DETROIT TOP DEEJAYS PICK THE WEEK’S TOP HITS: 1966!

Detroit Free Press July 29, 1966

Friday, July 29, 1966

WEEK’S TOP 10 SINGLES

Detroit’s Top 10 records as was selected and tabulated by CKLW, WXYZ, WKNR, WJLB

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1966! TOP 40 BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES CHART 08/06/66

NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * TEMPTATIONS
NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * RAY CHARLES
NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * DARRELL BANKS
NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * BOBBY HEBB
NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’66 * STEVIE WONDER

WCHB / WJLB ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT

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Week of 07/31/66 – 08/6/1966

The ‘Top 5’ soul records were also 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 many of the nation’s Top 50 R&B singles listed from this chart as was tabulated by Billboard.

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1965! TOP 40 BILLBOARD R&B SINGLES CHART 07/31/65

NO. 1 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * FOUR TOPS
NO. 2 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * WILSON PICKETT
NO. 3 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * SOLOMON BURKE
NO. 4 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * BILLY STEWART
NO. 5 HOTTEST R&B SINGLE IN AMERICA ’65 * BARBARA MASON

WCHB / WJLB ‘TOP 5’ DETROIT

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Week of 07/25/65 – 07/31/1965

The ‘Top 5’ soul records were also 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 many of the nation’s Top 50 R&B singles listed from this chart as was tabulated by Billboard.

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ANOTHER BILLBOARD CLASSIC ‘SOUL’ RECORD AD! ’66

A BILLBOARD NOLA RECORDS AD PAGE RIP: ”Barefootin’” Robert Parker August 6, 1966 (click on image 2x for largest view)
ROBERT PARKER * 1966

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ANOTHER BILLBOARD CLASSIC ‘SOUL’ RECORD AD! ’66

A BILLBOARD CAPITOL RECORDS AD PAGE RIP: ”Love Is A Hurtin’ Thing,” Lou Rawls August 6, 1966 (click on image 2x for largest view)
LOU RAWLS * 1966

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THIS WEEK 50 YEARS AGO: THE HOTTEST HIT IN THE USA!

NUMBER 1 IN AMERICA ’68 * The Doors * 07/28/68 – 08/10/1968

BILLBOARD HOT 100 TOP FIVE: WEEK-ENDING August 3, 1968

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NUMBER ONE FOR 1968!

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TWELVE WEEKS on the singles chart, “Hello, I Love You” by The Doors peaked this week at No. 01 (2 weeks) on the Billboard Hot 100. July 28 through August 10, 1968. (Source: Billboard)

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