Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of October 16, 1971

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

Thin Line Between Love & Hate

The Persuaders

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Last week

2

Weeks at no. 1

1

Weeks on chart

10

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of October 16, 1971

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Thin Line Between Love & Hate
  The Persuaders
- 2
- 1
- 10
- - 2
  - 1
  - 10

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

2
- Make It Funky
  James Brown
- 1
- 1
- 8
- - 1
  - 1
  - 8

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3
- Trapped By A Thing Called Love
  Denise LaSalle
- 6
- 3
- 9
- - 6
  - 3
  - 9

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Westbound

4
- If You Really Love Me
  Stevie Wonder
- 4
- 4
- 9
- - 4
  - 4
  - 9

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5
- Spanish Harlem
  Aretha Franklin
- 3
- 1
- 11
- - 3
  - 1
  - 11

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

6
- Stick-Up
  The Honey Cone
- 5
- 1
- 10
- - 5
  - 1
  - 10

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hot Wax

7
- Tired Of Being Alone
  Al Green
- 8
- 7
- 15
- - 8
  - 7
  - 15

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8
- The Breakdown (Part I)
  Rufus Thomas
- 7
- 2
- 10
- - 7
  - 2
  - 10

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

9
- The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind)
  The Dells
- 9
- 8
- 11
- - 9
  - 8
  - 11

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Cadet

10
- You've Got To Crawl (Before You Walk)
  The 8th Day
- 11
- 10
- 6
- - 11
  - 10
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Invictus

11
- Women's Love Rights
  Laura Lee
- 12
- 11
- 11
- - 12
  - 11
  - 11

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hot Wax

12
- You Send Me
  Ponderosa Twins + One
- 13
- 12
- 7
- - 13
  - 12
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Horoscope

13
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
  Marvin Gaye
- 44
- 13
- 2
- - 44
  - 13
  - 2

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14
- Call My Name, I'll Be There
  Wilson Pickett
- 10
- 10
- 8
- - 10
  - 10
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

15
- Black Seeds Keep On Growing
  The Main Ingredient
- 15
- 15
- 7
- - 15
  - 15
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

16
- Hijackin' Love
  Johnnie Taylor (The Soul Philosopher)
- 14
- 10
- 8
- - 14
  - 10
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

17
- She's All I Got
  Freddie North
- 21
- 17
- 9
- - 21
  - 17
  - 9

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mankind

18
- All Day Music
  War
- 22
- 18
- 4
- - 22
  - 18
  - 4

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19
- Ain't No Sunshine
  Bill Withers
- 17
- 6
- 15
- - 17
  - 6
  - 15

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Songwriter(s):

W.Withers, Jr.

Producer(s):

B.T.Jones

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sussex/Columbia/Legacy

20
- Give The Baby Anything The Baby Wants
  Joe Tex
- 20
- 20
- 6
- - 20
  - 20
  - 6

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21
- Feel So Bad
  Ray Charles
- 16
- 16
- 7
- - 16
  - 16
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC/TRC

22
- It's Impossible
  The New Birth
- 29
- 22
- 5
- - 29
  - 22
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

23
- Spill The Wine
  The Isley Brothers
- 25
- 23
- 3
- - 25
  - 23
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

T-Neck

24
- A Natural Man
  Lou Rawls
- 24
- 24
- 8
- - 24
  - 24
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

25
- A Nickel And A Nail
  O.V. Wright
- 23
- 19
- 8
- - 23
  - 19
  - 8

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26 NEW
NEW
- All My Hard Times
  Joe Simon
- -
- 26
- 1
- - -
  - 26
  - 1

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spring

27
- MacArthur Park (Part II)
  Four Tops
- 28
- 27
- 5
- - 28
  - 27
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

28
- Ghetto Woman
  B.B. King
- 27
- 25
- 6
- - 27
  - 25
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

29
- Pin The Tail On The Donkey
  The Newcomers
- 30
- 29
- 6
- - 30
  - 29
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

30
- Smiling Faces Sometimes
  The Undisputed Truth
- 18
- 2
- 17
- - 18
  - 2
  - 17

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31
- A Part Of You
  Brenda & The Tabulations
- 31
- 14
- 9
- - 31
  - 14
  - 9

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Top & Bottom

32
- Respect Yourself
  The Staple Singers
- 50
- 32
- 2
- - 50
  - 32
  - 2

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33
- Walk Easy My Son
  Jerry Butler
- 33
- 33
- 4
- - 33
  - 33
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

34
- Hot Pants - I'm Coming, Coming, I'm Coming
  Bobby Byrd
- 36
- 34
- 4
- - 36
  - 34
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Brownstone

35
- Look What We've Done To Love
  The Glass House
- 35
- 35
- 3
- - 35
  - 35
  - 3

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36 NEW
NEW
- Theme From Shaft
  Isaac Hayes
- -
- 36
- 1
- - -
  - 36
  - 1

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37 NEW
NEW
- Where Did Our Love Go
  Donnie Elbert
- -
- 37
- 1
- - -
  - 37
  - 1

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

All Platinum

38
- Blood Is Thicker Than Water
  Eddie Floyd
- 38
- 33
- 6
- - 38
  - 33
  - 6

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39
- I'll Love You Until The End
  Luther Ingram
- 39
- 39
- 4
- - 39
  - 39
  - 4

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40
- Funky Rubber Band
  Popcorn Wylie
- 43
- 40
- 5
- - 43
  - 40
  - 5

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41
- I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)
  The Intruders
- 32
- 32
- 4
- - 32
  - 32
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gamble

42
- I'm So Glad
  The Fuzz
- 42
- 42
- 3
- - 42
  - 42
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Calla

43
- Breezin'
  Gabor Szabo
- 45
- 43
- 5
- - 45
  - 43
  - 5

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44
- Groovin' Out On Life
  Frederick II
- 47
- 44
- 3
- - 47
  - 44
  - 3

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