The CASH BOX R&B Top 60
Dark blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending JUNE 17, 1972
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1OUTA-SPACE
    Billy Preston (A&M 1320)
  1  3  610
  2LEAN ON ME
    Bill Withers (Sussex 235)
  3  912  8
  3I’LL TAKE YOU THERE
    Staple Singers (Stax 0125)
  2  1  111
  4TROGLODYTE (Cave Man)
    Jimmy Castor Bunch (RCA Victor 48-1029)
  5  810  7
  5I’VE BEEN LONELY FOR SO LONG
    Frederick Knight (Stax 0117)
  8131510
  6WOMAN’S GOTTA HAVE IT
    Bobby Womack (United Artists 50902)
  4  5  8  9
  7OH GIRL
    Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55471)
  7  7  312
  8PEOPLE MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND
    Stylistics (Avco 4595)
133137  4
  9LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE
    Jackson 5 (Motown 1199)
  6  2  4  9
10YOU SAID A BAD WORD
    Joe Tex (Dial 1012)
121621  6
11I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE
    Michael Jackson (Motown 1202)
152629  5
12YOU’RE THE MAN (pt. 1)
    Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54221)
172428  5
13ASK ME WHAT YOU WANT
    Millie Jackson (Spring 123)
1010  715
14FUNK FACTORY
    Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2878)
192932  5
15WALKIN’ IN THE RAIN WITH THE ONE I LOVE
    Love Unlimited (Uni 55319)
11  6  212
16(If Loving You Is Wrong) I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT
    Luther Ingram (KoKo 2111)
233238  5
17ALL THE KING’S HORSES
    Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2883)
2240  3
18VICTIM OF A FOOLISH HEART
    Bettye Swann (Atlantic 2869)
213031  7
19SUPERWOMAN (Where Were You When I Needed You)
    Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54216)
202730  6
20BABY LET ME TAKE YOU (In My Arms)
    Detroit Emeralds (Westbound 203)
263440  5
21GOTTA BE FUNKY
    Monk Higgins & Specialties (United Artists 50897)
181924  8
22AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU (For More Reasons Than One)
    Isaac Hayes & David Porter (Enterprise 9049)
242517  8
23EVERYTHING GOOD IS BAD
    100 Proof (Aged In Soul) (Hot Wax 7202)
14152013
24WE’VE COME TOO FAR TO END IT NOW
    Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54220)
253343  4
25RIDE, SALLY, RIDE
    Dennis Coffey (Sussex 237)
283641  4
26I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
    Jerry Butler (Mercury 73290)
272827  6
27TELL ME THIS IS A DREAM
    Delfonics (Philly Groove 172)
303845  4
28PUT IT WHERE YOU WANT IT
    Crusaders (Blue Thumb 208)
29232510
29RIP OFF
    Laura Lee (Hot Wax 7204)
3243  3
30I MISS YOU (pt. 1)
    Harold Melvin & Blue Notes (Philadelphia Int’l 3516)
3347  3
31BED AND BOARD
    Barbara Mason (Buddah 296)
313742  6
32GIVING UP
    Donny Hathaway (Atco 6884)
161722  7
33WHERE IS THE LOVE
    Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic 2879)
43  2
34IN THE GHETTO
    Candi Staton (Fame 91000)
45  2
35THERE IT IS (pt. 1)
    James Brown (Polydor 14125)
  9  4  5  8
36AUTOMATICALLY SUNSHINE
    Supremes (Motown 1200)
374133  8
37JUST AS LONG AS YOU NEED ME (pt. 1)
    Independents (Wand 11245)
361819  9
38PAPA WAS A ROLLIN’ STONE
    Undisputed Truth (Gordy 7117)
414651  4
39(Last Night) I DIDN’T GET TO SLEEP AT ALL
    5th Dimension (Bell 45,195)
38211613
40ARETHA, SING ONE FOR ME
    George Jackson (Hi 2212)
4449  3
41IF YOU CAN’T BEAT ’EM
    Clarence Carter & Candi (Atlantic 2875)
47  2
42EDDIE’S LOVE
    Eddie Kendricks (Tamla 54218)
53  2
43I FOUND A LOVE
    Etta James (Chess 2125)
464849  7
44HONKY TONK (pt. 1)
    James Brown Soul Train (Polydor 14129)
  1
45JEALOUS
    Little Royal & Swingmasters (Tri-Us 912)
575960  4
46NOT ON THE OUTSIDE
    Linda Jones (Turbo 024)
485052  4
47GOT PLEASURE
    Ohio Players (Westbound 204)
51  2
48HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME
    David T. Walker (Ode 66025)
47  7
49I ONLY MEANT TO WET MY FEET
    Whispers (Janus 184)
505357  4
50THAT’S THE WAY IT’S GOT TO BE (Body And Soul)
    Soul Generation (Ebony Sounds 175)
52545510
51IT’S THE SAME OLD LOVE
    Courtship (Tamla 54217)
495253  5
52LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
    J. R. Bailey (Toy 3801)
545659  4
53DREAMING OUT OF SEASON
    Montclairs (Paula 363)
5558  3
54SCHOOL OF LIFE
    Tommy Tate (KoKo 2112)
58  2
55SECOND CHANCE
    Z. Z. Hill (Mankind 12012)
565758  4
56SEXY WOMAN
    Endeavors (Gambit 006)
60  2
57SLIP THE DRUMMER ONE
    Lunar Funk (Bell 45,214)
59  2
58WE’RE ALMOST HOME
    Solomon Burke (MGM 14402)
  1
59SWEET SWEET TOOTIE
    Lonnie Youngblood (Turbo 026)
  1
60I WANNA BE YOUR BABY
    Three Degrees (Roulette 7125)
  3
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