| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending AUGUST 23, 1952 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | GOIN’ HOME Fats Domino (Imperial 5180) | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | I’M GONNA PLAY THE HONKY TONKS Marie Adams with Bill Harvey’s Band (Peacock 1583) | 3 | 4 | |
| 4 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 4 | 14 | |
| 5 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 5 | 12 | |
| 6 | ONE MINT JULEP Clovers (Atlantic 963) | 8 | 6 | |
| 7 | SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 2069) | 6 | 11 | |
| 8 | I’LL DROWN IN MY TEARS Sonny Thompson (King 4527) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | MOODY MOOD FOR LOVE King Pleasure with Teacho & Band (Prestige 924) | 7 | 19 | |
| 10 | DADDY DADDY Ruth Brown (Atlantic 973) | — | 1 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | GOIN’ HOME Fats Domino (Imperial 5180) | 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 3 | 2 | |
| 3 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 4 | 5 | |
| 5 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 6 | 8 | |
| 6 | I’M GONNA PLAY THE HONKY TONKS Marie Adams with Bill Harvey’s Band (Peacock 1583) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME Nat “King” Cole & Billy May & Orchestra (Capitol 2130) | 5 | 3 | |
| 9 | SO TIRED Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Specialty 429) | — | 12 | |
| 10 | CALL OPERATOR 210 Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3135) | 10 | 2 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | SITTIN’ HERE DRINKING Christine Kittrell (Tennessee 128) | 2 | 2 | |
| 2 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 4 | 5 | |
| 4 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 3 | 8 | |
| 5 | MOODY MOOD FOR LOVE King Pleasure with Teacho & Band (Prestige 924) | — | 6 | |
| 6 | DON’T YOU CRY Joe Turner with Van “Piano Man” Walls & Orchestra (Atlantic 970) | 6 | 6 | |
| 7 | POOR POOR ME Fats Domino (Imperial 5197) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | LAVINIA Tommy Ridgley (Imperial 5198) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | THE BELLS ARE RINGING Smiley Lewis (Imperial 5194) | 5 | 8 | |
| 10 | I AIN’T NOTHING BUT A FOOL Christine Kittrell (Tennessee 128) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN DALLAS | ||||
| 1 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 5 | 8 | |
| 3 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 3 | 14 | |
| 5 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | — | 1 | |
| 6 | DON’T YOU CRY Joe Turner with Van “Piano Man” Walls & Orchestra (Atlantic 970) | — | 3 | |
| 7 | WALKING THE BOOGIE John Lee Hooker (Chess 1513) | — | 6 | |
| 8 | MOONGLOW Earl Bostic & Orchestra (King 4550) | 7 | 2 | |
| 9 | DADDY DADDY Ruth Brown (Atlantic 973) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | SITTIN’ HERE DRINKING Christine Kittrell (Tennessee 128) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 2 | 16 | |
| 2 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 1 | 7 | |
| 3 | CALL OPERATOR 210 Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3135) | 3 | 7 | |
| 4 | (Going Down To) THE RIVER Little Caesar (Recorded In Hollywood 234) | 5 | 4 | |
| 5 | HURRICANE Joe Houston (Imperial 5196) | 8 | 3 | |
| 6 | I’M GONNA PLAY THE HONKY TONKS Marie Adams with Bill Harvey’s Band (Peacock 1583) | 4 | 7 | |
| 7 | DADDY DADDY Ruth Brown (Atlantic 973) | 10 | 2 | |
| 8 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 7 | 14 | |
| 9 | MOONGLOW Earl Bostic & Orchestra (King 4550) | 9 | 2 | |
| 10 | PLEASE HAVE MERCY Muddy Waters (Chess 1514) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN ST. LOUIS | ||||
| 1 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | 2 | 5 | |
| 2 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 6 | 4 | |
| 3 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 3 | 5 | |
| 4 | FOOL, FOOL, FOOL Kay Starr (Capitol 2151) | — | 2 | |
| 5 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 1 | 12 | |
| 6 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 4 | 12 | |
| 7 | MY HEART’S DESIRE Jimmy Lee & Artis (Modern 870) | 8 | 3 | |
| 8 | CALL OPERATOR 210 Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3135) | 7 | 6 | |
| 9 | WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME Nat “King” Cole & Billy May & Orchestra (Capitol 2130) | 9 | 5 | |
| 10 | THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE Moose Jackson (King 4551) | — | 1 | |
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