| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending JANUARY 17, 1953 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | I’M GONE Shirley & Lee with Dave Bartholomew & Orchestra (Aladdin 3153) | — | 1 | |
| 3 | SOFT Tiny Bradshaw (King 4577) | — | 1 | |
| 4 | BABY DON’T DO IT “5” Royales with Charlie Ferguson & Orchestra (Apollo 443) | 7 | 2 | |
| 5 | PORT OF RICO Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra (Mercury 89001) | 2 | 13 | |
| 6 | I CRIED FOR YOU Dinah Washington (Mercury 70046) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | I PLAYED THE FOOL Clovers (Atlantic 977) | 5 | 9 | |
| 8 | ROCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG Ravens (Mercury 8291) | 4 | 16 | |
| 9 | PARADISE SQUAT Count Basie & Orchestra (Mercury 89014) | 9 | 6 | |
| 10 | BE TRUE Vocaleers (Red Robin 113) | — | 1 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | SAD HOURS Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | 2 | 7 | |
| 3 | JOHNNY JOHNNY Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers with Mari Jones (Modern 888) | 3 | 5 | |
| 4 | BABY DON’T DO IT “5” Royales with Charlie Ferguson & Orchestra (Apollo 443) | — | 1 | |
| 5 | HEY MRS. JONES Jimmy Forrest (United 130) | 8 | 2 | |
| 6 | MAKE BELIEVE DREAMS Dinah Washington (Mercury 5906) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | GABBIN’ BLUES Big Maybelle (Okeh 6931) | 7 | 2 | |
| 8 | SOFT Tiny Bradshaw (King 4577) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | PARADISE SQUAT Count Basie & Orchestra (Mercury 89014) | 5 | 4 | |
| 10 | YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 363) | 6 | 15 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | MEAN OLD WORLD Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | NOBODY LOVES ME Fats Domino (Imperial 5220) | — | 1 | |
| 4 | WHOOPIN’ AND HOLLERIN’ Earl Forest with Beale Streeters (Duke 108) | 2 | 6 | |
| 5 | AIN’T IT A SHAME? Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 452) | — | 1 | |
| 6 | HEY MRS. JONES Jimmy Forrest (United 130) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | FEELIN’ SAD Eddie (Guitar Slim) Jones (J-B 603) | 4 | 6 | |
| 8 | STILL IN LOVE Joe Turner with Van “Piano Man” Walls & Orchestra (Atlantic 982) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | LET ME BE YOUR LOVE Lulu Reed (King 4578) | 10 | 6 | |
| 10 | A WEARY SILENT NIGHT James “Wide Mouth” Brown & Orchestra (Jax 306) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN DALLAS | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | MEAN OLD WORLD Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | 4 | 5 | |
| 3 | SOFT Tiny Bradshaw (King 4577) | 6 | 3 | |
| 4 | THE BELLS Billy Ward & Dominoes (Federal 12114) | 7 | 3 | |
| 5 | I’M GONE Shirley & Lee with Dave Bartholomew & Orchestra (Aladdin 3153) | 2 | 4 | |
| 6 | I BELIEVE Elmore James (Meteor 5000) | 10 | 4 | |
| 7 | BLACK AND BROWN Lil’ Son Jackson (Imperial 5218) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | GABBIN’ BLUES Big Maybelle (Okeh 6931) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | BABY DON’T DO IT “5” Royales with Charlie Ferguson & Orchestra (Apollo 443) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | V-8 FORD Willie Love & Three Aces (Trumpet 175) | 3 | 8 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | I PLAYED THE FOOL Clovers (Atlantic 977) | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | HEY MRS. JONES Jimmy Forrest (United 130) | 3 | 11 | |
| 4 | I’M GONE Shirley & Lee with Dave Bartholomew & Orchestra (Aladdin 3153) | 5 | 7 | |
| 5 | THE BELLS Billy Ward & Dominoes (Federal 12114) | 9 | 3 | |
| 6 | GABBIN’ BLUES Big Maybelle (Okeh 6931) | 4 | 3 | |
| 7 | HOW LONG Fats Domino (Imperial 5209) | 8 | 8 | |
| 8 | DREAM GIRL Jesse Belvin (Recorded In Hollywood 120) | 7 | 4 | |
| 9 | I BELIEVE Elmore James (Meteor 5000) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | PACHUKO HOP Chuck Higgins (& Mellotones) (Combo 12) | 6 | 3 | |
| HOT IN ST. LOUIS | ||||
| 1 | I DON’T KNOW Willie Mabon & Combo (Chess 1531) | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | DREAM GIRL Jesse Belvin (Recorded In Hollywood 120) | — | 1 | |
| 3 | I’M GONE Shirley & Lee with Dave Bartholomew & Orchestra (Aladdin 3153) | 10 | 2 | |
| 4 | I BELIEVE Elmore James (Meteor 5000) | 9 | 3 | |
| 5 | MY STORY Chuck Willis (Okeh 6905) | 6 | 9 | |
| 6 | SAD HOURS Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 764) | 2 | 6 | |
| 7 | BELIEVE ME BABY Roy Milton & Orchestra (Specialty 446) | 5 | 2 | |
| 8 | COOL WHALIN’ Babs Gonzales & International Jazz Men (Babs 6403) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | GABBIN’ BLUES Big Maybelle (Okeh 6931) | — | 2 | |
| 10 | I’D BE SATISFIED Billy Ward & Dominoes (Federal 12105) | 7 | 6 | |
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