The CASH BOX Rhythm & Blues Top 30
Week ending FEBRUARY 15, 1958
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1GET A JOB
    Silhouettes (Ember 1029)
  1  1  5  5
  2DON’T LET GO
    Roy Hamilton (Epic 9257)
  2  3  4  7
  3MAYBE
    Chantels (End 1005)
  5  715  5
  4AT THE HOP
    Danny & Juniors (ABC-Paramount 9871)
  3  2  110
  5THE STROLL
    Diamonds (Mercury 71242)
  71216  5
  6I’LL COME RUNNING BACK TO YOU
    Sam Cooke (Specialty 619)
  4  4  310
  7YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU TRY
    Gene Allison (Vee-Jay 256)
  6  6  911
  8LA DEE DAH
    Billy & Lillie (Swan 4002)
111621  4
  9SWINGING SHEPHERD BLUES
    Johnny Pate Quintet (Federal 12312)
121722  4
10THAT’S ALRIGHT
    Little Junior Parker (Duke 168)
  9  913  7
11BETTY AND DUPREE
    Chuck Willis (Atlantic 1168)
1519  3
12SHORT SHORTS
    Royal Teens (ABC-Paramount 9882)
18  2
13ANGEL SMILE
    Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 3860)
19  2
14OH JULIE
    Crescendos (Nasco 6005)
2123  3
15RAUNCHY
    Ernie Freeman (Imperial 5474)
    Bill Justis & Orchestra (Phillips Int’l 3519)
  8
 
  5
 
  2
 
14
 
16WALKIN’ WITH MR. LEE
    Lee Allen & Band (Ember 1027)
101114  6
17TEAR DROPS
    Lee Andrews & Hearts (Chess 1675)
16151210
18DEDE DINAH
    Frankie Avalon (Chancellor 1011)
  1
19BUZZ-BUZZ-BUZZ
    Hollywood Flames (Ebb 119)
13  8  813
20PEGGY SUE
    Buddy Holly (Coral 61885)
1410  612
21GREAT BALLS OF FIRE
    Jerry Lee Lewis (Sun 281)
1713  711
22YOU’RE SOMETHING ELSE
    Jimmy Reed (Vee-Jay 270)
20  2
23I BEG OF YOU
    Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-7150)
  1
24GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY
    Little Richard (Specialty 624)
  1
25BEEN SO LONG
    Pastels (Argo 5287)
  1
26DON’T
    Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-7150)
  1
27WAITIN’ IN SCHOOL
    Ricky Nelson (Imperial 5483)
  1
28JO-ANN
    Playmates (Roulette 4037)
  1
29STOOD UP
    Ricky Nelson (Imperial 5483)
  1
30SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN
    Chuck Berry (Chess 1683)
  1
NOTE: This week, Cash Box expanded the number of titles it listed below the Top 20 from 5 to 10. Artists/labels listed above in positions 21 through 30 are based on a record’s previous or subsequent appearance in the Top 20 or its appearance on the concurrent Billboard R&B charts.
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