| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending MARCH 1, 1969 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | THERE’LL COME A TIME Betty Everett (Uni 55100) | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | |
| 2 | BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP Foundations (Uni 55101) | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| 3 | EVERYDAY PEOPLE Sly & Family Stone (Epic 10407) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| 4 | TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOMEWORK Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0023) | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | |
| 5 | BABY, BABY DON’T CRY Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54178) | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | |
| 6 | GIVE IT UP OR TURNIT A LOOSE James Brown (King 6213) | 7 | 12 | 15 | 7 | |
| 7 | SOPHISTICATED CISSY Meters (Josie 1001) | 8 | 13 | 24 | 6 | |
| 8 | I’M LIVIN’ IN SHAME Diana Ross & Supremes (Motown 1139) | 9 | 11 | 14 | 7 | |
| 9 | FOOLISH FOOL Dee Dee Warwick (Mercury 72880) | 11 | 16 | 25 | 5 | |
| 10 | THE WEIGHT Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2603) | 15 | 30 | — | 3 | |
| 11 | MY WHOLE WORLD ENDED (The Moment You Left Me) David Ruffin (Motown 1140) | 14 | 24 | 33 | 4 | |
| 12 | CAN I CHANGE MY MIND Tyrone Davis (Dakar 602) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| 13 | SOULFUL STRUT Young-Holt Unlimited (Brunswick 55391) | 12 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
| 14 | GOOD LOVIN’ AIN’T EASY TO COME BY Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla 54179) | 13 | 15 | 19 | 5 | |
| 15 | SOULSHAKE Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson (SSS Int’l 761) | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | |
| 16 | GIVE IT AWAY Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55398) | 18 | 19 | 23 | 7 | |
| 17 | RUN AWAY CHILD, RUNNING WILD Temptations (Gordy 7084) | 25 | 33 | — | 3 | |
| 18 | GRITS AIN’T GROCERIES (All Around The World) Little Milton (Checker 1212) | 17 | 18 | 28 | 7 | |
| 19 | MY DECEIVING HEART Impressions (Curtom 1937) | 24 | 34 | — | 3 | |
| 20 | I FORGOT TO BE YOUR LOVER William Bell (Stax 0015) | 16 | 8 | 7 | 14 | |
| 21 | I’M JUST AN AVERAGE GUY Masqueraders (AGP 108) | 22 | 26 | 34 | 5 | |
| 22 | I DON’T WANT TO CRY Ruby Winters (Diamond 255) | 23 | 25 | 44 | 6 | |
| 23 | CLOUD NINE Mongo Santamaria (Columbia 44740) | 33 | 35 | 47 | 4 | |
| 24 | SWITCH IT ON Cliff Nobles & Co. (Phil-L.A. Of Soul 324) | 26 | 29 | 31 | 6 | |
| 25 | TWENTY-FIVE MILES Edwin Starr (Gordy 7083) | 28 | 32 | 37 | 6 | |
| 26 | AM I THE SAME GIRL Barbara Acklin (Brunswick 55399) | 32 | 36 | — | 3 | |
| 27 | I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross & Supremes & Temptations (Motown 1137) | 19 | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| 28 | ICE CREAM SONG Dynamics (Cotillion 44021) | 34 | 38 | 42 | 5 | |
| 29 | DO YOUR THING Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Bros.–Seven Arts 7250) | 39 | 43 | 45 | 5 | |
| 30 | LIGHT MY FIRE Rhetta Hughes (Tetragrammaton (1513) | 27 | 28 | 30 | 8 | |
| 31 | THIS GIRL’S IN LOVE WITH YOU Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12241) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 32 | ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Jerry Butler (Mercury 72898) | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 33 | SNATCHING IT BACK Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2605) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 34 | SNAP-OUT Interpertations (Bell 757) | 38 | 40 | 43 | 4 | |
| 35 | WHEN HE TOUCHES ME (Nothing Else Matters) Peaches & Herb (Date 1637) | 37 | 42 | — | 3 | |
| 36 | A LOVER’S QUESTION Otis Redding (Atco 6654) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 37 | WHO’S MAKING LOVE Young-Holt Unlimited (Brunswick 55400) | 40 | — | — | 2 | |
| 38 | I’VE GOT TO HAVE YOUR LOVE Eddie Floyd (Stax 0025) | 35 | 39 | — | 3 | |
| 39 | BABY MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD Five Stairsteps & Cubie (Curtom 1936) | 41 | 45 | 50 | 4 | |
| 40 | THE CHOKIN’ KIND Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2628) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 41 | HE CALLED ME BABY Ella Washington (Sound Stage 7 2621) | 43 | 44 | 46 | 11 | |
| 42 | RIOT Hugh Masekela (Uni 55102) | 44 | 46 | 49 | 4 | |
| 43 | OILY Juggy (Sue 9) | 47 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 44 | TOO LATE TO WORRY, TOO BLUE TO CRY Esther Phillips (Roulette 7031) | 46 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 45 | HALLWAYS OF MY MIND Dells (Cadet 5636) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | DON’T TOUCH ME Bettye Swann (Capitol 2382) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | SOMEBODY LOVES YOU Delfonics (Philly Groove 154) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 48 | SAD, SAD, STORY Ethics (Vent 1004) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | UP TIGHT GOOD WOMAN Solomon Burke (Bell 759) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | I DON’T KNOW Esquires (Wand 1195) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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