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"Hearts of Stone" is an American R&B song. It was written by Eddie Ray and Rudy Jackson, [1] members of the San Bernardino, California-based rhythm and blues vocal group the Jewels (no relation to the female group the Jewels from Washington, DC) which first recorded it for the R&B label in 1954. The Jewels began as a gospel group, then became ...
In 1955, Billboard magazine published three charts specifically covering the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues and related African-American-oriented music genres. The Best Sellers in Stores chart ranked records based on their "current national selling importance at the retail level", based on a survey of record ...
In 1955, the following five charts were produced: Best Sellers in Stores – ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country. Most Played by Jockeys – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations.
The Charms' first record in June 1953, "Heaven Only Knows", was not a hit, and after a couple more releases they moved to another King subsidiary label, De Luxe Records, also run by Stone. [1] They recorded several more times before, in 1954, " Hearts of Stone " gave them their first and biggest hit, reaching No. 1 on the R&B charts for nine ...
Hearts of Stone is the third album by New Jersey rock band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, released in October 1978. The album peaked at number 112 on the Billboard 200 chart during the week of January 13, 1979. [4] All of the album's songs were written by Southside Johnny, Bruce Springsteen, and E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt.
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In 1951, they had a minor hit with "The Tennessee Waltz", of which bigger selling recordings were made by Patti Page and Les Paul and Mary Ford. In 1954 they switched to Randy Wood's Dot Records , [ 12 ] where they abandoned the slow late 1940s-early 1950s style for faster material aimed at the growing teen/rock-and-roll audience, and they had ...
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1955 is made up of three year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top rhythm and blues records based on record sales, disc jockey plays, and juke box plays.