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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.
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1950 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.
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- 1 2 3 "The Year's Top Rhythm & Blues Records" (PDF). The Billboard. January 12, 1952. p. 22.