| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending JANUARY 3, 1953 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | PORT OF RICO Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra (Mercury 89001) | 2 | 11 | |
| 3 | I PLAYED THE FOOL Clovers (Atlantic 977) | 3 | 7 | |
| 4 | ROCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG Ravens (Mercury 8291) | 4 | 14 | |
| 5 | SAD HOURS Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | 5 | 2 | |
| 6 | YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 363) | 6 | 10 | |
| 7 | PARADISE SQUAT Count Basie & Orchestra (Mercury 89014) | 7 | 4 | |
| 8 | MAKE BELIEVE DREAMS Dinah Washington (Mercury 5906) | 8 | 8 | |
| 9 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 9 | 8 | |
| 10 | OOOH-OOOH-OOOH Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 440) | 10 | 8 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | SAD HOURS Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 2230) | 3 | 6 | |
| 4 | JOHNNY JOHNNY Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers with Mari Jones (Modern 888) | 4 | 3 | |
| 5 | YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 363) | 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | FIVE LONG YEARS Eddie Boyd (JOB 1007) | 6 | 14 | |
| 7 | PORT OF RICO Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra (Mercury 89001) | 7 | 9 | |
| 8 | PARADISE SQUAT Count Basie & Orchestra (Mercury 89014) | 8 | 2 | |
| 9 | MY STORY Chuck Willis (Okeh 6905) | 9 | 4 | |
| 10 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 10 | 21 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | WHOOPIN’ AND HOLLERIN’ Earl Forest with Beale Streeters (Duke 108) | 2 | 4 | |
| 3 | MEAN OLD WORLD Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | FEELIN’ SAD Eddie (Guitar Slim) Jones (J-B 603) | 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | SAD HOURS Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | 5 | 4 | |
| 6 | LET ME BE YOUR LOVE Lulu Reed (King 4578) | 6 | 4 | |
| 7 | I’M GONE Shirley & Lee with Dave Bartholomew & Orchestra (Aladdin 3153) | 7 | 9 | |
| 8 | I FEEL SO GOOD Brownie McGhee & Jook Block Busters (Jax 304) | 8 | 6 | |
| 9 | STORY FROM MY HEART AND SOUL B.B. King (RPM 374) | 9 | 2 | |
| 10 | GABBIN’ BLUES Big Maybelle (Okeh 6931) | 10 | 2 | |
| HOT IN DALLAS | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | MEAN OLD WORLD Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | 4 | 3 | |
| 3 | FIVE LONG YEARS Eddie Boyd (JOB 1007) | 2 | 12 | |
| 4 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 5 | 20 | |
| 5 | I’M GONE Shirley & Lee with Dave Bartholomew & Orchestra (Aladdin 3153) | 3 | 2 | |
| 6 | THE BELLS Billy Ward & Dominoes (Federal 12114) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | V-8 FORD Willie Love & Three Aces (Trumpet 175) | 8 | 6 | |
| 8 | I BELIEVE Elmore James (Meteor 5000) | 10 | 2 | |
| 9 | SOFT Tiny Bradshaw (King 4577) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | SAD HOURS Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | — | 2 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | I PLAYED THE FOOL Clovers (Atlantic 977) | 4 | 4 | |
| 3 | HEY MRS. JONES Jimmy Forrest (United 130) | 2 | 9 | |
| 4 | HOW LONG Fats Domino (Imperial 5209) | 10 | 6 | |
| 5 | I’M GONE Shirley & Lee with Dave Bartholomew & Orchestra (Aladdin 3153) | 3 | 5 | |
| 6 | MY STORY Chuck Willis (Okeh 6905) | 5 | 3 | |
| 7 | DREAM GIRL Jesse Belvin (Recorded In Hollywood 120) | 9 | 2 | |
| 8 | THE BELLS Billy Ward & Dominoes (Federal 12114) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | FIVE LONG YEARS Eddie Boyd (JOB 1007) | 7 | 11 | |
| 10 | GABBIN’ BLUES Big Maybelle (Okeh 6931) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN ST. LOUIS | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | SAD HOURS Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | 4 | 4 | |
| 3 | MY STORY Chuck Willis (Okeh 6905) | 3 | 7 | |
| 4 | HEY MRS. JONES Jimmy Forrest (United 130) | 2 | 10 | |
| 5 | JOHNNY JOHNNY Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers with Mari Jones (Modern 888) | 5 | 6 | |
| 6 | I’D BE SATISFIED Billy Ward & Dominoes (Federal 12105) | 6 | 4 | |
| 7 | FAITH CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 2230) | 10 | 2 | |
| 8 | GABBIN’ BLUES Big Maybelle (Okeh 6931) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | BLUE TURNING GREY Roy Milton & Orchestra (Specialty 446) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | I BELIEVE Elmore James (Meteor 5000) | — | 1 | |
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