 5 MOST OF ALL-Moonglows 11 8 7 CLOSE YOUR EYES-Five Keys 12 11 7 LOVING YOU (Is All I Crave)-Lowell Fulson 13 13 2 CHOP CHOP BOOM-Danderliers 14 15 2 THIS IS MY STORY-Gene & Eunice with Johnny's Combo 15 - 5 TWO HEARTS-Charms CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: May 14,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 5 UNCHAINED MELODY-AL HIBBLER 1 2 5 UNCHAINED MELODY-ROY HAMILTON 2 1 11 MY BABE-Little Walter & Jukes 3 5 8 FLIP FLOP AND FLY-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 4 7 5 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown 5 3 16 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 6 4 13 THE WALLFLOWER-Etta James & 'The Peaches' 7 6 7 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 8 10 6 MOST OF ALL-Moonglows 9 9 4 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN-Cardinals 10 8 18 PLEDGING MY LOVE-Johnny Ace 11 12 8 LOVING YOU (Is All I Crave)-Lowell Fulson 12 11 8 CLOSE YOUR EYES-Five Keys 13 14 3 THIS IS MY STORY-Gene & Eunice with Johnny's Combo 14 13 3 CHOP CHOP BOOM-Danderliers 15 - 1 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: May 21,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 6 UNCHAINED MELODY-AL HIBBLER 1 1 6 UNCHAINED MELODY-ROY HAMILTON 2 2 12 MY BABE-Little Walter & Jukes 3 4 6 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown 4 3 9 FLIP FLOP AND FLY-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 5 7 8 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 6 5 17 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 7 8 7 MOST OF ALL-Moonglows 8 9 5 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN-Cardinals 9 6 14 THE WALLFLOWER-Etta James & 'The Peaches' 10 15 2 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley 11 12 9 CLOSE YOUR EYES-Five Keys 12 14 4 CHOP CHOP BOOM-Danderliers 13 13 4 THIS IS MY STORY-Gene & Eunice with Johnny's Combo 14 - 1 I DIDDIE-Dinah Washington 15 - 1 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: May 28,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 7 UNCHAINED MELODY-AL HIBBLER 1 1 7 UNCHAINED MELODY-ROY HAMILTON 2 3 7 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown 3 2 13 MY BABE-Little Walter & Jukes 4 5 9 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 5 10 3 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley 6 4 10 FLIP FLOP AND FLY-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 7 7 8 MOST OF ALL-Moonglows 8 13 5 THIS IS MY STORY-Gene & Eunice with Johnny's Combo 9 12 5 CHOP CHOP BOOM-Danderliers 10 6 18 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 11 11 10 CLOSE YOUR EYES-Five Keys 12 15 2 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 13 8 6 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN-Cardinals 14 14 2 I DIDDIE-Dinah Washington 15 - 1 BOP-TING-A-LING-LaVern Baker & Gliders CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: June 4,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 8 UNCHAINED MELODY-AL HIBBLER 1 1 8 UNCHAINED MELODY-ROY HAMILTON 2 2 8 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown 3 3 14 MY BABE-Little Walter & Jukes 4 5 4 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley 5 4 10 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 6 12 3 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 7 6 11 FLIP FLOP AND FLY-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 8 7 9 MOST OF ALL-Moonglows 9 8 6 THIS IS MY STORY-Gene & Eunice with Johnny's Combo 10 9 6 CHOP CHOP BOOM-Danderliers 11 10 19 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 12 14 3 I DIDDIE-Dinah Washington 13 13 7 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN-Cardinals 14 - 1 AS LONG AS I'M MOVING-Ruth Brown & Rhythmakers 15 - 1 STORY UNTOLD-Nutmegs CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: June 11,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 9 UNCHAINED MELODY-AL HIBBLER 1 1 9 UNCHAINED MELODY-ROY HAMILTON 2 4 5 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley 3 6 4 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 4 2 9 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown 5 3 15 MY BABE-Little Walter & Jukes 6 5 11 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 7 9 7 THIS IS MY STORY-Gene & Eunice with Johnny's Combo 8 7 12 FLIP FLOP AND FLY-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 9 14 2 AS LONG AS I'M MOVING-Ruth Brown & Rhythmakers 10 13 8 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN-Cardinals 11 15 2 STORY UNTOLD-Nutmegs 12 11 20 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band 13 - 1 IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO-Dinah Washington 14 10 7 CHOP CHOP BOOM-Danderliers 15 - 2 BOP-TING-A-LING-LaVern Baker & Gliders CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: June 18,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 10 UNCHAINED MELODY-AL HIBBLER 1 1 10 UNCHAINED MELODY-ROY HAMILTON 2 3 5 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 3 2 6 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley 4 5 16 MY BABE-Little Walter & Jukes 5 4 10 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown 6 9 3 AS LONG AS I'M MOVING-Ruth Brown & Rhythmakers 7 6 12 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 8 11 3 STORY UNTOLD-Nutmegs 9 7 8 THIS IS MY STORY-Gene & Eunice with Johnny's Combo 10 8 13 FLIP FLOP AND FLY-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 11 10 9 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN-Cardinals 12 15 3 BOP-TING-A-LING-LaVern Baker & Gliders 13 13 2 IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO-Dinah Washington 14 14 8 CHOP CHOP BOOM-Danderliers 15 12 21 I'VE GOT A WOMAN-Ray Charles & Band CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: June 25,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 11 UNCHAINED MELODY-AL HIBBLER 1 1 11 UNCHAINED MELODY-ROY HAMILTON 2 2 6 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 3 3 7 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley 4 6 4 AS LONG AS I'M MOVING-Ruth Brown & Rhythmakers 5 5 11 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown 6 4 17 MY BABE-Little Walter & Jukes 7 7 13 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 8 8 4 STORY UNTOLD-Nutmegs 9 12 4 BOP-TING-A-LING-LaVern Baker & Gliders 10 - 1 ROLLIN' STONE-Marigolds 11 9 9 THIS IS MY STORY-Gene & Eunice with Johnny's Combo 12 10 14 FLIP FLOP AND FLY-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 13 11 10 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN-Cardinals 14 13 3 IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO-Dinah Washington 15 - 1 A FOOL FOR YOU-Ray Charles & Band CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: July 2,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 7 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 1 12 UNCHAINED MELODY-Al Hibbler 2 1 12 UNCHAINED MELODY-Roy Hamilton 3 3 8 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley 4 4 5 AS LONG AS I'M MOVING-Ruth Brown & Rhythmakers 5 8 5 STORY UNTOLD-Nutmegs 6 5 12 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown 7 7 14 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 8 15 2 A FOOL FOR YOU-Ray Charles & Band 9 11 10 THIS IS MY STORY-Gene & Eunice with Johnny's Combo 10 6 18 MY BABE-Little Walter & Jukes 11 9 5 BOP-TING-A-LING-LaVern Baker & Gliders 12 13 11 THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN-Cardinals 13 10 2 ROLLIN' STONE-Marigolds 14 - 1 I CAN SEE EVERYBODY'S BABY-Ruth Brown & Rhythmakers 15 - 1 IT'S MY LIFE, BABY-Bobby Blue Bland CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: July 9,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 8 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 13 UNCHAINED MELODY-Al Hibbler 2 2 13 UNCHAINED MELODY-Roy Hamilton 3 3 9 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley 4 5 6 STORY UNTOLD-Nutmegs 5 8 3 A FOOL FOR YOU-Ray Charles & Band 6 4 6 AS LONG AS I'M MOVING-Ruth Brown & Rhythmakers 7 6 13 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown 8 11 6 BOP-TING-A-LING-LaVern Baker & Gliders 9 - 1 SOLDIER BOY-Four Fellows 10 15 2 IT'S MY LIFE, BABY-Bobby Blue Bland 11 - 1 EVERY DAY-Count Basie & Orchestra featuring Joe Williams 12 9 11 THIS IS MY STORY-Gene & Eunice with Johnny's Combo 13 7 15 WHAT'CHA GONNA DO-Clyde McPhatter & Drifters 14 13 3 ROLLIN' STONE-Marigolds 15 - 1 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: July 16,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 9 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 14 UNCHAINED MELODY-Al Hibbler 2 2 14 UNCHAINED MELODY-Roy Hamilton 3 3 10 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley 4 5 4 A FOOL FOR YOU-Ray Charles & Band 5 4 7 STORY UNTOLD-Nutmegs 6 11 2 EVERY DAY-Count Basie & Orchestra featuring Joe Williams 7 9 2 SOLDIER BOY-Four Fellows 8 10 3 IT'S MY LIFE, BABY-Bobby Blue Bland 9 6 7 AS LONG AS I'M MOVING-Ruth Brown & Rhythmakers 10 7 14 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown 11 8 7 BOP-TING-A-LING-LaVern Baker & Gliders 12 15 2 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 13 - 1 THIS LITTLE GIRL OF MINE-Ray Charles & Band 14 - 1 DON'T TAKE IT SO HARD-Earl King 15 - 1 DIDDLEY DADDY-Bo Diddley CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: July 23,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 10 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 4 5 A FOOL FOR YOU-Ray Charles & Band 3 6 3 EVERY DAY-Count Basie & Orchestra featuring Joe Williams 4 2 15 UNCHAINED MELODY-Al Hibbler 4 2 15 UNCHAINED MELODY-Roy Hamilton 5 5 8 STORY UNTOLD-Nutmegs 6 7 3 SOLDIER BOY-Four Fellows 7 3 11 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley 8 12 3 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 9 8 4 IT'S MY LIFE, BABY-Bobby Blue Bland 10 9 8 AS LONG AS I'M MOVING-Ruth Brown & Rhythmakers 11 15 2 DIDDLEY DADDY-Bo Diddley 12 10 15 DON'T BE ANGRY-Nappy Brown 13 - 1 MANISH BOY-Muddy Waters 14 13 2 THIS LITTLE GIRL OF MINE-Ray Charles & Band 15 11 8 BOP-TING-A-LING-LaVern Baker & Gliders CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: July 30,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 11 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 6 A FOOL FOR YOU-Ray Charles & Band 3 3 4 EVERY DAY-Count Basie & Orchestra featuring Joe Williams 4 5 9 STORY UNTOLD-Nutmegs 5 8 4 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 6 6 4 SOLDIER BOY-Four Fellows 7 4 16 UNCHAINED MELODY-Al Hibbler 7 4 16 UNCHAINED MELODY-Roy Hamilton 8 7 12 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley 9 13 2 MANISH BOY-Muddy Waters 10 10 9 AS LONG AS I'M MOVING-Ruth Brown & Rhythmakers 11 9 5 IT'S MY LIFE, BABY-Bobby Blue Bland 12 11 3 DIDDLEY DADDY-Bo Diddley 13 - 1 ANYMORE-Johnny Ace 14 - 2 DON'T TAKE IT SO HARD-Earl King 15 - 1 PIDDILY PATTER PATTER-Nappy Brown CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: August 6,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 12 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 2 7 A FOOL FOR YOU-Ray Charles & Band 3 3 5 EVERY DAY-Count Basie & Orchestra featuring Joe Williams 4 5 5 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 5 4 10 STORY UNTOLD-Nutmegs 6 6 5 SOLDIER BOY-Four Fellows 7 9 3 MANISH BOY-Muddy Waters 8 7 17 UNCHAINED MELODY-Al Hibbler 8 7 17 UNCHAINED MELODY-Roy Hamilton 9 - 1 MAYBELLENE-Chuck Berry 10 11 6 IT'S MY LIFE, BABY-Bobby Blue Bland 11 10 10 AS LONG AS I'M MOVING-Ruth Brown & Rhythmakers 12 13 2 ANYMORE-Johnny Ace 13 8 13 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley 14 - 1 SONG OF THE DREAMER-Billy Brooks 15 12 4 DIDDLEY DADDY-Bo Diddley CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: August 13,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 13 AIN'T IT A SHAME-FATS DOMINO 2 4 6 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 3 3 6 EVERY DAY-Count Basie & Orchestra featuring Joe Williams 4 2 8 A FOOL FOR YOU-Ray Charles & Band 5 9 2 MAYBELLENE-Chuck Berry 6 7 4 MANISH BOY-Muddy Waters 7 6 6 SOLDIER BOY-Four Fellows 8 10 7 IT'S MY LIFE, BABY-Bobby Blue Bland 9 8 18 UNCHAINED MELODY-Al Hibbler 9 8 18 UNCHAINED MELODY-Roy Hamilton 10 5 11 STORY UNTOLD-Nutmegs 11 12 3 ANYMORE-Johnny Ace 12 - 3 DON'T TAKE IT SO HARD-Earl King 13 - 1 WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ME?-Jacks 14 - 1 WALKING THE BLUES-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 15 13 14 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: August 20,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 3 7 EVERY DAY-COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA & JOE WILLIAMS 2 2 7 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 3 1 14 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 4 5 3 MAYBELLENE-Chuck Berry 5 4 9 A FOOL FOR YOU-Ray Charles & Band 6 7 7 SOLDIER BOY-Four Fellows 7 6 5 MANISH BOY-Muddy Waters 8 11 4 ANYMORE-Johnny Ace 9 13 2 WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ME?-Jacks 10 8 8 IT'S MY LIFE, BABY-Bobby Blue Bland 11 14 2 WALKING THE BLUES-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 12 9 19 UNCHAINED MELODY-Al Hibbler 12 9 19 UNCHAINED MELODY-Roy Hamilton 13 10 12 STORY UNTOLD-Nutmegs 14 - 1 ONLY YOU (And You Alone)-Platters 15 15 15 BO DIDDLEY-Bo Diddley CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: August 27,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 4 4 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 8 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 3 1 8 EVERY DAY-Count Basie & Orchestra featuring Joe Williams 4 3 15 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 5 5 10 A FOOL FOR YOU-Ray Charles & Band 6 6 8 SOLDIER BOY-Four Fellows 7 11 3 WALKING THE BLUES-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 8 8 5 ANYMORE-Johnny Ace 9 9 3 WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ME?-Jacks 10 7 6 MANISH BOY-Muddy Waters 11 10 9 IT'S MY LIFE, BABY-Bobby Blue Bland 12 14 2 ONLY YOU (And You Alone)-Platters 13 13 13 STORY UNTOLD-Nutmegs 14 - 4 DON'T TAKE IT SO HARD-Earl King 15 - 2 SONG OF THE DREAMER-Billy Brooks CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: September 3,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 5 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 9 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 3 3 9 EVERY DAY-Count Basie Orchestra & Joe Williams 4 7 4 WALKING THE BLUES-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 5 5 11 A FOOL FOR YOU-Ray Charles & Band 6 4 16 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 7 6 9 SOLDIER BOY-Four Fellows 8 9 4 WHY DONT YOU WRITE ME?-Jacks 9 8 6 ANYMORE-Johnny Ace 10 10 7 MANISH BOY-Muddy Waters 11 - 1 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 12 - 1 HIDE AND SEEK-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 13 11 10 IT'S MY LIFE, BABY-Bobby Blue Bland 14 12 3 ONLY YOU (And You Alone)-Platters 15 14 5 DON'T TAKE IT SO HARD-Earl King CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: September 10,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 6 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 10 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 3 3 10 EVERY DAY-Count Basie & Orchestra featuring Joe Williams 4 4 5 WALKING THE BLUES-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 5 8 5 WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ME?-Jacks 6 6 17 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 7 5 12 A FOOL FOR YOU-Ray Charles & Band 8 7 10 SOLDIER BOY-Four Fellows 9 11 2 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 10 12 2 HIDE AND SEEK-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 11 14 4 ONLY YOU (And You Alone)-Platters 12 9 7 ANYMORE-Johnny Ace 13 - 1 ALL BY MYSELF-Fats Domino 14 10 8 MANISH BOY-Muddy Waters 15 - 1 THOSE LONELY, LONELY NIGHTS-Earl King CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: September 17,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 7 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 11 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 3 4 6 WALKING THE BLUES-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 4 5 6 WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ME?-Jacks 5 3 11 EVERY DAY-Count Basie Orchestra & Joe Williams 6 6 18 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 7 9 3 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 8 11 5 ONLY YOU (And You Alone)-Platters 9 13 2 ALL BY MYSELF-Fats Domino 10 8 11 SOLDIER BOY-Four Fellows 11 10 3 HIDE AND SEEK-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 12 7 13 A FOOL FOR YOU-Ray Charles & Band 13 12 8 ANYMORE-Johnny Ace 14 - 1 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 15 15 2 THOSE LONELY,LONELY NIGHTS-Earl King 15 15 2 THOSE LONELY,LONELY NIGHTS-Johnny 'Guitar' Watson & Orchestra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: September 24,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 8 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 12 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 3 4 7 WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ME?-Jacks 4 8 6 ONLY YOU (And You Alone)-Platters 5 3 7 WALKING THE BLUES-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 6 5 12 EVERY DAY-Count Basie Orchestra & Joe Williams 7 6 19 AIN' IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 8 9 3 ALL BY MYSELF-Fats Domino 9 7 4 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 10 11 4 HIDE AND SEEK-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 11 10 12 SOLDIER BOY-Four Fellows 12 12 14 A FOOL FOR YOU-Ray Charles & Band 13 14 2 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 14 13 9 ANYMORE-Johnny Ace 15 15 3 THOSE LONELY, LONELY NIGHTS-Earl King 15 15 3 THOSE LONELY, LONELY NIGHTS-Johnny 'Guitar' Watson & Orchestra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: October 1,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 9 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 13 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 3 4 7 ONLY YOU (And You Alone)-Platters 4 3 8 WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ME?-Jacks 5 5 8 WALKING THE BLUES-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 6 8 4 ALL BY MYSELF-Fats Domino 7 7 20 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 8 6 13 EVERY DAY-Count Basie Orchestra & Joe Williams 9 9 5 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 10 10 5 HIDE AND SEEK-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 11 11 13 SOLDIER BOY-Four Fellows 12 - 1 ALL AROUND THE WORLD-Little Willie John 13 13 3 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 14 15 4 THOSE LONELY, LONELY NIGHTS-Earl King 14 15 4 THOSE LONELY, LONELY NIGHTS-Johnny 'Guitar' Watson & Orchestra 15 - 1 NIP SIP-Clovers CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: October 8,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 10 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 3 8 ONLY YOU (And You Alone)-Platters 3 2 14 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 4 6 5 ALL BY MYSELF-Fats Domino 5 4 9 WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ME?-Jacks 6 5 9 WALKING THE BLUES-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 7 9 6 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 8 7 21 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 9 8 14 EVERY DAY-Count Basie & Orchestra featuring Joe Williams 10 12 2 ALL AROUND THE WORLD-Little Willie John 11 - 1 TEN LONG YEARS-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 12 11 14 SOLDIER BOY-Four Fellows 13 10 6 HIDE AND SEEK-Joe Turner & Blues Kings 14 13 4 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 15 14 5 THOSE LONELY, LONELY NIGHTS-Earl King 15 14 5 THOSE LONELY, LONELY NIGHTS-Johnny 'Guitar' Watson & Orchestra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: October 15,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 11 MAYBELLENE-CHUCK BERRY 2 2 9 ONLY YOU (And You Alone)-Platters 3 4 6 ALL BY MYSELF-Fats Domino 4 7 7 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 5 5 10 WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ME?-Jacks 6 3 15 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 7 6 10 WALKING THE BLUES-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 8 8 22 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 9 11 2 TEN LONG YEARS-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 10 10 3 ALL AROUND THE WORLD-Little Willie John 11 - 1 AT MY FRONT DOOR-El Dorados 12 9 15 EVERY DAY-Count Basie Orchestra & Joe Williams 13 14 5 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 14 - 1 DON'T START ME TALKIN'-'Sonny Boy' Williamson 15 13 7 HIDE AND SEEK-Joe Turner & Blues Kings CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: October 22,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 10 ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)-PLATTERS 2 1 12 MAYBELLENE-Chuck Berry 3 3 7 ALL BY MYSELF-Fats Domino 4 4 8 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 5 11 2 AT MY FRONT DOOR-El Dorados 6 5 11 WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ME?-Jacks 7 10 4 ALL AROUND THE WORLD-Little Willie John 8 14 2 DON'T START ME TALKIN'-'Sonny Boy' Williamson 9 7 11 WALKING THE BLUES-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 10 6 16 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers 11 8 23 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 12 9 3 TEN LONG YEARS-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 13 13 6 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 14 12 16 EVERY DAY-Count Basie & Orchestra featuring Joe Williams 15 - 1 HE-Al Hibbler CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: October 29,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 11 ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)-PLATTERS 2 2 13 MAYBELLENE-Chuck Berry 3 3 8 ALL BY MYSELF-Fats Domino 4 5 3 AT MY FRONT DOOR-El Dorados 5 4 9 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 6 7 5 ALL AROUND THE WORLD-Little Willie John 7 6 12 WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ME?-Jacks 8 8 3 DON'T START ME TALKIN'-'Sonny Boy' Williamson 9 9 12 WALKING THE BLUES-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 10 12 4 TEN LONG YEARS-B.B. 'Blues Boy' King & Orchestra 11 13 7 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 12 15 2 HE-Al Hibbler 13 - 1 PLAY IT FAIR-LaVern Baker & Gliders 14 11 24 AIN'T IT A SHAME-Fats Domino 15 10 17 IT'S LOVE BABY (24 Hours A Day)-Louis Brooks & Hi-Toppers CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: November 5,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 12 ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)-PLATTERS 2 4 4 AT MY FRONT DOOR-El Dorados 3 5 10 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 4 3 9 ALL BY MYSELF-Fats Domino 5 2 14 MAYBELLENE-Chuck Berry 6 8 4 DON'T START ME TALKIN'-'Sonny Boy' Williamson 7 6 6 ALL AROUND THE WORLD-Little Willie John 8 7 13 WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ME?-Jacks 9 13 2 PLAY IT FAIR-LaVern Baker & Gliders 10 9 13 WALKING THE BLUES-Jack Dupree & Mr. Bear 11 - 1 HANDS OFF-Jay McShann's Orchestra 12 - 1 BLACKJACK-Ray Charles & Band 13 - 1 ADORABLE-Colts 13 - 1 ADORABLE-Drifters 14 11 8 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 15 - 1 I CONCENTRATE ON YOU-Dinah Washington CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: November 12,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 13 ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)-PLATTERS 2 2 5 AT MY FRONT DOOR-El Dorados 3 3 11 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 4 4 10 ALL BY MYSELF-Fats Domino 5 6 5 DON'T START ME TALKIN'-'Sonny Boy' Williamson 6 7 7 ALL AROUND THE WORLD-Little Willie John 7 5 15 MAYBELLENE-Chuck Berry 8 11 2 HANDS OFF-Jay McShann's Orchestra 9 9 3 PLAY IT FAIR-LaVern Baker & Gliders 10 12 2 BLACKJACK-Ray Charles & Band 11 14 9 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 12 13 2 ADORABLE-Colts 12 13 2 ADORABLE-Drifters 13 - 1 THIRTY DAYS (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 14 - 1 GOOD ROCKIN' DADDY-Etta James 15 - 3 HE-Al Hibbler CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: November 19,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 14 ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)-PLATTERS 2 2 6 AT MY FRONT DOOR-El Dorados 3 3 12 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 4 8 3 HANDS OFF-Jay McShann's Orchestra 5 5 6 DON'T START ME TALKIN'-'Sonny Boy' Williamson 6 6 8 ALL AROUND THE WORLD-Little Willie John 7 4 11 ALL BY MYSELF-Fats Domino 8 9 4 PLAY IT FAIR-LaVern Baker & Gliders 9 12 3 ADORABLE-Colts 9 12 3 ADORABLE-Drifters 10 10 3 BLACKJACK-Ray Charles & Band 11 14 2 GOOD ROCKIN' DADDY-Etta James 12 11 10 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 13 7 16 MAYBELLENE-Chuck Berry 14 - 1 POOR ME-Fats Domino 15 13 2 THIRTY DAYS (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: November 26,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 15 ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)-PLATTERS 2 4 4 HANDS OFF-Jay McShann's Orchestra 3 2 7 AT MY FRONT DOOR-El Dorados 4 3 13 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 5 6 9 ALL AROUND THE WORLD-Little Willie John 6 8 5 PLAY IT FAIR-LaVern Baker & Gliders 7 5 7 DON'T START ME TALKIN'-'Sonny Boy' Williamson 8 9 4 ADORABLE-Colts 8 9 4 ADORABLE-Drifters 9 12 11 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 10 11 3 GOOD ROCKIN' DADDY-Etta James 11 10 4 BLACKJACK-Ray Charles & Band 12 7 12 ALL BY MYSELF-Fats Domino 13 - 1 TUTTI-FRUTTI-Little Richard 14 - 1 STEAMBOAT-Drifters 15 14 2 POOR ME-Fats Domino CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: December 3,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 2 5 HANDS OFF-JAY MCSHANN'S ORCHESTRA 2 1 16 ONLY YOU (And You Alone)-Platters 3 3 8 AT MY FRONT DOOR-El Dorados 4 4 14 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 5 6 6 PLAY IT FAIR-LaVern Baker & Gliders 6 8 5 ADORABLE-Colts 6 8 5 ADORABLE-Drifters 7 5 10 ALL AROUND THE WORLD-Little Willie John 8 7 8 DON'T START ME TALKIN'-'Sonny Boy' Williamson 9 9 12 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 10 13 2 TUTTI-FRUTTI-Little Richard 11 15 3 POOR ME-Fats Domino 12 10 4 GOOD ROCKIN' DADDY-Etta James 13 11 5 BLACKJACK-Ray Charles & Band 14 12 13 ALL BY MYSELF-Fats Domino 15 14 2 STEAMBOAT-Drifters CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: December 10,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 6 HANDS OFF-JAY MCSHANN'S ORCHESTRA 2 2 17 ONLY YOU (And You Alone)-Platters 3 3 9 AT MY FRONT DOOR-El Dorados 4 5 7 PLAY IT FAIR-LaVern Baker & Gliders 5 6 6 ADORABLE-Colts 5 6 6 ADORABLE-Drifters 6 11 4 POOR ME-Fats Domino 7 7 11 ALL AROUND THE WORLD-Little Willie John 8 8 9 DON'T START ME TALKIN'-'Sonny Boy' Williamson 9 9 13 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 10 10 3 TUTTI-FRUTTI-Little Richard 11 4 15 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 12 12 5 GOOD ROCKIN' DADDY-Etta James 13 13 6 BLACKJACK-Ray Charles & Band 14 - 1 WITCHCRAFT-Spiders 15 - 3 THIRTY DAYS (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: December 17,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 7 HANDS OFF-JAY MCSHANN'S ORCHESTRA 2 2 18 ONLY YOU (And You Alone)-Platters 3 6 5 POOR ME-Fats Domino 4 4 8 PLAY IT FAIR-LaVern Baker & Gliders 5 3 10 AT MY FRONT DOOR-El Dorados 6 5 7 ADORABLE-Colts 6 5 7 ADORABLE-Drifters 7 10 4 TUTTI-FRUTTI-Little Richard 8 8 10 DON'T START ME TALKIN'-'Sonny Boy' Williamson 9 7 12 ALL AROUND THE WORLD-Little Willie John 10 9 14 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 11 11 16 I HEAR YOU KNOCKING-Smiley Lewis 12 14 2 WITCHCRAFT-Spiders 13 15 4 THIRTY DAYS (To Come Back Home)-Chuck Berry 14 - 1 WHEN YOU DANCE-Turbans 15 - 1 SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE-Robins CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF: December 24,1955 National R&B Charts TW LW Wks Song-Artist 1 1 8 HANDS OFF-JAY MCSHANN'S ORCHESTRA 2 2 19 ONLY YOU (And You Alone)-Platters 3 3 6 POOR ME-Fats Domino 4 7 5 TUTTI-FRUTTI-Little Richard 5 6 8 ADORABLE-Colts 5 6 8 ADORABLE-Drifters 6 4 9 PLAY IT FAIR-LaVern Baker & Gliders 7 9 13 ALL AROUND THE WORLD-Little Willie John 8 5 11 AT MY FRONT DOOR-El Dorados 9 10 15 FEEL SO GOOD-Shirley & Lee 10 8 11 DON'T START ME TALKIN'-'Sonny Boy' Williamson 11 - 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