| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending SEPTEMBER 27, 1952 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | GOIN’ HOME Fats Domino (Imperial 5180) | 2 | 11 | |
| 2 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 1 | 15 | |
| 3 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | 4 | 5 | |
| 4 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 3 | 19 | |
| 5 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 5 | 17 | |
| 6 | I’M GONNA PLAY THE HONKY TONKS Marie Adams with Bill Harvey’s Band (Peacock 1583) | 6 | 9 | |
| 7 | DADDY DADDY Ruth Brown (Atlantic 973) | 8 | 6 | |
| 8 | I’LL DROWN IN MY TEARS Sonny Thompson (King 4527) | 9 | 6 | |
| 9 | FUNNY (Not Much) Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 2130) | 7 | 4 | |
| 10 | ONE MINT JULEP Clovers (Atlantic 963) | 10 | 11 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 4 | 10 | |
| 4 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 3 | 11 | |
| 5 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 6 | 16 | |
| 7 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 7 | 3 | |
| 8 | HALF AS MUCH Dinah Washington (Mercury 8294) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | I’M GONNA PLAY THE HONKY TONKS Marie Adams with Bill Harvey’s Band (Peacock 1583) | 8 | 6 | |
| 10 | MY HEART’S DESIRE Jimmy Lee & Artis (Modern 870) | 9 | 3 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 3 | 4 | |
| 2 | YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 363) | 2 | 3 | |
| 3 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | LET’S CALL IT A DAY Sonny Thompson (King 4541) | 4 | 2 | |
| 5 | RESTLESS HEART Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 440) | — | 1 | |
| 6 | GOODBYE BABY Little Caesar (Recorded In Hollywood 235) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | DADDY DADDY Ruth Brown (Atlantic 973) | 5 | 4 | |
| 8 | FIVE LONG YEARS Eddie Boyd (JOB 1007) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 6 | 8 | |
| 10 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | — | 12 | |
| HOT IN DALLAS | ||||
| 1 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 2 | 9 | |
| 3 | YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 363) | 5 | 5 | |
| 4 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 3 | 9 | |
| 5 | DADDY DADDY Ruth Brown (Atlantic 973) | 4 | 4 | |
| 6 | SITTIN’ HERE DRINKING Christine Kittrell (Tennessee 128) | 6 | 6 | |
| 7 | DON’T YOU CRY Joe Turner with Van “Piano Man” Walls & Orchestra (Atlantic 970) | 7 | 8 | |
| 8 | POOR POOR ME Fats Domino (Imperial 5197) | 9 | 5 | |
| 9 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 8 | 13 | |
| 10 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 10 | 17 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | GOODBYE BABY Little Caesar (Recorded In Hollywood 235) | 5 | 2 | |
| 2 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | 1 | 5 | |
| 3 | YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 363) | — | 1 | |
| 4 | BABY BABY BLUES Johnny Otis & Orchestra Featuring Mel Walker (Mercury 8289) | — | 1 | |
| 5 | LINGER AWHILE Earl Bostic & Orchestra (King 4536) | — | 3 | |
| 6 | I’M A SENTIMENTAL FOOL Marylanders (Jubilee 5079) | 3 | 5 | |
| 7 | LOOPED Tommy Ridgley (Imperial 5203) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 8 | 4 | |
| 9 | DADDY DADDY Ruth Brown (Atlantic 973) | 4 | 7 | |
| 10 | HEARTACHE HERE I COME Mel Walker (Savoy 849) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN ST. LOUIS | ||||
| 1 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | 3 | 10 | |
| 3 | HAVE A GOOD TIME Ruth Brown with James Quintet & Orchestra (Atlantic 973) | 9 | 3 | |
| 4 | NIGHT AND DAY (I Miss You So) Roy Milton & Orchestra (Specialty 438) | 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | LONELY MONDAY Tommy Dean & Gloom Raiders (States 106) | 5 | 6 | |
| 6 | CUBA DOLL Lloyd Glenn & Orchestra (Swing Time 296) | 6 | 4 | |
| 7 | I’LL DROWN IN MY TEARS Sonny Thompson (King 4527) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 7 | 10 | |
| 9 | MY HEART’S DESIRE Jimmy Lee & Artis (Modern 870) | 8 | 8 | |
| 10 | FOOL, FOOL, FOOL Kay Starr (Capitol 2151) | 2 | 7 | |
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