| 1 |
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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| 2 |
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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| 3 |
record label: Mercury 71383
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1
written by: Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern
album: Remember When?
comments: [ballad]
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| 4 |
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
|
| 5 |
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]
|
| 6 |
record label: Ember 1029
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Earl Beal, Raymond Edwards, Richard Lewis and William Horton
|
| 7 |
record label: Love 5003
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #29
written by: Eddie Durham and Edgar Battle
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 8 |
record label: Class 229
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #29
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Jimmie Thomas
album: Rockin' With Robin
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| 9 |
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]
|
| 10 |
record label: Atlantic 2007
chart position: RandB #2, US #6
written by: Al Julia
album: Blues Ballads
|
| 11 |
record label: Atlantic 1179
chart position: RandB #1, US #9
written by: Fred Jay and Art Harris
|
| 12 |
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
|
| 13 |
record label: Atlantic 1199
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: Brook Benton and Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams]
album: Clyde
|
| 14 |
record label: Josie 835
chart position: RandB #2, US #5
written by: Bobby Freeman
album: Do You Wanna Dance?
|
| 15 |
record label: Argo 5290
chart position: RandB #3, US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Warren Davis, George Malone and Charles Patrick
|
| 16 |
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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| 17 |
record label: Demon 1508
chart position: RandB #7, US #8, UK #12
written by: Cliff Goldsmith and Fred Smith
album: Something Old, Something New
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| 18 |
record label: Chess 1691
chart position: RandB #2, US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Chuck Berry
album: Chuck Berry Is on Top
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #7]
|
| 19 |
record label: Specialty 624
chart position: RandB #4, US #10, UK #8
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell
album: Little Richard
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #94]
|
| 20 |
record label: Mercury 71322
chart position: RandB #4, US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Danny Webb
comments: [ballad]
|
| 21 |
record label: Capitol 3966
chart position: RandB #3, US #9
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Johnny Otis
|
| 22 |
record label: Specialty 645
chart position: RandB #12, UK #2, US #41
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Harry Akst, Benny Davis
album: Little Richard
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| 23 |
record label: Imperial 5553
chart position: RandB #2, US #6
written by: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
|
| 24 |
record label: End 1005
chart position: RandB #2, US #15
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Richard Barrett, Arlene Smith and George Goldner
album: We're The Chantels
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #195]
|
| 25 |
record label: Epic 9257
chart position: RandB #2, US #13
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Jesse Stone
|
| 26 |
record label: Ace 545
chart position: R&B #4, US #9
written by: Smith, Vincent
album: Rocking Pneumonia
|
| 27 |
record label: Abner 1013
chart position: RandB #3, US #11
written by: Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks and Jerry Butler
album: For Your Precious Love
|
| 28 |
record label: London 8802
chart position: RandB #3, US #21
written by: Dee Clark
album: Dee Clark
|
| 29 |
record label: Keen 32006
chart position: RandB #4, US #22
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Hit Kit
|
| 30 |
record label: End 1016
chart position: RandB #5
written by: B. Gordy, T. Carlo
|
| 31 |
record label: Imperial 5526
chart position: RandB #4, US #49
written by: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
album: The Fabulous Mr. D
|
| 32 |
record label: Argo 5287
chart position: RandB #4, US #24
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Dee Irwin (as Dee Ervin), Tony Thomas, Richard Travis and James Willingham
|
| 33 |
record label: Atlantic 1197
chart position: RandB #7, US #24
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Bobby Darin and Manny Curtis (as Mann Curtis)
album: Miss Rhythm
comments: (featuring King Curtis on sax)
|
| 34 |
record label: Atlantic 1185
chart position: RandB #3, US #43
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Frank Tableporter
album: Love Ballads
|
| 35 |
record label: Hunt 321
chart position: RandB #5, US #18
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: The Quin Tones
|
| 36 |
record label: King 5149
chart position: RandB #3, US #92
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Clifford Scott and Billy Butler
album: Hold It
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 37 |
record label: King 5108
chart position: RandB #5, US #20
written by: Joe Seneca
album: Talk to Me
|
| 38 |
record label: Swan 4002
chart position: RandB #6, US #9
written by: Bob Crewe and Frank Slay
|
| 39 |
record label: Capitol 3926
chart position: RandB #7, US #13
written by: Ed Townsend
comments: [ballad]
|
| 40 |
record label: Brunswick 55052
chart position: RandB #7, US #22, UK #23
written by: Berry Gordy, Gwen Gordy (as Gwendolyn Gordy) and Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
album: He's So Fine
comments: [ballad]
|
| 41 |
record label: Sue 706
chart position: RandB #5, US #25
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Jimmy Oliver
|
| 42 |
record label: Chess 1705
chart position: RandB #9, US #22
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Marshall Paul
album: Look! It's The Moonglows
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 43 |
record label: Class 235
chart position: RandB #6, US #36
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Eugene Church, Thomas Williams
|
| 44 |
record label: Keen 3 4009
chart position: RandB #7, US #27
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Hit Kit
|
| 45 |
record label: Decca 930719
chart position: RandB #16, US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Jimmy Krondes and Sid Jacobson
album: The End
comments: [ballad]
|
| 46 |
record label: Chess 1700
chart position: RandB #9, US #18
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Chuck Berry Is on Top
|
| 47 |
record label: Dot 15805
chart position: RandB #11, US #12
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Don Burch
comments: [ballad]
|
| 48 |
record label: Imperial 5515
chart position: RandB #14, US #22, UK #26
written by: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
album: The Fabulous Mr. D
|
| 49 |
record label: Atlantic 1179
chart position: RandB #9, US #24
written by: Chuck Willis
|
| 50 |
record label: Imperial 5492
chart position: RandB #10, US #55
written by: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
|
| 51 |
record label: Savoy 1551
chart position: RandB #8, US #89
written by: Jackson, Paterno, Herman
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 52 |
record label: Keen 32008
chart position: RandB #12, US #26
written by: Sam Cooke (as Barbara Campbell)
album: Hit Kit
|
| 53 |
record label: Vee Jay 298
chart position: RandB #5
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Jimmy Reed
|
| 54 |
record label: Old Town 1047
chart position: RandB #12, US #32
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Robert Carr, Johnny Mitchell, Hy Weiss and Sam Weiss
|
| 55 |
record label: RCA 47 7174
chart position: US #20
written by: Beverly Ross and Julius Dixson
|
| 56 |
record label: Keen 34009
chart position: RandB #26, US #10
written by: Eden Ahbez
album: Hit Kit
|
| 57 |
record label: Checker 904
chart position: RandB #6
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Charlie Segar and Big Bill Broonzy (traditional)
comments: [blues]
|
| 58 |
record label: Vee Jay 273
chart position: RandB #11, US #75
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Henry Stone and Sonny Thompson
album: Gene Allison
comments: [ballad]
|
| 59 |
record label: Atlantic 1192
chart position: RandB #12, US #56
written by: Chuck Willis
album: King Of The Stroll
comments: [ballad]
|
| 60 |
record label: Chess 1709
chart position: RandB #13, US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: Chuck Berry
album: Chuck Berry Is on Top
|
| 61 |
record label: Specialty 633
chart position: RandB #15, US #31, UK #22
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Little Richard (as Richard W. Penniman)
album: Little Richard
|
| 62 |
record label: Aladdin 3399
chart position: RandB #14, US #57
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Thurston Harris
album: Little Bitty Pretty One
|
| 63 |
record label: King 5142
chart position: RandB #14, US #66
written by: Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh
album: Mister Little Willie John
comments: [ballad]
|
| 64 |
record label: End 1020
chart position: RandB #14, US #42
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: George Goldner and Sonny Norton
album: We're The Chantels
comments: [ballad]
|
| 65 |
record label: Atlantic 1191
chart position: RandB #13, US #94
written by: Ivory Joe Hunter
album: Ivory Joe Hunter's Golden Hits
comments: [blues soul]
|
| 66 |
record label: Josie 846
chart position: RandB #20, US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: Jack Hammer
album: Twisting With The Cadillacs
|
| 67 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10527
chart position: RandB #9
written by: B.B. King, Joe Josea and Maxwell Davis
|
| 68 |
record label: Chess 1704
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Willie Dixon
comments: [blues]
|
| 69 |
record label: Duke 196
chart position: RandB #10
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Scott Harper
album: Two Steps from the Blues
comments: [blues soul]
|
| 70 |
record label: Gone 5016
chart position: US #30
written by: Perez Prado
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 71 |
record label: Specialty 633
chart position: RandB #15, US #68
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Dorothy LaBostrie (as Dorothy La Bostrie), Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: Here's Little Richard
|
| 72 |
record label: Imperial 5537
chart position: RandB #15, US #92
written by: Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew
album: The Fabulous Mr. D
|
| 73 |
record label: Federal 12312
chart position: RandB #17, US #43
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Moe Koffman
comments: [blues instrumental]
|
| 74 |
record label: United Artists 123
chart position: US #33
written by: Thomas "Butch" Curry (as Thomas Curry) and Barry Golder
comments: [ballad]
|
| 75 |
record label: Atlantic 1168
chart position: RandB #15, US #33
written by: Chuck Willis
album: King Of The Stroll
|
| 76 |
record label: Josie 841
chart position: RandB #20, US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Bobby Freeman
album: Twist With Bobby Freeman
|
| 77 |
record label: King 5147
chart position: RandB #12
written by: Titus Turner
album: Talk To Me
comments: [soul blues]
|
| 78 |
record label: Chess 1714
chart position: UK #36, US #69
written by: Johnny Marks and Marvin Brodie
comments: US B side to "Merry Christmas Baby" in the US
|
| 79 |
record label: Parlophone 4413
chart position: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Scott, Ellis, Butler and Shepherd
album: Everybody Dance the Honky Tonk
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 80 |
record label: End 1015
chart position: RandB #16, US #39
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: George Goldner
album: We're The Chantels
|
| 81 |
record label: Duke 301
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Robert Johnson
comments: [soul blues]
|
| 82 |
record label: Mercury 71353
chart position: US #42
written by: Buck Ram and Tito Madi
|
| 83 |
record label: Atlantic 2006
chart position: RandB #14, US #79
written by: Ray Charles
album: What'd I Say
comments: instrumental
|
| 84 |
record label: Epic 9294
chart position: US #45
written by: Fats Washington (as Ferdinand Washington) and Don Robey
album: With All My Love
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 85 |
record label: Atlantic 1184
chart position: RandB #15
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Joe Turner
|
| 86 |
record label: Decca 30588
chart position: US #49
written by: Beverly Lee, Doris Coley, Micki Harris and Shirley Owens
|
| 87 |
record label: London 8627
chart position: US #48
written by: Noble Thin Man Watts
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 88 |
record label: Kent 315
chart position: RandB #16
written by: B.B. King and Jules Taub
comments: [blues]
|
| 89 |
record label: Atlantic 1197
chart position: RandB #17
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks and Ron McCown (as Ronnie Mack)
album: Miss Rhythm
comments: US B side to This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'
|
| 90 |
record label: Mercury 71320
chart position: US #51
written by: Jim Williams
comments: [ballad]
|
| 91 |
record label: Imperial 5515
chart position: US #55
written by: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
album: Just Domino
|
| 92 |
record label: Josie 844
chart position: RandB #29, US #54
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Bobby Freeman
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 93 |
record label: Federal 12330
chart position: RandB #19
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Sonny Thompson
comments: [ballad]
|
| 94 |
record label: Vee Jay 299
chart position: RandB #19
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Clyde Otis and Willie Dixon
album: Gene Allison
|
| 95 |
record label: Capitol 4048
chart position: US #58
written by: Oscar Hammerstein II (as Oscar Hammerstein) and Sigmund Romberg
|
| 96 |
record label: Ace 553
chart position: US #56
written by: Vincent, Smith
album: Having A Good Time
|
| 97 |
record label: Mercury 71246
chart position: US #56
written by: Buck Ram
album: Encores!
|
| 98 |
record label: Atlantic 2005
chart position: RandB #19
written by: Chuck Willis
album: I Remember Chuck Willis
|
| 99 |
record label: Atlantic 1187
chart position: US #58
written by: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Our Biggest Hits
|
| 100 |
record label: Vik 0324
chart position: US #57
written by: Teddy Powell and Leonard Whitcup
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