Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of October 12, 1968

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The week’s most popular songs, ranked by audio and video streaming activity on leading digital music services, radio airplay audience impressions based on monitored airplay and sales data, all compiled by Luminate. Audience totals are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio listener estimates.

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1

Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Part 1)

James Brown

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2

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5

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of October 12, 1968

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1
- Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Part 1)
  James Brown
- 1
- 1
- 5
- - 1
  - 1
  - 5

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2
- Slip Away
  Clarence Carter
- 3
- 2
- 15
- - 3
  - 2
  - 15

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

3
- I Say A Little Prayer
  Aretha Franklin
- 8
- 3
- 7
- - 8
  - 3
  - 7

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4
- Little Green Apples
  O.C. Smith
- 10
- 4
- 5
- - 10
  - 4
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Columbia

5
- Fool For You
  The Impressions
- 11
- 5
- 4
- - 11
  - 5
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curtom

6
- Please Return Your Love To Me
  The Temptations
- 5
- 4
- 9
- - 5
  - 4
  - 9

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7
- You're All I Need To Get By
  Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
- 2
- 1
- 11
- - 2
  - 1
  - 11

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8
- Hey, Western Union Man
  Jerry Butler
- 13
- 8
- 4
- - 13
  - 8
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

9
- The House That Jack Built
  Aretha Franklin
- 9
- 2
- 8
- - 9
  - 2
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

10
- Girl Watcher
  The O'Kaysions
- 6
- 6
- 10
- - 6
  - 6
  - 10

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

11
- Special Occasion
  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- 4
- 4
- 7
- - 4
  - 4
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

12
- The Funky Judge
  Bull & The Matadors
- 12
- 12
- 7
- - 12
  - 12
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Toddlin' Town

13
- Break Your Promise
  The Delfonics
- 19
- 13
- 6
- - 19
  - 13
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philly Groove

14
- Hip City - Pt. 2
  Jr. Walker & The All Stars
- 7
- 7
- 7
- - 7
  - 7
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Soul

15
- Don't Change Your Love
  Five Stairsteps & Cubie
- 16
- 15
- 7
- - 16
  - 15
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curtom

16
- Fly Me To The Moon
  Bobby Womack
- 20
- 16
- 8
- - 20
  - 16
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Minit

17
- I Ain't Got To Love Nobody Else
  The Masqueraders
- 21
- 17
- 6
- - 21
  - 17
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

18
- I Wish It Would Rain
  Gladys Knight And The Pips
- 18
- 18
- 5
- - 18
  - 18
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Soul

19
- Girls Can't Do What The Guys Do
  Betty Wright
- 17
- 15
- 11
- - 17
  - 15
  - 11

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Alston

20
- Stay In My Corner
  The Dells
- 15
- 1
- 21
- - 15
  - 1
  - 21

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Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

20th Century/RCA/Unknown

21
- I've Got Dreams To Remember
  Otis Redding
- 49
- 21
- 2
- - 49
  - 21
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

22
- There Was A Time
  Gene Chandler
- 22
- 22
- 5
- - 22
  - 22
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Brunswick

23
- Court Of Love
  The Unifics
- 23
- 23
- 4
- - 23
  - 23
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Kapp

24
- Private Number
  Judy Clay & William Bell
- 24
- 24
- 6
- - 24
  - 24
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

25
- Love Makes A Woman
  Barbara Acklin
- 14
- 3
- 15
- - 14
  - 3
  - 15

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26
- I Like Everything About You
  Jimmy Hughes
- 37
- 26
- 5
- - 37
  - 26
  - 5

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27
- (You) Got What I Need
  Freddie Scott
- 29
- 27
- 7
- - 29
  - 27
  - 7

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28
- I've Never Found A Girl (To Love Me Like You Do)
  Eddie Floyd
- 28
- 2
- 14
- - 28
  - 2
  - 14

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29
- Light My Fire
  Jose Feliciano
- 31
- 29
- 4
- - 31
  - 29
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

30
- I Love You Madly
  Fantastic Four
- 30
- 30
- 3
- - 30
  - 30
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Soul

31
- Message From Maria
  Joe Simon
- 36
- 31
- 5
- - 36
  - 31
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sound Stage 7

32
- If I Didn't Love You
  The Profiles
- 32
- 32
- 3
- - 32
  - 32
  - 3

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33
- Chained
  Marvin Gaye
- 38
- 33
- 3
- - 38
  - 33
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

34
- I Found A True Love
  Wilson Pickett
- 34
- 34
- 3
- - 34
  - 34
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

35
- Hold Me Tight
  Johnny Nash
- 45
- 35
- 2
- - 45
  - 35
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Jad

36
- I Can't Dance To That Music You're Playin'
  Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
- 33
- 24
- 8
- - 33
  - 24
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy

37
- Oh Lord, Why Lord
  Los Pop Tops
- 35
- 35
- 5
- - 35
  - 35
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Calla

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- So Nice
  The Mad Lads
- -
- 38
- 1
- - -
  - 38
  - 1

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NEW
- Let Me Down Easy
  Little Milton
- -
- 39
- 1
- - -
  - 39
  - 1

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40 NEW
NEW
- Destination: Anywhere
  The Marvelettes
- -
- 40
- 1
- - -
  - 40
  - 1

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

41
- The Choice
  The O'Jays
- 41
- 41
- 2
- - 41
  - 41
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

42
- Brown Eyed Woman
  Bill Medley
- 42
- 37
- 6
- - 42
  - 37
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

43
- Who Is Gonna Love Me?
  Dionne Warwick
- 43
- 43
- 4
- - 43
  - 43
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Scepter

44
- Let My People Go
  Brother Jack McDuff
- 44
- 44
- 2
- - 44
  - 44