| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending DECEMBER 20, 1952 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | PORT OF RICO Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra (Mercury 89001) | 2 | 9 | |
| 3 | I PLAYED THE FOOL Clovers (Atlantic 977) | 3 | 5 | |
| 4 | YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 363) | 5 | 8 | |
| 5 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 8 | 6 | |
| 6 | ROCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG Ravens (Mercury 8291) | 4 | 12 | |
| 7 | MAKE BELIEVE DREAMS Dinah Washington (Mercury 5906) | 7 | 6 | |
| 8 | FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 2230) | 6 | 9 | |
| 9 | PARADISE SQUAT Count Basie & Orchestra (Mercury 89014) | 10 | 2 | |
| 10 | OOOH-OOOH-OOOH Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 440) | 9 | 6 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | SAD HOURS Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | 2 | 3 | |
| 3 | YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 363) | 3 | 11 | |
| 4 | PORT OF RICO Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra (Mercury 89001) | 5 | 7 | |
| 5 | MY STORY Chuck Willis (Okeh 6905) | 8 | 2 | |
| 6 | FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 2230) | 4 | 4 | |
| 7 | FIVE LONG YEARS Eddie Boyd (JOB 1007) | 9 | 12 | |
| 8 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 6 | 19 | |
| 9 | JOHNNY JOHNNY Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers with Mari Jones (Modern 888) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | ROCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG Ravens (Mercury 8291) | 7 | 11 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | FEELIN’ SAD Eddie (Guitar Slim) Jones (J-B 603) | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | LET ME BE YOUR LOVE Lulu Reed (King 4578) | 8 | 2 | |
| 3 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | — | 1 | |
| 4 | MEAN OLD WORLD Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | — | 1 | |
| 5 | I FEEL SO GOOD Brownie McGhee & Jook Block Busters (Jax 304) | 7 | 4 | |
| 6 | MY DAYS ARE LIMITED Jimmy McCracklin (Peacock 1605) | 4 | 9 | |
| 7 | I’M GONE Shirley & Lee with Dave Bartholomew & Orchestra (Aladdin 3153) | 2 | 7 | |
| 8 | HOW LONG Fats Domino (Imperial 5209) | 3 | 7 | |
| 9 | WHOOPIN’ AND HOLLERIN’ Earl Forest with Beale Streeters (Duke 108) | 10 | 2 | |
| 10 | SAD HOURS Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | 6 | 2 | |
| HOT IN DALLAS | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | FIVE LONG YEARS Eddie Boyd (JOB 1007) | 3 | 10 | |
| 3 | MEAN OLD WORLD Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | — | 1 | |
| 4 | LET’S CALL IT A DAY Sonny Thompson (King 4541) | 9 | 9 | |
| 5 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 2 | 18 | |
| 6 | I’LL DROWN IN MY TEARS Sonny Thompson (King 4527) | — | 7 | |
| 7 | I FEEL SO GOOD Brownie McGhee & Jook Block Busters (Jax 304) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | COME BACK, BABY Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3151) | — | 5 | |
| 9 | YOU KNOW I KNOW “5” Royales (Apollo 441) | 7 | 9 | |
| 10 | LONESOME CHRISTMAS (pts. 1 & 2) Lowell Fulson (Swing Time 242) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | HEY MRS. JONES Jimmy Forrest (United 130) | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | HOW LONG Fats Domino (Imperial 5209) | 2 | 4 | |
| 3 | I’M GONE Shirley & Lee with Dave Bartholomew & Orchestra (Aladdin 3153) | 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | I PLAYED THE FOOL Clovers (Atlantic 977) | 6 | 2 | |
| 5 | FIVE LONG YEARS Eddie Boyd (JOB 1007) | 4 | 9 | |
| 6 | PORT OF RICO Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra (Mercury 89001) | 9 | 4 | |
| 7 | OOOH-OOOH-OOOH Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 440) | 5 | 10 | |
| 8 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | DREAM GIRL Jesse & Marvin (Specialty 447) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | PACHUKO HOP Chuck Higgins (& Mellotones) (Combo 12) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN ST. LOUIS | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | HEY MRS. JONES Jimmy Forrest (United 130) | 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | MY STORY Chuck Willis (Okeh 6905) | 3 | 5 | |
| 4 | JOHNNY JOHNNY Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers with Mari Jones (Modern 888) | 5 | 4 | |
| 5 | SECURITY BLUES Roosevelt Sykes (Honeydrippers) (United 129) | 8 | 7 | |
| 6 | SAD HOURS Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | 4 | 2 | |
| 7 | I’D BE SATISFIED Billy Ward & Dominoes (Federal 12105) | 9 | 2 | |
| 8 | PORT OF RICO Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra (Mercury 89001) | 6 | 4 | |
| 9 | MAKE BELIEVE DREAMS Dinah Washington (Mercury 5906) | 7 | 6 | |
| 10 | THREE LETTERS Ruth Brown (Atlantic 978) | — | 3 | |
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