The CASH BOX Rhythm & Blues Top Ten
Week ending AUGUST 22, 1953
TW	TITLE | Artist (Label)		LW	WKS
1	CRYING IN THE CHAPEL     Orioles (Jubilee 5122)		2	4
2	THE CLOCK     Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 112)		1	8
3	GOOD LOVIN’     Clovers (Atlantic 1000)		3	5
4	PLEASE LOVE ME     B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 386)		4	10
5	PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME     Fats Domino (Imperial 5240)		5	6
6	TOO MUCH LOVIN’ (Much Too Much)     “5” Royales with Charlie “Little Jazz” Ferguson & Orchestra (Apollo 448)		9	2
7	DON’T DECEIVE ME     Chuck Willis (Okeh 6985)		7	3
8	MERCY, MR. PERCY     Varetta Dillard (Savoy 897)		8	4
9	WILD WILD YOUNG MEN     Ruth Brown (Atlantic 993)		10	6
10	HELP ME SOMEBODY     “5” Royales with Charlie (Little Jazz) Ferguson & Orchestra (Apollo 446)		6	16

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