Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of June 17, 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

Woman's Gotta Have It

(The Preacher) Bobby Womack

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Last week

2

Weeks at no. 1

1

Weeks on chart

8

Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of June 17, 1972

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1
- Woman's Gotta Have It
  (The Preacher) Bobby Womack
- 2
- 1
- 8
- - 2
  - 1
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

2
- Oh Girl
  Chi-Lites
- 1
- 1
- 11
- - 1
  - 1
  - 11

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3
- I'll Take You There
  The Staple Singers
- 3
- 1
- 12
- - 3
  - 1
  - 12

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RIAA Certification: Gold

4
- Lean On Me
  Bill Withers
- 5
- 4
- 8
- - 5
  - 4
  - 8

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Songwriter(s):

W.Withers, Jr., R.Jackson

Producer(s):

W.Withers, Jr., R.Jackson, J.Gadson, M.Dunlap, B.Blackman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sussex/Columbia/Legacy

5
- Outa-Space
  Billy Preston
- 6
- 5
- 7
- - 6
  - 5
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

6
- There It Is (Part 1)
  James Brown
- 4
- 4
- 6
- - 4
  - 4
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Polydor

7
- You're The Man (Part 1)
  Marvin Gaye
- 9
- 7
- 5
- - 9
  - 7
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

8
- I Wanna Be Where You Are
  Michael Jackson
- 16
- 8
- 3
- - 16
  - 8
  - 3

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9
- Troglodyte (Cave Man)
  The Jimmy Castor Bunch
- 11
- 9
- 5
- - 11
  - 9
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

RCA Victor

10
- I've Been Lonely For So Long
  Frederick Knight
- 10
- 10
- 10
- - 10
  - 10
  - 10

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

11
- Look What You Done For Me
  Al Green
- 7
- 2
- 12
- - 7
  - 2
  - 12

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12
- Funk Factory
  Wilson Pickett
- 13
- 12
- 4
- - 13
  - 12
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

13
- (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right
  Luther Ingram
- 30
- 13
- 3
- - 30
  - 13
  - 3

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14
- You Said A Bad Word
  Joe Tex
- 17
- 14
- 4
- - 17
  - 14
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Dial

15
- All The Kings Horses/April Fools
  Aretha Franklin
- 45
- 15
- 2
- - 45
  - 15
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

16
- Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You)
  Stevie Wonder
- 20
- 16
- 4
- - 20
  - 16
  - 4

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17
- Victim Of A Foolish Heart
  Bettye Swann
- 18
- 17
- 6
- - 18
  - 17
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atlantic

18
- Just As Long As You Need Me, Part I
  Independents
- 8
- 8
- 10
- - 8
  - 8
  - 10

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Wand

19
- Ask Me What You Want
  Millie Jackson
- 12
- 4
- 14
- - 12
  - 4
  - 14

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spring

20
- People Make The World Go Round
  The Stylistics
- 42
- 20
- 2
- - 42
  - 20
  - 2

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21
- Automatically Sunshine
  The Supremes
- 26
- 21
- 6
- - 26
  - 21
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

22
- I Only Have Eyes For You
  Jerry Butler
- 24
- 22
- 5
- - 24
  - 22
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

23
- Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love
  Love Unlimited
- 19
- 6
- 13
- - 19
  - 6
  - 13

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Uni

24
- Gotta Be Funky
  Monk Higgins & The Specialties
- 22
- 22
- 7
- - 22
  - 22
  - 7

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25
- Giving Up
  Donny Hathaway
- 21
- 21
- 6
- - 21
  - 21
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Atco

26
- Rip Off
  Laura Lee
- 33
- 26
- 3
- - 33
  - 26
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hot Wax

27
- Little Bitty Pretty One
  Jackson 5
- 14
- 8
- 8
- - 14
  - 8
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

28
- Love's Street And Fool's Road
  Solomon Burke
- 15
- 13
- 12
- - 15
  - 13
  - 12

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

MGM

29
- That's The Way It's Got To Be (Body And Soul)
  Soul Generation
- 27
- 27
- 8
- - 27
  - 27
  - 8

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30
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
  Roberta Flack
- 23
- 4
- 12
- - 23
  - 4
  - 12

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31
- I Found A Love
  Etta James
- 31
- 31
- 5
- - 31
  - 31
  - 5

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32
- Not On The Outside
  Linda Jones
- 32
- 32
- 3
- - 32
  - 32
  - 3

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33
- Pass The Peas
  The JB's
- 29
- 29
- 6
- - 29
  - 29
  - 6

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34
- Jealous
  Little Royal
- 34
- 34
- 4
- - 34
  - 34
  - 4

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35
- Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms)
  Detroit Emeralds
- 46
- 35
- 2
- - 46
  - 35
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Westbound

36
- We've Come Too Far To End It Now
  Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- 48
- 36
- 2
- - 48
  - 36
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

37
- Dreaming Out Of Season
  The Montclairs
- 47
- 37
- 4
- - 47
  - 37
  - 4

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38
- Tell Me This Is A Dream
  The Delfonics
- 41
- 38
- 3
- - 41
  - 38
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philly Groove

39
- Put It Where You Want It
  The Crusaders
- 39
- 39
- 6
- - 39
  - 39
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Blue Thumb

40
- Too Late To Turn Back Now
  Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
- 50
- 40
- 2
- - 50
  - 40
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

41
- Eddie's Love
  Eddie Kendricks
- 44
- 41
- 3
- - 44
  - 41
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

42
- I Got Some Help I Don't Need
  B.B. King
- 28
- 28
- 5
- - 28
  - 28
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

43
- Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)
  Isaac Hayes & David Porter
- 37
- 37
- 5
- - 37
  - 37
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Enterprise

44 NEW
NEW
- Bed And Board
  Barbara Mason
- -
- 44
- 1
- - -
  - 44
  - 1

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Buddah