| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending FEBRUARY 23, 1952 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE Eddie Wilcox Orchestra with Sunny Gale (Derby 787) | 2 | 4 | |
| 2 | CRY Johnnie Ray & Four Lads (Okeh 6840) | 1 | 8 | |
| 3 | THE LITTLE WHITE CLOUD THAT CRIED Johnnie Ray & Four Lads (Okeh 6840) | 3 | 5 | |
| 4 | THIS IS HAPPINESS Joe Holiday (Prestige 767) | 5 | 3 | |
| 5 | WHEN IT’S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra (Decca 27899) | 4 | 4 | |
| 6 | MELLOW BLUES (pts. 1 & 2) Sonny Thompson (King 4488) | 10 | 2 | |
| 7 | BABY PLEASE DON’T GO Orioles (Jubilee 5065) | 8 | 3 | |
| 8 | I GOT LOADED “Peppermint” Harris with Maxwell Davis & All-Stars (Aladdin 3097) | 6 | 15 | |
| 9 | NIGHT TRAIN Jimmy Forrest (United 110) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | FLAMINGO Earl Bostic & Orchestra (King 4475) | 9 | 12 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | DIANE Buddy Lucas & Band Of Tomorrow (Jubilee 5070) | 2 | 4 | |
| 2 | THE LITTLE WHITE CLOUD THAT CRIED Johnnie Ray & Four Lads (Okeh 6840) | 1 | 8 | |
| 3 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE Eddie Wilcox Orchestra with Sunny Gale (Derby 787) | 5 | 2 | |
| 4 | NIGHT TRAIN Jimmy Forrest (United 110) | 7 | 2 | |
| 5 | CRY Johnnie Ray & Four Lads (Okeh 6840) | 6 | 8 | |
| 6 | BABY PLEASE DON’T GO Orioles (Jubilee 5065) | 3 | 3 | |
| 7 | MELLOW BLUES (pts. 1 & 2) Sonny Thompson (King 4488) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | WAGON WHEELS Ravens (Mercury 5764) | 9 | 2 | |
| 9 | 3 O’CLOCK BLUES B.B. King (RPM 339) | 4 | 10 | |
| 10 | WALKIN’ Nat “King” Cole with Billy May’s Orchestra (Capitol 1863) | — | 3 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE Eddie Wilcox Orchestra with Sunny Gale (Derby 787) | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | GOT YOU ON MY MIND John Greer & Rhythm Rockers (RCA Victor 47-4348) | 2 | 7 | |
| 3 | NIGHT TRAIN Jimmy Forrest (United 110) | 6 | 3 | |
| 4 | 3 O’CLOCK BLUES B.B. King (RPM 339) | 3 | 10 | |
| 5 | YOU KNOW I MISS YOU Fats Domino (Imperial 5167) | — | 2 | |
| 6 | BOOTED Roscoe Gordon & Orchestra (RPM 344) | 5 | 9 | |
| 7 | HARD TIMES Charles Brown (Aladdin 3116) | 8 | 3 | |
| 8 | SHINE ON (Big Bright Moon, Shine On) Ruth Brown (Atlantic 948) | 10 | 7 | |
| 9 | KISS ME BABY Cardinals (Atlantic 958) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | HOW MANY MORE YEARS Howlin’ Wolf (Chess 1479) | 4 | 12 | |
| HOT IN DALLAS | ||||
| 1 | I DIDN’T SLEEP A WINK LAST NIGHT Arthur Prysock (Decca 27871) | 3 | 3 | |
| 2 | GOT YOU ON MY MIND John Greer & Rhythm Rockers (RCA Victor 47-4348) | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | NIGHT TRAIN Jimmy Forrest (United 110) | 10 | 2 | |
| 4 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE Eddie Wilcox Orchestra with Sunny Gale (Derby 787) | 2 | 4 | |
| 5 | DUST MY BROOM Elmo James (Trumpet 146) | — | 5 | |
| 6 | BOOTED Roscoe Gordon & Orchestra (RPM 344) | 4 | 4 | |
| 7 | 3 O’CLOCK BLUES B.B. King (RPM 339) | 7 | 11 | |
| 8 | LET YOUR TEARS FALL BABY Willie Mae Thornton with Bill Harvey’s Band (Peacock 1587) | 6 | 2 | |
| 9 | WHY DON’T YOU EAT WHERE YOU SLEPT LAST NIGHT ZuZu Bollin (Torch 6910) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | SHE MOVES ME Muddy Waters (Chess 1490) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | BOOTED Roscoe Gordon & Orchestra (RPM 344) | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | GOOD ROCKIN’ MAN Roy Brown & Mighty-Mighty Men (DeLuxe 3319) | 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | HOT ICE Freddie Mitchell Orchestra (Derby 777) | 3 | 10 | |
| 4 | STOMPIN Jimmy Jackson All Stars (RPM 349) | 5 | 3 | |
| 5 | WHEEL OF FORTUNE Eddie Wilcox Orchestra with Sunny Gale (Derby 787) | 6 | 2 | |
| 6 | LOVIN’ MACHINE Wynonie Harris with Todd Rhodes Orchestra (King 4485) | 7 | 7 | |
| 7 | BLOW, BLOW, BLOW Big Jay McNeeley (Imperial 5170) | 8 | 3 | |
| 8 | HARD TIMES Charles Brown (Aladdin 3116) | 10 | 2 | |
| 9 | NIGHT TRAIN Jimmy Forrest (United 110) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | THAT’S WHAT’S KNOCKING ME OUT Jimmy Liggins & Drops Of Joy (Specialty 418) | — | 1 | |
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