The CASH BOX Rhythm & Blues Top Ten
Week ending AUGUST 1, 1953
TW	TITLE | Artist (Label)		LW	WKS
1	THE CLOCK     Johnny Ace with Beale Streeters (Duke 112)		1	5
2	PLEASE LOVE ME     B.B. King & Orchestra (RPM 386)		2	7
3	WILD WILD YOUNG MEN     Ruth Brown (Atlantic 993)		6	3
4	PLEASE DON’T LEAVE ME     Fats Domino (Imperial 5240)		5	3
5	THIRD DEGREE     Eddie Boyd & Chess Men (Chess 1541)		4	8
6	HELP ME SOMEBODY     “5” Royales with Charlie (Little Jazz) Ferguson & Orchestra (Apollo 446)		3	13
7	GOOD LOVIN’     Clovers (Atlantic 1000)		8	2
8	THESE FOOLISH THINGS REMIND ME OF YOU     Billy Ward & Dominoes (Federal 12129)		7	8
9	CRYING IN THE CHAPEL     Orioles (Jubilee 5122)		—	1
10	MERCY, MR. PERCY     Varetta Dillard (Savoy 897)		10	2

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