| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending SEPTEMBER 7, 1968 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | LOVE MAKES A WOMAN Barbara Acklin (Brunswick 55379) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| 2 | YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla 54169) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |
| 3 | SLIP AWAY Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2508) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | |
| 4 | THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2546) | 7 | 10 | 19 | 5 | |
| 5 | I CAN’T STOP DANCING Archie Bell & Drells (Atlantic 2534) | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | |
| 6 | STAY IN MY CORNER Dells (Cadet 5612) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
| 7 | PLEASE RETURN YOUR LOVE TO ME Temptations (Gordy 7074) | 9 | 13 | 21 | 7 | |
| 8 | (Love Is Like A) BASEBALL GAME Intruders (Gamble 217) | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | |
| 9 | SOUL-LIMBO Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 0001) | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 10 | I GET THE SWEETEST FEELING Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55381) | 10 | 11 | 13 | 9 | |
| 11 | PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE Rascals (Atlantic 2537) | 12 | 20 | 31 | 4 | |
| 12 | THE SNAKE Al Wilson (Soul City 767) | 13 | 14 | 16 | 12 | |
| 13 | I LOVED AND LOST Impressions (ABC 11103) | 15 | 23 | 35 | 5 | |
| 14 | I’VE NEVER FOUND A GIRL (To Love Me Like You Do) Eddie Floyd (Stax 0002) | 14 | 15 | 22 | 8 | |
| 15 | I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2546) | 21 | 32 | 37 | 4 | |
| 16 | GIRL WATCHER O’Kaysions (ABC 11094) | 29 | 36 | 47 | 4 | |
| 17 | GIRLS CAN’T DO WHAT THE GUYS DO Betty Wright (Alston 4569) | 18 | 21 | 23 | 6 | |
| 18 | YOU MET YOUR MATCH Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54168) | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 19 | GOD BLESS OUR LOVE Ballads (Venture 615) | 20 | 22 | 18 | 10 | |
| 20 | SPECIAL OCCASION Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54172) | 23 | 29 | 36 | 5 | |
| 21 | LITTLE GREEN APPLES O.C. Smith (Columbia 44616) | 25 | 37 | 49 | 4 | |
| 22 | LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor 47-9550) | 26 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 23 | KEEP THE ONE YOU GOT Joe Tex (Dial 4083) | 24 | 26 | 33 | 6 | |
| 24 | STONED SOUL PICNIC 5th Dimension (Soul City 766) | 16 | 9 | 7 | 14 | |
| 25 | YESTERDAY’S DREAMS Four Tops (Motown 1127) | 19 | 18 | 12 | 9 | |
| 26 | WHO IS GONNA LOVE ME? Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12226) | 32 | 40 | — | 3 | |
| 27 | PRIVATE NUMBER Judy Clay & William Bell (Stax 0005) | 31 | 34 | 39 | 5 | |
| 28 | FLY ME TO THE MOON Bobby Womack (Minit 32048) | 33 | 35 | 40 | 5 | |
| 29 | THE B.B. JONES B.B. King (BluesWay 61019) | 39 | — | — | 2 | |
| 30 | I CAN’T DANCE TO THAT MUSIC YOU’RE PLAYIN’ Martha Reeves & Vandellas (Gordy 7075) | 34 | 39 | 45 | 4 | |
| 31 | SEND MY BABY BACK Freddie Hughes (Wand 1182) | 35 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN Jerry Butler (Mercury 72850) | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 33 | HIP CITY (pt. 2) Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35048) | 36 | 38 | 48 | 4 | |
| 34 | MESSAGE FROM MARIA Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2617) | 37 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 35 | LISTEN HERE Eddie Harris (Atlantic 2487) | 40 | 42 | — | 9 | |
| 36 | BROWN EYED WOMAN Bill Medley (MGM 13959) | 43 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 37 | DON’T CHANGE YOUR LOVE Five Stairsteps & Cubie (Curtom 1931) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 38 | I WISH IT WOULD RAIN Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35047) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | PRAYER MEETIN’ Willie Mitchell (Hi 2147) | 30 | 27 | 28 | 10 | |
| 40 | I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO CRY, CRY, CRY James Brown & Famous Flames (King 6141) | 17 | 16 | 14 | 8 | |
| 41 | THE MULE James Boys (Phil-L.A. Of Soul 316) | 45 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 42 | I AIN’T GOT TO LOVE NOBODY ELSE Masqueraders (Bell 733) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | THE FUNKY JUDGE Bull & Matadors (Toddlin’ Town 108) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 44 | THE HORSE Cliff Nobles & Co. (Phil-L.A. Of Soul 313) | 22 | 12 | 8 | 17 | |
| 45 | SAY IT LOUD – I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD (pt. 1) James Brown (King 6187) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | BREAK YOUR PROMISE Delfonics (Philly Groove 152) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 47 | FOOL FOR YOU Impressions (Curtom 1932) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | CHAINED Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54170) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | DESTINATION: ANYWHERE Marvelettes (Tamla 54171) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | OH LORD, WHY LORD Los Pop Tops (Calla 154) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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