| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending AUGUST 6, 1949 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM, N.Y. | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN George Shearing Quintette (M-G-M 10426) | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | BABY GET LOST Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148) | 2 | 3 | |
| 3 | TROUBLE BLUES Charles Brown Trio (Aladdin 3024) | 3 | 12 | |
| 4 | CRYING Billy Eckstine (M-G-M 10458) | 4 | 3 | |
| 5 | CLOSE YOUR EYES Herb Lance with Ray Abrams Sextet (Sittin’ In With 514) | 5 | 25 | |
| 6 | BECAUSE Herb Lance (Sittin’ In With 519) | 6 | 9 | |
| 7 | TELL ME SO Orioles (Jubilee 5005) | 7 | 18 | |
| 8 | PENTHOUSE SERENADE Errol Garner (Savoy 688) | 8 | 3 | |
| 9 | THE BOP HOP Pee Wee Crayton (Modern 675) | 9 | 2 | |
| 10 | COME BACK BABY Champion Jack Dupree & Band (Apollo 407) | 10 | 8 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY HONEY “Frantic” Fay Thomas (Exclusive 109x) | 3 | 6 | |
| 2 | TELL ME SO Orioles (Jubilee 5005) | 1 | 10 | |
| 3 | TROUBLE BLUES Charles Brown Trio (Aladdin 3024) | 4 | 11 | |
| 4 | CRYING Billy Eckstine (M-G-M 10458) | 8 | 2 | |
| 5 | LITTLE GIRL DON’T CRY Bull Moose Jackson & Buffalo Bearcats (King 4288) | 5 | 8 | |
| 6 | COME BACK BABY Champion Jack Dupree & Band (Apollo 407) | 9 | 8 | |
| 7 | CLOSE YOUR EYES Herb Lance with Ray Abrams Sextet (Sittin’ In With 514) | 7 | 18 | |
| 8 | BECAUSE Herb Lance (Sittin’ In With 519) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN George Shearing Quintette (M-G-M 10426) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | BABY GET LOST Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | MARDI GRAS Joe Lutcher & Orchestra (Modern 672) | 10 | 8 | |
| 2 | TELL ME SO Orioles (Jubilee 5005) | 1 | 9 | |
| 3 | I FOUND A DREAM Lonnie Johnson (King 4297) | — | 3 | |
| 4 | ONE MAN BLUES Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten Trio (DeLuxe 3225) | 6 | 3 | |
| 5 | IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Amos Milburn (Aladdin 3026) | — | 2 | |
| 6 | TROUBLE BLUES Charles Brown Trio (Aladdin 3024) | 8 | 14 | |
| 7 | CLOSE YOUR EYES Herb Lance with Ray Abrams Sextet (Sittin’ In With 514) | 7 | 7 | |
| 8 | BUFFALO NICKEL Bobby Smith & Orchestra (Apollo 795) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | IT’S MIDNIGHT (No Place To Go) Little Willie Littlefield (Modern 686) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | STAY GONE BLUES Saunders King & Orchestra (Rhythm 301) | — | 3 | |
| HOT ON CENTRAL AVE. IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Specialty 330) | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Amos Milburn (Aladdin 3026) | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | I DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY HONEY “Frantic” Fay Thomas (Exclusive 109x) | 3 | 7 | |
| 4 | POT LIKKER Todd Rhodes & Orchestra (King 4287) | 4 | 8 | |
| 5 | TROUBLE BLUES Charles Brown Trio (Aladdin 3024) | 5 | 16 | |
| 6 | DRINKING WINE, SPO-DEE-O-DEE, DRINKING WINE Lionel Hampton & Orchestra (Decca 24642) | 6 | 3 | |
| 7 | CLOSE YOUR EYES Herb Lance with Ray Abrams Sextet (Sittin’ In With 514) | 7 | 13 | |
| 8 | TELL ME SO Orioles (Jubilee 5005) | — | 2 | |
| 9 | IT’S MIDNIGHT (No Place To Go) Little Willie Littlefield (Modern 686) | 10 | 2 | |
| 10 | HOUSTON JUMP Eddie Williams & Brown Buddies (Supreme 1528) | — | 1 | |
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