Billboard Top R&B Records of 1957

Billboard Top R&B Records of 1957 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 disc jockey plays.[1][2] Due to the extent of cross-over between the R&B and pop charts in 1957, the song's rank, if any, in the year-end pop chart is also provided.

Retail Disk
jockey
Pop
rank
[3]
Title Artist(s) Label
1 10/NR 16/NR "Jailhouse Rock"/"Treat Me Nice" Elvis Presley RCA Victor
2 3/24 21 "Searchin'"/"Young Blood" The Coasters Atco
3 12 20 "You Send Me" Sam Cooke Keen
4 21 19 "Wake Up Little Susie" The Everly Brothers Cadence
5 7 1 "All Shook Up" Elvis Presley RCA Victor
6 1 50 "Blue Monday" Fats Domino RCA Victor
7 20 27 "Honeycomb" Jimmie Rodgers Roulette
8 23 24 "Diana" Paul Anka ABC-Paramount
9 36 35 "Silhouettes" The Rays Augusta
10 29 18 "Come Go with Me" The Del-Vikings Dot
11 4 38 "I'm Walkin'" Fats Domino Imperial
12 2 NR "Love Is Strange" Mickey & Sylvia Vik
13 14 40 "Send for Me" Nat King Cole Capitol
14 16 43 "Short Fat Fannie" Larry Williams Specialty
15 8 22 "School Days" Chuck Berry Chess
16 NR 3 "Little Darlin'" The Diamonds Mercury
17 28 30 "That'll Be the Day" The Crickets Brunswick
18 41 NR "Lucille" Little Richard Specialty
19 15 28 "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" Jerry Lee Lewis Sun
19 13 48 "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino Imperial
21 35 NR "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" The Tune Weavers Checker
22 9 NR "C.C. Rider" Chuck Willis Atlantic
23 11 47 "Mr. Lee" The Bobbettes Atlantic
24 22 14 "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"/"Loving You" Elvis Presley RCA Victor
25 5 NR "Since I Met You Baby" Ivory Joe Hunter Atlantic
26 49 5 "So Rare" Jimmy Dorsey Fraternity
27 6 NR "Jim Dandy" LaVern Baker Atlantic
28 42 NR "Honky Tonk" Bill Doggett King
29 30 NR "Little Bitty Pretty One" Thurston Harris Aladdin
30 NR 42 "Be-Bop Baby" Ricky Nelson Imperial
31 26 NR "Valley of Tears" Fats Domino Imperial
32 50 NR "Just Because" Lloyd Price ABC-Paramount
33 37 NR "Over the Mountain" Johnnie & Joe Chess
34 48 NR "Jenny, Jenny"/"Miss Ann" Little Richard Specialty
35 17 NR "Farther Up the Road" Bobby Bland Duke
36 17 NR "Without Love" Clyde McPhatter Atlantic
37 27 NR "Keep A-Knockin'" Little Richard Specialty
38 19 13 "Party Doll" Buddy Knox Roulette
39 45 NR "It Hurts to Be in Love" Annie Laurie Deluxe
40 47 11 "Bye Bye Love" The Everly Brothers Cadence
41 NR NR "Stardust" Billy Ward Liberty
42 NR 2 "Love Letters in the Sand" Pat Boone Dot
43 NR 7 "Singing the Blues" Guy Mitchell Columbia
44 33 NR "A Thousand Miles Away" The Heartbeats Rama
45 NR NR "Next Time You See Me" Little Junior Parker Duke
46 39 NR "Honest I Do" Jimmy Reed Vee Jay
47 25 9 "Too Much" Elvis Presley RCA Victor
48 NR NR "Raunchy" Bill Justis Phillips International
49 44 4 "Young Love" Tab Hunter Dot
50 34 NR "Ain't Got No Home" Clarence "Frogman" Henry Argo
NR 31 NR "Send Me Some Lovin'" Little Richard Specialty
NR 32 NR "Long Lonely Nights Clyde McPhatter Atlantic
NR 40 48 "Whispering Bells" The Del Vikings Dot
NR 42 NR "You Got Me Dizzy" Jimmy Reed Vee Jay
NR 46 NR "Empty Arms" Ivory Joe Hunter Atlantic

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1957's Best Selling Records". The Billboard. December 23, 1957. p. 20.
  2. ^ "1957's Most Played Records by Jockeys". The Billboard. December 23, 1957. p. 21.
  3. ^ "1957's Best Selling Records" (PDF). The Billboard. Vol. 69, no. 52. December 23, 1957. p. 20.