| Cover | | Date   | Title • Artist
Album | Points
| Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
| 1. | 07/1954 | | 151
 | US 5
US R&B 2 |  [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #215]
[Cat 45-104]
written by James Keyes, Claude Feaste, Carl Feaster, Floyd F. McRae & James Edwards |
| 2. | 05/1954 | | 136
| US 6
US R&B 7 | [Jubilee 5132]
written by Pat Best |
|
| 3. | 10/1954 | | 87
| US 15
US R&B ✫1 | [Deluxe 6062]
written by Rudy Jackson |
| 4. | 11/1954 | | 77
| US 11
US R&B 10 | [Decca 29317] |
| 5. | 04/1954 | | 76
| US 14
US R&B 2 | written by William Davis & Viola Watkins |
 | 6. | 1954 | | 62
| US 23
US R&B ✫1 | as Guitar Slim & His Band
[Specialty 482-45]
written by Guitar Slim (as Eddie Jones) |
| 7. | 12/1954 | | 39
| US 28
US R&B 5 | [Capitol 2945] |
| 8. | 1954 | | 22
| US R&B ✫1 | [Epic 9015]
written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 9. | 04/1954 | | 22
| US R&B ✫1 | [Federal 12169]
written by Hank Ballard |
 | 10. | 1954 | | 22
| US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #126]
as Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
[Atlantic 1026]
written by Jesse Stone (as Charles E. Calhoun) |
| 11. | 08/1954 | | 22
| US R&B ✫1 | as Ruth Brown and Her Rhythmakers
[Atlantic 1036]
written by Chuck Willis |
| 12. | 10/1954 | | 22
| US R&B ✫1 | as Ruth Brown and Her Rhythmakers
[Atlantic 1044] |
| 13. | 08/1954 | | 22
| US R&B ✫1 | [Herald 434]
written by Charles Singleton & Rose Marie McCoy |
| 14. | 09/1954 | | 22
| US R&B ✫1 | [Federal 12195]
written by Henry Glover & Lois Mann |
| 15. | 1954 | | 22
| US R&B ✫1 | written by B.B. King, Joe Josea & Jules Taub |
| 16. | 1954 | | 22
| US R&B ✫1 | written by Clyde McPhatter & Jerry Wexler (as Gerald Wexler) |
| 17. | 12/1954 | | 22
| US R&B ✫1 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #151]
written by Curtis Williams, Jesse Belvin & Gaynel Hodge |
| 18. | 1954 | | 20
| US R&B 2 | [Checker 786] |
| 19. | 07/1954 | | 20
| US R&B 2 | [Federal 12185]
written by Hank Ballard |
| 20. | 1954 | | 20
| US R&B 2 | [Atlantic 1022]
written by Memphis Edward Curtis & Ahmet Ertegun |
| 21. | 1954 | | 19
| US R&B 2 | as Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
written by Lincoln Chase |
| 22. | 1954 | | 17
| US R&B 3 | [Mercury 70439]
written by Don Robertson & Jack Rollins |
| 23. | 1954 | | 17
| US R&B 3 | [Imperial 5265] |
 | 24. | 1954 | | 17
| US R&B 3 | written by Lowell Fulson |
| 25. | 1954 | | 17
| US R&B 3 | [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #225]
written by Willie Dixon |
| 26. | 1954 | | 16
| US R&B 4 | [Mercury 70497]
written by Gene De Paul & Sammy Cahn |
| 27. | 1954 | | 16
| US R&B 4 | B side to Lovey Dovey
[Atlantic 1022]
written by Carmen Taylor, Willis Carroll, Ahmet Ertegun (as part of Jesmet) & Jerry Wexler (as part of Jesmet) |
| 28. | 1954 | | 16
| US R&B 4 | [Chess 1571] |
| 29. | 1954 | | 16
| US R&B 4 | [Epic 9047]
written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 30. | 1954 | | 16
| US R&B 4 | [Chess 1579] |
| 31. | 1954 | | 16
| US R&B 4 | |
| 32. | 04/1954 | | 15
| US R&B 5 | [Atlantic 1021]
written by Memphis Curtis |
| 33. | 1954 | | 15
| US R&B 5 | as Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers
[Aladdin 3218] |
| 34. | 1954 | | 15
| US R&B 5 | written by Calvin Carter & James "Pookie" Hudson |
| 35. | 1954 | | 14
| US R&B 6 | [Atlantic 1035]
written by Jesse Stone (as Charles Calhoun) |
| 36. | 1954 | | 14
| US R&B 6 | as Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
[Atlantic 1016]
written by Joe Turner |
| 37. | 06/1954 | | 14
| US R&B 6 | with The Johnny Otis Orchestra
[Duke 128] |
| 38. | 1954 | | 14
| US R&B 6 | [Checker 805] |
| 39. | 1954 | | 14
| US R&B 6 | [Dot 1188] |
| 40. | 1954 | | 13
| US R&B 6 | |
| 41. | 1954 | | 13
| US R&B 6 | vocals by Ella Johnson |
| 42. | 1954 | | 13
| US R&B 6 | |
| 43. | 1954 | | 12
| US R&B 7 | [Chess 1580] |
| 44. | 1954 | | 12
| US R&B 7 | B side to Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash
[Atlantic 1035]
written by Paul Winley |
| 45. | 1954 | | 12
| US R&B 7 | as Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
B side to Such a Night
written by Clyde McPhatter |
| 46. | 1954 | | 12
| US R&B 7 | featuring Clyde McPhatter
written by Jesse Stone (as Charles Calhoun) |
| 47. | 1954 | | 11
| US R&B 8 | [Imperial 5265] |
| 48. | 1954 | | 11
| US R&B 8 | [Checker 799] |
| 49. | 1954 | | 11
| US R&B 8 | [Flair 1050]
written by Joe Josea |
| 50. | 1954 | | 11
| US R&B 8 | [Checker 793] |
 | 51. | 1954 | | 11
| US R&B 8 | [Okeh 7029]
written by Chuck Willis |
| 52. | 1954 | | 11
| US R&B 8 | [Epic 9086]
written by Jamie Crane & Al Jacobs |
| 53. | 1954 | | 11
| US R&B 8 | B side to You Upset Me Baby
written by Joe Josea & Davis |
| 54. | 1954 | | 11
| US R&B 8 | written by Jules Taub & B.B. King |
| 55. | 1954 | | 10
| US R&B 9 | [Modern 933] |
| 56. | 10/1954 | | 10
| US R&B 9 | with The Johnny Board Orchestra
[Duke 132]
written by Joe Scott (as Joseph Scott) |
| 57. | 1954 | | 10
| US R&B 9 | B side to I Don't Hurt Anymore
[Mercury 70439]
written by Johnny Mercer |
| 58. | 1954 | | 10
| US R&B 9 | as Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
written by Ahmet Ertegun, Jesse Stone (as Charles Calhoun), Charles Singleton, Jerry Wexler & Rose Marie McCoy |
| 59. | 1954 | | 9
| US R&B 10 | [Imperial 5272]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) |
| 60. | 08/1954 | | 9
| US R&B 10 | [Atlantic 1037]
written by Ray Charles |
| 61. | 12/1954 | | 9
| US R&B 10 | [Federal 12200]
written by Lois Mann, Hank Ballard, Ralph Bass & Sonny Woods |
| 62. | 1954 | | 9
| US R&B 10 | |
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