| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending AUGUST 16, 1969 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | MOTHER POPCORN (You Got To Have A Mother For Me) (pt. 1) James Brown (King 6245) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| 2 | WHAT DOES IT TAKE (To Win Your Love) Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35062) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| 3 | CHOICE OF COLORS Impressions (Curtom 1943) | 5 | 9 | 13 | 9 | |
| 4 | YOUR GOOD THING (Is About To End) Lou Rawls (Capitol 2550) | 7 | 10 | 16 | 8 | |
| 5 | COLOR HIM FATHER Winstons (Metromedia 117) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | |
| 6 | RECONSIDER ME Johnny Adams (SSS Int’l 770) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | |
| 7 | SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2650) | 14 | 25 | 32 | 4 | |
| 8 | MOODY WOMAN Jerry Butler (Mercury 72929) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |
| 9 | I’D RATHER BE AN OLD MAN’S SWEETHEART (Than A Young Man’s Fool) Candi Staton (Fame 1456) | 12 | 15 | 15 | 10 | |
| 10 | THE NITTY GRITTY Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35063) | 15 | 20 | 25 | 6 | |
| 11 | BABY, DON’T BE LOOKING IN MY MIND Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2634) | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 12 | TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54181) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 18 | |
| 13 | MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54180) | 13 | 18 | 21 | 8 | |
| 14 | HOOK AND SLING (pt. 1) Eddie Bo (Scram 117) | 16 | 19 | 20 | 7 | |
| 15 | ONE NIGHT AFFAIR O’Jays (Neptune 12) | 17 | 21 | 24 | 7 | |
| 16 | ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN Moms Mabley (Mercury 72935) | 10 | 7 | 5 | 9 | |
| 17 | I CAN SING A RAINBOW/LOVE IS BLUE Dells (Cadet 5641) | 8 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| 18 | YOU CAN’T MISS WHAT YOU CAN’T MEASURE Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2642) | 23 | 24 | 27 | 5 | |
| 19 | NOBODY BUT YOU BABE Clarence Reid (Alston 4574) | 28 | 31 | 37 | 4 | |
| 20 | BLACK PEARL Sonny Charles & Checkmates, Ltd. (A&M 1053) | 19 | 13 | 11 | 15 | |
| 21 | I’VE LOST EVERYTHING I’VE EVER LOVED David Ruffin (Motown 1149) | 20 | 22 | 17 | 6 | |
| 22 | LET ME BE THE MAN MY DADDY WAS Chi-Lites (Brunswick 755414) | 24 | 26 | 29 | 6 | |
| 23 | GIRL YOU’RE TOO YOUNG Archie Bell & Drells (Atlantic 2644) | 21 | 16 | 12 | 9 | |
| 24 | OH, WHAT A NIGHT Dells (Cadet 5649) | 36 | — | — | 2 | |
| 25 | I DO Moments (Stang 5005) | 25 | 23 | 18 | 8 | |
| 26 | DOGGONE RIGHT Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54183) | 29 | 32 | 40 | 4 | |
| 27 | FREE ME Otis Redding (Atco 6700) | 30 | 36 | — | 3 | |
| 28 | NOTHING CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF YOU Brook Benton (Cotillion 44034) | 18 | 12 | 14 | 7 | |
| 29 | I COULD NEVER BE PRESIDENT Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0046) | 32 | 39 | — | 3 | |
| 30 | IT’S TRUE I’M GONNA MISS YOU Carolyn Franklin (RCA Victor 74-0188) | 35 | 42 | 48 | 4 | |
| 31 | LET’S GET TOGETHER Little Milton (Checker 1225) | 26 | 17 | 19 | 8 | |
| 32 | I WANT YOU SO BAD B.B. King (BluesWay 61026) | 38 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 33 | DON’T TELL YOUR MAMA (Where You’ve Been) Eddie Floyd (Stax 0036) | 27 | 29 | 35 | 9 | |
| 34 | ANGEL OF THE MORNING Bettye Swann (Capitol 2515) | 33 | 28 | 30 | 11 | |
| 35 | YOU HURT SO GOOD Mitty Collier (Peachtree 121) | 37 | 40 | 45 | 6 | |
| 36 | THAT’S THE WAY LOVE IS Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54185) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 37 | YOU GOT YOURS AND I’LL GET MINE Delfonics (Philly Groove 157) | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 38 | YOU MADE A BELIEVER (Out Of Me) Ruby Andrews (Zodiac 1015) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | WHAT’S THE USE OF BREAKING UP Jerry Butler (Mercury 72960) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 40 | EASE BACK Meters (Josie 1008) | 39 | 37 | 39 | 6 | |
| 41 | THE TIME WILL COME Whispers (Soul Clock 107) | 43 | 44 | 47 | 5 | |
| 42 | THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME KNOW YOU’RE GONE Howard Tate (Turntable 505) | 46 | 48 | 50 | 8 | |
| 43 | KEEM-O-SABE Electric Indian (United Artists 50563) | 44 | 47 | 49 | 5 | |
| 44 | STRAIGHT AHEAD Young-Holt Unlimited (Brunswick 755417) | 47 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 45 | IT’S TOO LATE Ted Taylor (Ronn 34) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | GANG WAR (Don’t Make No Sense) Corner Boys (Neptune 13) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 47 | TOSHISUMASU Unifics (Kapp 2026) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | FOLLOW THE LEADER Major Lance (Dakar 608) | 49 | 50 | 42 | 5 | |
| 49 | FIND ’EM, FOOL ’EM AND FORGET ’EM George Jackson (Fame 1457) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 50 | IN A MOMENT Intrigues (Yew 1001) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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