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Billboard Top R&B Records of 1954

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Billboard Top R&B Records of 1954 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
year-end[1]
Juke box
year-end[1]
Title Artist(s) Label
1 2 "Work with Me, Annie" The Midnighters Federal
2 1 "Honey Love" The Drifters Atlantic
3 4 "Oh What a Dream" Ruth Brown Atlantic
4 6 "You'll Never Walk Alone" Roy Hamilton Epic
5 3 "Shake, Rattle and Roll" Big Joe Turner Atlantic
6 8 "The Things That I Used to Do" Guitar Slim Specialty
7 7 "It Hurts Me to My Heart" Faye Adams Herald
8 10 "Annie Had a Baby" The Midnighters Federal
9 11 "Lovey Dovey" The Clovers Atlantic
10 9 "Sexy Ways" The Midnighters Federal
11 24 "Money, Honey" The Drifters Atlantic
12 5 "Sh-Boom" The Chords Cat
13 17 "I Didn't Want to Do It" The Spiders Imperial
14 NR "I'll Be There" Faye Adams Herald
15 NR "Honey Hush" Big Joe Turner Atlantic
16 12 "Just Make Love to Me" Muddy Waters Chess
17 NR "Little Mama" The Clovers Atlantic
18 13 "Such a Night The Drifters Atlantic
19 NR "You're Still My Baby" Chuck Willis Okeh
20 15 "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" The Spaniels Vee Jay
21 20 "Ebb Tide" Roy Hamilton Epic
22 28 "I Don't Hurt Anymore" Dinah Washington Mercury
23 21 "Saving My Love for You" Johnny Ace Duke
24 NR "Mambo Baby" Ruth Brown Atlantic
25 NR "Hearts of Stone" The Charms Deluxe
26 NR "I've Got My Eyes on You" The Clovers Atlantic
27 29 "You're So Fine" Little Walter Checker
28 14 "Gee" The Crows Rama
29 NR "I'm Just Your Fool" Buddy Johnson Mercury
30 23 "If I Loved You" Roy Hamilton Epic
NR 16 "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash" The Clovers Atlantic
NR 18 "I'll Be True" Faye Adams Herald
NR 19 "I Understand (Just How You Feel)" The Four Tunes Jubilee
NR 22 "You Upset Me, Baby" B.B. King RPM
NR 25 "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" Muddy Waters Chess
NR 26 "I'm Ready" Muddy Waters Chess
NR 27 "Marie" The Four Tunes Jubilee
NR 30 "You Better Watch Yourself" Little Walter Checker

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "1954's Top R&B Records". The Billboard. December 25, 1954. p. 17.