| Year | Song | Peak chart positions |
|---|
| US | CB Pop | US R&B | UK |
|---|
| 1944 | "Salty Papa Blues" | | | 10 | |
| "Evil Gal Blues" | | | 9 | |
| 1946 | "Blow-Top Blues"(with Lionel Hampton) | 21 | | 5 | |
| 1948 | "Ain't Misbehavin'" | | | 6 | |
| "West Side Baby" | | | 7 | |
| "Walkin' and Talkin' (and Crying My Blues Away)" | | | 13 | |
| "I Want to Cry" | | | 11 | |
| "Resolution Blues" | | | 15 | |
| "Am I Asking Too Much" | | | 1 | |
| "It's Too Soon to Know" | | | 2 | |
| 1949 | "You Satisfy" | | | 8 | |
| "Baby Get Lost" | | | 1 | |
| "Good Daddy Blues" | | | 9 | |
| "Long John Blues" | | | 3 | |
| 1950 | "I Only Know" | | | 3 | |
| "It Isn't Fair" | | | 5 | |
| "I Wanna Be Loved" | 22 | | 5 | |
| "I'll Never Be Free" | | | 3 | |
| "Time Out for Tears" | | | 6 | |
| 1951 | "Harbor Lights" | | | 10 | |
| "My Heart Cries for You" | | | 7 | |
| "I Won't Cry Anymore" | | | 6 | |
| "Cold, Cold Heart" | | | 3 | |
| 1952 | "Wheel of Fortune" | | | 3 | |
| "Tell Me Why" | | | 7 | |
| "Trouble in Mind" | | | 4 | |
| "New Blowtop Blues" | | | 5 | |
| 1953 | "TV Is the Thing (This Year)" | | | 3 | |
| "Fat Daddy" | | | 10 | |
| 1954 | "I Don't Hurt Anymore" | | | 3 | |
| "Dream" | | | 9 | |
| "Teach Me Tonight" | 23 | | 4 | |
| 1955 | "I Concentrate on You" | | | 11 | |
| "I Diddle" | | | 14 | |
| "If It's the Last Thing I Do" | | | 13 | |
| "That's All I Want from You" | | | 8 | |
| "You Might Have Told Me" | | | 14 | |
| 1956 | "I'm Lost Without You Tonight" | | | 13 | |
| "Soft Winds" | | | 13 | |
| 1958 | "Make Me a Present of You" | | | 27 | |
| "Never Again" | | 74 | | |
| 1959 | "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| "Unforgettable" | 17 | 8 | 15 | |
| 1960 | "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" (with Brook Benton) | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| "It Could Happen to You" | 53 | 47 | | |
| "A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love)" (with Brook Benton) | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| "This Bitter Earth" | 24 | 23 | 1 | |
| "Love Walked In" | 30 | 18 | 16 | |
| "We Have Love" | 76 | 51 | | |
| "Looking Back" | | 92 | | |
| 1961 | "Early Every Morning" | 95 | 75 | | |
| "Do You Want It That Way" | | 121 | | |
| "Our Love Is Here to Stay" | 89 | 70 | | |
| "September in the Rain" | 23* | 19 | 5 | 35 |
| 1962 | "Tears and Laughter" | 71* | 56 | | |
| "Dream" (new version of 1954 hit) | 92 | 92 | | |
| "Such a Night" | | 109 | | |
| "I Want to Be Loved" (new version of 1950 hit) | 76 | 109 | | |
| "Am I Blue" | | 110 | | |
| "Cold, Cold Heart" (new version of 1951 hit) | 96 | 140 | | |
| "Where Are You?" | 36* | 38 | | |
| "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" | 87 | | | |
| "For All We Know" | 88 | tag | | |
| "I Wouldn't Know (What to Do)" | 93 | 112 | | |
| "You're a Sweetheart" | 98 | | | |
| 1963 | "Soulville" | 92 | 126 | | |
| 1964 | "A Stranger on Earth" | | 136 | | |
| 1992 | "Mad About the Boy" | | | | 41 |
