| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending FEBRUARY 5, 1966 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | UPTIGHT (Everything’s Alright) Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54124) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | |
| 2 | BABY SCRATCH MY BACK Slim Harpo (Excello 2273) | 4 | 10 | 22 | 9 | |
| 3 | GOING TO A GO-GO Miracles (Tamla 54127) | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | |
| 4 | THE DUCK Jackie Lee (Mirwood 5502) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |
| 5 | DON’T MESS WITH BILL Marvelettes (Tamla 54126) | 10 | 11 | 20 | 6 | |
| 6 | RECOVERY Fontella Bass (Checker 1131) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 7 | |
| 7 | A SWEET WOMAN LIKE YOU Joe Tex (Dial 4022) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| 8 | CRYING TIME Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount 10739) | 12 | 15 | 26 | 10 | |
| 9 | I’M TOO FAR GONE (To Turn Around) Bobby Bland (Duke 393) | 11 | 12 | 14 | 6 | |
| 10 | LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND Deon Jackson (Carla 2526) | 34 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 11 | C. C. RIDER Bobby Powell (Whit 714) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | |
| 12 | MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU Supremes (Motown 1089) | 14 | 17 | 29 | 4 | |
| 13 | ARE YOU THERE (With Another Girl) Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12122) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
| 14 | GET OUT OF MY LIFE, WOMAN Lee Dorsey (Amy 945) | 16 | 20 | 27 | 6 | |
| 15 | YOU DON’T KNOW LIKE I KNOW Sam & Dave (Stax 180) | 18 | 26 | 33 | 5 | |
| 16 | EBB TIDE Righteous Brothers (Philles 130) | 8 | 6 | 4 | 11 | |
| 17 | BLACK NIGHTS Lowell Fulsom (Kent 431) | 17 | 18 | 19 | 14 | |
| 18 | THIS CAN’T BE TRUE Eddie Holman (Parkway 960) | 19 | 28 | 31 | 6 | |
| 19 | DON’T LOOK BACK Temptations (Gordy 7047) | 13 | 7 | 6 | 9 | |
| 20 | MICHAEL C.O.D.’s (Kellmac 1003) | 23 | 30 | 32 | 9 | |
| 21 | BABY COME ON HOME Solomon Burke (Atlantic 2314) | 22 | 22 | 28 | 5 | |
| 22 | SOMETHING I WANT TO TELL YOU Johnny & Expressions (Josie 946) | 25 | 37 | 38 | 5 | |
| 23 | BABY, YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING Little Jerry Williams (Calla 105) | 15 | 13 | 15 | 12 | |
| 24 | EASY GOING FELLOW Roscoe Shelton (Sound Stage 7 2555 | 29 | 32 | 48 | 5 | |
| 25 | RAINBOW ’65 (pt. 1) Gene Chandler (Constellation 158) | 24 | 23 | 23 | 12 | |
| 26 | JENNY TAKE A RIDE! Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels (New Voice 806) | 28 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 27 | A HARD DAY’S NIGHT Ramsey Lewis Trio (Argo 5525) | 30 | 42 | — | 3 | |
| 28 | RIP TIP’S (pt. 1) Andre Williams & Orchestra (Avin 103) | 32 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 29 | TEMPTATION WALK (People Don’t Look No More) Entertainers IV (Dore 749) | 39 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 30 | A LITTLE BIT OF SOAP Exciters (Bang 515) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 31 | CAN’T YOU SEE (You’re Losing Me) Mary Wells (Atco 6392) | 33 | 39 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | CLEO’S MOOD Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35017) | 37 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 33 | GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT Chuck Jackson (Wand 1105) | 20 | 16 | 18 | 8 | |
| 34 | FLY ME TO THE MOON Sam & Bill (JoDa 104) | 26 | 31 | 36 | 6 | |
| 35 | THE CHEATER Bob Kuban & In-Men (Musicland U.S.A. 20,001) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 36 | SEESAW Don Covay & Goodtimers (Atlantic 2301) | 21 | 14 | 5 | 15 | |
| 37 | MY BABY LOVES ME Martha & Vandellas (Gordy 7048) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 38 | I DIG YOU BABY Lorraine Ellison (Mercury 72472) | 40 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 39 | GOONIGHT MY LOVE Ben E. King (Atco 6390) | 35 | 24 | 25 | 6 | |
| 40 | THE PAIN GETS A LITTLE DEEPER Darrow Fletcher (Groovy 3001) | 43 | — | — | 2 | |
| 41 | BOOZE IN THE BOTTLE Carter Brothers (Jewel 754) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 42 | I’LL GO CRAZY James Brown & Famous Flames (King 6020) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 43 | A MOST UNUSUAL BOY Patti Austin (Coral 62471) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | 634-57889 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2320) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | PEEPING AND HIDING Lloyd Price (Double L 739) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay 715) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | THE LOOP Johnny Lytle (Tuba 2004) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | SINCE I LOST THE ONE I LOVE Impressions (ABC-Paramount 10761) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | FEEL IT Sam Cooke (RCA Victor 47-8751) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | CALL ME Chris Montez (A&M 780) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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