| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending MAY 5, 1962 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | SOLDIER BOY Shirelles (Scepter 1228) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2 | MASHED POTATO TIME Dee Dee Sharp (Cameo 212) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 3 | LOVE LETTERS Ketty Lester (Era 3068) | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 4 | LOVER PLEASE Clyde McPhatter (Mercury 71941) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| 5 | SOUL TWIST King Curtis & Noble Knights (Enjoy 1000) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | |
| 6 | THE ONE WHO REALLY LOVES YOU Mary Wells (Motown 1024) | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 | |
| 7 | SLOW TWISTIN’ Chubby Checker (with Dee Dee Sharp) (Parkway 835) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| 8 | I FOUND A LOVE Falcons (Lu Pine 1003) | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | |
| 9 | HIDE ’NOR HAIR Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount 10314) | 9 | 11 | 16 | 6 | |
| 10 | SHOUT! SHOUT! (Knock Yourself Out) Ernie Maresca (Seville 117) | 16 | 16 | 18 | 8 | |
| 11 | AT THE CLUB Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount 10314) | 12 | 15 | 19 | 6 | |
| 12 | UPTOWN Crystals (Philles 102) | 17 | 19 | 29 | 5 | |
| 13 | TWIST, TWIST SENORA Gary (U.S.) Bonds (Legrand 1018) | 13 | 14 | 17 | 7 | |
| 14 | I SOLD MY HEART TO THE JUNKMAN Blue-Belles (Newtown 5000) | 24 | 34 | 49 | 4 | |
| 15 | SHOUT (pt. 1) Joey Dee & Starliters (Roulette 4416) | 14 | 17 | 20 | 7 | |
| 16 | SOMETHING’S GOT A HOLD ON ME Etta James (Argo 5409) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
| 17 | TWISTIN’ THE NIGHT AWAY Sam Cooke (RCA Victor 47-7983) | 11 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |
| 18 | DON’T PLAY THAT SONG (You Lied) Ben E. King (Atco 6222) | 23 | 32 | — | 3 | |
| 19 | NIGHT TRAIN James Brown & Famous Flames (King 5614) | 20 | 27 | 37 | 5 | |
| 20 | ANNIE GET YOUR YO-YO Little Junior Parker (Duke 345) | 15 | 12 | 8 | 14 | |
| 21 | ANY DAY NOW (My Wild Beautiful Bird) Chuck Jackson (Wand 122) | 32 | 42 | — | 3 | |
| 22 | VILLAGE OF LOVE Nathaniel Mayer & Fabulous Twilights (Fortune 545) | 30 | 31 | 42 | 4 | |
| 23 | GOOD LUCK CHARM Elvis Presley (RCA Victor 47-7992) | 19 | 22 | 28 | 6 | |
| 24 | AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU Bobby Bland (Duke 338) | 18 | 18 | 21 | 10 | |
| 25 | ITTY BITTY PIECES James Ray (Caprice 114) | 27 | 33 | 46 | 4 | |
| 26 | YOU BETTER MOVE ON Arthur Alexander (Dot 16309) | 21 | 13 | 15 | 9 | |
| 27 | TWISTIN’ MATILDA (And The Channel) Jimmy Soul (S.P.Q.R. 3300) | 34 | 38 | 45 | 4 | |
| 28 | OPERATOR Gladys Knight & Pips (Fury 1064) | 31 | 37 | 43 | 4 | |
| 29 | I’LL TAKE YOU HOME Corsairs Featuring Jay “Bird” Uzzell (Tuff/Chess 1818) | 33 | 35 | 48 | 4 | |
| 30 | WHAT’D I SAY (pt. 1) Bobby Darin (Atco 6221) | 26 | 26 | 27 | 6 | |
| 31 | THE JAM (pt. 1) Bobby Gregg & Friends (Cotton 1003) | 25 | 20 | 22 | 7 | |
| 32 | YOU TALK ABOUT LOVE Barbara George (A.F.O. 304) | 22 | 24 | 32 | 6 | |
| 33 | HIT RECORD Brook Benton (Mercury 71962) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 34 | WALK ON WITH THE DUKE Duke Of Earl [Gene Chandler] (Vee-Jay 440) | 37 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 35 | TRA LA LA LA LA Ike & Tina Turner (Sue 757) | 28 | 21 | 25 | 6 | |
| 36 | I LOVE YOU Volumes (Chex 1002) | 39 | 41 | — | 3 | |
| 37 | HEARTS Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55225) | 41 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | DOCTOR FEEL-GOOD Dr. Feelgood & Interns (Okeh 7144) | 44 | 47 | 50 | 4 | |
| 39 | PLAYBOY Marvelettes (Tamla 54060) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 40 | YOU ASK ME B.B. King (ABC-Paramount 10316) | 43 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 41 | MEET ME AT THE TWISTIN’ PLACE Johnnie Morisette (SAR 126) | 42 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 42 | JELLY, JELLY, JELLY Bobby Bland (Duke 338) | 29 | 23 | 24 | 7 | |
| 43 | BLUES (Stay Away From Me) Ace Cannon (Hi 2051) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | LIPSTICK TRACES (On A Cigarette) Benny Spellman (Minit 644) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | MY LITTLE ANGEL Johnnie Mae Mathews (Sue 755) | 35 | 39 | 41 | 5 | |
| 46 | THANKS TO THE FOOL Brook Benton (Mercury 71962) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | SNAP YOUR FINGERS Joe Henderson (Todd 1072) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | DO THIS DO THAT Little Nat (Pik 242) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 49 | COOKIN’ Al Casey Combo (Stacy 925) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | YOU DON’T MISS YOUR WATER William Bell (Stax 116) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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