| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending SEPTEMBER 3, 1949 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM, N.Y. | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | BABY GET LOST Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148) | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | A KISS AND A ROSE Orioles (Jubilee 5009) | — | 1 | |
| 3 | CRYING Billy Eckstine (M-G-M 10458) | 2 | 7 | |
| 4 | SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN George Shearing Quintette (M-G-M 10426) | 3 | 12 | |
| 5 | DID YOU SEE JACKIE ROBINSON HIT THAT BALL? Buddy Johnson & Orchestra (Decca 24675) | 4 | 4 | |
| 6 | CARELESS LOVE Ravens (National 9085) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS ROCK Wynonie Harris (King 4304) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | I CHALLENGE YOUR KISS Orioles (Jubilee 5008) | 5 | 4 | |
| 9 | RICKY’S BLUES Ravens (National 9073) | 7 | 11 | |
| 10 | EMPTY ARMS BLUES Amos Milburn (Aladdin 3032) | — | 1 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | BABY GET LOST Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148) | 3 | 5 | |
| 2 | CRYING Billy Eckstine (M-G-M 10458) | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | I DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY HONEY “Frantic” Fay Thomas (Exclusive 109x) | 1 | 10 | |
| 4 | LITTLE GIRL DON’T CRY Bull Moose Jackson & Buffalo Bearcats (King 4288) | 4 | 12 | |
| 5 | BLUE AND LONESOME Memphis Slim & House Rockers (Miracle 136) | 6 | 3 | |
| 6 | THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Specialty 330) | 8 | 2 | |
| 7 | TELL ME SO Orioles (Jubilee 5005) | 5 | 14 | |
| 8 | ONE MAN BLUES Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten Trio (DeLuxe 3225) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | BECAUSE Herb Lance (Sittin’ In With 519) | 9 | 5 | |
| 10 | SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN George Shearing Quintette (M-G-M 10426) | 7 | 5 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | I CHALLENGE YOUR KISS Orioles (Jubilee 5008) | — | 1 | |
| 2 | IT’S MIDNIGHT (No Place To Go) Little Willie Littlefield (Modern 686) | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | TELL ME SO Orioles (Jubilee 5005) | 2 | 13 | |
| 4 | STILL GONE (pts. 3 & 4) Sonny “Long Gone” Thompson & Orchestra (Miracle 139) | 10 | 2 | |
| 5 | RICKY’S BLUES Ravens (National 9073) | — | 1 | |
| 6 | THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Specialty 330) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | BABY GET LOST Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148) | 4 | 4 | |
| 8 | BLUE AND LONESOME Memphis Slim & House Rockers (Miracle 136) | 8 | 2 | |
| 9 | I LOVE YOU SO Pee Wee Crayton (Modern 675) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | BUFFALO NICKEL Bobby Smith & Orchestra (Apollo 795) | 9 | 5 | |
| HOT ON CENTRAL AVE. IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | TELL ME SO Orioles (Jubilee 5005) | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | BABY GET LOST Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148) | 7 | 4 | |
| 3 | THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Specialty 330) | 1 | 10 | |
| 4 | IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Amos Milburn (Aladdin 3026) | 4 | 10 | |
| 5 | CRYING Billy Eckstine (M-G-M 10458) | 6 | 3 | |
| 6 | I DON’T WANT YOUR MONEY HONEY “Frantic” Fay Thomas (Exclusive 109x) | 3 | 11 | |
| 7 | IT’S MIDNIGHT (No Place To Go) Little Willie Littlefield (Modern 686) | 9 | 6 | |
| 8 | POT LIKKER Todd Rhodes & Orchestra (King 4287) | 5 | 12 | |
| 9 | I AIN’T THE SAME OLD FOOL Madonna Martin (Selective 104) | 10 | 2 | |
| 10 | BLUE AND LONESOME Memphis Slim & House Rockers (Miracle 136) | 8 | 2 | |
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