BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S WEEKLY “BEST SELLING RETAIL RACE RECORDS” CHARTS FROM 1950
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 7,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 14 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (Parts I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 1 9 1 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 3 3 8 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 3 11 6 3 Let's Make Christmas Merry,Baby-Amos Milburn 5 9 13 2 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 6 11 3 6 Silent Night-Sister Rosetta Tharpe Gospel Singers 7 RE 3 7 Landlord Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 7 RE 3 7 Lonesome Cabin Blues-Mercy Dee 9 15 6 6 Homesick Blues-Charles Brown 9 5 2 5 Big Fine Girl-Jimmy Witherspoon 9 RE 2 9 What Are You Doing New Year's-Orioles 9 RE 2 9 Merry Christmas Baby-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 9 - 1 9 You Satisfy-Billy Wright 9 - 1 9 Little School Girl-Smokey Hogg 9 - 1 9 Love For Christmas-Felix Gross BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 14,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 10 1 FOR YOU MY LOVE-LARRY DARNELL 2 1 15 1 Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 3 RE 5 3 Boogie At Midnight-Ruth Brown 4 3 9 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 5 RE 14 4 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 5 RE 3 5 No Rollin' Blues-Jimmy Witherspoon 7 RE 5 5 Guess Who-Ivory Joe Hunter 8 RE 8 5 Forgive And Forget-The Orioles 9 9 3 5 Big Fine Girl-Jimmy Witherspoon 10 7 4 7 Lonesome Cabin Blues-Mercy Dee 11 RE 10 4 Empty Arm Blues-Amos Milburn 12 9 7 6 Homesick Blues-Charles Brown 12 RE 11 9 Pot Likker-Todd Rhodes 12 - 1 12 School Days-Louis Jordan 15 5 14 2 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 15 - 1 15 I Quit My Party Mama-Ivory Joe Hunter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 21,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 FOR YOU MY LOVE-LARRY DARNELL 2 2 16 1 Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 3 4 10 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 4 9 4 4 Big Fine Girl-Jimmy Witherspoon 4 - 1 4 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 6 3 6 3 Boogie At Midnight-Ruth Brown 7 5 4 5 No Rollin' Blues-Jimmy Witherspoon 7 15 2 7 I Quit My Party Mama-Ivory Joe Hunter 9 7 6 5 Guess Who-Ivory Joe Hunter 10 RE 2 10 After Hour Session-Frank Culley 10 - 1 10 I've Been A Fool-The Shadows 12 RE 2 12 School Days-Louis Jordan 13 8 9 5 Forgive And Forget-The Orioles 14 RE 5 7 Angel Child-Memphis Slim 15 5 15 4 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 15 12 8 6 Homesick Blues-Charles Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:January 28,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 FOR YOU MY LOVE-LARRY DARNELL 2 2 17 1 Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 3 4 2 3 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 3 11 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 5 15 16 4 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 6 9 7 5 Guess Who-Ivory Joe Hunter 7 12 3 7 School Days-Louis Jordan 7 - 1 7 Sittin' On It All The Time-Wynonie Harris 9 10 2 9 I've Been A Fool-The Shadows 10 RE 5 7 Lonesome Cabin Blues-Mercy Dee 11 RE 15 2 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 12 10 3 10 After Hour Session-Frank Culley 13 6 7 3 Boogie At Midnight-Ruth Brown 14 7 3 7 I Quit My Party Mama-Ivory Joe Hunter 15 4 5 4 Big Fine Girl-Jimmy Witherspoon BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 4,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 FOR YOU MY LOVE-LARRY DARNELL 2 3 3 2 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 4 12 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 4 - 1 4 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 5 2 18 1 Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 5 14 4 5 I Quit My Party Mama-Ivory Joe Hunter 7 - 1 7 Rag Mop-Lionel Hampton Orchestra 8 - 1 8 Rag Mop-Doc Savage & His Mad Lads 9 15 6 4 Big Fine Girl-Jimmy Witherspoon 10 RE 5 5 No Rollin' Blues-Jimmy Witherspoon 11 9 3 9 I've Been A Fool-The Shadows 12 13 8 3 Boogie At Midnight-Ruth Brown 12 7 4 7 School Days-Louis Jordan 14 - 1 14 If It's So Baby-The Robins 15 6 8 5 Guess Who-Ivory Joe Hunter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 11,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 FOR YOU MY LOVE-LARRY DARNELL 2 2 4 2 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 4 2 3 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 4 5 19 1 Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 5 9 7 4 Big Fine Girl-Jimmy Witherspoon 6 8 2 6 Rag Mop-Doc Savage & His Mad Lads 7 5 5 5 I Quit My Party Mama-Ivory Joe Hunter 8 7 2 7 Rag Mop-Lionel Hampton Orchestra 9 10 6 5 No Rollin' Blues-Jimmy Witherspoon 9 15 9 5 Guess Who-Ivory Joe Hunter 11 RE 4 10 After Hour Session-Frank Culley 12 3 13 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 13 - 1 13 Confused-Lonnie Johnson 14 RE 17 4 Numbers Boogie-Sugar Chile Robinson 15 RE 9 6 Homesick Blues-Charles Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 18,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 I ALMOST LOST MY MIND-IVORY JOE HUNTER 2 1 15 1 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 3 3 3 3 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 4 6 3 4 Rag Mop-Doc Savage & His Mad Lads 5 9 7 5 No Rollin' Blues-Jimmy Witherspoon 6 4 20 1 Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 6 - 1 6 My Mother Told Me-King Cole Trio 8 5 8 4 Big Fine Girl-Jimmy Witherspoon 8 7 6 5 I Quit My Party Mama-Ivory Joe Hunter 8 12 14 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 8 - 1 8 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis 12 8 3 7 Rag Mop-Lionel Hampton Orchestra 12 - 1 12 For You My Love-King Cole Trio 12 RE 2 7 Sittin' On It All The Time-Wynonie Harris 15 - 1 15 Rag Mop-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:February 25,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 I ALMOST LOST MY MIND-IVORY JOE HUNTER 2 3 4 2 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 3 2 16 1 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 4 12 3 4 Rag Mop-Lionel Hampton Orchestra 5 6 20 1 Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 6 4 3 4 Rag Mop-Doc Savage & His Mad Lads 7 8 8 4 Big Fine Girl-Jimmy Witherspoon 8 - 1 8 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 9 - 1 13 Don't Have To Ride Bo More-The Ravens 10 8 6 5 I Quit My Party Mama-Ivory Joe Hunter 11 5 7 5 No Rollin' Blues-Jimmy Witherspoon 11 RE 2 11 Confused-Lonnie Johnson 13 - 1 13 S.P. Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 14 - 1 14 Information Blues-Roy Milton & His Solid Senders 15 RE 2 9 Little School Girl-Smokey Hogg BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 4,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 DOUBLE CROSSING BLUES-JOHNNY OTIS & LITTLE ESTHER 2 1 7 1 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 3 17 1 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 4 6 4 4 Rag Mop-Doc Savage & His Mad Lads 5 8 2 5 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 6 4 4 4 Rag Mop-Lionel Hampton Orchestra 7 7 9 4 Big Fine Girl-Jimmy Witherspoon 7 - 1 7 Bon Ton Roula-Clarence Garlow 9 RE 2 9 Rag Mop-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 10 11 8 5 No Rollin' Blues-Jimmy Witherspoon 11 9 2 14 I Don't Have To Ride Bo More-The Ravens 11 RE 15 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 13 11 3 11 Confused-Lonnie Johnson 13 15 3 9 Little School Girl-Smokey Hogg 15 RE 3 7 Sittin' On It All The Time-Wynonie Harris 15 - 1 15 Three Times Seven Equals Twenty-One-Jewel King BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 11,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 DOUBLE CROSSING BLUES-JOHNNY OTIS & LITTLE ESTHER 2 2 8 1 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 3 18 1 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 4 RE 21 1 Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 5 4 5 4 Rag Mop-Doc Savage & His Mad Lads 6 6 5 4 Rag Mop-Lionel Hampton Orchestra 6 9 3 6 Rag Mop-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 8 5 3 5 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 9 7 10 4 Big Fine Girl-Jimmy Witherspoon 10 10 9 5 No Rollin' Blues-Jimmy Witherspoon 11 RE 7 5 I Quit My Party Mama-Ivory Joe Hunter 12 - 1 12 Still In The Dark-Joe Turner 13 RE 2 13 Information Blues-Roy Milton & His Solid Senders 13 RE 2 13 S.P. Blues-Ivory Joe Hunter 13 - 1 13 Sittin' By The Window-Billy Ecstine BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 18,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 DOUBLE CROSSING BLUES-JOHNNY OTIS & LITTLE ESTHER 2 2 9 1 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 3 19 1 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 4 8 4 4 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 5 5 6 4 Rag Mop-Doc Savage & His Mad Lads 6 6 7 4 Rag Mop-Lionel Hampton Orchestra 7 13 3 7 Information Blues-Roy Milton & His Solid Senders 8 - 1 8 Because-Buddy Johnson 9 6 4 6 Rag Mop-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 10 - 1 10 I Only Know-Dinah Washington 10 - 1 10 Raining In My Heart-Peppermint Harris 12 11 8 5 I Quit My Party Mama-Ivory Joe Hunter 12 RE 15 3 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & II)-Larry Darnell 14 4 22 1 Saturday Night Fish Fry (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 15 RE 4 9 I've Been A Fool-The Shadows BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:March 25,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 DOUBLE CROSSING BLUES-JOHNNY OTIS & LITTLE ESTHER 2 2 10 1 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 3 20 1 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 4 4 5 4 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 5 10 2 5 I Only Know-Dinah Washington 6 RE 2 6 Sittin' By The Window-Billy Ecstine 7 6 8 4 Rag Mop-Lionel Hampton Orchestra 7 7 4 7 Information Blues-Roy Milton & His Solid Senders 9 9 5 6 Rag Mop-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 9 - 1 9 I Like My Baby's Pudding-Wynonie Harris BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 1,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 DOUBLE CROSSING BLUES-JOHNNY OTIS & LITTLE ESTHER 2 2 11 1 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 7 5 3 Information Blues-Roy Milton & His Solid Senders 4 4 6 4 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 5 3 21 1 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 6 RE 2 6 Raining In My Heart-Peppermint Harris 7 - 1 7 Walkin' Blues-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 8 - 1 8 The Fat Man-Fats Domino 9 5 3 5 I Only Know-Dinah Washington 9 - 1 9 Cry,Cry Baby-Ed Wiley BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 8,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 DOUBLE CROSSING BLUES-JOHNNY OTIS & LITTLE ESTHER 2 2 12 1 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 9 4 3 I Only Know-Dinah Washington 4 - 1 4 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra 5 5 22 1 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 6 4 7 4 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 7 - 1 7 Easter Boogie-Freddie Mitchell 8 3 6 3 Information Blues-Roy Milton & His Solid Senders 9 6 3 6 Raining In My Heart-Peppermint Harris 10 9 2 9 Cry,Cry Baby-Ed Wiley 10 - 1 10 It Isn't Fair-Dinah Washington BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 15,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 DOUBLE CROSSING BLUES-JOHNNY OTIS & LITTLE ESTHER 2 2 13 1 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 6 8 3 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 4 4 2 4 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra 5 8 7 3 Information Blues-Roy Milton & His Solid Senders 6 3 5 3 I Only Know-Dinah Washington 7 10 2 7 It Isn't Fair-Dinah Washington 8 10 3 8 Cry,Cry Baby-Ed Wiley 8 RE 2 7 Walkin' Blues-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 10 RE 5 9 I've Been A Fool-The Shadows BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 22,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 DOUBLE CROSSING BLUES-JOHNNY OTIS & LITTLE ESTHER 2 4 3 2 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra 3 2 14 1 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 3 9 3 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 5 7 3 5 It Isn't Fair-Dinah Washington 6 RE 2 6 The Fat Man-Fats Domino 7 8 3 7 Walkin' Blues-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 8 - 1 8 My Baby's Gone-Charles Brown 9 8 4 8 Cry,Cry Baby-Ed Wiley 9 - 1 9 I Almost Lost My Mind-King Cole Trio BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:April 29,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 DOUBLE CROSSING BLUES-JOHNNY OTIS & LITTLE ESTHER 2 2 4 2 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra 3 3 15 1 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 - 1 4 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 5 4 10 3 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 6 5 4 5 It Isn't Fair-Dinah Washington 7 9 5 7 Cry,Cry Baby-Ed Wiley 8 9 2 8 I Almost Lost My Mind-King Cole Trio 9 8 2 8 My Baby's Gone-Charles Brown 10 RE 6 3 I Only Know-Dinah Washington 10 - 1 10 I'll Never Be Free-Paul Gayten & Annie Laurie BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 6,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 MISTRUSTIN' BLUES-LITTLE ESTHER & JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA 2 1 14 1 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 3 5 11 3 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 4 3 16 1 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 5 4 2 4 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 6 7 6 6 Cry,Cry Baby-Ed Wiley 7 9 3 7 My Baby's Gone-Charles Brown 8 RE 8 3 Information Blues-Roy Milton & His Solid Senders 8 6 5 5 It Isn't Fair-Dinah Washington 9 - 1 9 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 13,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 MISTRUSTIN' BLUES-LITTLE ESTHER & JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA 2 1 15 1 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 3 5 3 3 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 6 7 4 Cry,Cry Baby-Ed Wiley 5 3 12 3 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 6 4 17 1 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 6 9 2 6 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 8 - 1 8 Walkin' Blues-Amos Milburn 9 RE 3 8 I Almost Lost My Mind-King Cole Trio 10 RE 3 6 The Fat Man-Fats Domino BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 20,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 MISTRUSTIN' BLUES-LITTLE ESTHER & JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA 2 3 4 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 2 16 1 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 4 6 3 4 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 5 RE 6 5 It Isn't Fair-Dinah Washington 6 5 13 3 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 6 6 18 1 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter 8 RE 2 8 I'll Never Be Free-Paul Gayten & Annie Laurie 9 RE 9 3 Information Blues-Roy Milton & His Solid Senders 10 RE 4 7 My Baby's Gone-Charles Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:May 27,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 MISTRUSTIN' BLUES-LITTLE ESTHER & JOHNNY OTIS ORCHESTRA 2 4 4 2 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 3 2 5 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 3 17 1 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 5 - 1 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 6 6 14 3 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 7 RE 4 7 I Almost Lost My Mind-King Cole Trio 8 10 5 7 My Baby's Gone-Charles Brown 8 RE 8 4 Cry,Cry Baby-Ed Wiley 10 6 19 1 I Almost Lost My Mind-Ivory Joe Hunter BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 3,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 PINK CHAMPAGNE-JOE LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS 2 3 6 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 1 9 1 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra 4 - 1 4 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 5 4 18 1 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 6 5 2 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 7 6 15 3 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 8 8 6 7 My Baby's Gone-Charles Brown 9 8 9 4 Cry,Cry Baby-Ed Wiley 10 7 5 7 I Almost Lost My Mind-King Cole Trio BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 10,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 PINK CHAMPAGNE-JOE LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS 2 3 10 1 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra 3 2 7 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 4 2 4 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 5 5 19 1 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 6 8 7 6 My Baby's Gone-Charles Brown 7 7 16 3 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 7 9 10 4 Cry,Cry Baby-Ed Wiley 9 - 1 9 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 10 RE 7 5 It Isn't Fair-Dinah Washington 10 - 1 10 Stak-A-Lee (Parts I & II)-Archibald Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 17,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 PINK CHAMPAGNE-JOE LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS 2 9 2 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 3 4 3 3 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 4 3 8 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 5 RE 3 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 6 2 11 1 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra 7 10 8 5 It Isn't Fair-Dinah Washington 8 7 17 3 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 9 7 11 4 Cry,Cry Baby-Ed Wiley 9 - 1 9 I Wanna Be Loved-Dinah Washington BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:June 24,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 PINK CHAMPAGNE-JOE LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS 2 4 9 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 3 3 4 3 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 4 6 12 1 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra 5 2 3 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 6 - 1 6 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown 7 9 2 7 I Wanna Be Loved-Dinah Washington 8 5 4 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 9 RE 20 1 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 10 8 18 3 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 1,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 PINK CHAMPAGNE-JOE LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS 2 3 5 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 3 2 10 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 5 4 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 5 4 13 1 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra 6 6 2 6 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown 7 7 3 7 I Wanna Be Loved-Dinah Washington 8 10 19 3 Why Do Things Happen To Me-Roy Hawkins 9 9 21 1 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 10 RE 12 4 Cry,Cry Baby-Ed Wiley BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 8,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 PINK CHAMPAGNE-JOE LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS 2 4 5 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 3 3 11 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 4 2 6 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 5 6 3 5 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown 6 7 4 6 I Wanna Be Loved-Dinah Washington 7 5 14 1 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra 8 RE 5 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 9 - 1 9 Mona Lisa-Nat "King" Cole 10 10 13 4 Cry,Cry Baby-Ed Wiley BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 15,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 PINK CHAMPAGNE-JOE LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS 2 2 6 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 3 5 4 3 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown 4 4 7 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 5 3 12 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 6 6 5 6 I Wanna Be Loved-Dinah Washington 7 8 6 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 8 9 2 8 Mona Lisa-Nat "King" Cole 9 RE 22 1 Double Crossing Blues-Johnny Otis Orchestra & Little Esther 9 RE 8 6 My Baby's Gone-Charles Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 22,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 PINK CHAMPAGNE-JOE LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS 2 3 5 2 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown 3 2 7 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 4 4 8 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 5 5 13 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 6 6 6 6 I Wanna Be Loved-Dinah Washington 6 7 7 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 8 RE 15 1 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra 9 8 3 8 Mona Lisa-Nat "King" Cole 10 RE 14 4 Cry,Cry Baby-Ed Wiley BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:July 29,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 13 1 PINK CHAMPAGNE-JOE LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS 2 2 6 2 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown 3 4 9 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 4 3 8 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 5 6 7 5 I Wanna Be Loved-Dinah Washington 6 5 14 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 7 9 4 7 Mona Lisa-Nat "King" Cole 8 8 16 1 Mistrustin' Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis Orchestra 9 - 1 9 My Foolish Heart-Gene Ammons 10 6 8 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 5,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 PINK CHAMPAGNE-JOE LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS 2 2 7 2 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown 3 4 9 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 4 3 10 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 5 6 15 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 6 5 8 5 I Wanna Be Loved-Dinah Washington 7 7 5 7 Mona Lisa-Nat "King" Cole 8 10 9 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 9 - 1 9 I Love My Baby-Larry Darnell 10 - 1 10 Blue Light Boogie (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 12,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 15 1 PINK CHAMPAGNE-JOE LIGGINS & HIS HONEYDRIPPERS 2 3 10 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 3 2 8 2 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown 4 9 2 4 I Love My Baby-Larry Darnell 5 4 11 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 6 7 6 6 Mona Lisa-Nat "King" Cole 7 5 16 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 8 8 10 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 9 - 1 9 Tenderly-Lynn Hope Quintet' 10 6 9 5 I Wanna Be Loved-Dinah Washington 10 RE 2 9 My Foolish Heart-Gene Ammons 10 - 1 10 Bald Head-Roy Byrd BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 19,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 9 1 HARD LUCK BLUES-ROY BROWN 2 1 16 1 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 3 2 11 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 4 RE 2 4 Blue Light Boogie (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 5 5 12 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 6 6 7 6 Mona Lisa-Nat "King" Cole 7 8 11 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 8 4 3 4 I Love My Baby-Larry Darnell 9 7 17 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 10 10 10 5 I Wanna Be Loved-Dinah Washington BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:August 26,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 HARD LUCK BLUES-ROY BROWN 2 3 12 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 3 4 3 4 Blue Light Boogie (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 4 2 17 1 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 5 5 13 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 6 6 8 6 Mona Lisa-Nat "King" Cole 7 8 4 4 I Love My Baby-Larry Darnell 8 9 18 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 9 RE 2 9 Tenderly-Lynn Hope Quintet' 10 10 11 5 I Wanna Be Loved-Dinah Washington 10 - 1 10 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 2,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 HARD LUCK BLUES-ROY BROWN 2 4 18 1 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 3 3 4 3 Blue Light Boogie (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 4 2 13 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 5 6 9 5 Mona Lisa-Nat "King" Cole 6 8 19 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 7 7 5 4 I Love My Baby-Larry Darnell 8 7 12 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 9 5 14 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 10 10 2 10 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 9,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 5 1 BLUE LIGHT BOOGIE (PARTS I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 1 12 1 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown 3 2 19 1 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 4 4 14 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 5 9 15 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 6 - 1 6 Deceivin' Blues-Johnny Otis & Little Esther 7 8 13 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 8 5 10 5 Mona Lisa-Nat "King" Cole 8 10 3 10 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 8 - 1 8 Dreamin' Blues-Johnny Otis BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 16,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 BLUE LIGHT BOOGIE (PARTS I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 8 4 2 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 3 8 11 3 Mona Lisa-Nat "King" Cole 4 3 20 1 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 5 2 13 1 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown 5 7 14 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 7 - 1 7 I'm Yours To Keep-Herb Fisher Trio 8 RE 20 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 9 4 15 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 10 5 16 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 23,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 BLUE LIGHT BOOGIE (PARTS I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 2 5 2 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 3 4 21 1 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 4 5 14 1 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown 5 RE 2 5 Deceivin' Blues-Johnny Otis & Little Esther 6 9 16 2 Cupid's Boogie-Little Esther 6 RE 6 4 I Love My Baby-Larry Darnell 8 - 1 8 Love Don't Love Nobody-Roy Brown 9 10 17 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 10 3 12 3 Mona Lisa-Nat "King" Cole BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:September 30,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 BLUE LIGHT BOOGIE (PARTS I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 4 15 1 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown 3 3 22 1 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 4 5 3 4 Deceivin' Blues-Johnny Otis & Little Esther 5 10 13 3 Mona Lisa-Nat "King" Cole 6 9 18 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 7 8 2 7 Love Don't Love Nobody-Roy Brown 8 2 6 2 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 9 - 1 9 Shotgun Blues-Lightnin' Hopkins 10 6 7 4 I Love My Baby-Larry Darnell 10 - 1 10 Safronia-B-Calvin Boze BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 7,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 BLUE LIGHT BOOGIE (PARTS I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 8 7 2 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 3 - 1 3 I'll Never Be Free-Dinah Washington 4 4 4 4 Deceivin' Blues-Johnny Otis & Little Esther 5 2 16 1 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown 6 6 19 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 6 7 3 6 Love Don't Love Nobody-Roy Brown 8 RE 21 2 Need You So-Ivory Joe Hunter 9 - 1 9 Anytime,Anyplace,Anywhere-Joe Morris 9 RE 15 5 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 14,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 BLUE LIGHT BOOGIE (PARTS I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 9 2 2 Anytime,Anyplace,Anywhere-Joe Morris 3 2 8 2 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 4 RE 2 4 I'm Yours To Keep-Herb Fisher Trio 5 RE 23 1 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 6 6 4 6 Love Don't Love Nobody-Roy Brown 7 4 5 4 Deceivin' Blues-Johnny Otis & Little Esther 7 6 20 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 7 - 1 7 I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball-Tiny Bradshaw 10 5 17 1 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 21,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 BLUE LIGHT BOOGIE (PARTS I & II)-LOUIS JORDAN 2 6 5 2 Love Don't Love Nobody-Roy Brown 3 2 3 2 Anytime,Anyplace,Anywhere-Joe Morris 4 3 9 2 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 5 RE 2 5 Bald Head-Roy Byrd 6 5 24 1 Pink Champagne-Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 6 7 6 4 Deceivin' Blues-Johnny Otis & Little Esther 8 7 21 2 Well,Oh Well-Tiny Bradshaw 8 RE 2 3 I'll Never Be Free-Dinah Washington 8 - 1 8 Long About Sundown-Ruth Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:October 28,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 4 10 1 BLUE SHADOWS-LOWELL FULSON 2 1 12 1 Blue Light Boogie (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 3 3 4 2 Anytime,Anyplace,Anywhere-Joe Morris 4 RE 16 4 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 5 - 1 5 Teardrops From My Eyes-Ruth Brown 6 - 1 6 Besame Mucho-Ray-O-Vacs 6 - 1 6 Cadillac Baby-Roy Brown 8 - 1 8 Please Send Me Someone To Love-Percy Mayfield 9 2 6 2 Love Don't Love Nobody-Roy Brown 9 RE 2 9 Shotgun Blues-Lightnin' Hopkins BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 4,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 5 1 ANYTIME,ANYPLACE,ANYWHERE-JOE MORRIS 2 1 11 1 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 3 2 13 1 Blue Light Boogie (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 4 8 2 4 Please Send Me Someone To Love-Percy Mayfield 5 9 7 2 Love Don't Love Nobody-Roy Brown 6 5 2 5 Teardrops From My Eyes-Ruth Brown 7 RE 18 1 Hard Luck Blues-Roy Brown 8 RE 3 3 I'll Never Be Free-Dinah Washington 9 RE 8 4 I Love My Baby-Larry Darnell 10 - 1 10 Million Dollar Secret-Helen Humes 10 - 1 10 Tamburitza Boogie-Louis Jordan BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 11,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 ANYTIME,ANYPLACE,ANYWHERE-JOE MORRIS 2 6 3 2 Teardrops From My Eyes-Ruth Brown 3 4 3 3 Please Send Me Someone To Love-Percy Mayfield 4 2 12 1 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 5 3 14 1 Blue Light Boogie (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 6 - 1 6 Wedding Boogie-Little Esther,Mel Walker & Johnny Otis 7 - 1 7 Oh,Babe-Jimmy Preston & Butnetta Evans 8 5 8 2 Love Don't Love Nobody-Roy Brown 8 - 1 8 Bad,Bad Whiskey-Amos Milburn 10 10 2 10 Million Dollar Secret-Helen Humes BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 18,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 ANYTIME,ANYPLACE,ANYWHERE-JOE MORRIS 2 3 4 2 Please Send Me Someone To Love-Percy Mayfield 3 4 13 1 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 4 8 9 2 Love Don't Love Nobody-Roy Brown 5 5 15 1 Blue Light Boogie (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 5 RE 3 5 Shotgun Blues-Lightnin' Hopkins 7 6 2 6 Wedding Boogie-Little Esther,Mel Walker & Johnny Otis 8 2 4 2 Teardrops From My Eyes-Ruth Brown 9 RE 4 3 I'll Never Be Free-Dinah Washington 10 RE 2 10 Cadillac Baby-Roy Brown BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:November 25,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 5 1 PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE-PERCY MAYFIELD 2 1 8 1 Anytime,Anyplace,Anywhere-Joe Morris 3 8 5 2 Teardrops From My Eyes-Ruth Brown 4 3 14 1 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 5 RE 2 5 Bad,Bad Whiskey-Amos Milburn 6 RE 3 6 Million Dollar Secret-Helen Humes 7 5 16 1 Blue Light Boogie (Parts I & II)-Louis Jordan 8 4 10 2 Love Don't Love Nobody-Roy Brown 8 7 3 6 Wedding Boogie-Little Esther,Mel Walker & Johnny Otis 8 - 1 8 Oh,Babe-Larry Darnell BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 2,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 9 1 ANYTIME,ANYPLACE,ANYWHERE-JOE MORRIS 2 1 6 1 Please Send Me Someone To Love-Percy Mayfield 3 3 6 2 Teardrops From My Eyes-Ruth Brown 4 5 3 4 Bad,Bad Whiskey-Amos Milburn 5 RE 2 5 Oh,Babe-Jimmy Preston & Butnetta Evans 6 RE 17 4 Everyday I Have The Blues-Lowell Fulson 7 4 15 1 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 8 8 4 6 Wedding Boogie-Little Esther,Mel Walker & Johnny Otis 8 - 1 8 Oh,Babe-Roy Milton 10 RE 4 5 Shotgun Blues-Lightnin' Hopkins BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 9,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 7 1 TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES-RUTH BROWN 2 1 10 1 Anytime,Anyplace,Anywhere-Joe Morris 3 4 4 3 Bad,Bad Whiskey-Amos Milburn 4 2 7 1 Please Send Me Someone To Love-Percy Mayfield 5 RE 2 5 Oh,Babe-Larry Darnell 6 5 3 5 Oh,Babe-Jimmy Preston & Butnetta Evans 7 - 1 7 Far Away Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis 7 - 1 7 Every Night About This Time-Fats Domino 9 RE 4 6 Million Dollar Secret-Helen Humes 10 8 2 8 Oh,Babe-Roy Milton BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 16,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 4 8 1 PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE-PERCY MAYFIELD 2 1 8 1 Teardrops From My Eyes-Ruth Brown 3 2 11 1 Anytime,Anyplace,Anywhere-Joe Morris 4 3 5 3 Bad,Bad Whiskey-Amos Milburn 5 RE 16 1 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 6 5 3 5 Oh,Babe-Larry Darnell 7 - 1 7 Old Time Shuffle Blues-Lowell Fulson & Lloyd Glenn 8 RE 11 2 Love Don't Love Nobody-Roy Brown 9 RE 3 4 I'm Yours To Keep-Herb Fisher Trio 10 7 2 7 Far Away Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis 10 10 3 8 Oh,Babe-Roy Milton 10 RE 2 10 Stak-A-Lee (Parts I & II)-Archibald Orchestra BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 23,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 9 1 TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES-RUTH BROWN 2 4 6 2 Bad,Bad Whiskey-Amos Milburn 3 1 9 1 Please Send Me Someone To Love-Percy Mayfield 4 3 12 1 Anytime,Anyplace,Anywhere-Joe Morris 5 RE 2 5 Besame Mucho-Ray-O-Vacs 6 10 3 6 Far Away Blues-Little Esther & Johnny Otis 7 6 4 5 Oh,Babe-Larry Darnell 8 5 17 1 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson 9 7 2 7 Old Time Shuffle Blues-Lowell Fulson & Lloyd Glenn 10 - 1 10 Lonesome Christmas (Parts I & II)-Lowell Fulson BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:December 30,1950 "Best Selling Retail Race Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES-RUTH BROWN 2 2 7 2 Bad,Bad Whiskey-Amos Milburn 3 4 13 1 Anytime,Anyplace,Anywhere-Joe Morris 4 3 10 1 Please Send Me Someone To Love-Percy Mayfield 5 RE 2 5 Every Night About This Time-Fats Domino 6 - 1 6 Rocking With Red-Piano Red 6 - 1 6 Tennessee Waltz-Etskine Hawkins 8 5 3 5 Besame Mucho-Ray-O-Vacs 8 7 5 5 Oh,Babe-Larry Darnell 10 8 18 1 Blue Shadows-Lowell Fulson