| The CASH BOX R&B Top 70 | ||||||
| Dark blue square = bullet (strong upward move) | Week ending JULY 7, 1973 | |||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | DOING IT TO DEATH Fred Wesley & J.B.’s (People 621) | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 2 | I BELIEVE IN YOU (You Believe In Me) Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0161) | 5 | 16 | 25 | 6 | |
| 3 | I’LL ALWAYS LOVE MY MAMA (pt. 1) Intruders (Gamble 2506) | 4 | 6 | 12 | 12 | |
| 4 | GIVE YOUR BABY A STANDING OVATION Dells (Cadet 5696) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| 5 | THERE’S NO ME WITHOUT YOU Manhattans (Columbia 45838) | 9 | 12 | 21 | 11 | |
| 6 | MISDEMEANOR Foster Sylvers (Pride 1031) | 7 | 8 | 14 | 9 | |
| 7 | TIME TO GET DOWN O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l 3531) | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | |
| 8 | DADDY COULD SWEAR, I DECLARE Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35105) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| 9 | FINDER’S KEEPERS Chairmen Of The Board (Invictus 1251) | 10 | 11 | 13 | 10 | |
| 10 | IT’S FOREVER Ebonys (Philadelphia Int’l 3529) | 11 | 15 | 28 | 10 | |
| 11 | ONE OF A KIND (Love Affair) Spinners (Atlantic 2962) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| 12 | YOU’LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN (If You Break My Heart) Stylistics (Avco 4618) | 13 | 14 | 18 | 9 | |
| 13 | WHERE PEACEFUL WATERS FLOW Gladys Knight & Pips (Buddah 363) | 16 | 20 | 26 | 5 | |
| 14 | NOBODY WANTS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT Bobby Womack (United Artists 255) | 21 | 28 | 44 | 5 | |
| 15 | PLASTIC MAN Temptations (Gordy 7129) | 18 | 23 | 29 | 6 | |
| 16 | SO VERY HARD TO GO Tower Of Power (Warner Bros. 7687) | 22 | 35 | 52 | 7 | |
| 17 | I CAN MAKE IT THRU THE DAYS (But Oh Those Lonely Nights) Ray Charles (ABC/TRC 11351) | 17 | 18 | 20 | 10 | |
| 18 | TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING Diana Ross (Motown 1239) | 24 | 36 | 43 | 5 | |
| 19 | ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH Four Tops (Dunhill 4354) | 38 | 50 | 59 | 4 | |
| 20 | BE WHAT YOU ARE Staple Singers (Stax 0164) | 23 | 27 | 31 | 6 | |
| 21 | IF YOU WANT ME TO STAY Sly & Family Stone (Epic 11017) | 31 | 58 | — | 3 | |
| 22 | HERE I AM (Come And Take Me) Al Green (Hi 2247) | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 23 | ANGEL Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2969) | 41 | 60 | — | 3 | |
| 24 | THERE YOU GO Edwin Starr (Soul 35103) | 26 | 30 | 37 | 8 | |
| 25 | YOU’RE GETTIN’ A LITTLE TOO SMART Detroit Emeralds (Westbound 213) | 33 | 40 | 45 | 6 | |
| 26 | THEY SAY THE GIRL’S CRAZY Invitations (Silver Blue 801) | 27 | 31 | 40 | 8 | |
| 27 | BLACK BYRD Donald Byrd (Blue Note 212) | 29 | 37 | 41 | 7 | |
| 28 | LOVIN’ ON BORROWED TIME William Bell (Stax 0157) | 28 | 29 | 30 | 12 | |
| 29 | DARLING COME BACK HOME Eddie Kendricks (Tamla 54236) | 34 | 41 | 46 | 6 | |
| 30 | I WAS CHECKIN’ OUT SHE WAS CHECKIN’ IN Don Covay (Mercury 73385) | 40 | 48 | 60 | 5 | |
| 31 | BONGO ROCK Incredible Bongo Band (Pride 1015) | 32 | 34 | 36 | 10 | |
| 32 | SOUL MAKOSSA Manu Dibango (Atlantic 2971) | 39 | 46 | 57 | 5 | |
| 33 | SWEET CHARLIE BABE Jackie Moore (Atlantic 2956) | 37 | 42 | 49 | 5 | |
| 34 | SOUL MAKOSSA Afrique (Mainstream 5542) | 36 | 44 | 54 | 5 | |
| 35 | NATURAL HIGH Bloodstone (London 1046) | 14 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
| 36 | HEY YOU! GET OFF MY MOUNTAIN Dramatics (Volt 4090) | 19 | 17 | 8 | 13 | |
| 37 | LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Donny Hathaway (Atco 6928) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 38 | SHORT STOPPING Veda Brown (Stax 1063) | 46 | 49 | 51 | 6 | |
| 39 | WILL IT GO ROUND IN CIRCLES Billy Preston (A&M 1411) | 12 | 7 | 7 | 16 | |
| 40 | I’M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE BABY Barry White (20th Century 2018) | 20 | 13 | 4 | 16 | |
| 41 | SIXTY MINUTE MAN Clarence Carter (Fame 250) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 42 | STREET DANCE Fatback Band (Perception 526) | 45 | 52 | 56 | 8 | |
| 43 | LET’S GET IT ON Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54234) | 56 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | BROTHER’S GONNA WORK IT OUT Willie Hutch (Motown 1222) | 15 | 10 | 10 | 12 | |
| 45 | FOREVER Baby Washington & Don Gardner (Master Five 9103) | 25 | 26 | 27 | 10 | |
| 46 | YOU CAN CALL ME ROVER Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0939) | 30 | 32 | 34 | 8 | |
| 47 | DIDN’T I Sylvia (Vibration 524) | 55 | — | — | 2 | |
| 48 | FRIEND OF MINE / LONELY TOWN, LONELY STREET Bill Withers (Sussex 257) | 51 | 59 | — | 3 / 1 | |
| 49 | SPINNING AROUND Black Ivory (Today 1520) | 54 | 57 | 65 | 4 | |
| 50 | WHAT A SHAME Dynamics (Black Gold 8) | 52 | 54 | 58 | 6 | |
| 51 | BABY I’VE BEEN MISSING YOU Independents (Wand 11258) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 52 | I ONLY GET THIS FEELING Chuck Jackson (ABC 11368) | 57 | 64 | 67 | 5 | |
| 53 | I’LL MAKE IT ALRIGHT Beautiful Zion Missionary Baptist Church Choir (Myrrh 115) | 53 | 55 | 63 | 4 | |
| 54 | THIS TIME AROUND S.O.U.L. (Musicor 1472) | 60 | 63 | 66 | 6 | |
| 55 | THAT LADY (pt. 1) Isley Brothers (T-Neck 2251) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 56 | I GOT TO BE MYSELF Rance Allen Group (The Gospel Truth 1208) | 35 | 39 | 39 | 10 | |
| 57 | GIVING LOVE Voices Of East Harlem (Just Sunshine 504) | 58 | 53 | 53 | 9 | |
| 58 | TO KNOW YOU IS TO LOVE YOU B. B. King (ABC 11373) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 59 | HE’S THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN Pat Lundy (RCA Victor 74-0951) | 63 | — | — | 2 | |
| 60 | JUST OUT OF MY REACH Sam Dees (Atlantic 2937) | 68 | — | — | 2 | |
| 61 | STAY AWAY FROM ME Sylvers (Pride 1029) | 62 | 66 | — | 3 | |
| 62 | JUST DON’T WANT TO BE LONELY Ronnie Dyson (Columbia 45867) | 64 | — | — | 2 | |
| 63 | THE WORLD IS A GHETTO Ahmad Jamal (20th Century 2026) | 65 | 70 | — | 3 | |
| 64 | AIN’T NOTHING FOR A MAN IN LOVE / YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT’S ON A WOMAN’S MIND Archie Bell & Drells (Glades 1711) | 66 | — | — | 2 / 1 | |
| 65 | LOVE OH LOVE Leroy Hutson (Curtom 1983) | 67 | — | — | 2 | |
| 66 | CAN’T UNDERSTAND IT Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager (Mercury 73395) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 67 | UNTIL IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO GO New Birth (RCA Victor 0003) | 69 | — | — | 2 | |
| 68 | IT TAKES BOTH OF US Act I (Spring 137) | 70 | — | — | 2 | |
| 69 | SHE DON’T HAVE TO SEE YOU (To See Through You) Tommie Young (Soul Power 114) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 70 | FUNNY Priscilla Price (BASF 15151) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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