| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending MARCH 17, 1962 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | LET ME IN Sensations (Argo 5405) | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | |
| 2 | DUKE OF EARL Gene Chandler (Vee-Jay 416) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 3 | CRY TO ME Solomon Burke (Atlantic 2131) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | |
| 4 | TWISTIN’ THE NIGHT AWAY Sam Cooke (RCA Victor 47-7983) | 5 | 12 | 15 | 8 | |
| 5 | WHAT’S YOUR NAME Don & Juan (Big Top 3079) | 6 | 13 | 16 | 6 | |
| 6 | ANNIE GET YOUR YO-YO Little Junior Parker (Duke 345) | 7 | 11 | 12 | 7 | |
| 7 | HEY! BABY Bruce Channel (Smash 1731) | 13 | 18 | 23 | 6 | |
| 8 | SLOW TWISTIN’ Chubby Checker (with Dee Dee Sharp) (Parkway 835) | 16 | 29 | — | 3 | |
| 9 | SOMETHING’S GOT A HOLD ON ME Etta James (Argo 5409) | 14 | 15 | 18 | 7 | |
| 10 | I’M BLUE (The Gong-Gong Song) Ikettes (Atco 6212) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |
| 11 | SMOKY PLACES Corsairs (Tuff 1808) | 8 | 7 | 7 | 11 | |
| 12 | BABY IT’S YOU Shirelles (Scepter 1227) | 9 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| 13 | LETTER FULL OF TEARS Gladys Knight & Pips (Fury 1054) | 11 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| 14 | JAMIE Eddie Holland (Motown 1021) | 21 | 24 | 28 | 9 | |
| 15 | I KNOW (You Don’t Love Me No More) Barbara George (A.F.O. 302) | 10 | 2 | 2 | 21 | |
| 16 | CHIP CHIP Gene McDaniels (Liberty 55405) | 15 | 17 | 19 | 8 | |
| 17 | DEAR LADY TWIST Gary (U.S.) Bonds (Legrand 1015) | 12 | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| 18 | MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW Kenny Ball & Jazzmen (Kapp 442) | 27 | 36 | — | 3 | |
| 19 | SOUL TWIST King Curtis & Noble Knights (Enjoy 1000) | 20 | 25 | 32 | 5 | |
| 20 | WALK ON THE WILD SIDE Brook Benton (Mercury 71925) | 24 | 30 | 39 | 5 | |
| 21 | WHEN MY LITTLE GIRL IS SMILING Drifters (Atlantic 2134) | 28 | 37 | 49 | 4 | |
| 22 | POP-EYE Huey Smith & Clowns (Ace 649) | 26 | 27 | 33 | 5 | |
| 23 | MASHED POTATO TIME Dee Dee Sharp (Cameo 212) | 38 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 24 | YOU WIN AGAIN Fats Domino (Imperial 5816) | 33 | 38 | — | 3 | |
| 25 | TUFF Ace Cannon (Hi 2040) | 18 | 20 | 24 | 12 | |
| 26 | LOVER PLEASE Clyde McPhatter (Mercury 71941) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 27 | WHAT’S SO GOOD ABOUT GOOD-BY Miracles (Tamla 54053) | 17 | 14 | 11 | 9 | |
| 28 | THE TWIST Chubby Checker (Parkway 811) | 19 | 16 | 13 | 17 | |
| 29 | GONNA MISS YOU AROUND HERE B.B. King (Kent 372) | 39 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 30 | THE GREATEST HURT Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55221) | 23 | 10 | 9 | 9 | |
| 31 | TWISTIN’ POSTMAN Marvelettes (Tamla 54054) | 25 | 21 | 14 | 8 | |
| 32 | TEARS AND LAUGHTER Dinah Washington (Mercury 71922) | 22 | 23 | 25 | 6 | |
| 33 | I FOUND A LOVE Falcons (Lu Pine 1003) | 35 | 40 | 50 | 4 | |
| 34 | THE ONE WHO REALLY LOVES YOU Mary Wells (Motown 1024) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 35 | THE RAINS CAME Big Sambo & House Wreckers (Eric 7003) | 43 | — | — | 2 | |
| 36 | CHECK MR. POP-EYE / NOW LET’S POP-EYE Eddie Bo (Swan 4099) | 37 | 39 | 40 | 5 | |
| 37 | AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU Bobby Bland (Duke 338) | 48 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | YOU BETTER MOVE ON Arthur Alexander (Dot 16309) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TWIST Hank Ballard (King 5593) | 32 | 33 | 38 | 5 | |
| 40 | LOST SOMEONE James Brown & Famous Flames (King 5573) | 34 | 19 | 21 | 15 | |
| 41 | OUR ANNIVERSARY Shep & Limelites (Hull 748) | 31 | 26 | 34 | 6 | |
| 42 | BABY DON’T LEAVE ME Joe Henderson (Todd 1066) | 30 | 32 | 36 | 10 | |
| 43 | SHOUT! SHOUT! (Knock Yourself Out) Ernie Maresca (Seville 117) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 44 | LOVE LETTERS Ketty Lester (Era 3068) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | MEXICAN DIVORCE Drifters (Atlantic 2134) | 44 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 46 | PERCOLATOR (Twist) Billy Joe & Checkmates (Dore 620) | 40 | 42 | 45 | 5 | |
| 47 | PLAY THE THING Marlowe Morris Quintet (Columbia 42218) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | SOLDIER BOY Shirelles (Scepter 1228) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | NUT ROCKER B. Bumble & Stingers (Rendezvous 166) Jack B. Nimble & Quicks (Dot 16319) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 50 | TRICK BAG Earl King (Imperial 5811) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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