| | Pop | R&B | Date | Label | Artist | Song | Composer |
|---|
| | | 9 | Oct-1955 | RPM | B.B. King | Ten Long Years | Riley King, Jules Taub |
| | | 8 | Jan-1955 | RPM | B.B. King | Every Day I Have The Blues | Memphis Slim |
| | | 1 | May-1955 | Checker | Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley |
| | | | May-1955 | Atlantic | Joe Turner | Oke She Moke She pop | Joe Turner |
| | 7 | | Mar-1955 | Capitol | Nat King Cole | Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup | Anna Sosenko |
| | 2 | | May-1955 | Capitol | Nat King Cole | A Blossom Fell | Barnes, Cornelius, J.C. Johnson |
| | 8 | | May-1955 | Capitol | Nat King Cole | If I May (with the Four Knights) | Rosemary McCoy, Charlie Singleton |
| | 79 | 10 | Oct-1955 | Atco | The Coasters | Smokey Joe's Café | Leiber-Stoller |
| | 20 | 11 | Mar-1955 | Chess | The Moonglows | Sincerely | Alan Freed, Harvey Fuqua |
| | 1 | 1 | Dec-1955 | Mercury | The Platters | The Great Pretender | Buck Ram |
| | 5 | 1 | Oct-1955 | Mercury | The Platters | Only You | Ram-Rand |
| | | 3 | Nov-1956 | RPM | B.B. King | On My Word Of Honor | Katherine Harrison, Jean Miles |
| | | 6 | Sep-1956 | RPM | B.B. King | Sweet Little Angel | Riley King, Jules Taub |
| | | 3 | Sep-1956 | RPM | B.B. King | Bad Luck | Riley King, Jules Taub |
| | 0 | 0 | Jun-1956 | Chess | Chuck Berry | Roll Over Beethoven | Chuck Berry |
| | 1 | 1 | Aug-1956 | RCA Victor | Elvis Presley | Hound Dog | Leiber-Stoller |
| | 6 | 1 | Feb-1956 | Gee | Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers | Why do Fools Fall in Love | Frankie Lymon |
| | 95 | 6 | Jun-1956 | Federal | James Brown & the Famous Flames | Please Please Please | James Brown-Johnny Terry |
| | 6 | 1 | Apr-1956 | Specialty | Little Richard | Long Tall Sally | Richard Penneman |
| | 17 | 1 | Jan-1956 | Specialty | Little Richard | Tutti-Frutti | Richard Penneman |
| | | | Apr-1956 | Verve | Louis Armstrong | Sweet Lorraine | Carter Burwell, Mitchell Parish |
| | | 5 | Jun-1956 | Atlantic | Ray Charles | Hallelujah, I Love Her So | Ray Charles |
| | | 8 | Feb-1956 | Atlantic | The Coasters | Down in Mexico | Leiber-Stoller |
| | 25 | 15 | Oct-1956 | Chess | The Moonglows | See Saw | Roquel Davis, Charles Sutton |
| | 1 | 1 | Jul-1956 | Mercury | The Platters | My Prayer | Kennedy-Boulanger |
| | | | Sep-1957 | Decca | Billie Holiday | Good Morning Heartache | Drake, Fisher, Higginbotham |
| | 46 | 1 | Aug-1957 | Duke | Bobby Bland | Farther Up The Road | Joe Medwick, Don Robey |
| | 21 | 4 | Apr-1957 | Specialty | Little Richard | Lucille | Richard Penneman |
| | 8 | 1 | Oct-1957 | Specialty | Little Richard | Keep A Knockin | Richard Penneman |
| | 10 | 1 | Jun-1957 | Specialty | Little Richard | Jenny Jenny | Richard Penneman |
| | | | Aug-1957 | Verve | Louis Armstrong | Stompin' At The Savoy | Benny Goodman |
| | 39 | 24 | Jun-1957 | Decca | Mills Brothers | Queen of the Senior Prom | Stella Lee, Jack Richards |
| | 1 | 1 | Jul-1957 | Capitol | Nat King Cole | Mona Lisa | Ray Evans, Jay Livingston |
| | 0 | 0 | Jul-1957 | Capitol | Nat King Cole | Send For Me | Ollie Jones |
| | 34 | 14 | Nov-1957 | Atlantic | Ray Charles | Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) | Ray Charles |
| | 1 | 1 | Oct-1957 | Keen | Sam Cooke | You Send Me | Sam Cooke |
| | 8 | 2 | Mar-1957 | Atlantic | The Coasters | Young Blood | Leiber-Stoller |
| | 3 | 1 | Mar-1957 | Atlantic | The Coasters | Searchin' | Leiber-Stoller |
| | | 9 | Nov-1958 | Kent | B.B. King | Please Accept My Love | Joe Josea, Riley King |
| | | | Feb-1958 | Columbia | Billie Holiday | The End of a Love Affair | Edward Redding |
| | | | Feb-1958 | Columbia | Billie Holiday | You Don't Know What Love Is | Gene DePaul, Don Raye |
| | | | Feb-1958 | Columbia | Billie Holiday | You've Changed | Bill Carey, Carl Fischer |
| | 8 | 1 | May-1958 | Chess | Chuck Berry | Johnny B. Goode | Chuck Berry |
| | 0 | 0 | Oct-1958 | Atlantic | Clyde McPhatter | A Lover's Question | Brook Benton, Jimmy Williams |
| | 7 | 1 | Oct-1958 | Brunswick | Jackie Wilson | Lonely Teardrops | Gordy-Carlo-Gordy |
| | 22 | 7 | Feb-1958 | Brunswick | Jackie Wilson | To Be Loved | Gordy-Carlo-Gordy |
| | 48 | 1 | Jun-1958 | Federal | James Brown & the Famous Flames | Try Me | James Brown |
| | 4 | 1 | Aug-1958 | End | Little Anthony & the Imperials | Tears on my Pillow | Sylvester Bradford, Al Lewis |
| | 10 | 1 | Feb-1958 | Specialty | Little Richard | Good Golly Miss Molly | Blackwell-Marascallo |
| | 21 | 7 | Mar-1958 | Dot | Mills Brothers | Get a Job | Beal, Edwards, Horton, Lewis |
| | 5 | 2 | Apr-1958 | Capitol | Nat King Cole | Looking Back | Brook Benton, Hendricks, Otis |
| | 1 | 1 | Jun-1958 | Atlantic | The Coasters | Yakety Yak | Leiber-Stoller |
| | 1 | 1 | Apr-1958 | Mercury | The Platters | Twilight Time | Ram-A&M Nevins-Dunn |
| | 1 | 1 | Dec-1958 | Mercury | The Platters | Smoke Gets in your Eyes | Harbach-Kern |
| | 13 | 2 | Mar-1959 | Brunswick | Jackie Wilson | That's Why (I Love You So) | Gordy-Carlo-Gordy |
| | 20 | 6 | Jun-1959 | Brunswick | Jackie Wilson | I'll Be Satisfied | Gordy-Carlo-Gordy |
| | 6 | 1 | Jul-1959 | Atlantic | Ray Charles | What'd I Say | Ray Charles |
| | 17 | 47 | Nov-1959 | Atlantic | The Coasters | What About Us | Leiber-Stoller |
| | 2 | 2 | Jan-1959 | Atlantic | The Coasters | Charlie Brown | Leiber-Stoller |
| | 9 | 14 | May-1959 | Atlantic | The Coasters | Along Came Jones | Leiber-Stoller |
| | 7 | 1 | Aug-1959 | Atlantic | The Coasters | Poison Ivy | Leiber-Stoller |
| | 36 | 29 | Nov-1959 | Atlantic | The Coasters | Run Red Run | Leiber-Stoller |
