CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S (Harlem) R&B WEEKLY SINGLE CHARTS FROM 1949
CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 1,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 4 1 BEWILDERED-AMOS-MILBURN 2 4 3 2 Trees-Al Hibbler 3 1 3 1 I'll Always Be In Love With You-Ray-O-Vacs 4 5 5 4 Chicken-Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 5 RE 5 5 Merry Christmas,Baby-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 6 8 3 6 I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles-Charlie Ventura & Orchestra 7 2 8 1 A Little Bird Told Me-Paula Watson 8 7 18 1 It's Too Soon To Know-Orioles 9 - 1 9 New Year's Resolution-Roy Milton & Solid Senders 10 - 1 10 Bump In The Road Boogie-Camille Howard CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 8,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 BEWILDERED-AMOS-MILBURN
2 2 4 2 Trees-Al Hibbler 3 3 4 1 I'll Always Be In Love With You-Ray-O-Vacs 4 4 6 4 Chicken-Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 5 6 4 5 I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles-Charlie Ventura & Orchestra 6 7 9 1 A Little Bird Told Me-Paula Watson 7 8 19 1 It's Too Soon To Know-Orioles 8 9 2 8 New Year's Resolution-Roy Milton & Solid Senders 9 - 1 9 Sweet Georgia Brown-Brother Bones & His Shadows 10 RE 9 1 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 15,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 BEWILDERED-AMOS-MILBURN
2 2 5 2 Trees-Al Hibbler 3 4 7 3 Chicken-Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 4 3 5 1 I'll Always Be In Love With You-Ray-O-Vacs 5 9 2 5 Sweet Georgia Brown-Brother Bones & His Shadows 6 6 10 1 A Little Bird Told Me-Paula Watson 7 10 10 1 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 8 - 1 8 The Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays 9 8 3 8 New Year's Resolution-Roy Milton & Solid Senders 10 5 5 5 I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles-Charlie Ventura & Orchestra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 22,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 BEWILDERED-AMOS-MILBURN
2 2 6 2 Trees-Al Hibbler 3 5 3 3 Sweet Georgia Brown-Brother Bones & His Shadows 4 3 8 3 Chicken-Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 5 6 11 1 A Little Bird Told Me-Paula Watson 6 8 2 6 The Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays 7 4 6 1 I'll Always Be In Love With You-Ray-O-Vacs 8 - 1 8 For You- Luis Russell & Orchestra & Lee Richardson 9 7 11 1 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 10 - 1 10 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 29,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 BEWILDERED-AMOS-MILBURN
2 2 7 2 Trees-Al Hibbler 3 6 3 3 The Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays 4 5 12 1 A Little Bird Told Me-Paula Watson 5 4 9 3 Chicken-Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 6 10 2 6 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 7 7 7 1 I'll Always Be In Love With You-Ray-O-Vacs 8 8 2 8 For You- Luis Russell & Orchestra & Lee Richardson 9 3 4 3 Sweet Georgia Brown-Brother Bones & His Shadows 10 9 12 1 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 5,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 BEWILDERED-AMOS-MILBURN
2 2 8 2 Trees-Al Hibbler 3 3 4 3 The Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays 4 4 13 1 A Little Bird Told Me-Paula Watson 5 5 10 3 Chicken-Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 6 6 3 6 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 7 7 8 1 I'll Always Be In Love With You-Ray-O-Vacs 8 8 3 8 For You- Luis Russell & Orchestra & Lee Richardson 9 9 5 3 Sweet Georgia Brown-Brother Bones & His Shadows 10 10 13 1 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 12,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 BEWILDERED-AMOS-MILBURN
2 2 9 2 Trees-Al Hibbler 3 10 14 1 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 4 4 14 1 A Little Bird Told Me-Paula Watson 5 5 11 3 Chicken-Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 6 6 4 6 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 7 3 5 3 The Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays 8 7 9 1 I'll Always Be In Love With You-Ray-O-Vacs 9 8 4 8 For You- Luis Russell & Orchestra & Lee Richardson 10 9 6 3 Sweet Georgia Brown-Brother Bones & His Shadows CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 19,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 BEWILDERED-AMOS-MILBURN
2 2 10 2 Trees-Al Hibbler 3 3 15 1 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 4 4 15 1 A Little Bird Told Me-Paula Watson 5 5 12 3 Chicken-Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 6 6 5 6 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 7 7 6 3 The Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays 8 8 10 1 I'll Always Be In Love With You-Ray-O-Vacs 9 - 1 9 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 10 - 1 10 A Long Time-Don Juan Trio CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 26,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 16 1 WRAPPED UP IN A DREAM-DO,RAY & ME TRIO 2 1 12 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 3 7 7 3 The Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays 4 2 11 2 Trees-Al Hibbler 5 9 2 5 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 6 5 13 3 Chicken-Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn 7 10 2 7 A Long Time-Don Juan Trio 8 - 1 8 The Hucklebuck-Paul Williams & Hucklebuckers 9 6 6 6 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 10 - 1 10 Fat Meat And Greens-Edgar Hayes Orchestra & Stardusters CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 5,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 8 2 1 THE HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS & HUCKLEBUCKERS 2 5 3 2 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 3 10 2 3 Fat Meat And Greens-Edgar Hayes Orchestra & Stardusters 4 2 13 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 5 1 17 1 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 6 3 8 3 The Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays 7 4 12 2 Trees-Al Hibbler 8 7 3 7 A Long Time-Don Juan Trio 9 9 7 6 Texas Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 10 6 14 3 Chicken-Shack Boogie-Amos Milburn CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 12,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 CLOSE YOUR EYES-HERB LANCE & RAY ABRAMS SEXTET 2 1 3 1 The Hucklebuck-Paul Williams & Hucklebuckers 3 3 3 3 Fat Meat And Greens-Edgar Hayes Orchestra & Stardusters 4 8 4 4 A Long Time-Don Juan Trio 5 5 18 1 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 6 7 13 2 Trees-Al Hibbler 7 6 9 3 The Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays 8 4 14 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 9 - 1 9 Boogie Chillen'-John Lee Hooker 10 - 1 10 Where Can I Find My Baby-Johnny Moore's Three Blazers CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 19,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 CLOSE YOUR EYES-HERB LANCE & RAY ABRAMS SEXTET
2 2 4 1 The Hucklebuck-Paul Williams & Hucklebuckers 3 3 4 3 Fat Meat And Greens-Edgar Hayes Orchestra & Stardusters 4 4 5 4 A Long Time-Don Juan Trio 5 5 19 1 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 6 6 14 2 Trees-Al Hibbler 7 7 10 3 The Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays 8 8 15 1 Bewildered-Amos Milburn 9 9 2 9 Boogie Chillen'-John Lee Hooker 10 - 1 10 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee & Buddies CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 26,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 CLOSE YOUR EYES-HERB LANCE & RAY ABRAMS SEXTET
2 2 5 1 The Hucklebuck-Paul Williams & Hucklebuckers 3 3 5 3 Fat Meat And Greens-Edgar Hayes Orchestra & Stardusters 4 5 20 1 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 5 - 1 5 Grandma Plays The Numbers-Wynonie Harris 6 - 1 6 Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)-Frank "Floorshow" Culley & Band 7 - 1 7 Birdland-Charlie Ventura & Orchestra 8 6 15 2 Trees-Al Hibbler 9 4 6 4 A Long Time-Don Juan Trio 10 9 3 9 Boogie Chillen'-John Lee Hooker CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 2,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 6 1 THE HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS & HUCKLEBUCKERS 2 3 6 2 Fat Meat And Greens-Edgar Hayes Orchestra & Stardusters 3 1 7 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 4 6 2 4 Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)-Frank "Floorshow" Culley & Band 5 5 2 5 Grandma Plays The Numbers-Wynonie Harris 6 7 2 6 Birdland-Charlie Ventura & Orchestra 7 4 21 1 Wrapped Up In A Dream-Do,Ray & Me Trio 8 - 1 8 Safe,Sane And Single-Louis Jordan & Tympany Five 9 8 16 2 Trees-Al Hibbler 10 RE 11 3 The Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 9,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 THE HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS & HUCKLEBUCKERS
2 3 8 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 3 2 7 2 Fat Meat And Greens-Edgar Hayes Orchestra & Stardusters 4 4 3 4 Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)-Frank "Floorshow" Culley & Band 5 6 3 5 Birdland-Charlie Ventura & Orchestra 6 10 12 3 The Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays 7 RE 7 4 A Long Time-Don Juan Trio 8 - 1 8 By The Candle Glow-Ben Smith Quartet 9 - 1 9 Tell Me So-Orioles 10 5 3 5 Grandma Plays The Numbers-Wynonie Harris CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 16,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 THE HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS & HUCKLEBUCKERS
2 2 9 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 3 4 4 3 Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)-Frank "Floorshow" Culley & Band 4 3 8 2 Fat Meat And Greens-Edgar Hayes Orchestra & Stardusters 5 8 2 5 By The Candle Glow-Ben Smith Quartet 6 5 4 5 Birdland-Charlie Ventura & Orchestra 7 9 2 7 Tell Me So-Orioles 8 6 13 3 The Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays 9 - 1 9 Sympathetic Blues-Roy Milton & Solid Senders 10 7 8 4 A Long Time-Don Juan Trio CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 23,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 THE HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS & HUCKLEBUCKERS
2 2 10 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 3 3 5 3 Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)-Frank "Floorshow" Culley & Band 4 7 3 4 Tell Me So-Orioles 5 - 1 5 Happy Am I ('Cause I'm In Love With You)-Ray-O-Vacs 6 8 14 3 The Deacon's Hop-Big Jay McNeeley's Blue Jays 7 4 9 2 Fat Meat And Greens-Edgar Hayes Orchestra & Stardusters 8 - 1 8 Ain't Nobody's Business-Jimmy Witherspoon 9 6 5 6 Birdland-Charlie Ventura & Orchestra 10 5 3 5 By The Candle Glow-Ben Smith Quartet CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:APRIL 30,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 THE HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS & HUCKLEBUCKERS
2 2 11 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 3 3 6 3 Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)-Frank "Floorshow" Culley & Band 4 4 4 4 Tell Me So-Orioles 5 5 2 5 Happy Am I ('Cause I'm In Love With You)-Ray-O-Vacs 6 10 4 5 By The Candle Glow-Ben Smith Quartet 7 - 1 7 T.J. Boogie-T.J. Fowler & Orchestra 8 8 2 8 Ain't Nobody's Business-Jimmy Witherspoon 9 - 1 9 Hucklebuck Daddy-Jimmy Preston & Prestonians 10 RE 2 10 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee & Buddies CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 7,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 THE HUCKLEBUCK-PAUL WILLIAMS & HUCKLEBUCKERS
2 2 12 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 3 6 5 3 By The Candle Glow-Ben Smith Quartet 4 4 5 4 Tell Me So-Orioles 5 3 7 3 Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)-Frank "Floorshow" Culley & Band 6 10 3 6 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee & Buddies 7 - 1 7 In A Traveling Mood-Andrew Tibbs & Dozier Boys 8 5 3 5 Happy Am I ('Cause I'm In Love With You)-Ray-O-Vacs 9 7 2 7 T.J. Boogie-T.J. Fowler & Orchestra 10 8 3 8 Ain't Nobody's Business-Jimmy Witherspoon CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 14,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 13 1 CLOSE YOUR EYES-HERB LANCE & RAY ABRAMS SEXTET
2 1 12 1 The Hucklebuck-Paul Williams & Hucklebuckers 3 5 8 3 Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)-Frank "Floorshow" Culley & Band 3 - 1 3 Cole Slaw-Louis Jordan & The Tynpany Five 4 7 2 4 In A Traveling Mood-Andrew Tibbs & Dozier Boys 5 4 6 4 Tell Me So-Orioles 6 3 6 3 By The Candle Glow-Ben Smith Quartet 7 - 1 7 Lean On Me-Harry Belafonte 8 RE 10 2 Fat Meat And Greens-Edgar Hayes Orchestra & Stardusters 9 - 1 9 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 10 - 1 10 Hold Me Baby-Amos Milburn CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 21,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 14 1 CLOSE YOUR EYES-HERB LANCE & RAY ABRAMS SEXTET
2 3 9 2 Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)-Frank "Floorshow" Culley & Band 2 3 2 2 Cole Slaw-Louis Jordan & The Tynpany Five 3 2 13 1 The Hucklebuck-Paul Williams & Hucklebuckers 4 10 2 4 Hold Me Baby-Amos Milburn 5 9 2 5 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 6 6 7 3 By The Candle Glow-Ben Smith Quartet 7 4 3 4 In A Traveling Mood-Andrew Tibbs & Dozier Boys 8 5 7 4 Tell Me So-Orioles 9 - 1 9 Hobo Blues-John Lee Hooker 10 RE 4 6 Drinkin' Wine,Spoo-Dee-O-Dee-"Stick" McGhee & Buddies CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MAY 28,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 15 1 CLOSE YOUR EYES-HERB LANCE & RAY ABRAMS SEXTET
2 3 14 1 The Hucklebuck-Paul Williams & Hucklebuckers 3 6 8 3 By The Candle Glow-Ben Smith Quartet 4 8 8 4 Tell Me So-Orioles 5 2 10 2 Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)-Frank "Floorshow" Culley & Band 5 2 3 2 Cole Slaw-Louis Jordan & The Tynpany Five 6 - 1 6 Little Girl Don't Cry 7 4 3 4 Hold Me Baby-Amos Milburn 8 RE 11 2 Fat Meat And Greens-Edgar Hayes Orchestra & Stardusters 9 - 1 9 Ricky's Blues-Ravens 10 - 1 10 Baby,It's Cold Outside-Ella Fitzgerald,Louis Jordan & The Tynpany Five CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 4,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 4 9 1 TELL ME SO-ORIOLES 2 1 16 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 3 2 15 1 The Hucklebuck-Paul Williams & Hucklebuckers 4 RE 3 4 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 5 3 9 3 By The Candle Glow-Ben Smith Quartet 6 9 2 6 Ricky's Blues-Ravens 7 10 2 7 Baby,It's Cold Outside-Ella Fitzgerald,Louis Jordan & The Tynpany Five 8 6 2 6 Little Girl Don't Cry 9 5 11 2 Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)-Frank "Floorshow" Culley & Band 9 5 4 2 Cole Slaw-Louis Jordan & The Tynpany Five 10 RE 4 8 Ain't Nobody's Business-Jimmy Witherspoon CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 11,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 TELL ME SO-ORIOLES
2 2 17 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 3 4 4 3 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 4 3 16 1 The Hucklebuck-Paul Williams & Hucklebuckers 5 8 3 5 Little Girl Don't Cry 6 6 3 6 Ricky's Blues-Ravens 7 - 1 7 Pot Likker-Todd Rhodes & Orchestra 8 - 1 8 Because-Herb Lance 9 5 10 3 By The Candle Glow-Ben Smith Quartet 10 RE 4 4 Hold Me Baby-Amos Milburn CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 18,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 11 1 TELL ME SO-ORIOLES
2 2 18 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 3 3 5 3 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 4 6 4 4 Ricky's Blues-Ravens 5 8 2 5 Because-Herb Lance 6 9 11 3 By The Candle Glow-Ben Smith Quartet 7 - 1 7 Come Back Baby-Champion Jack Dupree & Band 8 4 17 1 The Hucklebuck-Paul Williams & Hucklebuckers 9 - 1 9 September In The Rain-George Shearing Quintette 10 - 1 10 A New Shade Of Blues-Billy Eckstine CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JUNE 25,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 12 1 TELL ME SO-ORIOLES
2 3 6 2 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 3 2 19 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 4 4 5 4 Ricky's Blues-Ravens 5 10 2 5 A New Shade Of Blues-Billy Eckstine 6 9 2 6 September In The Rain-George Shearing Quintette 7 RE 5 7 Ain't Nobody's Business-Jimmy Witherspoon 8 5 3 5 Because-Herb Lance 9 - 1 9 I Don't Want Your Money Honey-'Frantic' Fay Thomas 10 7 2 7 Come Back Baby-Champion Jack Dupree & Band CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 2,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 7 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 1 13 1 Tell Me So-Orioles 3 6 3 3 September In The Rain-George Shearing Quintette 4 3 20 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 5 9 2 5 I Don't Want Your Money Honey-'Frantic' Fay Thomas 6 8 4 5 Because-Herb Lance 7 5 3 5 A New Shade Of Blues-Billy Eckstine 8 4 6 4 Ricky's Blues-Ravens 9 10 3 7 Come Back Baby-Champion Jack Dupree & Band 10 7 6 7 Ain't Nobody's Business-Jimmy Witherspoon CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 9,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 2 14 1 Tell Me So-Orioles 3 3 4 3 September In The Rain-George Shearing Quintette 4 4 21 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 5 5 3 5 I Don't Want Your Money Honey-'Frantic' Fay Thomas 6 6 5 5 Because-Herb Lance 7 7 4 5 A New Shade Of Blues-Billy Eckstine 8 8 7 4 Ricky's Blues-Ravens 9 9 4 7 Come Back Baby-Champion Jack Dupree & Band 10 - 1 10 Buffalo Nickel-Bobby Smith & Orchestra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 16,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 TROUBLE BLUES-CHARLES BROWN TRIO 2 2 15 1 Tell Me So-Orioles 3 3 5 3 September In The Rain-George Shearing Quintette 4 4 22 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 5 5 4 5 I Don't Want Your Money Honey-'Frantic' Fay Thomas 6 6 6 5 Because-Herb Lance 7 7 5 5 A New Shade Of Blues-Billy Eckstine 8 8 8 4 Ricky's Blues-Ravens 9 9 5 7 Come Back Baby-Champion Jack Dupree & Band 10 10 2 10 Buffalo Nickel-Bobby Smith & Orchestra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 23,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 6 1 SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN-GEORGE SHEARING QUINTETTE 2 1 10 1 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 3 4 23 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 4 2 16 1 Tell Me So-Orioles 5 - 1 5 Baby Get Lost-Dinah Washington 6 - 1 6 Penthouse Serenade-Errol Garner 7 - 1 7 Crying-Billy Eckstine 8 9 6 7 Come Back Baby-Champion Jack Dupree & Band 9 5 5 5 I Don't Want Your Money Honey-'Frantic' Fay Thomas 10 6 7 5 Because-Herb Lance CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JULY 30,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN-GEORGE SHEARING QUINTETTE 2 5 2 2 Baby Get Lost-Dinah Washington 3 2 11 1 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 4 7 2 4 Crying-Billy Eckstine 5 3 24 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 6 10 8 5 Because-Herb Lance 7 4 17 1 Tell Me So-Orioles 8 6 2 6 Penthouse Serenade-Errol Garner 9 - 1 9 The Bop Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 10 8 7 7 Come Back Baby-Champion Jack Dupree & Band CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 6,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN-GEORGE SHEARING QUINTETTE 2 2 3 2 Baby Get Lost-Dinah Washington 3 3 12 1 Trouble Blues-Charles Brown Trio 4 4 3 4 Crying-Billy Eckstine 5 5 25 1 Close Your Eyes-Herb Lance & Ray Abrams Sextet 6 6 9 5 Because-Herb Lance 7 7 18 1 Tell Me So-Orioles 8 8 3 6 Penthouse Serenade-Errol Garner 9 9 2 9 The Bop Hop-Pee Wee Crayton 10 10 8 7 Come Back Baby-Champion Jack Dupree & Band CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 13,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 4 1 BABY GET LOST-DINAH WASHINGTON 2 1 9 1 September In The Rain-George Shearing Quintette 3 4 4 3 Crying-Billy Eckstine 4 6 10 4 Because-Herb Lance 5 - 1 5 Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?-Buddy Johnson & Orchestra 6 8 4 6 Penthouse Serenade-Errol Garner 7 - 1 7 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton 8 RE 3 8 Buffalo Nickel-Bobby Smith & Orchestra 9 - 1 9 I Challenge Your Kiss-Orioles 10 7 19 1 Tell Me So-Orioles CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 20,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 BABY GET LOST-DINAH WASHINGTON
2 3 5 2 Crying-Billy Eckstine 3 5 2 3 Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?-Buddy Johnson & Orchestra 4 2 10 1 September In The Rain-George Shearing Quintette 5 7 2 5 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton 6 RE 9 4 Ricky's Blues-Ravens 7 4 11 4 Because-Herb Lance 8 - 1 8 It's Midnight (No Place To Go)-Little Willie Littlefield 9 9 2 9 I Challenge Your Kiss-Orioles 10 8 4 8 Buffalo Nickel-Bobby Smith & Orchestra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:AUGUST 27,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 BABY GET LOST-DINAH WASHINGTON
2 2 6 2 Crying-Billy Eckstine 3 4 11 1 September In The Rain-George Shearing Quintette 4 3 3 3 Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?-Buddy Johnson & Orchestra 5 9 3 5 I Challenge Your Kiss-Orioles 6 5 3 5 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton 7 6 10 4 Ricky's Blues-Ravens 8 7 12 4 Because-Herb Lance 9 8 2 8 It's Midnight (No Place To Go)-Little Willie Littlefield 10 10 5 8 Buffalo Nickel-Bobby Smith & Orchestra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 3,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 BABY GET LOST-DINAH WASHINGTON
2 - 1 2 A Kiss And A Rose-Orioles 3 2 7 2 Crying-Billy Eckstine 4 3 12 1 September In The Rain-George Shearing Quintette 5 4 4 3 Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?-Buddy Johnson & Orchestra 6 - 1 6 Careless Love-Ravens 7 - 1 7 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 8 5 4 5 I Challenge Your Kiss-Orioles 9 7 11 4 Ricky's Blues-Ravens 10 - 1 10 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 10,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 2 1 A KISS AND A ROSE-ORIOLES 2 1 8 1 Baby Get Lost-Dinah Washington 3 - 1 3 So Long-Ruth Brown 4 6 2 4 Careless Love-Ravens 5 7 2 5 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 6 10 2 6 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn 7 RE 4 5 I Love You So-Pee Wee Crayton 8 4 13 1 September In The Rain-George Shearing Quintette 9 - 1 9 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra 10 - 1 10 That Lucky Old Sun-Herb Lance & Vocal Quartet CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 17,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 3 1 A KISS AND A ROSE-ORIOLES 2 3 2 2 So Long-Ruth Brown 3 4 3 3 Careless Love-Ravens 4 2 9 1 Baby Get Lost-Dinah Washington 5 6 3 5 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn 6 10 2 6 That Lucky Old Sun-Herb Lance & Vocal Quartet 7 5 3 5 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 8 9 2 8 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra 9 - 1 9 Later For You-Charlie Singleton 10 - 1 10 Broken Hearted-Eddie Williams & Brown Buddies CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:SEPTEMBER 24,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 4 1 A KISS AND A ROSE-ORIOLES 2 2 3 2 So Long-Ruth Brown 3 5 4 3 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn 4 4 10 1 Baby Get Lost-Dinah Washington 5 7 4 5 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 6 8 3 6 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra 7 6 3 6 That Lucky Old Sun-Herb Lance & Vocal Quartet 7 - 1 7 That Lucky Old Sun-Frankie Laine 8 RE 3 8 It's Midnight (No Place To Go)-Little Willie Littlefield 9 3 4 3 Careless Love-Ravens 10 9 2 9 Later For You-Charlie Singleton CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 1,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 A KISS AND A ROSE-ORIOLES 2 2 4 2 So Long-Ruth Brown 3 3 5 3 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn 4 4 11 1 Baby Get Lost-Dinah Washington 5 5 5 5 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 6 6 4 6 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra 7 7 4 6 That Lucky Old Sun-Herb Lance & Vocal Quartet 7 7 2 7 That Lucky Old Sun-Frankie Laine 8 8 4 8 It's Midnight (No Place To Go)-Little Willie Littlefield 9 9 5 3 Careless Love-Ravens 10 10 3 9 Later For You-Charlie Singleton CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 8,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 A KISS AND A ROSE-ORIOLES 2 7 5 2 That Lucky Old Sun-Herb Lance & Vocal Quartet 2 7 3 2 That Lucky Old Sun-Frankie Laine 3 2 5 2 So Long-Ruth Brown 4 5 6 4 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 5 6 5 5 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra 6 8 5 6 It's Midnight (No Place To Go)-Little Willie Littlefield 7 - 1 7 Someday-Ravens 8 - 1 8 Ethel Mae-L. C. Williams & Conney's Combo 9 3 6 3 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn 10 4 12 1 Baby Get Lost-Dinah Washington CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 15,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 6 1 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN-HERB LANCE & VOCAL QUARTET 1 2 4 1 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN-FRANKIE LAINE 2 3 6 2 So Long-Ruth Brown 3 9 7 3 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn 4 1 7 1 A Kiss And A Rose-Orioles 5 6 6 5 It's Midnight (No Place To Go)-Little Willie Littlefield 6 8 2 6 Ethel Mae-L. C. Williams & Conney's Combo 7 5 6 5 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra 8 4 7 4 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 9 - 1 9 Saturday Night Fish Fry-Louis Jordan & Tympany Five 10 7 2 7 Someday-Ravens CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 22,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN-HERB LANCE & VOCAL QUARTET 1 1 5 1 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN-FRANKIE LAINE 2 2 7 2 So Long-Ruth Brown 3 3 8 3 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn 4 4 8 1 A Kiss And A Rose-Orioles 5 5 7 5 It's Midnight (No Place To Go)-Little Willie Littlefield 6 6 3 6 Ethel Mae-L. C. Williams & Conney's Combo 7 7 7 5 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra 8 8 8 4 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 9 9 2 9 Saturday Night Fish Fry-Louis Jordan & Tympany Five 10 10 3 7 Someday-Ravens CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:OCTOBER 29,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN-FRANKIE LAINE 2 3 9 2 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn 3 8 9 3 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 4 4 9 1 A Kiss And A Rose-Orioles 5 9 3 5 Saturday Night Fish Fry-Louis Jordan & Tympany Five 6 - 1 6 Boogie At Midnight-Roy Brown & Mighty-Mighty Men 7 5 8 5 It's Midnight (No Place To Go)-Little Willie Littlefield 8 - 1 8 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Ruth Brown & Budd Johnson's Orchestra 9 RE 4 9 Later For You-Charlie Singleton 10 7 8 5 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 5,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN-FRANKIE LAINE 2 2 10 2 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn 3 3 10 3 All She Wants To Do Is Rock-Wynonie Harris 4 4 10 1 A Kiss And A Rose-Orioles 5 5 4 5 Saturday Night Fish Fry-Louis Jordan & Tympany Five 6 6 2 6 Boogie At Midnight-Roy Brown & Mighty-Mighty Men 7 7 9 5 It's Midnight (No Place To Go)-Little Willie Littlefield 8 9 5 8 Later For You-Charlie Singleton 9 8 2 8 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Ruth Brown & Budd Johnson's Orchestra 10 10 9 5 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 12,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 11 1 EMPTY ARMS BLUES-AMOS MILBURN 2 5 5 2 Saturday Night Fish Fry-Louis Jordan & Tympany Five 3 - 1 3 That Lucky Old Sun-Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins Orchestra 4 9 3 4 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Ruth Brown & Budd Johnson's Orchestra 4 - 1 4 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Larry Darnell 5 - 1 5 Roomin' House Boogie-Amos Milburn 6 10 10 5 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra 7 - 1 7 Mule Train-Frankie Laine & Muleskinners 7 - 1 7 Mule Train-Bing Crosby & Perry Botkin's String Band 8 - 1 8 Forgive And Forget-Orioles 9 - 1 9 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 10 4 11 1 A Kiss And A Rose-Orioles CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 19,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 6 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY-LOUIS JORDAN & THE TYMPANY FIVE 2 1 12 1 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn 3 3 2 3 That Lucky Old Sun-Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins Orchestra 4 4 4 4 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Ruth Brown & Budd Johnson's Orchestra 4 4 2 4 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Larry Darnell 5 8 2 5 Forgive And Forget-Orioles 6 6 11 5 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra 7 7 2 7 Mule Train-Frankie Laine & Muleskinners 7 7 2 7 Mule Train-Bing Crosby & Perry Botkin's String Band 8 9 2 8 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 9 5 2 5 Roomin' House Boogie-Amos Milburn 10 - 1 10 Kind Loving Daddy-Eddie Mack & Orchestra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:NOVEMBER 26,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY-LOUIS JORDAN & THE TYMPANY FIVE
2 2 13 1 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn 3 7 3 3 Mule Train-Frankie Laine & Muleskinners 3 7 3 3 Mule Train-Bing Crosby & Perry Botkin's String Band 4 4 3 4 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Larry Darnell 5 6 12 5 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra 6 5 3 5 Forgive And Forget-Orioles 7 8 3 6 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 8 10 2 7 Kind Loving Daddy-Eddie Mack & Orchestra 9 3 3 3 That Lucky Old Sun-Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins Orchestra 10 - 1 10 Don't Put Me Down-Jimmy Liggins & Drops Of Joy CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 3,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY-LOUIS JORDAN & THE TYMPANY FIVE
2 2 14 1 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn 3 7 4 3 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 4 6 4 4 Forgive And Forget-Orioles 5 8 3 5 Kind Loving Daddy-Eddie Mack & Orchestra 6 3 4 3 Mule Train-Frankie Laine & Muleskinners 7 RE 5 4 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Ruth Brown & Budd Johnson's Orchestra 7 4 4 4 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Larry Darnell 8 9 4 3 That Lucky Old Sun-Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins Orchestra 9 5 13 5 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra 10 - 1 10 Jealous Heart-Ivory Joe Hunter CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 10,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY-LOUIS JORDAN & THE TYMPANY FIVE
2 2 15 1 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn 3 3 5 3 For You My Love-Larry Darnell 4 4 5 4 Forgive And Forget-Orioles 5 5 4 5 Kind Loving Daddy-Eddie Mack & Orchestra 6 6 5 3 Mule Train-Frankie Laine & Muleskinners 7 7 6 4 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Ruth Brown & Budd Johnson's Orchestra 7 7 5 4 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Larry Darnell 8 8 5 3 That Lucky Old Sun-Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins Orchestra 9 9 14 5 Doby's Boogie-Freddie Mitchell & Orchestra 10 10 2 10 Jealous Heart-Ivory Joe Hunter CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 17,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 6 1 FOR YOU MY LOVE-LARRY DARNELL 2 1 10 1 Saturday Night Fish Fry-Louis Jordan & Tympany Five 3 5 5 3 Kind Loving Daddy-Eddie Mack & Orchestra 4 7 7 4 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Ruth Brown & Budd Johnson's Orchestra 4 7 6 4 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Larry Darnell 5 - 1 5 Good Daddy Blues-Dinah Washington 6 2 16 1 Empty Arms Blues-Amos Milburn 7 - 1 7 What Are You Doing New Year's-Orioles 8 - 1 8 Indiana Express-Freddie Mitchell Orchestra 9 - 1 9 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render 10 8 6 3 That Lucky Old Sun-Louis Armstrong & Gordon Jenkins Orchestra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 24,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 FOR YOU MY LOVE-LARRY DARNELL 2 7 2 2 What Are You Doing New Year's-Orioles 3 3 6 3 Kind Loving Daddy-Eddie Mack & Orchestra 4 RE 6 4 Forgive And Forget-Orioles 5 8 2 5 Indiana Express-Freddie Mitchell Orchestra 6 2 11 1 Saturday Night Fish Fry-Louis Jordan & Tympany Five 7 - 1 7 Let's Make Christmas Merry,Baby-Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chicken-Shackers 8 4 7 4 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Larry Darnell 9 - 1 9 Chitlin' Switch-Rene Hall & All Stars 10 9 2 9 Sneakin' Around-Rudy Render CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:DECEMBER 31,1949 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 FOR YOU MY LOVE-LARRY DARNELL 2 2 3 2 What Are You Doing New Year's-Orioles 3 3 7 3 Kind Loving Daddy-Eddie Mack & Orchestra 4 4 7 4 Forgive And Forget-Orioles 5 5 3 5 Indiana Express-Freddie Mitchell Orchestra 6 6 12 1 Saturday Night Fish Fry-Louis Jordan & Tympany Five 7 7 2 7 Let's Make Christmas Merry,Baby-Amos Milburn & Aladdin Chicken-Shackers 8 8 8 4 I'll Get Along Somehow (Parts I & Ii)-Larry Darnell 9 9 2 9 Chitlin' Switch-Rene Hall & All Stars 10 10 3 9 Sneakin; Around-Rudy Render