| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week of JULY 14, 1947 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM, N.Y. | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | WHEN I WRITE MY SONG Herb Jeffries with Buddy Baker & Orchestra (Exclusive 16x) | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | DON’T YOU THINK I OUGHTA KNOW Bill Johnson & Musical Notes (RCA Victor 20-2225) | 7 | 4 | |
| 3 | PEG O’ MY HEART Harmonicats (Vitacoustic 1) | 3 | 4 | |
| 4 | OH, LADY BE GOOD! Ella Fitzgerald with Bob Haggart & Orchestra (Decca 23956) | — | 1 | |
| 5 | BABY, I DON’T CRY OVER YOU Billie Holiday with Bill Kyle & Trio (Decca 23957) | — | 1 | |
| 6 | SUMMERTIME Albert Hibbler with Mercer Ellington & Orchestra (Sunrise 2007) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A DREAM Duke Ellington & Orchestra (Musicraft 484) | 6 | 9 | |
| 8 | THEM THERE EYES Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Roy Milton 201) | 8 | 15 | |
| 9 | ROBBINS’ NEST Illinois Jacquet & All Stars (Apollo 769) | 9 | 2 | |
| 10 | OLD MAID BOOGIE Eddie Vinson & Orchestra (Mercury 8028) | 2 | 17 | |
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