CASH BOX Singles – Looking Ahead
Week ending JANUARY 17, 1970
TWTITLE   Artist (Label)LWWKS
  1SHADES OF GREEN   Flaming Ember (Hot Wax 6907)  3  2
  2I’M JUST A PRISONER (Of Your Good Lovin’)   Candi Staton (Fame 1460)  6  4
  3SUPERSTAR   Murray Head with Trinidad Singers (Decca 32603)  4  5
  4DIG THE WAY I FEEL   Mary Wells (Jubilee 5684)19  3
  5BEEN A LONG TIME   Betty Everett (Uni 55174)  5  8
  6YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE   Dyke & Blazers (Original Sound 90)  2
  7WABASH CANNON BALL   Danny Davis & Nashville Brass (RCA Victor 47-9785)17  3
  8CLAUDIE MAE   Ray Charles (ABC/TRC 11251)16  5
  9DON’T THINK THAT I’M A VIOLENT GUY   Garland Green (Uni 55188)  8  5
10TAKE HER BACK   Gemini (Forward 129)15  5
11A WORLD WITHOUT MUSIC   Archie Bell & Drells (Atlantic 2693)13  3
12JOHNNY B. GOODE   Johnny Winter (Columbia 45058)  1
13HE AIN’T HEAVY, HE’S MY BROTHER   Hollies (Epic 10532)  3
14I’LL HOLD OUT MY HAND   Wind (Life 202)22  4
15SHE LETS HER HAIR DOWN (Early In The Morning)   Don Young (Bang 574)12  5
16REMEMBER THEN   Sha Na Na (Kama Sutra 503)14  3
17TO LOVE YOU   Country Store (T-A 189)30  4
18GAMES PEOPLE PLAY   Della Reese (Avco Embassy 4515)33  2
19WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FEELING   California Earthquake (World Pacific 77931)20  7
20SHE LETS HER HAIR DOWN (Early In The Morning)   Gene Pitney (Musicor 1384)  5
21HELLO IT’S ME   Nazz (SGC 001)  9
22THE RAPPER   Jaggerz (Kama Sutra 502)  1
23HOW CAN I TELL MY MOM AND DAD   Lovelights (Uni 55181)  1
24ICE CREAM MAN (The Gimme Game)   Don Covay & Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
    (Atlantic 2666)
  1
25GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME   Chairmen Of The Board (Invictus 9074)  1
26WHISTLE FOR HAPPINESS   Peggy Lee (Capitol 2696)23  6
27MY CHERIE AMOUR   Ramsey Lewis Trio (Cadet 5662)  1
28A THING CALLED LOVE   Ed Ames (RCA Victor 74-0296)45  2
29NEVER GOIN’ BACK TO GEORGIA   Blues Magoos (ABC 11250)  1
30BIG IN VEGAS   Buck Owens & Buckaroos (Capitol 2646)11  7
31THEN SHE’S A LOVER   Roy Clark (Dot 17335)47  2
32THE UNHOOKED GENERATION   Freda Payne (Invictus 9073)27  3
33TICKET TO RIDE   Carpenters (A&M 1142)34  3
34LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE   Zager & Evans (RCA Victor 74-0299)26  5
35STAY AWHILE   Jerry Vale (Columbia 45043)46  2
36TIGHTROPE   Ten Wheel Drive With Genya Ravan (Polydor 14015)48  2
37IT’S GONNA TAKE A LOT TO BRING ME BACK   Manhattans (DeLuxe 115)43  4
38MORNING DEW   Damnation Of Adam Blessing (United Artists 50609)44  7
39RUSSIAN ROULETTE   Cy Coleman (Notable 1102)42  3
40OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE   Merle Haggard & Strangers (Capitol 2626)2411
NOTE: This week, Cash Box reduced the number of positions on its Looking Ahead chart from 50 to range of 38 to 44.
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