The CASH BOX R&B Top 60
Dark blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending OCTOBER 14, 1972
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1FREDDIE’S DEAD (Theme From “Superfly”)
    Curtis Mayfield (Curtom 1975)
  3  4  7  8
  2GET ON THE GOOD FOOT (pt. 1)
    James Brown (Polydor 14139)
  1  1  111
  3I’LL BE AROUND
    Spinners (Atlantic 2904)
  4  5  5  7
  4USE ME
    Bill Withers (Sussex 241)
  6  820  6
  5BEN
    Michael Jackson (Motown 1207)
  5  616  8
  6MY DING-A-LING
    Chuck Berry (Chess 2131)
  2  2  213
  7WOMAN DON’T GO ASTRAY
    King Floyd (Chimneyville 443)
  8101510
  8EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL
    Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0731)
  7  3  316
  9HONEY I STILL LOVE YOU
    Mark IV (Mercury 73319)
111626  8
10SWEET CAROLINE (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
    Bobby Womack & Peace (United Artists 50946)
121214  9
11BACK STABBERS
    O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l 3517)
10  9  616
12(They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU
    Jerry Butler featuring Brenda Lee Eager (Mercury 73301)
14131112
13DON’T EVER BE LONELY (A Poor Little Fool Like Me)
    Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (United Artists 50954)
161718  7
14POWER OF LOVE
    Joe Simon (Spring 128)
  9  7  416
15WHY CAN’T WE BE LOVERS
    Holland-Dozier Featuring Lamont Dozier (Invictus 9125)
172432  5
16(Win, Place Or Show) SHE’S A WINNER
    Intruders (Gamble 4019)
182735  7
17STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN
    Mel & Tim (Stax 0127)
1311  817
18SLOW MOTION (pt. 1)
    Johnny Williams (Philadelphia Int’l 3518)
192021  9
19MY MAN, A SWEET MAN
    Millie Jackson (Spring 127)
1514  913
20A LONELY MAN
    Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55483)
242531  5
21MY MIND KEEPS TELLING ME (That I Really Love You, Girl)
    Eddie Holman (GSF 6873)
212634  8
22BABY SITTER
    Betty Wright (Alston 4614)
253140  5
23OPEN HOUSE AT MY HOUSE (pt. 1)
    Little Johnny Taylor (Ronn 64)
222224  9
24TOAST TO THE FOOL
    Dramatics (Volt 4082)
20232211
25FOOL’S PARADISE
    Sylvers (Pride 1001)
263033  9
26(It’s The Way) NATURE PLANNED IT
    Four Tops (Motown 1210)
302927  9
27YOU’RE STILL A YOUNG MAN
    Tower Of Power (Warner Bros. 7612)
282828  8
28GUILTY
    Al Green (Bell 45,258)
314353  4
29STOP DOGGIN’ ME
    Johnny Taylor (Stax 0142)
323537  5
30IF YOU DON’T KNOW ME BY NOW
    Harold Melvin & Blue Notes (Philadelphia Int’l 3520)
41  2
31ONE LIFE TO LIVE
    Manhattans (DeLuxe 139)
344038  8
32I’LL ALWAYS HAVE YOU THERE
    Doug Gibbs (Oak 108)
334445  7
33MAN SIZED JOB
    Denise LaSalle (Westbound 206)
353747  4
34THEME FROM THE MEN
    Isaac Hayes (Enterprise 9058)
43  2
35A JOYFUL PROCESS
    Funkadelic (Westbound 205)
374556  5
36ENDLESSLY
    Mavis Staples (Volt 4086)
46  2
37I JUST WANT TO BE THERE
    Independents (Wand 11249)
363948  4
38SLAUGHTER
    Billy Preston (A&M 1380)
3948  3
39THAT’S HOW LOVE GOES
    Jermaine Jackson (Motown 1201)
404757  4
40HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART
    Spoonbread (Stang 5043)
445352  5
41GUESS WHO
    B. B. King (ABC 11330)
38413610
42IF YOU LET ME
    Eddie Kendricks (Tamla 54222)
474960  4
43I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
    Al Green (Hi 2216)
23151016
44IF YOU CAN BEAT ME ROCKIN’ (You Can Have My Chair)
    Laura Lee (Hot Wax 7207)
495055  5
45THINK (About It)
    Lyn Collins (People 608)
27181215
46THIS WORLD
    Staple Singers (Stax 0137)
29191713
47TROUBLE
    Frederick Knight (Stax 0139)
423839  5
48S.T.O.P. (Stop)
    Lorelei (Columbia 45629)
505151  6
49WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON
    Travis Wammack (Fame 91001)
45332911
50I’M SO TIRED
    Bobby Bland (Duke 477)
525559  4
51MAY THE BEST MAN WIN
    Ollie Nightingale (Pride 1002)
53  2
52I HEAR YOU KNOCKING (It’s Too Late)
    Reuben Bell (DeLuxe 140)
  1
53INNOCENT TIL PROVEN GUILTY
    Honey Cone (Hot Wax 7208)
54  2
54I WISH IT WOULD RAIN
    Johnny Adams (Atlantic 2905)
5659  3
55PEACE IN THE VALLEY OF LOVE
    Persuaders (Win Or Lose 225)
  1
56IT AIN’T NO USE
    Z. Z. Hill (Mankind 12012)
60  2
57HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME
    Lea Roberts (United Artists 50896)
5557  3
58SO FAR AWAY
    Crusaders (Blue Thumb 217)
  1
59CABBAGE ALLEY
    Meters (Reprise 1106)
  1
60I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU’LL EVER KNOW
    Donny Hathaway (Atco 6903)
  1
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