| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending FEBRUARY 17, 1962 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | DUKE OF EARL Gene Chandler (Vee-Jay 416) | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2 | I KNOW (You Don’t Love Me No More) Barbara George (A.F.O. 302) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |
| 3 | BABY IT’S YOU Shirelles (Scepter 1227) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | |
| 4 | LETTER FULL OF TEARS Gladys Knight & Pips (Fury 1054) | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | |
| 5 | DEAR LADY TWIST Gary (U.S.) Bonds (Legrand 1015) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | |
| 6 | THE TWIST Chubby Checker (Parkway 811) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| 7 | WHAT’S SO GOOD ABOUT GOOD-BY Miracles (Tamla 54053) | 8 | 12 | 21 | 5 | |
| 8 | I’M BLUE (The Gong-Gong Song) Ikettes (Atco 6212) | 9 | 11 | 17 | 8 | |
| 9 | PEPPERMINT TWIST (pt. 1) Joey Dee & Starliters (Roulette 4401) | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| 10 | SMOKY PLACES Corsairs (Tuff 1808) | 11 | 17 | 26 | 7 | |
| 11 | THE GREATEST HURT Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55221) | 16 | 21 | 25 | 5 | |
| 12 | LET ME IN Sensations (Argo 5405) | 15 | 23 | 28 | 5 | |
| 13 | CRY TO ME Solomon Burke (Atlantic 2131) | 18 | 34 | 49 | 4 | |
| 14 | SHADRACK Brook Benton (Mercury 71912) | 13 | 16 | 22 | 6 | |
| 15 | NITE OWL Dukays (Nat 4002) | 19 | 20 | 24 | 6 | |
| 16 | TWISTIN’ POSTMAN Marvelettes (Tamla 54054) | 21 | 25 | 41 | 4 | |
| 17 | TWISTIN’ THE NIGHT AWAY Sam Cooke (RCA Victor 47-7983) | 27 | 32 | 48 | 4 | |
| 18 | POOR FOOL Ike & Tina Turner (Sue 753) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | |
| 19 | LOST SOMEONE James Brown & Famous Flames (King 5573) | 22 | 18 | 15 | 11 | |
| 20 | ANNIE GET YOUR YO-YO Little Junior Parker (Duke 345) | 28 | 37 | — | 3 | |
| 21 | SOMETHING’S GOT A HOLD ON ME Etta James (Argo 5409) | 31 | 40 | — | 3 | |
| 22 | CHIP CHIP Gene McDaniels (Liberty 55405) | 26 | 29 | 42 | 4 | |
| 23 | UNCHAIN MY HEART Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount 10266) | 12 | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| 24 | WHAT’S YOUR NAME Don & Juan (Big Top 3079) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 25 | TURN ON YOUR LOVELIGHT Bobby Bland (Duke 344) | 17 | 13 | 11 | 14 | |
| 26 | AW SHUCKS, HUSH YOUR MOUTH Jimmy Reed (Vee-Jay 425) | 29 | 30 | 43 | 5 | |
| 27 | IF YOU GOTTA MAKE A FOOL OF SOMEBODY James Ray (Caprice 110) | 14 | 10 | 8 | 14 | |
| 28 | TUFF Ace Cannon (Hi 2040) | 32 | 27 | 18 | 8 | |
| 29 | JAMIE Eddie Holland (Motown 1021) | 30 | 24 | 29 | 5 | |
| 30 | TEARS AND LAUGHTER Dinah Washington (Mercury 71922) | 34 | — | — | 2 | |
| 31 | IRRESISTIBLE YOU Bobby Darin (Atco 6214) | 24 | 19 | 20 | 9 | |
| 32 | DANCE PARTY Tabs (Vee-Jay 418) | 35 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 33 | BABY DON’T LEAVE ME Joe Henderson (Todd 1066) | 20 | 22 | 27 | 6 | |
| 34 | DO-RE-MI Lee Dorsey (Fury 1056) | 25 | 14 | 12 | 10 | |
| 35 | THE WANDERER Dion (Laurie 3115) | 23 | 15 | 13 | 10 | |
| 36 | HEY! BABY Bruce Channel (Smash 1731) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 37 | ECSTASY Ben E. King (Atco 6215) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 38 | OUR ANNIVERSARY Shep & Limelites (Hull 748) | 41 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | SOUL TWIST King Curtis & Noble Knights (Enjoy 1000) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 40 | BUT ON THE OTHER HAND BABY Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount 10266) | 36 | 28 | 19 | 12 | |
| 41 | POP-EYE Huey Smith & Clowns (Ace 649) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY Jimmy Elledge (RCA Victor 47-7946) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | I SURRENDER, DEAR Aretha Franklin (Columbia 42266) | 44 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 44 | SHAME, SHAME, SHAME Jimmy McCracklin (Art-Tone 827) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 45 | DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TWIST Hank Ballard (King 5593) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | GROW CLOSER TOGETHER Impressions (ABC-Paramount 10289) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | PERCOLATOR (Twist) Billy Joe & Checkmates (Dore 620) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | WALK ON THE WILD SIDE Brook Benton (Mercury 71925) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | CHECK MR. POPEYE (pt. 1) / NOW LET’S POPEYE (pt. 2) Eddie Bo (Ric 987) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | JUST GOT TO KNOW Jimmy McCracklin (Art-Tone 825) | 33 | 26 | 14 | 17 | |
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