| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending AUGUST 16, 1952 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | GOIN’ HOME Fats Domino (Imperial 5180) | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | I’M GONNA PLAY THE HONKY TONKS Marie Adams with Bill Harvey’s Band (Peacock 1583) | 4 | 3 | |
| 4 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 2 | 13 | |
| 5 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 5 | 11 | |
| 6 | SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 2069) | 8 | 10 | |
| 7 | MOODY MOOD FOR LOVE King Pleasure with Teacho & Band (Prestige 924) | 7 | 18 | |
| 8 | ONE MINT JULEP Clovers (Atlantic 963) | 6 | 5 | |
| 9 | MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Clovers (Atlantic 963) | 9 | 16 | |
| 10 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 10 | 2 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | GOIN’ HOME Fats Domino (Imperial 5180) | 2 | 9 | |
| 2 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | — | 1 | |
| 4 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 5 | 4 | |
| 5 | WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME Nat “King” Cole & Billy May & Orchestra (Capitol 2130) | 9 | 2 | |
| 6 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 1 | 7 | |
| 7 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 6 | 11 | |
| 8 | NO MORE DOGGIN’ Roscoe Gordon (RPM 350) | 10 | 19 | |
| 9 | SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 2069) | 7 | 6 | |
| 10 | CALL OPERATOR 210 Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3135) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | — | 2 | |
| 2 | SITTIN’ HERE DRINKING Christine Kittrell (Tennessee 128) | — | 1 | |
| 3 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 1 | 7 | |
| 4 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 2 | 4 | |
| 5 | THE BELLS ARE RINGING Smiley Lewis (Imperial 5194) | 4 | 7 | |
| 6 | DON’T YOU CRY Joe Turner with Van “Piano Man” Walls & Orchestra (Atlantic 970) | 3 | 5 | |
| 7 | MY HEART’S DESIRE Jimmy Lee & Artis (Modern 870) | 5 | 8 | |
| 8 | CALL OPERATOR 210 Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3135) | 6 | 7 | |
| 9 | GUITAR SHUFFLE Lowell Fulson (Swing Time 295 ) | — | 8 | |
| 10 | NEW ORLEANS WIMMEN Roscoe Gordon & Orchestra (RPM 358) | 10 | 2 | |
| HOT IN DALLAS | ||||
| 1 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 2 | 3 | |
| 3 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 4 | 13 | |
| 4 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 5 | 15 | |
| 5 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 3 | 7 | |
| 6 | CALL OPERATOR 210 Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3135) | 6 | 7 | |
| 7 | MOONGLOW Earl Bostic & Orchestra (King 4550) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S TROUBLIN’ YOUR MIND Buddy Johnson & Orchestra (Decca 28165) | — | 2 | |
| 9 | WORRIED ALL THE TIME Howlin’ Wolf (Chess 1515) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | MONDAY MORNING BLUES Lil Greenwood & Little Willie (Federal 12082) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 2 | 15 | |
| 3 | CALL OPERATOR 210 Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3135) | 3 | 6 | |
| 4 | I’M GONNA PLAY THE HONKY TONKS Marie Adams with Bill Harvey’s Band (Peacock 1583) | 5 | 6 | |
| 5 | (Going Down To) THE RIVER Little Caesar (Recorded In Hollywood 234) | 6 | 3 | |
| 6 | EASY, EASY BABY Varetta Dillard (Savoy 847) | 7 | 2 | |
| 7 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 4 | 13 | |
| 8 | HURRICANE Joe Houston (Imperial 5196) | 10 | 2 | |
| 9 | MOONGLOW Earl Bostic & Orchestra (King 4550) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | DADDY DADDY Ruth Brown (Atlantic 973) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN ST. LOUIS | ||||
| 1 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 1 | 11 | |
| 2 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | 2 | 4 | |
| 3 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 3 | 11 | |
| 5 | GOIN’ HOME Fats Domino (Imperial 5180) | 8 | 12 | |
| 6 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 7 | 3 | |
| 7 | CALL OPERATOR 210 Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3135) | 6 | 5 | |
| 8 | MY HEART’S DESIRE Jimmy Lee & Artis (Modern 870) | 5 | 2 | |
| 9 | WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME Nat “King” Cole & Billy May & Orchestra (Capitol 2130) | 9 | 4 | |
| 10 | LONELY MONDAY Tommy Dean & Gloom Raiders (States 106) | — | 1 | |
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