Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

All Charts

Week of October 14, 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

I'll Be Around

The Spinners

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Last week

4

Weeks at no. 1

1

Weeks on chart

4

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of October 14, 1972

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- I'll Be Around
  The Spinners
- 4
- 1
- 4
- - 4
  - 1
  - 4

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2
- Use Me
  Bill Withers
- 3
- 2
- 7
- - 3
  - 2
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Sussex

3
- Freddie's Dead (Theme From "Superfly")
  Curtis Mayfield
- 2
- 2
- 10
- - 2
  - 2
  - 10

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4
- Get On The Good Foot-Part 1
  James Brown
- 1
- 1
- 10
- - 1
  - 1
  - 10

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5
- Everybody Plays The Fool
  The Main Ingredient
- 5
- 2
- 14
- - 5
  - 2
  - 14

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6
- Ben
  Michael Jackson
- 6
- 6
- 9
- - 6
  - 6
  - 9

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7
- Woman Don't Go Astray
  King Floyd
- 8
- 7
- 8
- - 8
  - 7
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Chimneyville

8
- (It's The Way) Nature Planned It
  Four Tops
- 11
- 8
- 6
- - 11
  - 8
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

9
- My Man, A Sweet Man
  Millie Jackson
- 7
- 7
- 11
- - 7
  - 7
  - 11

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spring

10
- Think (About It)
  Lyn Collins
- 9
- 9
- 14
- - 9
  - 9
  - 14

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11
- One Life To Live
  The Manhattans
- 19
- 11
- 7
- - 19
  - 11
  - 7

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12
- (Win, Place Or Show) She's A Winner
  The Intruders
- 12
- 12
- 9
- - 12
  - 12
  - 9

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13
- Honey I Still Love You
  The Mark IV
- 15
- 13
- 9
- - 15
  - 13
  - 9

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

14
- Back Stabbers
  The O'Jays
- 13
- 1
- 15
- - 13
  - 1
  - 15

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15
- (They Long To Be) Close To You
  Jerry Butler & Brenda Lee Eager
- 10
- 6
- 12
- - 10
  - 6
  - 12

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury

16
- Fool's Paradise
  The Sylvers
- 17
- 16
- 7
- - 17
  - 16
  - 7

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Pride

17
- Why Can't We Be Lovers
  Holland-Dozier
- 26
- 17
- 6
- - 26
  - 17
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Invictus

18
- Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)
  Bobby Womack & Peace
- 20
- 18
- 8
- - 20
  - 18
  - 8

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

19
- Slaughter
  Billy Preston
- 22
- 19
- 5
- - 22
  - 19
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

A&M

20
- My Mind Keeps Telling Me (That I Really Love You, Girl)
  Eddie Holman
- 23
- 20
- 6
- - 23
  - 20
  - 6

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21
- Guess Who
  B.B. King
- 21
- 21
- 6
- - 21
  - 21
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

ABC

22
- Toast To The Fool
  The Dramatics
- 18
- 18
- 9
- - 18
  - 18
  - 9

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23
- Slow Motion (Part 1)
  Johnny Williams
- 28
- 23
- 6
- - 28
  - 23
  - 6

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Philadelphia I.

24
- Baby Sitter
  Betty Wright
- 32
- 24
- 4
- - 32
  - 24
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Alston

25
- Dedicated To The One I Love
  The Temprees
- 29
- 25
- 4
- - 29
  - 25
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

We Produce

26
- You're Still A Young Man
  Tower Of Power
- 24
- 24
- 8
- - 24
  - 24
  - 8

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27
- Open House At My House (Part 1)
  Little Johnny Taylor
- 16
- 16
- 10
- - 16
  - 16
  - 10

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28
- This World
  The Staple Singers
- 14
- 6
- 11
- - 14
  - 6
  - 11

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Stax

29
- Stop Doggin' Me
  Johnnie Taylor
- 35
- 29
- 4
- - 35
  - 29
  - 4

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30
- If You Let Me
  Eddie Kendricks
- 34
- 30
- 5
- - 34
  - 30
  - 5

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Tamla

31
- A Lonely Man
  The Chi-lites
- 41
- 31
- 3
- - 41
  - 31
  - 3

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32
- Don't Ever Be Lonely (A Poor Little Fool Like Me)
  Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
- 40
- 32
- 3
- - 40
  - 32
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

United Artists

33
- Man Sized Job
  Denise LaSalle
- 48
- 33
- 2
- - 48
  - 33
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Westbound

34
- How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
  Spoonbread
- 33
- 33
- 4
- - 33
  - 33
  - 4

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35
- Guilty
  Al Green
- 37
- 35
- 4
- - 37
  - 35
  - 4

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bell

36
- If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair)
  Laura Lee
- 46
- 36
- 2
- - 46
  - 36
  - 2

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Hot Wax

37
- Endlessly
  Mavis Staples
- 30
- 30
- 5
- - 30
  - 30
  - 5

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- If You Don't Know Me By Now
  Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes
- -
- 38
- 1
- - -
  - 38
  - 1

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39
- That's How Love Goes
  Jermaine Jackson
- 44
- 39
- 3
- - 44
  - 39
  - 3

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Imprint/Promotion Label:

Motown

40