 He later conducted Williams's recording of "Lonely Street" on August 23, 1959, and the song was released as a single with another song recorded at that session, "Summer Love", as its B-side.The A-side entered the Hot 100 in "Billboard" magazine in the issue dated September 7 of that year and stayed on the chart for 16 weeks, peaking at number five.In the October 26 issue it debuted on the magazine's list of 30 Hot R&B Sides, where it lasted for four weeks and reached number 20.