Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 1958

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Billboard Top R&B Records of 1958 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1958. [1] Due to the extent of cross-over between the R&B and pop charts in 1958, the song's rank, if any, in the year-end pop chart is also provided.

R&B
rank [1]
Pop
rank
[2]
TitleArtist(s)Label
1NR"What Am I Living For"/"Hang Up My Rock & Roll Shoes" Chuck Willis Atlantic
223"Rockin' Robin Bobby Day Class
33"Don't"/"I Beg of You" Elvis Presley RCA Victor
431"Looking Back"/"Do I Like It" Nat King Cole Capitol
52"All I Have to Do Is Dream" The Everly Brothers Cadence
69"It's All in the Game" Tommy Edwards M-G-M
726"Just a Dream" Jimmy Clanton Ace
821"Yakety Yak" The Coasters Atco
94"Witch Doctor" David Seville Liberty
1015"Little Star" The Elegants Apt
118"Tequila" The Champs Challenge
12NR"Win Your Love for Me" Sam Cooke Keen
1313"Bird Dog"/"Devoted to You"The Everly BrothersCadence
1416"Twilight Time" The Platters Mercury
1540"My True Love"/"Leroy" Jack Scott Carlton
1620"At the Hop" Danny & the Juniors ABC-Paramount
1714"Get a Job" The Silhouettes Ember
1824"Poor Little Fool" Ricky Nelson Imperial
1934"Tears on My Pillow" Little Anthony and the Imperials End
205"Patricia" Perez Prado RCA Victor
2130"Topsy" (parts I & II) Cozy Cole Love
2229"Sweet Little Sixteen" Chuck Berry Chess
23NR"For Your Love" Ed Townsend Capitol
24NR"Willie and the Hand Jive" The Johnny Otis Show Capitol
25NR"Talk to Me, Talk to Me" Little Willie John King
26NR"Johnny B. Goode"Chuck BerryChess
27NR"Maybe" The Chantels End
2847"Oh, Julie" The Crescendos Nasco
2918"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" Laurie London Capitol
30NR"Don't Let Go" Roy Hamilton Epic
3135"Short Shorts" The Royal Teens ABC-Paramount
3232"The Book of Love" The Monotones Argo
33NR"Jennie Lee" Jan & Arnie Arwin
3438"Splish Splash" Bobby Darin Atco
3550"Peggy Sue" Buddy Holly Coral
3642"Do You Want to Dance" Bobby Freeman Josie
3749"Hard Headed Woman"Elvis PresleyRCA Victor
3822"Wear My Ring Around Your Neck"Elvis PresleyRCA Victor
3948"The Stroll" The Diamonds Mercury
4019"Secretly" Jimmie Rodgers Roulette
4141"Endless Sleep" Jody Reynolds Demon
4237"Lollipop" The Chordettes Cadence
43NR"A Lover's Question" Clyde McPhatter Atlantic
44NR"Raunchy" Ernie Freeman Imperial
45NR"Don't You Just Know It" Huey "Piano" Smith Ace
46NR"To Be Loved" Jackie Wilson Brunswick
47NR"Big Man" The Four Preps Capitol
4839"Who's Sorry Now?" Connie Francis M-G-M
49NR"I'm Gonna Get My Baby" Jimmy Reed Vee Jay
501"Volare" Domenico Modugno Decca

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References

  1. 1 2 "Chart Toppers of 1958". The Billboard. December 15, 1958. p. 44.
  2. "Chart Toppers of 1958: Popular" (PDF). The Billboard . Vol. 70, no. 50. December 15, 1958. p. 44.