The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Eighties are: |
| Regina Belle - Baby Come To Me (28 Oct, 1989) |
| Karyn White - The Way You Love Me (29 Oct, 1988) |
| Michael Jackson - Bad (24 Oct, 1987)* |
| Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down (25 Oct, 1986) |
| Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover (26 Oct, 1985)* |
| Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You (27 Oct, 1984) |
| Lionel Richie - All Night Long (29 Oct, 1983)* |
| Evelyn King - Love Come Down (30 Oct, 1982)* |
| Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (24 Oct, 1981) |
| Tom Browne - Funkin’ For Jamaica (25 Oct, 1980)* |
The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Sixties are: |
| The Temptations - I Can't Get Next to You (26 Oct, 1969) |
| James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud (Part 1) (26 Oct, 1968)* |
| Sam & Dave - Soul Man (28 Oct, 1967)* |
| The Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There (29 Oct, 1966) |
| Fontella Bass - Rescue Me (30 Oct, 1965) |
| Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters - Cry Baby (26 Oct, 1963) |
| Booker T. & the MG's - Green Onions (27 Oct, 1962) |
| Ray Charles - Hit the Road Jack (23 Oct, 1961)* |
| Brook Benton - Kiddio (24 Oct, 1960)* |
The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Seventies are: |
| Funkadelic - (Not Just) Knee Deep (Part 1) (27 Oct, 1979)* |
| Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove (Part 1) (28 Oct, 1978)* |
| Barry White - It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me (29 Oct, 1977)* |
| The Spinners - The Rubberband Man (23 Oct, 1976) |
| Faith, Hope & Charity - To Each His Own (25 Oct, 1975) |
| Kool & the Gang - Higher Plane (26 Oct, 1974) |
| Gladys Knight & the Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia (27 Oct, 1973)* |
| The Spinners - I'll Be Around (28 Oct, 1972)* |
| Denise LaSalle - Trapped By a Thing Called Love (30 Oct, 1971) |
| The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There (24 Oct, 1970)* |
The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Nineties are: |
| R. Kelly - Satisfy You (30 Oct, 1999) |
| Dru Hill featuring Redman - How Deep Is Your Love (24 Oct, 1998)* |
| Usher - You Make Me Wanna (25 Oct, 1997)* |
| Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre - No Diggity (26 Oct, 1996)* |
| Mariah Carey - Fantasy (28 Oct, 1995)* |
| Brandy - I Wanna Be Down (29 Oct, 1994)* |
| Xscape - Just Kickin' It (30 Oct, 1993)* |
| Mary J. Blige - Real Love (24 Oct, 1992)* |
| Boyz II Men - It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday (26 Oct, 1991) |
| Samuelle - So You Like What You See (27 Oct, 1990) |
* Just like previous week |