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Etta James (pictured in 1990) reached number one on the jockeys chart with "The Wallflower". "Only You (And You Alone)" was a chart-topper for the Platters. Bo Diddley (pictured in 2002) reached number one with his self-titled song. Fats Domino topped all three charts with "Ain't That a Shame". Chart history. Issue date.
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1955 is made up of three year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top rhythm and blues records based on record sales, disc jockey plays, and juke box plays.
Esther Phillips, then billed as Little Esther, was the featured vocalist on three number ones for the band led by Johnny Otis.. In 1950, Billboard magazine published two charts covering the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African-American-oriented music genres: Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records and Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues ...
The Adult R&B Songs chart (formerly called Adult R&B Airplay) is an airplay chart that is published weekly by Billboard magazine. The chart tracks and measures the airplay of songs played on urban adult contemporary radio stations, whose playlist mostly include contemporary R&B and traditional R&B tracks. Nielsen Audio sometimes refers to the ...
Lloyd Price was one of two artists to achieve three number ones in 1959.. In 1959, Billboard published the Hot R&B Sides chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African American-oriented music genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of such genres and since 2005 has been published ...
Billboard. number-one R&B songs of 1945. Cootie Williams topped the final Harlem Hit Parade chart with "Somebody's Gotta Go". At the start of 1945, Billboard magazine published a chart ranking the "most popular records in Harlem " under the title of the Harlem Hit Parade. Placings were based on a survey of record stores primarily in the Harlem ...
number-one R&B songs of 1949. "Boogie Chillen" was a chart-topper for John Lee Hooker (pictured in 1997). In 1949, Billboard magazine published two charts ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in African-American -oriented musical genres. The Most Played Juke Box Race Records chart had been published since 1945; placings were ...
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1949 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top rhythm and blues records based on record sales and juke box plays. [1] Retail