| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending JANUARY 6, 1968 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | CHAIN OF FOOLS Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2464) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2 | I SECOND THAT EMOTION Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54159) | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |
| 3 | I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35039) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| 4 | SKINNY LEGS AND ALL Joe Tex (Dial 4063) | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | |
| 5 | TELL MAMA Etta James (Cadet 5578) | 6 | 8 | 12 | 9 | |
| 6 | I’M IN LOVE Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2448) | 9 | 12 | 13 | 7 | |
| 7 | HONEY CHILE Martha Reeves & Vandellas (Gordy 7067) | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | |
| 8 | BOOGALOO DOWN BROADWAY Fantastic Johnny C (Phil-L.A. Of Soul 305) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| 9 | IF I COULD BUILD MY WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla 54161) | 10 | 14 | 16 | 6 | |
| 10 | I’LL BE SWEETER TOMORROW (Than I Was Today) O’Jays (Bell 691) | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | |
| 11 | LOVE POWER Sandpebbles (Calla 141) | 15 | 17 | 19 | 11 | |
| 12 | PIECE OF MY HEART Erma Franklin (Shout 221) | 12 | 13 | 14 | 10 | |
| 13 | BACK UP TRAIN Al Greene & Soul Mates (Hot Line 15,000) | 16 | 18 | 23 | 7 | |
| 14 | COME SEE ABOUT ME Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35041) | 18 | 19 | 25 | 8 | |
| 15 | I CAN’T STAND MYSELF (When You Touch Me) James Brown & Famous Flames (King 6144) | 19 | 22 | 31 | 5 | |
| 16 | I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12203) | 11 | 7 | 4 | 13 | |
| 17 | AND GET AWAY Esquires (Bunky 7752) | 13 | 15 | 18 | 8 | |
| 18 | YESTERDAY Ray Charles (ABC/TRC 11009) | 14 | 5 | 6 | 10 | |
| 19 | WINDY Wes Montgomery (A&M 883) | 20 | 24 | 35 | 8 | |
| 20 | MY BABY MUST BE A MAGICIAN Marvelettes (Tamla 54158) | 23 | 32 | 38 | 4 | |
| 21 | UP TIGHT, GOOD MAN Laura Lee (Chess 2030) | 22 | 26 | 28 | 7 | |
| 22 | STORYBOOK CHILDREN Billy Vera & Judy Clay (Atlantic 2445) | 30 | 35 | 45 | 7 | |
| 23 | IN AND OUT OF LOVE Diana Ross & Supremes (Motown 1116) | 17 | 10 | 5 | 9 | |
| 24 | I CALL IT LOVE Manhattans (Carnival 533) | 28 | 23 | 21 | 10 | |
| 25 | WE’RE A WINNER Impressions (ABC 11022) | 38 | — | — | 2 | |
| 26 | (1-2-3-4-5-6-7) COUNT THE DAYS Inez & Charlie Foxx (Dynamo 112) | 29 | 33 | 33 | 6 | |
| 27 | SOMETHING’S MISSING Five Stairsteps & Cubie (Buddah 20) | 27 | 31 | 32 | 5 | |
| 28 | O-O, I LOVE YOU Dells (Cadet 5574) | 21 | 20 | 20 | 10 | |
| 29 | UNITED (pt. 1) Music Makers (Gamble 210) | 26 | 28 | 29 | 10 | |
| 30 | SPOOKY Classics IV (Imperial 66259) | 32 | 41 | 43 | 5 | |
| 31 | A MAN NEEDS A WOMAN James Carr (Goldwax 332) | 33 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | BORN FREE Hesitations (Kapp 878) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 33 | THIS THING CALLED LOVE Webs (Pop-Side 4593) | 34 | 36 | 42 | 4 | |
| 34 | HOW BEAUTIFUL OUR LOVE IS Platters (Musicor 1288) | 36 | 42 | 48 | 4 | |
| 35 | WHERE IS THE PARTY Helena Ferguson (Compass 7009) | 24 | 21 | 22 | 15 | |
| 36 | PATA PATA Miriam Makeba (Reprise 0606) | 25 | 16 | 7 | 15 | |
| 37 | SOMEBODY’S SLEEPING IN MY BED Johnnie Taylor (Stax 235) | 39 | 43 | 41 | 7 | |
| 38 | OH, HOW IT HURTS Barbara Mason (Arctic 137) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | I WISH IT WOULD RAIN Temptations (Gordy 7068) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 40 | MORE AND MORE Little Milton (Checker 1189) | 41 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 41 | PICK UP THE PIECES Carla Thomas (Stax 239) | 42 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 42 | YOU Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54160) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 43 | MOCKINGBIRD Aretha Franklin (Columbia 44381) | 43 | 38 | 46 | 4 | |
| 44 | DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO Al Wilson (Soul City 761) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | I’D RATHER GO BLIND Etta James (Cadet 5578) | 44 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 46 | HAVE A LITTLE MERCY Jean Wells (Calla 143) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 47 | THERE WAS A TIME James Brown & Famous Flames (King 6144) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | DO UNTO ME James & Bobby Purify (Bell 700) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | DIRTY APPLE Johnny “Hammond” Smith (Prestige 455) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | WOMAN, WOMAN Union Gap (Columbia 44297) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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