| The CASH BOX Top 60 In R&B Locations | ||||||
| Week ending JULY 25, 1970 | ||||||
| TW | TITLE | Artist (Label) | LW | 2WK | 3WK | WKS | |
| 1 | BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What The World Is Today) Temptations (Gordy 7099) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2 | STEAL AWAY Johnnie Taylor (Stax 0068) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| 3 | SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS Stevie Wonder (Tamla 54196) | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | |
| 4 | MAYBE Three Degrees (Roulette 7079) | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | |
| 5 | BAND OF GOLD Freda Payne (Invictus 9075) | 7 | 12 | 18 | 14 | |
| 6 | THE END OF OUR ROAD Marvin Gaye (Tamla 54195) | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | |
| 7 | THE LOVE YOU SAVE Jackson 5 (Motown 1166) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
| 8 | O-O-H CHILD Five Stairsteps & Cubie (Buddah 165) | 8 | 13 | 13 | 11 | |
| 9 | (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) WHY CAN’T I TOUCH YOU? Ronnie Dyson (Columbia 45110) | 11 | 15 | 23 | 9 | |
| 10 | TRYING TO MAKE A FOOL OUT OF ME Delfonics (Philly Groove 162) | 10 | 14 | 22 | 10 | |
| 11 | STEALING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD Paul Kelly (Happy Tiger 541) | 16 | 23 | 28 | 7 | |
| 12 | WHEN WE GET MARRIED Intruders (Gamble 4004) | 14 | 19 | 29 | 8 | |
| 13 | THE SLY, SLICK AND THE WICKED Lost Generation (Brunswick 55436) | 13 | 9 | 7 | 12 | |
| 14 | GROOVY SITUATION Gene Chandler (Mercury 73083) | 21 | 33 | 41 | 4 | |
| 15 | GET UP (I Feel Like Being Like A) SEX MACHINE (pt. 1) James Brown (King 6318) | 36 | — | — | 2 | |
| 16 | SPIRIT IN THE DARK / THE THRILL IS GONE Aretha Franklin with Dixie Flyers (Atlantic 2731) | 9 | 6 | 4 / — | 10 / 5 | |
| 17 | WAR Edwin Starr (Gordy 7101) | 37 | 50 | — | 3 | |
| 18 | I’LL BE RIGHT HERE Tyrone Davis (Dakar 618) | 23 | 29 | 33 | 5 | |
| 19 | DO YOU SEE MY LOVE (For You Growing) Jr. Walker & All Stars (Soul 35073) | 32 | 41 | — | 3 | |
| 20 | WHO’S GONNA TAKE THE BLAME Smokey Robinson & Miracles (Tamla 54194) | 15 | 24 | 20 | 10 | |
| 21 | LET THE MUSIC TAKE YOUR MIND Kool & Gang (De-Lite 529) | 25 | 25 | 27 | 8 | |
| 22 | YOU’VE BEEN MY INSPIRATION Main Ingredient (RCA Victor 74-0340) | 28 | 30 | 32 | 7 | |
| 23 | AIN’T THAT LOVING YOU (For More Reasons Than One) Luther Ingram (KoKo 2105) | 19 | 8 | 6 | 12 | |
| 24 | IT’S ALL IN THE GAME Four Tops (Motown 1164) | 12 | 7 | 3 | 14 | |
| 25 | DROP BY MY PLACE Little Carl Carlton (Back Beat 613) | 29 | 42 | 49 | 4 | |
| 26 | CHECK OUT YOUR MIND Impressions (Curtom 1951) | 17 | 16 | 16 | 13 | |
| 27 | I GOTTA GET AWAY (From My Own Self) Ray Godfrey (Spring 104) | 26 | 32 | 40 | 5 | |
| 28 | HAND CLAPPING SONG Meters (Josie 1021) | 27 | 28 | 31 | 6 | |
| 29 | DEAR IKE (Remember I’m John’s Girl) Sister & Brothers (Uni 55238) | 30 | 35 | 35 | 6 | |
| 30 | PATCHES Clarence Carter (Atlantic 2748) | 41 | — | — | 2 | |
| 31 | LONG LONELY NIGHTS Dells (Cadet 5672) | 35 | 40 | — | 3 | |
| 32 | STAY AWAY FROM ME (I Love You Too Much) Major Lance (Curtom 1953) | 34 | 39 | 42 | 4 | |
| 33 | ONE WAY TICKET TO NOWHERE Syl Johnson (Twinight 134) | 38 | 43 | 45 | 4 | |
| 34 | SOMETHING STRANGE IS GOIN’ ON IN MY HOUSE Ted Taylor (Ronn 44) | 39 | 44 | 44 | 4 | |
| 35 | EVERYBODY’S GOT THE RIGHT TO LOVE Supremes (Motown 1167) | 40 | 47 | — | 3 | |
| 36 | LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET Moments (Stang 5012) | 20 | 17 | 14 | 19 | |
| 37 | BABY, IS THERE SOMETHING ON YOUR MIND McKinley Travis (Pride 2) | 43 | 48 | — | 3 | |
| 38 | YOURS LOVE Joe Simon (Sound Stage 7 2664) | 49 | — | — | 2 | |
| 39 | GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS, BOYS WILL BE BOYS Isley Brothers (T-Neck 921) | 45 | — | — | 2 | |
| 40 | HUMMINGBIRD B. B. King (ABC 11268) | 44 | — | — | 2 | |
| 41 | RUNAWAY PEOPLE Dyke & Blazers (Original Sound 96) | 48 | — | — | 2 | |
| 42 | I LIKE YOUR LOVIN’ (Do You Like Mine) Chi-Lites (Brunswick 55438) | 50 | — | — | 2 | |
| 43 | BLACK FOX Freddy Robinson (Pacific Jazz 88155) | 42 | 45 | 50 | 4 | |
| 44 | MY GIRL Eddie Floyd (Stax 0072) | 47 | — | — | 2 | |
| 45 | BORDER SONG (Holy Moses) Dorothy Morrison (Buddah 184) | 46 | — | — | 2 | |
| 46 | I WANNA KNOW IF IT’S GOOD TO YOU? Funkadelic (Westbound 167) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 47 | IT’S A SHAME Spinners (V.I.P. 25057) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 48 | DOWN BY THE RIVER Buddy Miles (Mercury 73086) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 49 | LET’S DO IT (Do It Together) Chambers Brothers (Columbia 45146) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 50 | SINCE I FELL FOR YOU Mavis Staples (Volt 4044) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 51 | DON’T MAKE ME OVER Brenda & Tabulations (Top And Bottom 404) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 52 | SET ME FREE Esther Phillips with Dixie Flyers (Atlantic 2745) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 53 | SOMEBODY’S CHANGIN’ MY SWEET BABY’S MIND Little Milton Campbell (Checker 1231) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 54 | LOVE’S FINALLY FOUND ME Gloria Lynne (Canyon 36) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 55 | GIVE AWAY NONE OF MY LOVE Otis Redding (Atco 6766) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 56 | CAN’T YOU SEE WHAT YOU’RE DOING TO ME Albert King (Stax 0069) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 57 | LOOKY LOOKY (Look At Me Girl) O’Jays (Neptune 31) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 58 | I CAN’T SEE MYSELF DOING WITHOUT YOU Detroit Emeralds (Westbound 161) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 59 | GET READY King Curtis & Kingpins (Atco 6762) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 60 | THE PREACHER AND THE BEAR Rufus Thomas (Stax 0071) | — | — | — | 1 | |
| NOTE: This week, Cash Box expanded its R&B chart from 50 to 60 positions. |
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