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.

THE 40 HOTTEST BILLBOARD ’66 R&B SINGLES LAST WEEK

BILLBOARD HOT 40 R&B SINGLES SPECIAL SURVEY: April 30, 1966 (click on image 2x for largest detailed view) — BILLBOARD HOT 40 R&B SINGLES SPECIAL SURVEY: April 30, 1966 (click on image 2x for largest detailed view)

**THE NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA * The Temptations**

**THE NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA * Joe Tex**

**THE NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA * Wilson Pickett**

**THE NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA * The Poets**

**THE NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA * Otis Redding**

DETROIT ‘TOP 5’ WJLB WCHB

Many of these records were the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s two R&B stations on the AM dial at the time, WCHB 1440 and WJLB 1400, week-ending 04/23/66.

THE 40 HOTTEST BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES THIS WEEK: ’66

THE NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA * Wilson Pickett * March 26, 1966

WCHB, WJLB, DETROIT

Many of these records were also the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s two R&B stations on the AM dial at the time, WCHB 1440 and WJLB 1400, week-ending March 19, 1966.

THE 40 HOTTEST BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES THIS WEEK: ’66

BILLBOARD — BILLBOARD HOT 40 RHYTHM & BLUES SPECIAL SURVEY January 01, 1966 (Click on image 2x for largest detailed view).

THE NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA * James Brown * January 01, 1966

WCHB, WJLB, DETROIT

These records were also many of the most popular radio plays on Detroit’s two R&B stations on the AM dial at the time, WCHB 1440 and WJLB 1400, week-ending December 24, 1965.