Billboard Top R&B Records of 1952 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard rhythm and blues records based on record sales and juke box plays.[ 1]
Retail[ 1]
Juke box[ 1]
Title
Artist(s)
Label
1
4
"Lawdy Miss Clawdy "
Lloyd Price Specialty
2
2
"Have Mercy Baby "
Billy Ward and his Dominoes Federal
3
3
"Five, Ten, Fifteen Hours"
Ruth Brown Atlantic
4
10
"Goin' Home "
Fats Domino Federal
5
5
"Night Train "
Jimmy Forest United
6
7
"My Song "
Johnny Ace Duke
7
12
"One Mint Julep "
The Clovers Atlantic
8
16
"Ting-A-Ling "
The Clovers
Atlantic
9
9
"3 O'Clock Blues "
B.B. King RPM
10
1
"Juke "
Little Walter Checker
11
13
"No More Doggin' "
Rosco Gordon RPM
12
7
"You Know I Love You "
B.B. King
RPM
13
14
"Mary Jo"
The Four Blazers
Atlantic
14
18
"Booted "
Rosco Gordon
Chess & RPM
15
6
"Five Long Years "
Eddie Boyd Job
16
28
"Heavenly Father"
Edna McGriff Jubilee
17
NR
"Call Operator 210"
Floyd Dixon Aladdin
18
NR
"Flamingo "
Earl Bostic King
19
17
"Cry "
Johnnie Ray Okeh
20
15
"Moody's Mood for Love "
King Pleasure Prestige
21
NR
"Middle of the Night"
The Clovers
Atlantic
22
29
"Best Wishes"
Roy Milton Specialty
23
NR
"I'll Drown in My Dears"
Sonny Thompson King
24
NR
"Wheel of Fortune"
Sunny Gale
Derby
25
25
"Daddy, Daddy"
Ruth Brown
Atlantic
26
NR
"So Tired"
Roy Milton
Specialty
27
NR
"Easy, Easy, Baby"
Varetta Dillard Savoy
28
22
"I'm Gonna Play the Honky Tonks"
Marie Adams
Peacock
29
NR
"That's What You're Doing to Me"
The Dominoes
Federal
30
30
"Fool, Fool, Fool "
The Clovers
Atlantic
NR
11
"Got You on My Mind "
Big John Greer RCA Victor
NR
19
"Sweet Sixteen"
Big Joe Turner Atlantic
NR
20
"So Tired"
Roy Milton
Specialty
NR
21
"Oooh, Oooh, Oooh"
Lloyd Price
Specialty
NR
22
"Rock Me All Night Long"
The Ravens Mercury
NR
24
"Weepin' and Cryin'"
Griffin Brothers
Dot
NR
26
"Hey, Miss Fannie "
The Clovers Atlantic
NR
27
"Port of Rico"
Illinois Jacquet Mercury
See also
References
1946–1949 1950–1959 1960–1969