| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending DECEMBER 23, 1950 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | THE TENNESEE WALTZ Patti Page (Mercury 5534) | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 2 | 13 | |
| 3 | THE LORD’S PRAYER Orioles (Jubilee 5045) | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | OH BABE! Larry Darnell (Regal 3298) Jimmy Preston & Orchestra with Burnetta Evans (Derby 748) | 5 | 3 1 | |
| 5 | BAD, BAD WHISKEY Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chickenshackers (Aladdin 3068) | 6 | 3 | |
| 6 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 7 | 4 | |
| 7 | ANABACOA Chapuseaux Y Damiron (Landia 5001) | 3 | 7 | |
| 8 | HARBOR LIGHTS Dinah Washington with Jimmy Carroll’s Orchestra (Mercury 5488) | 8 | 9 | |
| 9 | ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE Joe Morris & Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate (Atlantic 914) | 9 | 9 | |
| 10 | MILLION DOLLAR SECRET Helen Humes (Modern 779) | — | 8 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE Joe Morris & Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate (Atlantic 914) | 3 | 7 | |
| 4 | BLUE SHADOWS Lowell Fulson featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 226) | 4 | 13 | |
| 5 | OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES Lloyd Glenn with Th’ Fulson Unit (Swing Time 237) | 10 | 5 | |
| 6 | OH BABE! Larry Darnell (Regal 3298) | 7 | 3 | |
| 7 | HARBOR LIGHTS Dinah Washington with Jimmy Carroll’s Orchestra (Mercury 5488) | 5 | 8 | |
| 8 | MILLION DOLLAR SECRET Helen Humes (Modern 779) | 8 | 7 | |
| 9 | BESAME MUCHO (Kiss Me Much) Ray-O-Vacs (Decca 48162) | 9 | 4 | |
| 10 | TWO YEARS OF TORTURE Monroe Tucker & Orchestra with Percy Mayfield (Recorded In Hollywood 111) | 6 | 3 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES Lloyd Glenn with Th’ Fulson Unit (Swing Time 237) | 2 | 7 | |
| 3 | DIRTY PEOPLE Smiley Lewis & Sextet (Imperial 5102) | 4 | 7 | |
| 4 | ALABAMA BLUES Elmore Nixon with Henry Hayes & Four Kings (Peacock 1537) | 5 | 9 | |
| 5 | OH BABE! Larry Darnell (Regal 3298) | 3 | 5 | |
| 6 | FEELIN’ HAPPY Joe Turner & Orchestra (Freedom 1540) | 10 | 2 | |
| 7 | I’M GOING TO TELL MY MAMA Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chickenshackers (Aladdin 3068) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 7 | 2 | |
| 9 | CHRISTMAS BLUES Larry Darnell (Regal 3298) | 9 | 3 | |
| 10 | TELEPHONE BLUES Floyd Dixon & Johnny Moore with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers featuring Oscar Moore (Aladdin 3075) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN DETROIT | ||||
| 1 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 3 | 4 | |
| 2 | ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE Joe Morris & Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate (Atlantic 914) | 2 | 7 | |
| 3 | STREET WALKIN’ DADDY Margie Day with Griffin Brothers (Dot 1010) | 1 | 10 | |
| 4 | OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES Lloyd Glenn with Th’ Fulson Unit (Swing Time 237) | 6 | 3 | |
| 5 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 9 | 2 | |
| 6 | I NEED YOU SO Ivory Joe Hunter (M-G-M 10663) | 4 | 24 | |
| 7 | BAD, BAD WHISKEY Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chickenshackers (Aladdin 3068) | 10 | 2 | |
| 8 | TELEPHONE BLUES Floyd Dixon & Johnny Moore with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers featuring Oscar Moore (Aladdin 3075) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | MILLION DOLLAR SECRET Helen Humes (Modern 779) | 8 | 10 | |
| 10 | I LOVE YOU MY DARLIN’ Joe Fritz (Sittin’ In With 559) | 7 | 17 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | BAD, BAD WHISKEY Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chickenshackers (Aladdin 3068) | 4 | 6 | |
| 3 | EVERY NIGHT ABOUT THIS TIME Fats Domino (Imperial 5099) | 2 | 11 | |
| 4 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 3 | 13 | |
| 5 | ONCE THERE LIVED A FOOL Jimmy Grissom (Recorded In Hollywood 143) | 7 | 2 | |
| 6 | THE TENNESEE WALTZ Patti Page (Mercury 5534) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | TELEPHONE BLUES Floyd Dixon & Johnny Moore with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers featuring Oscar Moore (Aladdin 3075) | 5 | 3 | |
| 8 | OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES Lloyd Glenn with Th’ Fulson Unit (Swing Time 237) | 6 | 2 | |
| 9 | ROCKIN’ BLUES Johnny Otis Orchestra with Mel Walker (Savoy 766) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | BREAKING UP THE HOUSE Tiny Bradshaw & Orchestra (King 4417) | 9 | 3 | |
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