| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending JANUARY 7, 1961 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW Shirelles (Scepter 1211) | 3 | 12 | 18 | 4 | |
| 2 | SHOP AROUND Miracles (Tamla 54034) | 4 | 21 | 39 | 4 | |
| 3 | HE WILL BREAK YOUR HEART Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay 354) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | LET’S GO, LET’S GO, LET’S GO Hank Ballard & Midnighters (King 5400) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 5 | CRY CRY CRY Bobby Bland (Duke 327) | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | |
| 6 | THE HOOCHI COOCHI COO Hank Ballard & Midnighters (King 5430) | 9 | 20 | 34 | 4 | |
| 7 | STAND BY ME Little Junior Parker (Duke 330) | 8 | 10 | 14 | 4 | |
| 8 | PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Charles Brown (King 5405) | 15 | 30 | — | 3 | |
| 9 | GONZO James Booker (Peacock 1697) | 12 | 8 | 13 | 4 | |
| 10 | I IDOLIZE YOU Ike & Tina Turner (Sue 735) | 16 | 24 | — | 3 | |
| 11 | FOOLS RUSH IN (Where Angels Fear To Tread) Brook Benton (Mercury 71722) | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | |
| 12 | SPOONFUL Etta & Harvey (Chess 1771) | 11 | 14 | 17 | 4 | |
| 13 | WONDERLAND BY NIGHT Bert Kaempfert & Orchestra (Decca 31141) | 14 | 17 | 25 | 4 | |
| 14 | MY GIRL JOSEPHINE Fats Domino (Imperial 5704) | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | |
| 15 | ANGEL BABY Rosie & Originals (Highland 1011) | 17 | 22 | 30 | 4 | |
| 16 | RUBY Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount 10164) | 13 | 7 | 11 | 4 | |
| 17 | BABY OH BABY Shells (Johnson 104) | 20 | 27 | 37 | 4 | |
| 18 | LAST DATE Floyd Cramer (RCA Victor 47-7775) | 10 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| 19 | I COUNT THE TEARS Drifters (Atlantic 2087) | 23 | 34 | — | 3 | |
| 20 | WALK SLOW Little Willie John (King 5428) | 24 | 28 | 50 | 4 | |
| 21 | SAD MOOD Sam Cooke (RCA Victor 47-7816) | 19 | 23 | 33 | 4 | |
| 22 | ARE YOU LONESOME TO-NIGHT? Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-7810) | 18 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
| 23 | WE HAVE LOVE Dinah Washington (Mercury 71744) | 31 | 39 | — | 3 | |
| 24 | HAPPY DAYS Marv Johnson (United Artists 273) | 28 | 41 | — | 3 | |
| 25 | HAVE YOU EVER LOVED A WOMAN Freddy King (Federal 12384) | 29 | 36 | 41 | 4 | |
| 26 | BUMBLE BEE LaVern Baker (Atlantic 2077) | 30 | 35 | 40 | 4 | |
| 27 | EXODUS Ferrante & Teicher (United Artists 274) | 32 | 37 | — | 3 | |
| 28 | WILLIE Bill Black’s Combo (Hi 2027) | 35 | — | 44 | 3 | |
| 29 | DANCE BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON Olympics (Arvee 5020) | 36 | — | — | 2 | |
| 30 | DON’T GO TO STRANGERS Etta Jones (Prestige 180) | 22 | 13 | 16 | 4 | |
| 31 | ALL IN MY MIND Maxine Brown (Nomar 103) | 38 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | NEW ORLEANS U.S. Bonds (Legrand 1003) | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | |
| 33 | TROUBLE IN MIND Nina Simone (Colpix 175) | 37 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 34 | GUN SLINGER Bo Diddley (Checker 965) | 42 | 50 | 48 | 4 | |
| 35 | LOOKING BACK Dinah Washington (Mercury 71744) | 40 | — | — | 2 | |
| 36 | A THOUSAND STARS Kathy Young with Innocents (Indigo 108) | 25 | 15 | 12 | 4 | |
| 37 | GEE BABY Joe & Ann (Ace 577) | 39 | — | — | 2 | |
| 38 | THE AGE FOR LOVE Jimmy Charles (Promo 1003) | 41 | 44 | 47 | 4 | |
| 39 | BYE BYE BABY Mary Wells (Motown 1003) | 44 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 40 | THERE’S A MOON OUT TONIGHT Capris (Old Town 1094) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 41 | (I Don’t Know Why) BUT I DO Clarence “Frogman” Henry (Argo 5378) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | SUGAR BEE Cleveland Crochet & Hill Billy Ramblers (Goldband 1106) | 43 | 46 | 49 | 4 | |
| 43 | AM I THE MAN Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55170) | 26 | 16 | 9 | 4 | |
| 44 | TODAY I SING THE BLUES Aretha Franklin (Columbia 41793) | 33 | 19 | 24 | 4 | |
| 45 | SPANISH HARLEM Ben E. King (Atco 6185) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | STAY Maurice Williams & Zodiacs (Herald 552) | 27 | 18 | 10 | 4 | |
| 47 | YOUR OTHER LOVE Flamingos (End 1081) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | FREE Ty Hunter & Voice Masters (Anna 1123) | 46 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 49 | FIRST TASTE OF LOVE Ben E. King (Atco 6185) | — | 42 | — | 2 | |
| 50 | GEE WHIZ (Look At His Eyes) Carla Thomas (Atlantic 2086) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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