| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1964 |
| TOP 50 R&B SINGLES (As published in the December 26, 1964, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | MY GUY – Mary Wells (Motown) |
| 1 (tie) | LOUIE LOUIE – The Kingsmen (Wand) |
| 2 | STEAL AWAY – Jimmy Hughes (Fame) |
| 3 | UNDER THE BOARDWALK – Drifters (Atlantic) |
| 4 | WALK ON BY – Dionne Warwick (Scepter) |
| 5 | THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (It’s In His Kiss) – Betty Everett (Vee-Jay) |
| 6 | THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO – The Temptations (Gordy) |
| 7 | FUNNY – Joe Hinton (Back Beat) |
| 8 | WALKING THE DOG – Rufus Thomas (Stax) |
| 9 | CAN I GET A WITNESS – Marvin Gaye (Tamla) |
| 10 | NEED TO BELONG – Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay) |
| 11 | I STAND ACCUSED – Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay) |
| 12 | KEEP ON PUSHING – The Impressions (ABC-Paramount) |
| 13 | NADINE (Is It You?) – Chuck Berry (Chess) |
| 14 | ONCE UPON A TIME – Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells (Motown) |
| 15 | BUSTED – Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount) |
| 16 | LITTLE RED ROOSTER – Sam Cooke (RCA Victor) |
| 17 | YOU’RE A WONDERFUL ONE – Marvin Gaye (Tamla) |
| 18 | LODDY LO – Chubby Checker (Parkway) |
| 19 | I’M SO PROUD – The Impressions (ABC-Paramount) |
| 20 | JUST BE TRUE – Gene Chandler (Constellation) |
| 21 | WHAT KIND OF FOOL (Do You Think I Am) – The Tams (ABC-Paramount) |
| 22 | I DON’T WANT TO BE HURT ANYMORE – Nat King Cole (Capitol) |
| 23 | HI-HEEL SNEAKERS – Tommy Tucker (Checker) |
| 24 | WHEN THE LOVELIGHT STARTS SHINING THROUGH HIS EYES – The Supremes (Motown) |
| 25 | WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH YOU BABY – Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells (Motown) |
| 26 | THE SHELTER OF YOUR ARMS – Sammy Davis, Jr. (Reprise) |
| 27 | AS LONG AS I KNOW HE’S MINE – The Marvelettes (Tamla) |
| 28 | UM, UM, UM, UM, UM, UM – Major Lance (Okeh) |
| 29 | WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO – The Supremes (Motown) |
| 30 | ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART – Dionne Warwick (Scepter) |
| 31 | GOOD NEWS – Sam Cooke (RCA Victor) |
| 32 | WISH SOMEONE WOULD CARE – Irma Thomas (Imperial) |
| 33 | BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING – The Four Tops (Motown) |
| 34 | YOU’RE GOOD FOR ME – Solomon Burke (Atlantic) |
| 35 | MERCY, MERCY – Don Covay & The Goodtimers (Rosemart) |
| 36 | AIN’T NOTHING YOU CAN DO – Bobby Bland (Duke) |
| 37 | YOU’RE NO GOOD – Betty Everett (Vee-Jay) |
| 38 | OH BABY DON’T YOU WEEP (pt. 1) – James Brown & The Famous Flames (King) |
| 39 | GOOD TIMES – Sam Cooke (RCA Victor) |
| 40 | DOWN THE AISLE (Wedding Song) – Patti LaBelle & The Blue Belles (Newtown) |
| 41 | RHYTHM – Major Lance (Okeh) |
| 42 | NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO – Chuck Berry (Chess) |
| 43 | CRY BABY – Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters (United Artists) |
| 44 | YOU MUST BELIEVE ME – The Impressions (ABC-Paramount) |
| 45 | I WISH YOU LOVE – Gloria Lynne (Everest) |
| 46 | LET IT BE ME – Betty Everett & Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay) |
| 47 | TENNESSEE WALTZ – Sam Cooke (RCA Victor) |
| 48 | QUICKSAND – Martha & The Vandellas (Gordy) |
| 49 | TALK TO ME – Sunny & The Sunglows (Tear Drop) |
| 50 | SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME – Bobby Bland (Duke) |