The CASH BOX R&B Top 60
Dark blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending OCTOBER 7, 1972
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1GET ON THE GOOD FOOT (pt. 1)
    James Brown (Polydor 14139)
  1  1  210
  2MY DING-A-LING
    Chuck Berry (Chess 2131)
  2  2  412
  3FREDDIE’S DEAD (Theme From “Superfly”)
    Curtis Mayfield (Curtom 1975)
  4  711  7
  4I’LL BE AROUND
    Spinners (Atlantic 2904)
  5  510  6
  5BEN
    Michael Jackson (Motown 1207)
  61621  7
  6USE ME
    Bill Withers (Sussex 241)
  82029  5
  7EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL
    Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0731)
  3  3  115
  8WOMAN DON’T GO ASTRAY
    King Floyd (Chimneyville 443)
101519  9
  9POWER OF LOVE
    Joe Simon (Spring 128)
  7  4  315
10BACK STABBERS
    O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l 3517)
  9  6  615
11HONEY I STILL LOVE YOU
    Mark IV (Mercury 73319)
162634  7
12SWEET CAROLINE (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
    Bobby Womack & Peace (United Artists 50946)
121415  8
13STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN
    Mel & Tim (Stax 0127)
11  8  716
14(They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU
    Jerry Butler featuring Brenda Lee Eager (Mercury 73301)
13111311
15MY MAN, A SWEET MAN
    Millie Jackson (Spring 127)
14  9  512
16DON’T EVER BE LONELY (A Poor Little Fool Like Me)
    Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (United Artists 50954)
171825  6
17WHY CAN’T WE BE LOVERS
    Holland-Dozier Featuring Lamont Dozier (Invictus 9125)
243244  4
18(Win, Place Or Show) SHE’S A WINNER
    Intruders (Gamble 4019)
273550  6
19SLOW MOTION (pt. 1)
    Johnny Williams (Philadelphia Int’l 3518)
202124  8
20TOAST TO THE FOOL
    Dramatics (Volt 4082)
23222210
21MY MIND KEEPS TELLING ME (That I Really Love You, Girl)
    Eddie Holman (GSF 6873)
263441  7
22OPEN HOUSE AT MY HOUSE (pt. 1)
    Little Johnny Taylor (Ronn 64)
222431  8
23I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
    Al Green (Hi 2216)
1510  815
24A LONELY MAN
    Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55483)
253142  4
25BABY SITTER
    Betty Wright (Alston 4614)
314049  4
26FOOL’S PARADISE
    Sylvers (Pride 1001)
303340  8
27THINK (About It)
    Lyn Collins (People 608)
18121414
28YOU’RE STILL A YOUNG MAN
    Tower Of Power (Warner Bros. 7612)
282837  7
29THIS WORLD
    Staple Singers (Stax 0137)
19171612
30(It’s The Way) NATURE PLANNED IT
    Four Tops (Motown 1210)
292728  8
31GUILTY
    Al Green (Bell 45,258)
4353  3
32STOP DOGGIN’ ME
    Johnny Taylor (Stax 0142)
353746  4
33I’LL ALWAYS HAVE YOU THERE
    Doug Gibbs (Oak 108)
444556  6
34ONE LIFE TO LIVE
    Manhattans (DeLuxe 139)
403838  7
35MAN SIZED JOB
    Denise LaSalle (Westbound 206)
3747  3
36I JUST WANT TO BE THERE
    Independents (Wand 11249)
3948  3
37A JOYFUL PROCESS
    Funkadelic (Westbound 205)
455660  4
38GUESS WHO
    B. B. King (ABC 11330)
413636  9
39SLAUGHTER
    Billy Preston (A&M 1380)
48  2
40THAT’S HOW LOVE GOES
    Jermaine Jackson (Motown 1201)
4757  3
41IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME BY NOW
    Harold Melvin & Blue Notes (Philadelphia Int’l 3520)
  1
42TROUBLE
    Frederick Knight (Stax 0139)
383947  4
43THEME FROM THE MEN
    Isaac Hayes (Enterprise 9058)
  1
44HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART
    Spoonbread (Stang 5043)
535254  4
45WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON
    Travis Wammack (Fame 91001)
33293010
46ENDLESSLY
    Mavis Staples (Volt 4086)
  1
47IF YOU LET ME
    Eddie Kendricks (Tamla 54222)
4960  3
48PLAY IT BY EAR
    Sam Russell (Playboy 50013)
424243  7
49IF YOU CAN BEAT ME ROCKIN’ (You Can Have My Chair)
    Laura Lee (Hot Wax 7207)
505558  4
50S.T.O.P. (Stop)
    Lorelei (Columbia 45629)
515152  5
51FROM THE LOVE SIDE
    Hank Ballard & Midnight Lighters (Polydor 14128)
52  2
52I’M SO TIRED
    Bobby Bland (Duke 477)
5559  3
53MAY THE BEST MAN WIN
    Ollie Nightingale (Pride 1002)
  1
54INNOCENT TIL PROVEN GUILTY
    Honey Cone (Hot Wax 7208)
  1
55HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME
    Lea Roberts (United Artists 50896)
57  2
56I WISH IT WOULD RAIN
    Johnny Adams (Atlantic 2905)
59  2
57POP THAT THANG
    Isley Brothers (T-Neck 935)
2113  916
58TIME
    Jackie Moore (Atlantic 2830)
  1
59DON’T TAKE MY KINDNESS FOR WEAKNESS
    Soul Children (Stax 0132)
36303311
60IT AIN’T NO USE
    Z. Z. Hill (Mankind 12012)
  1
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