| The CASH BOX Top 60 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Dark blue square = bullet (strong upward move) | Week ending JUNE 5, 1971 | |||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | WANT ADS Honey Cone (Hot Wax 7011) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| 2 | DON’T KNOCK MY LOVE (pt. 1) Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2797) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |
| 3 | BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2796) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| 4 | SHE’S NOT JUST ANOTHER WOMAN 8th Day (Invictus 9087) | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | |
| 5 | RIGHT ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE Brenda & Tabulations (Top And Bottom 407) | 6 | 7 | 10 | 12 | |
| 6 | NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE Jackson 5 (Motown 1179) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| 7 | SPINNING AROUND (I Must Be Falling In Love) Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0456) | 8 | 11 | 23 | 7 | |
| 8 | NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE Isaac Hayes (Enterprise 9031) | 11 | 17 | 34 | 5 | |
| 9 | MR. BIG STUFF Jean Knight (Stax 0088) | 22 | — | — | 2 | |
| 10 | I’LL ERASE AWAY YOUR PAIN Whatnauts (Stang 5023) | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | |
| 11 | YOUR LOVE (Means Everything To Me) Charles Wright & Watts 103rd Street Band (Warner Bros. 7475) | 13 | 14 | 22 | 9 | |
| 12 | I CRIED James Brown (King 6363) | 14 | 18 | 26 | 5 | |
| 13 | FUNKY MUSIC SHO NUFF TURNS ME ON Edwin Starr (Gordy 7107) | 16 | 20 | 21 | 7 | |
| 14 | MR. & MRS. UNTRUE Candi Staton (Fame 1478) | 15 | 16 | 18 | 8 | |
| 15 | REACH OUT I’LL BE THERE Diana Ross (Motown 1184) | 18 | 21 | 27 | 5 | |
| 16 | I KNOW I’M IN LOVE Chee-Chee & Peppy (Buddah 225) | 23 | 27 | 36 | 5 | |
| 17 | BE GOOD TO ME BABY Luther Ingram (KoKo 2107) | 19 | 22 | 25 | 7 | |
| 18 | BOOTY BUTT Ray Charles Orchestra (Tangerine 1015) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | |
| 19 | NATHAN JONES Supremes (Motown 1182) | 20 | 25 | 32 | 5 | |
| 20 | HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT Joe Simon (Spring 113) | 21 | 23 | 28 | 7 | |
| 21 | (For God’s Sake) GIVE MORE POWER TO THE PEOPLE The Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55450) | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 22 | BRAND NEW ME Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2796) | 24 | 35 | — | 3 | |
| 23 | THE COURT ROOM Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2801) | 25 | 30 | 46 | 4 | |
| 24 | I DON’T WANNA LOSE YOU Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0089) | 31 | 50 | 55 | 4 | |
| 25 | YOUR LOVE IS SO DOGGONE GOOD Whispers (Janus 150) | 26 | 28 | 37 | 5 | |
| 26 | OOH POO PAH DOO Ike & Tina Turner (United Artists 50782) | 29 | 37 | — | 3 | |
| 27 | WE CAN WORK IT OUT Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54202) | 12 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| 28 | YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic 2808) | 55 | — | — | 2 | |
| 29 | THE PREACHER (pt. 2) / MORE THAN I CAN STAND Bobby Womack (United Artists 50773) | 32 | 36 | 40 | 7 | |
| 30 | I DON’T BLAME YOU AT ALL Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54205) | 17 | 13 | 8 | 13 | |
| 31 | STOP, LOOK, LISTEN (To Your Heart) Stylistics (Avco Embassy 4572) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 32 | I’M SORRY Bobby Bland (Duke 466) | 34 | 39 | 44 | 4 | |
| 33 | AIN’T NOTHING GONNA CHANGE ME Betty Everett (Fantasy 658) | 38 | 38 | 39 | 6 | |
| 34 | IT’S SO HARD FOR ME TO SAY GOOD-BYE Eddie Kendricks (Tamla 54203) | 37 | 41 | — | 3 | |
| 35 | IT’S A SAD THING Ollie Nightingale (Memphis 104) | 36 | 40 | 51 | 4 | |
| 36 | YOU’RE THE REASON WHY Ebonys (Philadelphia Int’l 3503) | 45 | 49 | 60 | 4 | |
| 37 | I DON’T WANT TO DO WRONG Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35083) | 53 | — | — | 2 | |
| 38 | STAY WITH ME FOREVER Linda Jones (Turbo 012) | 41 | 44 | 56 | 4 | |
| 39 | I NEED SOMEONE (To Love Me) Z. Z. Hill (Kent 4547) | 44 | 53 | 59 | 4 | |
| 40 | THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE Intrigues (Yew 1012) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 41 | THERE’S SO MUCH LOVE ALL AROUND ME Three Degrees (Roulette 7102) | 43 | 47 | 52 | 4 | |
| 42 | I’VE FOUND SOMEONE OF MY OWN Free Movement (Decca 32818) | 51 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | GOT TO GET ENOUGH (Of Your Sweet Love Stuff) Roy “C” (Alaga 1006) | 47 | 56 | — | 3 | |
| 44 | ESCAPE-ISM (pt. 1) James Brown (People 2500) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | STEP INTO MY WORLD (pt. 1) Magic Touch (Black Falcon 19102) | 42 | 43 | 47 | 6 | |
| 46 | SOMETIMES IT’S GOT TO RAIN (In Your Love Life) Jackie Moore with Dixie Flyers (Atlantic 2798) | 50 | 52 | 57 | 4 | |
| 47 | THE WORLD IS ROUND Rufus Thomas (Stax 0090) | 54 | 59 | — | 3 | |
| 48 | THE SWEETEST THING THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN Presidents (Sussex 217) | 56 | — | — | 2 | |
| 49 | DAY BY DAY (Every Minute Of The Hour) Continental 4 (Jay-Walking 011) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | ARE YOU LONELY? Sisters Love (A&M 1259) | 52 | 54 | — | 3 | |
| 51 | PLAIN AND SIMPLE GIRL Garland Green (Cotillion 44098) | 30 | 15 | 15 | 12 | |
| 52 | HELP THE POOR B. B. King (ABC 11302) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 53 | THAT’S HOW IT FEELS Moments (Stang 5024) | 57 | — | — | 2 | |
| 54 | BAD FEET Joe Tex (Dial 1001) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 55 | YOU’RE A LADY Gene Chandler (Mercury 73206) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 56 | HANG ON (To) A MEMORY Chairmen Of The Board (Invictus 9089) | 40 | 42 | 54 | 4 | |
| 57 | BOUT LOVE Clydie King (Lizard 21007) | 58 | 60 | — | 3 | |
| 58 | LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH Isley Brothers (T-Neck 930) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 59 | OVER AND OVER Delfonics (Philly Groove 166) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 60 | GOT TO GET ENOUGH Ground Hog (Turbo 010) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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