| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week of MAY 12, 1947 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM, N.Y. | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | OLD MAID BOOGIE Eddie Vinson & Orchestra (Mercury 8028) | 2 | 8 | |
| 2 | MAMSELLE Frankie Laine & Harry Gellers Orchestra (Mercury 5048) | 3 | 2 | |
| 3 | A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE Frankie Laine & Carl Fischers Orchestra (Mercury 5018) | 1 | 6 | |
| 4 | THEM THERE EYES Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Roy Milton 201) | 6 | 6 | |
| 5 | IT SHOULDNT HAPPEN TO A DREAM Duke Ellington & Orchestra (Musicraft 484) | | 1 | |
| 6 | POSTMAN BLUES Dinah Washington (Mercury 8024) | 8 | 6 | |
| 7 | THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE Billie Holiday (Decca 23853) | | 1 | |
| 8 | THATS MY DESIRE Frankie Laine & Mannie Kleins All Stars (Mercury 5007) | 5 | 11 | |
| 9 | YOU DONT LEARN THAT IN SCHOOL King Cole Trio (Capitol 393) | 9 | 2 | |
| 10 | MEET ME AT NO SPECIAL PLACE (And Ill Be There At No Particular Time) King Cole Trio (Capitol 393) | 10 | 2 | |
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