| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending DECEMBER 16, 1950 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | THE TENNESEE WALTZ Patti Page (Mercury 5534) | 4 | 4 | |
| 2 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 1 | 12 | |
| 3 | ANABACOA Chapuseaux Y Damiron (Landia 5001) | 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | THE LORD’S PRAYER Orioles (Jubilee 5045) | 9 | 3 | |
| 5 | OH BABE! Larry Darnell (Regal 3298) | 7 | 2 | |
| 6 | BAD, BAD WHISKEY Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chickenshackers (Aladdin 3068) | 8 | 2 | |
| 7 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 10 | 3 | |
| 8 | HARBOR LIGHTS Dinah Washington with Jimmy Carroll’s Orchestra (Mercury 5488) | — | 8 | |
| 9 | ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE Joe Morris & Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate (Atlantic 914) | 5 | 8 | |
| 10 | PERDIDO Sarah Vaughan (Columbia 39001) | 6 | 5 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 4 | 4 | |
| 2 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 1 | 7 | |
| 3 | ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE Joe Morris & Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate (Atlantic 914) | 3 | 6 | |
| 4 | BLUE SHADOWS Lowell Fulson featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 226) | 2 | 12 | |
| 5 | HARBOR LIGHTS Dinah Washington with Jimmy Carroll’s Orchestra (Mercury 5488) | 5 | 7 | |
| 6 | TWO YEARS OF TORTURE Monroe Tucker & Orchestra with Percy Mayfield (Recorded In Hollywood 111) | 6 | 2 | |
| 7 | OH BABE! Larry Darnell (Regal 3298) | 10 | 2 | |
| 8 | MILLION DOLLAR SECRET Helen Humes (Modern 779) | 9 | 6 | |
| 9 | BESAME MUCHO (Kiss Me Much) Ray-O-Vacs (Decca 48162) | 7 | 3 | |
| 10 | OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES Lloyd Glenn with Th’ Fulson Unit (Swing Time 237) | 8 | 4 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 8 | 2 | |
| 2 | OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES Lloyd Glenn with Th’ Fulson Unit (Swing Time 237) | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | OH BABE! Larry Darnell (Regal 3298) | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | DIRTY PEOPLE Smiley Lewis & Sextet (Imperial 5102) | 2 | 6 | |
| 5 | ALABAMA BLUES Elmore Nixon with Henry Hayes & Four Kings (Peacock 1537) | 3 | 8 | |
| 6 | EVERY NIGHT ABOUT THIS TIME Fats Domino (Imperial 5099) | 5 | 9 | |
| 7 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | OUR FATHER (Which Art In Heaven) Five Blind Boys (Peacock 1550) | 6 | 6 | |
| 9 | CHRISTMAS BLUES Larry Darnell (Regal 3298) | 10 | 2 | |
| 10 | FEELIN’ HAPPY Joe Turner & Orchestra (Freedom 1540) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN DETROIT | ||||
| 1 | STREET WALKIN’ DADDY Margie Day with Griffin Brothers (Dot 1010) | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE Joe Morris & Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate (Atlantic 914) | 3 | 6 | |
| 3 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 4 | 3 | |
| 4 | I NEED YOU SO Ivory Joe Hunter (M-G-M 10663) | 2 | 23 | |
| 5 | I’LL NEVER BE FREE Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra (Mercury 8187) | 5 | 3 | |
| 6 | OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES Lloyd Glenn with Th’ Fulson Unit (Swing Time 237) | 7 | 2 | |
| 7 | I LOVE YOU MY DARLIN’ Joe Fritz (Sittin’ In With 559) | 6 | 16 | |
| 8 | MILLION DOLLAR SECRET Helen Humes (Modern 779) | 10 | 9 | |
| 9 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | BAD, BAD WHISKEY Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chickenshackers (Aladdin 3068) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 3 | 4 | |
| 2 | EVERY NIGHT ABOUT THIS TIME Fats Domino (Imperial 5099) | 1 | 10 | |
| 3 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 2 | 12 | |
| 4 | BAD, BAD WHISKEY Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chickenshackers (Aladdin 3068) | 4 | 5 | |
| 5 | TELEPHONE BLUES Floyd Dixon & Johnny Moore with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers featuring Oscar Moore (Aladdin 3075) | 7 | 2 | |
| 6 | OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES Lloyd Glenn with Th’ Fulson Unit (Swing Time 237) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | ONCE THERE LIVED A FOOL Jimmy Grissom (Recorded In Hollywood 143) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | BACK-BREAKING BLUES Joe Turner & Band (Aladdin 3070) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | BREAKING UP THE HOUSE Tiny Bradshaw & Orchestra (King 4417) | 8 | 2 | |
| 10 | THE SUN WENT DOWN T-Bone Walker & Orchestra (Imperial 5086) | — | 1 | |
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