| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending APRIL 19, 1969 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Jerry Butler (Mercury 72898) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2 | THE CHOKIN’ KIND Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2628) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |
| 3 | IT’S YOUR THING Isley Brothers (T-Neck 901) | 3 | 6 | 11 | 6 | |
| 4 | AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINE IN (The Flesh Failures) 5th Dimension (Soul City 772) | 8 | 13 | 17 | 7 | |
| 5 | FOOLISH FOOL Dee Dee Warwick (Mercury 72880) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | |
| 6 | ICE CREAM SONG Dynamics (Cotillion 44021) | 7 | 10 | 13 | 12 | |
| 7 | DO YOUR THING Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Bros.–Seven Arts 7250) | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | |
| 8 | SNATCHING IT BACK Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2605) | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | |
| 9 | IS IT SOMETHING YOU’VE GOT Tyrone Davis (Dakar 605) | 13 | 18 | 23 | 5 | |
| 10 | DON’T TOUCH ME Bettye Swann (Capitol 2382) | 11 | 17 | 21 | 8 | |
| 11 | RUN AWAY CHILD, RUNNING WILD Temptations (Gordy 7084) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| 12 | WHEN HE TOUCHES ME (Nothing Else Matters) Peaches & Herb (Date 1637) | 15 | 19 | 24 | 10 | |
| 13 | TIME IS TIGHT Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 0028) | 16 | 21 | 27 | 6 | |
| 14 | NEVER GONNA LET HIM KNOW Debbie Taylor (GWP 501) | 18 | 22 | 35 | 5 | |
| 15 | MY WHOLE WORLD ENDED (The Moment You Left Me) David Ruffin (Motown 1140) | 5 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| 16 | GRAZING IN THE GRASS Friends Of Distinction (RCA Victor 74-0107) | 24 | 26 | 32 | 5 | |
| 17 | I LIKE WHAT YOU’RE DOING (To Me) Carla Thomas (Stax 0024) | 19 | 23 | 31 | 5 | |
| 18 | I DON’T WANT NOBODY TO GIVE ME NOTHING (Open Up The Door, I’ll Get It Myself) (pts. 1 & 2) James Brown (King 6224) | 26 | 36 | — | 3 | |
| 19 | TWENTY-FIVE MILES Edwin Starr (Gordy 7083) | 14 | 8 | 10 | 13 | |
| 20 | IT’S A MIRACLE Willie Hightower (Capitol 2226) | 25 | 31 | — | 3 | |
| 21 | GIVE IT AWAY Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55398) | 17 | 9 | 8 | 14 | |
| 22 | CISSY STRUT Meters (Josie 1005) | 28 | 37 | — | 3 | |
| 23 | THIS GIRL’S IN LOVE WITH YOU Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12241) | 20 | 14 | 18 | 8 | |
| 24 | MINI-SKIRT MINNIE Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2611) | 22 | 25 | 28 | 5 | |
| 25 | THE COMPOSER Diana Ross & Supremes (Motown 1146) | 31 | — | — | 2 | |
| 26 | BUYING A BOOK Joe Tex (Dial 4090) | 33 | 40 | — | 3 | |
| 27 | STAND! Sly & Family Stone (Epic 10450) | 38 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 28 | I CAN’T SAY NO TO YOU Betty Everett (Uni 55122) | 34 | — | — | 2 | |
| 29 | DIDN’T YOU KNOW (You’d Have To Cry Sometime) Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35057) | 29 | 33 | 36 | 7 | |
| 30 | I CAN’T SEE MYSELF LEAVING YOU Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2619) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 31 | I FEEL LIKE I’M FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN Fantastic Four (Soul 35058) | 36 | 41 | 49 | 4 | |
| 32 | (We’ve Got) HONEY LOVE Martha Reeves & Vandellas (Gordy 7085) | 40 | — | — | 2 | |
| 33 | ANY DAY NOW Percy Sledge (Atlantic 2616) | 39 | — | — | 2 | |
| 34 | TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54181) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 35 | I STILL LOVE YOU Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55402) | 30 | 29 | 30 | 6 | |
| 36 | IN THE BAD, BAD OLD DAYS (Before You Loved Me) Foundations (Uni 55117) | 41 | — | — | 2 | |
| 37 | JUST A LITTLE BIT Little Milton (Checker 1217) | 42 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | WHY I SING THE BLUES B.B. King (BluesWay 61024) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 39 | I’M GONNA DO ALL I CAN (To Do Right By My Man) Ike & Tina Turner (Minit 32060) | 43 | — | — | 2 | |
| 40 | I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO Bobby Womack (Minit 32059) | 35 | 35 | 38 | 5 | |
| 41 | SUNDAY Moments (Stang 5003) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | TO LOVE SOMEBODY James Carr (Goldwax 340) | 44 | 46 | 48 | 5 | |
| 43 | GOT TO BE LOVE (Something Stupid) Profiles (Bamboo 104) | 45 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 44 | T.C.B. OR T.Y.A. Bobby Patterson (Jetstar 114) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 45 | SEVEN YEARS Impressions (Curtom 1940) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | WALK AWAY Ann Peebles (Hi 2157) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 47 | SOCK IT TO ’EM SOUL BROTHER Bill Moss (Bell 771) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | YOU ARE THE CIRCUS C & Shells (Cotillion 44024) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | MUSIC FOR MY MOTHER Funkadelic (Westbound 148) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | LOVE IS ALL I HAVE TO GIVE Checkmates, Ltd. (A&M 1039) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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