Billboard Top R&B Records of 1952

Billboard Top R&B Records of 1952 is made up of two year-end charts compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the year's top rhythm and blues records based on record sales and juke box plays.[1]

Retail
year-end[1]
Juke box
year-end[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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "1952's Top R&B Records". The Billboard. December 27, 1952. p. 19.