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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

Top R&B Songs of 1955

1954 <-

1955

-> 1956

Video playlist

Cover

Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

04/1955

Unchained Melody by Al Hibbler

376

3
US

✫1
R&B

2
UK

with Jack Pleis Orchestra
[Decca 29441]
written by Hy Zaret & Alex North

07/1955

Ain't That a Shame by Pat Boone

from Pat Boone

340

✫1
US

14
R&B

7
UK

[Dot 15377]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Dave Bartholomew

01/1955

(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets

305

✫1
US

3
R&B

17
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #158]
[Decca 29124]
written by Max C. Freedman & James E. Myers (as Jimmy DeKnight)

12/1955

The Great Pretender by The Platters

254

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #351]
[Mercury 70753]
written by Buck Ram

07/1955

Seventeen by Boyd Bennett

214

5
US

7
R&B

16
UK

as Boyd Bennett and his Rockets
[King 1470]
written by Boyd Bennett

10/1955

I Hear You Knocking by Gale Storm

202

2
US

15
R&B

[Dot 15412]
written by Dave Bartholomew & Earl King [Earl Johnson] (as Pearl King)

10/1955

Only You (And You Alone) by The Platters

170

5
US

✫1
R&B

written by Buck Ram (as Ande Rand)

08/1955

Maybellene by Chuck Berry

from Rock, Rock, Rock OST

168

5
US

✫1
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #18]
[Chess 1604]
written by Chuck Berry

10/1955

He by Al Hibbler

164

4
US

13
R&B

with Jack Pleis Orchestra
[Decca 29660]
written by Jack Richards & Richard Mullan

10.

04/1955

Unchained Melody by Roy Hamilton

from You'll Never Walk Alone

157

6
US

✫1
R&B

[Epic 9102]
written by Hy Zaret & Alex North

11.

10/1955

At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama) by Pat Boone

from Pat Boone

126

7
US

12
R&B

[Dot 15422]
written by Ewart Abner & John Moore

12.

05/1955

Ain't It a Shame by Fats Domino

from Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino

120

10
US

✫1
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #431]
aka Ain't That a Shame
[Imperial 5348]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Dave Bartholomew

13.

11/1955

Burn That Candle by Bill Haley & His Comets

110

9
US

9
R&B

[Decca 29713]
written by Winfield Scott

14.

01/1955

Tweedle Dee by LaVern Baker

14
US

4
R&B

as LaVern Baker & The Gliders
[Atlantic 1047]
written by Winfield Scott

15.

01/1955

Pledging My Love by Johnny Ace

17
US

✫1
R&B

with The Johnny Board Orchestra
[Duke 136]
written by Fats Washington (as Ferdinand Washington) & Don Robey

16.

09/1955

At My Front Door by The El Dorados

17
US

✫1
R&B

[Vee-Jay 147]
written by Ewart Abner (as Ewart G. Abner) & John Moore

17.

12/1955

Speedoo by The Cadillacs

17
US

3
R&B

[Josie 785]
written by Esther Navarro

18.

03/1955

Sincerely by The Moonglows

20
US

✫1
R&B

[Chess 1581]
written by Harvey Fuqua & Alan Freed

19.

04/1955

Don't Be Angry by Nappy Brown

25
US

2
R&B

[Savoy 1155]
written by Nappy Brown, Rose Marie McCoy & Fred Mendelsohn

20.

01/1955

Ling, Ting, Tong by The Charms

26
US

5
R&B

as Otis Williams and His Charms
[Deluxe 6076]
written by Mabel Godwin

21.

11/1955

When You Dance by The Turbans

33
US

3
R&B

[Herald 458]
written by Andrew "Chet" Jones

22.

10/1955

My Boy - Flat Top by Boyd Bennett

39
US

13
R&B

as Boyd Bennett and his Rockets
[King 1494]
written by Boyd Bennett & John Young

23.

1955

The Wallflower by Etta James

✫1
R&B

as Etta James and the Peaches
[Modern 947]
written by Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard & Etta James

24.

11/1955

Poor Me by Fats Domino

from Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino

✫1
R&B

[Imperial 5369]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Earl King [Earl Johnson] (as Pearl King)

25.

1955

My Babe by Little Walter and His Jukes

✫1
R&B

[Checker 811]
written by Willie Dixon

26.

01/1955

I've Got a Woman by Ray Charles

✫1
R&B

[Atlantic 1050]
written by Ray Charles & Renald Richard

27.

1955

Hands Off by Jay McShann and His Orchestra

✫1
R&B

as Jay McShann's Orchestra
[Vee-Jay 155]
written by Priscilla Bowman & Jay McShann

28.

05/1955

Bo Diddley / I'm a Man by Bo Diddley

from Bo Diddley [1958 album]

✫1
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #62]
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[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #369]
[Checker 814]
written by Bo Diddley

29.

09/1955

All by Myself by Fats Domino

from Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino

✫1
R&B

[Imperial 5357]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Dave Bartholomew

30.

11/1955

Adorable by The Drifters

✫1
R&B

[Atlantic 1078]
written by Buck Ram

31.

07/1955

A Fool for You by Ray Charles

✫1
R&B

[Atlantic 1063]
written by Ray Charles

32.

08/1955

Why Don't You Write Me? by The Cadets

82
US

3
R&B

as The Jacks
[RPM 428]
written by Laura Hollins

33.

12/1955

White Christmas by The Drifters

80
US

5
R&B

featuring Clyde McPhatter and Bill Pinkney
[Christmas]
[R]
[Atlantic 1048]
written by Irving Berlin

34.

03/1955

What'cha Gonna Do by The Drifters

2
R&B

as Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
[Atlantic 1055]
written by Ahmet Ertegun (as Nugetre)

35.

10/1955

Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) by Chuck Berry

from Rock, Rock, Rock OST

2
R&B

[Chess 1610]
written by Chuck Berry

36.

1955

Story Untold by The Nutmegs

2
R&B

[Herald 452]
written by Leroy Griffin

37.

10/1955

Play It Fair by LaVern Baker

from LaVern Baker

2
R&B

as LaVern Baker & The Gliders
[Atlantic 1075]
written by Bill Campbell

38.

07/1955

It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day) by Louis Brooks and His Hi-Toppers

2
R&B

with vovals by Earl Gaines
[Excello 2056]
written by Ted Jarrett

39.

1955

I Hear You Knocking by Smiley Lewis

2
R&B

written by Dave Bartholomew & Earl King [Earl Johnson] (as Pearl King)

40.

1955

Flip, Flop and Fly by Joe Turner

2
R&B

as Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
[Atlantic 1053]
written by Jesse Stone (as Charles Calhoun) & Joe Turner (as Lou Willie Turner)

41.

1955

Feel So Good by Shirley & Lee

2
R&B

[Aladdin 3289]
written by Leonard Lee

42.

07/1955

Every Day (I Have the Blues) by Count Basie

2
R&B

[Clef 89149]
written by Memphis Slim (as Peter Chatman), William York, Pinetop Sparks (as Aaron Sparks), Milton Sparks (uncredited) & Marion Sparks (uncredited)

43.

12/1955

I Want to Do More by Ruth Brown

3
R&B

as Ruth Brown and Her Rhythmakers
[Atlantic 1082]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

44.

1955

Hide and Seek by Joe Turner

3
R&B

as Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
[Atlantic 1069]
written by Ethel Byrd & Paul Winley

45.

1955

Don't Start Me Talkin' by Sonny Boy Williamson [2°]

3
R&B

[Checker 824]
written by Sonny Boy Williamson [2°]

46.

05/1955

Bob-Ting-A-Ling by LaVern Baker

from LaVern Baker

3
R&B

as LaVern Baker & The Gliders
[Atlantic 1057]
written by Winfield Scott

47.

04/1955

The Door Is Still Open by The Cardinals

4
R&B

[Atlantic 1054]
written by Chuck Willis

48.

1955

Soldier Boy by The Four Fellows

4
R&B

[Glory 234]
written by David Jones [The Four Fellows] & Theodore Williams Jr.

49.

09/1955

It's Love Baby (24 Hours of the Day) by Ruth Brown

4
R&B

[Atlantic 1072]
written by Ted Jarrett

50.

01/1955

Come Back by Ray Charles

4
R&B

US B side to I've Got a Woman
[Atlantic 1050]
written by Walter Davis

51.

06/1955

As Long as I'm Moving by Ruth Brown

4
R&B

as Ruth Brown and Her Rhythmakers
[Atlantic 1059]
written by Jesse Stone (as Charles Calhoun)

52.

12/1955

Smokey Joe's Cafe by The Robins

79
US

10
R&B

[Spark 122]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

53.

11/1955

Come Home by Bubber Johnson

92
US

9
R&B

[King 4822]
written by Bubber Johnson

54.

1955

You Don't Have to Go by Jimmy Reed

5
R&B

as Jimmy Reed and His Trio
written by Jimmy Reed

55.

1955

Witchcraft by The Spiders

5
R&B

[Imperial 5366]
written by Earl King [Earl Johnson] (as Pearl King) & Dave Bartholomew

56.

11/1955

Steamboat by The Drifters

5
R&B

US B side to Adorable
[Atlantic 1078]
written by Buddy Lucas

57.

1955

Most of All by The Moonglows

5
R&B

[Chess 1589]
written by Harvey Fuqua & Alan Freed

58.

1955

Manish Boy by Muddy Waters

5
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #229]
[Chess 1602]
written by Muddy Waters (as McKinley Morganfield), Mel London & Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel)

59.

10/1955

Greenbacks by Ray Charles

5
R&B

[Atlantic 1076]
written by Renald Richard

60.

1955

Close Your Eyes by The Five Keys

5
R&B

[Capitol 3032]
written by Chuck Willis

61.

1955

All Around the World by Little Willie John

5
R&B

[King 4818]
written by Titus Turner

62.

09/1955

Walking the Blues by Willie Dixon and the Allstars

6
R&B

[novelty]
[spoken]
[Checker 822]
written by Jack Dupree (as Champion Jack Dupree) & Teddy Bear

63.

08/1955

Walking the Blues by Jack Dupree and Mr. Bear

6
R&B

[novelty]
[spoken]
[King 4812]
written by Jack Dupree & Teddy Bear

64.

05/1955

That's All I Need by LaVern Baker

from LaVern Baker

6
R&B

as LaVern Baker & The Gliders
B side to Bob-Ting-A-Ling
[Atlantic 1057]
written by Howard Biggs, LaVern Baker & Lincoln Chase

65.

1955

Roller Coaster by Little Walter and His Jukes

6
R&B

[instrumental]
[Checker 817]
written by Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel)

66.

1955

Ko Ko Mo by Gene & Eunice

6
R&B

[Aladdin 3276]
written by Forest Gene Wilson, Jake Porter & Eunice Levy

67.

02/1955

Johnny Has Gone by Varetta Dillard

6
R&B

[tribute to Johnny Ace]
[Savoy 1153]
written by Fred Mendelsohn & Ozzie Cadena

68.

12/1955

I Can't Go On by Fats Domino

6
R&B

B side to Poor Me
[Imperial 5369]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Dave Bartholomew

69.

1955

Good Rockin' Daddy by Etta James

6
R&B

[Modern 962]
written by Richard Berry & Joe Josea

70.

1955

Those Lonely, Lonely Nights by Earl King [Earl Johnson]

7
R&B

[Ace 509]
written by Earl King [Earl Johnson] & Johnny Vincent

71.

06/1955

I Can See Everybody's Baby by Ruth Brown

7
R&B

as Ruth Brown and Her Rhythmakers
US B side to As Long As I'm Moving
[Atlantic 1059]
written by Leroy Kirkland & Mamie Thomas

72.

03/1955

Don't You Know by Fats Domino

7
R&B

[Imperial 5340]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Dave Bartholomew

73.

1955

Don't Take It So Hard by Earl King [Earl Connelly]

7
R&B

[King 4780]
written by Charles Singleton & Rose Marie McCoy

74.

08/1955

Anymore by Johnny Ace

7
R&B

with The Johnny Board Orchestra
[Duke 144]
written by Don Robey & Fats Washington

75.

03/1955

Two Hearts by The Charms

8
R&B

[Deluxe 6065]
written by Henry Stone & Otis Williams

76.

1955

This is My Story by Gene & Eunice

8
R&B

[Aladdin 3282]
written by Eunice Levy & Gene Forrest

77.

1955

That's All I Want from You by Dinah Washington

8
R&B

[Mercury 70537]
written by Fritz Rotter (as M. Rotha)

78.

1955

Rollin' Stone by The Marigolds

8
R&B

[Excello 2057]
written by Robert Riley (as Robert S. Riley)

79.

12/1955

Love Has Joined Us Together by Ruth Brown & Clyde McPhatter

8
R&B

[Atlantic 1077]
written by Billy Dawn Smith, Dick Smith & Marguerite James

80.

1955

Lonely Nights by The Hearts

8
R&B

[Baton 45-208]
written by Zell Sanders (as Zelma "Zell" Sanders)

81.

1955

Every Day I Have the Blues by B.B. King

8
R&B

written by Pinetop Sparks (as Aaron Sparks) & Marion Sparks

82.

10/1955

Blackjack by Ray Charles

8
R&B

US B side to Greenbacks
[Atlantic 1076]
written by Ray Charles

83.

07/1955

This Little Girl of Mine by Ray Charles

9
R&B

US B side to A Fool For You
[Atlantic 1063]
written by Ray Charles

84.

1955

Ten Long Years by B.B. King

9
R&B

written by B.B. King (as Riley B. King) & Jules Taub (as Jules Bihari)

85.

1955

21 by The Spiders

9
R&B

written by Dave Bartholomew

86.

09/1955

Wee Wee Hours by Chuck Berry

from After School Session

10
R&B

US B side to "Maybellene in the US
[Chess 1604]
written by Chuck Berry

87.

1955

Those Lonely, Lonely Nights by Johnny Guitar Watson

10
R&B

as Johnny Guitar Watson and His Orchestra
written by Earl King [Earl Johnson] & Johnny Vincent

88.

1955

There Goes That Train by Rollee McGill

10
R&B

[Mercury 70582]
written by Rollee McGill

89.

07/1955

Pitter Patter by Nappy Brown

10
R&B

[Savoy 1162]
written by Rose Marie McCoy & Charles Singleton

90.

1955

Nip Sip by The Clovers

10
R&B

[Atlantic 1073]
written by Rudy Toombs

91.

08/1955

It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day) by The Midnighters

10
R&B

[Federal 12227]
written by Ted Jarrett

92.

1955

Forgive This Fool by Roy Hamilton

from You'll Never Walk Alone

10
R&B

[Epic 9111]
written by Bill Cook

93.

04/1955

Chop Chop Boom by The Danderliers

10
R&B

[States 147]
written by Dallas Taylor & Sam Smith [Smitty]

94.

1955

Sugar Sweet by Muddy Waters

11
R&B

[Chess 1612]
written by Muddy Waters (as McKinley Morganfield)

95.

1955

Mamma Talk to Your Daughter by J.B. Lenoir

11
R&B

as J.B. Lenore
[Parrot 809]
written by J.B. Lenoir

96.

1955

I Concentrate on You by Dinah Washington

11
R&B

[Mercury 70694]
written by Cole Porter

97.

07/1955

Diddley Daddy by Bo Diddley

from Bo Diddley [1958 album]

11
R&B

[Checker 819]
written by Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel) & Harvey Fuqua

98.

10/1955

Adorable by The Colts

11
R&B

[Vita 112]
written by Buck Ram

99.

1955

I Don't Go for That by Jimmy Reed

12
R&B

[Vee-Jay 153]
written by Jimmy Reed

100.

1955

'Cause You're My Lover by The Five Keys

12
R&B

[Capitol 3267]
written by Sherm Feller & Goldie Tyler

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