The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Eighties are: |
| Today - Girl I Got My Eyes On You (8 Apr, 1989) |
| Teena Marie - Ooo La La La (9 Apr, 1988) |
| Jody Watley - Looking For a New Love (4 Apr, 1987) |
| the Revolution - Kiss (5 Apr, 1986) |
| The Commodores - Nightshift (6 Apr, 1985) |
| Cameo - She's Strange (7 Apr, 1984) |
| Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (9 Apr, 1983)* |
| Stevie Wonder - That Girl (10 Apr, 1982)* |
| Smokey Robinson - Being With You (4 Apr, 1981) |
| Brothers Johnson - Stomp! (5 Apr, 1980) |
The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Sixties are: |
| Jerry Butler - Only the Strong Survive (5 Apr, 1969) |
| Aretha Franklin - (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone (6 Apr, 1968) |
| Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (8 Apr, 1967)* |
| Wilson Pickett - 634-5789 (Soulsville U.S.A.) (9 Apr, 1966)* |
| Jr. Walker & the All-Stars - Shotgun (10 Apr, 1965) |
| The Chiffons - He's So Fine (6 Apr, 1963) |
| Sam Cooke - Twistin' the Night Away (7 Apr, 1962) |
| The Marcels - Blue Moon (3 Apr, 1961) |
| Brook Benton and Dinah Washington - Baby (You've Got What It Takes) (4 Apr, 1960) |
The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Seventies are: |
| Instant Funk - I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) (7 Apr, 1979) |
| Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway - The Closer I Get To You (8 Apr, 1978)* |
| Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up) (9 Apr, 1977) |
| Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady (3 Apr, 1976) |
| Eddie Kendricks - Shoeshine Boy (5 Apr, 1975) |
| Gladys Knight & the Pips - Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me (6 Apr, 1974) |
| Gladys Knight & the Pips - Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) (7 Apr, 1973) |
| The Dramatics - In the Rain (8 Apr, 1972)* |
| Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (10 Apr, 1971)* |
| The Jackson 5 - ABC (4 Apr, 1970) |
The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Nineties are: |
| TLC - No Scrubs (10 Apr, 1999) |
| K-Ci and JoJo - All My Life (4 Apr, 1998) |
| Puff Daddy featuring Mase - Can't Nobody Hold Me Down (5 Apr, 1997) |
| R. Kelly featuring Ronald Isley - Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) (6 Apr, 1996) |
| Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It (8 Apr, 1995)* |
| R. Kelly - Bump n' Grind (9 Apr, 1994)* |
| Silk - Freak Me (10 Apr, 1993)* |
| Vanessa Williams - Save the Best For Last (4 Apr, 1992) |
| Freddie Jackson - Do Me Again (6 Apr, 1991) |
| Troop - Spread My Wings (7 Apr, 1990) |
* Just like previous week |