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Top R&B Songs of 1959

1958 <-1959-> 1960
    

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1.
10/1959
457

✫1
US


3
R&B
✫1
UK
[Mercury 71474]
written by The Big Bopper (as J. P. Richardson)
2.
08/1959
454

✫1
US


6
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #251]
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1960]
[Atco 6147]
written by Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht
3.
04/1959
424

2
US


4
R&B
✫1
UK
[Atco 6140]
written by Bobby Darin
4.
03/1959
413

2
US


16
R&B
✫1
UK
hit for Hank Snow in 1953 ; charted as A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight in UK charts
[RCA Victor 47-7506]
written by Bill Trader
5.
06/1959
393

✫1
US


6
R&B
3
UK
[ABC-Paramount 10022]
written by Paul Anka
6.
07/1959
377

✫1
US


10
R&B
4
UK
[RCA Victor 47-7600]
written by Aaron Schroeder & Sid Wyche (as Sidney Wyche)
7.
07/1959
377

✫1
US
✫1
country
10
R&B
6
UK
[RCA Victor 7555]
written by Jean Villard, Marc Herrand & Bert Reisfeld
8.
12/1959
367

2
US


3
R&B
3
UK
9.
10/1959
360

✫1
US


19
R&B
5
UK
[Columbia 41476]
written by Harlan Howard
10.
03/1959
360

✫1
US


5
R&B
6
UK
[Dolton 1]
written by Gretchen Christopher
11.
08/1959
352

4
US
8
country
22
R&B
2
UK
[Cadence 1369]
written by Don Everly
12.
02/1959
336

2
US


2
R&B
6
UK
[novelty]
[Atco 6132]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
13.
04/1959
331

✫1
US
✫1
country
3
R&B
16
UK
[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1960]
[Columbia 4-41339]
written by Jimmie Driftwood
14.
11/1959
325

3
US


14
R&B
3
UK
[Swan 4043]
written by Joe Turner Layton & Henry Creamer
15.
04/1959
312

2
US


✫1
R&B
9
UK
[ABC-Paramount 10018]
written by Harold Logan & Lloyd Price
16.
08/1959
311

5
US


5
R&B
3
UK
[instrumental]
rock version of "Red River Valley"
[Warwick 509]
written by traditional
17.
08/1959
310

2
US


12
R&B
7
UK
[ABC-Paramount 10040]
written by Paul Anka
18.
12/1959
307

4
US


12
R&B
4
UK
[Decca 30967]
written by Ronnie Self
19.
05/1959
304

5
US


10
R&B
3
UK
[MGM 12793]
written by George Goehring & Edna Lewis
20.
12/1959
301

2
US
✫1
country
13
R&B
12
UK
[RCA Victor 7643]
written by Joe Allison & Audrey Allison
21.
01/1959
296

5
US


28
R&B
3
UK
as Chris Barber's Jazz Band
[instrumental]
[Laurie 3022]
written by Sidney Bechet
22.
02/1959
296

✫1
US


10
R&B
16
UK
[Chancellor 1031]
written by Ed Marshall
23.
07/1959
289

✫1
US


4
R&B
22
UK
[instrumental]
[Canadian American 103]
written by Santo Farina & Johnny Farina
24.
11/1959
288

✫1
US


6
R&B
20
UK
[Chancellor 1045]
written by Bob Marcucci (as Robert Marcucci) & Peter De Angelis
25.
12/1959
264

✫1
US


5
R&B
37
UK
[MGM 12845]
written by Jean Dinning & Red Surrey
26.
10/1959
256

9
US


27
R&B
3
UK
[dedicated to Carole King]
[RCA Victor 7595]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield
27.
03/1959
255

9
US


30
R&B
3
UK
B side to Never Be Anyone Else But You
[Imperial 5565]
written by Dorsey Burnette
28.
04/1959
253

✫1
US


✫1
R&B


[Fury 1023]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
29.
09/1959
250

4
US


17
R&B
9
UK
[instrumental]
[Original Sound 5]
written by Sandy Nelson & Art Laboe (as Art Egnoian)
30.
09/1959
244

✫1
US


3
R&B


[Dolton 5]
written by Dewayne Blackwell
31.
07/1959
241

7
US


5
R&B
7
UK
[Mercury 71477]
written by Sherman Edwards & Hal David
32.
03/1959
240

✫1
US


5
R&B


[instrumental]
[Clock 1009]
written by Dave Baby Cortez & Kurt Wood
33.
09/1959
239

4
US


7
R&B
13
UK
[instrumental]
#1 hit for Glenn Miller in 1940
[Rendezvous 110]
written by Joe Garland & Andy Razaf
34.
03/1959
236

2
US


14
R&B
28
UK
[Cub 9022]
written by Artie Zwirn & Harry Giosasi
35.
08/1959
234

3
US


✫1
R&B
23
UK
[ABC-Paramount 10032]
written by Harold Logan & Lloyd Price
36.
05/1959
228

4
US
✫1
country
11
R&B
24
UK
[Columbia 41393]
written by John D. Loudermilk & Marijohn Wilkin
37.
10/1959
223

10
US


2
R&B
7
UK
[United Artists 185]
written by Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo), Gwen Gordy (as Gwen Fuqua), Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.) & Marv Johnson
38.
07/1959
222

2
US


✫1
R&B


as Phil Phillips & the Twilights
[Mercury 71465]
written by Phil Phillips & George Khoury
39.
09/1959
222

2
US


✫1
R&B


[RCA Victor 7591]
written by Bobby Worth
40.
06/1959
222

2
US


✫1
R&B


[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #193]
[Atlantic 2025]
written by Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson & George Treadwell
41.
08/1959
210

7
US


✫1
R&B
15
UK
[Atco 6146]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
42.
10/1959
207

8
US


2
R&B
11
UK
[Imperial 5629]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino), John Marascalco & Tommy Boyce
43.
11/1959
206

7
US


10
R&B
11
UK
US B side to God Bless America
[MGM 12841]
written by Edgar Leslie & Lawrence Wright
44.
08/1959
202

8
US


✫1
R&B
14
UK
B side to I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday
[Imperial 5606]
written by Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino)
45.
11/1959
201

3
US


16
R&B
30
UK
[Signet 275]
written by Wayne Shanklin
46.
11/1959
197

4
US


13
R&B
28
UK
[ABC-Paramount 10064]
written by Paul Anka
47.
05/1959
194

6
US


13
R&B
17
UK
[Swan 4031]
written by Bob Crewe, Frank Slay & Frederick Picariello
48.
04/1959
193

4
US


30
R&B
27
UK
[novelty]
[Warner 5047]
written by Irving Taylor
49.
01/1959
193

3
US


✫1
R&B


[Mercury 71394]
written by Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks & Clyde Otis
50.
06/1959
184

9
US


17
R&B
11
UK
[instrumental]
[Jamie 1126]
written by Al Casey & Duane Eddy
51.
02/1959
181

3
US


5
R&B


[Crystalette 724]
written by Mickie Grant
52.
04/1959
174

3
US


11
R&B


[Decca 30803]
written by Hal David & Lee Pockriss
53.
06/1959
172

3
US


14
R&B


[Big Top 3016]
written by traditional, Eliot Daniel & Larry Morey
54.
12/1959
170

3
US


19
R&B


#1 hit for Hal Kemp & His Orchestra in 1937
[Laurie 3044]
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
55.
06/1959
170

3
US


15
R&B


[Chancellor 1037]
written by Ollie Jones
56.
10/1959
165

12
US


10
R&B
12
UK
[Columbia 41483]
written by Erroll Garner & Johnny Burke
57.
04/1959
164

4
US


11
R&B


as The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny
[instrumental]
[Liberty 55162]
written by Les Baxter
58.
06/1959
159

30
US


20
R&B
6
UK
[Capitol 4214]
written by Jimmy Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn
59.
10/1959
157

6
US


✫1
R&B


[Mercury 71512]
written by Bobby Stevenson
60.
07/1959
157

6
US


✫1
R&B


[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #10]
[Atlantic 2031]
written by Ray Charles
61.
10/1959
152

15
US


2
R&B
17
UK
US B side to True Love, True Love
[Atlantic 2040]
written by George Treadwell, Irving Nahan, Jerry Leiber, Lewis Lebish & Mike Stoller
62.
07/1959
148

20
US


27
R&B
9
UK
[RCA Victor 7529]
written by Floyd Robinson
63.
07/1959
147

16
US


29
R&B
11
UK
as David Seville and The Chipmunks
[novelty]
[Liberty 55200]
written by Lewis F. Muir, Maurice Abrahams & Grant Clarke
64.
09/1959
146

5
US


20
R&B


[Cadence 1370]
written by Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder & W. S. Stevenson
65.
01/1959
145

5
US


20
R&B


with the DeLons
[Fernwood 109]
written by Gerald Nelson (as Gerald H. Nelson) & Fred Burch (as Fred B. Burch)
66.
12/1959
145

5
US


19
R&B


[Ace 575]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
67.
03/1959
144

5
US


27
R&B


[instrumental]
[Hunt 324]
written by Arthur Guitar Boogie Smith (as Arthur Smith [Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith])
68.
04/1959
135

12
US


3
R&B
28
UK
[Mercury 71443]
written by Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
69.
01/1959
134

6
US


19
R&B


[Time 1004]
written by Carl Bonura & Ray Ceroni
70.
12/1959
132

6
US


27
R&B


[MGM 12857]
written by Ben Weisman & Fred Wise
71.
03/1959
132

23
US


4
R&B
15
UK
[ABC-Paramount 9997]
written by Harold Logan, Lloyd Price & John Patton
72.
05/1959
126

8
US


4
R&B


hit for the Dorsey Brothers in 1934
[Mercury 71435]
written by MarĂ­a Grever & Stanley Adams
73.
11/1959
121

19
US


2
R&B
26
UK
[Big Top 3029]
written by Irving Berlin
74.
11/1959
118

25
US


17
R&B
14
UK
[instrumental]
rock version of "Reveille"
[Warwick 513]
written by Carl Conaster, Ira Mack & Tom King
75.
08/1959
116

8
US


12
R&B


with the Jewels
[Challenge 59047]
written by George Callender & Wayne Shanklin
76.
01/1959
116

8
US


12
R&B


[instrumental]
[Capitol 4041]
written by Henry Mancini
77.
03/1959
112

8
US


21
R&B


[Sandy 1017]
written by Travis Pritchett
78.
05/1959
110

8
US


26
R&B


[Chancellor 1036]
written by Ruth Faith & Richie Rome (as Richard DiCicco)
79.
05/1959
110

18
US


9
R&B
26
UK
[Abner 1026]
written by Otis Blackwell
80.
05/1959
106

9
US


14
R&B


[novelty]
[Atco 6141]
written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
81.
05/1959
106

9
US


17
R&B


US B side to Lipstick On Your Collar
[MGM 12793]
written by Howard Greenfield & Neil Sedaka
82.
04/1959
105

9
US


18
R&B


as Franck Pourcel's French Fiddles
[instrumental]
[Capitol 4165]
written by Buck Ram (as Ande Rand)
83.
03/1959
105

11
US


3
R&B


[Old Town 1062]
written by Jim Gribble & Jesse Belvin (uncredited)
84.
06/1959
104

11
US


3
R&B


[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #157]
#1 hit for Ben Selvin in 1934
[End 1046]
written by Harry Warren & Al Dubin
85.
02/1959
101

12
US


3
R&B


[Calico 103]
written by Joe Rock (as Joseph Rock), Jimmy Beaumont (as James Beaumont) & Lennie Martin (as Lenny Martin)
86.
03/1959
100

13
US


2
R&B


[Brunswick 55121]
written by Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.) & Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo)
87.
09/1959
98

10
US


18
R&B


based on traditional irish song "londonderry air", 1855
[MGM 12826]
written by Frederic Weatherly (as Frederick Weatherly)
88.
07/1959
95

16
US


✫1
R&B


[Mercury 71478]
written by Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
89.
03/1959
92

12
US


9
R&B


[Mercury 71427]
written by Buck Ram
90.
08/1959
91

10
US


28
R&B


[Dore 522]
written by Melvin Schwartz
91.
11/1959
90

17
US


✫1
R&B


[instrumental]
[Hi 2018]
written by Bill Black
92.
06/1959
90

28
US


13
R&B
23
UK
[Keen 3-2022]
written by Sam Cooke (as Barbara Campbell)
93.
02/1959
90

11
US


18
R&B


new version of 1952-hit
[MGM 12757]
written by Ray Getzov & Sid Frank
94.
07/1959
88

12
US


15
R&B


US: B-side to A Big Hunk O' Love
[RCA Victor 47-7600]
written by Ivory Joe Hunter
95.
06/1959
88

11
US


29
R&B


[Cameo 167]
written by Bernie Lowe & Kal Mann
96.
04/1959
87

17
US


2
R&B


[Unart 2013]
written by Lance Finney, Willie Schofield & Bob West
97.
06/1959
85

18
US


2
R&B


[Bethlehem 11021]
written by George Gershwin & DuBose Heyward
98.
11/1959
83

14
US


9
R&B


B side to Uh! Oh! (Part I) [novelty]
[Hanover 4540]
written by Sascha Burland & Don Elliot
99.
02/1959
82

14
US


11
R&B


[Ace 554]
written by Huey "Piano" Smith & Johnny Vincent (as John Vincent)
100.
05/1959
80

16
US


7
R&B


[Imperial 5585]
written by Al Lewis, Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Sylvester Bradford

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