This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (February 2023) |
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1950 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top rhythm and blues records based on record sales and juke box plays. [1]
Retail year-end [1] |
Juke box year-end [1] |
Title | Artist(s) | Label |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | " Pink Champagne" | Joe Liggins and His "Honeydrippers" | Specialty |
2 | 4 | " Double Crossing Blues" | Johnny Otis Quintette (vocals by The Robins and Little Esther) | Savoy |
3 | 10 | " I Need You So" | Ivory Joe Hunter | M-G-M |
4 | 20 | " Hard Luck Blues" | Roy Brown | Deluxe |
5 | 8 | " Cupid's Boogie" | Little Esther (with Mel Walker and Johnny Otis Orchestra) | Savoy |
6 | 1 | " I Almost Lost My Mind" | Ivory Joe Hunter | M-G-M |
7 | 11 | " Well Oh Well" | Tiny Bradshaw | King |
8 | 9 | " Blue Light Boogie" | Louis Jordan | Decca |
9 | 3 | " For You My Love" | Larry Darnell | Regal |
10 | 15 | " Mistrustin' Blues" | Little Esther, Mel Walker (accompanied by The Johnny Otis Orchestra) | Savoy |
11 | 5 | " Every Day I Have the Blues" | Lowell Fulson | Swingtime |
12 | 6 | " Blue Shadows" | Lowell Fulson | Swingtime |
13 | 13 | " Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere" | Joe Morris | Atlantic |
14 | 14 | "Why Do Things Happen to Me?" | Roy Hawkins | Modern |
15 | 7 | " Mona Lisa" | Nat King Cole | Capitol |
16 | NR | "I Wanna Be Loved" | Dinah Washington | Mercury |
17 | 12 | "Please Send Me Someone to Love" | Percy Mayfield | Specialty |
18 | NR | "I Love My Baby" | Larry Darnell | Regal |
19 | 23 | " Saturday Night Fish Fry" | Louis Jordan | Decca |
20 | NR | "Cry, Cry, Baby" | Ed Wiley | Sittin' In |
21 | 24 | " Teardrops from My Eyes" | Ruth Brown | Atlantic |
22 | 25 | "Love Don't Love Nobody" | Roy Brown | DeLuxe |
23 | 16 | " The Fat Man" | Fats Domino | Imperial |
24 | NR | "My Baby's Gone" | Charles Brown | Aladdin |
25 | 18 | "Information Blues" | Roy Milton | Specialty |
26 | NR | "I'm Yours to Keep" | Herb Fisher | Modern |
27 | 29 | " It Isn't Fair" | Dinah Washington | Mercury |
28 | 22 | "I'll Get Along Somehow" | Larry Darnell | Regal |
29 | NR | " Bad, Bad Whiskey" | Amos Milburn | Aladdin |
30 | NR | "Deceivin' Blues" | Little Esther and Mel Walker (with Johnny Otis Orchestra) | Savoy |
NR | 17 | "Rag Mop" | Lionel Hampton | Decca |
NR | 19 | "I'll Never Be Free" | Paul Gayten, Annie Laurie | Regal |
NR | 21 | "Three Times Seven" | Jewel King | Imperial |
NR | 26 | "I Quit My Pretty Mama" | Ivory Joe Hunter | King |
NR | 27 | "Rag Mop" | Doc Sausage | Regal |
NR | 28 | "School Days" | Louis Jordan | Decca |
NR | 29 | "It Isn't Fair" | Dinah Washington | Mercury |
NR | 30 | "Sittin' on It All the Time" | Wynonie Harris | King |
This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (February 2023) |
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1950 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top rhythm and blues records based on record sales and juke box plays. [1]
Retail year-end [1] |
Juke box year-end [1] |
Title | Artist(s) | Label |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | " Pink Champagne" | Joe Liggins and His "Honeydrippers" | Specialty |
2 | 4 | " Double Crossing Blues" | Johnny Otis Quintette (vocals by The Robins and Little Esther) | Savoy |
3 | 10 | " I Need You So" | Ivory Joe Hunter | M-G-M |
4 | 20 | " Hard Luck Blues" | Roy Brown | Deluxe |
5 | 8 | " Cupid's Boogie" | Little Esther (with Mel Walker and Johnny Otis Orchestra) | Savoy |
6 | 1 | " I Almost Lost My Mind" | Ivory Joe Hunter | M-G-M |
7 | 11 | " Well Oh Well" | Tiny Bradshaw | King |
8 | 9 | " Blue Light Boogie" | Louis Jordan | Decca |
9 | 3 | " For You My Love" | Larry Darnell | Regal |
10 | 15 | " Mistrustin' Blues" | Little Esther, Mel Walker (accompanied by The Johnny Otis Orchestra) | Savoy |
11 | 5 | " Every Day I Have the Blues" | Lowell Fulson | Swingtime |
12 | 6 | " Blue Shadows" | Lowell Fulson | Swingtime |
13 | 13 | " Anytime, Any Place, Anywhere" | Joe Morris | Atlantic |
14 | 14 | "Why Do Things Happen to Me?" | Roy Hawkins | Modern |
15 | 7 | " Mona Lisa" | Nat King Cole | Capitol |
16 | NR | "I Wanna Be Loved" | Dinah Washington | Mercury |
17 | 12 | "Please Send Me Someone to Love" | Percy Mayfield | Specialty |
18 | NR | "I Love My Baby" | Larry Darnell | Regal |
19 | 23 | " Saturday Night Fish Fry" | Louis Jordan | Decca |
20 | NR | "Cry, Cry, Baby" | Ed Wiley | Sittin' In |
21 | 24 | " Teardrops from My Eyes" | Ruth Brown | Atlantic |
22 | 25 | "Love Don't Love Nobody" | Roy Brown | DeLuxe |
23 | 16 | " The Fat Man" | Fats Domino | Imperial |
24 | NR | "My Baby's Gone" | Charles Brown | Aladdin |
25 | 18 | "Information Blues" | Roy Milton | Specialty |
26 | NR | "I'm Yours to Keep" | Herb Fisher | Modern |
27 | 29 | " It Isn't Fair" | Dinah Washington | Mercury |
28 | 22 | "I'll Get Along Somehow" | Larry Darnell | Regal |
29 | NR | " Bad, Bad Whiskey" | Amos Milburn | Aladdin |
30 | NR | "Deceivin' Blues" | Little Esther and Mel Walker (with Johnny Otis Orchestra) | Savoy |
NR | 17 | "Rag Mop" | Lionel Hampton | Decca |
NR | 19 | "I'll Never Be Free" | Paul Gayten, Annie Laurie | Regal |
NR | 21 | "Three Times Seven" | Jewel King | Imperial |
NR | 26 | "I Quit My Pretty Mama" | Ivory Joe Hunter | King |
NR | 27 | "Rag Mop" | Doc Sausage | Regal |
NR | 28 | "School Days" | Louis Jordan | Decca |
NR | 29 | "It Isn't Fair" | Dinah Washington | Mercury |
NR | 30 | "Sittin' on It All the Time" | Wynonie Harris | King |