Billboard Top R&B Records of 1954 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top rhythm and blues records based on record sales and juke box plays.[1]
| Retail year-end | Juke box year-end | Title | Artist(s) | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | "Work with Me, Annie" | Federal | ||
| 2 | 1 | "Honey Love" | Atlantic | ||
| 3 | 4 | "Oh What a Dream" | Atlantic | ||
| 4 | 6 | "You'll Never Walk Alone" | Epic | ||
| 5 | 3 | "Shake, Rattle and Roll" | Atlantic | ||
| 6 | 8 | "The Things That I Used to Do" | Specialty | ||
| 7 | 7 | "It Hurts Me to My Heart" | Herald | ||
| 8 | 10 | "Annie Had a Baby" | The Midnighters | Federal | |
| 9 | 11 | "Lovey Dovey" | Atlantic | ||
| 10 | 9 | "Sexy Ways" | The Midnighters | Federal | |
| 11 | 24 | "Money, Honey" | The Drifters | Atlantic | |
| 12 | 5 | "Sh-Boom" | Cat | ||
| 13 | 17 | "I Didn't Want to Do It" | Imperial | ||
| 14 | NR | "I'll Be There" | Faye Adams | Herald | |
| 15 | NR | "Honey Hush" | Atlantic | ||
| 16 | 12 | "Just Make Love to Me" | Chess | ||
| 17 | NR | "Little Mama" | The Clovers | Atlantic | |
| 18 | 13 | The Drifters | Atlantic | ||
| 19 | NR | "You're Still My Baby" | Okeh | ||
| 20 | 15 | "Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight" | Vee Jay | ||
| 21 | 20 | "Ebb Tide" | Roy Hamilton | Epic | |
| 22 | 28 | "I Don't Hurt Anymore" | Mercury | ||
| 23 | 21 | "Saving My Love for You" | Duke | ||
| 24 | NR | "Mambo Baby" | Ruth Brown | Atlantic | |
| 25 | NR | "Hearts of Stone" | The Charms | Deluxe | |
| 26 | NR | "I've Got My Eyes on You" | The Clovers | Atlantic | |
| 27 | 29 | "You're So Fine" | Checker | ||
| 28 | 14 | "Gee" | The Crows | Rama | |
| 29 | NR | "I'm Just Your Fool" | Buddy Johnson | Mercury | |
| 30 | 23 | "If I Loved You" | Roy Hamilton | Epic | |
| NR | 16 | "Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash" | The Clovers | Atlantic | |
| NR | 18 | "I'll Be True" | Faye Adams | Herald | |
| NR | 19 | "I Understand (Just How You Feel)" | Jubilee | ||
| NR | 22 | "You Upset Me, Baby" | RPM | ||
| NR | 25 | "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" | Chess | ||
| NR | 26 | "I'm Ready" | Muddy Waters | Chess | |
| NR | 27 | "Marie" | The Four Tunes | Jubilee | |
| NR | 30 | "You Better Watch Yourself" | Little Walter | Checker |