Top R&B Songs of 1959 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[Mercury 71474]
written by J. P. Richardson

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #251] Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1960
[Atco 6147]
written by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht & Marc Blitzstein

[Atco 6140]
written by Bobby Darin

hit for Hank Snow in 1953 ; charted as A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7506]
written by Bill Trader

[ABC-Paramount 10022]
written by Paul Anka

[RCA Victor 7555]
written by Jean Villard, Marc Herrand & Bert Reisfeld

[RCA Victor 47-7600]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Sidney Wyche

[Cub 9049]
written by Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones & Charles Merenstein

[Columbia 41476]
written by Harlan Howard

[Dolphin 1]
written by Gretchen Christopher

[Cadence 1369]
written by Don Everly

[novelty]
[Atco 6132]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1960
[Columbia 41339]
written by Jimmie Driftwood

[Swan 4043]
written by Joe Turner Layton & Henry Creamer

[ABC-Paramount 10018]
written by Harold Logan & Lloyd Price

[ABC-Paramount 10040]
written by Paul Anka

instrumental rock version of "Red River Valley"
[Warwick 509]
written by traditional

[Decca 30967]
written by Ronnie Self

[MGM 12793]
written by George Goehring & Edna Lewis

[RCA Victor 7643]
written by Joe Allison & Audrey Allison

[Chancellor 1031]
written by Ed Marshall

as Chris Barber's Jazz Band
instrumental
[Laurie 3022]
written by Sidney Bechet

instrumental
[Canadian American 103]
written by Santo Farina & Johnny Farina

[Chancellor 1045]
written by Robert Marcucci & Peter De Angelis

[MGM 12845]
written by Jean Dinning & Red Surrey

[dedicated to Carole King]
[RCA Victor 7595]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield

B side to Never Be Anyone Else But You
[Imperial 5565]
written by Dorsey Burnette

[Fury 1023]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

instrumental
[Original Sound 5]
written by Sandy Nelson & Art Egnoian

[Dolton 5]
written by Dewayne Blackwell

instrumental
[Clock 1009]
written by Dave Baby Cortez & Kurt Wood

[Mercury 71477]
written by Sherman Edwards & Hal David

instrumental #1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
[Rendezvous 110]
written by Joe Garland & Andy Razaf

[Cub 9022]
written by Artie Zwirn & Harry Giosasi

[ABC-Paramount 10032]
written by Harold Logan & Lloyd Price

[Columbia 41393]
written by John D. Loudermilk & Marijohn Wilkin

[RCA Victor 7591]
written by Bobby Worth

[United Artists 185]
written by Tyran Carlo, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy Jr. & Marv Johnson

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #193]
[Atlantic 2025]
written by Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson & George Treadwell

as Phil Phillips & the Twilights
[Mercury 71465]
written by Phil Phillips & George Khoury

[Atco 6146]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[Imperial 5629]
written by Antoine Domino, John Marascalco & Tommy Boyce

US B side to God Bless America
[MGM 12841]
written by Edgar Leslie & Lawrence Wright

[Signet 275]
written by Wayne Shanklin

B side to I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday
[Imperial 5606]
written by Antoine Domino

[ABC-Paramount 10064]
written by Paul Anka

[Swan 4031]
written by Bob Crewe, Frank Slay & Frederick Picariello

[Mercury 71394]
written by Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks & Clyde Otis

[novelty]
[Warner 5047]
written by Irving Taylor

instrumental
[Jamie 1126]
written by Al Casey & Duane Eddy

[Crystalette 724]
written by Mickie Grant

[Decca 30803]
written by Hal David & Lee Pockriss

[Big Top 3016]
written by traditional, Eliot Daniel & Larry Morey

[Chancellor 1037]
written by Ollie Jones

#1 hit for Hal Kemp & His Orchestra in 1937
[Laurie 3044]
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

[Columbia 41483]
written by Erroll Garner & Johnny Burke

as The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny
instrumental
[Liberty 55162]
written by Les Baxter

[Capitol 4214]
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn

[Mercury 71512]
written by Bobby Stevenson

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #10]
[Atlantic 2031]
written by Ray Charles

US B side to True Love, True Love
[Atlantic 2040]
written by George Treadwell, Irving Nahan, Jerry Leiber, Lewis Lebish & Mike Stoller

[RCA Victor 7529]
written by Floyd Robinson

as David Seville and The Chipmunks
[novelty]
[Liberty 55200]
written by Lewis F. Muir, Maurice Abrahams & Grant Clarke

with The DeLons
[Fernwood 109]
written by Gerald H. Nelson & Fred B. Burch

[Ace 575]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

[Cadence 1370]
written by Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder & W. S. Stevenson

instrumental
[Hunt 324]
written by Arthur Smith [Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith]

[Mercury 71443]
written by Brook Benton & Clyde Otis

[Time 1004]
written by Carl Bonura & Ray Ceroni

[ABC-Paramount 9997]
written by Harold Logan, Lloyd Price & John Patton

[MGM 12857]
written by Ben Weisman & Fred Wise

hit for the Dorsey Brothers in 1934
[Mercury 71435]
written by María Grever & Stanley Adams

[Big Top 3029]
written by Irving Berlin

instrumental rock version of "Reveille"
[Warwick 513]
written by Carl Conaster, Ira Mack & Tom King

with the Jewels
[Challenge 59047]
written by George Callender & Wayne Shanklin

instrumental
[Capitol 4041]
written by Henry Mancini

[Abner 1026]
written by Otis Blackwell

[Sandy 1017]
written by Travis Pritchett

[Chancellor 1036]
written by Ruth Faith & Richard DiCicco

[Old Town 1062]
written by Jim Gribble & Jesse Belvin

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #157] #1 hit for Ben Selvin in 1934
[End 1046]
written by Harry Warren & Al Dubin

[novelty]
[Atco 6141]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

as Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles
instrumental
[Capitol 4165]
written by Ande Rand

US B side to Lipstick On Your Collar
[MGM 12793]
written by Howard Greenfield & Neil Sedaka

[Calico 103]
written by Joseph Rock, James Beaumont & Lenny Martin

[Brunswick 55121]
written by Berry Gordy Jr. & Tyran Carlo

based on traditional irish song "londonderry air", 1855
[MGM 12826]
written by Frederick Weatherly

[Mercury 71478]
written by Brook Benton & Clyde Otis

[Mercury 71427]
written by Buck Ram

[Dore 522]
written by Melvin Schwartz

instrumental
[Hi 2018]
written by Bill Black

[Keen 3-2022]
written by Barbara Campbell

new version of 1952-hit
[MGM 12757]
written by Ray Getzov & Sid Frank

US B-side to A Big Hunk O' Love
[RCA Victor 47-7600]
written by Ivory Joe Hunter

[Cameo 167]
written by Bernie Lowe & Kal Mann

[Unart 2013]
written by Lance Finney, Willie Schofield & Bob West

[Bethlehem 11021]
written by George Gershwin & DuBose Heyward

B side to Uh! Oh! (Part I) [novelty]
[Hanover 4540]
written by Sascha Burland & Don Elliot

[Ace 554]
written by Huey "Piano" Smith & John Vincent

[Imperial 5585]
written by Al Lewis, Antoine Domino & Sylvester Bradford