BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S TOP R&B SINGLES FOR 1950 (Most Played Juke Box Race Records Charts) (Barr

No. Song-Artist-Peak Month
  1 PINK CHAMPAGNE-JOE LIGGINS, HONEYDRIPPERS-MAY 1432 
  2 PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE-PERCY MAYFIELD-December 1390
  3 I ALMOST LOST MY MIND-IVORY JOE HUNTER-February 1360
  4 DOUBLE CROSSING BLUES-JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA-March 1302
  5 EVERYDAY I HAVE THE BLUES-LOWELL FULSON-June 1234
  6 BLUE SHADOWS-LOWELL FULSON-October 1206
  7 FOR YOU MY LOVE-LARRY DARNELL-January 1132
  8 ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, ANYWHERE-Joe Morris, Laurie Tate-November 1090
  9 WELL, OH WELL-Tiny Bradshaw-July 936
 10 MONA LISA-Nat King Cole-September 930
 11 Blue Light Boogie (Parts I & Ii)-Louis Jordan-September 928
 12 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther, Mel Walker-July 894
 13 I Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter-May 836
 14 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther, Johnny Otis Orchestra-April 806
 15 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Larry Darnell-January 730
 16 Rag Mop-Lionel Hampton Orchestra-February 718
 17 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins-April 684
 18 Three Times Seven Equals Twenty-one-Johnny King-April 674
 19 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown-September 604
 20 Information Blues-Roy Milton-April 542
 21 Old Time Shuffle Blues-Lowell Fulson, Lloyd Glenn-December 508
 22 The Fat Man-Fats Domino-April 466
 23 Love Don't Love Nobody-Roy Brown-October 420
 24 Every Night About This Time-Fats Domino-November 414
 25 I Quit My Pretty Mama-Ivory Joe Hunter-January 402
 26 It Isn't Fair-Dinah Washington-June 390
 27 I'll Never Be Free-Paul Gayten Trio-September 388
 28 Besame Mucho-Ray-o-vacs-October 372
 29 Sittin' On It All The Time-Wynonie Harris-February 348
 30 School Days-Louis Jordan-January 328
 31 I Wanna Be Loved-Dinah Washington-July 318
 32 Cry, Cry Baby-Ed Wiley-June 316
 33 Everybody's Somebody's Fool-Lionel Hampton-November 312
 34 I Only Know-Dinah Washington-April 308
 35 Oh, Babe-Larry Darnell-December 290
 36 Cry Baby-Johnny Otis Orchestra-June 282
 37 Good Morning, Judge-Wynonie Harris-August 278
 38 No Rollin' Blues-Jimmy Witherspoon-January 278
 39 Rag Mop-Doc Sausage & His Mad Lads-February 238
 40 Little School Girl-Smokey Hogg-January 228
 41 Rag Mop-Joe Liggins, Honeydrippers-March 218
 42 I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball-Tiny Bradshaw-October 202
 43 Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby-Amos Milburn-January 190
 44 Goodnight, Irene-Paul Gayten-October 186
 45 I'm Yours To Keep-Herb Fisher Trio-July 182
 46 Sitting By The Window-Billy Eckstine-May 174
 47 Raining In My Heart-Peppermint Harris-March 146
 48 I Like My Baby's Pudding-Wynonie Harris-April 144
 49 I've Been A Fool-Shadows-January 138
 50 I Love You My Darlin'-Joe Fritz-August 136
 51 Street Walking Daddy-Margie Day, Griffin Brothers-November 136
 52 Low Society Blues-Lowell Fulson-December 134
 53 Deceivin' Blues-Little Esther, Robins-October 128
 54 For You My Love-King Cole Trio-April 116
 55 I'll Never Be Free-Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan-November 92
 56 Million Dollar Secret-Helen Humes-October 92
 57 Oh, Babe-Wynonie Harris-December 88
 58 Time Out For Tears-Dinah Washington-December 88
 59 Tenderly-Lynn Hope Quintet-September 88
 60 My Foolish Heart-Gene Ammons-August 86
 61 Our Father-Five Blind Boys-December 84
 62 My Baby's Gone-Charles Brown-May 84
 63 Lost My Baby-Larry Darnell-February 80
 64 Big Fine Girl-Jimmy Witherspoon-February 78
 65 If It's So Baby-Robins-February 78
 66 Real Pretty Mama-Amos Milburn-January 76
 67 Forgive And Forget-Orioles-February 72
 68 I'll Never Be Free-Dinah Washington-October 50
 69 Sad Journey Blues-Floyd Dixon-November 46
 70 You've Gotta Love Me Baby, Too-Ray-o-vacs-November 46
 71 Walkin' Blues-Amos Milburn-May 46
 72 Easter Boogie-Freddie Mitchell-April 46
 73 Sax Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn-September 44
 74 Safronia-b-Calvin Boze-June 44
 75 Danny Boy-Al Hibbler-August 44
 76 S.p. Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter-March 44
 77 Still In The Dark-Joe Turner-June 44
 78 Misery-Little Esther, Johnny Otis Orchestra-April 44
 79 It's A Sin-Ivory Joe Hunter-December 42
 80 I Love My Baby-Larry Darnell-August 42
 81 Junior Jives-Roy Milton-July 42
 82 Bald Head-Roy Byrd-October 42
 83 I Almost Lost My Mind-Nat King Cole-April 42
 84 Where There Is No Love-Roy Milton-July 42
 85 Bon-ton Roulay-Clarence Garlow-February 38
 86 Sparrow's Flight-Johnny Sparrow-January 38
 87 Don't Have To Ride No More-Ravens-February 36
 88 Caldonia-Sugar Chile Robinson-February 34
 89 Country Boy-Dave Bartholomew-February 34
 90 Huckle Up, Baby-John Lee Hooker-February 32
 91 Go Back To The One You Love-T-bone Walker-February 32
 92 Confused-Lonnie Johnson-February 32