Billboard year-end top 50 R&B singles of 1959

Billboard Top R&B Records of 1959 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1959.[1] Due to the extent of cross-over between the R&B and pop charts in 1959, the song's rank, if any, in the year-end pop chart is also provided.

R&B
rank[1]		 Pop
rank[2]		 Title Artist(s) Label
113"Stagger Lee"Lloyd PriceABC-Paramount
227"It's Just a Matter of Time"Brook BentonMercury
39"Kansas City"Wilbert HarrisonFury
456"Lonely Teardrops"Jackie WilsonBrunswick
53"Personality"Lloyd PriceABC-Paramount
663"I Cried a Tear"LaVern BakerAtlantic
7NR"Try Me (I Need You)"James Brown & The Famous FlamesFederal
829"There Goes My Baby"The DriftersAtlantic
950"What'd I Say"Ray CharlesAtlantic
10NR"Thank You Pretty Baby"Brook BentonMercury
11NR"There Is Something on Your Mind"Big Jay McNeelySwingin'
1291"You're So Fine"The FalconsUnart
13NR"I Loves You, Porgy"Nina SimoneBethlehem
1469"So Fine"The FiestasOld Town
15NR"(Night Time Is) The Right Time"Ray CharlesAtlantic
1623"I'm Gonna Get Married"Lloyd PriceABC-Paramount
1717"Charlie Brown"The CoastersAtco
1816"Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"The PlattersMercury
1954"Poison Ivy"The CoastersAtco
2026"16 Candles"The CrestsCoed
2168"I Want to Walk You Home"Fats DominoImperial
2290"That's Why (I Love You So)"Jackie WilsonBrunswick
231"The Battle of New Orleans"Johnny HortonColumbia
24NR"Nobody but You"Dee ClarkAbner
25NR"Pretty Girls Everywhere"Eugene ChurchClass
2672"A Lover's Question"Clyde McPhatterAtlantic
27NR"Everybody Likes to Cha Cha Cha"Sam CookeKeen
2821"Sea of Love"Phil PhillipsMercury
2945"What A Difference a Day Makes"Dinah WashingtonMercury
3073"I Only Have Eyes for You"The FlamingosEnd
3187"Endlessly"Brook BentonMercury
3231"Red River Rock"Johnny and the HurricanesWarwick
336"Dream Lover"Bobby DarinAtco
34NR"I Waited Too Long"LaVern BakerAtlantic
35NR"Say Man"Bo DiddleyChecker
365"Lonely Boy"Paul AnkaABC-Paramount
37NR"Almost Grown"Chuck BerryChess
3811"Sleep Walk"Santo & JohnnyCanadian-American
39NRSo Close"Brook BentonMercury
40NR"Hey, Little Girl"Dee ClarkAbner
41NR"I'll Be Satisfied"Jackie WilsonBrunswick
42NR"You Better Know It"Jackie WilsonBrunswick
43NR"Come to Me"Marv JohnsonUnited Artist
44NR"Teardrops on Your Letter"Hank Ballard and the MidnightersKing
4565"Since I Don't Have You"The SkylinersCalico
4643"Don't You Know?"Della ReeseRCA Victor
4622"The Happy Organ"Dave "Baby" CortezClock
4851"Broken Hearted Melody"Sarah VaughanMercury
49NR"Where Were You on our Wedding Day"Lloyd PriceABC-Paramount
50NR"I'm Ready"Fats DominoImperial

See also

References
  1. "Hot C&W and R&B sides of the year" (PDF). The Billboard. December 14, 1959. p. 80.
  2. "Top Sides of 1959-Hot 100 of the year" (PDF). The Billboard: 78. December 14, 1959.
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