| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending MAY 16, 1970 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET Moments (Stang 5012) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | REACH OUT AND TOUCH (Somebody’s Hand) Diana Ross (Motown 1165) | 4 | 25 | 35 | 4 | |
| 3 | OPEN UP MY HEART Dells (Cadet 5667) | 3 | 3 | 19 | 7 | |
| 4 | TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME Tyrone Davis (Dakar 616) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 5 | THE ONION SONG Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla 54192) | 12 | 12 | 20 | 6 | |
| 6 | CHICKEN STRUT Meters (Josie 1018) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | |
| 7 | UHH Dyke & Blazers (Original Sound 91) | 14 | 18 | 26 | 6 | |
| 8 | 3 MINUTES 2 – HEY GIRL George Kerr (All Platinum 2316) | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | |
| 9 | CRYIN’ IN THE STREETS (pt. 1) George Perkins & Silver Stars (Silver Fox 18) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| 10 | COLE, COOKE & REDDING / SUGAR SUGAR Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2722) | 15 | 15 / 50 | 13 | 8 / 2 | |
| 11 | I CAN’T LEAVE YOUR LOVE ALONE Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2726) | 19 | 23 | 28 | 5 | |
| 12 | MAMA’S BABY – DADDY’S MAYBE Swamp Dogg (Canyon 30) | 23 | 28 | 33 | 8 | |
| 13 | MY WAY Brook Benton (Cotillion 44072) | 18 | 22 | 27 | 5 | |
| 14 | BROTHER RAPP (pts. 1 & 2) James Brown (King 6310) | 24 | 33 | — | 3 | |
| 15 | YOU NEED LOVE LIKE I DO (Don’t You) Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35071) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | |
| 16 | FARTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2656) | 16 | 16 | 24 | 7 | |
| 17 | IT’S ALL IN THE GAME Four Tops (Motown 1164) | 26 | 34 | 36 | 4 | |
| 18 | ABC Jackson 5 (Motown 1163) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| 19 | AND MY HEART SANG (Tra La La) Brenda & Tabulations (Top And Bottom 403) | 27 | 31 | 45 | 5 | |
| 20 | SO EXCITED B. B. King (BluesWay 61035) | 20 | 24 | 29 | 7 | |
| 21 | LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY Friends Of Distinction (RCA Victor 74-0319) | 9 | 7 | 7 | 11 | |
| 22 | KILLER JOE Quincy Jones (A&M 1163) | 22 | 29 | 38 | 5 | |
| 23 | CHECK OUT YOUR MIND Impressions (Curtom 1951) | 32 | 35 | — | 3 | |
| 24 | GUIDE ME WELL Carla Thomas (Stax 0056) | 25 | 32 | 32 | 7 | |
| 25 | IF HE CAN, YOU CAN Isley Brothers (T-Neck 919) | 33 | 39 | 44 | 4 | |
| 26 | YOU’RE THE ONE (pt. 2) Little Sister (Stone Flower 9000) | 11 | 8 | 6 | 13 | |
| 27 | UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF Supremes (Motown 1162) | 13 | 11 | 8 | 12 | |
| 28 | BABY I LOVE YOU Little Milton (Checker 1227) | 17 | 17 | 25 | 9 | |
| 29 | LONELINESS / IF MY HEART COULD SPEAK Manhattans (DeLuxe 122) | 35 | 44 | — | 3 / 2 | |
| 30 | VIVA TIRADO (pt. 1) El Chicano (Kapp 2055) | 30 | 30 | 34 | 5 | |
| 31 | LET ME GO TO HIM Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12276) | 36 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | SWEET FEELING Candi Staton (Fame 1466) | 37 | 40 | 40 | 5 | |
| 33 | SO MUCH LOVE Faith, Hope & Charity (Maxwell 805) | 34 | 38 | 43 | 4 | |
| 34 | THE SLY, SLICK AND THE WICKED Lost Generation (Brunswick 55436) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 35 | SHE DIDN’T KNOW (She Kept On Talking) Dee Dee Warwick with Dixie Flyers (Atco 6754) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 36 | (You’ve Got Me) DANGLING ON A STRING Chairmen Of The Board (Invictus 9078) | 40 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 37 | CAN’T SEE YOU WHEN I WANT TO David Porter (Enterprise 9014) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 38 | BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne (Invictus 9075) | 38 | 41 | — | 7 | |
| 39 | I GOT A PROBLEM Jesse Anderson (Thomas 805) | 39 | 47 | 48 | 4 | |
| 40 | LET THIS BE A LETTER (To My Baby) Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55435) | 43 | — | — | 2 | |
| 41 | WESTBOUND #9 Flaming Ember (Hot Wax 7003) | 45 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 42 | CAN YOU GET AWAY / EVERYBODY SAW YOU Ruby Andrews (Zodiac 1017) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | FEET START WALKING Doris Duke (Canyon 35) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 44 | TO BE LOVED / GLORY OF LOVE Lenny Welch (Commonwealth United 3011) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 45 | AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU (For More Reasons Than One) Luther Ingram (KoKo 2105) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | O-O-H CHILD Five Stairsteps & Cubie (Buddah 165) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | CUMMINS PRISON FARM Calvin Leavy (Blue Fox 100) | 47 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 48 | WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES Willie Hightower (Fame 1465) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | I WANT TO (Do Everything For You) Raeletts (Tangerine 1006) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | IF LOVE RULED THE WORLD Bobby Bland (Duke 460) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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