Month: August 2016
A MCRFB ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’! WEEK OF 08/05/73
THE ESSENCE OF ‘SOUL’ 60S GENERATION: ’66 DEFINED!
THE ESSENCE OF ‘SOUL’ 60S GENERATION: ’66 DEFINED!
THE ESSENCE OF ‘SOUL’ 60S GENERATION: ’66 DEFINED!
A MCRFB ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’! WEEK OF 08/04/72
A MCRFB ‘CAPSULE COUNTDOWN’! WEEK OF 08/03/71
THE 40 HOTTEST BILLBOARD ’65 R&B SINGLES LAST WEEK
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 ‘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, week-ending 07/24/65.
BILLBOARD HOT 50 COUNTRY SINGLES, LAST WEEK: ’65!
NO. 1 HOTTEST COUNTRY SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * BUCK OWENS
NO. 2 HOTTEST COUNTRY SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * RAY PRICE
NO. 3 HOTTEST COUNTRY SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * JIMMY DEAN
NO. 4 HOTTEST COUNTRY SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * WARNER MACK
NO. 5 HOTTEST COUNTRY SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * ROGER MILLER
WEXL ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT
Many of these records were the most popular radio plays heard on Detroit’s only country station 1340 on the AM dial at the time, WEXL, as was tabulated nationally week-ending previous, July 24, 1965.