| The CASH BOX Top 60 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Dark blue square = bullet (strong upward move) | Week ending MAY 8, 1971 | |||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2796) | 2 | 5 | 14 | 5 | |
| 2 | NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE Jackson 5 (Motown 1179) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 3 | WHAT’S GOING ON Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54201) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |
| 4 | WANT ADS Honey Cone (Hot Wax 7011) | 7 | 10 | 15 | 7 | |
| 5 | WE CAN WORK IT OUT Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54202) | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | |
| 6 | (For God’s Sake) GIVE MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE The Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55450) | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | |
| 7 | BABY LET ME KISS YOU King Floyd (Chimneyville 437) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |
| 8 | I DON’T BLAME YOU AT ALL Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54205) | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | |
| 9 | BOOTY BUTT Ray Charles Orchestra (Tangerine 1015) | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | |
| 10 | DO ME RIGHT Detroit Emeralds (Westbound 172) | 9 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |
| 11 | RIGHT ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE Brenda & Tabulations (Top And Bottom 407) | 12 | 15 | 20 | 8 | |
| 12 | JUST MY IMAGINATION (Running Away With Me) Temptations (Gordy 7105) | 10 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |
| 13 | I’LL ERASE AWAY YOUR PAIN Whatnauts (Stang 5023) | 14 | 21 | 30 | 5 | |
| 14 | COOL AID Paul Humphrey & Cool Aid Chemists (Lizard 21006) | 15 | 16 | 17 | 10 | |
| 15 | DON’T KNOCK MY LOVE (pt. 1) Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2797) | 24 | 33 | — | 3 | |
| 16 | HEAVY MAKES YOU HAPPY (Sha-Na-Boom Boom) Staple Singers (Stax 0083) | 13 | 9 | 9 | 13 | |
| 17 | PLAIN AND SIMPLE GIRL Garland Green (Cotillion 44098) | 19 | 28 | 33 | 8 | |
| 18 | MELTING POT Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 0082) | 18 | 22 | 24 | 9 | |
| 19 | IF IT’S REAL WHAT I FEEL Jerry Butler (Mercury 73169) | 17 | 18 | 18 | 10 | |
| 20 | DON’T CHANGE ON ME Ray Charles (ABC/TRC 11291) | 16 | 17 | 19 | 10 | |
| 21 | PROUD MARY Ike & Tina Turner (Liberty 56216) | 21 | 13 | 4 | 14 | |
| 22 | MR. & MRS. UNTRUE Candi Staton (Fame 1478) | 29 | 48 | 60 | 4 | |
| 23 | FUNKY MUSIC SHO NUFF TURNS ME ON Edwin Starr (Gordy 7107) | 28 | 35 | — | 3 | |
| 24 | YOUR LOVE (Means Everything To Me) Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Band (Warner Bros. 7475) | 27 | 39 | 50 | 5 | |
| 25 | WARPATH Isley Brothers (T-Neck 929) | 20 | 20 | 23 | 9 | |
| 26 | SHE’S NOT JUST ANOTHER WOMAN 8th Day (Invictus 9087) | 45 | 57 | 59 | 4 | |
| 27 | JOY TO THE WORLD Three Dog Night (Dunhill 4272) | 52 | — | — | 2 | |
| 28 | BE MY BABY Cissy Houston (Janus 145) | 25 | 27 | 31 | 8 | |
| 29 | COULD I FORGET YOU Tyrone Davis (Dakar 623) | 26 | 19 | 12 | 8 | |
| 30 | SPINNING AROUND (I Must Be Falling In Love) Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0456) | 43 | 54 | — | 3 | |
| 31 | BE GOOD TO ME BABY Luther Ingram (KoKo 2107) | 32 | 36 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | STOP YOUR CRYIN’ Chocolate Syrup (Avco Embassy 4567) | 37 | 47 | 52 | 4 | |
| 33 | THAT EVIL CHILD B. B. King (Kent 4542) | 39 | 45 | 47 | 6 | |
| 34 | BABY SHOW IT Festivals (Colossus 136) | 38 | 42 | 48 | 6 | |
| 35 | REACH OUT I’LL BE THERE Diana Ross (Motown 1184) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 36 | THE BELLS Bobby Powell (Whit 6907) | 23 | 23 | 16 | 14 | |
| 37 | HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT Joe Simon (Spring 113) | 44 | 52 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | I NEED YOU BABY Jesse James (Zea 50003) | 34 | 40 | 42 | 5 | |
| 39 | (Where Do I Begin) LOVE STORY Eddie Holman (ABC 11292) | 40 | 41 | 44 | 5 | |
| 40 | THE ELECTRONIC MAGNETISM (That’s Heavy, Baby) Solomon Burke (MGM 14221) | 36 | 37 | 40 | 7 | |
| 41 | THE PREACHER (pt. 2) / MORE THAN I CAN STAND Bobby Womack (United Artists 50773) | 50 | 59 | — | 3 | |
| 42 | GET READY Syl Johnson (Twinight 149) | 42 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 43 | SUSPICIOUS MINDS Dee Dee Warwick (Atco 6810) | 46 | 60 | — | 3 | |
| 44 | AIN’T NOTHING GONNA CHANGE ME Betty Everett (Fantasy 658) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 45 | LONELY FEELIN’ War (United Artists 50746) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | YOUR LOVE IS SO DOGGONE GOOD Whispers (Janus 150) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | I PLAY DIRTY Little Milton (Checker 1239) | 48 | 50 | 56 | 5 | |
| 48 | MY CONSCIENCE Lovelites (Lovelite 01) | 41 | 43 | 46 | 13 | |
| 49 | NATHAN JONES Supremes (Motown 1182) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | YOU AND YOUR FOLKS, ME AND MY FOLKS Funkadelic (Westbound 175) | 54 | 55 | — | 3 | |
| 51 | YOU MAKE ME WANT TO LOVE YOU Emotions (Volt 4054) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 52 | STEP INTO MY WORLD (pt. 1) Magic Touch (Black Falcon 19102) | 55 | — | — | 2 | |
| 53 | I KNOW I’M IN LOVE Chee-Chee & Peppy (Buddah 225) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 54 | DO IT Billy Sha-Rae (Spectrum 114) | 56 | — | — | 2 | |
| 55 | EVIDENCE Sweet Inspirations (Atlantic 2779) | 58 | — | — | 2 | |
| 56 | I CRIED James Brown (King 6363) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 57 | WHO ARE YOU GONNA LOVE (Your Woman Or Your Wife) Rozetta Johnson (ClinTone 003) | 60 | — | — | 2 | |
| 58 | NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE Isaac Hayes (Enterprise 9031) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 59 | SOMETHING WORTH LEAVING FOR Johnny Adams (SSS Int’l 831) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 60 | SUNSHINE Flaming Ember (Hot Wax 7103) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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