| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending OCTOBER 8, 1949 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM, N.Y. | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | A KISS AND A ROSE Orioles (Jubilee 5009) | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | THAT LUCKY OLD SUN Frankie Laine (Mercury 5316) Herb Lance (Sittin’ In With 524) | 7 | 3 5 | |
| 3 | SO LONG Ruth Brown (Atlantic 879) | 2 | 5 | |
| 4 | ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS ROCK Wynonie Harris (King 4304) | 5 | 6 | |
| 5 | DOBY’S BOOGIE Freddie Mitchell Orchestra (Derby 713) | 6 | 5 | |
| 6 | IT’S MIDNIGHT (No Place To Go) Little Willie Littlefield (Modern 686) | 8 | 5 | |
| 7 | SOMEDAY Ravens (National 9089) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | ETHEL MAE L.C. Williams with Conney’s Combo (Freedom 1517) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | EMPTY ARMS BLUES Amos Milburn (Aladdin 3032) | 3 | 6 | |
| 10 | BABY GET LOST Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148) | 4 | 12 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | A KISS AND A ROSE Orioles (Jubilee 5009) | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | CARELESS LOVE Ravens (National 9085) | 2 | 4 | |
| 3 | ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS ROCK Wynonie Harris (King 4304) | 5 | 3 | |
| 4 | THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Specialty 330) | 4 | 7 | |
| 5 | BABY GET LOST Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148) | 3 | 10 | |
| 6 | THAT LUCKY OLD SUN Herb Lance (Sittin’ In With 524) | 8 | 2 | |
| 7 | IN THE EVENING WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN Charles Brown Trio (Aladdin 3030) | 7 | 4 | |
| 8 | CRYING Billy Eckstine (M-G-M 10458) | 6 | 11 | |
| 9 | GUESS WHO Ivory Joe Hunter (King 4306) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | BLUE AND LONESOME Memphis Slim & House Rockers (Miracle 136) | 9 | 8 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | IT’S MIDNIGHT (No Place To Go) Little Willie Littlefield (Modern 686) | 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | BROKEN HEARTED Eddie Williams & Brown Buddies (Supreme 1535) | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | GUESS WHO Ivory Joe Hunter (King 4306) | 2 | 5 | |
| 4 | BLAZER BOY BLUES James (Blazer Boy) Locks (Regal 3231) | 7 | 5 | |
| 5 | A KISS AND A ROSE Orioles (Jubilee 5009) | — | 1 | |
| 6 | JEALOUS HEART Ivory Joe Hunter (King 4314) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | FAREWELL “Little Willie” Littlefield (Modern 709) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | BLUE AND LONESOME Memphis Slim & House Rockers (Miracle 136) | 4 | 7 | |
| 9 | DRINKIN’ HADACOL “Little Willie” Littlefield (Modern 709) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | IN THE EVENING WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN Charles Brown Trio (Aladdin 3030) | 5 | 5 | |
| HOT ON CENTRAL AVE. IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | EMPTY ARMS BLUES Amos Milburn (Aladdin 3032) | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | IT’S MIDNIGHT (No Place To Go) Little Willie Littlefield (Modern 686) | 2 | 11 | |
| 3 | BABY GET LOST Dinah Washington (Mercury 8148) | 3 | 9 | |
| 4 | BLUE AND LONESOME Memphis Slim & House Rockers (Miracle 136) | 4 | 7 | |
| 5 | IN THE EVENING WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN Charles Brown Trio (Aladdin 3030) | 6 | 2 | |
| 6 | THAT LUCKY OLD SUN Frankie Laine (Mercury 5316) Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins & Orchestra (Decca 24752) | — | 2 1 | |
| 7 | A KISS AND A ROSE Orioles (Jubilee 5009) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | CRYING Billy Eckstine (M-G-M 10458) | 8 | 7 | |
| 9 | THE HUCKLE-BUCK Pearl Bailey & Hot Lips Page (Harmony 1049) | — | 4 | |
| 10 | ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS ROCK Wynonie Harris (King 4304) | — | 1 | |
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