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In 1960, Billboard published the Hot R&B Sides chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African American-oriented music genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of such genres and since 2005 has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. [1]
From November 30, 1963 to January 23, 1965 there was no Billboard R&B singles chart. Some publications have used Cashbox magazine's stats in their place. No specific reason has ever been given as to why Billboard ceased releasing R&B charts, but the prevailing wisdom is that the chart methodology used was being questioned, since more and more white acts were reaching number-one on the R&B chart.
Artist(s) Weeks at No. 1 1965 January 30: Where Did Our Love Go: The Supremes: 1 February 6: Sam Cooke at the Copa: Sam Cooke: 3 February 27: Shake: Sam Cooke: 4 March 27: People Get Ready: The Impressions: 2 April 10: The Temptations Sing Smokey: The Temptations: 18 July 3: Four Tops: The Four Tops: 3 July 24: Shotgun: Jr. Walker & the All ...
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Muddy Waters, a major influence on the movement, pictured in 1971. Commentators often distinguish British rhythm and blues bands from beat bands (who were influenced by rock and roll and rockabilly) on the one hand, and, from "purist" British blues (which particularly emulated Chicago electric blues artists), on the other, although there was considerable crossover between the three sets of ...
1. ‘A Hard Day's Night’ by the Beatles. Release date: July 10, 1964 The virtual definition of “all killer, no filler,” the Beatles’ “A Hard Day's Night” has not one song on it that ...
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within the Black American community in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to African Americans, at a time when "rocking, jazz based music ...
The song also topped the pop charts, an unusual occurrence at the time for a black act, and has come to be regarded as a pop and R&B classic; [3] [4] the song has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and was included in Rolling Stone's 2003 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.