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Top R&B Songs of 1951

1950 <-1951-> 1952
    

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1.
11/1951
395

✫1
US
✫1
R&B
2.
03/1951
388

✫1
US
2
R&B
[Capitol 1675]
written by Morgan Lewis & Nancy Hamilton
3.
04/1951
382

✫1
US
3
R&B
[Capitol F1449]
written by Sidney Lippman & Sylvia Dee
4.
11/1951
326

2
US
6
R&B
B side to Cry
written by Johnnie Ray
5.
03/1951
230

6
US
4
R&B
hit for Bing Crosby in 1931
[MGM 10903]
written by Al Hoffman, Ed Nelson & Al Goodhart
6.
05/1951
141

17
US
✫1
R&B
[Federal 12022]
written by Billy Ward & Rose Marks
7.
09/1951
137

18
US
✫1
R&B
[MGM 11035]
written by Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes
8.
07/1951
128

19
US
2
R&B
[King 454453]
written by Carolyn Leigh & Henry Glover
9.
11/1951
128

20
US
✫1
R&B
as Tab Smith & His Fabulous Alto & Orchestra
written by Arthur Hammerstein & Dudley Wilkinson
10.
09/1951
106

23
US
3
R&B
[Decca 27693]
written by Arnett Cobb
11.
02/1951
103

20
US
8
R&B
backing vocals by the Ray Charles Singers
[Capitol F1365]
written by Harry Revel, George David Weiss (as George Weiss) & Bennie Benjamin
12.
09/1951
88

28
US
4
R&B
[instrumental]
written by Al Sears
13.
46



✫1
R&B
as Griffin Brothers Orchestra featuring Tommy Brown
written by Tommy Brown
14.
46



✫1
R&B
[Aladdin 3099]
written by Billy Hill
15.
46



✫1
R&B
16.
05/1951
46



✫1
R&B
[Chess 1458]
written by Ike Turner
17.
46



✫1
R&B
[Modern 835]
written by Bernard Besman & John Lee Hooker
18.
46



✫1
R&B
[Aladdin 3097]
written by Peppermint Harris
19.
46



✫1
R&B
[Atlantic 944]
written by Ahmet Ertegun (as Nugetre)
20.
11/1951
46



✫1
R&B
[instrumental]
[King 45-4475]
written by Edmund Anderson & Ted Grouya
21.
46



✫1
R&B
[Atlantic 934]
written by Ahmet Ertegun (as Nugetre)
22.
46



✫1
R&B
as Lloyd Glenn at the "88"
written by Lloyd Glenn
23.
02/1951
46



✫1
R&B
as Charles Brown and His Band
[Aladdin 3076]
written by Jessie Mae Robinson
24.
46



✫1
R&B
[RPM 339x45]
written by Lowell Fulson
25.
40



2
R&B
[instrumental]
[Atlantic 926]
written by Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart
26.
40



2
R&B
written by James Waynes
27.
10/1951
40



2
R&B
as Charles Brown and His Band
[Aladdin 3092]
written by Jessie Mae Robinson
28.
40



2
R&B
[Specialty 390]
written by Percy Mayfield
29.
40



2
R&B
[Savoy 45769]
written by Mildred Colclough
30.
40



2
R&B
written by Johnny Otis
31.
40



2
R&B
[Atlantic 939]
written by Ahmet Ertegun
32.
40



2
R&B
written by Roy Milton
33.
34



3
R&B
[Atlantic 949]
written by Joe Turner
34.
34



3
R&B
as Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers
written by Monroe Tucker & Frank Haywood
35.
03/1951
34



3
R&B
[Atlantic 930]
written by Rudy Toombs (as Rudolph Toombs)
36.
34



3
R&B
featuring Laurie Tate
[Atlantic 923]
written by Jessie Mae Robinson
37.
34



3
R&B
[Mercury 5728]
written by Hank Williams
38.
01/1951
32



4
R&B
with Johnny Moore's Three Blazers featuring Oscar Moore
[Aladdin 3075]
written by Floyd Dixon
39.
32



4
R&B
written by Rudy Toombs
40.
32



4
R&B
[instrumental]
[RCA 50-0099]
written by Piano Red (as Willie Perryman)
41.
32



4
R&B
[instrumental]
written by Johnny Otis
42.
32



4
R&B
as The Howlin' Wolf
[Chess 1479]
written by Howlin' Wolf (as Chester Burnett)
43.
29



5
R&B
[Decca 27547]
written by Louis Jordan
44.
29



5
R&B
as Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers
b side to Let's Rock a While
[Aladdin 3080]
written by Jessie Mae Robinson
45.
01/1951
29



5
R&B
with Griffin Brothers Orchestra
[Dot 1019]
written by Jimmy Griffin & Buddy Griffin (as Ernest "Buddy" Griffin)
46.
29



5
R&B
written by Joe Liggins
47.
29



5
R&B
48.
02/1951
29



5
R&B
[Swing Time 250]
written by Ray Charles
49.
26



6
R&B
[Modern 826]
written by Roy Hawkins & Rick Darnell
50.
26



6
R&B
51.
09/1951
26



6
R&B
[instrumental]
[King 45-4444]
written by Earl Lebieg
52.
26



6
R&B
53.
26



6
R&B
[Mercury 8211]
written by Al Frisch & Fred Wise
54.
26



6
R&B
[Chess 1478]
written by Robert Hill
55.
02/1951
26



6
R&B
[Federal 12001]
written by Billy Ward & Rose Marks
56.
26



6
R&B
written by Hank Penny & Ruth Hall
57.
12/1951
26



6
R&B
as Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men
[Deluxe 3319]
written by Roy Brown
58.
26



6
R&B
written by Johnny Otis
59.
24



7
R&B
as Griffin Brothers Orchestra featuring Tommy Brown
written by Dave Bartholomew & Tommy Ridgley
60.
24



7
R&B
US B side to Please Send Me Someone to Love
[Specialty 375]
written by Percy Mayfield
61.
10/1951
24



7
R&B
[Atlantic 938]
written by Meredith Brothers & Sam Azrael
62.
24



7
R&B
[RCA 50-0136]
written by Tampa Red (as Hudson Whittaker)
63.
24



7
R&B
with the Red Callender Sextet
[Hollywood 143]
written by Jessie Mae Robinson
64.
24



7
R&B
[Mercury 8209]
written by traditional, Carl Sigman & Percy Faith
65.
24



7
R&B
[Premium 867]
written by Memphis Slim (as Peter Chatman)
66.
07/1951
24



7
R&B
as Charles Brown and His Band
[Aladdin 3091]
written by Bud Green, Herman Ruby & Sam H. Stept
67.
07/1951
24



7
R&B
[Atlantic 941]
written by Ahmet Ertegun, Harold Abramson & Rudy Toombs
68.
24



7
R&B
B side to T-Town Twist
written by Roy Milton
69.
22



8
R&B
[Specialty 400]
written by Percy Mayfield
70.
22



8
R&B
written by Marshall Paul
71.
22



8
R&B
[instrumental]
[RCA 50-0130]
written by Piano Red (as Willie Perryman)
72.
22



8
R&B
[RCA Victor 473128]
written by Bennie Benjamin & George David Weiss
73.
22



8
R&B
[Decca 9-48192]
written by Amos Easton
74.
11/1951
22



8
R&B
[Federal 12039]
written by Billy Ward & Rose Marks
75.
22



8
R&B
as Griffin Brothers Orchestra
B side to Tra-La-La
[Dot 1060]
written by Buddy Griffin (as Ernest "Buddy" Griffin) & Jimmy Griffin (as James Griffin)
76.
08/1951
22



8
R&B
as Roy Brown and His Mighty-Mighty Men
[Deluxe 3318]
written by Roy Brown
77.
20



9
R&B
[King 4458]
written by Herman Denby & Bill Conrad
78.
20



9
R&B
[Chess 1455]
written by Irving Gordon, Peter Tinturin & Jack Lawrence
79.
20



9
R&B
[Chess 1480]
written by Muddy Waters
80.
20



9
R&B
[Savoy 781]
written by Billy Wright
81.
20



9
R&B
as Roscoe Gordon and His Orchestra
written by Rosco Gordon
82.
12/1951
20



9
R&B
[Imperial 5145]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Alvin E. Young
83.
20



9
R&B
[Specialty 408]
written by Percy Mayfield
84.
11/1951
20



9
R&B
as Arthur Crudup
[RCA Victor 50-0141]
written by Arthur Big Boy Crudup (as Arthur Crudup)
85.
20



9
R&B
written by Joe Liggins
86.
09/1951
18



10
R&B
[King 45-4457]
written by Bernard & Norman
87.
18



10
R&B
[RCA 50-0106]
written by Piano Red (as Willie Perryman)
88.
12/1951
18



10
R&B
featuring Margie Day
[Dot 1070]
written by Tampa Red (as Hudson Whittaker)
89.
18



10
R&B
as The Howlin' Wolf
B side to How Many More Years
[Chess 1479]
written by Howlin' Wolf (as Chester Arthur Burnett)
90.
18



10
R&B
[Chess 1441]
written by Muddy Waters
91.
18



10
R&B
written by Big Bill Broonzy
92.
18



10
R&B
[instrumental]
[RCA 50-0118]
written by Piano Red (as Willie Perryman)
93.
03/1951
18



10
R&B
as Gene Ammons and His Band
[instrumental]
[Prestige 735]
94.
18



10
R&B
written by Roy Milton
95.
18



10
R&B
[Modern 801]
written by Frank Szabo & Jules Taub
96.
18



10
R&B
written by Lloyd Glenn
97.
18



10
R&B
[Chess 1468]
written by Muddy Waters (as McKinley Morganfield)
98.
18



10
R&B
written by Will Grosz (as Hugh Williams) & Jimmy Kennedy
99.
18



10
R&B
100.
11/1951
18



10
R&B
[MGM 11035]
written by Tommy Edwards

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