| The CASH BOX Top 50 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending JULY 19, 1969 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | WHAT DOES IT TAKE (To Win Your Love) Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35062) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |
| 2 | COLOR HIM FATHER Winstons (Metromedia 117) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| 3 | MOTHER POPCORN (You Got To Have A Mother For Me) (pt. 1) James Brown (King 6245) | 3 | 4 | 10 | 7 | |
| 4 | I CAN SING A RAINBOW/LOVE IS BLUE Dells (Cadet 5641) | 5 | 6 | 14 | 10 | |
| 5 | MOODY WOMAN Jerry Butler (Mercury 72929) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | |
| 6 | ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN Moms Mabley (Mercury 72935) | 8 | 15 | 27 | 5 | |
| 7 | RECONSIDER ME Johnny Adams (SSS Int’l 770) | 6 | 14 | 25 | 6 | |
| 8 | TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54181) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | |
| 9 | SO I CAN LOVE YOU Emotions (Volt 4010) | 11 | 7 | 4 | 12 | |
| 10 | BLACK PEARL Sonny Charles & Checkmates, Ltd. (A&M 1053) | 10 | 11 | 15 | 11 | |
| 11 | GRAZING IN THE GRASS Friends Of Distinction (RCA Victor 74-0107) | 9 | 8 | 3 | 18 | |
| 12 | BABY, DON’T BE LOOKING IN MY MIND Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2634) | 13 | 13 | 21 | 6 | |
| 13 | GIRL YOU’RE TOO YOUNG Archie Bell & Drells (Atlantic 2644) | 19 | 22 | 35 | 5 | |
| 14 | LOVE MAN Otis Redding (Atco 6677) | 12 | 12 | 22 | 9 | |
| 15 | I TURNED YOU ON Isley Brothers (T-Neck 902) | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | |
| 16 | NOTHING CAN TAKE THE PLACE OF YOU Brook Benton (Cotillion 44034) | 24 | 35 | — | 3 | |
| 17 | CHOICE OF COLORS Impressions (Curtom 1943) | 23 | 28 | 30 | 5 | |
| 18 | I’D RATHER BE AN OLD MAN’S SWEETHEART (Than A Young Man’s Fool) Candi Staton (Fame 1456) | 21 | 21 | 28 | 6 | |
| 19 | I DO Moments (Stang 5005) | 26 | 30 | 41 | 4 | |
| 20 | LET’S GET TOGETHER Little Milton (Checker 1225) | 22 | 23 | 36 | 4 | |
| 21 | YOUR GOOD THING (Is About To End) Lou Rawls (Capitol 2550) | 27 | 34 | 48 | 4 | |
| 22 | I’VE LOST EVERYTHING I’VE EVER LOVED David Ruffin (Motown 1149) | 32 | — | — | 2 | |
| 23 | HOOK AND SLING (pt. 1) Eddie Bo (Scram 117) | 29 | 44 | — | 3 | |
| 24 | THE POPCORN James Brown (King 6240) | 20 | 19 | 19 | 8 | |
| 25 | OH HAPPY DAY Edwin Hawkins Singers (Pavilion 20,001) | 15 | 10 | 7 | 12 | |
| 26 | MY CHERIE AMOUR Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54180) | 35 | 43 | 46 | 4 | |
| 27 | MRS. ROBINSON Booker T. & MG’s (Stax 0037) | 18 | 17 | 18 | 7 | |
| 28 | ONE NIGHT AFFAIR O’Jays (Neptune 12) | 31 | 42 | — | 3 | |
| 29 | WHY I SING THE BLUES B.B. King (BluesWay 61024) | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | |
| 30 | ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54184) | 30 | 31 | 38 | 4 | |
| 31 | WHILE YOU’RE OUT LOOKING FOR SUGAR? Honey Cone (Hot Wax 6901) | 34 | 39 | 43 | 4 | |
| 32 | ANGEL OF THE MORNING Bettye Swann (Capitol 2515) | 33 | 33 | 34 | 7 | |
| 33 | I’M STILL A STRUGGLING MAN Edwin Starr (Gordy 7087) | 36 | 40 | 44 | 4 | |
| 34 | YOU CAN’T MISS WHAT YOU CAN’T MEASURE Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2642) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 35 | THE NITTY GRITTY Gladys Knight & Pips (Soul 35063) | 38 | — | — | 2 | |
| 36 | BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX Mad Lads (Volt 4016) | 40 | 45 | 50 | 4 | |
| 37 | LET ME BE THE MAN MY DADDY WAS Chi-Lites (Brunswick 755414) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 38 | THAT’S THE WAY Joe Tex (Dial 4093) | 41 | 49 | — | 3 | |
| 39 | DON’T TELL YOUR MAMA (Where You’ve Been) Eddie Floyd (Stax 0036) | 39 | 37 | 39 | 5 | |
| 40 | THE FEELING IS RIGHT Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2642) | 16 | 18 | 24 | 6 | |
| 41 | BLUE ON GREEN The Touch (Lecasver 1001) | 43 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 42 | EASE BACK Meters (Josie 1008) | 42 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | I LOVE YOU Eddie Holman (ABC 11149) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 44 | FOLLOW THE LEADER Major Lance (Dakar 608) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 45 | THE TIME WILL COME Whispers (Soul Clock 107) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 46 | FUNNY FEELING Delfonics (Philly Groove 156) | 47 | 47 | 47 | 6 | |
| 47 | OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND Little Anthony & Imperials (United Artists 50552) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | YOU HURT SO GOOD Mitty Collier (Peachtree 121) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 49 | HEY JOE Wilson Pickett (Atlantic 2648) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | KEEM-O-SABE Electric Indian (United Artists 50563) | — | — | — | 1 | |
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