| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending FEBRUARY 20, 1965 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | MY GIRL Temptations (Gordy 7038) | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | |
| 2 | TWINE TIME Alvin Cash & Crawlers (Mar-V-Lus 6002) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 3 | SHAKE Sam Cooke (RCA Victor 47-8486) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 4 | NO FAITH, NO LOVE Mitty Collier (Chess 1918) | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | |
| 5 | THE NAME GAME Shirley Ellis (Congress 230) | 8 | 15 | 18 | 6 | |
| 6 | YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ Righteous Brothers (Philles 124) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| 7 | HOW SWEET IT IS (To Be Loved By You) Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54107) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 14 | |
| 8 | MR. PITIFUL Otis Redding (Volt 124) | 12 | 23 | 42 | 4 | |
| 9 | THE BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY Ad Libs (Blue Cat 102) | 10 | 13 | 19 | 6 | |
| 10 | DON’T MESS UP A GOOD THING Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure (Checker 1097) | 19 | 26 | 41 | 5 | |
| 11 | HOLD WHAT YOU’VE GOT Joe Tex (Dial 4001) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| 12 | SEVEN LETTERS Ben E. King (Atco 6328) | 11 | 9 | 12 | 11 | |
| 13 | ASK THE LONELY Four Tops (Motown 1073) | 21 | 34 | — | 3 | |
| 14 | COME SEE ABOUT ME Supremes (Motown 1068) | 9 | 10 | 7 | 12 | |
| 15 | I’M OVER YOU Jan Bradley (Chess 1919) | 16 | 16 | 23 | 6 | |
| 16 | USE YOUR HEAD Mary Wells (20th Century-Fox 555) | 17 | 19 | 27 | 6 | |
| 17 | SHOTGUN Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35008) | 33 | — | — | 2 | |
| 18 | HURT SO BAD Little Anthony & Imperials (DCP 1128) | 29 | 37 | — | 3 | |
| 19 | THE JERK Larks (Money 106) | 13 | 8 | 6 | 11 | |
| 20 | BLIND MAN Little Milton (Checker 1096) | 15 | 12 | 13 | 10 | |
| 21 | AT THE CLUB Drifters (Atlantic 2268) | 23 | 27 | 37 | 4 | |
| 22 | PEOPLE GET READY Impressions (ABC-Paramount 10622) | 35 | — | — | 2 | |
| 23 | JERK AND TWINE Jackie Ross (Chess 1920) | 20 | 22 | 31 | 6 | |
| 24 | MAKIN’ WHOOPEE Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount 10609) | 14 | 11 | 9 | 11 | |
| 25 | I WANNA BE (Your Everything) Manhattans (Carnival 507) | 26 | 28 | 36 | 5 | |
| 26 | BLIND MAN Bobby Bland (Duke 386) | 18 | 14 | 16 | 9 | |
| 27 | VOICE YOUR CHOICE Radiants (Chess 1904) | 22 | 18 | 11 | 11 | |
| 28 | TEASIN’ YOU Willie Tee (Atlantic 2273) | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 29 | STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE Supremes (Motown 1074) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 30 | CRY Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount 10615) | 37 | — | — | 2 | |
| 31 | A CHANGE IS GONNA COME Sam Cooke (RCA Victor 47-8486) | 34 | 45 | 39 | 4 | |
| 32 | LET HER LOVE ME Otis Leavill (Blue Rock 4002) | 36 | 41 | 45 | 4 | |
| 33 | BORN TO BE TOGETHER Ronettes (Philles 126) | 39 | — | — | 2 | |
| 34 | FLY ME TO THE MOON LaVern Baker (Atlantic 2267) | 28 | 31 | 40 | 4 | |
| 35 | DON’T ANSWER THE DOOR (pt. 1) Jimmy Johnson & Band featuring Hank Alexander (Magnum 719) | 31 | 36 | 47 | 4 | |
| 36 | HE WAS REALLY SAYIN’ SOMETHIN’ Velvelettes (V.I.P. 25013) | 38 | 40 | — | 3 | |
| 37 | SUDDENLY I’M ALL ALONE Walter Jackson (Okeh 7215) | 41 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | GOOD TIMES Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay 651) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 39 | I LOVE YOU BABY Dottie & Ray (Le Sage 701) | 24 | 25 | 33 | 5 | |
| 40 | STRAIN ON MY HEART Roscoe Shelton (Sims 217) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 41 | I FOUND A LOVE OH WHAT A LOVE Jo Ann & Troy (Atlantic 2256) | 25 | 20 | 21 | 7 | |
| 42 | THE WORST THING IN MY LIFE B.B. King (Kent 415) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | DANNY BOY Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55277) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 44 | RUN MY HEART Baby Washington (Sue 119) | 45 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 45 | GET OUT (And Let Me Cry) Harold Melvin & Blue Notes (Landa 703) | 47 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 46 | CAN’T YOU JUST SEE ME Aretha Franklin (Columbia 43203) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | A NEW LEAF Jimmy Reed (Vee-Jay 642) | 27 | 24 | 29 | 6 | |
| 48 | YOU BETTER GET IT Joe Tex (Dial 4003) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | THE “IN” CROWD Dobie Gray (Charger 105) | 30 | 32 | 38 | 6 | |
| 50 | WHAT NOW Gene Chandler (Constellation 141) | 32 | 17 | 10 | 13 | |
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