| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending MAY 30, 1964 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | MY GUY Mary Wells (Motown 1056) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | WALK ON BY Dionne Warwick (Scepter 1274) | 4 | 12 | 22 | 7 | |
| 3 | WISH SOMEONE WOULD CARE Irma Thomas (Imperial 66013) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 4 | I DON’T WANT TO BE HURT ANYMORE Nat King Cole (Capitol 5155) | 5 | 8 | 12 | 8 | |
| 5 | I’M SO PROUD Impressions (ABC-Paramount 10544) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 6 | EVERY LITTLE BIT HURTS Brenda Holloway (Tamla 54094) | 7 | 22 | 28 | 5 | |
| 7 | ONCE UPON A TIME Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells (Motown 1057) | 10 | 16 | 24 | 5 | |
| 8 | GOODBYE BABY (Baby Goodbye) Solomon Burke (Atlantic 2226) | 8 | 14 | 18 | 6 | |
| 9 | THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (It’s In His Kiss) Betty Everett (Vee-Jay 585) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| 10 | WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH YOU BABY Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells (Motown 1057) | 15 | 26 | 37 | 4 | |
| 11 | (Just Like) ROMEO & JULIET Reflections (Golden World 9) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| 12 | ROCK ME BABY B.B. King (Kent 393) | 12 | 21 | 30 | 5 | |
| 13 | LOVING YOU MORE EVERY DAY Etta James (Argo 5465) | 18 | 20 | 25 | 8 | |
| 14 | IN MY LONELY ROOM Martha & Vandellas (Gordy 7031) | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 15 | HURT BY LOVE Inez Foxx (Symbol 20-001) | 22 | 29 | 32 | 6 | |
| 16 | ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE Brook Benton (Mercury 72266) | 27 | 40 | — | 3 | |
| 17 | NADINE (Is It You?) Chuck Berry (Chess 1883) | 13 | 7 | 9 | 15 | |
| 18 | ONE WAY LOVE Drifters (Atlantic 2225) | 25 | 28 | 33 | 5 | |
| 19 | YOU’RE A WONDERFUL ONE Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54093) | 14 | 9 | 6 | 12 | |
| 20 | GIVING UP Gladys Knight & Pips (Maxx 326) | 26 | 33 | 41 | 6 | |
| 21 | SLIP-IN MULES (No High Heel Sneakers) Sugar Pie DeSanto (Checker 1073) | 16 | 10 | 11 | 11 | |
| 22 | TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW Brook Benton (Mercury 72266) | 33 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 23 | THE MATADOR Major Lance (Okeh 7191) | 17 | 13 | 10 | 10 | |
| 24 | THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO Temptations (Gordy 7028) | 19 | 11 | 8 | 15 | |
| 25 | KIKO Jimmy McGriff (Sue 10-001) | 35 | 36 | 47 | 4 | |
| 26 | MY GIRL SLOOPY Vibrations (Atlantic 2221) | 20 | 15 | 14 | 10 | |
| 27 | GIVING UP ON LOVE Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay 588) | 30 | 31 | 27 | 10 | |
| 28 | THAT’S WHEN IT HURTS Ben E. King (Atco 6288) | 21 | 17 | 19 | 11 | |
| 29 | EBB TIDE Lenny Welch (Cadence 1422) | 23 | 18 | 13 | 10 | |
| 30 | SPEND A LITTLE TIME Barbara Lewis (Atlantic 2227) | 36 | 42 | — | 3 | |
| 31 | SOMETHING YOU GOT Alvin Robinson (Tiger 104) | 37 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | SOUL HOOTENANNY (pt. 1) Gene Chandler (Constellation 114) | 24 | 23 | 26 | 6 | |
| 33 | RULES OF LOVE Orlons (Cameo 319) | 41 | — | — | 2 | |
| 34 | BEG ME Chuck Jackson (Wand 154) | 42 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 35 | CAN YOU DO IT Contours (Gordy 7029) | 28 | 19 | 16 | 9 | |
| 36 | ONE GIRL Garnet Mimms (United Artists 715) | 43 | — | — | 2 | |
| 37 | NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO Chuck Berry (Chess 1898) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 38 | LITTLE TRACY Wynton Kelly (Verve 10316) | 45 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 39 | I’LL BE IN TROUBLE Temptations (Gordy 7032) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 40 | AIN’T NOTHING YOU CAN DO Bobby Bland (Duke 375) | 29 | 24 | 15 | 13 | |
| 41 | GOTTA GET AWAY Billy Butler & Enchanters (Okeh 7192) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | THE GIRL’S ALRIGHT WITH ME Temptations (Gordy 7032) | 39 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | TROUBLE I’VE HAD Clarence Ashe (J&S 1466) | 47 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 44 | JUST AIN’T ENOUGH LOVE Eddie Holland (Motown 1058) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | BIG BOSS LINE Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55266) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | SOUL SERENADE King Curtis (Capitol 5109) | 32 | 25 | 20 | 9 | |
| 47 | SECURITY Otis Redding (Volt 117) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 48 | A FOOL FOR A FOOL Ike & Tina Turner (Warner Bros. 5433) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | PRECIOUS WORDS Wallace Brothers (Sims 174) | 31 | 41 | 44 | 4 | |
| 50 | SOMEDAY WE’RE GONNA LOVE AGAIN Barbara Lewis (Atlantic 2227) | 34 | 38 | — | 3 | |
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