| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending JULY 23, 1949 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM, N.Y. | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN George Shearing Quintette (M-G-M 10426) | 3 | 6 | |
| 2 | TROUBLE BLUES Charles Brown Trio (Aladdin 3024) | 1 | 10 | |
| 3 | CLOSE YOUR EYES Herb Lance with Ray Abrams Sextet (Sittin’ In With 514) | 4 | 23 | |
| 4 | TELL ME SO Orioles (Jubilee 5005) | 2 | 16 | |
| 5 | BABY GET LOST Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148) | — | 1 | |
| 6 | PENTHOUSE SERENADE Errol Garner (Savoy 688) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | CRYING Billy Eckstine (M-G-M 10458) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | COME BACK BABY Champion Jack Dupree & Band (Apollo 407) | 9 | 6 | |
| 9 | I DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY HONEY “Frantic” Fay Thomas (Exclusive 109x) | 5 | 5 | |
| 10 | BECAUSE Herb Lance (Sittin’ In With 519) | 6 | 7 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | TELL ME SO Orioles (Jubilee 5005) | 2 | 8 | |
| 2 | I DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY HONEY “Frantic” Fay Thomas (Exclusive 109x) | 5 | 4 | |
| 3 | TROUBLE BLUES Charles Brown Trio (Aladdin 3024) | 3 | 9 | |
| 4 | LITTLE GIRL DON’T CRY Bull Moose Jackson & Buffalo Bearcats (King 4288) | 1 | 6 | |
| 5 | COME BACK BABY Champion Jack Dupree & Band (Apollo 407) | 9 | 6 | |
| 6 | BLACK PEPPER Eddie Davis & Orchestra (Sittin’ In With 520) | — | 2 | |
| 7 | CLOSE YOUR EYES Herb Lance with Ray Abrams Sextet (Sittin’ In With 514) | 6 | 16 | |
| 8 | HOUSE ROCKER Paul Williams & Hucklebuckers (Savoy 702) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | AIN’T NOBODY’S BUSINESS (pts. 1 & 2) Jimmy Witherspoon (Supreme 1506) | — | 12 | |
| 10 | SUNDAY MORNIN’ BLUES Edgar Hayes & Stardusters (Exclusive 106x) | 4 | 6 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | TELL ME SO Orioles (Jubilee 5005) | — | 7 | |
| 2 | BABY GET LOST Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148) | — | 1 | |
| 3 | THE BOP HOP Pee Wee Crayton (Modern 675) | — | 1 | |
| 4 | SUNDAY MORNIN’ BLUES Edgar Hayes & Stardusters (Exclusive 106x) | 6 | 3 | |
| 5 | RIDING HIGH Roy Brown & Mighty-Mighty Men (DeLuxe 3226) | — | 1 | |
| 6 | ONE MAN BLUES Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten Trio (DeLuxe 3225) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | CLOSE YOUR EYES Herb Lance with Ray Abrams Sextet (Sittin’ In With 514) | — | 5 | |
| 8 | TROUBLE BLUES Charles Brown Trio (Aladdin 3024) | 2 | 12 | |
| 9 | BLACK PEPPER Eddie Davis & Orchestra (Sittin’ In With 520) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | MARDI GRAS Joe Lutcher & Orchestra (Modern 672) | 1 | 6 | |
| HOT ON CENTRAL AVE. IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Amos Milburn (Aladdin 3026) | 7 | 4 | |
| 2 | POT LIKKER Todd Rhodes & Orchestra (King 4287) | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Specialty 330) | 5 | 4 | |
| 4 | I DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY HONEY “Frantic” Fay Thomas (Exclusive 109x) | 6 | 5 | |
| 5 | TROUBLE BLUES Charles Brown Trio (Aladdin 3024) | 2 | 14 | |
| 6 | DRINKING WINE, SPO-DEE-O-DEE, DRINKING WINE Lionel Hampton & Orchestra (Decca 24642) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | CLOSE YOUR EYES Herb Lance with Ray Abrams Sextet (Sittin’ In With 514) | 3 | 11 | |
| 8 | LITTLE GIRL DON’T CRY Bull Moose Jackson & Buffalo Bearcats (King 4288) | 4 | 11 | |
| 9 | COLE SLAW (Sorghum Switch) Louis Jordan & Tympany Five (Decca 24633) | 10 | 2 | |
| 10 | LATE AFTER HOURS Great Gates (Selective 103) | 9 | 3 | |
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