What was #1 on the Billboard R&B/Soul chart the day you were born?

[NightTrain]

Post your DOB and I'll provide the title and artist for ya!

In my case....

March 20, 1966: Wilson Pickett, "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)."

By the way, the Billboard R&B chart debuted on October 24, 1942. So if you were born prior to that, I'm afraid you're outta luck! :shrug:

[4morewars]

1. March 21,1963

[NightTrain]

3. Ruby & The Romantics, "Our Day Will Come."

n/t

[4morewars]

8. Tiocfaidh ar la

is a saying in gaelic, it means "our day will come"

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

2. August 27, 1962

[NightTrain]

4. Booker T. & The MGs, "Green Onions."

n/t

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

6. Thanks!

But I'm not familiar with that song...

[supernova]

5. July 16, 1962

[NightTrain]

15. Ray Charles, "I Can't Stop Loving You."

With 10 weeks at #1, Ray Charles scored the top-selling R&B hit of the '60s!

[supernova]

16. Oooh, I love that song!

Thanks. It was top of the UK charts too. Only the US was hung up on Bobby Vinton's "Roses are Red"

[BlackVelvetElvis]

7. Me! Oct. 7, 1966.

Better be something good.

[supernova]

9. Um..

Something by Paul Revere and the Raiders? :P

[BlackVelvetElvis]

13. Try Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Band.

[NightTrain]

11. Four Tops, "Reach Out, I'll Be There."

n/t

[BlackVelvetElvis]

12. Thanks!

[madmax]

10. I'm sure it's an oldie but goodie....

August 1, 1949 :(

And this one too, please :) February 16, 1956

[NightTrain]

14. August 1, 1949: Charles Brown, "Trouble Blues."

Feb. 16, 1956: Platters, "The Great Pretender."

[madmax]

19. Thanks, NightTrain! That is so cool.

:hug:

[flamingyouth]

17. December 27, 1968

Also, do March 16, 1968 for Finnfan - he'll want to know this too.:D

[NightTrain]

18. Dec. 27, 1968: Marvin Gaye, "I Heard It Through The Grapvine."

Marvin was #1 on the pop charts that week, too.

And the #1 soul record on March 16, 1968 was Otis Redding's "Dock of the Bay." Had Finnfan been born just one day later, it would've been Aretha Franklin's "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone."

[flamingyouth]

20. That's funny - both of our songs were also #1 pop hits!

:D

[Pale Blue Dot]

22. I love "Dock of the Bay"

Wouldn't want it to be anything else. Thanks! :hi:

[flamingyouth]

23. Otis is my main man

We must now all praise him! AMEN!

[Bossy Monkey]

21. I managed to look it up myself; 5/26/62, also "I Can't Stop Loving You"

Check out this site: http://www.bluesplus.com/Calendar-526.html
Neat stuff; unfortunately they're in a redesign phase, so trying to follow the link to the homepage gets you nothing but the information that they're in a redesign phase. However, you can navigate through the calendar pretty easily.

[sampsonblk]

24. June 3, 1969

Woohooo! Jeffy Davis' birthday too!

[NightTrain]

30. Marvin Gaye, "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby."

n/t

[sampsonblk]

48. One of my Favs!!

Thanks. That's so strange. Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite artists, and that is one of my favorite Marvin Gaye songs!

[Pithlet]

25. August 5, 1972

[NightTrain]

31. Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway, "Where Is The Love?"

n/t

[justjones]

26. 2/24/1972

[NightTrain]

32. Al Green, "Let's Stay Together."

With nine weeks at #1, the Reverend Mr. Green has the biggest selling R&B hit of the '70s!

[nedlogg]

27. March 8, 1950

[NightTrain]

33. The Johnny Otis Quintette featuring Little Esther & The Robins...

..."Double Crossing Blues."

[non sociopath skin]

28. November 19 1949

The Skin

[NightTrain]

34. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, "Saturday Night Fish Fry."

n/t

[Red State Rebel]

29. March 24, 1957

[NightTrain]

35. Fats Domino, "I'm Walkin'."

Fats, by the way, was the top-selling R&B performer of the '50s.

[Magrittes Pipe]

36. March 10, 1975.

I hope it's not as bad as the pop #1. :scared:

[NightTrain]

37. Ben E. King, "Supernatural Thing."

n/t

[FarLeftRage]

38. Monday, March 3rd 1958

I know on the pop chart "Tequila" was #1...

[NightTrain]

39. The Silhouettes, "Get A Job."

Followed two days later by Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Sixteen."

[FarLeftRage]

40. Thanks

I love those tunes... "Tequila", "Get A Job" & "Sweet Little Sixteen".

[tsakshaug]

41. 1/23/61

Hope it is better than the pop #1 song-I never heard of it

[NightTrain]

42. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, "Shop Around."

Motown's first #1 R&B hit! :bounce:

[Jokerman]

43. 1/23/62

[NightTrain]

44. Barbara George, "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)."

n/t

[Mr. McD]

45. 6/16/1949

[NightTrain]

46. Charles Brown, "Trouble Blues."

[dpbrown]

47. August 28, 1959

Slightly after 1942, I guess.

[NightTrain]

50. Brook Benton, "Thank You, Pretty Baby."

One of the few #1 R&B hits of that era that I've never actually heard. It's not even on my "Best of Brook Benton" CD! Go figure.

[dpbrown]

73. Now I'm going to have to find that song!

I wonder if iTunes has it.

[LowerManhattanite]

89. It's a GREAT song!

My dad knew Brook (they were both from North Carolina and my dad sang with Clyde McPhatter and Jackie Wilson as a member of Billy Ward and His Dominoes) pretty well. We wore Brook's records out at home as my dad was partial to his fellow Carolinian Baritone. the song's a classic Clyde Otis shuffle/blues number with some strings and an especially warm, deep, honeyed lead by Brook. The Soul and Brit explosions really hurt his career as he was the king of the sweet "cocktail" soul style of the early sixties (alá Jerry Butler and Arthur Prysock).

It's a killer side!

[NightTrain]

108. Your dad sang in the Dominoes?

That is so cool! I love Billy Ward & The Dominoes!!! :bounce:

[LowerManhattanite]

114. Yep!

Joe Lamont. He was with the group when it formed and sang on Sixty-Minute Man with Clyde and Bill Brown. He was there when Jackie replaced Clyde (and the group swooned a bit---but their "St. Theresa of the Roses" brought 'em back) and stayed through until around 1957 when Wilson left.

Pop wasn't around for the group's smash version of "Stardust" (in '58 I think), but he knew the lead singer on "Stardust", named Mumford (I forget his first name, but dad always called him "Singin" Mumford---who was a wonder in the studio, but nervouslly wandered off-key on stage according to pop).

The stories he told me! Wow!

[NightTrain]

115. You might want to check out this webpage of mine.

It's a rank-ordered list of my 200 favorite R&B vocal group (or "doo-wop") records of 1948-59. Several of them are by the Dominoes. Unfortunately, they all predate your dad's joining the group, but you still might find the list worth a read!

Jackie Wilson's successor in the Dominoes was Eugene Mumford of Durham, NC. His first group, formed in 1939, was a gospel aggregation called the Selah Jubilee Singers. They eventually morphed into the R&B group the Larks, who just happen to have the #1 song on my vocal group 200!

Anyway, here's the URL for that page:

http://home.comcast.net/~soulexpress4/Top200.htm

[LowerManhattanite]

117. Wow! Nice page! My dad's in the sepia photo of the group

...topmost right.

He's on both tracks. He was there when they started...wiild stuff like "Deep Sea Blues" and "Pedal-Pushin' Papa".

I've sent the link to my brother and sister. They're gonna scream!

Thanks for acknowledging the group. Few people do.

[NightTrain]

118. Here's another page of mine that just might interest you.

http://home.comcast.net/~soulexpress4/Top100-1960s.htm

[LowerManhattanite]

119. LOL!

Your number one is "Dark End of the Street'!

I just picked that one as one of the final three songs for my "bar-band set-list" in that thread!

You my friend...have got taste!

[NightTrain]

120. I only pretend to be white.

;)

[LowerManhattanite]

123. "Oh-ho-oh ye-esss....

...he's the great...pre-e-ten-derrrr!"

Now I'm gonna be up all night scouring your site!


Good stuff, Train!

[johnnie]

49. August 22, 1964

[NightTrain]

53. Sad to say, you're out of luck.

Billboard did not publish an R&B chart from November 1963 - January 1965.

It's not hard to see why. As the '50s gave way to the '60s, rock 'n' roll had thoroughly integrated popular music, to a point at which the Billboard R&B top ten regularly included non-R&B songs. Among the pop confections that went to #1 R&B in 1963: "Hey Paula," "I Will Follow Him," "It's My Party," and "Sugar Shack."

The good folks at Billboard must've figured that the R&B chart had become redundant, and gave it the old heave-ho in late November of '63. Thankfully, the magazine reinstated the chart for the week ending January 30, 1965. And the new chart truly reflected what was happening in soul music!

Now, having said all that, I still don't want to leave johnnie in the lurch. As such, I'll give you the #1 R&B song in Cashbox for August 22, 1964: "Where Did Our Love Go?" by the Supremes.

[johnnie]

62. Hmmmm..story of my life....LOL

Thanks for the post NightTrain.

[LowerManhattanite]

85. Astounding!

But...it also notes the crossing over of what was then R&B into the pop milieu. Note that the period the chart was dropped also parallels the meteoric rise of the "Motown Sound". A batch of the Supremes 12 #1 hits fell into that gap (Come See About Me, Baby Love, Where Did Our Love Go), as did the Temps and Four Tops breakthrough records. (Martha and the Vandellas as well)

What a time that was!

[NightTrain]

86. Yeah, Billboard's timing wasn't the greatest.

Shame they couldn't have have zorched the R&B chart between November of '62 and January of '64. Oh well....

[bicentennial_baby]

51. December 29, 1976

[NightTrain]

55. Rose Royce, "Car Wash."

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

52. June 9 1959

???

[NightTrain]

56. Wilbert Harrison, "Kansas City."

My favorite record of 1959, BTW!

[TroubleMan]

54. October 26, 1972

nt

[NightTrain]

57. The Spinners, "I'll Be Around."

[Champ]

58. Nov. 29, 1986

[NightTrain]

59. Freddie Jackson, "Tasty Love."

[sbj405]

60. 7/5/1976

[NightTrain]

61. Aretha Franklin, "Something He Can Feel."

Written and produced by Curtis Mayfield. From the movie SPARKLE.

[murphymom]

63. July 29, 1950

[NightTrain]

65. Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers, "Pink Champagne."

[achtung_circus]

64. November 11, 1955

[NightTrain]

66. Fats Domino, "All By Myself."

[SmileyBoy]

67. September 8, 1982

:)

[NightTrain]

68. Aretha Franklin, "Jump To It."

Incidentally, you were born on my mother's 50th birthday!:party:

[mandyky]

69. June 24, 1955

I know Hound Dog came out that year, but not sure it was considered R&B, and I think it came out later in the year...

[NightTrain]

70. Al Hibbler, "Unchained Melody."

Replaced the following week by Bo Diddley's "Bo Diddley."

[mandyky]

71. No wonder I love that song

This is the one the Righteous Brothers redid - the one in Ghost?

[NightTrain]

75. Yup, it's the same song the Righteous Brothers remade.

In 1955, there were actually four versions of "Unchained Melody" on the pop charts. Along with Al Hibbler, there was Roy Hamilton, Les Baxter & His Orchestra, and June Valli. Plus, the doo-wop group Vito & The Salutations charted with a wild-assed uptempo remake in 1963, while the Sweet Inspirations came out with a soul version in '68. Elvis also recorded "Unchained Melody" in the '70s.

[LowerManhattanite]

80. Hibbler is one of the great forgotten voices in music!

His version of the Joyce Kilmer poem "Trees" is also one of the great vocal gymnastic workouts of the R&B/Pop era. Right up there with Jackie Wilson's "Danny Boy".

Have mercy!

[Mrs. Venation]

72. January 19, 1952

[NightTrain]

74. Earl Bostic, "Flamingo."

[LowerManhattanite]

76. July 27th, 1963

Thanks much!

[NightTrain]

77. The Essex, "Easier Said Than Done."

Also a #1 pop hit.

[LowerManhattanite]

81. Weren't a couple of members of the Essex

U.S. Marines or something like that?

[NightTrain]

82. All three members were in the Marines.

That was why their music careers came and went so quickly. They had to keep requesting special leaves from the Marines so they could go on tour. Apparently, the Corps didn't take too kindly to that!

[TOhioLiberal]

78. April 27, 1962 n/t

[NightTrain]

79. Dee Dee Sharp, "Mashed Potato Time."

The previous week, it was the King Curtis instrumental, "Soul Twist."

[LWolf]

83. April 2, 1960

[NightTrain]

84. Brook Benton & Dinah Washington, "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)."

Number 1 on the R&B charts for an impressive 10 weeks!

[LWolf]

87. Thanks!

I'll have to find it and give it a listen; better yet, ask my mom. She'll remember.

[Raster]

88. December 14, 1956

[NightTrain]

90. Fats Domino, "Blueberry Hill."

[Penndems]

91. June 10, 1955

n/t

[NightTrain]

92. Fats Domino, "Ain't That A Shame?"

[Penndems]

93. I love The Fat Man!

As a matter of fact, I love ALL the songs posted on this thread. ;)

[Amaya]

94. August 26,1972

[NightTrain]

95. Joe Simon, "Power of Love."

[Amaya]

98. Hmmm...

Dunno if I've heard that one. How does it go?

[NightTrain]

101. It's mid to uptempo with a southern-soul flavor. Here are the lyrics:

JOE SIMON
Power Of Love
(Kenny Gamble/Leon Huff/Joe Simon)

Whoa-yeah, baby, sugar
Honey, sweet darlin', I'm yours
Oh, yes I am

Every since that day we met
My whole life been full of joy and happiness
Oh when you kiss me it burns to my soul
Seven days later, my body I can't control

You got (power in your kiss)
You got (power in your twist)
You got power, power, power
Oh-ooooooh!

Oh I love ya
I tell you I just can't help myself
Oh when I hear you talk and I see you walk
That make me know I don't want nobody else
You got (power in your walk) oh yeah
You got (power in your talk) uh-huh
You got power, power, power
Oh baby, power over me

I love it when you love me
(Love the way you love me)
I love the way you call my name

All my life I wanted someone
To love an understand
Now we're together, listen to me honey
My lonliness has gone away
I swear I think I'm
Think I'm able to carry on, yeah

You got honey in your kiss
And I'm glad of that
You got honey in your twist
And I'm glad about it

Sometime, bab-ay
I wanna scream about your love
Sometimes, bab-ay
I just a-wanna say oh, I'm glad
I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad

You got power in your kiss
(Power in your kiss)
You got power in your twist
(Power in your twist)
You got power in your walk
(Power in your walk)
You got power in your talk
(Power in your talk)
Power with your best
You got it, you got it
You got it baby
Sometime I wanna squeeze you
...& fade

[Amaya]

113. Sounds nice

Wish I could hear it. Thanks NT!

[NightTrain]

116. Can your e-mail account accept MP3s?

If so, I can get the song out to you. PM me if you're interested.

[angee_is_mad]

96. December 14, 1964

[NightTrain]

97. I'm afraid we've hit a snag.

Billboard did not publish an R&B chart from November 1963 - January 1965.

It's not hard to see why. As the '50s gave way to the '60s, rock 'n' roll had thoroughly integrated popular music, to a point at which the Billboard R&B top ten regularly included non-R&B songs. Among the pop confections that went to #1 R&B in 1963: "Hey Paula," "I Will Follow Him," "It's My Party," and "Sugar Shack."

The good folks at Billboard must've figured that the R&B chart had become redundant, and gave it the old heave-ho in late November of '63. Thankfully, the magazine reinstated the chart for the week ending January 30, 1965. And the new chart truly reflected what was happening in soul music!

Now, having said all that, I still don't want to leave angee_is_mad in the lurch. As such, I'll give you the #1 R&B song in Cashbox for December 14, 1964: The Supremes' "Come See About Me."

[angee_is_mad]

99. Cool!

Now you have aroused my curiosity! What was the #1 single for that day on billboard?

[NightTrain]

103. Number 1 on the Billboard pop charts the day you were born was...

...Bobby Vinton's execrable "Mister Lonely." :puke:

[angee_is_mad]

106. allllllrighty then

[dolo amber]

100. March 22, 1967

:hi:

[NightTrain]

104. Aretha Franklin, "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)."

[dolo amber]

112. Kick. ASS!

I LOVE that song! :bounce:

I'm pretty sure on the pop chart it was "Penny Lane", so all told, a pretty decent day musically to come into the world. :)

[amandae]

102. March 25, 1976

:hi:

[NightTrain]

105. Johnnie Taylor, "Disco Lady."

[tcfrogs]

107. June 17, 1970

[NightTrain]

109. The Jackson Five, "The Love You Save."

The previous week, it was "Love On A Two-Way Street" by the Moments.

[ScreamingMeemie]

110. June 6, 1970

:hi:

[NightTrain]

111. The Moments, "Love On A Two-Way Street."

[Blue_Tires]

121. Sept. 11, 1976

[NightTrain]

122. Wild Cherry, "Play That Funky Music."

A smokin' slab of white-boy R&B that also went to #1 on the pop charts!

[tishaLA]

124. August 17, 1975

[NightTrain]

125. New Birth, "Dream Merchant."

A gorgeous ballad originally waxed by Jerry "The Iceman" Butler in 1967.

[guitar man]

126. November 9,1963 <nt>

[NightTrain]

127. The Impressions, "It's All Right."

OK, back to bed for me! :boring:

[NightTrain]

128. It's official: this is the longest thread I've ever created!

Thanks, y'all, for helping to make it so! :toast::bounce::yourock:

[Emboldened Chimp]

129. September 15, 1972

[NightTrain]

130. James Brown, "Get On The Good Foot."

[Emboldened Chimp]

131. Awesome, I love that song!