| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending FEBRUARY 1, 1969 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | CAN I CHANGE MY MIND Tyrone Davis (Dakar 602) | 3 | 5 | 12 | 7 | |
| 2 | EVERYDAY PEOPLE Sly & Family Stone (Epic 10407) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
| 3 | I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME Diana Ross & Supremes & Temptations (Motown 1137) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 4 | SOULFUL STRUT Young-Holt Unlimited (Brunswick 55391) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
| 5 | BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP Foundations (Uni 55101) | 8 | 16 | 21 | 6 | |
| 6 | BABY, BABY DON’T CRY Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54178) | 10 | 14 | 17 | 5 | |
| 7 | I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54176) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| 8 | I FORGOT TO BE YOUR LOVER William Bell (Stax 0015) | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | |
| 9 | READY OR NOT HERE I COME (Can’t Hide From Love) Delfonics (Philly Groove 154) | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | |
| 10 | TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOMEWORK Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0023) | 17 | 25 | 38 | 5 | |
| 11 | ARE YOU HAPPY Jerry Butler (Mercury 72876) | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | |
| 12 | HEY JUDE Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2591) | 13 | 18 | 22 | 7 | |
| 13 | THIS IS MY COUNTRY Impressions (Curtom 1934) | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | |
| 14 | THERE’LL COME A TIME Betty Everett (Uni 55100) | 23 | 30 | 43 | 4 | |
| 15 | THE BEGINNING OF MY END Unifics (Kapp 957) | 16 | 19 | 23 | 8 | |
| 16 | I’M LIVIN’ IN SHAME Diana Ross & Supremes (Motown 1139) | 22 | 32 | — | 3 | |
| 17 | SOULSHAKE Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson (SSS Int’l 761) | 33 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 18 | LOVE CHILD Diana Ross & Supremes (Motown 1135) | 9 | 7 | 6 | 17 | |
| 19 | ONE EYE OPEN Maskman & Agents (Dynamo 125) | 21 | 24 | 30 | 8 | |
| 20 | GIVE IT UP OR TURNIT A LOOSE James Brown (King 6213) | 29 | 41 | — | 3 | |
| 21 | NOT ON THE OUTSIDE Moments (Stang 5000) | 20 | 22 | 26 | 10 | |
| 22 | THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (Is Weak For You) Tammi Terrell (Motown 1138) | 24 | 29 | 36 | 4 | |
| 23 | GIVE IT AWAY Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55398) | 28 | 38 | — | 3 | |
| 24 | DON’T BE AFRAID (Do As I Say) Frankie Karl & Dreams (D.C. 180) | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | |
| 25 | (There’s Gonna Be A) SHOWDOWN Archie Bell & Drells (Atlantic 2583) | 19 | 21 | 25 | 6 | |
| 26 | SOUL SISTER, BROWN SUGAR Sam & Dave (Atlantic 2590) | 18 | 20 | 24 | 7 | |
| 27 | I DON’T KNOW HOW (To Say I Love You) DON’T WALK AWAY Superlatives (Westbound 144) | 30 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 28 | DOES ANYBODY KNOW I’M HERE Dells (Cadet 5631) | 25 | 27 | 31 | 6 | |
| 29 | THE MEDITATION TNT Band (Cotique 136) | 31 | 34 | 34 | 9 | |
| 30 | DON’T WASTE MY TIME B.B. King (BluesWay 61022) | 34 | — | — | 2 | |
| 31 | HOME COOKIN’ Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35055) | 32 | 40 | 49 | 4 | |
| 32 | GOOD LOVIN’ AIN’T EASY TO COME BY Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (Tamla 54179) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 33 | LIGHT MY FIRE Rhetta Hughes (Tetragrammaton (1513) | 37 | 43 | 47 | 4 | |
| 34 | SWITCH IT ON Cliff Nobles & Co. (Phil-L.A. Of Soul 324) | 38 | — | — | 2 | |
| 35 | SOPHISTICATED CISSY Meters (Josie 1001) | 39 | — | — | 2 | |
| 36 | MY SPECIAL PRAYER Percy Sledge (Atlantic 2594) | 36 | — | — | 2 | |
| 37 | GRITS AIN’T GROCERIES (All Around The World) Little Milton (Checker 1212) | 41 | 46 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | FOOLISH FOOL Dee Dee Warwick (Mercury 72880) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 39 | THE GREATEST LOVE Dorsey Burnette (Liberty 56087) | 40 | 42 | 45 | 4 | |
| 40 | I’M JUST AN AVERAGE GUY Masqueraders (AGP 108) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 41 | DON’T MAKE PROMISES (You Can’t Keep) Z.Z. Hill (Kent 502) | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 42 | LOVE IN THEM THERE HILLS Maxine Brown (Epic 10424) | 43 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | TWENTY-FIVE MILES Edwin Starr (Gordy 7083) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 44 | INTO MY LIFE Precisions (Atco 6643) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 45 | THE WORM Jimmy McGriff (Solid State 2524) | 47 | — | — | 5 | |
| 46 | ICE CREAM SONG Dynamics (Cotillion 44021) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | A BROKEN MAN Malibus (White Whale 289) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 48 | I DON’T WANT TO CRY Ruby Winters (Diamond 255) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 49 | DO YOUR THING Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (Warner Bros.–Seven Arts 7250) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | STRANGEST FEELING Ted Taylor (Ronn 29) | — | 39 | 40 | 4 | |
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