| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending DECEMBER 2, 1950 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | ANABACOA Chapuseaux Y Damiron (Landia 5001) | 3 | 4 | |
| 3 | ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE Joe Morris & Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate (Atlantic 914) | 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | I’LL NEVER BE FREE Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra (Mercury 8187) | 7 | 10 | |
| 5 | HARBOR LIGHTS Dinah Washington with Jimmy Carroll’s Orchestra (Mercury 5488) | 5 | 7 | |
| 6 | PERDIDO Sarah Vaughan (Columbia 39001) | 8 | 3 | |
| 7 | THE TENNESEE WALTZ Patti Page (Mercury 5534) | 10 | 2 | |
| 8 | MILLION DOLLAR SECRET Helen Humes (Modern 779) | 6 | 7 | |
| 9 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | THE LORD’S PRAYER Orioles (Jubilee 5045) | — | 1 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | BLUE SHADOWS Lowell Fulson featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 226) | 2 | 10 | |
| 3 | ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE Joe Morris & Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate (Atlantic 914) | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | I LOVE YOU MY DARLIN’ Joe Fritz (Sittin’ In With 559) | 3 | 7 | |
| 5 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 7 | 2 | |
| 6 | HARBOR LIGHTS Dinah Washington with Jimmy Carroll’s Orchestra (Mercury 5488) | 10 | 5 | |
| 7 | OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES Lloyd Glenn with Th’ Fulson Unit (Swing Time 237) | 8 | 2 | |
| 8 | MILLION DOLLAR SECRET Helen Humes (Modern 779) | 5 | 4 | |
| 9 | AFTER HOURS Bobby Smith & Orchestra (Apollo 804) | 9 | 15 | |
| 10 | BESAME MUCHO (Kiss Me Much) Ray-O-Vacs (Decca 48162) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | DIRTY PEOPLE Smiley Lewis & Sextet (Imperial 5102) | 3 | 4 | |
| 2 | OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES Lloyd Glenn with Th’ Fulson Unit (Swing Time 237) | 2 | 4 | |
| 3 | ALABAMA BLUES Elmore Nixon with Henry Hayes & Four Kings (Peacock 1537) | 1 | 6 | |
| 4 | OH BABE! Larry Darnell (Regal 3298) | 8 | 2 | |
| 5 | EVERYBODY’S SOMEBODY’S FOOL Lionel Hampton & Orchestra (Decca 27176) | 6 | 9 | |
| 6 | EVERY NIGHT ABOUT THIS TIME Fats Domino (Imperial 5099) | 4 | 7 | |
| 7 | OUR FATHER (Which Art In Heaven) Five Blind Boys (Peacock 1550) | 9 | 4 | |
| 8 | BLUE SHADOWS Lowell Fulson featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 226) | 5 | 17 | |
| 9 | BESAME MUCHO (Kiss Me Much) Ray-O-Vacs (Decca 48162) | 7 | 4 | |
| 10 | HADACOL BOUNCE Roy Byrd & Blues Jumpers (Mercury 8184) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN DETROIT | ||||
| 1 | STREET WALKIN’ DADDY Margie Day with Griffin Brothers (Dot 1010) | 2 | 7 | |
| 2 | ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE Joe Morris & Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate (Atlantic 914) | 4 | 4 | |
| 3 | I NEED YOU SO Ivory Joe Hunter (M-G-M 10663) | 1 | 21 | |
| 4 | BLUE LIGHT BOOGIE (pts. 1 & 2) Louis Jordan & Tympany Five (Decca 27114) | 7 | 7 | |
| 5 | BESAME MUCHO (Kiss Me Much) Ray-O-Vacs (Decca 48162) | 8 | 2 | |
| 6 | I LOVE YOU MY DARLIN’ Joe Fritz (Sittin’ In With 559) | 5 | 14 | |
| 7 | BLUE SHADOWS Lowell Fulson featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 226) | 3 | 17 | |
| 8 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | MILLION DOLLAR SECRET Helen Humes (Modern 779) | 6 | 7 | |
| 10 | I’LL NEVER BE FREE Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra (Mercury 8187) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | EVERY NIGHT ABOUT THIS TIME Fats Domino (Imperial 5099) | 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 8 | 2 | |
| 4 | BAD, BAD WHISKEY Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chickenshackers (Aladdin 3068) | — | 3 | |
| 5 | SINNER’S PRAYER Lowell Fulson featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 237) | 7 | 3 | |
| 6 | SLIM’S BLUES Memphis Slim & House Rockers (Premium 860) | 10 | 3 | |
| 7 | YOU GOTTA LOVE ME BABY TOO Ray-O-Vacs (Decca 48162) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | MILLION DOLLAR SECRET Helen Humes (Modern 779) | 4 | 8 | |
| 9 | ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE Joe Morris & Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate (Atlantic 914) | 3 | 9 | |
| 10 | WEDDING BOOGIE Johnny Otis’ Congregation featuring Little Esther, Mel Walker & Lee Graves (Savoy 764) | 6 | 6 | |
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