Rhythm & Blues 5% of all records sold in 1953

   December 1953-15 million rhythm & blues records are bought in 1953, while that accounts for just 5.7% of all records sold it begins to draw notice in the industry which fails to note the growing interest among young white audiences that will soon have a major impact on society as a whole.

     Best of Rhythm & Blues artists 1953

1. Nat King Cole

2. The Orioles

3. Ruth Brown

4. The Four Tunes

5. The Dominoes

6. The 5 Royales

Nat King Cole

     Best of Rhythm & Blues songs 1953

1. 02/1953 Pretend by Nat King Cole - 2 US, 10 R&B, 2 UK

2. 04/1953 Can't I by Nat King Cole and Billy May and His Orchestra - 16 US, 7 R&B, 6 UK

3. 08/1953 Crying In The Chapel by The Orioles - 11 US, 1 R&B

4. 11/1953 Marie by The Four Tunes - 13 US, 2 R&B

5. 02/1953 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean by Ruth Brown - 23 US, 1 R&B

6. 07/1953 The Clock by Johnny Ace with The Beale Streeters - 1 R&B

7. 08/1953 Shake A Hand by Faye Adams with the Joe Morris Orchestra - 1 R&B

8. 06/1953 Please Love Me by B.B. King - 1 R&B

9. 10/1953 Money Honey by Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters - 1 R&B

10. 06/1953 I'm Mad by Willie Mabon and His Combo - 1 R&B

11. 12/1953 I'll Be True by Faye Adams with the Joe Morris Orchestra - 1 R&B

12. 04/1953 Hound Dog by Willie Mae Big Mama Thornton - 1 R&B

13. 09/1953 Honey Hush by Joe Turner - 1 R&B

14. 05/1953 Help Me Somebody by The 5 Royales - 1 R&B

15. 01/1953 Baby Don't Do It by The 5 Royales - 1 R&B

16. 02/1953 Yes! I Know (What You're Putting Down) by Linda Hayes - 2 R&B

17. 12/1953 Saving My Love For You by Johnny Ace - 2 R&B

18. 11/1953 Rags To Riches by Billy Ward & His Dominoes - 2 R&B

19. 09/1953 One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer by Amos Milburn and His Aladdin Chickenshackers - 2 R&B

20. 07/1953 Good Lovin' by The Clovers - 2 R&B

21. 04/1953 Going To The River by Fats Domino - 2 R&B

22. 01/1953 Dream Girl by Jesse & Marvin - 2 R&B

23. 10/1953 Blues With A Feeling by Little Walter and His Jukes - 2 R&B

24. 03/1953 Woke Up This Morning (My Baby She Was Gone) by B.B. King - 3 R&B

25. 06/1953 Wild Wild Young Men by Ruth Brown - 3 R&B

26. 07/1953 Third Degree by Eddie Boyd and His Chess Men - 3 R&B

27. 11/1953 The Come Back by Memphis Slim and His House Rockers - 3 R&B

28. 01/1953 The Bells by Billy Ward & His Dominoes - 3 R&B

29. 11/1953 TV Is The Thing (This Year) by Dinah Washington - 3 R&B

30. 01/1953 Soft by Tiny Bradshaw - 3 R&B 

The Orioles

Ruth Brown

     1953's Billboard Top R&B Retail Sales

1. 02/1953 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean by Ruth Brown - 23 US, 1 R&B

2. 08/1953 Shake A Hand by Faye Adams with the Joe Morris Orchestra - 1 R&B

3. 04/1953 Hound Dog by Willie Mae Big Mama Thornton - 1 R&B

4. 08/1953 Crying In The Chapel by The Orioles - 11 US, 1 R&B

5. 07/1953 The Clock by Johnny Ace with The Beale Streeters - 1 R&B

6. 12/1952 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon and his Combo - 1 R&B

7. 07/1953 Good Lovin' by The Clovers - 2 R&B

8. 01/1953 Baby Don't Do It by The 5 Royales - 1 R&B

9. 05/1953 Help Me Somebody by The 5 Royales - 1 R&B

10. 06/1953 Please Love Me by B.B. King - 1 R&B

The Four Tunes

Billy Ward & His Dominoes

     1953's Billboard Top R&B Juke Box Plays

1. 12/1952 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon and his Combo - 1 R&B

2. 02/1953 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean by Ruth Brown - 23 US, 1 R&B

3. 01/1953 Baby Don't Do It by The 5 Royales - 1 R&B

4. 04/1953 Hound Dog by Willie Mae Big Mama Thornton - 1 R&B

5. 08/1953 Crying In The Chapel by The Orioles - 11 US, 1 R&B

6. 06/1953 Please Love Me by B.B. King - 1 R&B

7. 05/1953 Help Me Somebody by The 5 Royales - 1 R&B

8. 08/1953 Shake A Hand by Faye Adams with the Joe Morris Orchestra - 1 R&B

9. 07/1953 The Clock by Johnny Ace with The Beale Streeters - 1 R&B

10. 07/1953 Good Lovin' by The Clovers - 2 R&B

The 5 Royales

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