| The CASH BOX Rhythm & Blues Top 25 | ||||||
| Week ending MAY 25, 1957 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | ALL SHOOK UP Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-6870) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2 | SCHOOL DAY (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell) Chuck Berry (Chess 1653) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 3 | COME GO WITH ME Dell-Vikings (Dot 15538) | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | |
| 4 | LITTLE DARLIN’ Diamonds (Mercury 71060) Gladiolas (Excello 2101) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 5 | |
| 5 | C. C. RIDER Chuck Willis (Atlantic 1130) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | |
| 6 | I’M WALKIN’ Fats Domino (Imperial 5428) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| 7 | LUCILLE Little Richard (Specialty 598) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
| 8 | JUST TO HOLD MY HAND Clyde McPhatter (Atlantic 1133) | 11 | 15 | 18 | 4 | |
| 9 | JIM DANDY GOT MARRIED LaVern Baker (Atlantic 1136) | 15 | — | — | 2 | |
| 10 | LOVE’S A HURTING GAME Ivory Joe Hunter (Atlantic 1128) | 13 | 13 | 14 | 5 | |
| 11 | NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME Little Junior Parker (Duke 164) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| 12 | YOUNG BLOOD Coasters (Atco 6087) | 16 | — | — | 2 | |
| 13 | EMPTY ARMS Ivory Joe Hunter (Atlantic 1128) | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 | |
| 14 | VALLEY OF TEARS Fats Domino (Imperial 5442) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 15 | JUST BECAUSE Lloyd Price (ABC-Paramount 9792) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | |
| 16 | OVER THE MOUNTAIN; ACROSS THE SEA Johnnie & Joe (Chess 1654) | 17 | — | — | 2 | |
| 17 | TROUBLES, TROUBLES, TROUBLES B.B. “Blues Boy” King & Orchestra (RPM 492) | 18 | — | — | 2 | |
| 18 | SEND ME SOME LOVIN’ Little Richard (Specialty 598) | 14 | 12 | 13 | 7 | |
| 19 | IT HURTS TO BE IN LOVE Annie Laurie (DeLuxe 6107) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 | |
| 20 | IT’S YOU I LOVE Fats Domino (Imperial 5442) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 21 | PARTY DOLL Buddy Knox with Rhythm Orchids (Roulette 4002) Roy Brown (Imperial 5427) | 19 | 14 | 9 | 11 | |
| 22 | GOT MY MO-JO WORKING (But It Just Won’t Work On You) Ann Cole with Suburbans (Baton 237) Muddy Waters (Chess 1652) | 20 | 16 | 16 | 5 | |
| 23 | THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW Mickey & Sylvia (Vik 0267) | — | 18 | 15 | 4 | |
| 24 | I WANT TO GET MARRIED B.B. “Blues Boy” King & Orchestra (RPM 492) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 25 | OUT IN THE COLD AGAIN Frankie Lymon & Teenagers (Gee 1036) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| NOTE: This week Cash Box added five additional positions to “The Nation’s R&B Top 20” chart, but only titles were listed for positions 21 through 25. Artists/labels shown above in those positions are based on a record’s previous or subsequent appearance in the Top 20 or its appearance on the concurrent Billboard R&B charts. |
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