| The CASH BOX R&B Top 70 | ||||||
| Dark blue square = bullet (strong upward move) | Week ending SEPTEMBER 8, 1973 | |||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | LET’S GET IT ON Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54234) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| 2 | THAT LADY (pt. 1) Isley Brothers (T-Neck 2251) | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | |
| 3 | I WAS CHECKIN’ OUT SHE WAS CHECKIN’ IN Don Covay (Mercury 73385) | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |
| 4 | KEEP ON TRUCKIN’ (pt. 1) Eddie Kendricks (Tamla 54238) | 7 | 15 | 27 | 5 | |
| 5 | HIGHER GROUND Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54235) | 13 | 20 | 52 | 4 | |
| 6 | THEME FROM CLEOPATRA JONES Joe Simon (Spring 138) | 10 | 13 | 19 | 9 | |
| 7 | THERE IT IS Tyrone Davis (Dakar 4523) | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | |
| 8 | GYPSY MAN War (United Artists 281) | 9 | 11 | 14 | 8 | |
| 9 | IF YOU WANT ME TO STAY Sly & Family Stone (Epic 11017) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| 10 | ANGEL Aretha Franklin (Atlantic 2969) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| 11 | HURTS SO GOOD Millie Jackson (Spring 139) | 18 | 26 | 39 | 5 | |
| 12 | I’VE GOT SO MUCH TO GIVE Barry White (20th Century 2042) | 14 | 17 | 22 | 7 | |
| 13 | BABY I’VE BEEN MISSING YOU Independents (Wand 11258) | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | |
| 14 | FUTURE SHOCK Curtis Mayfield (Curtom 1987) | 15 | 16 | 18 | 8 | |
| 15 | TO KNOW YOU IS TO LOVE YOU B. B. King (ABC 11373) | 19 | 21 | 26 | 10 | |
| 16 | STONED OUT OF MY MIND Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55500) | 17 | 18 | 20 | 8 | |
| 17 | FUNKY STUFF Kool & Gang (De-Lite 557) | 20 | 25 | 36 | 6 | |
| 18 | ECSTASY Ohio Players (Westbound 216) | 24 | 43 | 49 | 5 | |
| 19 | HERE I AM (Come And Take Me) Al Green (Hi 2247) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| 20 | PARRTY (pt. 1) Maceo & Macks (People 624) | 21 | 22 | 25 | 7 | |
| 21 | MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA Gladys Knight & Pips (Buddah 383) | 33 | 52 | — | 3 | |
| 22 | GHETTO CHILD Spinners (Atlantic 2973) | 26 | 31 | 44 | 5 | |
| 23 | HEY GIRL (I Like Your Style) Temptations (Gordy 7131) | 27 | 32 | 46 | 5 | |
| 24 | DON’T LET IT END (’Til You Let It Begin) Miracles (Tamla 54237) | 25 | 30 | 33 | 6 | |
| 25 | SEXY, SEXY, SEXY James Brown (Polydor 14194) | 29 | 44 | 50 | 5 | |
| 26 | SWEET HARMONY Smokey Robinson (Tamla 54233) | 22 | 23 | 24 | 11 | |
| 27 | I BELIEVE IN YOU (You Believe In Me) Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0161) | 12 | 3 | 3 | 15 | |
| 28 | UNTIL IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO GO New Birth (RCA Victor 0003) | 28 | 29 | 31 | 11 | |
| 29 | I CAN’T STAND THE RAIN Ann Peebles (Hi 2248) | 30 | 33 | 41 | 6 | |
| 30 | GOTTA FIND A WAY Moments (Stang 5050) | 32 | 40 | 47 | 8 | |
| 31 | EVIL Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia 45888) | 34 | 35 | 35 | 6 | |
| 32 | YES WE CAN CAN Pointer Sisters (Blue Thumb 229) | 40 | 47 | 56 | 4 | |
| 33 | BROTHER LOUIE Stories (Kama Sutra 577) | 44 | 53 | — | 3 | |
| 34 | GET IT TOGETHER Jackson 5 (Motown 1277) | 45 | 54 | — | 3 | |
| 35 | YOU CAN’T STOP A MAN IN LOVE Carl Carlton (ABC 11378) | 35 | 39 | 42 | 6 | |
| 36 | WHOEVER’S THRILLING YOU (Is Killing Me) Rufus (ABC 11376) | 37 | 38 | 40 | 9 | |
| 37 | SLICK Willie Hutch (Motown 1252) | 38 | 41 | 43 | 7 | |
| 38 | ALL I NEED IS TIME Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35107) | 39 | 42 | 48 | 6 | |
| 39 | CHECK IT OUT Tavares (Capitol 3674) | 41 | 50 | 63 | 4 | |
| 40 | NOBODY WANTS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT Bobby Womack (United Artists 255) | 16 | 8 | 4 | 14 | |
| 41 | TRYING TO SLIP (Away) Lloyd Price (GSF 6904) | 43 | 46 | 51 | 5 | |
| 42 | ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH Four Tops (Dunhill 4354) | 23 | 10 | 9 | 13 | |
| 43 | TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WOMAN YOU’RE WITH Wilson Pickett (RCA Victor 0049) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | SIXTY MINUTE MAN Clarence Carter (Fame 250) | 31 | 14 | 12 | 11 | |
| 45 | NEVER LET YOU GO Bloodstone (London 1051) | 51 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING Diana Ross (Motown 1239) | 46 | 19 | 11 | 14 | |
| 47 | CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE Soft Tones (Avco 4619) | 49 | 51 | 53 | 6 | |
| 48 | NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS Ike & Tina Turner (United Artists 298) | 60 | 63 | — | 3 | |
| 49 | DON’T BLAME THE MAN Roy C. (Mercury 73391) | 54 | 58 | 69 | 4 | |
| 50 | JUST DON’T WANT TO BE LONELY Ronnie Dyson (Columbia 45867) | 36 | 37 | 38 | 11 | |
| 51 | HYMN NUMBER 5 Earl Gaines (Seventy-Seven 131) | 68 | — | — | 2 | |
| 52 | IN THE RAIN Arthur Prysock (Old Town 100) | 66 | 70 | — | 3 | |
| 53 | KOKE (pt. 1) Tribe (ABC 11366) | 57 | 60 | 62 | 5 | |
| 54 | MAKE ME TWICE THE MAN New York City (Chelsea 0025) | 56 | 59 | 64 | 5 | |
| 55 | GIRL BLUE Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 0046) | 58 | 61 | 65 | 4 | |
| 56 | LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER Escorts (Alithia 6052) | 59 | 62 | 68 | 4 | |
| 57 | MY PRETENDING DAYS ARE OVER Dells (Cadet 5698) | 69 | — | — | 2 | |
| 58 | SOUL JE T’AIME Sylvia & Ralfi Pagan (Vibration 525) | 61 | 65 | 66 | 4 | |
| 59 | LOOK ME UP Blue Magic (Atco 6930) | 62 | 64 | 67 | 4 | |
| 60 | MASTERPIECE (pt. 1) Grover Washington, Jr. (Kudu 916) | 63 | 66 | — | 3 | |
| 61 | WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO Lou Courtney (Rags 100) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 62 | WHERE WERE YOU (When I Needed You) Jimmy Briscoe & Little Beavers (Pi Kappa 400) | 65 | — | — | 2 | |
| 63 | BLOW YOUR WHISTLE K.C. & Sunshine Junkanoo Band (T.K. 1001) | 70 | — | — | 2 | |
| 64 | LOVE’S MAZE Temprees (We Produce 1811) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 65 | OUR LOVE Loleatta Holloway (Aware 033) | 67 | 69 | — | 3 | |
| 66 | LET ME BE YOUR LOVEMAKER Betty Wright (Alston 4619) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 67 | BACK FOR A TASTE OF YOUR LOVE Syl Johnson (Hi 2250) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 68 | I’LL CATCH YOU WHEN YOU FALL Laura Lee (Hot Wax 7305) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 69 | I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT IT SURE IS FUNKY Ripple (GRC 1004) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 70 | IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Little Richard (Greene Mountain 413) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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