Billboard Top R&B Records of 1953
# Billboard Top R&B Records of 1953

Billboard Top R&B Records of 1953 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.

| Retail year-end | Juke box year-end | Title | Artist(s) | Label |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" | Ruth Brown | Atlantic |
| 2 | 8 | "Shake a Hand" | Faye Adams | Herald |
| 3 | 4 | "Hound Dog" | Big Mama Thornton | Peacock |
| 4 | 5 | "Crying in the Chapel" | The Orioles | Jubille |
| 5 | 9 | "The Clock" | Johnny Ace | Duke |
| 6 | 1 | "I Don't Know | Willie Mabon | Chess |
| 7 | 10 | "Good Lovin'" | The Clovers | Atlantic |
| 8 | 3 | "Baby Don't Do It" | The "5" Royales | Apollo |
| 9 | 7 | "Help Me Somebody" | The "5" Royales | Apollo |
| 10 | 6 | "Please Love Me" | B.B. King | RPM |
| 11 | 16 | "Going to the River" | Fats Domino | Imperial |
| 12 | 19 | "Crawlin'" | The Clovers | Atlantic |
| 13 | 28 | "Let Me Go Home, Whiskey" | Amos Milburn | Aladdin |
| 14 | 24 | "I Wanna Know" | The Du Droppers | RCA Victor |
| 15 | 11 | "I'm Mad" | Willie Mabon | Chess |
| 16 | 27 | "Too Much Lovin'" | The "5" Royales | Apollo |
| 17 | 12 | "Soft" | Tiny Bradshaw | King |
| 18 | 17 | "Red Top" | King Pleasure, Betty Carter | Prestige |
| 19 | 15 | "Cross My Heart" | Johnny Ace | Duke |
| 20 | NR | "Don't Deceive Me" | Chuck Willis | Okeh |
| 21 | 20 | "Honey Hush" | Big Joe Turner | Atlantic |
| 22 | 13 | "Yes, I Know" | Linda Hayes | Hollywood |
| 23 | 14 | "Please Don't Leave Me" | Fats Domino | Imperial |
| 24 | NR | "Wild, Wild Young Men" | Ruth Brown | Atlantic |
| 25 | NR | "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer" | Amos Milburn | Aladdin |
| 26 | 21 | "Woke Up This Morning" | B.B. King | RPM |
| 27 | NR | "Mercy, Mr. Percy" | Varetta Dillard | Savoy |
| 28 | 17 | "Dream Girl" | Jesse & Marvin | Specialty |
| 29 | NR | "Money Honey" | Clyde McPhatter | Atlantic |
| 30 | NR | "I Found Out" | The Du Droppers | RCA Victor |
| NR | 22 | "Sad Hours" | Little Walter | Chess |
| NR | 23 | "Bells" | Dominoes | Federal |
| NR | 25 | "24 Hours" | Eddie Boyd | Chess |
| NR | 26 | "Bear Cat" | Rufus Thomas | Chess |
| NR | 29 | "Hittin' on Me" | Buddy Johnson | Mercury |
| NR | 30 | "I'm Gone" | Shirley & Lee | Aladdin |
