| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending JULY 14, 1962 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | I CAN’T STOP LOVING YOU Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount 10330) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 2 | PLAYBOY Marvelettes (Tamla 54060) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | |
| 3 | TWIST AND SHOUT Isley Brothers (Wand 124) | 4 | 6 | 8 | 7 | |
| 4 | HAVING A PARTY Sam Cooke (RCA Victor 47-8036) | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 | |
| 5 | THE WAH-WATUSI Orlons (Cameo 218) | 13 | 26 | 34 | 5 | |
| 6 | YOU’LL LOSE A GOOD THING Barbara Lynn (Jamie 1220) | 10 | 14 | 24 | 6 | |
| *7 | GRAVY (For My Mashed Potatoes) Dee Dee Sharp (Cameo 219) | 7 | 11 | 19 | 5 | |
| 7 | I NEED YOUR LOVING Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford (Fire 508) | 9 | 9 | 12 | 6 | |
| 8 | SNAP YOUR FINGERS Joe Henderson (Todd 1072) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| 9 | THE STRIPPER David Rose & Orchestra (MGM 13064) | 17 | 20 | 28 | 5 | |
| 10 | ANY DAY NOW (My Wild Beautiful Bird) Chuck Jackson (Wand 122) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| 11 | WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (pt. 1) Jimmy Smith (Verve 10255) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| 12 | DANCIN’ PARTY Chubby Checker (Parkway 842) | 21 | 30 | 45 | 4 | |
| 13 | LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE Clyde McPhatter (Mercury 71987) | 16 | 19 | 25 | 5 | |
| 14 | PALISADES PARK Freddy Cannon (Swan 4106) | 15 | 17 | 18 | 7 | |
| 15 | DON’T PLAY THAT SONG (You Lied) Ben E. King (Atco 6222) | 11 | 8 | 7 | 13 | |
| 16 | I DON’T LOVE YOU NO MORE (I Don’t Care About You) Jimmy Norman (Little Star 113) | 18 | 13 | 13 | 8 | |
| 17 | WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN (All My Life) Arthur Alexander (Dot 16357) | 19 | 23 | 30 | 6 | |
| 18 | WELCOME HOME BABY Shirelles (Scepter 1234) | 23 | 31 | 37 | 5 | |
| 19 | BONGO STOMP Little Joey & Flips (Joy 262) | 22 | 24 | 32 | 6 | |
| 20 | PARTY LIGHTS Claudine Clark (Chancellor 1113) | 33 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 21 | THE LOCO-MOTION Little Eva (Dimension 1000) | 32 | 41 | — | 3 | |
| 22 | I LOVE YOU Volumes (Chex 1002) | 12 | 12 | 9 | 13 | |
| 23 | THE ONE WHO REALLY LOVES YOU Mary Wells (Motown 1024) | 14 | 10 | 6 | 19 | |
| 24 | BRING IT ON HOME TO ME Sam Cooke (RCA Victor 47-8036) | 27 | 28 | 38 | 5 | |
| 25 | SWINGIN’ GENTLY Earl Grant (Decca 25560) | 20 | 16 | 17 | 9 | |
| 26 | SEVEN DAY WEEKEND Gary (U.S.) Bonds (Legrand 1019) | 30 | 34 | 42 | 4 | |
| 27 | VILLAGE OF LOVE Nathaniel Mayer & Fabulous Twilights (Fortune 449) | 24 | 18 | 10 | 14 | |
| 28 | BOOM BOOM John Lee Hooker (Vee-Jay 438) | 25 | 22 | 22 | 9 | |
| 29 | GOOD LOVER Jimmy Reed (Vee-Jay 449) | 29 | 33 | 39 | 6 | |
| 30 | WHERE ARE YOU Dinah Washington (Roulette 4424) | 26 | 15 | 16 | 8 | |
| 31 | SHAKE A HAND Ruth Brown (Philips 40028) | 28 | 32 | 36 | 7 | |
| 32 | YOU SHOULD’A TREATED ME RIGHT Ike & Tina Turner (Sue 765) | 37 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 33 | DANCE WITH MR. DOMINO Fats Domino (Imperial 5863) | 36 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 34 | I JUST CAN’T HELP IT Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55229) | 39 | 42 | — | 3 | |
| 35 | ROME (Wasn’t Built In A Day) Johnnie Taylor (SAR 131) | 34 | 29 | 31 | 6 | |
| 36 | NOTHING NEW (Same Old Thing) Fats Domino (Imperial 5863) | 38 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 37 | LITTLE YOUNG LOVER Impressions (ABC-Paramount 10328) | 42 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF Jerry Butler (Vee-Jay 451) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | SHOUT AND SHIMMY James Brown & Famous Flames (King 5657) | 45 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 40 | IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU Dreamlovers (End 1114) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 41 | DON’T CRY, BABY Aretha Franklin (Columbia 42456) | 40 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 42 | DOWN IN THE VALLEY Solomon Burke (Atlantic 2147) | 31 | 21 | 21 | 8 | |
| 43 | RINKY DINK Dave “Baby” Cortez (Julia/Chess 1829) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 44 | I’LL TRY SOMETHING NEW Miracles (Tamla 54059) | 41 | 27 | 15 | 10 | |
| 45 | LIMBO ROCK Champs (Challenge 9131) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | BRISTOL TWISTIN’ ANNIE Dovells (Parkway 838) | 35 | 25 | 23 | 8 | |
| 47 | I FEEL ALRIGHT AGAIN Junior Parker (Duke 351) | 46 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 48 | LITTLE DIANE Dion (Laurie 3134) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | BORN TO LOSE Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount 10330) | 43 | 40 | 35 | 10 | |
| 50 | JIVIN’ AROUND Al Casey Combo (Stacy 936) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| *On this week’s original published chart, Cash Box mistakenly dropped “Gravy (For My Mashed Potatoes)” off the chart, then brought it back the following week, when it was listed with a Last Week position of #7. |
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