# List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1957

In 1957, Billboard magazine published three 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". The Most Played R&B in Juke Boxes chart was based on "plays in juke boxes thruout [sic] the country" derived from a survey of "operators using a high proportion of rhythm and blues records"; this chart was discontinued after the issue of Billboard dated June 17. The three charts are considered part of the lineage of the magazine's multimetric R&B chart launched in 1958, which since 2005 has been published under the title Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs.
Between January and April, singer and pianist Fats Domino dominated all three charts. He occupied the top spot on the Best Sellers listing for 17 consecutive weeks with "Blueberry Hill", "Blue Monday" and "I'm Walkin'"; all three songs also reached number one on the Jockeys and Juke Box charts. Domino was the most successful black rock & roll artist of the 1950s and achieved a string of pop and R&B successes until the mid-1960s. He was one of several of 1957's chart-topping acts to be included in the inaugural class of inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, along with Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and the Everly Brothers. Presley was the only artist other than Domino with multiple R&B chart-toppers during the year, with three of his singles topping one or more charts.
The final number one on the juke box chart, in the issue of Billboard dated June 17, was "Searchin'" by the Coasters, which was listed jointly with its flip side, "Young Blood". The single had the year's longest unbroken run atop any of the listings, spending 13 consecutive weeks in the top spot on the Best Sellers chart. The Coasters were also among the early inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cooke's "You Send Me" was the last number one of 1957 on both the Best Sellers and Jockeys charts; the track reached the top of both listings in the issue dated November 25 and stayed there for the remainder of the year. Several acts achieved the only R&B number one of their career in 1957, including LaVern Baker, Mickey & Sylvia, and Larry Williams. The Bobbettes spent four non-consecutive weeks atop the Jockeys chart with "Mr. Lee", their first chart entry, but would never place another song on any of Billboard's R&B listings, although they did enter the low reaches of the pop charts in 1960 and 1961 before their chart career ended entirely.

## Chart history

In 1957, Billboard sometimes listed both sides of a single jointly at number one on the Best Sellers and Juke Box charts, based on a methodology which combined the survey data for both songs if "significant action [was] reported on both sides of a record". This does not indicate that the single was officially released or promoted as a double A-side.
Chart history :
| Issue date | Best Sellers | Best Sellers | Jockeys | Jockeys | Juke Box | Juke Box | Ref. |
| Issue date | Title | Artist(s) | Title | Artist(s) | Title | Artist(s) | Ref. |
| January 5 | "Blueberry Hill" | Fats Domino | "Blueberry Hill" | Fats Domino | "Since I Met You Baby" | Ivory Joe Hunter | |
| January 12 | "Blueberry Hill" | Fats Domino | "Since I Met You Baby" | Ivory Joe Hunter | "Since I Met You Baby" | Ivory Joe Hunter | |
| January 19 | "Blueberry Hill" | Fats Domino | "Blueberry Hill" | Fats Domino | "Since I Met You Baby" | Ivory Joe Hunter | |
| January 26 | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | |
| February 2 | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | |
| February 9 | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | |
| February 16 | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | |
| February 23 | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | |
| March 2 | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | |
| March 9 | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | |
| March 9 | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Jim Dandy" | LaVern Baker | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | |
| March 16 | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | "Love Is Strange" | Mickey and Sylvia | "Blue Monday" | Fats Domino | |
| March 23 | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | "Love Is Strange" | Mickey and Sylvia | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | |
| March 30 | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | |
| April 6 | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | |
| April 13 | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | |
| April 20 | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | |
| April 27 | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | "I'm Walkin'" | Fats Domino | "Lucille" / "Send Me Some Lovin'" | Little Richard | |
| April 29 | "All Shook Up" | Elvis Presley | "School Days" | Chuck Berry | "Lucille" / "Send Me Some Lovin'" | Little Richard | |
| May 6 | "All Shook Up" | Elvis Presley | "All Shook Up" | Elvis Presley | "All Shook Up" | Elvis Presley | |
| May 13 | "All Shook Up" | Elvis Presley | "School Days" | Chuck Berry | "All Shook Up" | Elvis Presley | |
| May 20 | "All Shook Up" | Elvis Presley | "School Days" | Chuck Berry | "School Days" | Chuck Berry | |
| May 27 | "School Days" | Chuck Berry | "All Shook Up" | Elvis Presley | "All Shook Up" | Elvis Presley | |
| June 3 | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | "School Days" | Chuck Berry | "All Shook Up" | Elvis Presley | |
| June 10 | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | "School Days" | Chuck Berry | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | |
| June 17 | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | "C.C. Rider" | Chuck Willis | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | |
| June 24 | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | "Searchin'" | The Coasters | — | — | |
| July 1 | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | "C.C. Rider" | Chuck Willis | — | — | |
| July 8 | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | "Searchin'" | The Coasters | — | — | |
| July 15 | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | "Searchin'" | The Coasters | — | — | |
| July 22 | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | "Searchin'" | The Coasters | — | — | |
| July 29 | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | "Searchin'" | The Coasters | — | — | |
| July 29 | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | "Short Fat Fannie" | Larry Williams | — | — | |
| August 5 | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | "Searchin'" | The Coasters | — | — | |
| August 12 | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | "Searchin'" | The Coasters | — | — | |
| August 19 | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | "Send for Me" | Nat King Cole | — | — | |
| August 26 | "Searchin'" / "Young Blood" | The Coasters | "Send for Me" | Nat King Cole | — | — | |
| September 2 | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" / "Loving You" | Elvis Presley | "Further Up the Road" | Bobby "Blue" Bland | — | — | |
| September 9 | "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" | Jerry Lee Lewis | "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" | Jerry Lee Lewis | — | — | |
| September 16 | "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" | Jerry Lee Lewis | "Long Lonely Nights" | Clyde McPhatter | — | — | |
| September 23 | "Diana" | Paul Anka | "Further Up the Road" | Bobby "Blue" Bland | — | — | |
| September 30 | "Diana" | Paul Anka | "Mr. Lee" | The Bobbettes | — | — | |
| October 7 | "Honeycomb" | Jimmie Rodgers | "Mr. Lee" | The Bobbettes | — | — | |
| October 14 | "Honeycomb" | Jimmie Rodgers | "Honeycomb" | Jimmie Rodgers | — | — | |
| October 21 | "Jailhouse Rock" | Elvis Presley | "Mr. Lee" | The Bobbettes | — | — | |
| October 28 | "Jailhouse Rock" | Elvis Presley | "Mr. Lee" | The Bobbettes | — | — | |
| October 28 | "Jailhouse Rock" | Elvis Presley | "Wake Up Little Susie" | The Everly Brothers | — | — | |
| November 4 | "Jailhouse Rock" | Elvis Presley | "Jailhouse Rock" | Elvis Presley | — | — | |
| November 11 | "Jailhouse Rock" | Elvis Presley | "Jailhouse Rock" | Elvis Presley | — | — | |
| November 18 | "Jailhouse Rock" | Elvis Presley | "Jailhouse Rock" | Elvis Presley | — | — | |
| November 25 | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | — | — | |
| December 2 | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | — | — | |
| December 9 | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | — | — | |
| December 16 | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | — | — | |
| December 23 | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | — | — | |
| December 30 | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | — | — | |