| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending AUGUST 5, 1950 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | WELL OH WELL Tiny Bradshaw (King 4357) | 4 | 6 | |
| 2 | PINK CHAMPAGNE Joe Liggins & “Honeydrippers” (Specialty 355) | 8 | 11 | |
| 3 | I NEED YOU SO Ivory Joe Hunter (M-G-M 10663) | — | 1 | |
| 4 | DANNY BOY Al Hibbler (Atlantic 911) | 3 | 3 | |
| 5 | I WANNA BE LOVED Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra (Mercury 8181) | 1 | 8 | |
| 6 | CUPID’S BOOGIE Little Esther & Mel Walker with Johnny Otis Orchestra (Savoy 750) | 7 | 6 | |
| 7 | EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES Lowell Fulson’s Combo featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 196) | 5 | 11 | |
| 8 | MONA LISA Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 1010) | 2 | 8 | |
| 9 | MY FOOLISH HEART Gene Ammons & Sextet (Chess 1425) | — | 4 | |
| 10 | I’LL NEVER BE FREE Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten & Orchestra (Regal 3258) | 6 | 3 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | I WANNA BE LOVED Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra (Mercury 8181) | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | MONA LISA Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 1010) | 3 | 8 | |
| 3 | MY FOOLISH HEART Billy Eckstine (M-G-M 10623) Gene Ammons & Sextet (Chess 1425) | 2 | 21 8 | |
| 4 | WELL OH WELL Tiny Bradshaw (King 4357) | 5 | 5 | |
| 5 | PINK CHAMPAGNE Joe Liggins & “Honeydrippers” (Specialty 355) | 6 | 15 | |
| 6 | EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES Lowell Fulson’s Combo featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 196) | 4 | 14 | |
| 7 | CUPID’S BOOGIE Little Esther & Mel Walker with Johnny Otis Orchestra (Savoy 750) | 7 | 6 | |
| 8 | I’LL NEVER BE FREE Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten & Orchestra (Regal 3258) | 8 | 11 | |
| 9 | DANNY BOY Al Hibbler (Atlantic 911) | 9 | 2 | |
| 10 | BESS’S BOOGIE Bobby Smith & Orchestra (Apollo 799) | 10 | 2 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | MONA LISA Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 1010) | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | GROWING OLD Smiley Lewis & Sextet (Imperial 5072) | — | 2 | |
| 3 | HIDE AWAY BLUES Fats Domino (Imperial 5077) | — | 5 | |
| 4 | I AIN’T GONNA LET YOU IN Paul Gayten & Orchestra & Annie Laurie (Regal 3273) | — | 3 | |
| 5 | PINK CHAMPAGNE Joe Liggins & “Honeydrippers” (Specialty 355) | 6 | 12 | |
| 6 | I WANNA BE LOVED Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra (Mercury 8181) | 2 | 8 | |
| 7 | CUPID’S BOOGIE Little Esther & Mel Walker with Johnny Otis Orchestra (Savoy 750) | 9 | 8 | |
| 8 | EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES Lowell Fulson’s Combo featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 196) | 3 | 8 | |
| 9 | GOLD AIN’T EVERYTHING Gene Gilbeaux & Orchestra (RCA Victor 50-0070) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | LEAVING ON THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN Helen Marina with Otis Tucker Orchestra (Decca 48159) | 4 | 3 | |
| HOT IN DETROIT | ||||
| 1 | PINK CHAMPAGNE Joe Liggins & “Honeydrippers” (Specialty 355) | 5 | 4 | |
| 2 | CUPID’S BOOGIE Little Esther & Mel Walker with Johnny Otis Orchestra (Savoy 750) | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | WELL OH WELL Tiny Bradshaw (King 4357) | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | I NEED YOU SO Ivory Joe Hunter (M-G-M 10663) | 8 | 4 | |
| 5 | HARD LUCK BLUES Roy Brown & Mighty-Mighty Men (DeLuxe 3304) | 9 | 4 | |
| 6 | EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES Lowell Fulson’s Combo featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 196) | 4 | 4 | |
| 7 | MONA LISA Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 1010) | 7 | 2 | |
| 8 | I WANNA BE LOVED Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra (Mercury 8181) | 3 | 4 | |
| 9 | MISTRUSTIN’ BLUES Little Esther with Mel Walker & Johnny Otis Orchestra (Savoy 735) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | CRY, CRY BABY Johnny Otis Orchestra (Regent 1016) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | WELL OH WELL Tiny Bradshaw (King 4357) | 1 | 13 | |
| 2 | I WANNA BE LOVED Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra (Mercury 8181) | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | HARD LUCK BLUES Roy Brown & Mighty-Mighty Men (DeLuxe 3304) | 3 | 10 | |
| 4 | TWO YEARS OF TORTURE Monroe Tucker & Orchestra with Percy Mayfield (Recorded In Hollywood 111) | 4 | 7 | |
| 5 | PINK CHAMPAGNE Joe Liggins & “Honeydrippers” (Specialty 355) | 5 | 16 | |
| 6 | EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES Lowell Fulson’s Combo featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 196) | 8 | 20 | |
| 7 | STACK-A’LEE (pts. 1 & 2) Archibald & Orchestra (Imperial 5068) | 7 | 5 | |
| 8 | I NEED YOU SO Ivory Joe Hunter (M-G-M 10663) | 10 | 3 | |
| 9 | REPENTANCE BLUES Charles Brown & Band (Aladdin 3060) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | HAPPY PAY DAY Little Willie Littlefield (Modern 754) | — | 2 | |
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