R&B number-one hits of 1958 (USA)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1958:
See also: 1958 in music
, List of number-one R&B hits (United States)
(*)Because of the multiple charts used, some dates are duplicated, as certain #1 hits may have peaked on the same week
See also: 1958 in music
1958 in music
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, List of number-one R&B hits (United States)
(*)Because of the multiple charts used, some dates are duplicated, as certain #1 hits may have peaked on the same week
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 6 | At the Hop At the Hop "At the Hop" is a hit rock 'n' roll song written by Arthur Singer, John Medora and David White and originally released by Danny & the Juniors. The song was released in the fall of 1957, and reached number one on the US charts on January 6, 1958, thus becoming one of the top-selling singles of 1958... |
Danny & The Juniors Danny & the Juniors Danny & The Juniors were a doo-wop quartet from Philadelphia comprising Danny Rapp, Dave White, Frank Maffei and Joe Terranova. Formed in 1955, they are most widely recognized for their hit single "At the Hop", which was released in 1957... |
| *January 6 | Raunchy | Ernie Freeman Ernie Freeman Ernie Freeman was an American pianist, organist and arranger.In 1935 he began playing in local Cleveland area nightclubs, and also formed a classical music trio for local social functions with his father and his sister Evelyn... |
| January 13 | Raunchy | Ernie Freeman |
| January 20 | Raunchy | Bill Justis Bill Justis William E. "Bill" Justis Jr. was an American pioneer rock and roll musician, composer, and musical arranger, best known for his 1957 Grammy Hall of Fame song, "Raunchy."-Biography:... and His Orchestra |
| January 27 | I'll Come Running Back to You I'll Come Running Back to You I'll Come Running Back to You is a song recorded by Sam Cooke and released in 1957. It charted to #1 in the US R&B charts and #18 in the pop charts.... |
Sam Cooke Sam Cooke Samuel Cook, , better known under the stage name Sam Cooke, was an American gospel, R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocal abilities and... |
| February 3 | Get A Job Get a Job (song) "Get a Job" is one of the best known doo-wop songs of the 1950s. Recorded by The Silhouettes in October 1957, the song reached the number one spot on the Billboard pop and R&B singles charts in February 1958.... |
The Silhouettes The Silhouettes The Silhouettes were an American doo wop/R&B group whose single "Get A Job" was a #1 hit on the Billboard R&B singles chart and pop singles chart in 1958. The doo-wop revival group Sha Na Na derived their name from the song's lyrics. "Get A Job"' is included in the soundtracks of the movies,... |
| February 10 | Get A Job | The Silhouettes |
| February 17 | Get A Job | The Silhouettes |
| February 24 | Get A Job | The Silhouettes |
| March 3 | Get A Job | The Silhouettes |
| March 10 | Sweet Little Sixteen Sweet Little Sixteen "Sweet Little Sixteen" is a rock and roll song written and originally performed by Chuck Berry, who released it as a single in January 1958. It reached number two on the American charts, Berry's highest position ever on the charts, with the exception of the suggestive number one hit "My... |
Chuck Berry Chuck Berry Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B... |
| March 17 | Sweet Little Sixteen | Chuck Berry |
| March 24 | Sweet Little Sixteen | Chuck Berry |
| March 31 | Tequila Tequila Tequila is a spirit made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, northwest of Guadalajara, and in the highlands of the western Mexican state of Jalisco.... |
The Champs The Champs The Champs were an American rock and roll band, most famous for their Latin-tinged instrumental "Tequila". Formed by studio executives at Gene Autry's Challenge Records to record a B-Side for the Dave Burgess single, the intended throwaway track became more famous than its A-Side, "Train to... |
| April 7 | Tequila | The Champs |
| April 4 | Tequila | The Champs |
| April 21 | Tequila | The Champs |
| April 28 | Twilight Time Twilight Time (song) "Twilight Time" is a popular song with lyrics by Buck Ram, and the music by The Three Suns .Original hits of "Twilight Time" included the Three Suns and Les Brown & His Band of Renown .... |
The Platters The Platters The Platters were a vocal group of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound was a bridge between the pre-rock Tin Pan Alley tradition and the burgeoning new genre... |
| May 5 | Twilight Time | The Platters |
| *May 5 | Wear My Ring Around Your Neck Wear My Ring Around Your Neck "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" is a song performed by Elvis Presley, which was released in 1958. It was particularly notable for breaking a string of ten consecutive number 1 hits for Presley achieved in just two years... |
Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King".... with the Jordanaires |
| May 12 | Twilight Time | The Platters The Platters The Platters were a vocal group of the early rock and roll era. Their distinctive sound was a bridge between the pre-rock Tin Pan Alley tradition and the burgeoning new genre... |
| *May 12 | Wear My Ring Around Your Neck | Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires |
| May 19 | All I Have to Do Is Dream All I Have to Do Is Dream "All I Have to Do Is Dream" is a popular song made famous by the Everly Brothers, written by the husband and wife songwriting team Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, and published in 1958. The song is ranked No... |
The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers are country-influenced rock and roll performers, known for steel-string guitar playing and close harmony singing... |
| *May 19 | Wear My Ring Around Your Neck | Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires |
| May 26 | Witch Doctor | The Music of David Seville |
| June 23 | Yakety Yak Yakety Yak "Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Coasters and released on Atlantic Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as number one on the R&B charts and a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list... |
The Coasters The Coasters The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin'" and "Young Blood", their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producing team of Leiber and Stoller... |
| *June 23 | What Am I Living For | Chuck Willis Chuck Willis Harold "Chuck" Willis was an American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter. His biggest hits, "C. C. Rider" and "What Am I Living For" , both reached no. 1 in the Billboard R&B chart... |
| June 30 | Yakety Yak | The Coasters The Coasters The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin'" and "Young Blood", their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producing team of Leiber and Stoller... |
| July 7 | Yakety Yak | The Coasters |
| July 14 | Yakety Yak | The Coasters |
| July 21 | Yakety Yak | The Coasters |
| July 28 | Yakety Yak | The Coasters |
| August 4 | Yakety Yak | The Coasters |
| *August 4 | Splish Splash Splish Splash (song) "Splish Splash" is a 1958 song performed and co-written by Bobby Darin. It was written with DJ Murray the K , who bet that Darin couldn't write a song that began with the words, "Splish Splash, I was takin' a bath", as suggested by Murray's mother, Jean Kaufman. The song was credited to Darin and... |
Bobby Darin Bobby Darin Bobby Darin , born Walden Robert Cassotto, was an American singer, actor and musician.Darin performed in a range of music genres, including pop, rock, jazz, folk and country... |
| August 11 | Patricia Patricia (Perez Prado song) "Patricia" is a popular song with music by Perez Prado and lyrics by Bob Marcus, published in 1958. The song is best known in an instrumental version by Prado's orchestra that became the last record to ascend to #1 on the Billboard Jockeys and Top 100 charts, both of which gave way the next week... |
Perez Prado Perez Prado Dámaso Pérez Prado was a Cuban bandleader, musician , and composer. He is often referred to as the 'King of the Mambo'.His orchestra was the most popular in mambo... and His Orch. |
| August 18 | Patricia | Perez Prado and His Orch. |
| August 25 | Just a Dream Just a Dream (Jimmy Clanton song) "Just a Dream" is a 1958 single by Jimmy Clanton and His Rockets. The single went to number one on the R&B Best Sellers lists for one week and peaked at number four on the Hot 100.-References:... |
Jimmy Clanton Jimmy Clanton Jimmy Clanton is an American singer who became known as the "swamp pop R&B teenage idol". His band recorded a hit song "Just A Dream" which Clanton had written in 1958 for the Ace Records label. It reached number four on the Billboard chart and sold a million copies... and His Rockets |
| September 1 | Little Star Little Star (The Elegants song) "Little Star" is the name of a song recorded by The Elegants. Members Vito Picone and Arthur Venosa co-wrote the lyrics. The music was adapted from "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." When released as a single in 1958, it topped both the R&B Best Sellers list and the Billboard Hot 100; however, it was... |
The Elegants The Elegants The Elegants is an American doo-wop vocal group, that was started in 1958 by Vito Picone, Arthur Venosa, Frank Tardogno, Carmen Romano and James Mochella in South Beach, Staten Island, New York. Before their nursery rhyme inspired song, "Little Star", became a number one hit, the band usually... |
| *September 1 | When | Kalin Twins Kalin Twins The Kalin Twins were a pop music recording duo, comprising twin brothers Hal and Herbie Kalin .-Career:... |
| September 8 | Little Star | The Elegants |
| September 15 | Little Star | The Elegants |
| September 22 | Little Star | The Elegants |
| September 29 | It's All in the Game | Tommy Edwards Tommy Edwards Tommy Edwards was a singer and songwriter. His biggest-selling record was with the multi-million-selling song, "It's All in the Game."-Career:... |
| October 6 | It's All in the Game | Tommy Edwards |
| *October 6 | Rockin' Robin Rockin' Robin (song) This article is about the song. For the wrestler, see Rockin' Robin ."Rockin' Robin" is a song written by Leon René under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas and recorded by Bobby Day in 1958. It was Day's only hit single, becoming a number-two hit on the Billboard Hot 100... |
Bobby Day Bobby Day Bobby Day , was an early African American rock and roll and R&B musician.Born Robert James Byrd, , in Fort Worth, Texas, he moved to Los Angeles, California, at the age of 15... |
| October 13 | It's All in the Game | Tommy Edwards |
| October 13 | Rock-in-Robin | Bobby Day |
| October 20 | Rock-in-Robin | Bobby Day |
| October 27 | Topsy II | Cozy Cole Cozy Cole Cozy Cole was an American jazz drummer who scored a #1 Cashbox magazine hit with the record "Topsy Part 2". "Topsy" peaked at number three on Billboard Hot 100, and at number one on the R&B chart. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. The track peaked at #29 in the UK... |
| November 3 | Topsy II | Cozy Cole |
| November 10 | Topsy II | Cozy Cole |
| November 17 | Topsy II | Cozy Cole |
| November 24 | Topsy II | Cozy Cole |
| December 1 | Topsy II | Cozy Cole |
| December 8 | A Lover's Question A Lover's Question "A Lover's Question" is a 1958 pop/R&B hit for Clyde McPhatter. The single was written by Brook Benton and Jimmy T. Williams and was Clyde McPhatter's most successful pop and R&B release. "A Lover's Question" made it to #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was #1 for one week on the R&B chart... |
Clyde McPhatter Clyde McPhatter Clyde McPhatter was an American R&B singer, perhaps the most widely imitated R&B singer of the 1950s and 1960s, making him a key figure in the shaping of doo-wop and R&B. He is best known for his solo hit "A Lover's Question"... |
| December 15 | Lonely Teardrops Lonely Teardrops "Lonely Teardrops" is a song recorded and released as a single in 1958 by R&B singer Jackie Wilson on the Brunswick label. It is a 1999 Grammy Hall of Fame Inductee... |
Jackie Wilson Jackie Wilson Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson, Jr. was an American singer and performer. Known as "Mr. Excitement", Wilson was important in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. He was known as a master showman, and as one of the most dynamic singers and performers in R&B and rock history... |