BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S WEEKLY “BEST SELLING RETAIL RHYTHM & BLUES RECORDS” CHARTS FROM 1952
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 5,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 8 1 FLAMINGO-EARL BOSTIC
2 2 15 1 I Got Loaded-Peppermint Harris 3 4 6 3 Cold,Cold Heart-Dinah Washington 4 3 5 3 Weeping And Crying-Griffen Brothers 4 8 3 4 Cry-Johnnie Ray 6 - 1 6 Three O'Clock Blues-B.B. King 7 4 14 1 Fool,Fool,Fool-The Clovers 7 - 1 7 Lovin' Machine-Wynonie Harris 9 - 1 9 Sleep-Earl Bostic 10 RE 4 6 Best Wishes-Roy Milton 14 RE 3 8 How Many More Years-Howlin' Wolf
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 12,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 4 4 1 CRY-JOHNNIE RAY
2 2 16 1 I Got Loaded-Peppermint Harris 3 3 7 3 Cold,Cold Heart-Dinah Washington 4 4 6 3 Weeping And Crying-Griffen Brothers 4 RE 7 1 Because Of You-Tab Smith 6 7 15 1 Fool,Fool,Fool-The Clovers 7 1 9 1 Flamingo-Earl Bostic 8 6 2 6 Three O'Clock Blues-B.B. King 9 - 1 9 Cry Baby-Percy Mayfield 10 14 4 8 How Many More Years-Howlin' Wolf
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 19,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 6 16 1 FOOL,FOOL,FOOL-THE CLOVERS
2 RE 5 2 Best Wishes-Roy Milton 3 4 7 3 Weeping And Crying-Griffen Brothers 4 3 8 3 Cold,Cold Heart-Dinah Washington 5 8 3 5 Three O'Clock Blues-B.B. King 6 7 10 1 Flamingo-Earl Bostic 7 4 8 1 Because Of You-Tab Smith 8 2 17 1 I Got Loaded-Peppermint Harris 9 1 5 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray 10 - 1 10 Sunset To Dawn-Johnny Otis & Mel Walker
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 26,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 6 11 1 FLAMINGO-EARL BOSTIC
2 5 4 2 Three O'Clock Blues-B.B. King 3 2 6 2 Best Wishes-Roy Milton 4 1 17 1 Fool,Fool,Fool-The Clovers 5 3 8 3 Weeping And Crying-Griffen Brothers 6 4 9 3 Cold,Cold Heart-Dinah Washington 6 9 6 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray 8 7 9 1 Because Of You-Tab Smith 9 RE 2 7 Lovin' Machine-Wynonie Harris 10 RE 9 5 Smooth Sailing-Ella Fitzgerald
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 2,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 12 1 FLAMINGO-EARL BOSTIC
2 2 5 2 Three O'Clock Blues-B.B. King 3 6 7 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray 4 3 7 2 Best Wishes-Roy Milton 5 8 10 1 Because Of You-Tab Smith 6 4 18 1 Fool,Fool,Fool-The Clovers 7 6 10 3 Cold,Cold Heart-Dinah Washington 8 5 9 3 Weeping And Crying-Griffen Brothers
8 – 1 8 I Didn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night-Arthur Prysock
10 9 3 7 Lovin' Machine-Wynonie Harris 10 RE 13 2 I'm In The Mood-John Lee Hooker
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 9,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 2 6 1 THREE O’CLOCK BLUES-B.B. KING
2 3 8 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray 3 1 13 1 Flamingo-Earl Bostic 4 4 8 2 Best Wishes-Roy Milton 4 8 10 3 Weeping And Crying-Griffen Brothers 6 6 19 1 Fool,Fool,Fool-The Clovers 7 5 11 1 Because Of You-Tab Smith 8 - 1 8 Baby,Please Don't Go-Orioles 9 10 14 2 I'm In The Mood-John Lee Hooker
10 8 2 8 I Didn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night-Arthur Prysock
10 - 1 10 Booted-Roscoe Gordon
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 16,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 7 1 THREE O’CLOCK BLUES-B.B. KING
2 2 9 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray 3 4 9 2 Best Wishes-Roy Milton 4 3 14 1 Flamingo-Earl Bostic 5 4 11 3 Weeping And Crying-Griffen Brothers 6 - 1 6 Wheel Of Fortune-Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox
7 10 3 7 I Didn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night-Arthur Prysock
8 6 20 1 Fool,Fool,Fool-The Clovers 9 10 2 9 Booted-Roscoe Gordon 10 8 2 8 Baby,Please Don't Go-Orioles
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 23,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 8 1 THREE O’CLOCK BLUES-B.B. KING
2 6 2 2 Wheel Of Fortune-Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox 3 2 10 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray 3 9 3 3 Booted-Roscoe Gordon 5 3 10 2 Best Wishes-Roy Milton
5 7 4 5 I Didn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night-Arthur Prysock
7 - 1 7 Where Are You?-Mellow Moods 8 - 1 8 Ring-A Ding Doo-Little Esther 9 8 21 1 Fool,Fool,Fool-The Clovers 10 4 15 1 Flamingo-Earl Bostic 10 - 1 10 She Moves Me-Muddy Waters
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 1,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 9 1 THREE O’CLOCK BLUES-B.B. KING
2 2 3 2 Wheel Of Fortune-Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox 3 3 4 3 Booted-Roscoe Gordon 4 3 11 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray 4 5 11 2 Best Wishes-Roy Milton 6 - 1 6 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest 7 - 1 7 Hard Times-Charles Brown 8 8 2 8 Ring-A Ding Doo-Little Esther 8 9 22 1 Fool,Fool,Fool-The Clovers 10 RE 18 1 I Got Loaded-Peppermint Harris
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 8,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 10 1 THREE O’CLOCK BLUES-B.B. KING
2 3 5 2 Booted-Roscoe Gordon 3 4 12 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray 4 2 4 2 Wheel Of Fortune-Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox 5 6 2 5 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest 5 - 1 5 Wheel Of Fortune-Dinah Washington 7 RE 16 1 Flamingo-Earl Bostic 8 4 12 2 Best Wishes-Roy Milton 9 7 2 7 Hard Times-Charles Brown 10 10 19 1 I Got Loaded-Peppermint Harris
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 15,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 2 6 1 BOOTED-ROSCOE GORDON
2 5 3 2 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest 3 1 11 1 Three O'Clock Blues-B.B. King 4 5 2 4 Wheel Of Fortune-Dinah Washington 5 7 17 1 Flamingo-Earl Bostic
6 4 5 2 Wheel Of Fortune-Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox
7 3 13 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray
8 RE 5 5 I Didn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night-Arthur Prysock
9 10 20 1 I Got Loaded-Peppermint Harris 10 - 1 10 Wheel Of Fortune-Cardinals
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 22,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 2 4 1 NIGHT TRAIN-JIMMY FORREST
2 1 7 1 Booted-Roscoe Gordon 3 4 3 3 Wheel Of Fortune-Dinah Washington 4 3 12 1 Three O'Clock Blues-B.B. King 5 6 6 2 Wheel Of Fortune-Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox 6 10 2 6 Wheel Of Fortune-Cardinals 7 5 18 1 Flamingo-Earl Bostic 8 - 1 8 Got You On My Mind-John Greer 8 - 1 8 Thinkin' And Drinkin'-Amos Milburn 10 RE 13 2 Best Wishes-Roy Milton 10 - 1 10 Kiss Me Baby-Ray Charles
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 29,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 5 1 NIGHT TRAIN-JIMMY FORREST
2 2 8 1 Booted-Roscoe Gordon 3 4 13 1 Three O'Clock Blues-B.B. King 4 3 4 3 Wheel Of Fortune-Dinah Washington 5 RE 14 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray 6 - 1 6 Trouble In Mind-Dinah Washington 7 5 7 2 Wheel Of Fortune-Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox 8 10 14 2 Best Wishes-Roy Milton 8 - 1 8 Mellow Moods (Parts I & II)-Sonny Thompson 10 6 3 6 Wheel Of Fortune-Cardinals
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 5,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 6 1 NIGHT TRAIN-JIMMY FORREST
2 2 9 1 Booted-Roscoe Gordon 3 3 14 1 Three O'Clock Blues-B.B. King 4 6 2 4 Trouble In Mind-Dinah Washington 5 4 5 3 Wheel Of Fortune-Dinah Washington 5 - 1 5 Heavenly Father-Edna McGriff 7 5 15 1 Cry-Johnnie Ray 7 RE 19 1 Flamingo-Earl Bostic 9 7 8 2 Wheel Of Fortune-Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox 9 - 1 9 Dust My Broom-Elmore James
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 12,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 7 1 NIGHT TRAIN-JIMMY FORREST
2 - 1 2 5-10-15 Hours-Ruth Brown 3 2 10 1 Booted-Roscoe Gordon 4 - 1 4 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon 5 5 2 5 Heavenly Father-Edna McGriff 6 3 15 1 Three O'Clock Blues-B.B. King 7 - 1 7 New Blowtop Blues-Dinah Washington 8 - 1 8 Sweet Sixteen-Joe Turner 9 7 20 1 Flamingo-Earl Bostic 9 - 1 9 Big Question-Percy Mayfield 9 - 1 9 Wind Is Blowing-Jimmy Witherspoon
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 19,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 8 1 NIGHT TRAIN-JIMMY FORREST
2 2 2 2 5-10-15 Hours-Ruth Brown 3 4 2 3 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon 4 3 11 1 Booted-Roscoe Gordon 5 5 3 5 Heavenly Father-Edna McGriff 6 6 16 1 Three O'Clock Blues-B.B. King 7 9 2 7 Wind Is Blowing-Jimmy Witherspoon 9 - 1 9 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 9 RE 2 8 Got You On My Mind-John Greer
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 26,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 9 1 NIGHT TRAIN-JIMMY FORREST
2 2 3 2 5-10-15 Hours-Ruth Brown 3 3 3 3 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon 4 5 4 4 Heavenly Father-Edna McGriff 5 4 12 1 Booted-Roscoe Gordon 5 - 1 5 Middle Of The Night-Clovers 7 - 1 7 That's What You're Doing To To Me-Dominoes 8 RE 2 8 Sweet Sixteen-Joe Turner 9 6 17 1 Three O'Clock Blues-B.B. King 10 9 2 9 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 10 RE 2 7 New Blowtop Blues-Dinah Washington
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 3,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 2 4 1 5-10-15 HOURS-RUTH BROWN
2 1 10 1 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest 3 3 4 3 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon 4 8 3 4 Sweet Sixteen-Joe Turner 5 10 3 5 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 6 4 5 4 Heavenly Father-Edna McGriff 7 5 2 5 Middle Of The Night-Clovers 8 7 2 7 That's What You're Doing To To Me-Dominoes 9 5 13 1 Booted-Roscoe Gordon 10 10 3 7 New Blowtop Blues-Dinah Washington
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 10,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 5 1 5-10-15 HOURS-RUTH BROWN
2 2 11 1 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest 3 5 4 3 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 4 3 5 3 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon 5 7 3 5 Middle Of The Night-Clovers 6 6 6 4 Heavenly Father-Edna McGriff 7 4 4 4 Sweet Sixteen-Joe Turner 8 8 3 7 That's What You're Doing To To Me-Dominoes 9 - 1 9 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 10 - 1 10 Be Anything (But Be Mine)-Wini Brown
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 17,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 6 1 5-10-15 HOURS-RUTH BROWN
2 3 5 2 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 3 2 12 1 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest 4 5 4 4 Middle Of The Night-Clovers 5 4 6 3 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon 6 6 7 4 Heavenly Father-Edna McGriff 7 9 2 7 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 8 8 4 7 That's What You're Doing To To Me-Dominoes 9 - 1 9 Moody Mood For Love-King Pleasure 10 7 5 4 Sweet Sixteen-Joe Turner
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 24,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 7 1 5-10-15 HOURS-RUTH BROWN
2 2 6 2 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 2 7 3 2 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 4 6 8 4 Heavenly Father-Edna McGriff 5 5 7 3 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon 6 4 5 4 Middle Of The Night-Clovers 7 3 13 1 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest 8 - 1 8 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 9 9 2 9 Moody Mood For Love-King Pleasure 10 8 5 7 That's What You're Doing To To Me-Dominoes
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 31,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 8 1 5-10-15 HOURS-RUTH BROWN
2 7 4 2 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 3 2 7 2 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 4 8 2 4 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 5 7 14 1 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest 6 6 6 4 Middle Of The Night-Clovers 7 5 8 3 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon 8 4 9 4 Heavenly Father-Edna McGriff 9 - 1 9 So Tired-Roy Milton 10 - 1 10 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 7,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 9 1 5-10-15 HOURS-RUTH BROWN
2 2 5 2 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 3 3 8 2 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 4 10 2 4 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 5 4 3 4 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 6 5 15 1 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest 7 9 2 7 So Tired-Roy Milton 8 RE 3 8 Moody Mood For Love-King Pleasure 9 6 7 4 Middle Of The Night-Clovers 10 7 9 3 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 14,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 10 1 5-10-15 HOURS-RUTH BROWN
2 2 6 2 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 3 3 9 2 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 4 5 4 4 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 5 4 3 4 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 6 6 16 1 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest 7 7 3 7 So Tired-Roy Milton 8 8 4 8 Moody Mood For Love-King Pleasure 9 10 10 3 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon 9 RE 10 4 Heavenly Father-Edna McGriff
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 21,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 2 7 1 GOIN’ HOME-FATS DOMINO
2 1 11 1 5-10-15 Hours-Ruth Brown 3 4 5 3 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 4 3 10 2 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 5 5 4 4 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 6 9 11 3 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon 7 6 17 1 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest 8 7 4 7 So Tired-Roy Milton 9 8 5 8 Moody Mood For Love-King Pleasure 10 9 11 4 Heavenly Father-Edna McGriff
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 28,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 3 6 1 HAVE MERCY,BABY-DOMINOES
2 1 8 1 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 3 4 11 2 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 4 5 5 4 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 5 2 12 1 5-10-15 Hours-Ruth Brown 6 6 12 3 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon 7 9 6 7 Moody Mood For Love-King Pleasure 8 8 5 7 So Tired-Roy Milton 9 10 12 4 Heavenly Father-Edna McGriff 10 - 1 10 I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tunes-Marie Adams
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 5,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 7 1 HAVE MERCY,BABY-DOMINOES
2 4 6 2 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 3 2 9 1 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 4 3 12 2 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 5 7 7 5 Moody Mood For Love-King Pleasure 6 6 13 3 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon 7 5 13 1 5-10-15 Hours-Ruth Brown 8 RE 18 1 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest 9 - 1 9 Easy,Easy Baby-Varetta Dillard 10 9 13 4 Heavenly Father-Edna McGriff
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 12,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 8 1 HAVE MERCY,BABY-DOMINOES
2 2 7 2 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 3 3 10 1 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 4 4 13 2 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 5 5 8 5 Moody Mood For Love-King Pleasure 6 6 14 3 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon 7 - 1 7 I'll Drown In My Tears-Sonny Thompson 8 RE 8 4 Middle Of The Night-Clovers 9 9 2 9 Easy,Easy Baby-Varetta Dillard 10 8 19 1 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 19,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 9 1 HAVE MERCY,BABY-DOMINOES
2 2 8 2 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 3 3 11 1 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 4 4 14 2 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 5 7 2 5 I'll Drown In My Tears-Sonny Thompson 6 - 1 6 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 7 RE 2 7 I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tunes-Marie Adams 8 5 9 5 Moody Mood For Love-King Pleasure 9 6 15 3 No More Doggin'-Roscoe Gordon 10 - 1 10 My Heart's Desire-Jimmie Lee & Artis
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 26,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 10 1 HAVE MERCY,BABY-DOMINOES
2 2 9 2 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 3 3 12 1 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 4 6 2 4 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 5 5 3 5 I'll Drown In My Tears-Sonny Thompson 5 - 1 5 Ting A-Ling-Clovers 7 4 15 2 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 8 - 1 8 Call Operator 210-Floyd Dixon 9 8 10 5 Moody Mood For Love-King Pleasure 10 10 2 10 My Heart's Desire-Jimmie Lee & Artis
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 2,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 11 1 HAVE MERCY,BABY-DOMINOES
1 2 10 1 LAWDY MISS CLAWDY-LLOYD PRICE 3 3 13 1 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 4 4 3 4 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 5 5 2 5 Ting A-Ling-Clovers 6 8 2 6 Call Operator 210-Floyd Dixon 7 RE 20 1 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest 8 9 11 5 Moody Mood For Love-King Pleasure 9 10 3 9 My Heart's Desire-Jimmie Lee & Artis 10 7 16 2 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 10 - 1 10 Beside You-Swallows
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 9,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 11 1 LAWDY MISS CLAWDY-LLOYD PRICE
2 1 12 1 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 3 4 4 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 4 5 3 4 Ting A-Ling-Clovers 5 6 3 5 Call Operator 210-Floyd Dixon 6 3 14 1 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 7 10 17 2 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 8 8 12 5 Moody Mood For Love-King Pleasure 9 - 1 9 My Song-Johnny Ace 10 10 2 10 Beside You-Swallows
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 16,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 12 1 LAWDY MISS CLAWDY-LLOYD PRICE
2 2 13 1 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 3 4 4 3 Ting A-Ling-Clovers 4 5 4 4 Call Operator 210-Floyd Dixon 5 3 5 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 6 9 2 6 My Song-Johnny Ace 7 7 18 2 One Mint Julep-The Clovers 8 6 15 1 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 9 - 1 9 Let's Call It A Day-Sonny Thompson 10 RE 3 9 My Heart's Desire-Jimmie Lee & Artis
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 23,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 13 1 LAWDY MISS CLAWDY-LLOYD PRICE
2 2 14 1 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 3 3 5 3 Ting A-Ling-Clovers 4 4 5 4 Call Operator 210-Floyd Dixon 5 6 3 5 My Song-Johnny Ace 6 5 6 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 7 10 4 7 My Heart's Desire-Jimmie Lee & Artis 8 RE 3 8 Easy,Easy Baby-Varetta Dillard 9 8 16 1 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 10 RE 4 5 I'll Drown In My Tears-Sonny Thompson
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 30,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 14 1 LAWDY MISS CLAWDY-LLOYD PRICE
2 2 15 1 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 3 3 6 3 Ting A-Ling-Clovers 4 5 4 4 My Song-Johnny Ace 5 6 7 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 6 4 6 4 Call Operator 210-Floyd Dixon 7 7 5 7 My Heart's Desire-Jimmie Lee & Artis 7 9 17 1 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 9 10 5 5 I'll Drown In My Tears-Sonny Thompson 10 RE 3 10 Beside You-Swallows
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 6,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 2 16 1 HAVE MERCY,BABY-DOMINOES
1 3 6 1 TING A-LING-CLOVERS 3 1 15 1 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 4 4 5 4 My Song-Johnny Ace 5 5 8 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 6 6 7 4 Call Operator 210-Floyd Dixon 7 - 1 7 Daddy,Daddy-Ruth Brown 8 7 18 1 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 9 9 6 5 I'll Drown In My Tears-Sonny Thompson 10 - 1 10 Bells Are Ringing-Smiley Lewis
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 13,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 3 16 1 LAWDY MISS CLAWDY-LLOYD PRICE
2 1 7 1 Ting A-Ling-Clovers 3 4 6 3 My Song-Johnny Ace 4 1 17 1 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 5 7 2 5 Daddy,Daddy-Ruth Brown 6 5 9 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 7 9 7 5 I'll Drown In My Tears-Sonny Thompson 8 8 19 1 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 9 6 8 4 Call Operator 210-Floyd Dixon 10 - 1 10 You Know I Love You-B.B. King
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 20,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 17 1 LAWDY MISS CLAWDY-LLOYD PRICE
2 2 8 1 Ting A-Ling-Clovers 3 3 7 3 My Song-Johnny Ace 4 4 18 1 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 5 10 2 5 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 6 6 10 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 7 5 3 5 Daddy,Daddy-Ruth Brown 8 8 20 1 Goin' Home-Fats Domino 9 9 9 4 Call Operator 210-Floyd Dixon 10 7 8 5 I'll Drown In My Tears-Sonny Thompson
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 27,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 3 8 1 MY SONG-JOHNNY ACE
2 1 18 1 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 3 5 3 3 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 4 2 9 1 Ting A-Ling-Clovers 4 4 19 1 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 6 - 1 6 Juke-Little Walter 7 9 10 4 Call Operator 210-Floyd Dixon 8 6 11 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 9 7 4 5 Daddy,Daddy-Ruth Brown 10 - 1 10 Night And Day-Roy Milton
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 4,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 3 9 1 MY SONG-JOHNNY ACE
2 6 2 2 Juke-Little Walter 3 3 4 3 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 3 9 5 3 Daddy,Daddy-Ruth Brown 5 2 19 1 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 6 4 10 1 Ting A-Ling-Clovers 7 4 20 1 Have Mercy,Baby-Dominoes 7 - 1 7 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd 9 8 12 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 10 RE 2 10 Bells Are Ringing-Smiley Lewis
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 11,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 10 1 MY SONG-JOHNNY ACE
2 3 5 2 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 3 2 3 2 Juke-Little Walter 4 5 20 1 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 5 3 6 3 Daddy,Daddy-Ruth Brown 6 7 2 6 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd 7 6 11 1 Ting A-Ling-Clovers 8 9 13 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 9 - 1 9 Goodbye,Baby-Little Caesar 10 - 1 10 Restless Night-Lloyd Price 10 RE 11 4 Call Operator 210-Floyd Dixon 10 - 1 7 Oooh,Oooh,Oooh-Lloyd Price
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 18,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 11 1 MY SONG-JOHNNY ACE
2 2 6 2 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 3 3 4 2 Juke-Little Walter 4 4 21 1 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 5 5 7 3 Daddy,Daddy-Ruth Brown 6 6 3 6 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd 7 7 12 1 Ting A-Ling-Clovers 8 9 2 8 Goodbye,Baby-Little Caesar 9 8 14 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 10 RE 2 9 Let's Call It A Day-Sonny Thompson
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 25,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 12 1 MY SONG-JOHNNY ACE
2 2 7 2 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 3 3 5 2 Juke-Little Walter 4 6 4 4 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd 5 5 8 3 Daddy,Daddy-Ruth Brown 6 4 22 1 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 7 7 13 1 Ting A-Ling-Clovers 8 9 15 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers 9 - 1 9 My Story-Chuck Willis 10 8 3 8 Goodbye,Baby-Little Caesar
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 1,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 13 1 MY SONG-JOHNNY ACE
2 2 8 2 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 3 3 6 2 Juke-Little Walter 4 4 5 4 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd 5 6 23 1 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 6 10 4 6 Goodbye,Baby-Little Caesar 7 RE 2 7 Oooh,Oooh,Oooh-Lloyd Price 8 RE 2 8 Restless Night-Lloyd Price 8 - 1 8 Rock Me All Night Long-Ravens 10 8 16 3 Mary Jo-Four Blazers
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 8,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 14 1 MY SONG-JOHNNY ACE
1 2 9 1 YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU-B.B. KING 3 3 7 2 Juke-Little Walter 4 4 6 4 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd 5 6 5 5 Goodbye,Baby-Little Caesar 6 5 24 1 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 7 7 3 7 Oooh,Oooh,Oooh-Lloyd Price 8 8 3 8 Restless Night-Lloyd Price 9 8 2 8 Rock Me All Night Long-Ravens 9 - 1 9 Hey,Mrs.Fannie-Clovers
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 15,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 15 1 MY SONG-JOHNNY ACE
2 1 10 1 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 2 3 8 2 Juke-Little Walter 4 4 7 4 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd 5 9 2 5 Hey,Mrs.Fannie-Clovers 6 5 6 5 Goodbye,Baby-Little Caesar 7 7 4 7 Oooh,Oooh,Oooh-Lloyd Price 8 6 25 1 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 9 9 3 8 Rock Me All Night Long-Ravens 10 8 4 8 Restless Night-Lloyd Price
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 22,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 16 1 MY SONG-JOHNNY ACE
2 2 9 2 Juke-Little Walter 3 4 8 3 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd 4 2 11 1 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 5 7 5 5 Oooh,Oooh,Oooh-Lloyd Price 5 RE 2 5 My Story-Chuck Willis 7 5 3 5 Hey,Mrs.Fannie-Clovers 8 6 7 5 Goodbye,Baby-Little Caesar 9 8 26 1 Lawdy Miss Clawdy-Lloyd Price 10 9 4 8 Rock Me All Night Long-Ravens
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 29,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 4 12 1 YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU-B.B. KING
2 3 9 2 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd 3 2 10 2 Juke-Little Walter 4 1 17 1 My Song-Johnny Ace 5 5 3 5 My Story-Chuck Willis 6 5 6 5 Oooh,Oooh,Oooh-Lloyd Price 7 - 1 7 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet 8 7 4 5 Hey,Mrs.Fannie-Clovers 9 - 1 9 I Played The Fool-Clovers 10 8 8 5 Goodbye,Baby-Little Caesar
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 6,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 3 11 1 JUKE-LITTLE WALTER
2 2 10 2 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd 3 4 18 1 My Song-Johnny Ace 4 1 13 1 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 5 5 4 5 My Story-Chuck Willis 6 6 7 5 Oooh,Oooh,Oooh-Lloyd Price 7 - 1 7 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon 8 8 5 5 Hey,Mrs.Fannie-Clovers 9 7 2 7 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet 10 9 2 9 I Played The Fool-Clovers
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 13,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 2 11 1 FIVE LONG YEARS-EDDIE BOYD
2 1 12 2 Juke-Little Walter 3 3 19 1 My Song-Johnny Ace 4 5 5 4 My Story-Chuck Willis 5 8 6 5 Hey,Mrs.Fannie-Clovers 6 4 14 1 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 7 6 8 5 Oooh,Oooh,Oooh-Lloyd Price 8 RE 5 8 Rock Me All Night Long-Ravens 9 - 1 9 How Long?-Fats Domino 10 - 1 10 Sad Hours-Little Walter
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 20,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 1 12 1 FIVE LONG YEARS-EDDIE BOYD
2 RE 2 2 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon 3 4 6 3 My Story-Chuck Willis 4 2 13 2 Juke-Little Walter 5 6 15 1 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 6 3 20 1 My Song-Johnny Ace 7 RE 3 7 I Played The Fool-Clovers 8 RE 3 7 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet 9 5 7 5 Hey,Mrs.Fannie-Clovers 10 - 1 10 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 10 - 1 10 Hey Mrs.Jones-J Forrest
BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 27,1952
"Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist
1 2 3 1 I DON’T KNOW-WILLIE MABON
2 1 13 1 Five Long Years-Eddie Boyd 3 RE 2 3 Sad Hours-Little Walter 4 3 7 3 My Story-Chuck Willis 5 5 16 1 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 6 4 14 2 Juke-Little Walter 6 7 4 6 I Played The Fool-Clovers 8 10 2 8 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 9 8 4 7 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet 10 - 1 10 Story From My Heart And Soul-B.B. King