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. [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]
TitleArtist(s)Label
113"Stagger Lee" Lloyd Price ABC-Paramount
227"It's Just a Matter of Time" Brook Benton Mercury
39"Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison Fury
456"Lonely Teardrops" Jackie Wilson Brunswick
53"Personality"Lloyd PriceABC-Paramount
663"I Cried a Tear" LaVern Baker Atlantic
7NR"Try Me (I Need You)" James Brown & The Famous Flames Federal
829"There Goes My Baby" The Drifters Atlantic
950"What'd I Say" Ray Charles Atlantic
10NR"Thank You Pretty Baby"Brook BentonMercury
11NR"There Is Something on Your Mind" Big Jay McNeely Swingin'
1291"You're So Fine" The Falcons Unart
13NR"I Loves You, Porgy" Nina Simone Bethlehem
1469"So Fine" The Fiestas Old Town
15NR"(Night Time Is) The Right Time"Ray CharlesAtlantic
1623"I'm Gonna Get Married"Lloyd PriceABC-Paramount
1717"Charlie Brown" The Coasters Atco
1816"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" The Platters Mercury
1954"Poison Ivy"The CoastersAtco
2026"16 Candles" The Crests Coed
2168"I Want to Walk You Home" Fats Domino Imperial
2290"That's Why (I Love You So)"Jackie WilsonBrunswick
231"The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton Columbia
24NR"Nobody but You" Dee Clark Abner
25NR"Pretty Girls Everywhere" Eugene Church Class
2672"A Lover's Question" Clyde McPhatter Atlantic
27NR"Everybody Likes to Cha Cha Cha" Sam Cooke Keen
2821"Sea of Love" Phil Phillips Mercury
2945"What A Difference a Day Makes" Dinah Washington Mercury
3073"I Only Have Eyes for You" The Flamingos End
3187"Endlessly"Brook BentonMercury
3231"Red River Rock" Johnny and the Hurricanes Warwick
336"Dream Lover"Bobby DarinAtco
34NR"I Waited Too Long"LaVern BakerAtlantic
35NR"Say Man" Bo Diddley Checker
365"Lonely Boy" Paul Anka ABC-Paramount
37NR"Almost Grown"Chuck BerryChess
3811"Sleep Walk" Santo & Johnny Canadian-American
39NRSo Close"Brook BentonMercury
40NR"Hey Little Girl (Dee Clark song)" Dee Clark Abner
41NR"I'll Be Satisfied"Jackie WilsonBrunswick
42NR"You Better Know It"Jackie WilsonBrunswick
43NR"Come to Me" Marv Johnson United Artist
44NR"Teardrops on Your Letter" Hank Ballard and The Midnighters King
4565"Since I Don't Have You" The Skyliners Calico
4643"Don't You Know?" Della Reese RCA Victor
4622"The Happy Organ" Dave "Baby" Cortez Clock
4851"Broken Hearted Melody" Sarah Vaughan Mercury
49NR"Where Were You on our Wedding Day"Lloyd PriceABC-Paramount
50NR"I'm Ready"Fats DominoImperial

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.