CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S (Harlem) R&B WEEKLY SINGLE CHARTS FROM 1953
CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 3,1953 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 I DON'T KNOW-WILLIE MABON & COMBO 2 2 11 1 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra 3 3 7 3 I Played The Fool-Clovers 4 4 14 1 Rock Me All Night Long-Ravens 5 5 2 5 Sad Hours-Little Walter 6 6 10 3 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 7 7 4 7 Paradise Squat-Count Basie & Orchestra 8 8 8 6 Make Believe Dreams-Dinah Washington 9 9 8 5 Juke-Little Walter & Night Cats 10 10 8 2 Oooh,Oooh,Oooh-Lloyd Price CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 10,1953 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 I DON'T KNOW-WILLIE MABON & COMBO 2 2 12 1 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra 3 6 11 3 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 4 4 15 1 Rock Me All Night Long-Ravens 5 3 8 3 I Played The Fool-Clovers 6 5 3 5 Sad Hours-Little Walter 7 - 1 7 Baby Don't Do It-5 Royales 8 9 9 5 Juke-Little Walter & Night Cats 9 7 5 7 Paradise Squat-Count Basie & Orchestra 10 8 9 6 Make Believe Dreams-Dinah Washington CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 17,1953 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 I DON'T KNOW-WILLIE MABON & COMBO
2 - 1 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 3 - 1 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 4 7 2 4 Baby Don't Do It-5 Royales 5 2 13 1 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra 6 - 1 6 I Cried For You-Dinah Washington 7 5 9 3 I Played The Fool-Clovers 8 4 16 1 Rock Me All Night Long-Ravens 9 9 6 7 Paradise Squat-Count Basie & Orchestra 10 - 1 10 Be True-Vocaleers CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 24,1953 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 I DON'T KNOW-WILLIE MABON & COMBO
2 5 14 1 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra 3 4 3 3 Baby Don't Do It-5 Royales 4 3 2 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 5 RE 12 3 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 6 8 17 1 Rock Me All Night Long-Ravens 7 2 2 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 8 - 1 8 The Bells-Billy Ward & Dominoes 9 9 7 7 Paradise Squat-Count Basie & Orchestra 10 10 2 10 Be True-Vocaleers CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:JANUARY 31,1953 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 9 1 I DON'T KNOW-WILLIE MABON & COMBO
2 3 4 2 Baby Don't Do It-5 Royales 3 4 3 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 4 2 15 1 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra 5 5 13 3 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 6 10 3 6 Be True-Vocaleers 7 - 1 7 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace & Beale Streeters 8 6 18 1 Rock Me All Night Long-Ravens 9 7 3 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 10 - 1 10 Ain't It A Shame-Lloyd Price CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 7,1953 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 10 1 I DON'T KNOW-WILLIE MABON & COMBO
2 2 5 2 Baby Don't Do It-5 Royales 3 3 4 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 4 7 2 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace & Beale Streeters 5 4 16 1 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra 6 6 4 6 Be True-Vocaleers 7 - 1 7 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 8 5 14 3 You Know I Love You-B.B. King 9 - 1 9 Yes,I Know (What You're Putting Down)-Linda Hayes & Red Callender Sextette 10 8 19 1 Rock Me All Night Long-Ravens CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 14,1953 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 2 6 1 BABY DON'T DO IT-THE "5" ROYALES 2 1 11 1 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon & Combo 3 3 5 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 4 4 3 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace & Beale Streeters 5 6 5 5 Be True-Vocaleers 6 7 2 6 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 7 5 17 1 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra 8 RE 4 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 9 10 20 1 Rock Me All Night Long-Ravens 10 9 2 9 Yes,I Know (What You're Putting Down)-Linda Hayes & Red Callender Sextette CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 21,1953 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 BABY DON'T DO IT-THE "5" ROYALES 2 2 12 1 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon & Combo 3 6 3 3 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean-Ruth Brown 4 3 6 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 5 4 4 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace & Beale Streeters 6 5 6 5 Be True-Vocaleers 7 10 3 7 Yes,I Know (What You're Putting Down)-Linda Hayes & Red Callender Sextette 8 7 18 1 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra 9 8 5 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 10 9 21 1 Rock Me All Night Long-Ravens CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:FEBRUARY 28,1953 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 3 4 1 (MAMA) HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN-RUTH BROWN 2 1 8 1 Baby Don't Do It-5 Royales 3 4 7 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 4 6 7 4 Be True-Vocaleers 5 7 4 5 Yes,I Know (What You're Putting Down)-Linda Hayes & Red Callender Sextette 6 2 13 1 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon & Combo 7 5 5 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace & Beale Streeters 8 - 1 8 Baby I'm Doin' It-Annisteen Allen 9 9 6 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 10 8 19 1 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 7,1953 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 5 1 (MAMA) HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN-RUTH BROWN 2 2 9 1 Baby Don't Do It-5 Royales 3 6 14 1 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon & Combo 4 4 8 4 Be True-Vocaleers 5 7 6 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace & Beale Streeters 6 3 8 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 7 9 7 2 I'm Gone-Shirley & Lee 8 5 5 5 Yes,I Know (What You're Putting Down)-Linda Hayes & Red Callender Sextette 9 10 20 1 Port Of Rico-Illinois Jacquet & Orchestra 10 8 2 8 Baby I'm Doin' It-Annisteen Allen CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 14,1953 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 6 1 (MAMA) HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN-RUTH BROWN 2 2 10 1 Baby Don't Do It-5 Royales 3 6 9 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 4 4 9 4 Be True-Vocaleers 5 5 7 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace & Beale Streeters 6 10 3 6 Baby I'm Doin' It-Annisteen Allen 7 8 6 5 Yes,I Know (What You're Putting Down)-Linda Hayes & Red Callender Sextette 8 3 15 1 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon & Combo 9 - 1 9 Crawlin'-The Clovers 10 - 1 10 I Believe-Elmore James CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 21,1953 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 7 1 (MAMA) HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN-RUTH BROWN 2 2 11 1 Baby Don't Do It-5 Royales 3 3 10 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 4 - 1 4 Let Me Go Home,Whiskey-Amos Milburn 5 4 10 4 Be True-Vocaleers 6 6 4 6 Baby I'm Doin' It-Annisteen Allen 7 8 16 1 I Don't Know-Willie Mabon & Combo 8 - 1 8 You're Mine-Crickets 9 5 8 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace & Beale Streeters 10 - 1 10 Red Top-King Pleasure,Betty Carter & Charlie Ferguson Band CASH BOX (USA) MAGAZINE'S R&B SINGLES CHART FOR WEEK OF:MARCH 28,1953 "Harlem,New York City" TW LW Wks HP Song-Artist 1 1 8 1 (MAMA) HE TREATS YOUR DAUGHTER MEAN-RUTH BROWN
2 4 2 2 Let Me Go Home,Whiskey-Amos Milburn 3 6 5 3 Baby I'm Doin' It-Annisteen Allen 4 3 11 3 Soft-Tiny Bradshaw 5 10 2 5 Red Top-King Pleasure,Betty Carter & Charlie Ferguson Band 6 5 11 4 Be True-Vocaleers 7 8 2 7 You're Mine-Crickets 8 9 9 4 Cross My Heart-Johnny Ace & Beale Streeters 9 2 12 1 Baby Don't Do It-5 Royales 10 - 1 10 Hound Dog-Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton A