| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending JANUARY 25, 1969 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross & Supremes & Temptations (Motown 1137) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2 | SOULFUL STRUT Young-Holt Unlimited (Brunswick 55391) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| 3 | CAN I CHANGE MY MIND Tyrone Davis (Dakar 602) | 5 | 12 | 18 | 6 | |
| 4 | EVERYDAY PEOPLE Sly & Family Stone (Epic 10407) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | |
| 5 | I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54176) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| 6 | READY OR NOT HERE I COME (Can’t Hide From Love) Delfonics (Philly Groove 154) | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | |
| 7 | ARE YOU HAPPY Jerry Butler (Mercury 72876) | 10 | 10 | 12 | 7 | |
| 8 | BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP Foundations (Uni 55101) | 16 | 21 | 32 | 5 | |
| 9 | LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & Supremes (Motown 1135) | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| 10 | BABY, BABY DON’T CRY Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54178) | 14 | 17 | 37 | 4 | |
| 11 | I FORGOT TO BE YOUR LOVER William Bell (Stax 0015) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | |
| 12 | THIS IS MY COUNTRY Impressions (Curtom 1934) | 11 | 8 | 7 | 9 | |
| 13 | HEY JUDE Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2591) | 18 | 22 | 26 | 6 | |
| 14 | DON’T BE AFRAID (Do As I Say) Frankie Karl & Dreams (D.C. 180) | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | |
| 15 | PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG Otis Redding (Atco 6636) | 15 | 19 | 22 | 9 | |
| 16 | THE BEGINNING OF MY END Unifics (Kapp 957) | 19 | 23 | 27 | 7 | |
| 17 | TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOMEWORK Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0023) | 25 | 38 | 45 | 4 | |
| 18 | SOUL SISTER, BROWN SUGAR Sam & Dave (Atlantic 2590) | 20 | 24 | 29 | 6 | |
| 19 | (There’s Gonna Be A) SHOWDOWN Archie Bell & Drells (Atlantic 2583) | 21 | 25 | 31 | 5 | |
| 20 | NOT ON THE OUTSIDE Moments (Stang 5000) | 22 | 26 | 28 | 9 | |
| 21 | ONE EYE OPEN Maskman & Agents (Dynamo 125) | 24 | 30 | 33 | 7 | |
| 22 | I’M LIVIN’ IN SHAME Diana Ross & Supremes (Motown 1139) | 32 | — | — | 2 | |
| 23 | THERE’LL COME A TIME Betty Everett (Uni 55100) | 30 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 24 | THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (Is Weak For You) Tammi Terrell (Motown 1138) | 29 | 36 | — | 3 | |
| 25 | DOES ANYBODY KNOW I’M HERE Dells (Cadet 5631) | 27 | 31 | 44 | 5 | |
| 26 | TOO WEAK TO FIGHT Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2569) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| 27 | FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54174) | 13 | 11 | 8 | 13 | |
| 28 | GIVE IT AWAY Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55398) | 38 | — | — | 2 | |
| 29 | GIVE IT UP OR TURNIT A LOOSE James Brown (King 6213) | 41 | — | — | 2 | |
| 30 | I DON’T KNOW HOW (To Say I Love You) DON’T WALK AWAY Superlatives (Westbound 144) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 31 | THE MEDITATION TNT Band (Cotique 136) | 34 | 34 | 36 | 8 | |
| 32 | HOME COOKIN’ Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35055) | 40 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 33 | SOULSHAKE Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson (SSS Int’l 761) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 34 | DON’T WASTE MY TIME B.B. King (BluesWay 61022) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 35 | CAPTIVATED Louis Curry (M-S 210) | 36 | — | — | 2 | |
| 36 | MY SPECIAL PRAYER Percy Sledge (Atlantic 2594) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 37 | LIGHT MY FIRE Rhetta Hughes (Tetragrammaton (1513) | 43 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | SWITCH IT ON Cliff Nobles & Co. (Phil-L.A. Of Soul 324) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 39 | SOPHISTICATED CISSY Meters (Josie 1001) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 40 | THE GREATEST LOVE Dorsey Burnette (Liberty 56087) | 42 | 45 | — | 3 | |
| 41 | GRITS AIN’T GROCERIES (All Around The World) Little Milton (Checker 1212) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 42 | DON’T MAKE PROMISES (You Can’t Keep) Z.Z. Hill (Kent 502) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 43 | LOVE IN THEM THERE HILLS Maxine Brown (Epic 10424) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 44 | INTO MY LIFE Precisions (Atco 6643) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | YOU’VE GOT THE POWER Esquires (Wand 1193) | 48 | 46 | 39 | 5 | |
| 46 | TWENTY-FIVE MILES Edwin Starr (Gordy 7083) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | THE WORM Jimmy McGriff (Solid State 2524) | — | — | — | 4 | |
| 48 | A BROKEN MAN Malibus (White Whale 289) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | I DON’T WANT TO CRY Ruby Winters (Diamond 255) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | LOVE WON’T WEAR OFF (As The Years Wear On) J.R. Bailey (Calla 158) | 49 | 48 | 41 | 7 | |
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