| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending MARCH 31, 1962 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | TWISTIN’ THE NIGHT AWAY Sam Cooke (RCA Victor 47-7983) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2 | HEY! BABY Bruce Channel (Smash 1731) | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | |
| 3 | SLOW TWISTIN’ Chubby Checker (with Dee Dee Sharp) (Parkway 835) | 7 | 8 | 16 | 5 | |
| 4 | ANNIE GET YOUR YO-YO Little Junior Parker (Duke 345) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | |
| 5 | LET ME IN Sensations (Argo 5405) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| 6 | MASHED POTATO TIME Dee Dee Sharp (Cameo 212) | 10 | 23 | 38 | 5 | |
| 7 | LOVER PLEASE Clyde McPhatter (Mercury 71941) | 11 | 26 | 46 | 4 | |
| 8 | SOMETHING’S GOT A HOLD ON ME Etta James (Argo 5409) | 9 | 9 | 14 | 9 | |
| 9 | DUKE OF EARL Gene Chandler (Vee-Jay 416) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| 10 | JAMIE Eddie Holland (Motown 1021) | 12 | 14 | 21 | 11 | |
| 11 | WHAT’S YOUR NAME Don & Juan (Big Top 3079) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |
| 12 | WHEN MY LITTLE GIRL IS SMILING Drifters (Atlantic 2134) | 15 | 21 | 28 | 6 | |
| 13 | SOUL TWIST King Curtis & Noble Knights (Enjoy 1000) | 17 | 19 | 20 | 7 | |
| 14 | MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW Kenny Ball & Jazzmen (Kapp 442) | 16 | 18 | 27 | 5 | |
| 15 | CRY TO ME Solomon Burke (Atlantic 2131) | 8 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| 16 | LOVE LETTERS Ketty Lester (Era 3068) | 25 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 17 | SOLDIER BOY Shirelles (Scepter 1228) | 27 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 18 | YOU WIN AGAIN Fats Domino (Imperial 5816) | 19 | 24 | 33 | 5 | |
| 19 | I FOUND A LOVE Falcons (Lu Pine 1003) | 23 | 33 | 35 | 6 | |
| 20 | GONNA MISS YOU AROUND HERE B.B. King (Kent 372) | 24 | 29 | 39 | 5 | |
| 21 | I’M BLUE (The Gong-Gong Song) Ikettes (Atco 6212) | 13 | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| 22 | POP-EYE Huey Smith & Clowns (Ace 649) | 20 | 22 | 26 | 7 | |
| 23 | THE ONE WHO REALLY LOVES YOU Mary Wells (Motown 1024) | 26 | 34 | 49 | 4 | |
| 24 | YOU BETTER MOVE ON Arthur Alexander (Dot 16309) | 30 | 38 | 45 | 4 | |
| 25 | SMOKY PLACES Corsairs (Tuff 1808) | 14 | 11 | 8 | 13 | |
| 26 | AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU Bobby Bland (Duke 338) | 32 | 37 | 48 | 5 | |
| 27 | SHOUT! SHOUT! (Knock Yourself Out) Ernie Maresca (Seville 117) | 36 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 28 | LETTER FULL OF TEARS Gladys Knight & Pips (Fury 1054) | 18 | 13 | 11 | 16 | |
| 29 | TWIST, TWIST SENORA Gary (U.S.) Bonds (Legrand 1018) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 30 | THE RAINS CAME Big Sambo & House Wreckers (Eric 7003) | 31 | 35 | 43 | 4 | |
| 31 | JELLY, JELLY, JELLY Bobby Bland (Duke 338) | 39 | — | — | 2 | |
| 32 | CHECK MR. POP-EYE / NOW LET’S POP-EYE Eddie Bo (Swan 4099) | 33 | 36 | 37 | 7 | |
| 33 | SHOUT (pt. 1) Joey Dee & Starliters (Roulette 4416) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 34 | WALK ON THE WILD SIDE Brook Benton (Mercury 71925) | 22 | 20 | 24 | 7 | |
| 35 | THE JAM (pt. 1) Bobby Gregg & Friends (Cotton 1003) | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 36 | AT THE CLUB Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount 10314) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 37 | TUFF Ace Cannon (Hi 2040) | 28 | 25 | 18 | 14 | |
| 38 | PLAY THE THING Marlowe Morris Quintet (Columbia 42218) | 40 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 39 | HIDE ’NOR HAIR Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount 10314) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 40 | CHIP CHIP Gene McDaniels (Liberty 55405) | 21 | 16 | 15 | 10 | |
| 41 | WHAT’D I SAY (pt. 1) Bobby Darin (Atco 6221) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | WHAT’S SO GOOD ABOUT GOOD-BY Miracles (Tamla 54053) | 35 | 27 | 17 | 11 | |
| 43 | DEAR LADY TWIST Gary (U.S.) Bonds (Legrand 1015) | 29 | 17 | 12 | 15 | |
| 44 | TRA LA LA LA LA Ike & Tina Turner (Sue 757) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | GOOD LUCK CHARM Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-7992) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | YOU TALK ABOUT LOVE Barbara George (A.F.O. 304) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | THERE’S NOTHING LIKE LOVE Jackie Wilson & Linda Hopkins (Brunswick 55224) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | I KNOW (You Don’t Love Me No More) Barbara George (A.F.O. 302) | 37 | 15 | 10 | 23 | |
| 49 | MOMENTS Jennell Hawkins (Amazon 1003) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | THE TWIST Chubby Checker (Parkway 811) | 38 | 28 | 19 | 19 | |
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