Billboard Top R&B Records of 1959 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1959. Due to the extent of cross-over between the R&B and pop charts in 1959, the song's rank, if any, in the year-end pop chart is also provided.
R&Brank Poprank Title Artist(s) Label1 13 "Stagger Lee" Lloyd Price ABC-Paramount2 27 "It's Just a Matter of Time" Brook Benton Mercury3 9 "Kansas City" Wilbert Harrison Fury4 56 "Lonely Teardrops" Jackie Wilson Brunswick5 3 "Personality" Lloyd Price ABC-Paramount6 63 "I Cried a Tear" LaVern Baker Atlantic7 NR "Try Me (I Need You)" James Brown & The Famous Flames Federal8 29 "There Goes My Baby" The Drifters Atlantic 9 50 "What'd I Say" Ray Charles Atlantic10 NR "Thank You Pretty Baby" Brook Benton Mercury11 NR "There Is Something on Your Mind" Big Jay McNeely Swingin'12 91 "You're So Fine" The Falcons Unart13 NR "I Loves You, Porgy" Nina Simone Bethlehem14 69 "So Fine" The Fiestas Old Town15 NR "(Night Time Is) The Right Time" Ray Charles Atlantic16 23 "I'm Gonna Get Married" Lloyd Price ABC-Paramount17 17 "Charlie Brown" The Coasters Atco18 16 "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" The Platters Mercury19 54 "Poison Ivy" The Coasters Atco20 26 "16 Candles" The Crests Coed21 68 "I Want to Walk You Home" Fats Domino Imperial22 90 "That's Why (I Love You So)" Jackie Wilson Brunswick23 1 "The Battle of New Orleans" Johnny Horton Columbia24 NR "Nobody but You" Dee Clark Abner25 NR "Pretty Girls Everywhere" Eugene Church Class26 72 "A Lover's Question" Clyde McPhatter Atlantic27 NR "Everybody Likes to Cha Cha Cha" Sam Cooke Keen28 21 "Sea of Love" Phil Phillips Mercury29 45 "What A Difference a Day Makes" Dinah Washington Mercury30 73 "I Only Have Eyes for You" The Flamingos End31 87 "Endlessly" Brook Benton Mercury32 31 "Red River Rock" Johnny and the Hurricanes Warwick33 6 "Dream Lover" Bobby Darin Atco34 NR "I Waited Too Long" LaVern Baker Atlantic35 NR "Say Man" Bo Diddley Checker36 5 "Lonely Boy" Paul Anka ABC-Paramount37 NR "Almost Grown" Chuck Berry Chess38 11 "Sleep Walk" Santo & Johnny Canadian-American39 NR So Close" Brook Benton Mercury40 NR "Hey Little Girl (Dee Clark song)" Dee Clark Abner41 NR "I'll Be Satisfied" Jackie Wilson Brunswick42 NR "You Better Know It" Jackie Wilson Brunswick43 NR "Come to Me" Marv Johnson United Artist44 NR "Teardrops on Your Letter" Hank Ballard and The Midnighters King45 65 "Since I Don't Have You" The Skyliners Calico46 43 "Don't You Know?" Della Reese RCA Victor46 22 "The Happy Organ" Dave "Baby" Cortez Clock48 51 "Broken Hearted Melody" Sarah Vaughan Mercury49 NR "Where Were You on our Wedding Day" Lloyd Price ABC-Paramount50 NR "I'm Ready" Fats Domino Imperial
See also List of Hot R&B Sides number ones of 1959 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959 1959 in music
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