Top R&B Songs of 1951 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

written by Churchill Kohlman

[Capitol 1675]
written by Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton

[Capitol F1449]
written by Sidney Lippman & Sylvia Dee

B side to Cry
written by Johnnie Ray

hit for Bing Crosby in 1931
[MGM 10903]
written by Al Hoffman, Ed Nelson & Al Goodhart

[Federal 12022]
written by Billy Ward & Rose Marks

[MGM 11035]
written by Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes

[King 454453]
written by Carolyn Leigh & Henry Glover

as Tab Smith & His Fabulous Alto & Orchestra
written by Arthur Hammerstein & Dudley Wilkinson

[Decca 27693]
written by Arnett Cobb

backing vocals by the Ray Charles Singers
[Capitol F1365]
written by Harry Revel, George Weiss & Bennie Benjamin

instrumental
written by Al Sears

as Griffin Brothers Orchestra featuring Tommy Brown
written by Tommy Brown

[Aladdin 3099]
written by Billy Hill

written by Jimmie Nelson & Jules Taub

[Chess 1458]
written by Ike Turner

[Modern 835]
written by Bernard Besman & John Lee Hooker

[Aladdin 3097]
written by Peppermint Harris

[Atlantic 944]
written by Nugetre

instrumental
[King 45-4475]
written by Edmund Anderson & Ted Grouya

[Atlantic 934]
written by Nugetre

as Lloyd Glenn at the "88"
written by Lloyd Glenn

as Charles Brown and His Band
[Aladdin 3076]
written by Jessie Mae Robinson

[RPM 339x45]
written by Lowell Fulson

instrumental
[Atlantic 926]
written by Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart

written by James Waynes

as Charles Brown and His Band
[Aladdin 3092]
written by Jessie Mae Robinson

[Specialty 390]
written by Percy Mayfield

[Savoy 45769]
written by Mildred Colclough

written by Johnny Otis

[Atlantic 939]
written by Ahmet Ertegun

written by Roy Milton

[Atlantic 949]
written by Joe Turner

as Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers
written by Monroe Tucker & Frank Haywood

[Atlantic 930]
written by Rudolph Toombs

featuring Laurie Tate
[Atlantic 923]
written by Jessie Mae Robinson

[Mercury 5728]
written by Hank Williams

with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers featuring Oscar Moore
[Aladdin 3075]
written by Floyd Dixon

written by Rudy Toombs

instrumental
[RCA 50-0099]
written by Willie Perryman

instrumental
written by Johnny Otis

as The Howlin' Wolf
[Chess 1479]
written by Chester Burnett

[Decca 27547]
written by Louis Jordan

as Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers
b side to Let's Rock a While
[Aladdin 3080]
written by Jessie Mae Robinson

with Griffin Brothers Orchestra
[Dot 1019]
written by Jimmy Griffin [trombone player] & Ernest "Buddy" Griffin

written by Joe Liggins

written by Sonny Boy Williamson [2°]

[Swing Time 250]
written by Ray Charles

[Modern 826]
written by Roy Hawkins & Rick Darnell

written by Roy Milton & Johnny Rogers

instrumental
[King 45-4444]
written by Earl Lebieg

written by Wilhelmina Gray & Louis Jordan

[Mercury 8211]
written by Al Frisch & Fred Wise

[Chess 1478]
written by Robert Hill

[Federal 12001]
written by Billy Ward & Rose Marks

written by Hank Penny & Ruth Hall

as Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men
[Deluxe 3319]
written by Roy Brown

written by Johnny Otis

as Griffin Brothers Orchestra featuring Tommy Brown
written by Dave Bartholomew & Tommy Ridgley

US B side to Please Send Me Someone to Love
[Specialty 375]
written by Percy Mayfield

[Atlantic 938]
written by Meredith Brothers & Sam Azrael

[RCA 50-0136]
written by Hudson Whittaker

with The Red Callender Sextet
[Hollywood 143]
written by Jessie Mae Robinson

[Mercury 8209]
written by traditional, Carl Sigman & Percy Faith

[Premium 867]
written by Peter Chatman

as Charles Brown and His Band
[Aladdin 3091]
written by Bud Green, Herman Ruby & Sam H. Stept

[Atlantic 941]
written by Ahmet Ertegun, Harold Abramson & Rudy Toombs

B side to T-Town Twist
written by Roy Milton

[Specialty 400]
written by Percy Mayfield

written by Marshall Paul

instrumental
[RCA 50-0130]
written by Willie Perryman

[RCA Victor 473128]
written by Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss

[Decca 9-48192]
written by Amos Easton

[Federal 12039]
written by Billy Ward & Rose Marks

as Griffin Brothers Orchestra
B side to Tra-La-La
[Dot 1060]
written by Ernest "Buddy" Griffin & James Griffin

as Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men
[Deluxe 3318]
written by Roy Brown

[King 4458]
written by Herman Denby & Bill Conrad

[Chess 1455]
written by Irving Gordon, Peter Tinturin & Jack Lawrence

[Chess 1480]
written by Muddy Waters

[Savoy 781]
written by Billy Wright

as Roscoe Gordon and His Orchestra
written by Rosco Gordon

[Imperial 5145]
written by Antoine Domino & Alvin E. Young

[Specialty 408]
written by Percy Mayfield

as Arthur Crudup
[RCA Victor 50-0141]
written by Arthur Crudup

written by Joe Liggins

[King 45-4457]
written by Bernard & Norman

[RCA 50-0106]
written by Willie Perryman

featuring Margie Day
[Dot 1070]
written by Hudson Whittaker

as The Howlin' Wolf
B side to How Many More Years
[Chess 1479]
written by Chester Arthur Burnett

[Chess 1441]
written by Muddy Waters

written by Big Bill Broonzy

instrumental
[RCA 50-0118]
written by Willie Perryman

as Gene Ammons and His Band
instrumental
[Prestige 735]

written by Roy Milton

[Modern 801]
written by Frank Szabo & Jules Taub

written by Lloyd Glenn

[Chess 1468]
written by McKinley Morganfield

written by Hugh Williams & Jimmy Kennedy

written by Don Hill [saxophonist], Gene Gilbeaux & Claude Trenier

[MGM 11035]
written by Tommy Edwards