| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending JULY 22, 1950 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | I WANNA BE LOVED Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra (Mercury 8181) | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | MONA LISA Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 1010) | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | WELL OH WELL Tiny Bradshaw (King 4357) | 5 | 4 | |
| 4 | EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES Lowell Fulson’s Combo featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 196) | 3 | 9 | |
| 5 | EVERYTHING THEY SAID CAME TRUE Orioles (Jubilee 5028) | 6 | 6 | |
| 6 | CUPID’S BOOGIE Little Esther & Mel Walker with Johnny Otis Orchestra (Savoy 750) | 4 | 4 | |
| 7 | PINK CHAMPAGNE Joe Liggins & “Honeydrippers” (Specialty 355) | 7 | 9 | |
| 8 | DANNY BOY Al Hibbler (Atlantic 911) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | AFTERNOON OF A DREAM Joe Medlin with Freddie Washington Quintet (ASA 1003) | 10 | 2 | |
| 10 | MY FOOLISH HEART Billy Eckstine (M-G-M 10623) Gene Ammons & Sextet (Chess 1425) | 8 | 18 3 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | MY FOOLISH HEART Billy Eckstine (M-G-M 10623) Gene Ammons & Sextet (Chess 1425) | 1 | 19 6 | |
| 2 | EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES Lowell Fulson’s Combo featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 196) | 5 | 12 | |
| 3 | I WANNA BE LOVED Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra (Mercury 8181) | 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | MONA LISA Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 1010) | 8 | 6 | |
| 5 | PINK CHAMPAGNE Joe Liggins & “Honeydrippers” (Specialty 355) | 3 | 13 | |
| 6 | LATE IN THE EVENING BLUES Ray Charles (Swing Time 228) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | CUPID’S BOOGIE Little Esther & Mel Walker with Johnny Otis Orchestra (Savoy 750) | 4 | 4 | |
| 8 | WELL OH WELL Tiny Bradshaw (King 4357) | 7 | 3 | |
| 9 | I’LL NEVER BE FREE Annie Laurie & Paul Gayten & Orchestra (Regal 3258) | 6 | 9 | |
| 10 | TWO YEARS OF TORTURE Amos Milburn (Aladdin 3059) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | MONA LISA Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 1010) | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES Lowell Fulson’s Combo featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 196) | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | PINK CHAMPAGNE Joe Liggins & “Honeydrippers” (Specialty 355) | 9 | 10 | |
| 4 | LET ME DREAM Ivory Joe Hunter (M-G-M 10733) | — | 1 | |
| 5 | HARD LUCK BLUES Roy Brown & Mighty-Mighty Men (DeLuxe 3304) | 7 | 3 | |
| 6 | CUPID’S BOOGIE Little Esther & Mel Walker with Johnny Otis Orchestra (Savoy 750) | 6 | 6 | |
| 7 | HIDE AWAY BLUES Fats Domino (Imperial 5077) | — | 4 | |
| 8 | I WANNA BE LOVED Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra (Mercury 8181) | 8 | 6 | |
| 9 | LEAVING ON THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN Helen Marina with Otis Tucker Orchestra (Decca 48159) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | SHAKE SHAKE BABY Archibald & Orchestra (Imperial 5082) | — | 2 | |
| HOT IN DETROIT | ||||
| 1 | PINK CHAMPAGNE Joe Liggins & “Honeydrippers” (Specialty 355) | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | CUPID’S BOOGIE Little Esther & Mel Walker with Johnny Otis Orchestra (Savoy 750) | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | I WANNA BE LOVED Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra (Mercury 8181) | 3 | 2 | |
| 4 | WELL OH WELL Tiny Bradshaw (King 4357) | 4 | 2 | |
| 5 | EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES Lowell Fulson’s Combo featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 196) | 5 | 2 | |
| 6 | HARD LUCK BLUES Roy Brown & Mighty-Mighty Men (DeLuxe 3304) | 6 | 2 | |
| 7 | I AIN’T GONNA LET YOU IN Paul Gayten & Orchestra & Annie Laurie (Regal 3273) | 7 | 2 | |
| 8 | MY FOOLISH HEART Gene Ammons & Sextet (Chess 1425) Billy Eckstine (M-G-M 10623) | 8 | 2 | |
| 9 | EVERYTHING THEY SAID CAME TRUE Orioles (Jubilee 5028) | 9 | 2 | |
| 10 | I NEED YOU SO Ivory Joe Hunter (M-G-M 10663) | 10 | 2 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | I WANNA BE LOVED Dinah Washington with Teddy Stewart’s Orchestra (Mercury 8181) | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | HARD LUCK BLUES Roy Brown & Mighty-Mighty Men (DeLuxe 3304) | 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | WELL OH WELL Tiny Bradshaw (King 4357) | 3 | 11 | |
| 4 | PINK CHAMPAGNE Joe Liggins & “Honeydrippers” (Specialty 355) | 5 | 14 | |
| 5 | TWO YEARS OF TORTURE Monroe Tucker & Orchestra with Percy Mayfield (Recorded In Hollywood 111) | 7 | 5 | |
| 6 | CUPID’S BOOGIE Little Esther & Mel Walker with Johnny Otis Orchestra (Savoy 750) | 4 | 4 | |
| 7 | GOOD MORNING JUDGE Wynonie Harris (King 4378) | 6 | 3 | |
| 8 | EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES Lowell Fulson’s Combo featuring Lloyd Glenn (Swing Time 196) | 8 | 18 | |
| 9 | STACK-A’LEE (pts. 1 & 2) Archibald & Orchestra (Imperial 5068) | 9 | 3 | |
| 10 | MONA LISA Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 1010) | — | 1 | |
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