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Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 1959

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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. 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 		Pop
rank 		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

  1. ^ "Hot C&W and R&B sides of the year" (PDF). The Billboard. December 14, 1959. p. 80.
  2. "Top Sides of 1959-Hot 100 of the year" (PDF). The Billboard. December 14, 1959. p. 78.
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