| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending NOVEMBER 5, 1966 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | KNOCK ON WOOD Eddie Floyd (Stax 194) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2 | I’M YOUR PUPPET James & Bobby Purify (Bell 648) | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | |
| 3 | LOVE IS A HURTIN’ THING Lou Rawls (Capitol 5709) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 4 | DON’T ANSWER THE DOOR (pt. 1) B.B. King (ABC 10856) | 5 | 6 | 10 | 6 | |
| 5 | BUT IT’S ALRIGHT J.J. Jackson (Calla 119) | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |
| 6 | WHISPERS (Gettin’ Louder) Jackie Wilson (Brunswick 55300) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | |
| 7 | B-A-B-Y Carla Thomas (Stax 195) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| 8 | FA-FA-FA-FA-FA (Sad Song) Otis Redding (Volt 138) | 8 | 10 | 13 | 7 | |
| 9 | I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF Dionne Warwick (Scepter 12167) | 9 | 11 | 17 | 6 | |
| 10 | DON’T BE A DROP-OUT James Brown & Famous Flames (King 6056) | 10 | 12 | 15 | 7 | |
| 11 | SHAKE YOUR TAMBOURINE Bobby Marchan (Cameo 429) | 12 | 14 | 19 | 6 | |
| 12 | REACH OUT I’LL BE THERE Four Tops (Motown 1098) | 13 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| 13 | I GOT TO LOVE SOMEBODY’S BABY Johnnie Taylor (Stax 193) | 14 | 22 | 16 | 10 | |
| 14 | SECRET LOVE Billy Stewart (Chess 1978) | 16 | 16 | 18 | 5 | |
| 15 | I’VE GOT TO DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER Joe Tex (Dial 4045) | 15 | 18 | 20 | 5 | |
| 16 | BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP Temptations (Gordy 7055) | 11 | 9 | 5 | 12 | |
| 17 | UP TIGHT Ramsey Lewis (Cadet 5547) | 17 | 20 | 24 | 5 | |
| 18 | BABY, DO THE PHILLY DOG Olympics (Mirwood 5523) | 19 | 23 | 26 | 10 | |
| 19 | BANG! BANG! Joe Cuba Sextet (Tico 475) | 21 | 26 | 44 | 4 | |
| 20 | STAY WITH ME Lorraine Ellison (Warner Bros. 5850) | 22 | 24 | 29 | 5 | |
| 21 | SOMEBODY (Somewhere) NEEDS YOU Darrell Banks (Revilot 203) | 23 | 27 | 33 | 5 | |
| 22 | WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED Jimmy Ruffin (Soul 35022) | 25 | 17 | 14 | 13 | |
| 23 | I’M READY FOR LOVE Martha & Vandellas (Gordy 7056) | 30 | 36 | — | 3 | |
| 24 | HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU Elgins (V.I.P. 25037) | 27 | 29 | 34 | 6 | |
| 25 | IT TEARS ME UP Percy Sledge (Atlantic 2358) | 29 | 33 | 37 | 4 | |
| 26 | I WANT TO BE WITH YOU Dee Dee Warwick (Mercury 72584) | 18 | 21 | 22 | 13 | |
| 27 | YOU KEEP ME HANGIN’ ON Supremes (Motown 1101) | 35 | — | — | 2 | |
| 28 | POVERTY Bobby Bland (Duke 407) | 24 | 15 | 11 | 10 | |
| 29 | COME BACK Five Stairsteps (Windy C 603) | 34 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 30 | I BET’CHA (Couldn’t Love Me) Manhattans (Carnival 522) | 32 | 34 | 36 | 5 | |
| 31 | HYMN NO. 5 Mighty Hannibal (Josie 964) | 33 | 39 | 42 | 4 | |
| 32 | JUST LIKE A FISH Junior Parker (Mercury 72620) | 37 | — | — | 2 | |
| 33 | A SATISFIED MIND Bobby Hebb (Philips 40400) | 44 | 35 | 31 | 6 | |
| 34 | STAND IN FOR LOVE O’Jays (Imperial 66197) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 35 | STANDING ON GUARD Falcons (Big Wheel 1967) | 39 | 42 | — | 3 | |
| 36 | PLEASE SAY YOU’RE FOOLING Ray Charles (ABC 10865) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 37 | IF I HAD A HAMMER Willie Hightower (Fury 5002) | 38 | 40 | 43 | 4 | |
| 38 | AIN’T NOBODY HOME Howard Tate (Verve 10420) | 28 | 28 | 30 | 13 | |
| 39 | I’VE GOT TO BE STRONG Chuck Jackson (Wand 1142) | 41 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 40 | BOOKER-LOO Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 196) | 45 | 45 | 49 | 4 | |
| 41 | HOW MUCH PRESSURE (Do You Think I Can Stand) Roscoe Robinson (Wand 1143) | 43 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 42 | I FOOLED YOU THIS TIME Gene Chandler (Checker 1155) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 43 | AM I A LOSER (From The Start) Eddie Holman (Parkway 106) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 44 | HARLEM SHUFFLE Traits (Scepter 12169) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 45 | MY BABY’S GONE Donald Height (Shout 204) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | CRY LIKE A BABY Aretha Franklin (Columbia 43827) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | (Come ’Round Here) I’M THE ONE YOU NEED Miracles (Tamla 54140) | — | 48 | — | 2 | |
| 48 | FORGET ABOUT ME Prince Harold (Mercury 72621) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | HELP ME (Get Myself Back Together Again) Spellbinders (Columbia 43830) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | (We Ain’t Got) NOTHIN’ YET Blues Magoos (Mercury 72622) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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