| The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1978 |
| TOP 100 BLACK CONTEMPORARY SINGLES (As published in the December 30, 1978, issue) |
| POS | TITLE – Artist (Label) |
| 1 | YOU AND I – Rick James (Gordy) |
| 2 | FLASH LIGHT – Parliament (Casablanca) |
| 3 | GET OFF – Foxy (Dash) |
| 4 | USE TA BE MY GIRL – The O’Jays (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 5 | TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE – Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams (Columbia) |
| 6 | BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE – A Taste Of Honey (Capitol) |
| 7 | HOLDING ON (When Love Is Gone) – L.T. D. (A&M) |
| 8 | ONE NATION UNDER A GROOVE (pt. 1) – Funkadelic (Warner Bros.) |
| 9 | CLOSE THE DOOR – Teddy Pendergrass (Philadelphia Int’l) |
| 10 | THE GROOVE LINE – Heatwave (Epic) |
| 11 | THEME SONG FROM “WHICH WAY IS UP” – Stargard (MCA) |
| 12 | THREE TIMES A LADY – Commodores (Motown) |
| 13 | SHAKE AND DANCE WITH ME – Con Funk Shun (Mercury) |
| 14 | I’M IN LOVE (And I Love The Feeling) – Rose Royce (Whitfield) |
| 15 | DANCE (Disco Heat) – Sylvester (Fantasy) |
| 16 | FFUN – Con Funk Shun (Mercury) |
| 17 | TAKE ME TO THE NEXT PHASE (pt. 1) – The Isley Brothers (T-Neck) |
| 18 | BOOTZILLA – Bootsy’s Rubber Band (Warner Bros.) |
| 19 | DANCE WITH ME – Peter Brown (Drive) |
| 20 | JACK AND JILL – Raydio (Arista) |
| 21 | OUR LOVE – Natalie Cole (Capitol) |
| 22 | IT SEEMS TO HANG ON – Ashford & Simpson (Warner Bros.) |
| 23 | THERE’LL NEVER BE – Switch (Gordy) |
| 24 | SHAME – Evelyn “Champagne” King (RCA) |
| 25 | IT’S YOU THAT I NEED – Enchantment (Roadshow/United Artists) |
| 26 | TAKE ME I’M YOURS – Michael Henderson (Buddah) |
| 27 | THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU – Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway (Atlantic) |
| 28 | GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE – Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia) |
| 29 | GALAXY – War (MCA) |
| 30 | STUFF LIKE THAT – Quincy Jones (A&M) |
| 31 | ON BROADWAY – George Benson (Warner Bros.) |
| 32 | ALWAYS AND FOREVER – Heatwave (Epic) |
| 33 | LAST DANCE – Donna Summer (Casablanca) |
| 34 | DANCE, DANCE, DANCE (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) – Chic (Atlantic) |
| 35 | YOU – The McCrarys (Portrait) |
| 36 | REACH FOR IT (Dance) – George Duke (Epic) |
| 37 | SERPENTINE FIRE – Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia) |
| 38 | YOUR SWEETNESS IS MY WEAKNESS – Barry White (20th Century-Fox) |
| 39 | RUNAWAY LOVE – Linda Clifford (Curtom) |
| 40 | DUKEY STICK (pt. 1) – George Duke (Epic) |
| 41 | DANCE ACROSS THE FLOOR – Jimmy “Bo” Horne (Sunshine Sound) |
| 42 | STAYIN’ ALIVE – The Bee Gees (RSO) |
| 43 | REACHING FOR THE SKY – Peabo Bryson (Capitol) |
| 44 | LOVELY DAY – Bill Withers (Columbia) |
| 45 | I’M EVERY WOMAN – Chaka Khan (Warner Bros./Tattoo) |
| 46 | OOH BOY – Rose Royce (Whitfield) |
| 47 | TOO HOT TA TROT – Commodores (Motown) |
| 48 | MAC ARTHUR PARK – Donna Summer (Casablanca) |
| 49 | SHADOW DANCING – Andy Gibb (RSO) |
| 50 | (Let’s Go) ALL THE WAY – The Whispers (Solar) |
| 51 | MS – David Oliver (Mercury) |
| 52 | DON’T COST YOU NOTHING – Ashford & Simpson (Warner Bros.) |
| 53 | SMILE – The Emotions (Columbia) |
| 54 | SHOUT IT OUT – B.T. Express (Columbia/Roadshow) |
| 55 | I LIKE GIRLS – Fatback (Spring) |
| 56 | BABY COME BACK – Player (RSO) |
| 57 | AM I LOSING YOU – The Manhattans (Columbia) |
| 58 | LE SPANK – Le Pamplemousse (AVI) |
| 59 | BLAME IT ON THE BOOGIE – The Jacksons (Epic) |
| 60 | NATIVE NEW YORKER – Odyssey (RCA) |
| 61 | BELLE – Al Green (Hi) |
| 62 | STAY – Rufus/Chaka Khan (ABC) |
| 63 | AIN’T GONNA’ HURT NOBODY – Brick (Bang) |
| 64 | BABY, BABY MY LOVE’S ALL FOR YOU – Deniece Williams (Columbia) |
| 65 | TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT (pts. 1 & 2) – Betty Wright (Alston) |
| 66 | DAYLIGHT AND DARKNESS – Smokey Robinson (Tamla) |
| 67 | NIGHT FEVER – The Bee Gees (RSO) |
| 68 | ANNIE MAE – Natalie Cole (Capitol) |
| 69 | MARY JANE – Rick James (Gordy) |
| 70 | LET’S ALL CHANT – The Michael Zager Band (Private Stock) |
| 71 | SOFT AND WET – Prince (Warner Bros.) |
| 72 | RIDING HIGH – Faze-O (She) |
| 73 | LE FREAK – Chic (Atlantic) |
| 74 | LET ME PARTY WITH YOU (pt. 1) (Party, Party, Party) – Bunny Sigler (Gold Mind) |
| 75 | EVERYBODY DANCE – Chic (Atlantic) |
| 76 | DON’T HOLD BACK – Chanson (Ariola America) |
| 77 | FANTASY – Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia) |
| 78 | GOT TO BE REAL – Cheryl Lynn (Columbia) |
| 79 | WHAT YOU WAITIN’ FOR – Stargard (MCA) |
| 80 | PLAYING YOUR GAME, BABY – Barry White (20th Century) |
| 81 | SOMEBODY’S GOTTA WIN, SOMEBODY’S GOTTA LOSE – The Controllers (Juana) |
| 82 | ALMIGHTY FIRE (Woman Of The Future) – Aretha Franklin (Atlantic) |
| 83 | LET’S START THE DANCE – Hamilton Bohannon (Mercury) |
| 84 | COME GO WITH ME – The Pockets (Columbia) |
| 85 | IF YOU’RE READY (Here It Comes) – Enchantment (Roadshow/United Artists) |
| 86 | COCOMOTION – El Coco (AVI) |
| 87 | I AM YOUR WOMAN, SHE IS YOUR WIFE – Barbara Mason (Prelude) |
| 88 | DISCO TO GO – The Brides Of Funkenstein (Atlantic) |
| 89 | BOP GUN (Endangered Species) – Parliament (Casablanca) |
| 90 | I JUST WANNA STOP – Gino Vannelli (A&M) |
| 91 | WORKIN’ TOGETHER – Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly (Capitol) |
| 92 | HOLLYWOOD SQUARES – Bootsy’s Rubber Band (Warner Bros.) |
| 93 | (Olivia) LOST AND TURNED OUT – The Whispers (Solar) |
| 94 | EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD – Diana Ross & Michael Jackson (MCA) |
| 95 | LOVE ME RIGHT – Denise LaSalle (ABC) |
| 96 | DO YOU LOVE SOMEBODY – Luther Ingram (KoKo) |
| 97 | SHOUTING OUT LOVE – The Emotions (Stax) |
| 98 | DON’T STOP, GET OFF – The Sylvers (Casablanca) |
| 99 | VICTIM – Candi Staton (Warner Bros.) |
| 100 | GET ON UP (Get On Down) – Roundtree (Warner Bros./Island) |