| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending OCTOBER 21, 1967 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | SOUL MAN Sam & Dave (Stax 231) | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | |
| 2 | (You Make Me Feel Like) A NATURAL WOMAN Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2441) | 5 | 7 | 20 | 4 | |
| 3 | FUNKY BROADWAY Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2430) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| 4 | (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) HIGHER AND HIGHER Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55336) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| 5 | DIRTY MAN Laura Lee (Chess 2013) | 4 | 6 | 13 | 11 | |
| 6 | APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE Jay & Techniques (Smash 2086) | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | |
| 7 | EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART Soul Survivors (Crimson 1010) | 9 | 9 | 18 | 8 | |
| 8 | TO SIR WITH LOVE Lulu (Epic 10187) | 14 | 21 | 36 | 4 | |
| 9 | YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla 54156) | 12 | 15 | 16 | 7 | |
| 10 | THE LETTER Box Tops (Mala 565) | 10 | 19 | 33 | 5 | |
| 11 | MEMPHIS SOUL STEW King Curtis (Atco 6511) | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| 12 | LITTLE OLE MAN (Uptight–Everything’s Alright) Bill Cosby (Warner Bros. 7072) | 13 | 16 | 22 | 7 | |
| 13 | YOU KEEP RUNNING AWAY Four Tops (Motown 1113) | 8 | 8 | 14 | 7 | |
| 14 | LET LOVE COME BETWEEN US James & Bobby Purify (Bell 685) | 11 | 11 | 19 | 7 | |
| 15 | YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING Temptations (Gordy 7063) | 15 | 12 | 3 | 13 | |
| 16 | I’M WONDERING Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54157) | 23 | 38 | — | 3 | |
| 17 | NINE POUND STEEL Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2589) | 20 | 23 | 27 | 7 | |
| 18 | IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT Ray Charles (ABC/TRC 10970) | 16 | 10 | 7 | 10 | |
| 19 | PATA PATA Miriam Makeba (Reprise 0606) | 25 | 32 | 40 | 4 | |
| 20 | COLD SWEAT (pt. 1) James Brown & Famous Flames (King 6110) | 17 | 13 | 10 | 15 | |
| 21 | IF THIS IS LOVE (I’d Rather Be Lonely) Precisions (Drew 1003) | 19 | 20 | 25 | 11 | |
| 22 | GET ON UP Esquires (Bunky 7750) | 18 | 14 | 9 | 11 | |
| 23 | GIMME LITTLE SIGN Brenton Wood (Double Shot 116) | 26 | 36 | 43 | 5 | |
| 24 | ODE TO BILLIE JOE Bobbie Gentry (Capitol 5950) | 34 | 44 | 45 | 4 | |
| 25 | EVERLASTING LOVE Robert Knight (Rising Sons 705) | 37 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 26 | ODE TO BILLIE JOE Kingpins (Atco 6516) | 30 | 35 | 41 | 5 | |
| 27 | BABY I LOVE YOU Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2427) | 21 | 17 | 5 | 15 | |
| 28 | KARATE-BOO-GA-LOO Jerryo (Shout 217) | 29 | 34 | 37 | 6 | |
| 29 | SHOUT BAMALAMA Mickey Murray (SSS Int’l 715) | 32 | 37 | 42 | 7 | |
| 30 | LOVE IS STRANGE Peaches & Herb (Date 1574) | 35 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 31 | MR. DREAM MERCHANT Jerry Butler (Mercury 72721) | 38 | 49 | 47 | 5 | |
| 32 | SPREADIN’ HONEY Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Keymen 108) | 33 | 40 | 34 | 6 | |
| 33 | I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12203) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 34 | BOOGALOO DOWN BROADWAY Fantastic Johnny C (Phil-L.A. Of Soul 305) | 40 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 35 | WHERE IS THE PARTY Helena Ferguson (Compass 7009) | 36 | 47 | 50 | 4 | |
| 36 | GLORY OF LOVE Jackie Lee (Keymen 109) | 22 | 27 | 31 | 8 | |
| 37 | TELL HIM Patti Drew (Capitol 5861) | 44 | 46 | 48 | 8 | |
| 38 | LOVEY DOVEY (You’re So Fine) Bunny Sigler (Parkway 6000) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | BABY IT’S WONDERFUL Chris Bartley (Vando 3000) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 40 | BELIEVE IN ME BABY (pt. 1) Jesse James (20th Century-Fox 6684) | 41 | 31 | 30 | 7 | |
| 41 | (Loneliness Made Me Realize) IT’S YOU THAT I NEED Temptations (Gordy 7065) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | SHAME ON ME Chuck Jackson (Wand 1166) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | LOVE BUG LEAVE MY HEART ALONE Martha Reeves & Vandellas (Gordy 7062) | 24 | 18 | 11 | 10 | |
| 44 | I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35039) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | TAKE A LOOK Aretha Franklin (Columbia 44270) | 43 | 45 | 39 | 7 | |
| 46 | THE POWER OF A WOMAN Spencer Wiggins (Goldwax 330) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | GET IT TOGETHER (pt. 1) James Brown & Famous Flames (King 6122) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | IT’S GOT TO BE MELLOW Leon Haywood (Decca 32164) | 50 | 26 | 15 | 9 | |
| 49 | ALL YOUR GOODIES ARE GONE (The Loser’s Seat) Parliaments (Revilot 211) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | DIFFERENT STROKES Syl Johnson (Twilight 103) | 42 | 42 | 46 | 6 | |
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