USA Singles and Chart Information
Chart positions displayed here are taken from the following sources:
- Before the implementation of the Hot 100, Billboard magazine produced four singles charts each week: Best Sellers in Stores, Most Played by Jockeys (radio airplay), Most Played in Jukeboxes and Top 100. Of the four charts the Sales chart was the most prominent. The Top 100 was an early version of the Pop Singles or Hot 100 which was produced from 1955 until the premiere of the Pop Singles chart, which occurred on the week ending August 4, 1958. The "Country & Western" and "Rhythm & Blues" charts were printed by Billboard to denote the top singles in those genres. In 1961 Billboard added the Easy Listening charts (Adult Contemporary Singles) which lists the most popular songs played on "lite-pop" and adult contemporary radio stations in the United States.
- “Cash Box” magazine published singles charts until 1996, when it ceased publication. It resumed as a web-based publication in 2006. It initially published a Top 50 chart. The chart expanded to a Top 60 on 4/13/1957, Top 75 on 6/21/1958, and a Top 100 on 9/13/1958. Cash Box charts were sales charts until the late 1970s when it began publishing combined sales and airplay charts similar to Billboard.
- Recording Industry Association of America: courtesy RIAA. The RIAA certifies sales of recordings in the US. Sales certification levels: Gold (G) sales in excess of 500,000 units, Platinum (P) sales in excess of 1 million units, Multi-Platinum (M) sales in excess of 2 million (number indicates sales in millions).
Abbreviations for charts:
- BB SALES: Billboard Top Sellers in Stores (chart ended 10/13/1958)
- BB AIR: Billboard Most Played By Jockeys (chart ended 7/28/1958)
- BB JB: Billboard Most Played In Jukeboxes (chart ended 6/17/1957)
- BB TOP: Billboard Top 100 pop singles (chart ended 7/28/1958)
- BB CW SALES: Billboard Top Selling Country and Western singles (chart ended 1958)
- BB CW AIR: Billboard Top Most Played Country and Western singles (chart ended 1958)
- BB CW JB: Billboard Most Played Country and Western In Jukeboxes (chart ended 1957)
- BB RB SALES: Billboard Top Selling Rhythm and Blues singles (chart ended 1958)
- BB RB AIR: Billboard Top Most Played Rhythm and Blues singles (chart ended 1958)
- BB RB JB: Billboard Most Played Rhythm and Blues in Jukeboxes (chart ended 1957)
- CB: Cash Box Magazine Top Singles (chart ended 1996)
- CB CW: Cash Box Magazine Top Country & Western Singles (chart ended 1996)
- RIAA: Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sales certification
The numbers below represent the highest position for a song on each respective chart. 45 rpm singles were normally released with one song on each side, The "A-side" was generally considered to be the primary side, while the "B-side" or "flip-side" was considered secondary. Elvis frequently had both sides become hits and appear on the charts. The sides and their chart positions are distinguished by a " / ", A-side / B-side. Extended Plays (EP) usually had two songs per side and would sometimes make the singles chart. The numbers in parentheses are the number of weeks that a song remained at number 1.
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