| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending JANUARY 21, 1950 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM, N.Y. | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | FORGIVE AND FORGET Orioles (Jubilee 5016) | 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | FOR YOU MY LOVE Larry Darnell (Regal 3240) | 2 | 11 | |
| 3 | SITTIN’ ON IT ALL THE TIME Wynonie Harris (King 4330) | 4 | 2 | |
| 4 | WHIRLPOOL Cabineers with Bill McRae Orchestra (Abbey 3003) | 8 | 2 | |
| 5 | AFTER HOURS SESSION Frank “Floorshow” Culley & Band (Atlantic 888) | 5 | 2 | |
| 6 | I’LL GET ALONG SOMEHOW (pts. 1 & 2) Larry Darnell (Regal 3236) Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 887) | 3 | 11 9 | |
| 7 | SPARROW’S FLIGHT Johnny Sparrow & Bows And Arrow (Melford 253) | 9 | 2 | |
| 8 | DON’T WORRY ME NO MORE Nellie Hill & Ben Smith Quartet (Abbey 3008) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | NO ROLLIN’ BLUES Jimmy Witherspoon (Modern 721) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (pts. 1 & 2) Louis Jordan & Tympany Five (Decca 24725) | 7 | 15 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | FORGIVE AND FORGET Orioles (Jubilee 5016) | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | FOR YOU MY LOVE Larry Darnell (Regal 3240) | 2 | 10 | |
| 3 | I’LL GET ALONG SOMEHOW (pts. 1 & 2) Larry Darnell (Regal 3236) | 3 | 8 | |
| 4 | YOU’VE CHANGED Bill Farrell (M-G-M 10519) | 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | GOOD DADDY BLUES Dinah Washington (Mercury 8154) | 5 | 6 | |
| 6 | I QUIT MY PRETTY MAMA Ivory Joe Hunter (King 4326) | 6 | 3 | |
| 7 | I ALMOST LOST MY MIND Ivory Joe Hunter (M-G-M 10578) | 8 | 3 | |
| 8 | HY’A SUE Duke Ellington & Orchestra (Columbia 38234) | 7 | 10 | |
| 9 | SPARROW’S FLIGHT Johnny Sparrow & Bows And Arrow (Melford 253) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | TIMES ARE GETTING HARD Blues Rockers (Aristocrat 407) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | I ALMOST LOST MY MIND Ivory Joe Hunter (M-G-M 10578) | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | I QUIT MY PRETTY MAMA Ivory Joe Hunter (King 4326) | 2 | 4 | |
| 3 | FOR YOU MY LOVE Larry Darnell (Regal 3240) | 3 | 10 | |
| 4 | THE MOON IS RISIN’ Little Willie Littlefield (Modern 726) | 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | I’LL GET ALONG SOMEHOW (pts. 1 & 2) Larry Darnell (Regal 3236) | 5 | 11 | |
| 6 | SNEAKIN’ AROUND Rudy Render (London 17000) | 6 | 3 | |
| 7 | CUTTIN’ OUT Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten Orchestra (Regal 3235) | 7 | 10 | |
| 8 | THAT LUCKY OLD SUN (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra (Decca 24752) | 8 | 4 | |
| 9 | FORGIVE AND FORGET Orioles (Jubilee 5016) | 9 | 3 | |
| 10 | MISSISSIPPI BLUES Floyd Dixon Trio (Modern 700) | 10 | 9 | |
| HOT ON CENTRAL AVE. IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | I’LL GET ALONG SOMEHOW (pts. 1 & 2) Larry Darnell (Regal 3236) | 5 | 4 | |
| 2 | REAL PRETTY MAMA BLUES Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chicken-Shackers (Aladdin 3038) | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | NO ROLLIN’ BLUES Jimmy Witherspoon (Modern 721) | 1 | 7 | |
| 4 | SNEAKIN’ AROUND Rudy Render (London 17000) | 4 | 12 | |
| 5 | FOR YOU MY LOVE Larry Darnell (Regal 3240) | 7 | 4 | |
| 6 | SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (pts. 1 & 2) Louis Jordan & Tympany Five (Decca 24725) | — | 11 | |
| 7 | A LETTER HOME Memphis Slim (King 4312) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | TWO YEARS OF TORTURE Monroe Tucker & Orchestra with Percy Mayfield (Supreme 1543) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | THE MOON IS RISIN’ Little Willie Littlefield (Modern 726) | 10 | 2 | |
| 10 | WHY DON’T YOU HAUL OFF AND LOVE ME Bull Moose Jackson & Buffalo Bearcats (King 4322) | 8 | 7 | |
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