SOUL SHOTS! BILLBOARD 40 R&B HITS, LPs: 03/05/1966

**BILLBOARD TOP 40 SOUL SINGLES** March 5, 1966

**BILLBOARD TOP 10 SOUL LPs** March 5, 1966

WCHB WJLB ‘TOP SINGLES’ R&B DETROIT

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BILLBOARD WEEK OF 02/26/66 – 03/05/1966

Many of the above titled Billboard ‘Top 40’ R&B singles were also the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s soul stations 1400 WJLB and 1440 WCHB on the AM dial, February-March, 1966. The featured R&B Top 40 hits list was the nation’s most popular R&B singles, as charted by Billboard, 54 years ago.

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SOUL SHOTS! BILLBOARD TOP 50 SOUL HITS: 01/17/1970

**BILLBOARD TOP 50 SOUL SINGLES** January 17, 1970

WCHB ‘TOP 10’ DETROIT

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BILLBOARD WEEK OF 01/11/70 – 01/17/1970

The ‘Top 10’ soul records were also the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s R&B station 1440 WCHB on the AM dial at the time, as well as many of the nation’s Top 50 R&B singles listed from this chart, as tabulated by Billboard.

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1966! TOP 40 BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES CHART 08/06/66

**NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * TEMPTATIONS**

**NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * RAY CHARLES**

**NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * DARRELL BANKS**

**NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * BOBBY HEBB**

**NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * STEVIE WONDER**

WCHB / WJLB ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT

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Week of 07/31/66 – 08/6/1966

The ‘Top 5’ soul records were also the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s two R&B stations 1440 WCHB and 1400 WJLB on the AM dial at the time, as well as many of the nation’s Top 50 R&B singles listed from this chart as was tabulated by Billboard.

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1965! TOP 40 BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES CHART 07/31/65

**NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * FOUR TOPS**

**NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * WILSON PICKETT**

**NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * SOLOMON BURKE**

**NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * BILLY STEWART**

**NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * BARBARA MASON**

WCHB / WJLB ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT

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Week of 07/25/65 – 07/31/1965

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1965! TOP 40 BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES CHART 05/15/65

**NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * LITTLE MILTON**

**NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * MARVIN GAYE**

**NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * TEMPTATIONS**

**NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * MIRACLES**

**NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * SUPREMES**

**O’JAYS * IMPERIAL**

**THE KNIGHT BROS. * CHECKER**

**WALTER JACKSON * OKEH**

WCHB / WJLB ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT

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Week of 05/09/65 – 03/15/1965

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50TH! TOP 50 BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES CHART 03/02/68

***BILLBOARD* BEST SELLING *R&B HITS*** *March 2, 1968*

**NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’68 * THE TEMPTATIONS**

**NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’68 * THE IMPRESSIONS**

**NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’68 * JAMES BROWN**

**NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’68 * THE HESITATIONS**

**NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’68 * OTIS REDDING**

WCHB / WJLB ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT

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Week of 02/24/68 – 03/02/1968

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50TH! TOP 50 BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES CHART 10/07/67

**THE NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * JACKIE WILSON**

**THE NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * WILSON PICKETT**

**THE NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * THE ESQUIRES**

**THE NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * SAM & DAVE**

**THE NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * ARETHA FRANKLIN**

WCHB / WJLB ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT

The ‘Top 5’ soul records also were the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s two R&B stations 1440 WCHB and 1400 WJLB on the AM dial at the time, as well as other record selections off this chart, as tabulated nationally by Billboard. Week-ending 10/07/67.

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50TH! TOP 50 BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES CHART 02/11/67

**BILLBOARD HOT 50 R&B SINGLES SPECIAL SURVEY** *February 11, 1967 (click on chart 2x for largest view)*

**THE NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * FREDDY SCOTT**

**THE NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * AARON NEVILLE**

**THE NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * SPYDER TURNER**

**THE NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * CANNONBALL ADDERLEY**

**THE NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’67 * THE FOUR TOPS**

WCHB / WJLB ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT

THE 40 HOTTEST BILLBOARD ’65 R&B SINGLES LAST WEEK

BILLBOARD HOT 40 R&B SINGLES SPECIAL SURVEY: July 31, 1965 — **BILLBOARD HOT 40 R&B SINGLES SPECIAL SURVEY** *July 31, 1965 (click on chart 2x for largest view)*

**THE NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * FOUR TOPS**

**THE NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * WILSON PICKETT**

**THE NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * SOLOMON BURKE**

**THE NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * BILLY STEWART**

**THE NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * BARBARA MASON**

WCHB / WJLB ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT

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THE 30 HOTTEST BILLBOARD ’63 R&B SINGLES LAST WEEK

BILLBOARD HOT 30 R&B SINGLES SPECIAL SURVEY: June 22, 1963 (click on image 2x for largest detailed view) — *BILLBOARD* HOT 30 R&B SINGLES SPECIAL SURVEY: *June 22, 1963*

**THE NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’63 * LESLEY GORE**

**THE NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’63 * SOLOMON BURKE**

**THE NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’63 * THEOLA KILGORE**

**THE NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’63 * SAM COOKE**

**THE NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’63 * BARBARA LEWIS**

DETROIT ‘TOP 5’ WCHB

The ‘Top 5’ soul records also were the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s R&B station on the AM dial at the time, WCHB 1440, as tabulated week-ending 06/15/63.