Top R&B Songs of 1953 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[Capitol F2346]
written by Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman & Frank LaVere

[Capitol 2389]
written by Ivan Mogull & Leroy Lovett

[Jubilee 5122]
written by Artie Glenn

[Jubilee 5128]
written by Irving Berlin

[Atlantic 986]
written by Johnny Wallace & Herbert J. Lance

with The Beale Streeters
[Duke 112]
written by David James Mattis

with The Joe Morris Orchestra
[Herald 416]
written by Joe Morris

[RPM 386]
written by B.B. King & Jules Taub

as Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #252]
[Atlantic 45-1006]
written by Jesse Stone

[Chess 1538]
written by Willie Mabon

with the Joe Morris Orchestra
[Herald 419]
written by William McLemore

[Peacock 5-1612]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[Atlantic 1001]
written by Lou Willie Turner

written by Lowman Pauling

written by Lowman Pauling

written by Jacques

[Duke 118]
written by Sherman "Blues" Johnson

as Billy Ward & His Dominoes
[King 45-1280]
written by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross

as Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers
[Aladdin 3197]
written by Rudy Toombs

[Atlantic 1000]
written by Danny Taylor, Leroy Kirkland, Ahmet Ertegun & Jerry Wexler

[Imperial 5231]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

[Speciality 447]
written by Jesse Belvin & Marvin Phillips

[Checker 780]
written by Walter Jacobs

[RPM 380]
written by B.B. King & Jules Taub

[Atlantic 993]
written by Nugetre

as Eddie Boyd and His Chess Men
[Chess 1541]
written by Eddie Boyd

[United 156]
written by L.C. Frazier

as Billy Ward & His Dominoes
[Federal 12114]
written by Billy Ward & Rose Marks

written by William Sanford & Phil Medley

instrumental
[King 45-4577]
written by Tiny Bradshaw

with Betty Carter & Charlie Ferguson Band
[Prestige 45-821]
written by Ben Kynard & Lionel Hampton

[Imperial 5240]
written by Antoine Domino

[Chess 1549]
written by Chuck Berry & Alan Freed

as Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers
[Aladdin 3164]
written by Shifte Henri

[RCA-Victor 47-5229]
written by Caleb Ginyard

featuring Al Savage
[Herald 417]
written by Joe Morris

[RCA-Victor 47-5321]
written by Caleb Ginyard, Bob Kornegay & Ray

[Okeh 6931]
written by Leroy Kirkland & Rose Marie McCoy

with The Beale Streeters
[Duke 107]
written by D. James & Johnny Ace

[Atlantic 989]
written by Rudolph Toombs

as Rufus "Hound Dog" Thomas, Jr.
written by Sam Phillips

[Chess 1533]
written by Eddie Boyd

written by Lowman Pauling

[RPM 391]
written by B.B. King

as Billy Ward & His Dominoes
B side to The Bells
[Federal 12114]
written by Billy Ward & Rose Marks

[Red Robin 114]
written by Joe Duncan & Bobby Robinson

[Okeh 6952]
written by Dave Bartholomew & Fats Domino

as Jimmy Liggins and His 3-D Music
[Specialty 470]
written by Jimmy Liggins

[Specialty 452]
written by H. E. Owens

as Billy Ward & His Dominoes
[Federal 12129]
written by Jack Strachey & Eric Maschwitz

[United 158]
written by Tommy Braden

[Okeh 7009]
written by Leroy Kirkland & Sidney J. Wyche

as Little Junior's Blue Flames
written by Little Junior Parker

B side to Help Me Somebody
written by Lowman Pauling

[Imperial 5262]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

[Savoy 897]
written by Mae Moten

as Little Walter and His Night Caps
B side to Sad Hours
[Checker 764]
written by Walter Jacobs

[Chess 1550]
written by Muddy Waters

vocals by Ella Johnson
written by Buddy Johnson

as the Royals
[Federal 12133]
written by Alonzo Tucker & Hank Ballard

[Okeh 6985]
written by Chuck Willis

instrumental
[Excello 2009]
written by Edward Brooks

with The Beale Streeters
written by David Mattis & Don Robey

[Checker 768]
written by Danny Overbea

US B side to Wild Wild Young Men
[Atlantic 993]
written by Leroy Kirkland & Lincoln Chase

[Jubilee 5127]
written by Jack Chiarelli

as Billy Ward & His Dominoes
[Federal 12139]
written by Billy Ward & Rose Marks

US B side to Ain't It a Shame
written by Lloyd Price

[Specialty 458]
written by Mercy Dee Walton

instrumental B side to Tell Me Mama
[Checker 770]
written by Walter Jacobs

written by Johnny Moore & Mark Hurley

written by Lester Shackleford, Leonard Allen & Swinging Sax Kari

[King 4608]
written by Mann, Glover, Wisemantal & Freed

[novelty]
[Savoy 886]
written by Emitt Slay

with Sax Mallard and Orchestra
[Checker 773]
written by Georg Witzel & Oett "Sax" Mallard

[Meteor 5000]
written by Elmore James

instrumental
[King 45-4621]
written by Leroy Bass, Red Prysock & Tiny Bradshaw

as Roy Milton and Orchestra
written by Roy Milton

[Atlantic 1010]
written by Nugetre

[Speciality 479]
written by Marvin Phillips

[MGM 11428]
written by Harold Johnson

[Okeh 6955]
written by Leroy Kirkland, Rose Marie McCoy & Mabel Smith

[Big Town 101]
written by Robert Geddins

[Checker 770]
written by William Lee Conley Broonzy & Jazz Gillum

[Imperial 5251]
written by Dave Bartholomew & Antoine Domino

B side to TV is the Thing (This Year)
[Mercury 70214]
written by William Sanford & Phil Medley

[Chance 1141]
written by Thornton James "Pookie" Hudson & Gerald Gregory