| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending AUGUST 13, 1949 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM, N.Y. | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | BABY GET LOST Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148) | 2 | 4 | |
| 2 | SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN George Shearing Quintette (M-G-M 10426) | 1 | 9 | |
| 3 | CRYING Billy Eckstine (M-G-M 10458) | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | BECAUSE Herb Lance (Sittin’ In With 519) | 6 | 10 | |
| 5 | DID YOU SEE JACKIE ROBINSON HIT THAT BALL? Buddy Johnson & Orchestra (Decca 24675) | — | 1 | |
| 6 | PENTHOUSE SERENADE Errol Garner (Savoy 688) | 8 | 4 | |
| 7 | I LOVE YOU SO Pee Wee Crayton (Modern 675) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | BUFFALO NICKEL Bobby Smith & Orchestra (Apollo 795) | — | 3 | |
| 9 | I CHALLENGE YOUR KISS Orioles (Jubilee 5008) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | TELL ME SO Orioles (Jubilee 5005) | 7 | 19 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY HONEY “Frantic” Fay Thomas (Exclusive 109x) | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | CRYING Billy Eckstine (M-G-M 10458) | 4 | 3 | |
| 3 | TELL ME SO Orioles (Jubilee 5005) | 2 | 11 | |
| 4 | LITTLE GIRL DON’T CRY Bull Moose Jackson & Buffalo Bearcats (King 4288) | 5 | 9 | |
| 5 | SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN George Shearing Quintette (M-G-M 10426) | 9 | 2 | |
| 6 | TROUBLE BLUES Charles Brown Trio (Aladdin 3024) | 3 | 12 | |
| 7 | BABY GET LOST Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148) | 10 | 2 | |
| 8 | CLOSE YOUR EYES Herb Lance with Ray Abrams Sextet (Sittin’ In With 514) | 7 | 19 | |
| 9 | BECAUSE Herb Lance (Sittin’ In With 519) | 8 | 2 | |
| 10 | HOUSE ROCKER Paul Williams & Hucklebuckers (Savoy 702) | — | 3 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | MARDI GRAS Joe Lutcher & Orchestra (Modern 672) | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | TELL ME SO Orioles (Jubilee 5005) | 2 | 10 | |
| 3 | I FOUND A DREAM Lonnie Johnson (King 4297) | 3 | 4 | |
| 4 | RIDING HIGH Roy Brown & Mighty-Mighty Men (DeLuxe 3226) | — | 3 | |
| 5 | IT’S MIDNIGHT (No Place To Go) Little Willie Littlefield (Modern 686) | 9 | 2 | |
| 6 | STAY GONE BLUES Saunders King & Orchestra (Rhythm 301) | 10 | 4 | |
| 7 | AIN’T NOBODY’S BUSINESS (pts. 1 & 2) Jimmy Witherspoon (Supreme 1506) | — | 2 | |
| 8 | ONE MAN BLUES Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten Trio (DeLuxe 3225) | 4 | 4 | |
| 9 | BECAUSE Herb Lance (Sittin’ In With 519) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | BUFFALO NICKEL Bobby Smith & Orchestra (Apollo 795) | 8 | 2 | |
| HOT ON CENTRAL AVE. IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Specialty 330) | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Amos Milburn (Aladdin 3026) | 2 | 7 | |
| 3 | I DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY HONEY “Frantic” Fay Thomas (Exclusive 109x) | 3 | 8 | |
| 4 | POT LIKKER Todd Rhodes & Orchestra (King 4287) | 4 | 9 | |
| 5 | TROUBLE BLUES Charles Brown Trio (Aladdin 3024) | 5 | 17 | |
| 6 | TELL ME SO Orioles (Jubilee 5005) | 8 | 3 | |
| 7 | DRINKING WINE, SPO-DEE-O-DEE, DRINKING WINE Lionel Hampton & Orchestra (Decca 24642) | 6 | 4 | |
| 8 | BABY GET LOST Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | IT’S MIDNIGHT (No Place To Go) Little Willie Littlefield (Modern 686) | 9 | 3 | |
| 10 | HOUSTON JUMP Eddie Williams & Brown Buddies (Supreme 1528) | 10 | 2 | |
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