The CASH BOX Top 100 R&B
Dark blue square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending FEBRUARY 4, 1978
TWTITLE | Artist (Label) LW2WK3WKWKS
  1OUR LOVE
    Natalie Cole (Capitol 4509)
  2  3  713
  2THEME SONG FROM “WHICH WAY IS UP”
    Stargard (MCA 40825)
  7101511
  3FFUN
    Con Funk Shun (Mercury 73959)
  1  1  115
  4DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
    Chic (Atlantic 3435)
  4  5  615
  5GALAXY
    War (MCA 40820)
  3  2  312
  6ALWAYS AND FOREVER
    Heatwave (Epic 50490)
112232  7
  7JACK AND JILL
    Raydio (Arista 0283)
  8  81013
  8LOVELY DAY
    Bill Withers (Columbia 10627)
  6  7  816
  9REACH FOR IT (Dance)
    George Duke (Epic 50463)
  9  6  214
10TOO HOT TA TROT
    Commodores (Motown 1432)
141618  9
11BABY, BABY MY LOVE’S ALL FOR YOU
    Deniece Williams (Columbia 10648)
12131410
12COCOMOTION
    El Coco (AVI 147)
13151713
13SERPENTINE FIRE
    Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia 10625)
10  9  517
14SHOUT IT OUT
    B.T. Express (Columbia/Roadshow 10649)
17192110
15BABY COME BACK
    Player (RSO 879)
18202811
16LE SPANK
    Le Pamplemousse (AVI 153)
19212410
17AIN’T GONNA’ HURT NOBODY
    Brick (Bang 735)
202331  8
18WITH PEN IN HAND
    Dorothy Moore (Malaco 1047)
15171910
19IT’S YOU THAT I NEED
    Enchantment (Roadshow/United Artists 1124)
212842  7
20BELLE
    Al Green (Hi 77505)
16141215
21PLAYING YOUR GAME, BABY
    Barry White (20th Century 2361)
293755  6
22SOFT AND EASY
    Blackbyrds (Fantasy 809)
273239  8
23I LOVE YOU
    Donna Summer (Casablanca 907)
263137  8
24LOVE ME RIGHT
    Denise LaSalle (ABC 12312)
25303511
25ON FIRE
    T-Connection (Dash 5041)
24252711
26LET’S HAVE SOME FUN
    Bar-Kays (Mercury 73971)
324759  7
27SPANK YOUR BLANK BLANK
    Morris Jefferson (Parachute 504)
23242510
28YOU AND I (pt. 1)
    Livin’ Proof (Ju-Par 532)
31395010
29LADY LOVE
    Lou Rawls (Philadelphia Int’l 3634)
354454  9
30FLASH LIGHT
    Parliament (Casablanca 909)
50  2
31REACHING FOR THE SKY
    Peabo Bryson (Capitol 4522)
364156  8
32NATIVE NEW YORKER
    Odyssey (RCA 11129)
2818  917
33STAYIN’ ALIVE
    Bee Gees (RSO 885)
456693  4
34COME GO WITH ME
    Pockets (Columbia 10632)
22111114
3525TH OF LAST DECEMBER
    Roberta Flack (Atlantic 3441)
34292210
36SHOUTING OUT LOVE
    Emotions (Stax 3200)
33121313
37OOH BOY
    Rose Royce (Whitfield 8491)
  5  4  412
38AM I LOSING YOU
    Manhattans (Columbia 10674)
54  2
39CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
    Gene Page (Arista 0302)
4755  3
40(Every Time I Turn Around) BACK IN LOVE AGAIN
    L.T. D. (A&M 1974)
38362922
41DANCE TO THE MUSIC
    Muscle Shoals Horns (Ariola America 7674)
41424511
42IF YOU DON’T GIVE A DOGONE ABOUT IT
    James Brown & New J. B.’s (Polydor 14438)
444849  9
43INTIMATE FRIENDS
    Eddie Kendricks (Tamla 54290)
5380  3
44BOP GUN (Endangered Species)
    Parliament (Casablanca 900)
37261616
45LET ME PARTY WITH YOU (pt. 1) (Party, Party, Party)
    Bunny Sigler (Gold Mind 4008)
566374  7
46YOU CAN’T TURN ME OFF (In The Middle Of Turning Me On)
    High Inergy (Gordy 7155)
40352324
47CHOOSING YOU
    Lenny Williams (ABC 12289)
464343  9
48SOMEBODY’S GOTTA WIN, SOMEBODY’S GOTTA LOSE
    Controllers (Juana 3414)
30272018
49DON’T COST YOU NOTHING
    Ashford & Simpson (Warner Bros. 8514)
70  2
50MORE THAN A WOMAN
    Tavares (Capitol 4500)
43332614
51THE MIGHTY ARMY
    New Birth (Warner Bros. 8499)
525762  7
52THE END OF THE RAINBOW
    McKinley Mitchell (Chimneyville 10219)
61656512
53STAY BY MY SIDE
    Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis (Claridge 432)
586980  5
54EMOTION
    Samantha Sang (Private Stock 45,178)
575963  8
55YOU ARE MY FRIEND
    Patti LaBelle (Epic 50487)
556066  6
56FOR YOUR LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
    Joe Simon (Spring 178)
687883  6
57THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT
    Trammps (Atlantic 3442)
48454610
58DO YOU LOVE SOMEBODY
    Luther Ingram (KoKo 728)
657177  7
59WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND ME
    KC & Sunshine Band (T.K. 1022)
42383410
60AIN’T NOTHING WRONG
    Ronnie Dyson (Columbia 10667)
647785  4
61WHAT YOU GONNA DO AFTER THE PARTY
    Willie Hutch (Motown 1433)
667581  7
62WORKIN’ TOGETHER
    Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly (Capitol 4531)
7391  3
63I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW
    Ray Charles (Atlantic 3443)
626772  8
64L-O-V-E-U
    Brass Construction (United Artists 1120)
77  2
65DON’T TAKE AWAY YOUR LOVE
    Hodges, James & Smith (London 260)
59586112
66GOOD LUCK CHARM (pt. 1)
    Ohio Players (Mercury 73974)
697379  7
67IF YOU FEEL LIKE DANCIN’
    Al Hudson & Soul Partners (ABC 12317)
71727310
68RUB DOWN
    Joe Tex (Epic 50494)
7582  3
69PRIVATE PROPERTY
    Dells (Mercury 73977)
7892  3
70THAT’S ALL RIGHT TOO
    Brian & Brenda (Rocket/MCA 40809)
747986  7
71NEW HORIZON
    Sylvers (Capitol 4532)
8087  3
72OUT OF THE GHETTO
    Isaac Hayes (Polydor 14446)
8188  3
73BOOTZILLA
    Bootsy’s Rubber Band (Warner Bros. 8512)
  1
74PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS
    O.V. Wright (Hi 77506)
798491  4
75SUPERNATURE
    Cerrone (Cotillion 44230)
8693  3
76BABY, YOU GOT MY NOSE OPEN
    Harold Melvin & Blue Notes (ABC 12327)
8597  3
77SISTER FINE
    Impact (Fantasy/WMOT 813)
84  2
78MAKIN’ LOVE IS GOOD FOR YOU
    Brook Benton (Olde World 1100)
829096  4
79LOVE THAT WILL NOT DIE
    Johnny Guitar Watson (DJM 1034)
  1
80CALL MY JOB
    Albert King (Tomato 10001)
838994  4
81SHAKE DOWN (pt. 1)
    Black Ice (HDM 503)
63646912
82SORRY DOESN’T ALWAYS MAKE IT RIGHT
    Gladys Knight & Pips (Buddah 584)
51403615
83ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
    Manchild (Chi-Sound 1112)
67687011
84DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD
    Santa Esmeralda (Casablanca 902)
767071  8
85YOU LIKE IT, WE LOVE IT (pt. 1)
    Southroad Connection (Mahogany 1277)
8995  3
86FREAKY DEAKY
    Roy Ayers (Polydor 14451)
  1
87FEELS SO GOOD
    Chuck Mangione (A&M 2001)
91  2
88HEADS
    Bob James (Tappan Zee/Columbia 10668)
94  2
89CAN YOU GET IT (Suzie Caesar)
    Mandrill (Arista 0304)
  1
90STANDING RIGHT HERE
    Melba Moore (Buddah 589)
9296100   8
91I HONESTLY LOVE YOU
    Staples (Warner Bros. 8510)
93  2
92MAXIMUM STIMULATION
    Jimmy Castor Bunch (Atlantic 3455)
98  2
93YOU’RE MY PEACE OF MIND
    David Ruffin (Motown 1435)
99  2
94WHAT’S YOUR NAME, WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER
    Andrea True Connection (Buddah 582)
888587  7
95THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE
    Mother’s Finest (Epic 50483)
878184  8
96IN A LIFETIME
    Temptations (Atlantic 3436)
39343015
97THEME FROM CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
    Meco (Millennium 608)
  1
981,000 LAUGHS
    Eloise Laws (ABC 12313)
979895  6
99I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MY WIFE
    Whispers (Soul Train 11139)
49505214
100 DOUBLE MY PLEASURE
    Leon Haywood (MCA 40849)
  1
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