| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending JUNE 12, 1965 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | I CAN’T HELP MYSELF (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) Four Tops (Motown 1076) | 2 | 4 | 16 | 5 | |
| 2 | BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN Supremes (Motown 1075) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | YES, I’M READY Barbara Mason (Arctic 105) | 5 | 11 | 15 | 9 | |
| 4 | LOVE IS A 5-LETTER WORD James Phelps (Argo 5499) | 4 | 6 | 14 | 6 | |
| 5 | I’VE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG (To Stop Now) Otis Redding (Volt 126) | 3 | 3 | 20 | 6 | |
| 6 | LIPSTICK TRACES (On A Cigarette) O’Jays (Imperial 66102) | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | |
| 7 | AND I LOVE HIM Esther Phillips (Atlantic 2281) | 13 | 15 | 17 | 8 | |
| 8 | I DO Marvelows (ABC-Paramount 10629) | 21 | 30 | 39 | 4 | |
| 9 | I’LL BE DOGGONE Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54112) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |
| 10 | WELCOME HOME Walter Jackson (Okeh 7219) | 14 | 22 | 31 | 6 | |
| 11 | WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT Little Milton (Checker 1105) | 7 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| 12 | DO THE BOOMERANG Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35012) | 29 | — | — | 2 | |
| 13 | NOTHING CAN STOP ME Gene Chandler (Constellation 149) | 8 | 7 | 4 | 10 | |
| 14 | OO WEE BABY, I LOVE YOU Fred Hughes (Vee-Jay 684) | 23 | 37 | — | 3 | |
| 15 | TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT Solomon Burke (Atlantic 2288) | 15 | 32 | 42 | 4 | |
| 16 | IT’S GROWING Temptations (Gordy 7040) | 9 | 8 | 5 | 11 | |
| 17 | THE REAL THING Tina Britt (Eastern 604) | 22 | 27 | 34 | 6 | |
| 18 | I’LL KEEP HOLDING ON Marvelettes (Tamla 54116) | 26 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 19 | IT HURTS ME TOO Elmore James (Enjoy 2015) | 10 | 9 | 11 | 6 | |
| 20 | IT’S WONDERFUL TO BE IN LOVE Ovations (Goldwax 113) | 24 | 31 | 41 | 4 | |
| 21 | THE ENTERTAINER Tony Clarke (Chess 1924) | 16 | 13 | 6 | 14 | |
| 22 | LET ME DOWN EASY Betty Lavette (Calla 102) | 27 | 36 | 36 | 7 | |
| 23 | BOO-GA-LOO Tom & Jerrio (ABC-Paramount 10638) | 11 | 10 | 13 | 7 | |
| 24 | MEETING OVER YONDER Impressions (ABC-Paramount 10670) | 39 | — | — | 2 | |
| 25 | WATERMELON MAN Gloria Lynne (Fontana 1511) | 32 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 26 | IT AIN’T NO BIG THING Radiants (Chess 1925) | 19 | 20 | 25 | 7 | |
| 27 | WHEN A BOY FALLS IN LOVE Sam Cooke (RCA Victor 47-8586) | 35 | — | — | 2 | |
| 28 | WHO’S CHEATING WHO? Little Milton (Checker 1113) | 41 | — | — | 2 | |
| 29 | STAY IN MY CORNER Dells (Vee-Jay 674) | 34 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 30 | THANK YOU JOHN Willie Tee (Atlantic 2287) | 36 | 41 | — | 3 | |
| 31 | TEMPTATION ’BOUT TO GET ME Knight Brothers (Checker 1107) | 37 | 39 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | IS THIS WHAT I GET FOR LOVING YOU? Ronettes (Philles 128) | 38 | 42 | — | 3 | |
| 33 | BOOT-LEG Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 169) | 43 | — | — | 2 | |
| 34 | GOOD BYE, SO LONG Ike & Tina Turner (Modern 1007) | 31 | 43 | 45 | 4 | |
| 35 | IKO IKO Dixie Cups (Red Bird 10-024) | 18 | 14 | 7 | 12 | |
| 36 | BUSTER BROWNE Willie Mitchell (Hi 2091) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 37 | DUST GOT IN DADDY’S EYES Bobby Bland (Duke 390) | 20 | 21 | 24 | 8 | |
| 38 | OPERATOR Brenda Holloway (Tamla 54115) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 39 | NOWHERE TO RUN Martha & Vandellas (Gordy 7039) | 25 | 16 | 12 | 16 | |
| 40 | I’M LEARNIN’ Mary Wells (20th Century-Fox 590) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 41 | RIDE YOUR PONY Lee Dorsey (Amy 927) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 42 | LONELY LONELY GIRL AM I Velvelettes (V.I.P. 25017) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 43 | BABY, I’M YOURS Barbara Lewis (Atlantic 2283) | 28 | 40 | 47 | 4 | |
| 44 | DON’T JUMP Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure (Checker 1111) | 30 | 34 | 40 | 4 | |
| 45 | AIN’T IT A SHAME Major Lance (Okeh 7223) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | YOU’LL MISS ME (When I’m Gone) Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure (Checker 1111) | — | — | 44 | 2 | |
| 47 | IT WAS NICE Jimmy Hughes (Fame 6407) | 33 | 38 | 38 | 10 | |
| 48 | BLUE SHADOWS B.B. King (Kent 426) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | OOO BABY BABY Miracles (Tamla 54113) | 45 | 19 | 9 | 12 | |
| 50 | YOU CAN HAVE HER Righteous Brothers (Moonglow 239) | 17 | 18 | 23 | 6 | |
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