| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending MARCH 22, 1969 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | GIVE IT UP OR TURNIT A LOOSE James Brown (King 6213) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 2 | THE WEIGHT Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2603) | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | |
| 3 | RUN AWAY CHILD, RUNNING WILD Temptations (Gordy 7084) | 9 | 12 | 17 | 6 | |
| 4 | ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Jerry Butler (Mercury 72898) | 14 | 28 | 32 | 5 | |
| 5 | MY WHOLE WORLD ENDED (The Moment You Left Me) David Ruffin (Motown 1140) | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | |
| 6 | THERE’LL COME A TIME Betty Everett (Uni 55100) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| 7 | FOOLISH FOOL Dee Dee Warwick (Mercury 72880) | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | |
| 8 | SOPHISTICATED CISSY Meters (Josie 1001) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | |
| 9 | GIVE IT AWAY Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55398) | 10 | 13 | 16 | 10 | |
| 10 | THE CHOKIN’ KIND Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2628) | 21 | 30 | 40 | 4 | |
| 11 | EVERYDAY PEOPLE Sly & Family Stone (Epic 10407) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | |
| 12 | TWENTY-FIVE MILES Edwin Starr (Gordy 7083) | 17 | 23 | 25 | 9 | |
| 13 | SNATCHING IT BACK Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2605) | 19 | 29 | 33 | 5 | |
| 14 | IT’S YOUR THING Isley Brothers (T-Neck 901) | 27 | — | — | 2 | |
| 15 | SWITCH IT ON Cliff Nobles & Co. (Phil-L.A. Of Soul 324) | 12 | 16 | 24 | 9 | |
| 16 | DO YOUR THING Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Bros.–Seven Arts 7250) | 23 | 25 | 29 | 8 | |
| 17 | ICE CREAM SONG Dynamics (Cotillion 44021) | 22 | 27 | 28 | 8 | |
| 18 | BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP Foundations (Uni 55101) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| 19 | THIS GIRL’S IN LOVE WITH YOU Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12241) | 25 | 26 | 31 | 4 | |
| 20 | BABY, BABY DON’T CRY Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54178) | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |
| 21 | AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINE IN (The Flesh Failures) 5th Dimension (Soul City 772) | 29 | 35 | — | 3 | |
| 22 | TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOMEWORK Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0023) | 13 | 11 | 4 | 12 | |
| 23 | I’LL TRY SOMETHING NEW Diana Ross & Supremes & Temptations (Motown 1142) | 33 | 37 | — | 3 | |
| 24 | SOULSHAKE Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson (SSS Int’l 761) | 16 | 15 | 15 | 10 | |
| 25 | CLOUD NINE Mongo Santamaria (Columbia 44740) | 20 | 20 | 23 | 7 | |
| 26 | A LOVER’S QUESTION Otis Redding (Atco 6654) | 28 | 32 | 36 | 5 | |
| 27 | DON’T TOUCH ME Bettye Swann (Capitol 2382) | 30 | 41 | 46 | 4 | |
| 28 | WHEN HE TOUCHES ME (Nothing Else Matters) Peaches & Herb (Date 1637) | 31 | 31 | 35 | 6 | |
| 29 | IS IT SOMETHING YOU’VE GOT Tyrone Davis (Dakar 605) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 30 | BABY MAKE ME FEEL SO GOOD Five Stairsteps & Cubie (Curtom 1936) | 37 | 40 | 39 | 7 | |
| 31 | DIDN’T YOU KNOW (You’d Have To Cry Sometime) Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35057) | 35 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | TIME IS TIGHT Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 0028) | 39 | — | — | 2 | |
| 33 | I STILL LOVE YOU Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55402) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 34 | SOUL PRIDE (pt. 1) James Brown (King 6222) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 35 | TOO LATE TO WORRY, TOO BLUE TO CRY Esther Phillips (Roulette 7031) | 38 | 43 | 44 | 6 | |
| 36 | I LIKE WHAT YOU’RE DOING (To Me) Carla Thomas (Stax 0024) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 37 | MINI-SKIRT MINNIE Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2611) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 38 | GOTTA FIND ME A LOVER (24 Hours A Day) Erma Franklin (Brunswick 55403) | 43 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | I’LL UNDERSTAND Soul Children (Stax 0018) | 41 | — | — | 2 | |
| 40 | I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO Bobby Womack (Minit 32059) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 41 | I CAN’T DO ENOUGH Dells (Cadet 5636) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | UP TIGHT GOOD WOMAN Solomon Burke (Bell 759) | 44 | 47 | 49 | 4 | |
| 43 | I LOVE MY BABY Archie Bell & Drells (Atlantic 2612) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 44 | BLACK IS! Brother Jack McDuff (Cadet 5632) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | NEVER GONNA LET HIM KNOW Debbie Taylor (GWP 501) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | GRAZING IN THE GRASS Friends Of Distinction (RCA Victor 74-0107) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | COUNTRY GIRL Johnny Otis Show (Kent 506) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | TO LOVE SOMEBODY James Carr (Goldwax 340) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | COAL MAN Mack Rice (Atco 6645) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | I’M JUST AN AVERAGE GUY Masqueraders (AGP 108) | 47 | 19 | 21 | 8 | |
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