| The CASH BOX Top 60 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending AUGUST 29, 1970 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | WAR Edwin Starr (Gordy 7101) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2 | PATCHES Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2748) | 5 | 8 | 13 | 7 | |
| 3 | GET UP (I Feel Like Being Like A) SEX MACHINE (pt. 1) James Brown (King 6318) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 4 | SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54196) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| 5 | GROOVY SITUATION Gene Chandler (Mercury 73083) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |
| 6 | I’LL BE RIGHT HERE Tyrone Davis (Dakar 618) | 7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | |
| 7 | EVERYBODY’S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE Supremes (Motown 1167) | 8 | 11 | 18 | 8 | |
| 8 | DON’T PLAY THAT SONG Aretha Franklin with Dixie Flyers (Atlantic 2751) | 12 | 18 | 28 | 5 | |
| 9 | DO YOU SEE MY LOVE (For You Growing) Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35073) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |
| 10 | AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Diana Ross (Motown 1169) | 14 | 16 | 39 | 4 | |
| 11 | YOURS LOVE Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2664) | 13 | 15 | 23 | 7 | |
| 12 | I LIKE YOUR LOVIN’ (Do You Like Mine) Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55438) | 15 | 17 | 26 | 7 | |
| 13 | (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN’T I TOUCH YOU? Ronnie Dyson (Columbia 45110) | 9 | 6 | 7 | 14 | |
| 14 | IT’S A SHAME Spinners (V.I.P. 25057) | 19 | 24 | 33 | 6 | |
| 15 | STAY AWAY FROM ME (I Love You Too Much) Major Lance (Curtom 1953) | 16 | 20 | 25 | 9 | |
| 16 | STEALING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD Paul Kelly (Happy Tiger 541) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
| 17 | STEAL AWAY Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0068) | 11 | 9 | 3 | 15 | |
| 18 | (I Know) I’M LOSING YOU Rare Earth (Rare Earth 5017) | 20 | 25 | 34 | 5 | |
| 19 | GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS, BOYS WILL BE BOYS Isley Brothers (T-Neck 921) | 17 | 19 | 24 | 7 | |
| 20 | HUMMINGBIRD B. B. King (ABC 11268) | 18 | 22 | 27 | 7 | |
| 21 | BLACK FOX Freddy Robinson (Pacific Jazz 88155) | 24 | 33 | 37 | 9 | |
| 22 | IF I DIDN’T CARE Moments (Stang 5016) | 32 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 23 | DON’T MAKE ME OVER Brenda & Tabulations (Top And Bottom 404) | 28 | 36 | 43 | 6 | |
| 24 | MAYBE Three Degrees (Roulette 7079) | 21 | 13 | 12 | 14 | |
| 25 | BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What The World Is Today) Temptations (Gordy 7099) | 22 | 14 | 10 | 15 | |
| 26 | THE LOVE YOU SAVE Jackson 5 (Motown 1166) | 23 | 12 | 9 | 15 | |
| 27 | THE SLY, SLICK AND THE WICKED Lost Generation (Brunswick 55436) | 25 | 21 | 17 | 17 | |
| 28 | SINCE I FELL FOR YOU Mavis Staples (Volt 4044) | 27 | 30 | 42 | 6 | |
| 29 | EXPRESS YOURSELF Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Bros. 7417) | 39 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 30 | DON’T NOBODY WANT TO GET MARRIED (pt. 1) Jesse James (Zea 50000) | 34 | 39 | 44 | 5 | |
| 31 | I STAND ACCUSED Isaac Hayes (Enterprise 9017) | 41 | — | — | 2 | |
| 32 | EVERYTHING’S TUESDAY Chairmen Of The Board (Invictus 9079) | 38 | 42 | 45 | 4 | |
| 33 | SET ME FREE Esther Phillips with Dixie Flyers (Atlantic 2745) | 33 | 34 | 47 | 6 | |
| 34 | SOMETHING STRANGE IS GOIN’ ON IN MY HOUSE Ted Taylor (Ronn 44) | 26 | 31 | 35 | 9 | |
| 35 | WE CAN MAKE IT BABY Originals (Soul 35074) | 37 | 41 | 46 | 5 | |
| 36 | I WANNA KNOW IF IT’S GOOD TO YOU? Funkadelic (Westbound 167) | 29 | 35 | 40 | 6 | |
| 37 | SHE SAID YES Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2753) | 43 | — | — | 2 | |
| 38 | SOMEBODY’S BEEN SLEEPING / I’VE COME TO SAVE YOU 100 Proof Aged In Soul (Hot Wax 7004) | 44 | 60 | — | 3 | |
| 39 | STAND BY YOUR MAN Candi Staton (Fame 1472) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 40 | DROP BY MY PLACE Little Carl Carlton (Back Beat 613) | 40 | 43 | 29 | 9 | |
| 41 | I WON’T CRY Johnny Adams (SSS Int’l 809) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 42 | ON THE BEACH (In The Summertime) 5th Dimension (Bell 913) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | STILL WATER (Love) Four Tops (Motown 1170) | 57 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | BABY, I NEED YOUR LOVING O. C. Smith (Columbia 45206) | 58 | — | — | 2 | |
| 45 | THE CHICKEN Jackie Lee (Uni 55206) | 51 | 54 | 58 | 4 | |
| 46 | YOU’RE GONNA MAKE IT Festivals (Colossus 122) | 50 | 56 | — | 3 | |
| 47 | DOUBLE LOVIN’ Spencer Wiggins (Fame 1470) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 48 | A MESSAGE FROM THE METERS Meters (Josie 1024) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | (Baby) TURN ON TO ME Impressions (Curtom 1954) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | HEY ROMEO Sequins (Gold Star 101) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 51 | THEM CHANGES John Hamilton & Doris Allen (Minaret 159) | 54 | — | — | 2 | |
| 52 | LOOKY LOOKY (Look At Me Girl) O’Jays (Neptune 31) | — | — | — | 2 | |
| 53 | IN MY OPINION Vandals (T-Neck 923) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 54 | RUNAWAY PEOPLE Dyke & Blazers (Original Sound 96) | 48 | 51 | 56 | 7 | |
| 55 | WHERE ARE YOU GOING Jerry Butler (Mercury 73101) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 56 | GIMME SOME (pt. 1) General Crook (Down To Earth 73) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 57 | SOMETHING Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 0073) | 52 | 58 | — | 3 | |
| 58 | PURE LOVE Betty Wright (Alston 4585) | 56 | — | — | 2 | |
| 59 | A LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDING Profile (Bamboo 115) | 55 | 57 | — | 3 | |
| 60 | SEEING IS BELIEVIN’ Mad Lads (Volt 4041) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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