Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of January 1, 1972

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

Family Affair

Sly & The Family Stone

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of January 1, 1972

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1
- Family Affair
  Sly & The Family Stone
- 1
- 1
- 8
- - 1
  - 1
  - 8

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2
- Clean Up Woman
  Betty Wright
- 2
- 2
- 7
- - 2
  - 2
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Alston

3
- Drowning In The Sea Of Love
  Joe Simon
- 4
- 3
- 7
- - 4
  - 3
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spring

4
- Let's Stay Together
  Al Green
- 6
- 4
- 5
- - 6
  - 4
  - 5

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RIAA Certification: Platinum

5
- Respect Yourself
  The Staple Singers
- 3
- 2
- 13
- - 3
  - 2
  - 13

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6
- One Monkey Don't Stop No Show Part I
  The Honey Cone
- 8
- 6
- 6
- - 8
  - 6
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hot Wax

7
- Rock Steady
  Aretha Franklin
- 5
- 2
- 9
- - 5
  - 2
  - 9

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8
- I'm A Greedy Man - Part I
  James Brown
- 9
- 7
- 8
- - 9
  - 7
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor

9
- Sugar Daddy
  Jackson 5
- 19
- 9
- 3
- - 19
  - 9
  - 3

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10
- Everybody Knows About My Good Thing Pt. 1
  Little Johnny Taylor
- 11
- 10
- 7
- - 11
  - 10
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ronn

11
- Got To Be There
  Michael Jackson
- 7
- 4
- 9
- - 7
  - 4
  - 9

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12
- That's The Way I Feel About Cha
  Bobby Womack & Peace
- 23
- 12
- 5
- - 23
  - 12
  - 5

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13
- YOU ARE EVERYTHING
  The Stylistics
- 14
- 12
- 10
- - 14
  - 12
  - 10

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14
- Scorpio
  Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
- 12
- 9
- 10
- - 12
  - 9
  - 10

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15
- Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
  The Temptations
- 13
- 8
- 8
- - 13
  - 8
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy

16
- Show Me How
  The Emotions
- 16
- 16
- 12
- - 16
  - 16
  - 12

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Volt

17
- Ain't Understanding Mellow
  Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager
- 20
- 17
- 4
- - 20
  - 17
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

18
- Make Me The Woman That You Go Home To
  Gladys Knight And The Pips
- 22
- 18
- 3
- - 22
  - 18
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Soul

19
- Get Up And Get Down
  The Dramatics
- 25
- 19
- 3
- - 25
  - 19
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Volt

20
- Satisfaction
  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- 21
- 20
- 6
- - 21
  - 20
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

21
- Love Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out)
  The Persuaders
- 34
- 21
- 3
- - 34
  - 21
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Win Or Lose

22
- Have You Seen Her
  The Chi-lites
- 10
- 1
- 11
- - 10
  - 1
  - 11

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Producer(s):

Not Listed

Imprint/Promotion Label:

20th/Chi-Sound/Unknown

23
- Where Did Our Love Go
  Donnie Elbert
- 15
- 6
- 12
- - 15
  - 6
  - 12

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

All Platinum

24
- Love Is Funny That Way
  Jackie Wilson
- 18
- 18
- 8
- - 18
  - 18
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Brunswick

25
- Son Of Shaft
  The Bar-Kays
- 30
- 25
- 2
- - 30
  - 25
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Volt

26 NEW
NEW
- You Want It, You Got It
  Detroit Emeralds
- -
- 26
- 1
- - -
  - 26
  - 1

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Westbound

27
- Love And Liberty
  Laura Lee
- 35
- 27
- 2
- - 35
  - 27
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hot Wax

28
- Do The Funky Penguin Part I
  Rufus Thomas
- 37
- 28
- 2
- - 37
  - 28
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

29
- Hey Ruby (Shut Your Mouth)
  Ruby & The Party Gang
- 29
- 29
- 4
- - 29
  - 29
  - 4

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30 NEW
NEW
- Fire And Water
  Wilson Pickett
- -
- 30
- 1
- - -
  - 30
  - 1

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

31
- Let One Hurt Do
  L.J. Reynolds
- 31
- 31
- 8
- - 31
  - 31
  - 8

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32
- Ain't Nobody Home
  B.B. King
- 32
- 32
- 6
- - 32
  - 32
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

33
- Way Back Home
  Jr. Walker & The All Stars
- 24
- 24
- 5
- - 24
  - 24
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Soul

34
- Get Down
  Curtis Mayfield
- 17
- 13
- 9
- - 17
  - 13
  - 9

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Curtom

35 NEW
NEW
- (We've Got To) Pull Together
  The Nite-Liters
- -
- 35
- 1
- - -
  - 35
  - 1

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36
- Lay Lady Lay
  The Isley Brothers
- 36
- 29
- 5
- - 36
  - 29
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

T-Neck

37
- To You With Love
  The Moments
- 40
- 36
- 6
- - 40
  - 36
  - 6

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Songwriter(s):

A.Goodman, T.Johnson, S.Sieger

Producer(s):

A.Goodman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stang/All Platinum

38
- Don't Turn Around
  Black Ivory
- 39
- 38
- 9
- - 39
  - 38
  - 9

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39 NEW
NEW
- If I Could See The Light
  The 8th Day
- -
- 39
- 1
- - -
  - 39
  - 1

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Invictus

40
- At Last
  Jesse James
- 42
- 40
- 5
- - 42
  - 40
  - 5

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41
- Scratch My Back <P6>(And Mumble In My Ear)
  Clarence Carter
- 41
- 41
- 4
- - 41
  - 41
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

42
- Why Didn't I Think Of That
  Brenda & The Tabulations
- 44
- 42
- 2
- - 44
  - 42
  - 2

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43
- You Make Your Own Heaven And Hell Right Here On Earth
  The Undisputed Truth
- 43
- 43
- 3
- - 43
  - 43
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Gordy

44
- Keep On Keeping On
  N.F. Porter
- 47
- 44
- 4
- - 47
  - 44
  - 4