CASH BOX R&B SINGLES – 1974 |
| The Legendary Cash Box Magazine Charts |
| Chart data collected by Randy Price
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The 1974 Charts! |
| 1974 | #1 | Top Debut |
| January 5 | Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin | 51. If It’s In You To Do Wrong - Impressions |
| January 12 | Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do) - Aretha Franklin | 51. You Sure Love To Ball - Marvin Gaye |
| January 19 | Living For The City - Stevie Wonder | 52. I Just Can’t Get You Out Of My Mind - Four Tops |
| January 26 | Jungle Boogie - Kool & Gang | 51. Lookin’ For A Love - Bobby Womack |
| February 2 | Jungle Boogie - Kool & Gang | 57. Newsy Neighbors - First Choice |
| February 9 | Sexy Mama - Moments | 52. Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & Pips |
| February 16 | Put Your Hands Together - O’Jays | 59. Sweet Stuff - Sylvia |
| February 23 | Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks | 56. Touch A Hand, Make A Friend - Staple Singers |
| March 2 | Boogie Down - Eddie Kendricks | 55. Dancing Machine - Jackson 5 |
| March 9 | Trying To Hold On To My Woman - Lamont Dozier | 47. Chameleon - Herbie Hancock |
| March 16 | Lookin’ For A Love - Bobby Womack | 48. Let’s Get Married - Al Green |
| March 23 | TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia) - MFSB | 56. Bennie And The Jets - Elton John |
| March 30 | TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia) - MFSB | 58. For The Love Of Money - O’Jays |
| April 6 | Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & Pips | 49. Hollywood Swinging - Kool & Gang |
| April 13 | The Payback (pt. 1) - James Brown | 55. Sideshow - Blue Magic |
| April 20 | The Payback (pt. 1) - James Brown | 57. One Chain Don’t Make No Prison - Four Tops |
| April 27 | Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely - Main Ingredient | 59. I’m Falling In Love With You - Little Anthony & Imperials |
| May 4 | Dancing Machine - Jackson 5 | 54. Son Of Sagittarius - Eddie Kendricks |
| May 11 | You Make Me Feel Brand New - Stylistics | 53. On And On - Gladys Knight & Pips |
| May 18 | Be Thankful For What You Got - William DeVaughn | 51. Damn Right I Am Somebody (pt. 1) - Fred Wesley & J.B.’s |
| May 25 | Be Thankful For What You Got - William DeVaughn | 56. Machine Gun - Commodores |
| June 1 | Be Thankful For What You Got - William DeVaughn | 52. My Thang - James Brown |
| June 8 | Hollywood Swinging - Kool & Gang | 57. You’ve Got My Soul On Fire - Temptations |
| June 15 | Sideshow - Blue Magic | 67. You’ve Got To Keep On Bumpin’ (pt. 1) - Kay-Gees |
| June 22 | Finally Got Myself Together (I’m A Changed Man) - Impressions | 52. Blow Your Whistle - Soul Searchers |
| June 29 | Rock Your Baby - George McCrae | 57. Feel Like Makin’ Love - Robert Flack |
| July 6 | On And On - Gladys Knight & Pips | 53. Don’t Knock My Love - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye |
| July 13 | Rock The Boat - Hues Corporation | 59. Fever In The Funkhouse - General Crook |
| July 20 | Rock Your Baby - George McCrae | 49. Nothing From Nothing - Billy Preston |
| July 27 | My Thang - James Brown | 47. Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - Barry White |
| August 3 | My Thang - James Brown | 55. You Haven’t Done Nothin’ - Stevie Wonder |
| August 10 | Tell Me Something Good - Rufus | 57. Hooked, Hogtied And Collared - Paul Kelly |
| August 17 | Feel Like Makin’ Love - Robert Flack | 64. Happiness Is - New York City |
| August 24 | Then Came You - Dionne Warwick & Spinners | 44. Papa Don’t Take No Mess (pt. 1) - James Brown |
| August 31 | Hang On In There Baby - Johnny Bristol | 59. You Got To Be The One - Chi-Lites |
| September 7 | Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - Barry White | 58. If I Ever Lose This Heaven - Quincy Jones |
| September 14 | Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - Barry White | 56. Learning To Love You Was Easy - Dells |
| September 21 | Do It Baby - Miracles | 42. Everlasting Love - Carl Carlton |
| September 28 | Do It Baby - Miracles | 53. Distant Lover - Marvin Gaye |
| October 5 | You Haven’t Done Nothin’ - Stevie Wonder | 52. Sugar Pie Guy (pt. 1) - Joneses |
| October 12 | Skin Tight - Ohio Players | 53. You Got The Love - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan |
| October 19 | Do It (’Til You’re Satisfied) - B.T. Express | 54. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas |
| October 26 | Let’s Straighten It Out - Latimore | 52. A Nice Girl Like You - Intruders |
| November 2 | Higher Plane - Kool & Gang | 40. You’re The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White |
| November 9 | Woman To Woman - Shirley Brown | 52. Boogie On Reggae Woman - Stevie Wonder |
| November 16 | Woman To Woman - Shirley Brown | 52. Without Love - Aretha Franklin |
| November 23 | Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) - Al Green | 55. I Wouldn’t Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me) - Bobby Bland |
| November 30 | I Feel A Song (In My Heart) - Gladys Knight & Pips | 65. Baby, Hang Up The Phone - Carl Graves |
| December 7 | You Got The Love - Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan | 47. One Tear - Eddie Kendricks |
| December 14 | She’s Gone - Tavares | 55. Girls (pt. 1) - Moments & Whatnauts |
| December 21 | You’re The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White | 56. Midnight Sky (pt. 1) - Isley Brothers |
| December 28 | Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas | 62. Toby - Chi-Lites |
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