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.
Retailyear-end Juke boxyear-end Title Artist(s) Label1 4 "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" Lloyd Price Specialty2 2 "Have Mercy Baby" Billy Ward and his Dominoes Federal3 3 "5-10-15 Hours" Ruth Brown Atlantic4 10 "Goin' Home" Fats Domino Federal5 5 "Night Train" Jimmy Forest United6 7 "My Song" Johnny Ace Duke7 12 "One Mint Julep" The Clovers Atlantic8 16 "Ting-A-Ling" The Clovers Atlantic9 9 "3 O'Clock Blues" B.B. King RPM10 1 "Juke" Little Walter Checker11 13 "No More Doggin'" Rosco Gordon RPM12 7 "You Know I Love You" B.B. King RPM13 14 "Mary Jo" The Four Blazes Atlantic14 18 "Booted" Rosco Gordon Chess & RPM15 6 "Five Long Years" Eddie Boyd Job16 28 "Heavenly Father" Edna McGriff Jubilee17 NR "Call Operator 210" Floyd Dixon Aladdin18 NR "Flamingo" Earl Bostic King19 17 "Cry" Johnnie Ray Okeh20 15 "Moody's Mood for Love" King Pleasure Prestige21 NR "Middle of the Night" The Clovers Atlantic22 29 "Best Wishes" Roy Milton Specialty23 NR "I'll Drown in My Tears" Sonny Thompson King24 NR "Wheel of Fortune" Sunny Gale Derby25 25 "Daddy, Daddy" Ruth Brown Atlantic26 NR "So Tired" Roy Milton Specialty27 NR "Easy, Easy, Baby" Varetta Dillard Savoy28 22 "I'm Gonna Play the Honky Tonks" Marie Adams Peacock29 NR "That's What You're Doing to Me" The Dominoes Federal30 30 "Fool, Fool, Fool" The Clovers AtlanticNR 11 "Got You on My Mind" Big John Greer RCA VictorNR 19 "Sweet Sixteen" Big Joe Turner AtlanticNR 20 "So Tired" Roy Milton SpecialtyNR 21 "Oooh, Oooh, Oooh" Lloyd Price SpecialtyNR 22 "Rock Me All Night Long" The Ravens MercuryNR 24 "Weepin' and Cryin'" Griffin Brothers DotNR 26 "Hey, Miss Fannie" The Clovers AtlanticNR 27 "Port of Rico" Illinois Jacquet Mercury
See also Billboard No. 1 R&B singles of 1952 Billboard year-end top 30 singles of 1952 1952 in music
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