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Esther Phillips, then billed as Little Esther, was the featured vocalist on three number ones for the band led by Johnny Otis.. In 1950, Billboard magazine published two charts covering the top-performing songs in the United States in rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African-American-oriented music genres: Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records and Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues ...
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.
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]
0–9. List of Harlem Hit Parade number ones of 1942; List of Harlem Hit Parade number ones of 1943; List of Harlem Hit Parade number ones of 1944; List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1945
Billboard Top R&B Records of 1961 is the year-end chart compiled by Billboard magazine ranking the top rhythm and blues singles of 1961. [1] R&B rank [1] Pop rank [2 ...
It reached #9 on the U.S. pop chart and #28 on the U.S. R&B chart in 1961. [1] The song ranked #69 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1961. [2] At the time, the song referred to songs from the Great Depression and WWII era (about 1930–1945), acts like Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee, which would have been oldies at the time.
totals are counted from the start of the stay at No. 1 - for example, a hit which reached No. 1 in November 1945 and stayed there 11 weeks is included in the 1945 list but not 1946. As well as the R&B best sellers (BS) chart, between 1948 and 1957 there was also an R&B juke box (JB) chart, and from 1955 to 1958 there was an R&B airplay (JY ...
[5] "1-2-3" also went to number 11 on the Billboard R&B chart. [6] Overseas, the song peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart. [7] In addition, it was also a Top 10 hit in Ireland, where it went to number 8. [8] It sold over 1.75 million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. [9]