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"Bad Girls" was the first number one for Donna Summer (pictured in later life).. Billboard published a weekly chart in 1979 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in soul music and related African American-oriented genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of black music and has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs since ...
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities 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 ...
Indicates best-charting R&B single of 1960 [11] Bill Black's Combo (Black pictured) had two number ones in 1960. Jackie Wilson also took two singles to the top of the chart during the year. The Everly Brothers spent one week at number one with "Cathy's Clown". Jerry Butler (pictured in later life) ended the year at number one.
"Kiss and Say Goodbye" was a chart-topper in 1976 for the Manhattans.. Billboard published a weekly chart in 1976 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in soul music and related African American-oriented genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of black music and since 2005 has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. [1]
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1962 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1962. [1] The year's top R&B single was the instrumental "Soul Twist" by King Curtis. Motown and its affiliated divisions (Tamla and Gordy) had six singles on the year-end list: "The One Who Really Loves You" by ...
The Pointer Sisters gained their first number one with "How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)".. Billboard published a weekly chart in 1975 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in soul music and related African American-oriented genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of black music and since 2005 has been published ...
Brook Benton had his first number one in ten years with "Rainy Night in Georgia". The Moments topped the chart for the first time with "Love on a Two-Way Street". Aretha Franklin had two number ones in 1970. Key. †. Indicates number 1 on Billboard ' s year-end soul chart of 1970 [11] Chart history. Issue date.
In 1981, it was published under the title Hot Soul Singles, [2] and 17 different singles reached number one. In the issue of Billboard dated January 3, "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang spent its third week in the top spot. [3] The song's run at number one extended to six weeks before it was displaced by "Fantastic Voyage" by Lakeside, the first ...