The CASH BOX Rhythm & Blues Top Ten
Week ending AUGUST 8, 1953
TW	TITLE | Artist (Label)		LW	WKS
1	THE CLOCK     Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 112)		1	6
2	PLEASE LOVE ME     B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 386)		2	8
3	CRYING IN THE CHAPEL     Orioles (Jubilee 5122)		9	2
4	GOOD LOVIN’     Clovers (Atlantic 1000)		7	3
5	PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME     Fats Domino (Imperial 5240)		4	4
6	HELP ME SOMEBODY     “5” Royales with Charlie (Little Jazz) Ferguson & Orchestra (Apollo 446)		6	14
7	DON’T DECEIVE ME     Chuck Willis (Okeh 6985)		—	1
8	WILD WILD YOUNG MEN     Ruth Brown (Atlantic 993)		3	4
9	THESE FOOLISH THINGS REMIND ME OF YOU     Billy Ward & Dominoes (Federal 12129)		8	9
10	GOING TO THE RIVER     Fats Domino (Imperial 5231)		—	15

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