CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S (Harlem) R&B TOP JUKE BOX PLAYS FOR 1952
No. Song-Artist-Peak Month 1 HAVE MERCY BABY-DOMINOES-JUNE 1352 2 LAWDY MISS CLAWDY-LLOYD PRICE & ORCHESTRA-July 1154 3 HEAVENLY FATHER-EDNA MCGRIFF-March 1144 4 PORT OF RICO-ILLINOIS JACQUET & ORCHESTRA-November 1108 5 ROCK ME ALL NIGHT LONG-RAVENS-November 1104 6 MOODY MOOD FOR LOVE-KING PLEASURE-May 1078 7 BESIDE YOU-SWALLOWS-June 1052 8 5-10-15 HOURS-Ruth Brown-April 992 9 GOIN' HOME-Fats Domino-September 952 10 CRY-Johnnie Ray & Four Lads-January 888 11 That's What You're Doing To To Me-Dominoes-April 850 12 I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonks-Marie Adams-August 846 13 My Song-Johnny Ace-October 846 14 Middle Of The Night-Clovers-May 820 15 I Got Loaded-Peppermint Harris-January 810 16 You Know I Love You-B.B. King-December 726 17 Trouble In Mind-Dinah Washington-April 674 18 Wheel Of Fortune-Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox-February 668 19 Night Train-Jimmy Forrest-March 596 20 Trouble In Mind-Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chickenshackers-April 572 21 This Is Happiness-Joe Holiday-February 564 22 Mellow Blues (Parts I & II)-Sonny Thompson-March 550 23 Somewhere Along The Way-Nat "King" Cole-July 548 24 Stolen Love-Larks-April 542 25 One Mint Julep-The Clovers-August 502 26 I Played The Fool-Clovers-December 472 27 Faith Can Move Mountains-Nat "King" Cole-November 434 28 Daddy,Daddy-Ruth Brown-October 422 29 Make Believe Dreams-Dinah Washington-November 412 30 Juke-Little Walter & Night Cats-December 408 31 I'll Drown In My Tears-Sonny Thompson-August 392 32 Oooh,0ooh,Oooh-Lloyd Price-November 388 33 The Little White Cloud That Cried-Johnnie Ray & Four Lads-February 382 34 You're My Inspiration-Five Crowns-October 348 35 You Know I Know-'5' Royales-November 320 36 Paradise Squat-Count Basie & Orchestra-December 314 37 Looking For My Baby-Ravens-April 294 38 Three O'clock Blues-B.B. King-January 292 39 When It's Sleepy Time Down South-Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins Orchestra-February 242 40 Manhattan-Georgie Auld & Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires-February 230 41 Keep On Churnin'-Wynonie Harris & Todd Rhodes Orchestra-May 184 42 Tell Me Why-Dinah Washington-March 182 43 Funny (Not Much)-Nat "King" Cole-September 180 44 Wheel Of Fortune-Kay Starr-March 160 45 Sad Hours-Little Walter-December 154 46 Shine On (Big Bright Moon,Shine On)-Ruth Brown-February 144 47 Be Anything (But Be Mine)-Wini Brown-May 140 48 Baby,Please Don't Go-Orioles-February 140 49 So Tired-Roy Milton & Solid Senders-May 126 50 Please,Mr.sun-Johnnie Ray-March 90 51 Ting A-Ling-Clovers-August 84 52 Here I Am-broken Hearted-Johnnie Ray-March 44 53 The Walkin' Blues (Walk Right In,walk Right Out)-Jesse Powell Orchestra & Fluff-March 42 54 Lovin' Machine-Wynonie Harris & Todd Rhodes Orchestra-January 42 55 Easy,Easy Baby-Varetta Dillard-August 42 56 Slowly Goin' Crazy-'h' Bomb Ferguson-January 42