BILLBOARD! RHYTHM and BLUES TOP SINGLES: WEEK-ENDING JANUARY 25, 1969

BILLBOARD Top Rhythm and Blues Singles January 25, 1969

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Many of the above titled Billboard R&B singles were the most popular radio plays heard on two Detroit soul stations 1400 WJLB and 1440 WCHB on the AM dial, January 1969. 

As tabulated by the Billboard Records & Research department, the featured R&B Top 50 record singles were the nation’s most popular and best-selling soul records, for the week-ending January 25, 1969, 54 years ago.

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THE ESSENCE OF ’60s SOUL GENERATION: 1966 DEFINED!

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Debuted December 18, 1965. Peaked #5 R&B (3 weeks). “Michael (The Lover)” charts 10 total weeks overall in the Billboard R&B Singles chart. B/side: “Cry No More”

Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles [2004 Edition]

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THE ESSENCE OF ’60s SOUL GENERATION: 1966 DEFINED!

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Debuted January 22, 1966. Peaked #3 R&B (3 weeks). “Love Makes The World Go Round” charts 18 total weeks overall in the Billboard R&B Singles chart. B/side: “You Said You Loved Me”

Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles [2004 Edition]

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THE ESSENCE OF ’60s SOUL GENERATION: 1966 DEFINED!

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Debuted January 22, 1966. Peaked #1 R&B (2 weeks). “Baby Scratch My Back” charts 18 total weeks overall in the Billboard R&B Singles charts. B/side: “I’m Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil)”

Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles [2004 Edition]

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THE ESSENCE OF ’60s SOUL GENERATION: 1966 DEFINED!

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Debuted January 1, 1966. Peaked #35 R&B. “Are You There” charts 4 total weeks overall in the Billboard R&B Singles charts. B/side: “If I Ever Make You Cry”

Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles [2004 Edition]

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THE ESSENCE OF ’60s SOUL GENERATION: 1966 DEFINED!

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Debuted November 13, 1965. Peaked #5 R&B. “Hole In The Wall” charts 15 total weeks overall in the Billboard R&B Singles charts. B/side: “Go Head On”

Source: Billboard Top R&B Singles [2004 Edition]

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WLLZ 98.7 FM! BACK ON THE RADIO: HARV BLAINE, NOVEMBER 1981

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NEW! A special THANK YOU to Robert Zerwekh for this WLLZ aircheck he personally recorded, from 42 years ago. From the Robert Zerwekh Collection

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TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATION: WEEK-ENDING! JANUARY 22 1966

#16 | “Jenny Take A Ride” by Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels

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Debuted #100 week-ending December 11, 1965, “Jenny Take A Ride” peaks at #7 (2 weeks) on the Hot 100, week-ending, January 29, 1966. Having charted 11 weeks overall — on its final week on Billboard, the single drops out at #35 for the week-ending, February 26, 1966.

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Source: The Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts [1966]

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