The CASH BOX Rhythm & Blues Top 50
Week ending SEPTEMBER 26, 1959
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1I’M GONNA GET MARRIED
    Lloyd Price (ABC-Paramount 10032)
  1  1  3  8
  2SLEEP WALK
    Santo & Johnny (Canadian-American 103)
  2  3  7  8
  3SEA OF LOVE
    Phil Phillips with Twilights (Mercury 71465)
  4  510  7
  4RED RIVER ROCK
    Johnny & The Hurricanes (Warwick 509)
  81015  8
  5POISON IVY
    Coasters (Atco 6146)
  91117  5
  6MACK THE KNIFE
    Bobby Darin (Atco 6147)
112437  4
  7I LOVES YOU, PORGY
    Nina Simone (Bethlehem 11021)
  6  7  612
  8WHAT’D I SAY (pt. 1)
    Ray Charles (Atlantic 2031)
  3  2  114
  9I WANT TO WALK YOU HOME
    Fats Domino (Imperial 5606)
  7  4  4  9
10BROKEN-HEARTED MELODY
    Sarah Vaughan (Mercury 71477)
  5  912  7
11THE THREE BELLS (Les Trois Cloches)
    Browns (RCA Victor 47-7555)
102028  4
12HEY LITTLE GIRL
    Dee Clark (Abner 1029)
172130  4
13MIDNIGHT FLYER
    Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 4248)
131411  7
14SAY MAN
    Bo Diddley (Checker 931)
161940  4
15THANK YOU PRETTY BABY
    Brook Benton (Mercury 71478)
12  6  511
16(’Til) I KISSED YOU
    Everly Brothers (Cadence 1369)
213036  4
17YOU BETTER KNOW IT
    Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55149)
2645  3
18LAVENDER-BLUE
    Sammy Turner (Big Top 3016)
1812  811
19TEEN BEAT
    Sandy Nelson (Original Sound 5)
3347  3
20THERE GOES MY BABY
    Drifters (Atlantic 2025)
14  8  219
21BABY TALK
    Jan & Dean (Dore 522)
191518  6
22LEAVE MY KITTEN ALONE
    Little Willie John (King 5219)
20161610
23THE ANGELS LISTENED IN
    Crests (Coed 515)
273644  4
24I’M GONNA BE A WHEEL SOME DAY
    Fats Domino (Imperial 5606)
241813  7
25WHAT A DIFF’RENCE A DAY MAKES
    Dinah Washington (Mercury 71435)
1513  921
26THERE IS SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND
    Big Jay McNeely & Band (Swingin’ 614)
22171925
27STRANDED
    Little Junior Parker (Duke 309)
303542  5
28IT WAS I
    Skip & Flip (Brent 7002)
232626  6
29LET NOBODY LOVE YOU
    Little Willie John (King 5219)
293439  6
30PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER
    Paul Anka (ABC-Paramount 10040)
39  2
31SO HIGH SO LOW
    LaVern Baker (Atlantic 2033)
252223  8
32SHOUT (pt. 1)
    Isley Brothers (RCA Victor 47-7588)
45  2
33I DON’T KNOW
    Ruth Brown (Atlantic 2035)
43  2
34LIKE YOUNG
    Andre Previn & David Rose (M-G-M 12792)
28313113
35JUST ASK YOUR HEART
    Frankie Avalon (Chancellor 1040)
46  2
36MIAMI
    Eugene Church (Class 254)
312714  9
37MR. BLUE
    Fleetwoods (Dolton 5)
42  2
38KISSIN’ TIME
    Bobby Rydell (Cameo 167)
344349  4
39MARY LOU
    Ronnie Hawkins & Hawks (Roulette 4177)
48  2
40BAD GIRL
    Miracles (Chess 1734)
414446  4
41LOVE POTION NO. 9
    Clovers (United Artists 180)
  1
42IT’S TOO LATE
    Tarheel Slim & Little Ann (Fire 1000)
32282110
43LINDA LU
    Ray Sharpe (Jamie 1128)
352322  8
44DON’T YOU KNOW
    Della Reese (RCA Victor 47-7591)
  1
45THE BELLS (On Our Wedding Day)
    Baby Washington (Neptune 104)
37403216
46LOVE WALKED IN
    Flamingos (End 1055)
  1
47YOU WERE MINE
    Fireflies (Ribbon 6901)
  2
48I’M A HOG FOR YOU
    Coasters (Atco 6146)
3838  4
49MY OWN TRUE LOVE
    Jimmy Clanton (Ace 567)
5049  3
50GETTING NEARER
    John Lester & Mello-Queens (C&M 500)
40292011
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