| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending MAY 10, 1969 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | IT’S YOUR THING Isley Brothers (T-Neck 901) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2 | THE CHOKIN’ KIND Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2628) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| 3 | ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Jerry Butler (Mercury 72898) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| 4 | TIME IS TIGHT Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 0028) | 6 | 10 | 13 | 9 | |
| 5 | 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) | 7 | 15 | 18 | 6 | |
| 6 | TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54181) | 10 | 23 | 34 | 4 | |
| 7 | AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINE IN (The Flesh Failures) 5th Dimension (Soul City 772) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |
| 8 | GRAZING IN THE GRASS Friends Of Distinction (RCA Victor 74-0107) | 9 | 11 | 16 | 8 | |
| 9 | CISSY STRUT Meters (Josie 1005) | 11 | 14 | 22 | 6 | |
| 10 | NEVER GONNA LET HIM KNOW Debbie Taylor (GWP 501) | 8 | 9 | 14 | 8 | |
| 11 | I CAN’T SEE MYSELF LEAVING YOU Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2619) | 13 | 20 | 30 | 4 | |
| 12 | WHEN HE TOUCHES ME (Nothing Else Matters) Peaches & Herb (Date 1637) | 12 | 8 | 12 | 13 | |
| 13 | FOOLISH FOOL Dee Dee Warwick (Mercury 72880) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| 14 | THE COMPOSER Diana Ross & Supremes (Motown 1146) | 16 | 17 | 25 | 5 | |
| 15 | OH HAPPY DAY Edwin Hawkins Singers (Pavilion 20,001) | 32 | — | — | 2 | |
| 16 | BUYING A BOOK Joe Tex (Dial 4090) | 20 | 24 | 26 | 6 | |
| 17 | STAND! Sly & Family Stone (Epic 10450) | 22 | 25 | 27 | 6 | |
| 18 | DO YOUR THING Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Bros.–Seven Arts 7250) | 14 | 6 | 7 | 15 | |
| 19 | IS IT SOMETHING YOU’VE GOT Tyrone Davis (Dakar 605) | 15 | 7 | 9 | 8 | |
| 20 | (We’ve Got) HONEY LOVE Martha Reeves & Vandellas (Gordy 7085) | 24 | 26 | 32 | 5 | |
| 21 | WHY I SING THE BLUES B.B. King (BluesWay 61024) | 26 | 29 | 38 | 4 | |
| 22 | DIDN’T YOU KNOW (You’d Have To Cry Sometime) Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35057) | 25 | 27 | 29 | 10 | |
| 23 | I CAN’T SAY NO TO YOU Betty Everett (Uni 55122) | 23 | 30 | 28 | 5 | |
| 24 | PROUD MARY Solomon Burke (Bell 783) | 29 | 36 | — | 3 | |
| 25 | I WANT TO LOVE YOU BABY Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson (SSS Int’l 769) | 28 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 26 | GOTTA GET TO KNOW YOU Bobby Bland (Duke 447) | 31 | 37 | — | 3 | |
| 27 | I’M GONNA DO ALL I CAN (To Do Right By My Man) Ike & Tina Turner (Minit 32060) | 30 | 33 | 39 | 5 | |
| 28 | WE GOT MORE SOUL Dyke & Blazers (Original Sound 86) | 36 | 42 | — | 3 | |
| 29 | WHAT IS A MAN Four Tops (Motown 1147) | 35 | — | — | 2 | |
| 30 | ICE CREAM SONG Dynamics (Cotillion 44021) | 17 | 12 | 6 | 15 | |
| 31 | TESTIFY (I Wonna) Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0033) | 40 | — | — | 2 | |
| 32 | SUNDAY Moments (Stang 5003) | 34 | 35 | 41 | 4 | |
| 33 | DON’T TOUCH ME Bettye Swann (Capitol 2382) | 18 | 13 | 10 | 11 | |
| 34 | JUST A LITTLE BIT Little Milton (Checker 1217) | 33 | 31 | 37 | 6 | |
| 35 | SO I CAN LOVE YOU Emotions (Volt 4010) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 36 | WALK AWAY Ann Peebles (Hi 2157) | 39 | 41 | 46 | 5 | |
| 37 | WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BABY Otis & Carla (Atco 6665) | 37 | 40 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | YOU ARE THE CIRCUS C & Shells (Cotillion 44024) | 38 | 38 | 48 | 4 | |
| 39 | FRIEND, LOVER, WOMAN, WIFE O.C. Smith (Columbia 44859) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 40 | LET ME LOVE YOU Ray Charles (ABC/TRC 11213) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 41 | IT’S A GROOVY WORLD! Unifics (Kapp 985) | 43 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 42 | SEVEN YEARS Impressions (Curtom 1940) | 42 | 44 | 45 | 4 | |
| 43 | SOCK IT TO ’EM SOUL BROTHER Bill Moss (Bell 771) | 44 | 45 | 47 | 4 | |
| 44 | BORN TO BE WILD Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2631) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | BLACK PEARL Sonny Charles & Checkmates, Ltd. (A&M 1053) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | WHY SHOULD WE STOP NOW Natural Four (ABC 11205) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | IT’S YOUR THING Senor Soul (Whiz 611) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | COLOR HIM FATHER Winstons (Metromedia 117) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | DIRTY OLD MAN Irene Reid (Old Town 2004) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | NEW SHOES Jessie Lee Ferguson & Outer Limits (Metromedia 111) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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