| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending JULY 11, 1970 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What The World Is Today) Temptations (Gordy 7099) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2 | STEAL AWAY Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0068) | 5 | 12 | 19 | 8 | |
| 3 | THE LOVE YOU SAVE Jackson 5 (Motown 1166) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 4 | MAYBE Three Degrees (Roulette 7079) | 8 | 14 | 21 | 7 | |
| 5 | THE END OF OUR ROAD Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54195) | 11 | 13 | 15 | 7 | |
| 6 | SPIRIT IN THE DARK / THE THRILL IS GONE Aretha Franklin with Dixie Flyers (Atlantic 2731) | 4 / — | 7 / 30 | 14 / 35 | 8 / 3 | |
| 7 | IT’S ALL IN THE GAME Four Tops (Motown 1164) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| 8 | AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU (For More Reasons Than One) Luther Ingram (KoKo 2105) | 6 | 11 | 18 | 10 | |
| 9 | THE SLY, SLICK AND THE WICKED Lost Generation (Brunswick 55436) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | |
| 10 | SUGAR SUGAR Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2722) | 10 | 10 | 6 | 10 | |
| 11 | SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54196) | 21 | 29 | 36 | 4 | |
| 12 | BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne (Invictus 9075) | 18 | 22 | 30 | 12 | |
| 13 | O-O-H CHILD Five Stairsteps & Cubie (Buddah 165) | 13 | 18 | 12 | 9 | |
| 14 | TRYING TO MAKE A FOOL OUT OF ME Delfonics (Philly Groove 162) | 22 | 27 | 28 | 8 | |
| 15 | (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN’T I TOUCH YOU? Ronnie Dyson (Columbia 45110) | 23 | 33 | 42 | 7 | |
| 16 | CHECK OUT YOUR MIND Impressions (Curtom 1951) | 16 | 9 | 7 | 11 | |
| 17 | LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET Moments (Stang 5012) | 14 | 5 | 5 | 17 | |
| 18 | WESTBOUND #9 Flaming Ember (Hot Wax 7003) | 15 | 6 | 13 | 11 | |
| 19 | WHEN WE GET MARRIED Intruders (Gamble 4004) | 29 | 39 | 43 | 6 | |
| 20 | BROTHER RAPP (pts. 1 & 2) James Brown (King 6310) | 12 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| 21 | SHE DIDN’T KNOW (She Kept On Talking) Dee Dee Warwick with Dixie Flyers (Atco 6754) | 17 | 24 | 26 | 10 | |
| 22 | IF MY HEART COULD SPEAK Manhattans (DeLuxe 122) | 9 | 15 | 23 | 10 | |
| 23 | STEALING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD Paul Kelly (Happy Tiger 541) | 28 | 32 | 32 | 5 | |
| 24 | WHO’S GONNA TAKE THE BLAME Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54194) | 20 | 23 | 29 | 8 | |
| 25 | LET THE MUSIC TAKE YOUR MIND Kool & Gang (De-Lite 529) | 27 | 34 | 34 | 6 | |
| 26 | SWEET FEELING Candi Staton (Fame 1466) | 26 | 19 | 10 | 13 | |
| 27 | LOVE LAND Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Bros.– Seven Arts 7365) | 19 | 25 | 37 | 8 | |
| 28 | HAND CLAPPING SONG Meters (Josie 1021) | 31 | 37 | 46 | 4 | |
| 29 | I’LL BE RIGHT HERE Tyrone Davis (Dakar 618) | 33 | 38 | — | 3 | |
| 30 | YOU’VE BEEN MY INSPIRATION Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0340) | 32 | 36 | 41 | 5 | |
| 31 | MAIL CALL TIME Mel & Tim (Bamboo 114) | 38 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | I GOTTA GET AWAY (From My Own Self) Ray Godfrey (Spring 104) | 40 | 40 | — | 3 | |
| 33 | GROOVY SITUATION Gene Chandler (Mercury 73083) | 41 | — | — | 2 | |
| 34 | TIGHTER, TIGHTER Alive And Kicking (Roulette 7078) | 36 | — | — | 2 | |
| 35 | DEAR IKE (Remember I’m John’s Girl) Sister & Brothers (Uni 55238) | 35 | 35 | 38 | 4 | |
| 36 | THIS BITTER EARTH Satisfactions (Lionel 3201) | 37 | — | — | 2 | |
| 37 | ARE YOU READY? Pacific Gas & Electric (Columbia 45158) | 39 | — | — | 2 | |
| 38 | FREEDOM BLUES Little Richard (Reprise 0907) | 34 | 28 | 33 | 5 | |
| 39 | STAY AWAY FROM ME (I Love You Too Much) Major Lance (Curtom 1953) | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 40 | LONG LONELY NIGHTS Dells (Cadet 5672) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 41 | DO YOU SEE MY LOVE (For You Growing) Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35073) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | DROP BY MY PLACE Little Carl Carlton (Back Beat 613) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | ONE WAY TICKET TO NOWHERE Syl Johnson (Twinight 134) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | SOMETHING STRANGE IS GOIN’ ON IN MY HOUSE Ted Taylor (Ronn 44) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 45 | BLACK FOX Freddy Robinson (Pacific Jazz 88155) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER Ike & Tina Turner & Ikettes (Liberty 56177) | 30 | 21 | 25 | 7 | |
| 47 | EVERYBODY’S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE Supremes (Motown 1167) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | BABY, IS THERE SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND McKinley Travis (Pride 2) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | GIMME SHELTER Merry Clayton (Ode ’70 66003) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | WAR Edwin Starr (Gordy 7101) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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