The CASH BOX Top 60 In R&B Locations
Dark blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending APRIL 24, 1971
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE
    Jackson 5 (Motown 1179)
  3  916  5
  2WHAT’S GOING ON
    Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54201)
  1  1  211
  3BABY LET ME KISS YOU
    King Floyd (Chimneyville 437)
  6  810  8
  4JUST MY IMAGINATION (Running Away With Me)
    Temptations (Gordy 7105)
  2  2  112
  5BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
    Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2796)
1437  3
  6DO ME RIGHT
    Detroit Emeralds (Westbound 172)
  5  5  615
  7WE CAN WORK IT OUT
    Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54202)
  8  6  9  8
  8(For God’s Sake) GIVE MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE
    The Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55450)
102951  4
  9HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)
    Staple Singers (Stax 0083)
  9  7  711
10WANT ADS
    Honey Cone (Hot Wax 7011)
153849  5
11I DON’T BLAME YOU AT ALL
    Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54205)
111120  7
12BOOTY BUTT
    Ray Charles Orchestra (Tangerine 1015)
131619  8
13PROUD MARY
    Ike & Tina Turner (Liberty 56216)
  4  4  512
14SOUL POWER (pt. 1)
    James Brown (King 6368)
  7  3  4  9
15RIGHT ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE
    Brenda & Tabulations (Top And Bottom 407)
202833  6
16COOL AID
    Paul Humphrey & Cool Aid Chemists (Lizard 21006)
171821  8
17DON’T CHANGE ON ME
    Ray Charles (ABC/TRC 11291)
192226  8
18IF IT’S REAL WHAT I FEEL
    Jerry Butler (Mercury 73169)
182023  8
19COULD I FORGET YOU
    Tyrone Davis (Dakar 623)
121230  6
20WARPATH
    Isley Brothers (T-Neck 929)
232731  7
21I’LL ERASE AWAY YOUR PAIN
    Whatnauts (Stang 5023)
3040  3
22MELTING POT
    Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 0082)
242429  7
23THE BELLS
    Bobby Powell (Whit 6907)
16141412
24GET YOUR LIE STRAIGHT
    Bill Coday (Crajon 48204)
25171817
25LOVE’S LINES, ANGLES AND RHYMES
    5th Dimension (Bell 965)
21232410
26STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE
    Margie Joseph (Volt 4056)
293542  6
27BE MY BABY
    Cissy Houston (Janus 145)
313341  6
28PLAIN AND SIMPLE GIRL
    Garland Green (Cotillion 44098)
333643  6
29YOU’RE A BIG GIRL NOW
    Stylistics (Avco Embassy 4555)
22212216
30GIRLS IN THE CITY
    Esquires (Lamar 1001)
262628  8
31DON’T MAKE ME PAY FOR HIS MISTAKES
    Z. Z. Hill (Hill 222)
35191712
32I’M GIRL SCOUTIN’
    Intruders (Gamble 4009)
383132  8
33DON’T KNOCK MY LOVE (pt. 1)
    Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2797)
  1
34SHE’S A LADY
    Tom Jones (Parrot 40058)
414546  5
35FUNKY MUSIC SHO NUFF TURNS ME ON
    Edwin Starr (Gordy 7107)
  1
36BE GOOD TO ME BABY
    Luther Ingram (KoKo 2107)
  1
37THE ELECTRONIC MAGNETISM (That’s Heavy, Baby)
    Solomon Burke (MGM 14221)
404348  5
38OYE COMO VA
    Santana (Columbia 45330)
455459  4
39YOUR LOVE (Means Everything To Me)
    Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Band (Warner Bros. 7475)
5060  3
40I NEED YOU BABY
    Jesse James (Zea 50003)
4247  3
41(Where Do I Begin) LOVE STORY
    Eddie Holman (ABC 11292)
4453  3
42BABY SHOW IT
    Festivals (Colossus 136)
485155  4
43MY CONSCIENCE
    Lovelites (Lovelite 01)
46505311
44GET READY
    Syl Johnson (Twinight 149)
  1
45THAT EVIL CHILD
    B. B. King (Kent 4542)
475256  4
46I’M STILL HERE
    Notations (Twinight 141)
51444515
47STOP YOUR CRYIN’
    Chocolate Syrup (Avco Embassy 4567)
52  2
48MR. & MRS. UNTRUE
    Candi Staton (Fame 1478)
60  2
49YOU WANTS TO PLAY
    Oscar Weathers (Top And Bottom 405)
53573910
50I PLAY DIRTY
    Little Milton (Checker 1239)
5659  3
51WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR LOVE FROM ME
    O.V. Wright (Back Beat 620)
434244  7
52HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT
    Joe Simon (Spring 113)
  1
53BACK ROAD INTO TOWN
    Willie Hightower (Fame 1477)
5458  3
54SPINNING AROUND (I Must Be Falling In Love)
    Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0456)
  1
55YOU AND YOUR FOLKS, ME AND MY FOLKS
    Funkadelic (Westbound 175)
  1
56HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT
    Percy Sledge (Atlantic 2754)
57  2
57SHE’S NOT JUST ANOTHER WOMAN
    8th Day (Invictus 9087)
59  2
58I LOVE YOU FOR ALL SEASONS
    Fuzz (Calla 174)
58394017
59THE PREACHER (pt. 2) / MORE THAN I CAN STAND
    Bobby Womack (United Artists 50773)
  1
60SUSPICIOUS MINDS
    Dee Dee Warwick (Atco 6810)
  1
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