Top 25 R&B Acts by Decade (Part 2 of 3)

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Song titles denote an act's biggest R&B hit during the decade in question.

The 1960s:

1. James Brown ("Papa's Got A Brand New Bag")
2. Ray Charles ("I Can't Stop Loving You")
3. Marvin Gaye ("I Heard It Through The Grapevine")
4. The Temptations ("Ain't Too Proud To Beg")
5. Aretha Franklin ("Respect")
6. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ("Shop Around")
7. The Supremes ("Someday We'll Be Together")
8. Bobby "Blue" Bland ("That's The Way Love Is")
9. Jackie Wilson ("A Woman, A Lover, A Friend")
10. The Impressions ("It's All Right")
11. Brook Benton ("Baby (You've Got What It Takes)")
12. Otis Redding ("Dock of the Bay")
13. Wilson Pickett ("634-5789")
14. Sam Cooke ("Twistin' The Night Away")
15. Jerry Butler ("He Will Break Your Heart")
16. Stevie Wonder ("Fingertips, Part 2)"
17. Joe Tex ("I Want To Do Everything For You")
18. The Marvelettes ("Please Mr. Postman")
19. The Four Tops ("I Can't Help Myself")
20. Martha & The Vandellas ("Heat Wave")
21. B.B. King ("Don't Answer The Door")
22. Mary Wells ("Two Lovers")
23. Dionne Warwick ("Alfie")
24. Solomon Burke ("Got To Get You Off My Mind")
25. Etta James ("All I Could Do Was Cry")


The 1970s:

1. James Brown ("Get On The Good Foot")
2. Aretha Franklin ("Something He Can Feel")
3. The Jackson Five ("The Love You Save")
4. Gladys Knight & The Pips ("Midnight Train To Georgia")
5. The Isley Brothers ("Fight The Power")
6. Al Green ("Let's Stay Together")
7. Joe Simon ("Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor)")
8. The Spinners ("I'll Be Around")
9. The Temptations ("Just My Imagination")
10. Tyrone Davis ("Turn Back the Hands of Time")
11. The O'Jays ("Use Ta Be My Girl")
12. Earth, Wind & Fire ("Serpentine Fire")
13. Marvin Gaye ("Let's Get It On")
14. Parliament/Funkadelic ("One Nation Under A Groove")
15. Stevie Wonder ("Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours")
16. Barry White ("It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me")
17. Johnnie Taylor ("Disco Lady")
18. The Chi-Lites ("Oh Girl")
19. The Dramatics ("In The Rain")
20. Diana Ross ("Love Hangover")
21. The Ohio Players ("Fire")
22. Kool & The Gang ("Ladies Night")
23. The Four Tops ("Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got)")
24. The Stylistics (Betcha By Golly, Wow")
25. Eddie Kendricks ("Boogie Down")

SOURCE: Joel Whitburn, "Billboard's Top R&B Singles, 1942-1999"

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