The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1967
TOP 100 R&B SINGLES (As published in the December 23, 1967, issue)
POSTITLE – Artist (Label)
  1RESPECT – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
  2I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER – Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
  2SOUL FINGER – The Bar-Kays (Volt)
  4SOUL MAN – Sam & Dave (Stax)
  5MAKE ME YOURS – Bettye Swann (Money)
  6COLD SWEAT (pt. 1) – James Brown & The Famous Flames (King)
  7SWEET SOUL MUSIC – Arthur Conley (Atco)
  8BABY I LOVE YOU – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
  9MERCY, MERCY, MERCY – “Cannonball” Adderley (Capitol)
10FUNKY BROADWAY (pt. 1) – Dyke & The Blazers (Original Sound)
11JIMMY MACK – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (Gordy)
12FUNKY BROADWAY – Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)
13(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) HIGHER AND HIGHER – Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)
14I NEVER LOVED A MAN (The Way I Love You) – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
15GROOVIN’ – The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
16THE HUNTER GETS CAPTURED BY THE GAME – The Marvelettes (Tamla)
17NOTHING TAKES THE PLACE OF YOU – Toussaint McCall (Ronn)
18ARE YOU LONELY FOR ME – Freddie Scott (Shout)
19AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla)
20YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING – The Temptations (Gordy)
21EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART – The Soul Survivors (Crimson)
22HIP HUG-HER – Booker T. & The MG’s (Stax)
23ALFIE – Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
24DIRTY MAN – Laura Lee (Chess)
25(I Wanna) TESTIFY – The Parliaments (Revilot)
26YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla)
27(You Make Me Feel Like) A NATURAL WOMAN – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)
28ALL I NEED – The Temptations (Gordy)
29HYPNOTIZED – Linda Jones (Loma)
30EIGHT MEN, FOUR WOMEN – O.V. Wrignt (Back Beat)
31COME ON SOCK IT TO ME – Syl Johnson (Twilight)
32HERE WE GO AGAIN – Ray Charles (ABC/TRC)
33APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE – Jay & The Techniques (Smash)
34DEAD END STREET – Lou Rawls (Capitol)
35DRY YOUR EYES – Brenda & The Tabulations (Dionn)
36CLOSE YOUR EYES – Peaches & Herb (Date)
37TRAMP – Otis & Carla (Stax)
38LOVE IS HERE AND NOW YOU’RE GONE – Diana Ross & The Supremes (Motown)
39STAND BY ME – Spyder Turner (MGM)
40PATA PATA – Miriam Makeba (Reprise)
41PUCKER UP BUTTERCUP – Jr. Walker & The All Stars (Soul)
42TOGETHER – The Intruders (Gamble)
43TRAMP – Lowell Fulsom (Kent)
44FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE – Oscar Toney, Jr. (Bell)
45THE LOVE I SAW IN YOU WAS JUST A MIRAGE – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Tamla 54145)
46MORE LOVE – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Tamla 54152)
47GET ON UP – The Esquires (Bunky)
47TELL IT LIKE IT IS – Aaron Neville (Par-Lo)
49WITH THIS RING – The Platters (Musicor)
50HEY, LEROY, YOUR MAMA’S CALLIN’ YOU – Jimmy Castor (Smash)
51IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT – Ray Charles (ABC/TRC)
52EVERYBODY NEEDS LOVE – Gladys Knight & The Pips (Soul)
53I’M WONDERING – Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
54CASONOVA (Your Playing Days Are Over) – Ruby Andrews (Zodiac)
55BERNADETTE – The Four Tops (Motown)
56NINE POUND STEEL – Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7)
57TO SIR WITH LOVE – Lulu (Epic)
57KEEP A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW TILL I COME HOME – Solomon Burke (Atlantic)
59FEEL SO BAD – Little Milton (Checker)
60I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU – Jackie Wilson (Brunswick)
61OOH BABY – Bo Diddley (Checker)
62NEARER TO YOU – Betty Harris (Sansu)
63I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER – Dionne Warwick (Scepter)
64THE SWEETEST THING THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN – Chris Bartley (Vando)
65WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BABY – Sam & Dave (Stax)
66MEMPHIS SOUL STEW – King Curtis (Atco)
66EVERLASTING LOVE – Robert Knight (Rising Sons)
687–ROOMS OF GLOOM – The Four Tops (Motown)
69BOOGALOO DOWN BROADWAY – The Fantastic Johnny C (Phil-L.A. Of Soul)
70STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF LOVE – The Four Tops (Motown)
71REFLECTIONS – Diana Ross & The Supremes (Motown)
72THE DARK END OF THE STREET – James Carr (Goldwax)
72I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE – Gladys Knight & The Pips (Soul)
74GROOVIN’ – Booker T. & The MG’s (Stax)
74LET YOURSELF GO – James Brown & The Famous Flames (King)
74YOU KEEP RUNNING AWAY – The Four Tops (Motown)
77THE LETTER – The Box Tops (Mala)
78WACK WACK – The Young Holt Trio (Brunswick)
79WHEN YOU’RE YOUNG AND IN LOVE – The Marvelettes (Tamla)
80A WHITER SHADE OF PALE – Procol Harum (Deram)
81KNOCK ON WOOD – Otis & Carla (Stax)
82I’VE BEEN LONELY TOO LONG – The Young Rascals (Atlantic)
83LET LOVE COME BETWEEN US – James & Bobby Purify (Bell)
84SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER – James & Bobby Purify (Bell)
85LOVE BUG LEAVE MY HEART ALONE – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (Gordy)
86STAG-O-LEE – Wilson Pickett (Atlantic)
87YOUR UNCHANGING LOVE – Marvin Gaye (Tamla)
8896 TEARS – Big Maybelle (Rojac)
89THE WHOLE WORLD IS A STAGE – The Fantastic Four (Ric-Tic)
89YOU’VE GOT TO PAY THE PRICE – Al Kent (Ric-Tic)
91ONE HURT DESERVES ANOTHER – The Raelets (Tangerine)
91LITTLE OLE MAN (Uptight–Everything’s Alright) – Bill Cosby (Warner Bros.)
93BRING IT UP – James Brown & The Famous Flames (King)
94LOVE IS STRANGE – Peaches & Herb (Date)
95LET’S FALL IN LOVE – Peaches & Herb (Date)
96SKINNY LEGS AND ALL – Joe Tex (Dial)
96WHERE IS THE PARTY – Helena Ferguson (Compass)
98YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING (And Everything’s Alright) – The Fantastic Four (Ric-Tic)
99I DIG YOU BABY – Jerry Butler (Mercury)
100 FOR YOUR LOVE – Peaches & Herb (Date)
100 WHO’S LOVIN’ YOU – Brenda & The Tabulations (Dionn)
NOTE: Cash Box compiled this list using a weighted point system that sometimes resulted in ties. Chart positions shown above are as they were listed on the original published chart.
1967