The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations
Week ending MARCH 15, 1969
TW	TITLE | Artist (Label)		LW	2WK	3WK	WKS
1	GIVE IT UP OR TURNIT A LOOSE     James Brown (King 6213)		4	6	7	9
2	THERE’LL COME A TIME     Betty Everett (Uni 55100)		1	1	2	10
3	SOPHISTICATED CISSY     Meters (Josie 1001)		5	7	8	8
4	EVERYDAY PEOPLE     Sly & Family Stone (Epic 10407)		2	3	1	16
5	THE WEIGHT     Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2603)		7	10	15	5
6	BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP     Foundations (Uni 55101)		3	2	3	12
7	MY WHOLE WORLD ENDED (The Moment You Left Me)     David Ruffin (Motown 1140)		9	11	14	6
8	FOOLISH FOOL     Dee Dee Warwick (Mercury 72880)		8	9	11	7
9	RUN AWAY CHILD, RUNNING WILD     Temptations (Gordy 7084)		12	17	25	5
10	GIVE IT AWAY     Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55398)		13	16	18	9
11	BABY, BABY DON’T CRY     Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54178)		6	5	6	11
12	SWITCH IT ON     Cliff Nobles & Co. (Phil-L.A. Of Soul 324)		16	24	26	8
13	TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOMEWORK     Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0023)		11	4	4	11
14	ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE     Jerry Butler (Mercury 72898)		28	32	42	4
15	I’M LIVIN’ IN SHAME     Diana Ross & Supremes (Motown 1139)		10	8	9	9
16	SOULSHAKE     Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson (SSS Int’l 761)		15	15	10	9
17	TWENTY-FIVE MILES     Edwin Starr (Gordy 7083)		23	25	28	8
18	MY DECEIVING HEART     Impressions (Curtom 1937)		18	19	24	5
19	SNATCHING IT BACK     Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2605)		29	33	48	4
20	CLOUD NINE     Mongo Santamaria (Columbia 44740)		20	23	33	6
21	THE CHOKIN’ KIND     Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2628)		30	40	—	3
22	ICE CREAM SONG     Dynamics (Cotillion 44021)		27	28	34	7
23	DO YOUR THING     Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Bros.–Seven Arts 7250)		25	29	39	7
24	SOULFUL STRUT     Young-Holt Unlimited (Brunswick 55391)		17	13	12	18
25	THIS GIRL’S IN LOVE WITH YOU     Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12241)		26	31	—	3
26	AM I THE SAME GIRL     Barbara Acklin (Brunswick 55399)		24	26	32	5
27	IT’S YOUR THING     Isley Brothers (T-Neck 901)		—	—	—	1
28	A LOVER’S QUESTION     Otis Redding (Atco 6654)		32	36	49	4
29	AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINE IN (The Flesh Failures)     5th Dimension (Soul City 772)		35	—	—	2
30	DON’T TOUCH ME     Bettye Swann (Capitol 2382)		41	46	—	3
31	WHEN HE TOUCHES ME (Nothing Else Matters)     Peaches & Herb (Date 1637)		31	35	37	5
32	WHO’S MAKING LOVE     Young-Holt Unlimited (Brunswick 55400)		36	37	40	4
33	I’LL TRY SOMETHING NEW     Diana Ross & Supremes & Temptations (Motown 1142)		37	—	—	2
34	ALMOST PERSUADED     Etta James (Cadet 5630)		39	—	—	2
35	DIDN’T YOU KNOW (You’d Have To Cry Sometime)     Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35057)		45	—	—	2
36	CAN I CHANGE MY MIND     Tyrone Davis (Dakar 602)		14	12	5	13
37	BABY MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD     Five Stairsteps & Cubie (Curtom 1936)		40	39	41	6
38	TOO LATE TO WORRY, TOO BLUE TO CRY     Esther Phillips (Roulette 7031)		43	44	46	5
39	TIME IS TIGHT     Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 0028)		—	—	—	1
40	HALLWAYS OF MY MIND     Dells (Cadet 5636)		44	45	—	3
41	I’LL UNDERSTAND     Soul Children (Stax 0018)		—	—	—	1
42	OILY     Juggy (Sue 9)		42	43	47	5
43	GOTTA FIND ME A LOVER (24 Hours A Day)     Erma Franklin (Brunswick 55403)		—	—	—	1
44	UP TIGHT GOOD WOMAN     Solomon Burke (Bell 759)		47	49	—	3
45	I STILL LOVE YOU     Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55402)		—	—	—	1
46	I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS     Ray Charles (ABC/TRC 11193)		49	—	—	2
47	I’M JUST AN AVERAGE GUY     Masqueraders (AGP 108)		19	21	22	7
48	REVOLUTION (pt. 1)     Nina Simone (RCA Victor 47-9730)		50	—	—	2
49	GRITS AIN’T GROCERIES (All Around The World)     Little Milton (Checker 1212)		22	18	17	9
50	GOOD LOVIN’ AIN’T EASY TO COME BY     Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla 54179)		21	14	13	7

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