| The CASH BOX R&B Top 70 | ||||||
| Dark blue square = bullet (strong upward move) | Week ending FEBRUARY 8, 1975 | |||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | FIRE Ohio Players (Mercury 73643) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | PICK UP THE PIECES Average White Band (Atlantic 3229) | 3 | 7 | 9 | 12 | |
| 3 | I BELONG TO YOU Love Unlimited (20th Century 2141) | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |
| 4 | DON’T TAKE YOUR LOVE FROM ME Manhattans (Columbia 10045) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |
| 5 | BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54254) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | |
| 6 | I AM I AM Smokey Robinson (Tamla 54251) | 11 | 14 | 15 | 10 | |
| 7 | LET ME START TONITE Lamont Dozier (ABC 12044) | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | |
| 8 | DOCTOR’S ORDERS Carol Douglas (Midland Int’l 10113) | 9 | 12 | 13 | 12 | |
| 9 | HAPPY PEOPLE Temptations (Gordy 7138) | 14 | 19 | 25 | 9 | |
| 10 | RHYME TYME PEOPLE Kool & Gang (De-Lite 1563) | 13 | 15 | 17 | 9 | |
| 11 | MIDNIGHT SKY (pt. 1) Isley Brothers (T-Neck 2255) | 12 | 13 | 18 | 8 | |
| 12 | DON’T CHA LOVE IT Miracles (Tamla 54256) | 16 | 21 | 23 | 10 | |
| 13 | LADY MARMALADE LaBelle (Epic 50048) | 18 | 30 | 45 | 6 | |
| 14 | AS LONG AS HE TAKES CARE OF HOME Candi Staton (Warner Bros. 8038) | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |
| 15 | SHAME, SHAME, SHAME Shirley & Company (Vibration 532) | 28 | 41 | 52 | 5 | |
| 16 | I WON’T LAST A DAY WITHOUT YOU / LET ME BE THE ONE Al Wilson (Rocky Road 30,202) | 20 | 26 | 32 | 7 | |
| 17 | STRUTTIN’ Billy Preston (A&M 1644) | 17 | 18 | 19 | 10 | |
| 18 | EXPRESS B.T. Express (Roadshow 7001) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 19 | TOBY Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55515) | 23 | 29 | 39 | 7 | |
| 20 | YOU’RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING Barry White (20th Century 2133) | 19 | 10 | 8 | 15 | |
| 21 | SUPERNATURAL THING (pt. 1) Ben E. King (Atlantic 3241) | 39 | 59 | 70 | 4 | |
| 22 | GIRLS (pt. 1) Moments & Whatnauts (Stang 5057) | 22 | 24 | 26 | 9 | |
| 23 | MOTHER’S SON Curtis Mayfield (Curtom 2006) | 29 | 37 | 57 | 4 | |
| 24 | KUNG FU FIGHTING Carl Douglas (20th Century 2140) | 8 | 8 | 5 | 17 | |
| 25 | I WOULDN’T TREAT A DOG (The Way You Treated Me) Bobby Bland (Dunhill/ABC 15015) | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | |
| 26 | I AM LOVE Jackson 5 (Motown 1310) | 34 | 44 | 55 | 4 | |
| 27 | IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT Millie Jackson (Spring 155) | 32 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 28 | SUPER DUPER LOVE (Are You Diggin’ On Me) (pt. 1) Sugar Billy (Fast Track 2501) | 38 | 53 | 66 | 4 | |
| 29 | LOVIN’ YOU Minnie Riperton (Epic 50057) | 40 | 52 | 68 | 4 | |
| 30 | GET DANCIN’ Disco Tex & Sex-O-Lettes (Chelsea 3004) | 31 | 32 | 34 | 11 | |
| 31 | FROM HIS WOMAN TO YOU Barbara Mason (Buddah 441) | 15 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| 32 | BELIEVE HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE (And None Of What You Hear) Leon Haywood (20th Century 2146) | 33 | 34 | 38 | 10 | |
| 33 | BABY, HANG UP THE PHONE Carl Graves (A&M 1620) | 24 | 20 | 20 | 11 | |
| 34 | HOT DAWGIT Ramsey Lewis & Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia 10056) | 35 | 39 | 43 | 10 | |
| 35 | LOVE DON’T GO THROUGH NO CHANGES ON ME Sister Sledge (Atco 7008) | 37 | 45 | 54 | 6 | |
| 36 | I GET LIFTED George McCrae (T.K. 1007) | 43 | 58 | 62 | 8 | |
| 37 | COLDBLOODED / FUNKY PRESIDENT (People It’s Bad) James Brown (Polydor 14258) | 27 | 22 | 21 | 11 / 15 | |
| 38 | MY MAIN MAN Staple Singers (Stax 0227) | 36 | 36 | 37 | 9 | |
| 39 | JUST AS LONG AS WE’RE TOGETHER (In My Life There Will Never Be Another) Gloria Scott (Casablanca 815) | 56 | 66 | 67 | 4 | |
| 40 | LOVE IS A FIVE LETTER WORD Jimmy Witherspoon (Capitol 3998) | 48 | 57 | 69 | 4 | |
| 41 | FEEL THE NEED Graham Central Station (Warner Bros. 8061) | 47 | 56 | 60 | 6 | |
| 42 | THE BERTHA BUTT BOOGIE (pt. 1) Jimmy Castor Bunch (Atlantic 3232) | 45 | 55 | 59 | 7 | |
| 43 | YOU’RE AS RIGHT AS RAIN Nancy Wilson (Capitol 3973) | 49 | 60 | 61 | 7 | |
| 44 | TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT Jimmy Ruffin (Chess 2160) | 42 | 43 | 46 | 9 | |
| 45 | REMEMBER WHAT I TOLD YOU TO FORGET Tavares (Capitol 4010) | 51 | 61 | — | 3 | |
| 46 | PARTY IS A GROOVY THING People’s Choice (TSOP 4759) | 52 | 62 | 63 | 6 | |
| 47 | STAR ON A TV SHOW Stylistics (Avco 4649) | 53 | 65 | — | 3 | |
| 48 | EXPRESSWAY TO YOUR HEART Margo Thunder (Haven 7008) | 50 | 54 | 58 | 5 | |
| 49 | SATIN SOUL Love Unlimited Orchestra (20th Century 2162) | 55 | 68 | — | 3 | |
| 50 | YOU AND YOUR BABY BLUES Solomon Burke (Chess 2159) | 57 | 69 | — | 3 | |
| 51 | WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN Three Degrees (Philadelphia Int’l 3550) | 21 | 17 | 10 | 18 | |
| 52 | SHINING STAR Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia 10090) | 62 | — | — | 2 | |
| 53 | DANCE THE KUNG FU Carl Douglas (20th Century 2168) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 54 | I’M A PUSHOVER K.C. & The Sunshine Band (T.K. 1008) | 61 | 64 | 65 | 5 | |
| 55 | MY LITTLE LADY Bloodstone (London 1061) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 56 | GRAB IT Olympic Runners (Hi 216) | 60 | 63 | 64 | 6 | |
| 57 | CRY TO ME Loleatta Holloway (Aware 047) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 58 | SHOESHINE BOY Eddie Kendricks (Tamla 54257) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 59 | DEDICATE (My Life To You) Younghearts (20th Century 2130) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 60 | PEOPLE SAY Meters (Reprise 1314) | 65 | 70 | — | 3 | |
| 61 | TOM CAT Tom Scott & L.A. Express (Ode 66105) | 64 | — | — | 2 | |
| 62 | HIJACK Herbie Mann (Atlantic 3246) | 68 | — | — | 2 | |
| 63 | SOUTH AFRICAN MAN (pt. 1) Hamilton Bohannon (Dakar 4539) | 70 | — | — | 2 | |
| 64 | NEVER GONNA BREAK IT UP Hodges, James & Smith (20th Century 2148) | 67 | — | — | 2 | |
| 65 | SMOKIN’ ROOM Carl Carlton (ABC 12059) | 69 | — | — | 2 | |
| 66 | I JUST CAN’T SAY GOODBYE Philly Devotions (Columbia 10076) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 67 | LOVE CORPORATION Hues Corporation (RCA Victor 10200) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 68 | I HEAR THOSE CHURCH BELLS RINGING / CHAPEL OF LOVE Shirley (Prodigal 611) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 69 | LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL Garland Green (Spring 151) | — | 67 | — | 2 | |
| 70 | BUMP ME BABY (pt. 1) Dooley Silverspoon (Cotton 636) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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