| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week of AUGUST 26, 1946 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM, N.Y. | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | PLAYFUL BABY Wynonie “Blues” Harris with Johnnie Alston & All Stars (Apollo 372) | 2 | 3 | |
| 2 | THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU Luis Russell & Orchestra (Apollo 1012) | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | CHOO CHOO CH’BOOGIE Louis Jordan & Tympany Five (Decca 23610) | 9 | 3 | |
| 4 | THAT’S THE GROOVY THING Earl Bostic & Orchestra (Gotham 104) | 7 | 10 | |
| 5 | PETOOTIE PIE Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan & Tympany Five (Decca 23546) | 4 | 5 | |
| 6 | STONE COLD DEAD IN THE MARKET (He Had It Coming) Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan & Tympany Five (Decca 23546) | 3 | 10 | |
| 7 | THEY SAY I’M THE BIGGEST FOOL Buddy Johnson & Orchestra (Decca 11000) | 5 | 4 | |
| 8 | YOU CALL IT MADNESS BUT I CALL IT LOVE Billy Eckstine & Orchestra (National 9019) | 6 | 6 | |
| 9 | ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET Eddie Heywood & Orchestra (Decca 23534) | 8 | 9 | |
| 10 | R.M. BLUES Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Juke Box 504) | — | 2 | |
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