| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending SEPTEMBER 21, 1968 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2546) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |
| 2 | YOU’RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla 54169) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| 3 | SLIP AWAY Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2508) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | |
| 4 | GIRL WATCHER O’Kaysions (ABC 11094) | 7 | 16 | 29 | 6 | |
| 5 | PLEASE RETURN YOUR LOVE TO ME Temptations (Gordy 7074) | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | |
| 6 | LOVE MAKES A WOMAN Barbara Acklin (Brunswick 55379) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| 7 | I CAN’T STOP DANCING Archie Bell & Drells (Atlantic 2534) | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 8 | THE SNAKE Al Wilson (Soul City 767) | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
| 9 | I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2546) | 12 | 15 | 21 | 6 | |
| 10 | SAY IT LOUD – I’M BLACK AND I’M PROUD (pt. 1) James Brown (King 6187) | 19 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 11 | LITTLE GREEN APPLES O.C. Smith (Columbia 44616) | 15 | 21 | 25 | 6 | |
| 12 | STAY IN MY CORNER Dells (Cadet 5612) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 14 | |
| 13 | SOUL-LIMBO Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 0001) | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | |
| 14 | WHO IS GONNA LOVE ME? Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12226) | 18 | 26 | 32 | 5 | |
| 15 | I LOVED AND LOST Impressions (ABC 11103) | 11 | 13 | 15 | 7 | |
| 16 | LIGHT MY FIRE Jose Feliciano (RCA Victor 47-9550) | 17 | 22 | 26 | 5 | |
| 17 | SPECIAL OCCASION Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54172) | 20 | 20 | 23 | 7 | |
| 18 | FLY ME TO THE MOON Bobby Womack (Minit 32048) | 21 | 28 | 33 | 7 | |
| 19 | PRIVATE NUMBER Judy Clay & William Bell (Stax 0005) | 24 | 27 | 31 | 7 | |
| 20 | HEY, WESTERN UNION MAN Jerry Butler (Mercury 72850) | 26 | 32 | 42 | 4 | |
| 21 | GIRLS CAN’T DO WHAT THE GUYS DO Betty Wright (Alston 4569) | 14 | 17 | 18 | 8 | |
| 22 | PEOPLE GOT TO BE FREE Rascals (Atlantic 2537) | 13 | 11 | 12 | 6 | |
| 23 | HIP CITY (pt. 2) Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35048) | 27 | 33 | 36 | 6 | |
| 24 | I CAN’T DANCE TO THAT MUSIC YOU’RE PLAYIN’ Martha Reeves & Vandellas (Gordy 7075) | 25 | 30 | 34 | 6 | |
| 25 | LISTEN HERE Eddie Harris (Atlantic 2487) | 28 | 35 | 40 | 11 | |
| 26 | MESSAGE FROM MARIA Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2617) | 29 | 34 | 37 | 5 | |
| 27 | BROWN EYED WOMAN Bill Medley (MGM 13959) | 32 | 36 | 43 | 5 | |
| 28 | I’VE NEVER FOUND A GIRL (To Love Me Like You Do) Eddie Floyd (Stax 0002) | 16 | 14 | 14 | 10 | |
| 29 | FOOL FOR YOU Impressions (Curtom 1932) | 36 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 30 | THE FUNKY JUDGE Bull & Matadors (Toddlin’ Town 108) | 33 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 31 | I WISH IT WOULD RAIN Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35047) | 34 | 38 | 44 | 4 | |
| 32 | DON’T CHANGE YOUR LOVE Five Stairsteps & Cubie (Curtom 1931) | 35 | 37 | 47 | 4 | |
| 33 | DESTINATION: ANYWHERE Marvelettes (Tamla 54171) | 38 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 34 | OH LORD, WHY LORD Los Pop Tops (Calla 154) | 41 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 35 | I AIN’T GOT TO LOVE NOBODY ELSE Masqueraders (Bell 733) | 37 | 42 | 46 | 4 | |
| 36 | BREAK YOUR PROMISE Delfonics (Philly Groove 152) | 40 | 46 | 49 | 4 | |
| 37 | THE MULE James Boys (Phil-L.A. Of Soul 316) | 39 | 41 | 45 | 5 | |
| 38 | COURT OF LOVE Unifics (Kapp 935) | 43 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | I FOUND A TRUE LOVE Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2558) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 40 | CHAINED Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54170) | 42 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 41 | SWEET YOUNG THING LIKE YOU Ray Charles (ABC/TRC 11133) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | (I Can Feel Your Love) SLIPPING AWAY Barbara Mason (Arctic 142) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | 46 DRUMS – 1 GUITAR Little Carl Carlton (Back Beat 598) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 44 | PUFFIN’ ON DOWN THE TRACK Hugh Masekela (Uni 55085) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | HE’S MY MAN Patti LaBelle & Bluebelles (Atlantic 2548) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | THE B.B. JONES B.B. King (BluesWay 61019) | — | 29 | 39 | 3 | |
| 47 | THE CHOICE / GOING GOING GONE O’Jays (Bell 737) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 48 | HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash (JAD 207) | — | — | — | 3 | |
| 49 | YOU PUT IT ON ME B.B. King (BluesWay 61019) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 50 | DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO Nina Simone (RCA Victor 47-9602) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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