Billboard Top R&B Records of 1959 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1959. [1] Due to the extent of cross-over between the R&B and pop charts in 1959, the song's rank, if any, in the year-end pop chart is also provided.
| R&B rank [1] |
Pop rank [2] |
Title | Artist(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | " Stagger Lee" | Lloyd Price | ABC-Paramount |
| 2 | 27 | " It's Just a Matter of Time" | Brook Benton | Mercury |
| 3 | 9 | " Kansas City" | Wilbert Harrison | Fury |
| 4 | 56 | " Lonely Teardrops" | Jackie Wilson | Brunswick |
| 5 | 3 | " Personality" | Lloyd Price | ABC-Paramount |
| 6 | 63 | " I Cried a Tear" | LaVern Baker | Atlantic |
| 7 | NR | " Try Me (I Need You)" | James Brown & The Famous Flames | Federal |
| 8 | 29 | " There Goes My Baby" | The Drifters | Atlantic |
| 9 | 50 | " What'd I Say" | Ray Charles | Atlantic |
| 10 | NR | " Thank You Pretty Baby" | Brook Benton | Mercury |
| 11 | NR | " There Is Something on Your Mind" | Big Jay McNeely | Swingin' |
| 12 | 91 | " You're So Fine" | The Falcons | Unart |
| 13 | NR | " I Loves You, Porgy" | Nina Simone | Bethlehem |
| 14 | 69 | " So Fine" | The Fiestas | Old Town |
| 15 | NR | " (Night Time Is) The Right Time" | Ray Charles | Atlantic |
| 16 | 23 | " I'm Gonna Get Married" | Lloyd Price | ABC-Paramount |
| 17 | 17 | " Charlie Brown" | The Coasters | Atco |
| 18 | 16 | " Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | The Platters | Mercury |
| 19 | 54 | " Poison Ivy" | The Coasters | Atco |
| 20 | 26 | " 16 Candles" | The Crests | Coed |
| 21 | 68 | " I Want to Walk You Home" | Fats Domino | Imperial |
| 22 | 90 | " That's Why (I Love You So)" | Jackie Wilson | Brunswick |
| 23 | 1 | " The Battle of New Orleans" | Johnny Horton | Columbia |
| 24 | NR | " Nobody but You" | Dee Clark | Abner |
| 25 | NR | " Pretty Girls Everywhere" | Eugene Church | Class |
| 26 | 72 | " A Lover's Question" | Clyde McPhatter | Atlantic |
| 27 | NR | " Everybody Likes to Cha Cha Cha" | Sam Cooke | Keen |
| 28 | 21 | " Sea of Love" | Phil Phillips | Mercury |
| 29 | 45 | " What A Difference a Day Makes" | Dinah Washington | Mercury |
| 30 | 73 | " I Only Have Eyes for You" | The Flamingos | End |
| 31 | 87 | " Endlessly" | Brook Benton | Mercury |
| 32 | 31 | " Red River Rock" | Johnny and the Hurricanes | Warwick |
| 33 | 6 | " Dream Lover" | Bobby Darin | Atco |
| 34 | NR | "I Waited Too Long" | LaVern Baker | Atlantic |
| 35 | NR | " Say Man" | Bo Diddley | Checker |
| 36 | 5 | " Lonely Boy" | Paul Anka | ABC-Paramount |
| 37 | NR | " Almost Grown" | Chuck Berry | Chess |
| 38 | 11 | " Sleep Walk" | Santo & Johnny | Canadian-American |
| 39 | NR | So Close" | Brook Benton | Mercury |
| 40 | NR | " Hey Little Girl (Dee Clark song)" | Dee Clark | Abner |
| 41 | NR | " I'll Be Satisfied" | Jackie Wilson | Brunswick |
| 42 | NR | " You Better Know It" | Jackie Wilson | Brunswick |
| 43 | NR | " Come to Me" | Marv Johnson | United Artist |
| 44 | NR | "Teardrops on Your Letter" | Hank Ballard and The Midnighters | King |
| 45 | 65 | " Since I Don't Have You" | The Skyliners | Calico |
| 46 | 43 | " Don't You Know?" | Della Reese | RCA Victor |
| 46 | 22 | " The Happy Organ" | Dave "Baby" Cortez | Clock |
| 48 | 51 | " Broken Hearted Melody" | Sarah Vaughan | Mercury |
| 49 | NR | "Where Were You on our Wedding Day" | Lloyd Price | ABC-Paramount |
| 50 | NR | "I'm Ready" | Fats Domino | Imperial |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Hot C&W and R&B sides of the year" (PDF). The Billboard. December 14, 1959. p. 80.
- ^ "Top Sides of 1959-Hot 100 of the year" (PDF). The Billboard. December 14, 1959. p. 78.