Top R&B Songs of the 1950s 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

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #19] US: B-side to Don't Be Cruel; hit for Big Mama Thornton in 1953; charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[Columbia 40769]
written by Melvin Endsley

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #45]
[RCA Victor 47-6420]
written by Mae Boren Axton, Thomas Durden & Elvis Presley

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #141] charted as All I Have to Do Is Dream / Claudette in UK charts
[Cadence 1348]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #352]
[RCA 47-6870]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #67]
[RCA Epa-4114+]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[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 9831]
written by Paul Anka

#1 hit for Paul Whiteman in 1934
[Mercury 71383]
written by Otto Harbach & Jerome Kern

[Cadence 1350]
written by Boudleaux Bryant

[Dot 15521]
written by Charles Singleton

[RCA 47-7280]
written by Claude Demetrius

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

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #39]
[Decca 30434]
written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison & Norman Petty

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #311]
[Cadence 1337]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant

[RCA 47-7150]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[MGM 12677]
written by Jack Nance & Conway Twitty

written by Churchill Kohlman

[Dot 15533]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #96]
[Sun 281]
written by Otis Blackwell & Jack Hammer

[ABC-Paramount 10022]
written by Paul Anka

[Cadence 1308]
written by Bernie Lowe & Kal Mann

[Capitol 1675]
written by Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton

hit for Glenn Miller in 1939
[Mercury 70893]
written by Georges Boulanger & Jimmy Kennedy

Academy Award for Best Original Song 1950 R
[Capitol F1010]
written by Ray Evans & Jay Livingston

[Capitol F1449]
written by Sidney Lippman & Sylvia Dee

[RCA 47-7000]
written by Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe

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

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

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

produced by Phil Spector
[Dore 503]
written by Phil Spector

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

[Dot 15570]
written by John Frederick Coots, Nick Kenny & Charles Kenny

[Mercury 71289]
written by Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, Artie Dunn & Buck Ram

B side to My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
[Imperial 5528]
written by Sharon Sheeley

[Columbia 41476]
written by Harlan Howard

[Dolphin 1]
written by Gretchen Christopher

as The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #307]
[Gee 1002]
written by Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago & George Goldner

[ABC-Paramount 9871]
written by Arthur Singer, John Medora & David White

[RCA 47-7240]
written by Bert Carroll & Russell Moody

[Cadence 1369]
written by Don Everly

[Decca 9-30642]
written by Jack Reardon & Paul Evans

written by Ted Snyder, Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby

instrumental
[Challenge 1016]
written by Daniel Flores

hit for Smiley Lewis in 1956 ; charted as One Night / I Got Stung in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7410]
written by Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King & Anita Steiman

[Dot 15377]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

[Capitol 3602]
written by Ric Cartey & Carole Joyner

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

[RCA 47-6800]
written by Lee Rosenberg & Bernard Weinman

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #81] #1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
[Imperial 5407]
written by Vincent Rose, Al Lewis & Larry Stock

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #437] adapted from "Aura Lee", 1861
[RCA Victor 47-6643]
written by Vera Matson, Elvis Presley, George R. Poulton & Ken Darby

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

[Dot 15486]
written by Bob Davie & Marvin Moore

traditional american folk song, 1866
[Capitol 4049]
written by Dave Guard

B side to Cry
written by Johnnie Ray

[Mercury 71060]
written by Maurice Williams

[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Maurice Mysels & Ira Kosloff

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

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #456]
[ABC-Paramount 9972]
written by traditional, Harold Logan & Lloyd Price

[Capitol 3960]
written by Bruce Belland & Glen Larson

as Perez Prado & His Orchestra
[RCA Victor 47-7245]
written by Perez Prado & Bob Marcus

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #95]
[Sun 234]
written by Carl Perkins

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

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #207]
[Cadence 1315]
written by Felice Bryant & Boudleaux Bryant

[MGM 12738]
written by Betty Peterson Blasco & Borney Bergantine

[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

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #158]
[Decca 29124]
written by Max C. Freedman & Jimmy DeKnight

[MGM 12793]
written by George Goehring & Edna Lewis

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

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #56]
[Specialty 572 A]
written by Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell & Richard Penniman

[Cadence 1345]
written by Beverly Ross & Julius Dixson

[Liberty 55132]
written by Ross Bagdasarian Sr.

[Chancellor 1031]
written by Ed Marshall

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #194]
[Coral 61885]
written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison & Norman Petty

[RCA Victor 6771]
written by traditional

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

[Atco 6116]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

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

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

[Capitol 3891]
written by Obie Phillis

instrumental
[Phillips Int'l 3519]
written by Bill Justis & Sid Manker

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #61]
[Sun 267]
written by Dave "Curlee" Williams & James Faye "Roy" Hall

[novelty]
[MGM 12651]
written by Sheb Wooley

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #197] charted as Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog in US Hot 100 charts
[RCA Epa-940+]
written by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley

[Cameo 105]
written by Bernie Lowe & Kal Mann

[MGM 12845]
written by Jean Dinning & Red Surrey

[Apt 25005]
written by Vito Picone & Arthur Venosa

[Roulette 4015]
written by Bob Merrill

[Imperial 5386]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

[Roulette 4031]
written by The Weavers

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #272]
[Chess 1683]
written by Chuck Berry

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

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

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

[Fury 1023]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller