| The CASH BOX Rhythm & Blues Top 20 | ||||||
| Week ending APRIL 27, 1957 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | I’M WALKIN’ Fats Domino (Imperial 5428) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | SCHOOL DAY (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell) Chuck Berry (Chess 1653) | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | |
| 3 | ALL SHOOK UP Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6870) | 6 | 11 | — | 3 | |
| 4 | LITTLE DARLIN’ Diamonds (Mercury 71060) Gladiolas (Excello 2101) | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 1 | |
| 5 | LUCILLE Little Richard (Specialty 598) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 6 | JUST BECAUSE Lloyd Price (ABC-Paramount 9792) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| 7 | COME GO WITH ME Dell-Vikings (Dot 15538) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | |
| 8 | PARTY DOLL Buddy Knox with Rhythm Orchids (Roulette 4002) Roy Brown (Imperial 5427) | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | |
| 9 | C. C. RIDER Chuck Willis (Atlantic 1130) | 18 | 20 | — | 3 | |
| 10 | NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME Little Junior Parker (Duke 164) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | |
| 11 | IT HURTS TO BE IN LOVE Annie Laurie (DeLuxe 6107) | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | |
| 12 | EMPTY ARMS Ivory Joe Hunter (Atlantic 1128) | 11 | 14 | 17 | 4 | |
| 13 | SEND ME SOME LOVIN’ Little Richard (Specialty 598) | 15 | 16 | — | 3 | |
| 14 | I SMELL TROUBLE Bobby “Blue” Bland (Duke 167) | 20 | — | — | 2 | |
| 15 | I’M SORRY Platters (Mercury 71032) | 13 | 15 | 16 | 4 | |
| 16 | MAMA LOOK AT BUBU Harry Belafonte (RCA Victor 47-6830) | 17 | 18 | — | 3 | |
| 17 | THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW Mickey & Sylvia (Vik 0267) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 18 | LOVE’S A HURTING GAME Ivory Joe Hunter (Atlantic 1128) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 19 | GOT MY MO-JO WORKING (But It Just Won’t Work On You) Ann Cole with Suburbans (Baton 237) Muddy Waters (Chess 1652) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 20 | NUMBER THREE Bill Doggett (King 5044) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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