| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending AUGUST 30, 1952 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 1 | 11 | |
| 2 | GOIN’ HOME Fats Domino (Imperial 5180) | 2 | 7 | |
| 3 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 4 | 15 | |
| 4 | I’M GONNA PLAY THE HONKY TONKS Marie Adams with Bill Harvey’s Band (Peacock 1583) | 3 | 5 | |
| 5 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | ONE MINT JULEP Clovers (Atlantic 963) | 6 | 7 | |
| 7 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | DADDY DADDY Ruth Brown (Atlantic 973) | 10 | 2 | |
| 9 | SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 2069) | 7 | 12 | |
| 10 | I’LL DROWN IN MY TEARS Sonny Thompson (King 4527) | 8 | 2 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 2 | 3 | |
| 2 | GOIN’ HOME Fats Domino (Imperial 5180) | 1 | 11 | |
| 3 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 3 | 7 | |
| 4 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 5 | 9 | |
| 5 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 4 | 6 | |
| 6 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | 7 | 2 | |
| 7 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | — | 12 | |
| 8 | I’M GONNA PLAY THE HONKY TONKS Marie Adams with Bill Harvey’s Band (Peacock 1583) | 6 | 2 | |
| 9 | SO TIRED Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Specialty 429) | 9 | 13 | |
| 10 | CALL OPERATOR 210 Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3135) | 10 | 3 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 2 | 4 | |
| 2 | SITTIN’ HERE DRINKING Christine Kittrell (Tennessee 128) | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 3 | 6 | |
| 4 | MOODY MOOD FOR LOVE King Pleasure with Teacho & Band (Prestige 924) | 5 | 7 | |
| 5 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 4 | 9 | |
| 6 | LAVINIA Tommy Ridgley (Imperial 5198) | 8 | 2 | |
| 7 | POOR POOR ME Fats Domino (Imperial 5197) | 7 | 2 | |
| 8 | MY DING-A-LING Dave Bartholomew (King 4544) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | THE BELLS ARE RINGING Smiley Lewis (Imperial 5194) | 9 | 9 | |
| 10 | I AIN’T NOTHING BUT A FOOL Christine Kittrell (Tennessee 128) | 10 | 2 | |
| HOT IN DALLAS | ||||
| 1 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 5 | 2 | |
| 4 | SITTIN’ HERE DRINKING Christine Kittrell (Tennessee 128) | 10 | 2 | |
| 5 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 2 | 9 | |
| 6 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 4 | 15 | |
| 7 | POOR POOR ME Fats Domino (Imperial 5197) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | DON’T YOU CRY Joe Turner with Van “Piano Man” Walls & Orchestra (Atlantic 970) | 6 | 4 | |
| 9 | WORRIED ALL THE TIME Howlin’ Wolf (Chess 1515) | — | 2 | |
| 10 | YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 363) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 1 | 17 | |
| 2 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | CALL OPERATOR 210 Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3135) | 3 | 8 | |
| 4 | (Going Down To) THE RIVER Little Caesar (Recorded In Hollywood 234) | 4 | 5 | |
| 5 | DADDY DADDY Ruth Brown (Atlantic 973) | 7 | 3 | |
| 6 | I’M A SENTIMENTAL FOOL Marylanders (Jubilee 5079) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | I’LL DROWN IN MY TEARS Sonny Thompson (King 4527) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | EASY, EASY BABY Varetta Dillard (Savoy 847) | — | 3 | |
| HOT IN ST. LOUIS | ||||
| 1 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 3 | 6 | |
| 4 | FOOL, FOOL, FOOL Kay Starr (Capitol 2151) | 4 | 3 | |
| 5 | DADDY DADDY Ruth Brown (Atlantic 973) | — | 1 | |
| 6 | MY HEART’S DESIRE Jimmy Lee & Artis (Modern 870) | 7 | 4 | |
| 7 | CALL OPERATOR 210 Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3135) | 8 | 7 | |
| 8 | LONELY MONDAY Tommy Dean & Gloom Raiders (States 106) | — | 2 | |
| 9 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 5 | 13 | |
| 10 | THERE IS NO GREATER LOVE Moose Jackson (King 4551) | 10 | 2 | |
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