| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week of MAY 19, 1947 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM, N.Y. | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | OLD MAID BOOGIE Eddie Vinson & Orchestra (Mercury 8028) | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | MAM’SELLE Frankie Laine & Harry Geller’s Orchestra (Mercury 5048) | 2 | 3 | |
| 3 | THEM THERE EYES Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Roy Milton 201) | 4 | 7 | |
| 4 | IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN TO A DREAM Duke Ellington & Orchestra (Musicraft 484) | 5 | 2 | |
| 5 | THAT’S MY DESIRE Frankie Laine & Mannie Klein’s All Stars (Mercury 5007) | 8 | 12 | |
| 6 | YOU DON’T LEARN THAT IN SCHOOL King Cole Trio (Capitol 393) | 9 | 3 | |
| 7 | A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE Frankie Laine & Carl Fischer’s Orchestra (Mercury 5018) | 3 | 7 | |
| 8 | KIDNEY STEW BLUES Eddie Vinson & Orchestra (Mercury 8028) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | TIME ON MY HANDS Billy Eckstine & Orchestra (National 9030) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | JUMPIN’ AT APOLLO Illinois Jacquet & All Stars (Apollo 766) | — | 1 | |
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