| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending JULY 18, 1970 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What The World Is Today) Temptations (Gordy 7099) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2 | STEAL AWAY Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0068) | 2 | 5 | 12 | 9 | |
| 3 | MAYBE Three Degrees (Roulette 7079) | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | |
| 4 | THE END OF OUR ROAD Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54195) | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | |
| 5 | THE LOVE YOU SAVE Jackson 5 (Motown 1166) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| 6 | SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54196) | 11 | 21 | 29 | 5 | |
| 7 | BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne (Invictus 9075) | 12 | 18 | 22 | 13 | |
| 8 | O-O-H CHILD Five Stairsteps & Cubie (Buddah 165) | 13 | 13 | 18 | 10 | |
| 9 | SPIRIT IN THE DARK / THE THRILL IS GONE Aretha Franklin with Dixie Flyers (Atlantic 2731) | 6 | 4 / — | 7 / 30 | 9 / 4 | |
| 10 | TRYING TO MAKE A FOOL OUT OF ME Delfonics (Philly Groove 162) | 14 | 22 | 27 | 9 | |
| 11 | (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN’T I TOUCH YOU? Ronnie Dyson (Columbia 45110) | 15 | 23 | 33 | 8 | |
| 12 | IT’S ALL IN THE GAME Four Tops (Motown 1164) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| 13 | THE SLY, SLICK AND THE WICKED Lost Generation (Brunswick 55436) | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | |
| 14 | WHEN WE GET MARRIED Intruders (Gamble 4004) | 19 | 29 | 39 | 7 | |
| 15 | WHO’S GONNA TAKE THE BLAME Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54194) | 24 | 20 | 23 | 9 | |
| 16 | STEALING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD Paul Kelly (Happy Tiger 541) | 23 | 28 | 32 | 6 | |
| 17 | CHECK OUT YOUR MIND Impressions (Curtom 1951) | 16 | 16 | 9 | 12 | |
| 18 | SUGAR SUGAR Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2722) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | |
| 19 | AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU (For More Reasons Than One) Luther Ingram (KoKo 2105) | 8 | 6 | 11 | 11 | |
| 20 | LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET Moments (Stang 5012) | 17 | 14 | 5 | 18 | |
| 21 | GROOVY SITUATION Gene Chandler (Mercury 73083) | 33 | 41 | — | 3 | |
| 22 | WESTBOUND #9 Flaming Ember (Hot Wax 7003) | 18 | 15 | 6 | 12 | |
| 23 | I’LL BE RIGHT HERE Tyrone Davis (Dakar 618) | 29 | 33 | 38 | 4 | |
| 24 | IF MY HEART COULD SPEAK Manhattans (DeLuxe 122) | 22 | 9 | 15 | 11 | |
| 25 | LET THE MUSIC TAKE YOUR MIND Kool & Gang (De-Lite 529) | 25 | 27 | 34 | 7 | |
| 26 | I GOTTA GET AWAY (From My Own Self) Ray Godfrey (Spring 104) | 32 | 40 | 40 | 4 | |
| 27 | HAND CLAPPING SONG Meters (Josie 1021) | 28 | 31 | 37 | 5 | |
| 28 | YOU’VE BEEN MY INSPIRATION Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0340) | 30 | 32 | 36 | 6 | |
| 29 | DROP BY MY PLACE Little Carl Carlton (Back Beat 613) | 42 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 30 | DEAR IKE (Remember I’m John’s Girl) Sister & Brothers (Uni 55238) | 35 | 35 | 35 | 5 | |
| 31 | THIS BITTER EARTH Satisfactions (Lionel 3201) | 36 | 37 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | DO YOU SEE MY LOVE (For You Growing) Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35073) | 41 | — | — | 2 | |
| 33 | TIGHTER, TIGHTER Alive And Kicking (Roulette 7078) | 34 | 36 | — | 3 | |
| 34 | STAY AWAY FROM ME (I Love You Too Much) Major Lance (Curtom 1953) | 39 | 42 | — | 3 | |
| 35 | LONG LONELY NIGHTS Dells (Cadet 5672) | 40 | — | — | 2 | |
| 36 | GET UP (I Feel Like Being Like A) SEX MACHINE (pt. 1) James Brown (King 6318) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 37 | WAR Edwin Starr (Gordy 7101) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 38 | ONE WAY TICKET TO NOWHERE Syl Johnson (Twinight 134) | 43 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 39 | SOMETHING STRANGE IS GOIN’ ON IN MY HOUSE Ted Taylor (Ronn 44) | 44 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 40 | EVERYBODY’S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE Supremes (Motown 1167) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 41 | PATCHES Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2748) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 42 | BLACK FOX Freddy Robinson (Pacific Jazz 88155) | 45 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 43 | BABY, IS THERE SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND McKinley Travis (Pride 2) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | HUMMINGBIRD B. B. King (ABC 11268) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS, BOYS WILL BE BOYS Isley Brothers (T-Neck 921) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | BORDER SONG (Holy Moses) Dorothy Morrison (Buddah 184) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | MY GIRL Eddie Floyd (Stax 0072) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | RUNAWAY PEOPLE Dyke & Blazers (Original Sound 96) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | YOURS LOVE Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2664) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | I LIKE YOUR LOVIN’ (Do You Like Mine) Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55438) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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