BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S TOP R&B SINGLES FOR 1952
(Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Plays Charts)
(Barry Kowal)
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 LAWDY MISS CLAWDY-LLOYD PRICE-JULY 1242 2 JUKE-LITTLE WALTER-September 1200 3 GOT YOU ON MY MIND-JOHN GREER-April 1048 4 HAVE MERCY, BABY-DOMINOES-June 1042 5 GOIN' HOME-FATS DOMINO-June 986 6 5-10-15 HOURS-RUTH BROWN-May 978 7 THREE O'CLOCK BLUES-B.B. KING-February 932 8 FIVE LONG YEARS-Eddie Boyd-November 908 9 ONE MINT JULEP-Clovers-May 848 10 NIGHT TRAIN-Jimmy Forrest-March 796 11 Moody Mood For Love-King Pleasure-May 786 12 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon-May 780 13 You Know I Love You-B.b. King-November 774 14 My Song-Johnny Ace-September 754 15 Mary Jo-Four Blazes-August 718 16 Best Wishes-Roy Milton-January 616 17 Ting A-ling-Clovers-September 578 18 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet-December 554 19 Cry-Johnnie Ray, Four Lads-February 542 20 Booted-Roscoe Gordon-February 536 21 Weeping And Crying-Griffin Brothers-January 528 22 How Many More Years-Howlin' Wolf-March 520 23 Hey, Miss Fannie-Clovers-December 518 24 Oooh, Oooh, Oooh-Lloyd Price-December 466 25 Daddy Daddy-Ruth Brown-September 436 26 So Tired-Roy Milton-June 430 27 Heavenly Father-Edna Mcgriff-July 416 28 I'd Be Satisfied-Dominoes-December 398 29 Chill Is On-Joe Turner-January 396 30 Sweet Sixteen-Joe Turner, Van Wallis-May 392 31 Rock Me All Night Long-Ravens-November 384 32 I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonks-Marie Adams-October 352 33 My Story-Chuck Willis-December 314 34 Don't You Cry-Joe Turner-August 296 35 Give Me Central 209-Lightnin' Hopkins-March 276 36 Let's Call It A Day-Sonny Thompson-September 268 37 Wheel Of Fortune-Eddie Wilcox Orchestra-March 254 38 Wheel Of Fortune-Dinah Washington-March 250 39 A Pound Of Blues-Johnny Hodges-April 240 40 Flamingo-Earl Bostic-February 238 41 Call Operator 210-Floyd Dixon-August 236 42 Bar Room Blues-Roy Brown-January 234 43 Everyday I Have The Blues-Joe Williams-November 220 44 Saddle The Cow-Rosco Gordon-January 214 45 New Blowtop Blues-Dinah Washington-April 194 46 Call Operator 210-Johnny Otis Orchestra-September 192 47 The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray, Four Lads-February 192 48 Walkin'-Nat King Cole-February 190 49 Beside You-Swallows-September 174 50 Middle Of The Night-Clovers-April 166 51 Diane-Buddy Lucas-April 156 52 Night And Day-Roy Milton-September 150 53 I'll Drown In My Tears-Sonny Thompson-August 138 54 Tell Me Why-Dinah Washington-March 138 55 Wonder Where My Baby's Gone-Clovers-August 138 56 That's What You're Doing To To Me-Dominoes-May 132 57 Because Of You-Tab Smith Orchestra-January 132 58 Easy, Easy, Baby-Varetta Dillard-August 132 59 Restless Heart-Lloyd Price-October 102 60 Lovin' Machine-Wynonie Harris-January 100 61 The Big Question-Percy Mayfield-April 94 62 Coffee Blues-Lightnin' Hopkins-March 92 63 I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole-Arthur 'big Boy' Crudup-January 86 64 My Heart's Desire-Jimmie Lee & Artis-August 84 65 Trouble In Mind-Dinah Washington-April 52 66 Please, Send Her Back To Me-Four Blazes-October 48 67 Kiss Of Fire-Billy Eckstine-June 46 68 Kiss Me Baby-Ray Charles-April 46 69 Worry, Worry, Worry-Joe Houston-February 42 70 Poor, Poor Me-Fats Domino-October 42