| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending MAY 17, 1969 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | IT’S YOUR THING Isley Brothers (T-Neck 901) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2 | THE CHOKIN’ KIND Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2628) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| 3 | TIME IS TIGHT Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 0028) | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | |
| 4 | 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) | 5 | 7 | 15 | 7 | |
| 5 | TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54181) | 6 | 10 | 23 | 5 | |
| 6 | ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE Jerry Butler (Mercury 72898) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| 7 | GRAZING IN THE GRASS Friends Of Distinction (RCA Victor 74-0107) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | |
| 8 | CISSY STRUT Meters (Josie 1005) | 9 | 11 | 14 | 7 | |
| 9 | AQUARIUS/LET THE SUNSHINE IN (The Flesh Failures) 5th Dimension (Soul City 772) | 7 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| 10 | I CAN’T SEE MYSELF LEAVING YOU Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2619) | 11 | 13 | 20 | 5 | |
| 11 | NEVER GONNA LET HIM KNOW Debbie Taylor (GWP 501) | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | |
| 12 | OH HAPPY DAY Edwin Hawkins Singers (Pavilion 20,001) | 15 | 32 | — | 3 | |
| 13 | WHEN HE TOUCHES ME (Nothing Else Matters) Peaches & Herb (Date 1637) | 12 | 12 | 8 | 14 | |
| 14 | BUYING A BOOK Joe Tex (Dial 4090) | 16 | 20 | 24 | 7 | |
| 15 | STAND! Sly & Family Stone (Epic 10450) | 17 | 22 | 25 | 7 | |
| 16 | THE COMPOSER Diana Ross & Supremes (Motown 1146) | 14 | 16 | 17 | 6 | |
| 17 | FOOLISH FOOL Dee Dee Warwick (Mercury 72880) | 13 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
| 18 | WHY I SING THE BLUES B.B. King (BluesWay 61024) | 21 | 26 | 29 | 5 | |
| 19 | GOTTA GET TO KNOW YOU Bobby Bland (Duke 447) | 26 | 31 | 37 | 4 | |
| 20 | PROUD MARY Solomon Burke (Bell 783) | 24 | 29 | 36 | 4 | |
| 21 | (We’ve Got) HONEY LOVE Martha Reeves & Vandellas (Gordy 7085) | 20 | 24 | 26 | 6 | |
| 22 | I CAN’T SAY NO TO YOU Betty Everett (Uni 55122) | 23 | 23 | 30 | 6 | |
| 23 | I WANT TO LOVE YOU BABY Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson (SSS Int’l 769) | 25 | 28 | 48 | 4 | |
| 24 | WE GOT MORE SOUL Dyke & Blazers (Original Sound 86) | 28 | 36 | 42 | 4 | |
| 25 | TESTIFY (I Wonna) Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0033) | 31 | 40 | — | 3 | |
| 26 | SO I CAN LOVE YOU Emotions (Volt 4010) | 35 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 27 | DO YOUR THING Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Bros.–Seven Arts 7250) | 18 | 14 | 6 | 16 | |
| 28 | I’M GONNA DO ALL I CAN (To Do Right By My Man) Ike & Tina Turner (Minit 32060) | 27 | 30 | 33 | 6 | |
| 29 | WHAT IS A MAN Four Tops (Motown 1147) | 29 | 35 | — | 3 | |
| 30 | SUNDAY Moments (Stang 5003) | 32 | 34 | 35 | 5 | |
| 31 | JUST A LITTLE BIT Little Milton (Checker 1217) | 34 | 33 | 31 | 7 | |
| 32 | IS IT SOMETHING YOU’VE GOT Tyrone Davis (Dakar 605) | 19 | 15 | 7 | 9 | |
| 33 | FRIEND, LOVER, WOMAN, WIFE O.C. Smith (Columbia 44859) | 39 | — | — | 2 | |
| 34 | WHEN SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY BABY Otis & Carla (Atco 6665) | 37 | 37 | 40 | 4 | |
| 35 | WALK AWAY Ann Peebles (Hi 2157) | 36 | 39 | 41 | 6 | |
| 36 | LET ME LOVE YOU Ray Charles (ABC/TRC 11213) | 40 | — | — | 2 | |
| 37 | DIDN’T YOU KNOW (You’d Have To Cry Sometime) Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35057) | 22 | 25 | 27 | 11 | |
| 38 | COLOR HIM FATHER Winstons (Metromedia 117) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | BLACK PEARL Sonny Charles & Checkmates, Ltd. (A&M 1053) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 40 | DON’T TOUCH ME Bettye Swann (Capitol 2382) | 33 | 18 | 13 | 12 | |
| 41 | DON’T LET THE JONESES GET YOU DOWN Temptations (Gordy 7086) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | BORN TO BE WILD Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2631) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | IT’S A GROOVY WORLD! Unifics (Kapp 985) | 41 | 43 | 47 | 4 | |
| 44 | I CAN SING A RAINBOW/LOVE IS BLUE Dells (Cadet 5641) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | WHY SHOULD WE STOP NOW Natural Four (ABC 11205) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | IT’S YOUR THING Senor Soul (Whiz 611) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 47 | THE APRIL FOOLS Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12249) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | DIRTY OLD MAN Irene Reid (Old Town 2004) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 49 | NEW SHOES Jessie Lee Ferguson & Outer Limits (Metromedia 111) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 50 | MY WIFE, MY DOG, MY CAT Maskman & Agents (Dynamo 131) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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