| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending DECEMBER 30, 1950 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | THE TENNESEE WALTZ Patti Page (Mercury 5534) | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 2 | 14 | |
| 3 | THE LORD’S PRAYER Orioles (Jubilee 5045) | 3 | 5 | |
| 4 | BAD, BAD WHISKEY Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chickenshackers (Aladdin 3068) | 5 | 4 | |
| 5 | OH BABE! Larry Darnell (Regal 3298) Jimmy Preston & Orchestra with Burnetta Evans (Derby 748) | 4 | 4 2 | |
| 6 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 6 | 5 | |
| 7 | HARBOR LIGHTS Dinah Washington with Jimmy Carroll’s Orchestra (Mercury 5488) | 8 | 10 | |
| 8 | ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE Joe Morris & Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate (Atlantic 914) | 9 | 10 | |
| 9 | I’M SO CRAZY FOR LOVE Billy Eckstine with Quartones (M-G-M 10856) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | LEMONADE Louis Jordan & Tympany Five (Decca 27324) | — | 1 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 2 | 9 | |
| 3 | ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE Joe Morris & Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate (Atlantic 914) | 3 | 8 | |
| 4 | BLUE SHADOWS Lowell Fulson featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 226) | 4 | 14 | |
| 5 | OH BABE! Larry Darnell (Regal 3298) | 6 | 4 | |
| 6 | BAD, BAD WHISKEY Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chickenshackers (Aladdin 3068) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | LONESOME CHRISTMAS (pts. 1 & 2) Lowell Fulson (Swing Time 242) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES Lloyd Glenn with Th’ Fulson Unit (Swing Time 237) | 5 | 6 | |
| 9 | HARBOR LIGHTS Dinah Washington with Jimmy Carroll’s Orchestra (Mercury 5488) | 7 | 9 | |
| 10 | MILLION DOLLAR SECRET Helen Humes (Modern 779) | 8 | 8 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES Lloyd Glenn with Th’ Fulson Unit (Swing Time 237) | 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | DIRTY PEOPLE Smiley Lewis & Sextet (Imperial 5102) | 3 | 8 | |
| 4 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 8 | 3 | |
| 5 | OH BABE! Larry Darnell (Regal 3298) | 5 | 6 | |
| 6 | ALABAMA BLUES Elmore Nixon with Henry Hayes & Four Kings (Peacock 1537) | 4 | 10 | |
| 7 | CHRISTMAS BLUES Larry Darnell (Regal 3298) | 9 | 4 | |
| 8 | FEELIN’ HAPPY Joe Turner & Orchestra (Freedom 1540) | 6 | 3 | |
| 9 | BAD, BAD WHISKEY Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chickenshackers (Aladdin 3068) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | BLUE LIGHT BOOGIE (pts. 1 & 2) Louis Jordan & Tympany Five (Decca 27114) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN DETROIT | ||||
| 1 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 5 | 3 | |
| 3 | OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES Lloyd Glenn with Th’ Fulson Unit (Swing Time 237) | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | ANYTIME, ANY PLACE, ANYWHERE Joe Morris & Orchestra featuring Laurie Tate (Atlantic 914) | 2 | 8 | |
| 5 | STREET WALKIN’ DADDY Margie Day with Griffin Brothers (Dot 1010) | 3 | 11 | |
| 6 | BAD, BAD WHISKEY Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chickenshackers (Aladdin 3068) | 7 | 3 | |
| 7 | TELEPHONE BLUES Floyd Dixon & Johnny Moore with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers featuring Oscar Moore (Aladdin 3075) | 8 | 2 | |
| 8 | LEMONADE Louis Jordan & Tympany Five (Decca 27324) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | I NEED YOU SO Ivory Joe Hunter (M-G-M 10663) | 6 | 25 | |
| 10 | MILLION DOLLAR SECRET Helen Humes (Modern 779) | 9 | 11 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | ONCE THERE LIVED A FOOL Jimmy Grissom (Recorded In Hollywood 143) | 5 | 3 | |
| 2 | BAD, BAD WHISKEY Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chickenshackers (Aladdin 3068) | 2 | 7 | |
| 3 | TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES Ruth Brown with Budd Johnson’s Orchestra (Atlantic 919) | 1 | 6 | |
| 4 | EVERY NIGHT ABOUT THIS TIME Fats Domino (Imperial 5099) | 3 | 12 | |
| 5 | SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT Mahalia Jackson (Apollo 235) | — | 1 | |
| 6 | WHITE CHRISTMAS Bing Crosby (Decca 23778) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | TELEPHONE BLUES Floyd Dixon & Johnny Moore with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers featuring Oscar Moore (Aladdin 3075) | 7 | 4 | |
| 8 | PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 375) | 4 | 14 | |
| 9 | THE TENNESEE WALTZ Patti Page (Mercury 5534) | 6 | 2 | |
| 10 | OLD TIME SHUFFLE BLUES Lloyd Glenn with Th’ Fulson Unit (Swing Time 237) | 8 | 3 | |
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