| The CASH BOX R&B Charts | ||||
| Week ending OCTOBER 18, 1952 | ||||
| HOT IN HARLEM | ||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | WKS | |
| 1 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | 1 | 8 | |
| 2 | YOU’RE MY INSPIRATION Five Crowns (Rainbow 179) | 6 | 3 | |
| 3 | ROCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG Ravens (Mercury 8291) | 5 | 3 | |
| 4 | I’M GONNA PLAY THE HONKY TONKS Marie Adams with Bill Harvey’s Band (Peacock 1583) | 4 | 12 | |
| 5 | GOIN’ HOME Fats Domino (Imperial 5180) | 2 | 14 | |
| 6 | DADDY DADDY Ruth Brown (Atlantic 973) | 8 | 9 | |
| 7 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | 7 | 22 | |
| 8 | LAWDY MISS CLAWDY Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 428) | 3 | 18 | |
| 9 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 9 | 20 | |
| 10 | I’LL DROWN IN MY TEARS Sonny Thompson (King 4527) | 10 | 9 | |
| HOT ON CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE | ||||
| 1 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | FIVE LONG YEARS Eddie Boyd (JOB 1007) | 2 | 3 | |
| 3 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | 3 | 9 | |
| 4 | EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES Joe Williams with King Kolax & Orchestra (Checker 762) | 4 | 3 | |
| 5 | I’M GONNA PLAY THE HONKY TONKS Marie Adams with Bill Harvey’s Band (Peacock 1583) | 5 | 9 | |
| 6 | KAY’S LAMENT Kay Starr (Capitol 2151) | 6 | 2 | |
| 7 | MY HEART’S DESIRE Jimmy Lee & Artis (Modern 870) | 8 | 6 | |
| 8 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | — | 4 | |
| 9 | ROCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG Ravens (Mercury 8291) | 10 | 2 | |
| 10 | HAVE MERCY BABY Dominoes (Federal 12068) | — | 18 | |
| HOT IN NEW ORLEANS | ||||
| 1 | FIVE LONG YEARS Eddie Boyd (JOB 1007) | 4 | 4 | |
| 2 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 1 | 7 | |
| 3 | MY STORY Chuck Willis (Okeh 6905) | 8 | 3 | |
| 4 | YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 363) | 2 | 6 | |
| 5 | PLEASE SEND HER BACK TO ME Four Blazes (United 127) | 10 | 2 | |
| 6 | RESTLESS HEART Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 440) | 5 | 4 | |
| 7 | TRYING Todd Rhodes Orchestra (King 4556) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | 3 | 7 | |
| 9 | LET’S CALL IT A DAY Sonny Thompson (King 4541) | 6 | 5 | |
| 10 | SECURITY BLUES Roosevelt Sykes (Honeydrippers) (United 129) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN DALLAS | ||||
| 1 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | BESIDE YOU Swallows (King 4525) | 2 | 12 | |
| 3 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 5 | 12 | |
| 4 | YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 363) | 3 | 8 | |
| 5 | OOOH-OOOH-OOOH Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 440) | 6 | 2 | |
| 6 | HEY, MISS FANNIE Clovers (Atlantic 977) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | TRYING Todd Rhodes Orchestra (King 4556) | — | 1 | |
| 8 | SITTIN’ HERE DRINKING Christine Kittrell (Tennessee 128) | 4 | 9 | |
| 9 | LOOPED Tommy Ridgley (Imperial 5203) | — | 1 | |
| 10 | FIVE LONG YEARS Eddie Boyd (JOB 1007) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN LOS ANGELES | ||||
| 1 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | 3 | 8 | |
| 3 | GOODBYE BABY Little Caesar (Recorded In Hollywood 235) | 2 | 5 | |
| 4 | YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 363) | 4 | 4 | |
| 5 | LOOPED Tommy Ridgley (Imperial 5203) | 6 | 3 | |
| 6 | BABY, DON’T YOU TEAR MY CLOTHES Smokey Hogg (Modern 884) | — | 1 | |
| 7 | TING-A-LING Clovers (Atlantic 969) | 5 | 7 | |
| 8 | OOOH-OOOH-OOOH Lloyd Price & Orchestra (Specialty 440) | — | 1 | |
| 9 | DADDY DADDY Ruth Brown (Atlantic 973) | — | 8 | |
| 10 | YOU KNOW I KNOW “5” Royales (Apollo 441) | — | 1 | |
| HOT IN ST. LOUIS | ||||
| 1 | YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 363) | 3 | 2 | |
| 2 | MY HEART BELONGS TO ONLY YOU Bette McLaurin with “Striders” & Eddie Wilcox Orchestra (Derby 804) | 4 | 3 | |
| 3 | JUKE Little Walter & Night Cats (Checker 758) | 1 | 12 | |
| 4 | FIVE LONG YEARS Eddie Boyd (JOB 1007) | — | 1 | |
| 5 | ROCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG Ravens (Mercury 8291) | 9 | 2 | |
| 6 | HAVE A GOOD TIME Ruth Brown with James Quintet & Orchestra (Atlantic 973) | 6 | 6 | |
| 7 | NIGHT AND DAY (I Miss You So) Roy Milton & Orchestra (Specialty 438) | 2 | 7 | |
| 8 | MY SONG Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 102) | 5 | 13 | |
| 9 | MY TORMENTED HEART Sarah Vaughan with Percy Faith & Orchestra (Columbia 39839) | 8 | 2 | |
| 10 | CUBA DOLL Lloyd Glenn & Orchestra (Swing Time 296) | 10 | 7 | |
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