| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending JULY 12, 1952 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 5 | 4 | |
| 4 | MOODY MOOD FOR LOVE King Pleasure with Teacho & Band (Prestige 924) | 3 | 13 | |
| 5 | HEAVENLY FATHER Edna McGriff with Buddy Lucas & Band Of Tomorrow (Jubilee 5073) | 4 | 19 | |
| 6 | 5-10-15 HOURS Ruth Brown (Atlantic 962) | 6 | 17 | |
| 7 | MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Clovers (Atlantic 963) | 7 | 11 | |
| 8 | SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 2069) | 9 | 5 | |
| 9 | THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE DOING TO ME Dominoes (Federal 12059) | 8 | 15 | |
| 10 | ONE MINT JULEP Clovers (Atlantic 963) | — | 1 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | MOODY MOOD FOR LOVE King Pleasure with Teacho & Band (Prestige 924) | 2 | 8 | |
| 2 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | ONE MINT JULEP Clovers (Atlantic 963) | 3 | 8 | |
| 4 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 8 | 2 | |
| 5 | GOIN’ HOME Fats Domino (Imperial 5180) | 7 | 4 | |
| 6 | NO MORE DOGGIN’ Roscoe Gordon (RPM 350) | 5 | 15 | |
| 7 | SO TIRED Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Specialty 429) | 4 | 8 | |
| 8 | HEAVENLY FATHER Edna McGriff with Buddy Lucas & Band Of Tomorrow (Jubilee 5073) | 6 | 12 | |
| 9 | SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY Nat “King” Cole (Capitol 2069) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | GUITAR SHUFFLE Lowell Fulson (Swing Time 295 ) | 9 | 2 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | CALL OPERATOR 210 Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3135) | 4 | 2 | |
| 2 | THE BELLS ARE RINGING Smiley Lewis (Imperial 5194) | 9 | 2 | |
| 3 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 1 | 11 | |
| 4 | MY HEART’S DESIRE Jimmy Lee & Artis (Modern 870) | 3 | 3 | |
| 5 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 10 | 2 | |
| 6 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 2 | 8 | |
| 7 | GUITAR SHUFFLE Lowell Fulson (Swing Time 295 ) | 6 | 5 | |
| 8 | MOODY MOOD FOR LOVE King Pleasure with Teacho & Band (Prestige 924) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | HEAVENLY FATHER Edna McGriff with Buddy Lucas & Band Of Tomorrow (Jubilee 5073) | 5 | 8 | |
| 10 | WORRIED LIFE BLUES Sonny Parker with Gladys Hampton’s Blues Boys (Peacock 1595) | 7 | 5 | |
| HOT IN DALLAS | ||||
| 1 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 2 | 10 | |
| 3 | ONE MINT JULEP Clovers (Atlantic 963) | 5 | 11 | |
| 4 | CALL OPERATOR 210 Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3135) | 8 | 2 | |
| 5 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 6 | 2 | |
| 6 | WALKING THE BOOGIE John Lee Hooker (Chess 1513) | 3 | 2 | |
| 7 | GOIN’ HOME Fats Domino (Imperial 5180) | 4 | 12 | |
| 8 | HELP ME BLUES Mel Walker (Savoy 849) | 9 | 2 | |
| 9 | SO TIRED Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Specialty 429) | 7 | 10 | |
| 10 | TWO HEARTS ARE GREATER THAN ONE Percy Mayfield & Orchestra (Specialty 432) | — | 4 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | GOIN’ HOME Fats Domino (Imperial 5180) | 2 | 11 | |
| 3 | MOODY MOOD FOR LOVE King Pleasure with Teacho & Band (Prestige 924) | 4 | 7 | |
| 4 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 3 | 10 | |
| 5 | ONE MINT JULEP Clovers (Atlantic 963) | — | 7 | |
| 6 | I’M GONNA PLAY THE HONKY TONKS Marie Adams with Bill Harvey’s Band (Peacock 1583) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | CALL OPERATOR 210 Floyd Dixon (Aladdin 3135) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | AGED AND MELLOW Little Esther (Federal 12078) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | WALKING AND CRYING BLUES Sonny Boy Holmes (Recorded In Hollywood 223) | 10 | 3 | |
| HOT IN ST. LOUIS | ||||
| 1 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | GOIN’ HOME Fats Domino (Imperial 5180) | 4 | 7 | |
| 4 | MOODY MOOD FOR LOVE King Pleasure with Teacho & Band (Prestige 924) | 3 | 6 | |
| 5 | SO TIRED Roy Milton & Solid Senders (Specialty 429) | 5 | 9 | |
| 6 | I’M A SENTIMENTAL FOOL Marylanders (Jubilee 5079) | 6 | 2 | |
| 7 | ONE MINT JULEP Clovers (Atlantic 963) | 8 | 9 | |
| 8 | I’M GONNA PLAY THE HONKY TONKS Marie Adams with Bill Harvey’s Band (Peacock 1583) | 7 | 5 | |
| 9 | MAD ABOUT THE BOY Dinah Washington (Mercury 5842) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | MARY JO Four Blazes (United 114) | 9 | 9 | |
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