EVERY Billboard #1 rhythm & blues hit discussion thread

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by tomstockman, Mar 4, 2016.

  1. troggy

    troggy Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow

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    Is this when Billboard stopped publishing an r&b chart for a year or two? If so, you could always use the Cashbox chart for this period.
     
  2. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    It was only for a few months in 1964. I would have to look for the Cashbox charts.
     
  3. troggy

    troggy Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow

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    I'd say do what ever you want. Just skip ahead, if you want to.
     
  4. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    And, the final #1 for 1961 is:

    Please Mr. Postman - The Marvellettes

    This is the inferior stereo version. Youtube doesn't seem to have the mono hit version up.

     
  5. John B Good

    John B Good Forum Hall Of Fame

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    great song. covered by a British group I believe :)
     
  6. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    No comment on this one at all? Damn!
     
  7. troggy

    troggy Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow

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    I'll comment. I love the Marvellettes but this really isn't one of my favorites by them. I'll take "I'll Keep On Holding On", "Too Many Fish In The Sea" and several others over "Please Mr. Postman".
     
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  8. John22

    John22 Forum Resident

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    This song is another of my favorite songs. In 1990 I found this ad:

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  9. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    1962! Woo-hoo!

    Unchain My Heart - Ray Charles and his Orchestra

     
  10. John B Good

    John B Good Forum Hall Of Fame

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    Unchain My Heart! One of the first songs I ever had on a record - but not by Ray Charles. On one of those grocery store albums of hits of the day performed by a studio group...
     
  11. Manapua

    Manapua Forum Resident

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    Wow, I remember those! Only here they were singles done in the style of the original and sold cheap.
     
  12. John22

    John22 Forum Resident

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    "Tossin’ And Turnin’" on "Collector's Gold Series" is not the original mono version as I Love Music has found out. In the meantime I have bought the mp3 song of the Collectables release. Another chance could bis the cd "The Complete Recordings" from HOT PRODUCTIONS (US) with cat.no. 8526 (8089 78526-2) which was remastered from Walter DeVenne who also worked for Rhino, Ace and Varese Sarabande (see Wikipedia) and his name is on the back cover of the cd at Allmusic:
    Complete Recordings - Bobby Lewis | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic

    A Beltone Album Discography is here (with "The Complete Recordings"):
    Beltone Album Discography
     
  13. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    For the next song, the R&B gives a nod to teen pop.

    I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) - Barbara George

     
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  14. John B Good

    John B Good Forum Hall Of Fame

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    Another one about that time with a similar sound to me, was Mockingbird.

     
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  15. troggy

    troggy Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow

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    Great tune and, as I recall, Barbara George was also the songwriter.
     
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  16. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    I never heard the song until the 90s, but it is a nice little tune.
     
  17. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler



    This song needs no introduction. It's also one of the first songs I remember ever hearing in my life.
     
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  18. Damiano54

    Damiano54 Senior Member

    Certainly one of the all-time classics. I guess not technically Doo-wop but sounds like
    it and I used to assume it was from the late 50's. Just now I saw how many of Gene Chandler's singles
    made the top 100, surprising. My favorite of his is "Groovy Situation".

     
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  19. John B Good

    John B Good Forum Hall Of Fame

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    Always wanted to know where Earl was...

    Somewhere for lovers who wander?

    and found it amusing Earl was also a title in the Brit blueblood world.

    Great song in any case.
     
  20. John54

    John54 Senior Member

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    Yep, late summer 1963 ... great song!
     
  21. troggy

    troggy Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow

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    Yes, Inez & Charlie Foxx are so underrated. They recorded all kinds of great songs and very few people know about them.
     
  22. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    Twistin' The Night Away - Sam Cooke



    Ahh, the stuff oldies radio used to be made of.
     
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  23. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    Soul Twist - King Curtis & The Noble Knights
     
  24. pickwick33

    pickwick33 Forum Resident

    MVP Award: the guitarist. It's all about the recurring guitar lick...
     
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  25. John B Good

    John B Good Forum Hall Of Fame

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    That song seemed to raise Twisting to a new level. Glad to see it was a Number 1! The album pictured in the You Tube video was in my small collection back in the mid-60s and was where I first heard Summertime.
     

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