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NATION’S TOP R&B RECORD SINGLES and ALBUMS
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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, August 1965.
As tabulated by Billboard, the featured R&B Top 40 record singles and R&B Top 10 LP listing was the nation’s most popular and best-selling soul records, for the week-ending August 7. Fifty-six years ago.
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WEEK of AUGUST 1-7, 1965
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Source: Billboard; August 7, 1965
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NOTES: In the R&B top 40 listing, you will find there are eight (8) Detroit Motown singles and note as well a single by Detroit’s own Edwin Starr on the Ric-Tic label. Motown? In a sense, it is. The Motown house band — Funk Brothers — they incorporated their Motown brand, having backed Starr’s hottest Ric-Tic single to date, “Agent 00-Soul.”
Also, the Rolling Stones made the R&B charts as well, with their Billboard pop charted #1 hit, “Satisfaction”, having climbed to #19.
In the R&B top 10 LP’s, four Motown names and groups comprised the list. And finally, it bears noting Billy Preston, a (little-known) Vee Jay artist at the time, his album hits #5.
In the Top R&B DJ ‘Pick of the Week’ bracket, WCHB Bill Williams selected his two soul “up-and coming” singles. By the Radiants and by Jimmy Williams.
This week, fifty-six years ago, August of 1965.
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