Top R&B Songs of 1955 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

with Jack Pleis Orchestra
[Decca 29441]
written by Hy Zaret & Alex North

[Dot 15377]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #158]
[Decca 29124]
written by Max C. Freedman & Jimmy DeKnight

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #351]
[Mercury 70753]
written by Buck Ram

as Boyd Bennett and his Rockets
[King 1470]
written by Boyd Bennett

[Dot 15412]
written by Dave Bartholomew & Pearl King

written by Ande Rand

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #18]
[Chess 1604]
written by Chuck Berry

with Jack Pleis Orchestra
[Decca 29660]
written by Jack Richards & Richard Mullan

[Epic 9102]
written by Hy Zaret & Alex North

[Dot 15422]
written by Ewart Abner & John Moore

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #431] aka Ain't That a Shame
[Imperial 5348]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

[Decca 29713]
written by Winfield Scott

as LaVern Baker & The Gliders
[Atlantic 1047]
written by Winfield Scott

with The Johnny Board Orchestra
[Duke 136]
written by Ferdinand Washington & Don Robey

[Vee-Jay 147]
written by Ewart G. Abner & John Moore

[Josie 785]
written by Esther Navarro

[Chess 1581]
written by Harvey Fuqua & Alan Freed

[Savoy 1155]
written by Nappy Brown, Rose Marie McCoy & Fred Mendelsohn

as Otis Williams and His Charms
[Deluxe 6076]
written by Mabel Godwin

[Herald 458]
written by Andrew "Chet" Jones

as Boyd Bennett and his Rockets
[King 1494]
written by Boyd Bennett & John Young

as Etta James and the Peaches
[Modern 947]
written by Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard & Etta James

[Imperial 5369]
written by Antoine Domino & Pearl King

[Checker 811]
written by Willie Dixon

[Atlantic 1050]
written by Ray Charles & Renald Richard

as Jay McShann's Orchestra
[Vee-Jay 155]
written by Jay McShann & Priscilla Bowman

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #62] [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #369]
[Checker 814]
written by Bo Diddley

[Imperial 5357]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

[Atlantic 1078]
written by Buck Ram

[Atlantic 1063]
written by Ray Charles

as The Jacks
[RPM 428]
written by Laura Hollins

featuring Clyde McPhatter and Bill Pinkney
Christmas R
[Atlantic 1048]
written by Irving Berlin

as Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters
[Atlantic 1055]
written by Nugetre

[Chess 1610]
written by Chuck Berry

[Herald 452]
written by Leroy Griffin

as LaVern Baker & The Gliders
[Atlantic 1075]
written by Bill Campbell

with vocals by Earl Gaines
[Excello 2056]
written by Ted Jarrett

written by Dave Bartholomew & Pearl King

as Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
[Atlantic 1053]
written by Charles Calhoun & Lou Willie Turner

[Aladdin 3289]
written by Leonard Lee

[Clef 89149]
written by Peter Chatman, William York, Aaron Sparks, Milton Sparks & Marion Sparks

as Ruth Brown and Her Rhythmakers
[Atlantic 1082]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

as Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
[Atlantic 1069]
written by Ethel Byrd & Paul Winley

[Checker 824]
written by Sonny Boy Williamson [2°]

as LaVern Baker & The Gliders
[Atlantic 1057]
written by Winfield Scott

[Atlantic 1054]
written by Chuck Willis

[Glory 234]
written by David Jones [The Four Fellows] & Theodore Williams Jr.

[Atlantic 1072]
written by Ted Jarrett

US B side to I've Got a Woman
[Atlantic 1050]
written by Walter Davis

as Ruth Brown and Her Rhythmakers
[Atlantic 1059]
written by Charles Calhoun

[Spark 122]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller

[King 4822]
written by Bubber Johnson

as Jimmy Reed and His Trio
written by Jimmy Reed

[Imperial 5366]
written by Pearl King & Dave Bartholomew

US B side to Adorable
[Atlantic 1078]
written by Buddy Lucas

[Chess 1589]
written by Harvey Fuqua & Alan Freed

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #229]
[Chess 1602]
written by McKinley Morganfield, Mel London & Ellas McDaniel

[Atlantic 1076]
written by Renald Richard

[Capitol 3032]
written by Chuck Willis

[King 4818]
written by Titus Turner

[novelty] [spoken]
[Checker 822]
written by Champion Jack Dupree & Teddy Bear

[novelty] [spoken]
[King 4812]
written by Jack Dupree & Teddy Bear

as LaVern Baker & The Gliders
B side to Bob-Ting-A-Ling
[Atlantic 1057]
written by Howard Biggs, LaVern Baker & Lincoln Chase

instrumental
[Checker 817]
written by Ellas McDaniel

[Aladdin 3276]
written by Forest Gene Wilson, Jake Porter & Eunice Levy

[tribute to Johnny Ace]
[Savoy 1153]
written by Fred Mendelsohn & Ozzie Cadena

B side to Poor Me
[Imperial 5369]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

[Modern 962]
written by Richard Berry & Joe Josea

[Ace 509]
written by Earl King [Earl Johnson] & Johnny Vincent

as Ruth Brown and Her Rhythmakers
US B side to As Long As I'm Moving
[Atlantic 1059]
written by Leroy Kirkland & Mamie Thomas

[Imperial 5340]
written by Antoine Domino & Dave Bartholomew

[King 4780]
written by Charles Singleton & Rose Marie McCoy

with The Johnny Board Orchestra
[Duke 144]
written by Don Robey & Fats Washington

[Deluxe 6065]
written by Henry Stone & Otis Williams

[Aladdin 3282]
written by Eunice Levy & Gene Forrest

[Mercury 70537]
written by M. Rotha

[Excello 2057]
written by Robert S. Riley

[Atlantic 1077]
written by Billy Dawn Smith, Dick Smith & Marguerite James

[Baton 45-208]
written by Zelma "Zell" Sanders

written by Aaron Sparks & Marion Sparks

US B side to Greenbacks
[Atlantic 1076]
written by Ray Charles

US B side to A Fool For You
[Atlantic 1063]
written by Ray Charles

written by Riley B. King & Jules Bihari

written by Dave Bartholomew

US B side to "Maybellene in the US
[Chess 1604]
written by Chuck Berry

as Johnny Guitar Watson and His Orchestra
written by Earl King [Earl Johnson] & Johnny Vincent

[Mercury 70582]
written by Rollee McGill

[Savoy 1162]
written by Rose Marie McCoy & Charles Singleton

[Atlantic 1073]
written by Rudy Toombs

[Federal 12227]
written by Ted Jarrett

[Epic 9111]
written by Bill Cook

[States 147]
written by Dallas Taylor & Sam Smith [Smitty]

[Chess 1612]
written by McKinley Morganfield

as J.B. Lenore
[Parrot 809]
written by J.B. Lenoir

[Mercury 70694]
written by Cole Porter

[Checker 819]
written by Ellas McDaniel & Harvey Fuqua

[Vita 112]
written by Buck Ram

[Vee-Jay 153]
written by Jimmy Reed

[Capitol 3267]
written by Sherm Feller & Goldie Tyler