List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1958
# List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1958

At the start of 1958, Billboard magazine published two charts specifically covering the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African-American-oriented music genres. The R&B Best Sellers in Stores chart ranked records based on their "current national selling importance at the retail level", based on a survey of record retailers "with a high volume of sales in rhythm and blues records". The Most Played R&B by Jockeys chart ranked songs based on the "number of plays on disk jockey radio shows" according to a weekly survey of "top disk jockey shows in all key markets". With effect from the October 20 issue of Billboard, the magazine discontinued both charts and combined sales and airplay into one chart called Hot R&B Sides, which has been continuously published since that date, since 2005 under the title Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

In the issue of Billboard dated January 6, Danny & the Juniors were at number one on the Best Sellers chart with "At the Hop" and Ernie Freeman held the top spot on the Jockeys chart with "Raunchy". Two weeks later, Freeman's single was replaced at number one by Bill Justis's recording of the same tune. The two versions of "Raunchy" were among nine songs which reached number one on the Jockeys chart but failed to top the Best Sellers listing. Conversely, four singles which reached the peak position on the sales chart did not top the airplay-based listing. "Yakety Yak" by the Coasters had the year's longest unbroken run at number one on the Best Sellers chart, spending six consecutive weeks in the top spot. The Silhouettes had the longest uninterrupted run atop the Jockeys chart, spending six weeks in the peak position with "Get a Job"; "Yakety Yak" also spent six weeks at number one on that listing, but not consecutively.

Elvis Presley, known as the "King of Rock and Roll", gained his final R&B number one in 1958 when "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" topped the Jockeys chart. Presley had achieved several R&B number ones over the preceding two years, but as his music moved away from his rock and roll roots and into more sedate directions in the early 1960s he would experience less success on the R&B chart, and after 1963 he would not enter the listing again. In contrast to Presley's lengthy and hugely successful career, both the Silhouettes and the Elegants reached number one in 1958 with the only singles of their respective careers to enter any of Billboard's charts: both the former group's "Get a Job" and the latter's "Little Star" topped both R&B charts as well as the magazine's pop listings, but neither of the two doo-wop groups would ever chart again. Justis, Pérez Prado, and the Kalin Twins also reached number one in 1958 with their only R&B chart entries, although they did place other songs in the pop charts. The final number one on the Best Sellers chart was "It's All in the Game" by Tommy Edwards, and the last chart-topper on the Jockeys listing was Bobby Day's "Rock-in-Robin". The following week, Day's song became the first number one on the combined Hot R&B Sides chart. The year's final R&B chart-topper was "Lonely Teardrops" by Jackie Wilson, which reached the peak position in the issue of Billboard dated December 15 and stayed there for the remainder of the year.

## Chart history

### R&B Best Sellers in Stores and R&B Most Played by Jockeys

Chart history :

| Issue date | Best Sellers | Best Sellers | Jockeys | Jockeys | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
| January 6 | "At the Hop" | Danny & the Juniors | "Raunchy" | Ernie Freeman | |
| January 13 | "At the Hop" | Danny & the Juniors | "Raunchy" | Ernie Freeman | |
| January 20 | "At the Hop" | Danny & the Juniors | "Raunchy" | Bill Justis | |
| January 27 | "At the Hop" | Danny & the Juniors | "I'll Come Running Back to You" | Sam Cooke | |
| February 3 | "At the Hop" | Danny & the Juniors | "Get A Job" | The Silhouettes | |
| February 10 | "Get A Job" | The Silhouettes | "Get A Job" | The Silhouettes | |
| February 17 | "Get A Job" | The Silhouettes | "Get A Job" | The Silhouettes | |
| February 24 | "Get A Job" | The Silhouettes | "Get A Job" | The Silhouettes | |
| March 3 | "Get A Job" | The Silhouettes | "Get A Job" | The Silhouettes | |
| March 10 | "Sweet Little Sixteen" | Chuck Berry | "Get A Job" | The Silhouettes | |
| March 17 | "Sweet Little Sixteen" | Chuck Berry | "Sweet Little Sixteen" | Chuck Berry | |
| March 24 | "Sweet Little Sixteen" | Chuck Berry | "Sweet Little Sixteen" | Chuck Berry | |
| March 31 | "Tequila" | The Champs | "Sweet Little Sixteen" | Chuck Berry | |
| April 7 | "Tequila" | The Champs | "Tequila" | The Champs | |
| April 14 | "Tequila" | The Champs | "Tequila" | The Champs | |
| April 21 | "Tequila" | The Champs | "Tequila" | The Champs | |
| April 28 | "Twilight Time" | The Platters | "Tequila" | The Champs | |
| May 5 | "Twilight Time" | The Platters | "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" | Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires | |
| May 12 | "Twilight Time" | The Platters | "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" | Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires | |
| May 19 | "All I Have to Do Is Dream" | The Everly Brothers | "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" | Elvis Presley with the Jordanaires | |
| May 26 | "All I Have to Do Is Dream" | The Everly Brothers | "Witch Doctor" | The Music of David Seville | |
| June 2 | "All I Have to Do Is Dream" | The Everly Brothers | "All I Have to Do Is Dream" | The Everly Brothers | |
| June 9 | "All I Have to Do Is Dream" | The Everly Brothers | "All I Have to Do Is Dream" | The Everly Brothers | |
| June 16 | "All I Have to Do Is Dream" | The Everly Brothers | "All I Have to Do Is Dream" | The Everly Brothers | |
| June 23 | "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | "What Am I Living For" | Chuck Willis | |
| June 30 | "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | |
| July 7 | "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | |
| July 14 | "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | |
| July 21 | "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | |
| July 28 | "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | |
| August 4 | "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | "Splish Splash" | Bobby Darin | |
| August 11 | "Patricia" | Pérez Prado and his Orchestra | "Splish Splash" | Bobby Darin | |
| August 18 | "Patricia" | Pérez Prado and his Orchestra | "Yakety Yak" | The Coasters | |
| August 25 | "Just a Dream" | Jimmy Clanton and his Rockets | "Patricia" | Pérez Prado and his Orchestra | |
| September 1 | "Little Star" | The Elegants | "When" | Kalin Twins | |
| September 8 | "Little Star" | The Elegants | "Little Star" | The Elegants | |
| September 15 | "Little Star" | The Elegants | "Little Star" | The Elegants | |
| September 22 | "Little Star" | The Elegants | "Little Star" | The Elegants | |
| September 29 | "It's All in the Game" | Tommy Edwards | "Little Star" | The Elegants | |
| October 6 | "It's All in the Game" | Tommy Edwards | "Rock-in-Robin" | Bobby Day | |
| October 13 | "It's All in the Game" | Tommy Edwards | "Rock-in-Robin" | Bobby Day | |

### Hot R&B Sides

| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) |
| - | - | - |
| October 20 | "Rock-in-Robin" | Bobby Day |
| October 27 | "Topsy II" | Cozy Cole |
| 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" | Clyde McPhatter |
| December 15 | "Lonely Teardrops" | Jackie Wilson |
| December 22 | "Lonely Teardrops" | Jackie Wilson |
| December 29 | "Lonely Teardrops" | Jackie Wilson |
