The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Eighties are: |
Skyy - Start Of a Romance (20 May, 1989)* |
Pebbles - Mercedes Boy (21 May, 1988) |
Atlantic Starr - Always (16 May, 1987) |
Michael McDonald - On My Own (17 May, 1986) |
Kool & the Gang - Fresh (18 May, 1985) |
Kool & the Gang - Tonight (19 May, 1984)* |
Michael Jackson - Beat It (21 May, 1983) |
Deniece Williams - It's Gonna Take a Miracle (22 May, 1982)* |
Ray Parker Jr. - A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) (16 May, 1981) |
Jermaine Jackson - Let’s Get Serious (17 May, 1980) |
The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Sixties are: |
Joe Simon - The Chokin' Kind (17 May, 1969) |
Archie Bell & the Drells - Tighten Up (17 May, 1968) |
Aretha Franklin - Respect (20 May, 1967) |
Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman (21 May, 1966)* |
Marvin Gaye - I'll Be Doggone (22 May, 1965) |
Dee Dee Sharp - Mashed Potato Time (19 May, 1962)* |
Ernie K-Doe - Mother-In-Law (15 May, 1961)* |
Bill Black's Combo - White Silver Hands (18 May, 1960)* |
The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Seventies are: |
Peaches & Herb - Reunited (19 May, 1979)* |
The Isley Brothers - Take Me To The Next Phase (Part 1) (20 May, 1978)* |
Tavares - Whodunit (21 May, 1977) |
Diana Ross - Love Hangover (15 May, 1976) |
Joe Simon - Get Down, Get Down (Get On The Floor) (17 May, 1975)* |
Aretha Franklin - I'm In Love (18 May, 1974) |
The Independents - Leaving Me (19 May, 1973) |
The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There (20 May, 1972)* |
Aretha Franklin - Bridge Over Troubled Water (22 May, 1971) |
The Moments - Love On a Two-Way Street (16 May, 1970) |
The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Nineties are: |
Maxwell - Fortunate (22 May, 1999)* |
Next - Too Close (16 May, 1998)* |
Changing Faces - G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. (17 May, 1997) |
Bone Thugs N Harmony - Tha Crossroads (18 May, 1996)* |
Mary J. Blige - I'll Be There For You / You're All I Need to Get By (20 May, 1995) |
Aaliyah - Back and Forth (21 May, 1994) |
Janet Jackson - That's the Way Love Goes (22 May, 1993)* |
En Vogue - My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It) (16 May, 1992) |
Teddy Pendergrass - It Should've Been You (18 May, 1991) |
Johnny Gill - Rub You the Right Way (19 May, 1990) |
* Just like previous week |