| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending MAY 2, 1964 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | MY GUY Mary Wells (Motown 1056) | 6 | 8 | 17 | 5 | |
| 2 | THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (It’s In His Kiss) Betty Everett (Vee-Jay 585) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 3 | YOU’RE A WONDERFUL ONE Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54093) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| 4 | THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO Temptations (Gordy 7028) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| 5 | I’M SO PROUD Impressions (ABC-Paramount 10544) | 9 | 14 | 24 | 5 | |
| 6 | (Just Like) ROMEO & JULIET Reflections (Golden World 9) | 11 | 16 | 22 | 6 | |
| 7 | WISH SOMEONE WOULD CARE Irma Thomas (Imperial 66013) | 24 | 31 | 28 | 6 | |
| 8 | THE MATADOR Major Lance (Okeh 7191) | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | |
| 9 | EBB TIDE Lenny Welch (Cadence 1422) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 6 | |
| 10 | MY GIRL SLOOPY Vibrations (Atlantic 2221) | 10 | 11 | 19 | 6 | |
| 11 | HEY, BOBBA NEEDLE Chubby Checker (Parkway 907) | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | |
| 12 | SLIP-IN MULES (No High Heel Sneakers) Sugar Pie DeSanto (Checker 1073) | 13 | 17 | 25 | 7 | |
| 13 | AIN’T NOTHING YOU CAN DO Bobby Bland (Duke 375) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| 14 | IN MY LONELY ROOM Martha & Vandellas (Gordy 7031) | 17 | 25 | 35 | 4 | |
| 15 | NADINE (Is It You?) Chuck Berry (Chess 1883) | 20 | 15 | 11 | 11 | |
| 16 | I DON’T WANT TO BE HURT ANYMORE Nat King Cole (Capitol 5155) | 19 | 27 | 39 | 4 | |
| 17 | CAN YOU DO IT Contours (Gordy 7029) | 22 | 30 | 36 | 5 | |
| 18 | BABY BABY BABY Anna King & Bobby Byrd (Smash 1884) | 15 | 23 | 30 | 6 | |
| 19 | CASTLES IN THE SAND Little Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54090) | 12 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 20 | SOUL SERENADE King Curtis (Capitol 5109) | 27 | 35 | 40 | 5 | |
| 21 | MONEY Kingsmen (Wand 150) | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | |
| 22 | THAT’S WHEN IT HURTS Ben E. King (Atco 6288) | 23 | 19 | 21 | 7 | |
| 23 | GIVING UP ON LOVE Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay 588) | 26 | 21 | 29 | 6 | |
| 24 | GOODBYE BABY (Baby Goodbye) Solomon Burke (Atlantic 2226) | 39 | — | — | 2 | |
| 25 | HI-HEEL SNEAKERS Tommy Tucker (Checker 1067) | 16 | 12 | 8 | 13 | |
| 26 | COME TO ME Otis Redding (Volt 116) | 29 | 33 | 38 | 7 | |
| 27 | I CAN’T STAND IT Soul Sisters (Sue 799) | 21 | 18 | 9 | 11 | |
| 28 | LOVING YOU MORE EVERY DAY Etta James (Argo 5465) | 32 | 37 | 42 | 4 | |
| 29 | T’AIN’T NOTHIN’ TO ME Coasters (Atco 6287) | 25 | 20 | 23 | 9 | |
| 30 | BOOK OF LOVE Raindrops (Jubilee 5469) | 18 | 13 | 14 | 7 | |
| 31 | OUR EVERLASTING LOVE Ruby & Romantics (Kapp 578) | 28 | 22 | 12 | 9 | |
| 32 | SOUL HOOTENANNY (pt. 1) Gene Chandler (Constellation 114) | 41 | — | — | 2 | |
| 33 | WHERE DOES LOVE GO Freddie Scott (Colpix 724) | 30 | 39 | 49 | 4 | |
| 34 | WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick (Scepter 1274) | 44 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 35 | SHA-LA-LA Shirelles (Scepter 1267) | 31 | 26 | 16 | 7 | |
| 36 | OUR FADED LOVE Royaltones (Mala 473) | 43 | — | — | 2 | |
| 37 | GOOD NEWS Sam Cooke (RCA Victor 47-8299) | 34 | 28 | 18 | 14 | |
| 38 | YOU LIED TO YOUR DADDY Tams (ABC-Paramount 10533) | 36 | 34 | 27 | 6 | |
| 39 | EVERY LITTLE BIT HURTS Brenda Holloway (Tamla 54094) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 40 | HAND IT OVER Chuck Jackson (Wand 149) | 33 | 24 | 15 | 9 | |
| 41 | ONCE UPON A TIME Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells (Motown 1057) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | HURT BY LOVE Inez Foxx (Symbol 20-001) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | ROCK ME BABY B.B. King (Kent 393) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 44 | CALDONIA James Brown & His Orchestra (Smash 1898) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | HELLO WALLS Little Esther (Atlantic 2223) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | ONE WAY LOVE Drifters (Atlantic 2225) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | GIVING UP Gladys Knight & Pips (Maxx 326) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 48 | WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (pt. 1) Jimmy Smith (Verve 10314) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | AGAIN James Brown & Famous Flames (King 5876) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | THAT’S WHAT MAMA SAY Walter Jackson (Okeh 7189) | 46 | 44 | 47 | 4 | |
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