Soul R&B Music Charts of 1959 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1959 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1959, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Place mouse on

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(Search on '1959' returned 183 results)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
1	recordlabel: Unart 2013 chartposition: RandB #2, US #17 writtenby: Lance Finney, Willie Schofield and Bob West	The Falcons	You're So Fine	1959	Unart
2	recordlabel: Unart 2022 chartposition: US #107 writtenby: David Braithwaite and Eddie Powell	The Falcons	You're Mine	1959	Unart
3	recordlabel: Savoy 1555 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #23 writtenby: Miller, Stewart	Nappy Brown	You're Going To Need Someone	1959	Savoy
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 7256 writtenby: Bud Allen, Buddy Johnson album: The Genius Of Ray Charles comments: [jazz soul album cut] mpcode: 64y4sdjji68	Ray Charles	You Won't Let Me Go	1959	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 2038 chartposition: RandB #13, US #72 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Brook Benton, Bobby Stevenson	Clyde McPhatter	You Went Back on Your Word	1959	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: London 9013 chartposition: RandB #2, US #10, UK #7 writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo), Gwen Gordy ,Berry Gordy and Marv Johnson album: Marvelous Marv Johnson	Marv Johnson	You Got What It Takes	1959	London
3	recordlabel: Brunswick 55149 chartposition: RandB #1, US #37 writtenby: Jackie Wilson and Norman Henry album: Lonely Teardrops	Jackie Wilson	You Better Know It	1959	Brunswick
4	recordlabel: King 5256 chartposition: RandB #30 weeksinr&bchart: 1 writtenby: Bill Doggett comments: [instrumental]	Bill Doggett	Yocky Dock (Part 1)	1959	King
5	recordlabel: End 1039 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #17, US #79 writtenby: Robin, Ranger	Little Anthony & the Imperials	Wishful Thinking	1959	End
6	recordlabel: Coral 72351 chartposition: RandB #16, US #51 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Robert Draper Jr.	The Accents	Wiggle, Wiggle	1959	Coral
7	recordlabel: Shad 5002 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #38, US #71 writtenby: Claude Johnson, Fred Jones and Leroy Kirkland	The Genies	Who's That Knockin'	1959	Shad
8	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 9997 chartposition: RandB #4, US #23, UK #15 writtenby: Harold Logan, Lloyd Price and Patton album: The Exciting Lloyd Price	Lloyd Price	Where Were You (on Our Wedding Day)?	1959	ABC Paramount
9	recordlabel: Mercury 71502 chartposition: US #44 writtenby: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Buck Ram (as Lynn Paul)	The Platters	Where	1959	Mercury
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 7256 writtenby: E. A. Swan album: The Genius Of Ray Charles comments: [jazz soul album cut] mpcode: ugnOhe6R-wM	Ray Charles	When Your Lover Has Gone	1959	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: First 104 chartposition: US #112 writtenby: Fred Parris and Andre Scott	The Five Satins	When Your Love Comes Along	1959	First
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 2031 chartposition: RandB #1, US #6 writtenby: Ray Charles album: What'd I Say	Ray Charles	What'd I Say (Part I)	1959	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Mercury 71435 chartposition: RandB #4, US #8 writtenby: Grever and Adams album: What a Diff'rence a Day Makes! comments: [jazz RnB]	Dinah Washington	What a Diff'rence a Day Makes	1959	Mercury
4	recordlabel: King 5182 chartposition: RandB #16 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Henry Glover	Teddy Humphries	What Makes You So Tough	1959	King
5	recordlabel: Atco 6153 chartposition: RandB #17, US #47 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller album: Coast Along With The Coasters	The Coasters	What About Us	1959	Atco
---	recordlabel: Vee Jay 300 writtenby: M. McGill	The Dells	Wedding Day	1959	Vee Jay
---	recordlabel: Brunswick 54045 writtenby: B. Gordy Jr., G. Gordy, T. Carlo album: Lonely Teardrops comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: TZO16-O1P0M	Jackie Wilson	We Have Love	1959	Brunswick
1	recordlabel: Chess 1718 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #50 writtenby: McKinley Morganfield comments: [blues]	Muddy Waters	Walking Thru The Park	1959	Chess
2	recordlabel: Mercury 71508 chartposition: RandB #15, US #17 writtenby: Irving Gordon album: Unforgettable comments: [jazz RnB ballad]	Dinah Washington	Unforgettable	1959	Mercury
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 7256 writtenby: Charles Joseph Morris, Percy Mayfield album: The Genius Of Ray Charles comments: [jazz soul album cut] mpcode: jHSOyL6e3o	Ray Charles	Two Years Of Torture	1959	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: MGM 12816 chartposition: US #91 writtenby: Charles Singleton	Clyde McPhatter	Twice As Nice	1959	MGM
---	recordlabel: Chess 1725 writtenby: R. Fratto, H. Fuqua	Harvey & The Moonglows	Twelve Months Of The Year	1959	Chess
1	recordlabel: London 8843 chartposition: US #36 writtenby: Dick Hyman album: Cozy Cole Hits! comments: [instrumental]	Cozy Cole	Turvy II	1959	London
2	recordlabel: Federal 12337 chartposition: RandB #1, US #48 writtenby: James Brown album: Please Please Please comments: [ballad]	James Brown & The Famous Flames	Try Me	1959	Federal
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 2041 chartposition: RandB #18, US #63 writtenby: Alex Bradford and LaVern Baker	LaVern Baker	Tiny Tim	1959	Atlantic
4	recordlabel: Keen 82105 chartposition: RandB #25, US #81 writtenby: Redd Evans and David Mann	Sam Cooke	There, I've Said It Again	1959	Keen
5	recordlabel: Swingin 614 chartposition: RandB #5, US #44 writtenby: Big Jay McNeely	Big Jay McNeely & Band	There Is Something On Your Mind	1959	Swingin
6	recordlabel: Atlantic 2025 chartposition: RandB #1, US #2 writtenby: Benjamin Nelson, Lover Patterson and George Treadwell comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #193]	The Drifters	There Goes My Baby	1959	Atlantic
7	recordlabel: Clock 1012 chartposition: US #61 writtenby: Ken Wood, Dave Baby Cortez (as Dave Clowney) and Kreigsmann comments: [instrumental]	Dave Baby Cortez	The Whistling Organ	1959	Clock
8	recordlabel: Neptune 101 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: Baby Washington	Baby Washington	The Time	1959	Neptune
---	recordlabel: Brunswick 54045 writtenby: Gwen Gordy, Janie Bradford album: Lonely Teardrops comments: [album cut] mpcode: 3oBT620hBZ8	Jackie Wilson	The Joke (Is Not On Me)	1959	Brunswick
1	recordlabel: V Tone 205 chartposition: US #71 writtenby: Joe Pyatt and Larry Kerrin (as Lawrence Kerrin) comments: [instrumental]	Bobby Peterson Quintet	The Hunch	1959	V Tone
2	recordlabel: Anna 1106 chartposition: US #68 writtenby: Joe Pyatt and Larry Kerrin (as Lawrence Kerrin) comments: [instrumental]	Paul Gayten	The Hunch	1959	Anna
---	recordlabel: Vee Jay 325 writtenby: Hennie, Anderson, Derrick	Kip Anderson	The Home Fires Are Brighter After All	1959	Vee Jay
1	recordlabel: Clock 1009 chartposition: RandB #5, US #1 writtenby: Dave Baby Cortez and Kurt Wood comments: [instrumental]	Dave Baby Cortez	The Happy Organ	1959	Clock
2	recordlabel: Kent 319 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #46 writtenby: Davis mpcode: 03yhd6YYEIs	B.B. King	The Fool	1959	Kent
3	recordlabel: Alton 254 chartposition: RandB #1, US #46 writtenby: Julius Dixon comments: [instrumental]	The Spacemen	The Clouds	1959	Alton
4	recordlabel: Parkway 804 chartposition: US #38 writtenby: Kal Mann	Chubby Checker	The Class	1959	Parkway
5	recordlabel: Class 2082 chartposition: US #54 writtenby: Jimmie Thomas	Bobby Day	The Bluebird, the Buzzard and the Oriole	1959	Class
6	recordlabel: Neptune 104 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: J. Hicks	Baby Washington	The Bells (On Our Wedding Day)	1959	Neptune
7	recordlabel: Coed 515 chartposition: RandB #14, US #22 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Billy Smith (as Billy Dawn Smith) and Sid Faust album: The Crests Sing All Biggies	The Crests	The Angels Listened In	1959	Coed
8	recordlabel: Brunswick 55121 chartposition: RandB #2, US #13 writtenby: Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.) and Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo) album: Lonely Teardrops	Jackie Wilson	That's Why (I Love You So)	1959	Brunswick
9	recordlabel: Atlantic 2022 chartposition: RandB #19 writtenby: Ray Charles album: What'd I Say	Ray Charles	That's Enough	1959	Atlantic
10	recordlabel: Mercury 71478 chartposition: RandB #1, US #16 writtenby: Brook Benton and Clyde Otis	Brook Benton	Thank You Pretty Baby	1959	Mercury
11	recordlabel: Imperial 5569 chartposition: RandB #13, US #50 writtenby: Earl Palmer and Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino)	Fats Domino	Telling Lies	1959	Imperial
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 2084 writtenby: Charles Brown, Oscar Moore album: The Genius Of Ray Charles comments: [jazz soul] mpcode: Ulh1wPsgRcE	Ray Charles	Tell Me You'll Wait For Me	1959	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: King 5171 chartposition: RandB #4, US #87 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Henry Glover comments: [ballad]	Hank Ballard & the Midnighters	Teardrops on Your Letter	1959	King
2	recordlabel: Brunswick 55165 chartposition: RandB #3, US #34 writtenby: Sid Wyche album: So Much	Jackie Wilson	Talk That Talk	1959	Brunswick
3	recordlabel: Decca 30967 chartposition: RandB #12, US #4, UK #4 writtenby: Ronnie Self album: Miss Dynamite	Brenda Lee	Sweet Nothin's	1959	Decca
4	recordlabel: Keen 2101 chartposition: US #106 writtenby: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward	Sam Cooke	Summertime (Part 2)	1959	Keen
5	recordlabel: Gone 5060 chartposition: RandB #29, US #93 weeksinr&bchart: 1 writtenby: Richard Barrett	Richard Barrett & the Chantels	Summer's Love	1959	Gone
6	recordlabel: ABC 9972 chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7 writtenby: traditional, Harold Logan and Lloyd Price comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #456]	Lloyd Price	Stagger Lee	1959	ABC
7	recordlabel: MGM 9022 chartposition: RandB #14, US #2, UK #28 writtenby: Artie Zwirn and Garry Giosasi album: Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)	The Impalas	Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home)	1959	MGM
---	recordlabel: Brunswick 54045 writtenby: Berry Gordy Jr., Tyran Carlo album: Lonely Teardrops comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: FjcLDNMCEFw	Jackie Wilson	Someone To Need Me (As I Need You)	1959	Brunswick
1	recordlabel: Mercury 71512 chartposition: RandB #1, US #6 writtenby: Bobby Stevenson album: I Love You In So Many Ways	Brook Benton	So Many Ways	1959	Mercury
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 2033 chartposition: RandB #12, US #52 writtenby: LaVern Baker album: Blues Ballads	LaVern Baker	So High, So Low	1959	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Old Town 1062 chartposition: RandB #3, US #11 writtenby: Jim Gribble and Jesse Belvin (uncredited)	The Fiestas	So Fine	1959	Old Town
4	recordlabel: Mercury 71519 chartposition: RandB #8, US #44 writtenby: Clyde Otis, Murray Stein album: Sarah Vaughan's Golden Hits comments: [jazz randb]	Sarah Vaughan	Smooth Operator	1959	Mercury
5	recordlabel: Hi 2018 chartposition: RandB #1, US #17 writtenby: Bill Black comments: [instrumental]	Bill Blacks Combo	Smokie (Part 2)	1959	Hi
6	recordlabel: Vee Jay 321 chartposition: US #101 writtenby: Otis Blackwell	Wade Flemons	Slow Motion	1959	Vee Jay
7	recordlabel: Coed 506 chartposition: RandB #4, US #2 weeksinr&bchart: 11 writtenby: Luther Dixon and Allyson Khent (as Allyson R. Khent) album: The Crests Sing All Biggies	The Crests	Sixteen Candles	1959	Coed
8	recordlabel: Coed 509 chartposition: RandB #17, US #28 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Alicia Evelyn and Billy Smith (as Billy Dawn Smith) album: The Crests Sing All Biggies comments: [ballad]	The Crests	Six Nights A Week	1959	Coed
---	recordlabel: Brunswick 54045 writtenby: E. Wilson, F. Wilson, J. Wilson album: Lonely Teardrops comments: [album cut] mpcode: 6iMBgTtU7m4	Jackie Wilson	Singing A Song	1959	Brunswick
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 2028 chartposition: RandB #14, US #38 weeksinr&bchart: 12 writtenby: Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield album: Clyde	Clyde McPhatter	Since You've Been Gone	1959	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Calico 103 chartposition: RandB #3, US #12 writtenby: Joe Rock, Jimmy Beaumont and Lennie Martin album: The Skyliners	The Skyliners	Since I Don't Have You	1959	Calico
3	recordlabel: Ember 1056 chartposition: RandB #27, US #87 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Fred Parris	The Five Satins	Shadows	1959	Ember
4	recordlabel: Mercury 71465 chartposition: RandB #1, US #2 writtenby: Phil Phillips and George Khoury	Phil Phillips & the Twilights	Sea of Love	1959	Mercury
5	recordlabel: Checker 936 chartposition: RandB #23, US #106 weeksinr&bchart: 1 writtenby: E. McDaniel	Bo Diddley	Say Man, Back Again	1959	Checker
6	recordlabel: Checker 931 chartposition: RandB #3, US 20 weeksinr&bchart: 15 writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel) album: Go Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley	Say Man	1959	Checker
7	recordlabel: Excello 2169 chartposition: RandB #23 weeksinr&bchart: 1 writtenby: Jerry West	Lightnin' Slim	Rooster Blues	1959	Excello
8	recordlabel: Josie 866 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Christbell Breland	The Cadillacs	Romeo	1959	Josie
9	recordlabel: King 5186 chartposition: RandB #29 weeksinr&bchart: 1 writtenby: Rudy Toombs and Henry Glover comments: answer to "Stagger Lee" by Lloyd Price	Titus Turner	Return of Stagolee	1959	King
10	recordlabel: Mercury 71467 chartposition: UK #25 writtenby: Buck Ram and Mickey Addy album: Remember When? comments: [ballad]	The Platters	Remember When	1959	Mercury
11	recordlabel: King 5159 chartposition: RandB #15 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Andy Gibson and Angelyn Carlington album: Hold It comments: instrumental	Bill Doggett	Rainbow Riot (Part 1)	1959	King
---	recordlabel: Checker 5031	Aretha Franklin	Precious Lord	1959	Checker
1	recordlabel: Atco 6146 chartposition: RandB #1, US #7, UK #15 writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller comments: [Double sided hit.]	The Coasters	Poison Ivy -- I'm a Hog for You	1959	Atco
2	recordlabel: Case 1001 chartposition: US #48 writtenby: Forest Gene Wilson	Gene & Eunice	Poco-Loco	1959	Case
3	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10018 chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #9 writtenby: Harold Logan and Lloyd Price album: Mr. 'Personality'	Lloyd Price	Personality	1959	ABC Paramount
4	recordlabel: Keen 32022 chartposition: RandB #13, US #28, UK #23 writtenby: Barbara Campbell album: Hit Kit / The Best of Sam Cooke	Sam Cooke	Only Sixteen	1959	Keen
---	recordlabel: Sharp 102 writtenby: Anderson	Kip Anderson	Oh My Linda	1959	Sharp
1	recordlabel: King 5170 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #25 writtenby: Otis Blackwell album: In Action	Little Willie John	No Regrets	1959	King
2	recordlabel: Gibraltar 101 chartposition: RandB #14, US #90 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Otis Blackwell comments: [ballad]	Jimmy Barnes	No Regrets	1959	Gibraltar
3	recordlabel: Coed 508 chartposition: US #47 writtenby: Glenn Miller and Mitchell Parish comments: [ballad]	The Rivieras	Moonlight Serenade	1959	Coed
4	recordlabel: King 5176 chartposition: RandB #27 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Henry Glover	Bill Doggett	Monster Party	1959	King
5	recordlabel: Columbia 41483 chartposition: RandB #10, UK #12 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Erroll Garner, Johnny Burke album: Heavenly comments: [ballad]	Johnny Mathis	Misty	1959	Columbia
6	recordlabel: Norgolde 103 chartposition: RandB #20, US #35 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: Bill Jackson comments: originally released as "dead man's stroll"	The Revels	Midnight Stroll	1959	Norgolde
7	recordlabel: Capitol 15056 chartposition: RandB #12, US #51, UK #23 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: Mayme Watts and Robert Mosely album: Looking Back	Nat King Cole	Midnight Flyer	1959	Capitol
8	recordlabel: Class 254 chartposition: RandB #14, US #67 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Paul Clifton and Eugene Church	Eugene Church	Miami	1959	Class
9	recordlabel: Judd 1002 chartposition: US #47 writtenby: George Khoury and Huey Thierry	Cookie & the Cupcakes	Matilda	1959	Judd
10	recordlabel: Atlantic 2018 chartposition: RandB #12, US #49 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Eddie Curtis (as Memphis Edward Curtis), Ahmet Ertegun album: Clyde	Clyde McPhatter	Lovey Dovey	1959	Atlantic
11	recordlabel: End 1035 chartposition: RandB #25, US #52 writtenby: Paul Wilson and Terry Johnson album: Their Hits Then And Now comments: [ballad]	The Flamingos	Lovers Never Say Goodbye	1959	End
12	recordlabel: Deb 506 chartposition: RandB #17 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: Julius Dixon	Beverly Ann Gibson	Love's Burning Fire	1959	Deb
13	recordlabel: London 8949 chartposition: RandB #23, US #23 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller album: Love Potion Number 9	The Clovers	Love Potion Number 9	1959	London
---	recordlabel: Bethlehem 11021 writtenby: Kahn, Donaldson album: Little Girl Blue comments: [jazz soul] mpcode: 6dDBrpCL5Qk	Nina Simone	Love Me or Leave Me	1959	Bethlehem
---	recordlabel: Brunswick 54045 writtenby: Johnny Lehmann, Stan Lebowsky album: Lonely Teardrops comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: OAIEDXuoxKk	Jackie Wilson	Love Is All	1959	Brunswick
1	recordlabel: Chess 1717 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #50 writtenby: M. Paul mpcode: ve9e8v2kASU	The Moonglows	Love Is A River	1959	Chess

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