| The CASH BOX Rhythm & Blues Top Ten | ||||
| Week ending AUGUST 15, 1953 | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | THE CLOCK Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 112) | 1 | 7 | |
| 2 | CRYING IN THE CHAPEL Orioles (Jubilee 5122) | 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | GOOD LOVIN’ Clovers (Atlantic 1000) | 4 | 4 | |
| 4 | PLEASE LOVE ME B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 386) | 2 | 9 | |
| 5 | PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME Fats Domino (Imperial 5240) | 5 | 5 | |
| 6 | HELP ME SOMEBODY “5” Royales with Charlie (Little Jazz) Ferguson & Orchestra (Apollo 446) | 6 | 15 | |
| 7 | DON’T DECEIVE ME Chuck Willis (Okeh 6985) | 7 | 2 | |
| 8 | MERCY, MR. PERCY Varetta Dillard (Savoy 897) | — | 3 | |
| 9 | TOO MUCH LOVIN’ (Much Too Much) “5” Royales with Charlie “Little Jazz” Ferguson & Orchestra (Apollo 448) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | WILD WILD YOUNG MEN Ruth Brown (Atlantic 993) | 8 | 5 | |
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