CASH BOX'S #1 SOUL HITS, 1960-1974
The following are are the singles that reached #1 on the Cash Box R&B/Soul chart, beginning with its reinstatement in December 1960. (The magazine had discontinued the survey in March of that year.) An asterisk(*) denotes a record that did not go to #1 on the Billboard R&B chart.
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
12/17: HE WILL BREAK YOUR HEART - Jerry Butler (3 weeks)
1/07:
WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW? -The Shirelles (5 weeks)*
2/11: SHOP AROUND - The Miracles (3 weeks)
3/04: PONY TIME - Chubby Checker (4 weeks)
4/01: BLUE MOON - The Marcels (2 weeks)
4/15: MOTHER-IN-LAW - Ernie K-Doe (7 weeks)
6/03: STAND BY ME - Ben E. King (4 weeks)
7/01: QUARTER TO THREE - Gary "U.S." Bonds (3
weeks)*
7/22: TOSSIN' AND TURNIN' - Bobby Lewis (5 weeks)
8/26: LAST NIGHT - The Mar-Keys (4 weeks)*
9/23: MY TRUE STORY - The Jive Five (1 week)
9/30: HIT THE ROAD JACK - Ray Charles (7 weeks)
11/18: PLEASE MR. POSTMAN - The Marvelettes (6 weeks)
12/30: I KNOW (YOU DON'T LOVE ME NO MORE) - Barbara George
(5 weeks)
2/03:
DUKE OF EARL - Gene Chandler (6 weeks)
3/17: LET ME IN - The Sensations (2 weeks)*
3/31: TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY - Sam Cooke (1 week)
4/07: SLOW TWISTIN' - Chubby Checker & Dee Dee
Sharp (1 week)*
4/14: MASHED POTATO TIME - Dee Dee Sharp (3
weeks)
5/05: SOLDIER BOY - The Shirelles (3
weeks)*
5/26: I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU - Ray Charles (11
weeks)
8/11: THE LOCO-MOTION - Little Eva (2 weeks)
8/25: YOU DON'T KNOW ME - Ray Charles (1 week)*
9/01: GREEN ONIONS - Booker T. & The MGs
(1 week)
9/08: SHERRY - The Four Seasons (6
weeks)
10/20: DO YOU LOVE ME (NOW THAT I CAN DANCE)
- The Contours (2 weeks)
11/03: HE'S A REBEL - The Crystals (1 week)*
11/10: BIG GIRLS DON'T CRY - The Four Seasons (5
weeks)
12/15: LIMBO ROCK - Chubby Checker (6 weeks)*
1/26:
TWO LOVERS - Mary Wells (2 weeks)
2/09: UP ON THE ROOF - The Drifters (3
weeks)*
3/02: YOU'VE REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME - The
Miracles (1 week)
3/09: WALK LIKE A MAN - The Four Seasons (1 week)*
3/16: OUR DAY WILL COME - Ruby & The Romantics (2 weeks)
3/30: HE'S SO FINE - The Chiffons (4 weeks)
4/27: BABY WORKOUT - Jackie Wilson (3 weeks)
5/18: WATERMELON MAN - Mongo Santamaria (1 week)*
5/25: IF YOU WANNA BE HAPPY - Jimmy Soul
(3 weeks)
5/15: DA DOO RON RON - The Crystals (1 week)*
6/22: HELLO STRANGER - Barbara Lewis (3
weeks)
7/13: EASIER SAID THAN DONE - The
Essex (3 weeks)
8/03: FINGERTIPS, PART 2 -
Little Stevie Wonder (5 weeks)
9/07: THE MONKEY TIME - Major Lance (1 week)*
9/14: MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK - The Angels (1 week)*
9/21: HEAT WAVE - Martha & The Vandellas
(2 weeks)
10/05: SALLY GO 'ROUND THE ROSES -
The Jaynettes (1 week)*
10/12: CRY BABY - Garnet Mimms & The
Enchanters (2 weeks)
10/26: BUSTED - Ray Charles (2 weeks)*
11/09: IT'S ALL RIGHT - The
Impressions (6 weeks)
On November 20th, 1963, Billboard discontinued its R&B chart and did not reinstate it until January 30, 1965. As such, I will not include an asterisk next to the songs that hit #1 in Cash Box during that 14-month span.
12/21: LOUIE, LOUIE - The Kingsmen (6 weeks)
2/01:
UM, UM, UM, UM, UM, UM - Major Lance (2 weeks)
2/15: WHAT KIND OF FOOL (DO YOU THINK I AM) - The
Tams (3 weeks)
3/07: HI-HEEL SNEAKERS - Tommy Tucker (3 weeks)
3/14: (AIN'T THAT) GOOD NEWS - Sam Cooke (1 week)
4/04: THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU GO - The
Temptations (1 week)
4/11: THE SHOOP-SHOOP SONG (IT'S IN HIS KISS) - Betty
Everett (3 weeks)
5/02: MY GUY - Mary Wells (7 weeks)
6/20: WALK ON BY - Dionne Warwick (3 weeks)
7/11: GOOD TIMES - Sam Cooke (2 weeks)
7/25: UNDER THE BOARDWALK - The Drifters (3 weeks)
8/01: KEEP ON PUSHING - The Impressions (2
weeks)
8/29: WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO? - The Supremes (2 weeks)
9/12: FUNNY - Joe Hinton (4 weeks)
10/10: MERCY, MERCY - Don Covay (2 weeks)
10/24: LET IT BE ME - Betty Everett & Jerry Butler (3
weeks)
11/14: BABY LOVE - The Supremes (3 weeks)
12/05: REACH OUT FOR ME - Dionne Warwick (2
weeks)
12/19: AMEN - The Impressions (3 weeks)
1/09:
THE JERK - The Larks (1 week)
1/16: HOLD WHAT
YOU'VE GOT - Joe Tex (2 weeks)
January 30, 1965: Billboard reinstates its R&B chart.
1/30: YOU'VE LOST
THAT LOVIN' FEELIN' - The Righteous Brothers (1 week)*
2/06: TWINE
TIME - Alvin Cash & The Crawlers (2 weeks)*
2/20: MY GIRL - The
Temptations (3 weeks)
3/13: SHOTGUN - Junior Walker & The
All-Stars (4 weeks)
4/03: STOP! IN
THE NAME OF LOVE - The Supremes (2 weeks)*
4/24: GOT TO GET YOU OFF MY
MIND - Solomon Burke (1 week)
5/01: I'LL BE
DOGGONE - Marvin Gaye (3 weeks)
5/08: WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT
- Little Milton (1 week)
5/29: BACK IN MY ARMS AGAIN -
The Supremes (2 weeks)
6/12: I CAN'T HELP MYSELF
(SUGAR PIE, HONEY BUNCH) - The Four Tops (5 weeks)
7/03: YES, I'M
READY - Barbara Mason (1 week)*
7/24: TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT -
Solomon Burke (2 weeks)*
8/07: RIDE YOUR
PONY - Lee Dorsey (1 week)*
8/14: PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG -
James Brown (3 weeks)
9/04: IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR -
Wilson Pickett (2 weeks)
9/18: THE "IN" CROWD - Ramsey Lewis (2
weeks)*
10/02: TREAT HER RIGHT -
Roy Head (4 weeks)*
10/30: RESCUE ME - Fontella Bass (5
weeks)
12/04: I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)
- James Brown (3 weeks)
12/25: HOLE IN THE WALL - The Packers (1
week)*
1/01: SEE-SAW - Don Covay (1 week)*
1/08: C.C.
RIDER - Bobby Powell (1 week)*
1/15: A SWEET WOMAN
LIKE YOU - Joe Tex (1 week)
1/22: THE DUCK - Jackie
Lee (2 week)*
2/05: UPTIGHT
(EVERYTHING'S ALRIGHT) - Little Stevie Wonder (3 weeks)
2/19: BABY, SCRATCH MY BACK -
Slim Harpo (2 weeks)
3/05: 634-5789 (SOULSVILLE, U.S.A.)
- Wilson Pickett (5 weeks)
4/16: THE LOVE YOU SAVE (MAY BE
YOUR OWN) - Joe Tex (1 week)*
4/23: SATISFACTION - Otis Redding
(1 week)*
4/30: WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN -
Percy Sledge (7 weeks)
7/02: AIN'T TOO
PROUD TO BEG - The Temptations (2 weeks)
7/16: I LOVE YOU 1000 TIMES -
The Platters (2 weeks)*
7/30: HANKY PANKY - Tommy
James & The Shondells (1 week)*
8/06: LET ME BE GOOD TO
YOU - Carla Thomas (1 week)*
8/13: OPEN THE DOOR TO YOUR HEART -
Darrell Banks (3 weeks)*
8/27: BLOWIN' IN THE WIND - Stevie
Wonder (1 week)
9/10: YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE - The
Supremes (3 weeks)
10/01: BEAUTY IS ONLY
SKIN DEEP - The Temptations (1 week)
10/08: B-A-B-Y - Carla
Thomas (2 weeks)*
10/15: LOVE IS A HURTIN' THING - Lou
Rawls (2 weeks)
11/05: KNOCK ON WOOD - Eddie
Floyd (1 week)
11/12: I'M YOUR PUPPET - James & Bobby
Purify (2 weeks)*
11/26: WHISPERS (GETTIN' LOUDER) - Jackie
Wilson (2 weeks)*
12/10: THAT'S LIFE - Frank Sinatra (3
weeks)*
12/31: TELL IT LIKE IT IS - Aaron Neville
(5 weeks)
1/28:
STAND BY ME - Spyder Turner (1 week)*
2/11: ARE YOU LONELY FOR ME? - Freddie
Scott (3 weeks)
3/04: THE HUNTER GETS CAPTURED BY THE GAME -
The Marvelettes (1 week)*
3/11: I NEVER LOVED A MAN (THE WAY I LOVE YOU) - Aretha
Franklin (7 weeks)
4/29: SWEET SOUL MUSIC - Arthur Conley (1
week)*
5/06: RESPECT - Aretha Franklin (9
weeks)
7/08: FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE -
Oscar Toney, Jr. (1 week)*
7/15: I WAS MADE TO LOVE HER - Stevie
Wonder (3 weeks)
7/22: MAKE ME YOURS - Bettye Swann (2
weeks)
8/19: COLD SWEAT - James Brown (2
weeks)
9/02: BABY, I LOVE YOU - Aretha
Franklin (1 week)
9/16: YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING - The
Temptations (2 weeks)*
9/30: (YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME)
HIGHER AND HIGHER - Jackie Wilson (1 week)
10/07: FUNKY BROADWAY - Wilson Pickett (2
weeks)
10/21: SOUL MAN - Sam & Dave (3 weeks)
11/11: (YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE) A NATURAL
WOMAN - Aretha Franklin (2 weeks)*
11/25: I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE -
Gladys Knight & The Pips (4 weeks)
12/23: CHAIN OF FOOLS - Aretha Franklin (6
weeks)
2/03:
I WISH IT WOULD RAIN - The Temptations (4 weeks)
3/02: (SITTIN' ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY
- Otis Redding (1 week)
3/09: (SWEET SWEET BABY) SINCE YOU'VE
BEEN GONE - Aretha Franklin (4 weeks)
4/06: LA-LA MEANS I LOVE YOU - The
Delfonics (1 week)*
4/13: I GOT THE FEELIN' - James Brown
(3 weeks)
5/04: COWBOYS TO GIRLS - The Intruders
(2 weeks)
5/18: TIGHTEN UP - Archie Bell & The
Drells (1 week)
5/25: THINK - Aretha Franklin (4
weeks)
6/22: THE HORSE - Cliff Nobles & Co.
(3 weeks)*
7/13: GRAZING IN THE GRASS - Hugh
Masekela (3 weeks)
8/03: STONED SOUL PICNIC - The Fifth
Dimension (1 week)*
8/10: LOVE MAKES A WOMAN - Barbara
Acklin (3 weeks)*
8/24: STAY IN MY CORNER - The Dells (1
week)
8/31: SLIP AWAY - Clarence Carter (1
week)*
9/14: YOU'RE ALL I NEED TO GET BY -
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1 week)
9/21: THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT -
Aretha Franklin (3 weeks)*
10/12: SAY IT LOUD--I'M BLACK AND I'M PROUD -
James Brown (1 week)
10/19: LITTLE GREEN APPLES - O.C. Smith (2 weeks)*
11/02: FOOL FOR YOU - The Impressions (2 weeks)*
11/16: WHO'S MAKING LOVE - Johnnie Taylor (2
weeks)
11/20: LOVE CHILD - The Supremes (1 week)*
12/07: I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE - Marvin
Gaye (6 weeks)
1/18:
SOULFUL STRUT - Young-Holt Unlimited (1 week)*
1/25: I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME - The
Supremes & The Temptations (1 week)*
2/01: CAN I CHANGE MY MIND? - Tyrone
Davis (2 weeks)
2/15: EVERYDAY PEOPLE - Sly & The
Family Stone (2 weeks)
3/01: THERE'LL COME A TIME - Betty
Everett (2 weeks)*
3/15: GIVE IT UP OR TURNIT A-LOOSE -
James Brown (2 weeks)
3/29: THE WEIGHT - Aretha Franklin (1
week)*
4/05: ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE - Jerry
Butler (3 weeks)
4/26: THE CHOKIN' KIND - Joe Simon (1
week)
5/03: IT'S YOUR THING - The Isley
Brothers (3 weeks)
5/24: TOO BUSY THINKING ABOUT MY BABY
- Marvin Gaye (5 weeks)
6/28: COLOR HIM FATHER - The Winstons
(3 weeks)*
7/19: WHAT DOES IT TAKE (TO WIN YOUR
LOVE) - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars (3 weeks)
8/09: MOTHER POPCORN - James Brown (2
weeks)
8/23: CHOICE OF COLORS - The
Impressions (1 week)
8/30: SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME - Aretha
Franklin (3 weeks)
9/20: I CAN'T GET NEXT TO YOU - The
Temptations (7 weeks)
11/08: BACKFIELD IN MOTION - Mel & Tim (3 weeks)*
11/29: SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER - The Supremes (4
weeks)
12/27: I WANT YOU BACK - The Jackson Five (3
weeks)
1/17:
THANK YOU (FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN) - Sly & The Family Stone (6 weeks)
2/28: RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA - Brook
Benton (3 weeks)
3/21: CALL ME - Aretha Franklin (1
week)
3/28: ABC - The Jackson Five (3 weeks)
4/18: LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET - The
Moments (8 weeks)
6/13: IT'S ALL IN THE GAME - The Four
Tops (1 week)*
6/20: THE LOVE YOU SAVE - The Jackson
Five (3 weeks)
7/11: BALL OF CONFUSION (THAT'S WHAT
THE WORLD IS TODAY) - The Temptations (3 weeks)*
8/01: SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED--I'M
YOURS - Stevie Wonder (2 weeks)
8/15: GET UP I FEEL LIKE BEING A SEX
MACHINE - James Brown (2 weeks)*
8/29: WAR - Edwin Starr (1 week)*
9/05: PATCHES - Clarence Carter (1
week)*
9/12: DON'T PLAY THAT SONG - Aretha
Franklin (2 weeks)
9/26: AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH -
Diana Ross (1 week)
10/03: EXPRESS YOURSELF - Charles Wright & The
Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band (2 weeks)*
10/17: I'LL BE THERE - The Jackson Five (3 weeks)
11/07: SUPER BAD - James Brown (1 week)
11/14: ENGINE, ENGINE #9 - Wilson Pickett (2
weeks)*
11/28: HEAVEN HELP US ALL - Stevie Wonder (2
weeks)*
12/13: TEARS OF A CLOWN - Smokey Robinson & The
Miracles (1 week)
12/20: GROOVE ME - King Floyd (2 weeks)
1/02:
STONED LOVE - The Supremes (1 week)
1/09: IF I WERE YOUR WOMAN - Gladys
Knight & The Pips (2 weeks)
1/23: (DO THE) PUSH AND PULL - Rufus
Thomas (4 weeks)
2/20: YOUR TIME TO CRY - Joe Simon (1
week)*
2/27: MAMA'S PEARL - The Jackson Five
(2 weeks)*
3/13: JUST MY IMAGINATION (RUNNING
AWAY WITH ME) - The Temptations (4 weeks)
4/10: WHAT'S GOING ON - Marvin Gaye (2
weeks)
4/24: NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE - The
Jackson Five (2 weeks)
5/08: BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER -
Aretha Franklin (2 weeks)
5/22: WANT ADS - The Honey Cone (4
weeks)
6/19: MR. BIG STUFF - Jean Knight (5
weeks)
7/24: I DON'T WANT TO DO WRONG -
Gladys Knight & The Pips (1 week)*
7/31: HOT PANTS - James Brown (2
weeks)
8/14: MERCY MERCY ME (THE ECOLOGY) -
Marvin Gaye (2 weeks)
8/28: SMILING FACES SOMETIMES - The
Undisputed Truth (1 week)*
9/04: SPANISH HARLEM - Aretha Franklin
(2 weeks)
9/18: AIN'T NO SUNSHINE - Bill Withers
(1 week)*
9/25: STICK UP - The Honey Cone (1
week)
10/02: MAKE IT FUNKY - James Brown (2 weeks)
10/16: THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE - The
Persuaders (2 weeks)
10/30: TRAPPED BY A THING CALLED LOVE - Denise
LaSalle (1 week)
11/06: THEME FROM SHAFT - Isaac Hayes (4
weeks)*
12/04: FAMILY AFFAIR - Sly & The Family Stone (4
weeks)
1/01:
GOT TO BE THERE- Michael Jackson (1 week)*
1/08: CLEAN UP WOMAN - Betty Wright (1
week)*
1/15: DROWNING IN THE SEA OF LOVE -
Joe Simon (1 week)*
1/22: LET'S STAY TOGETHER - Al Green
(6 weeks)
3/04: YOU WANT IT, YOU GOT IT - The
Detroit Emeralds (2 weeks)*
3/18: NOW RUN AND TELL THAT - Denise
LaSalle (2 weeks)*
4/01: KING HEROIN - James Brown (1
week)*
4/08: IN THE RAIN - The Dramatics (1
week)
4/15: THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR
FACE - Roberta Flack (3 weeks)*
5/06: DAY DREAMING - Aretha Franklin
(1 week)
5/13: OH GIRL - The Chi-Lites (1
week)
5/20: I'LL TAKE YOU THERE - The Staple
Singers (3 weeks)
6/10: OUTA-SPACE - Billy Preston (2
weeks)
6/24: LEAN ON ME - Bill Withers (4
weeks)
7/22: I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARE -
Michael Jackson (1 week)*
7/29: WHERE IS THE LOVE? - Roberta
Flack & Donny Hathaway (2 weeks)
8/12: I MISS YOU - Harold Melvin & The
Bluenotes (1 week)*
8/19: I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU - Al
Green (1 week)
8/26: BACK STABBERS - The O'Jays (2
weeks)
9/09: POWER OF LOVE - Joe Simon (1
week)
9/16: EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FOOL - The
Main Ingredient (1 week)*
9/23: GET ON THE GOOD FOOT - James
Brown (3 weeks)
10/14: FREDDIE'S DEAD - Curtis Mayfield (2 weeks)*
10/28: I'LL BE AROUND - The Spinners (3 weeks)
11/18: IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW - Harold Melvin
& The Bluenotes (2 weeks)
12/02: PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE - The Temptations
(2 weeks)*
12/16: YOU OUGHT TO BE WITH ME - Al Green (1 week)
12/23: ME AND MRS. JONES - Billy Paul (3 weeks)
1/13:
WHY CAN'T WE LIVE TOGETHER? - Timmy Thomas (1 week)
1/20: LOVE JONES - Brighter Side of
Darkness (1 week)*
1/27: SUPERSTITION - Stevie Wonder (2
weeks)
2/10: THE WORLD IS A GHETTO - War (1
week)*
2/17: COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE?
- The Spinners (1 week)
2/24: LOVE TRAIN - The O'Jays (1 week)
3/03: KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG
- Roberta Flack (3 weeks)*
3/24: NEITHER ONE OF US (WANTS TO BE
THE FIRST TO SAY GOODBYE) - Gladys Knight & The Pips
(4 weeks)
4/21: CALL ME (COME BACK HOME) - Al
Green (1 week)*
4/28: MASTERPIECE - The Temptations (1
week)
5/05: PILLOW TALK - Sylvia (2 weeks)
5/19: LEAVING ME - The Independents (1
week)
5/26: I'M GONNA LOVE YOU JUST A LITTLE
MORE, BABY - Barry White (2 weeks)
6/09: ONE OF A KIND (LOVE AFFAIR) -
The Spinners (2 weeks)
6/23: GIVE YOUR BABY A STANDING
OVATION - The Dells (1 week)*
6/30: DOING IT TO DEATH - Fred Wesley
& The JBs (2 weeks)
7/14: I BELIEVE IN YOU (YOU BELIEVE IN
ME) - Johnnie Taylor (3 weeks)
8/04: LET'S GET IT ON - Marvin Gaye (8
weeks)
9/29: KEEP ON TRUCKIN' - Eddie
Kendricks (3 weeks)
10/20: MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA - Gladys Knight &
The Pips (3 weeks)
11/10: CHEAPER TO KEEP HER - Johnnie Taylor (1
week)*
11/17: THE LOVE I LOST - Harold Melvin & The
Bluenotes (2 weeks)
12/01: SPACE RACE - Billy Preston (1 week)
12/08: (IF YOU'RE READY) COME GO WITH ME - The
Staple Singers (2 weeks)
12/22: NEVER, NEVER GONNA GIVE YA UP - Barry White
(1 week)*
12/29: UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT'S WHAT I'M
GONNA DO) - Aretha Franklin (3 weeks)
1/19:
LIVING FOR THE CITY - Stevie Wonder (1 week)
1/26: JUNGLE BOOGIE - Kool & The Gang
(2 weeks)*
2/09: SEXY MAMA - The Moments (1
week)*
2/16: PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER - The
O'Jays (1 week)*
2/23: BOOGIE DOWN - Eddie Kendricks (2
week)
3/09: TRYING TO HOLD ON TO MY WOMAN -
Lamont Dozier (1 week)*
3/16: LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE - Bobby
Womack (1 week)
3/23: TSOP (THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA)
- M.F.S.B. (2 weeks)
4/06: BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO
ME - Gladys Knight & The Pips (1 week)
4/13: THE PAYBACK - James Brown (2
weeks)
4/27: JUST DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY -
The Main Ingredient (1 week)*
5/04: DANCING MACHINE - The Jackson
Five (1 week)
5/11: YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW - The
Stylistics (1 week)*
5/18: BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GOT -
William DeVaughn (3 weeks)
6/08: HOLLYWOOD SWINGING - Kool & The
Gang (1 week)
6/15: SIDESHOW - Blue Magic (1 week)
6/22: FINALLY GOT MYSELF TOGETHER (I'M
A CHANGED MAN) - The Impressions (1 week)
6/29: ROCK YOUR BABY - George McCrae
(2 weeks)
7/06: ON AND ON - Gladys Knight & The
Pips (1 week)*
7/13: ROCK THE BOAT - The Hues
Corporation (1 week)*
7/27: MY THANG - James Brown (2 weeks)
8/10: TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD - Rufus
featuring Chaka Khan (1 week)*
8/17: FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE - Roberta
Flack (1 week)
8/24: THEN CAME YOU - Dionne Warwicke
& The Spinners (1 week)*
8/31: HANG ON IN THERE BABY - Johnny
Bristol (1 week)*
9/07: CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE,
BABE - Barry White (2 weeks)
9/21: DO IT BABY - The Miracles (2
weeks)*
10/05: YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHIN' - Stevie Wonder (1
week)
10/12: SKIN TIGHT - The Ohio Players (1 week)*
10/19: DO IT ('TIL YOU'RE SATISFIED) B.T. Express
(1 week)
10/26: LET'S STRAIGHTEN IT OUT - Latimore (1 week)
11/02: HIGHER PLANE - Kool & The Gang (1 week)
11/09: WOMAN TO WOMAN - Shirley Brown (2 weeks)
11/23: SHA-LA-LA (MAKE ME HAPPY) - Al Green (1
week)*
11/30: I FEEL A SONG (IN MY HEART) - Gladys Knight
& The Pips (1 week)
12/07: YOU GOT THE LOVE - Rufus featuring Chaka
Khan (1 week)
12/14: SHE'S GONE - Tavares (1 week)
12/21: YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING -
Barry White (1 week)
12/28: KUNG FU FIGHTING - Carl Douglas (1 week)