| 1 |
record label: ABC 9972
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7
written by: traditional, Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #456]
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| 2 |
record label: Keen 34013
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #29
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Sam Cooke / The Best of Sam Cooke
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| 3 |
record label: Mercury 70893
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Georges Boulanger and Jimmy Kennedy
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
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| 4 |
record label: Gee 1002
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #1
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago and George Goldner
album: The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #307]
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| 5 |
record label: Atco 6087
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #30
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
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| 6 |
record label: Mercury 71289
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
written by: Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, Artie Dunn and Buck Ram
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| 7 |
record label: Fury 1023
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Kansas City
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| 8 |
record label: Imperial 107
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #6
written by: Vincent Rose, Al Lewis and Larry Stock
album: This Is Fats Domino!
|
| 9 |
record label: Mercury 70753
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
|
| 10 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10018
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #9
written by: Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
album: Mr. 'Personality'
|
| 11 |
record label: MGM 12688
chart position: US #1, UK #1
written by: Carl Sigman and Charles Dawes
album: It's All in the Game
comments: [ballad]
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| 12 |
record label: Imperial 5386
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #12
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino), Dave Bartholomew
album: Fats Domino Rock and Rollin'
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| 13 |
record label: King 4950
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 28
written by: Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Clifford Scott and Shep Shepherd
album: Everybody Dance the Honky Tonk
comments: [instrumental]
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| 14 |
record label: Mercury 71394
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks and Clyde Otis
album: It's Just a Matter of Time
comments: [ballad]
|
| 15 |
record label: Imperial 5428
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #19
written by: Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew
album: Here Stands Fats Domino
|
| 16 |
record label: King 4935
chart position: RandB #1, US #24
written by: Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell (as John Davenport)
album: Fever
|
| 17 |
record label: Atlantic 2025
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson and George Treadwell
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #193]
|
| 18 |
record label: Mercury 70633
chart position: RandB #1, US #5
written by: Buck Ram (as Ande Rand)
|
| 19 |
record label: Mercury 71383
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1
written by: Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern
album: Remember When?
comments: [ballad]
|
| 20 |
record label: Specialty 608
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #21
written by: Larry Williams
album: Here's Larry Williams
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| 21 |
record label: Chess 1653
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #24
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Chuck Berry
album: After School Session
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| 22 |
record label: Specialty 5015
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #3
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell and Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: Here's Little Richard
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #56]
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| 23 |
record label: Atco 6146
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, UK #15
written by: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
comments: [Double sided hit.]
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| 24 |
record label: Imperial 5417
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #23
written by: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
album: This Is Fats Domino!
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| 25 |
record label: Brunswick 55105
chart position: RandB #1, US #7
written by: Berry Gordy and Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo)
album: Lonely Teardrops
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #308]
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| 26 |
record label: Atlantic 1111
chart position: RandB #1, US #12
written by: Ivory Joe Hunter
album: Ivory Joe Hunter
comments: [ballad]
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| 27 |
record label: Specialty 579
chart position: RandB #1, US #17, UK #30
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco
album: Here's Little Richard
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| 28 |
record label: Dot 15538
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, US AC #32
written by: Clarence Quick
album: Come Go With The Del Vikings
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #441]
|
| 29 |
record label: Mercury 71478
chart position: RandB #1, US #16
written by: Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
|
| 30 |
record label: Capitol 3737
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Ollie Jones
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| 31 |
record label: Specialty 561
chart position: RandB #2, US #17, UK #29
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Little Richard (as Richard Penniman), Dorothy LaBostrie
album: Here's Little Richard
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #43]
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| 32 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10032
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #23
written by: Harold Logan and Lloyd Price
album: Mr. 'Personality'
comments: Double sided hit.
|
| 33 |
record label: Atlantic 1144
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Laura Webb, Jannie Pought, Reather Dixon, Helen Gathers and Emma Pought
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| 34 |
record label: Aladdin 3325
chart position: RandB #1, US #20
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Leonard Lee
album: Let the Good Times Roll
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| 35 |
record label: Specialty 598
chart position: RandB #1, US #27, UK #10
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Albert Collins, Little Richard
album: Little Richard
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| 36 |
record label: Checker 872
chart position: RandB #4, US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Margo Sylvia and Gilbert Lopez
comments: [ballad]
|
| 37 |
record label: Chess 1581
chart position: RandB #1, US #20
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Harvey Fuqua, Alan Freed
|
| 38 |
record label: RPM 453
chart position: RandB #2, US #14
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Aaron Collins
album: Eddie My Love
comments: [ballad]
|
| 39 |
record label: Cub 9049
chart position: RandB #3, US #2, UK #3
written by: Otis Blackwell, Jimmy Jones and Charles Merenstein
album: Good Timin'
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| 40 |
record label: Ember 1005
chart position: RandB #3, US #24
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Fred Parris
album: The Five Satins
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #90]
|
| 41 |
record label: Alton 254
chart position: RandB #1, US #46
written by: Julius Dixon
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 42 |
record label: Atlantic 1130
chart position: RandB #1, US #12
written by: Chuck Willis
album: King Of The Stroll
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| 43 |
record label: Groove 0175
chart position: RandB #1, US #11
written by: Mickey Baker, Sylvia Robinson (as Sylvia Vanderpool) and Bo Diddley (as Ethel Smith)
album: Love Is Strange
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| 44 |
record label: Specialty 606
chart position: RandB #2, US #14, UK #11
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Enotris Johnson and Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: Here's Little Richard
|
| 45 |
record label: Atco 6132
chart position: RandB #2, US #2, UK #6
written by: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: That Is Rock & Roll
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| 46 |
record label: Atlantic 1092
chart position: RandB #1, US #16, UK #27
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Joe Shapiro, Lou Stallman
album: Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters
|
| 47 |
record label: Cameo 117
chart position: RandB #3, US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Bob Crewe and Frank Slay
|
| 48 |
record label: Gee 1012
chart position: RandB #3, US #13
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Morris Levy
album: The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
|
| 49 |
record label: Atlantic 1116
chart position: RandB #1, US #17
written by: Lincoln Chase
album: LaVern Baker
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #343]
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| 50 |
record label: Atco 6116
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #12
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
album: That Is Rock & Roll
|
| 51 |
record label: Mercury 70819
chart position: RandB #4, US #4
written by: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
|
| 52 |
record label: Atlantic 1085
chart position: RandB #1
written by: Henry Glover
album: Ray Charles
comments: [ballad]
|
| 53 |
record label: Imperial 5474
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, Country #11
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Bill Justis and Sid Manker
comments: instrumental
|
| 54 |
record label: Chess 1654
chart position: RandB #3, US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Rex Garvin
|
| 55 |
record label: Mercury 70963
chart position: RandB #3, US #17
written by: Sil Austin
album: Golden Saxophone Hits
comments: [Jazz RnB Instrumental]
|
| 56 |
record label: London 8509
chart position: RandB #2, US #8, UK #21
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: Little Richard
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #442]
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| 57 |
record label: Atlantic 1088
chart position: RandB #2, US #41
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: J. Mayo Williams, Bo Chatman and Mitchell Parish
album: Rock and Roll
comments: first recorded by Turner in 1941 with the Art Tatum band Decca 8563
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| 58 |
record label: Atlantic 1081
chart position: RandB #2, US #44
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Willis Carroll, Carmen Taylor
album: Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters
|
| 59 |
record label: Mercury 71032
chart position: RandB #15, US #11, UK #18
written by: Agnes White, Buck Ram and Peter Tinturin
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
|
| 60 |
record label: End 1027
chart position: RandB #4, US #2
written by: Sylvester Bradford and Al Lewis
album: We Are The Imperials Featuring Little Anthony
comments: [ballad]
|
| 61 |
record label: King 5000
chart position: RandB #4, US #26
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Sil Austin
album: Wow!
comments: instrumental
|
| 62 |
record label: Rama 216
chart position: RandB #5, US #53
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: James Sheppard and William H. Miller
album: A Thousand Miles Away
comments: [ballad]
|
| 63 |
record label: Imperial 5396
chart position: RandB #2, US #14
written by: Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin
album: Fats Domino Rock and Rollin'
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| 64 |
record label: Columbia 40993
chart position: RandB #12, US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: Robert Allen, Al Stillman
album: Johnny's Greatest Hits
comments: [ballad]
|
| 65 |
record label: Love 5003
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #29
written by: Eddie Durham and Edgar Battle
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 66 |
record label: Chess 1671
chart position: RandB #6, US #8
written by: Chuck Berry
album: One Dozen Berrys
|
| 67 |
record label: Ember 1029
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Earl Beal, Raymond Edwards, Richard Lewis and William Horton
|
| 68 |
record label: Class 229
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #29
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Jimmie Thomas
album: Rockin' With Robin
|
| 69 |
record label: Clock 1009
chart position: RandB #5, US #1
written by: Dave Baby Cortez and Kurt Wood
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 70 |
record label: Chess 1683
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #16
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Chuck Berry
album: One Dozen Berrys
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #272]
|
| 71 |
record label: Paramount 9792
chart position: RandB #3, US #29
written by: Lloyd Price
album: The Exciting Lloyd Price
|
| 72 |
record label: Atlantic 2007
chart position: RandB #2, US #6
written by: Al Julia
album: Blues Ballads
|
| 73 |
record label: MGM 9022
chart position: RandB #14, US #2, UK #28
written by: Artie Zwirn and Garry Giosasi
album: Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)
|
| 74 |
record label: Atlantic 1179
chart position: RandB #1, US #9
written by: Fred Jay and Art Harris
|
| 75 |
record label: Mercury 71032
chart position: RandB #5, US #16
written by: Paul Robi, Buck Ram (as Jean Miles) and Zola Taylor
|
| 76 |
record label: Mercury 71465
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: Phil Phillips and George Khoury
|
| 77 |
record label: RCA 47 7591
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: Bobby Worth
album: Della
comments: [ballad]
|
| 78 |
record label: Brunswick 55165
chart position: RandB #3, US #34
written by: Sid Wyche
album: So Much
|
| 79 |
record label: Mercury 71477
chart position: RandB #5, US #7, UK #7
written by: Sherman Edwards and Hal David
album: The Magic Of Sarah Vaughan
comments: [jazz RnB]
|
| 80 |
record label: London 9013
chart position: RandB #2, US #10, UK #7
written by: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo), Gwen Gordy ,Berry Gordy and Marv Johnson
album: Marvelous Marv Johnson
|
| 81 |
record label: Mercury 71093
chart position: RandB #7, UK #7, US #24
written by: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
|
| 82 |
record label: Coed 506
chart position: RandB #4, US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Luther Dixon and Allyson Khent (as Allyson R. Khent)
album: The Crests Sing All Biggies
|
| 83 |
record label: Atlantic 1104
chart position: RandB #4, US #97
written by: Dorian Burton and Howard Plummer
album: LaVern Baker
|
| 84 |
record label: Brunswick 55149
chart position: RandB #1, US #37
written by: Jackie Wilson and Norman Henry
album: Lonely Teardrops
|
| 85 |
record label: Imperial 5629
chart position: RandB #2, US #8, UK #11
written by: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino), John Marascalco and Tommy Boyce
album: Sings Million Record Hits
|
| 86 |
record label: Aladdin 3398
chart position: RandB #2, US #6
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Bobby Day
album: Little Bitty Pretty One
|
| 87 |
record label: Atco 6087
chart position: RandB #1, US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Doc Pomus
album: The Coasters
|
| 88 |
record label: Brunswick 55136
chart position: RandB #6, US #20
written by: Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.) and Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo)
album: So Much
|
| 89 |
record label: Imperial 5606
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #14
written by: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino)
album: Lets Play Fats Domino
|
| 90 |
record label: Capitol 3939
chart position: RandB #2, US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks and Clyde Otis
album: Looking Back
|
| 91 |
record label: Big Top 45 3016
chart position: RandB #14, US #3
written by: Eliot Daniel and Larry Morey (traditional)
album: Lavender Blue Moods
comments: [ballad]
|
| 92 |
record label: Vee Jay 226
chart position: RandB #3
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Jimmy Reed
album: I'm Jimmy Reed
comments: [blues]
|
| 93 |
record label: Atlantic 1199
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: Brook Benton and Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams]
album: Clyde
|
| 94 |
record label: Argo 5290
chart position: RandB #3, US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Warren Davis, George Malone and Charles Patrick
|
| 95 |
record label: Josie 835
chart position: RandB #2, US #5
written by: Bobby Freeman
album: Do You Wanna Dance?
|
| 96 |
record label: Mercury 71512
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: Bobby Stevenson
album: I Love You In So Many Ways
|
| 97 |
record label: Atlantic 2031
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: Ray Charles
album: What'd I Say
|
| 98 |
record label: Flash 115
chart position: RandB #2, US #79
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Gus Jenkins
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 99 |
record label: Mercury 71435
chart position: RandB #4, US #8
written by: Grever and Adams
album: What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!
comments: [jazz RnB]
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| 100 |
record label: Checker 885
chart position: RandB #5, US #7
written by: Jimmy McCracklin and Bob Garlic
album: Jimmy McCracklin Sings
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