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
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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