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.
Retail Disk jockey Juke box Title Artist(s) Label1 1 2 "Pledging My Love" Johnny Ace Duke2 4 1 "Ain't That a Shame" Fats Domino Imperial3 7 3 "Maybellene" Chuck Berry Chess4 2 4 "Earth Angel" The Penguins Doontone5 9 5 "I've Got a Woman Ray Charles Atlantic6 3 15 "The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)" Etta James Modern7 13 14 "Only You (And You Alone)" The Platters Mercury8 8 6 "My Babe" Little Walter Chess9 5 7 "Sincerely" The Moonglows Chess10 15 19 "Unchained Melody" Roy Hamilton Epic11 6 9 "Hearts of Stone" The Charms DeLuxe12 10 13 "Tweedle Dee" LaVern Baker Atlantic13 NR 9 "Every Day I Have the Blues" Count Basie Orchestra, Joe Williams Clef14 14 11 "It's Love, Baby (24 Hours a Day)" Louis Brooks Excello15 15 12 "Flip, Flop and Fly" Big Joe Turner Atlantic16 22 17 "Don't Be Angry" Nappy Brown Savoy17 NR 8 "Bo Diddley" Bo Diddley Checker18 17 20 "What'cha Gonna Do" The Drifters Atlantic19 NR 22 "Unchained Melody" Al Hibbler Decca20 NR NR "Story Untold" The Nutmegs Herald21 NR NR "Soldier Boy" The Four Fellows Glory22 20 23 "I Hear You Knocking" Smiley Lewis Imperial23 12 16 "Fool for You" Ray Charles Atlantic24 NR 25 "At My Front Door" The El Dorados Vee Jay25 19 NR "All by Myself" Fats Domino ImperialNR 11 NR "Come Back" Ray Charles AtlanticNR 18 NR "Close Your Eyes" The Five Keys CapitolNR 21 NR "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets DeccaNR 23 NR "Most of All" The Moonglows ChessNR 24 NR "Lonely Nights" Hearts BatonNR 25 NR "The Door Is Still Open to My Heart" The Cardinals AtlanticNR NR 18 "Reconsider Baby" Lowell Fulson CheckerNR NR 21 "You Don't Have to Go" Jimmy Reed Vee JayNR NR 24 "Feel So Good" Shirley & Lee Aladdin
See also List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1955 Billboard year-end top 30 singles of 1955 1955 in music
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