List of number-one R&B albums of 1970 (U.S.)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B albums
that reached number one in 1970.
See also: 1970 in music
, R&B number-one hits of 1970 (USA)
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that reached number one in 1970.
See also: 1970 in music
1970 in music
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, R&B number-one hits of 1970 (USA)
R&B number-one hits of 1970 (USA)
These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1970:See also: 1970 in music, List of number-one R&B hits -Chart comparisons:...
| Issue Date | Album | Artist |
| January 3 | Puzzle People Puzzle People Puzzle People is a 1969 album recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy label. Entirely produced by Norman Whitfield, Puzzle People takes the next step along the path that Cloud Nine started, and takes the Temptations further away from a classic soul sound, and more towards the realm of... |
The Temptations The Temptations The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,... |
| January 10 | Puzzle People | The Temptations |
| January 17 | Puzzle People | The Temptations |
| January 24 | Puzzle People | The Temptations |
| January 31 | Puzzle People | The Temptations |
| February 7 | Puzzle People | The Temptations |
| February 14 | Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 is the debut album from Gary, Indiana-based soul family band The Jackson 5, released on the Motown label in December 1969... |
The Jackson 5 The Jackson 5 The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana... |
| February 21 | Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 | The Jackson 5 |
| February 28 | Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 | The Jackson 5 |
| March 7 | Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 | The Jackson 5 |
| March 14 | Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 | The Jackson 5 |
| March 21 | Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 | The Jackson 5 |
| March 28 | Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 | The Jackson 5 |
| April 4 | Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 | The Jackson 5 |
| April 11 | Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 | The Jackson 5 |
| April 18 | Psychedelic Shack Psychedelic Shack (album) Psychedelic Shack is a 1970 album by The Temptations for the Gordy label, which represents the Temptations' full-blown submergence into psychedelia... |
The Temptations |
| April 25 | Psychedelic Shack | The Temptations |
| May 2 | Psychedelic Shack | The Temptations |
| May 9 | Psychedelic Shack | The Temptations |
| May 16 | The Isaac Hayes Movement The Isaac Hayes Movement (album) The Isaac Hayes Movement was the third studio album released by Isaac Hayes. Released in 1970, it was the follow-up to "Hot Buttered Soul", Hayes' landmark 1969 album. Marvell Thomas had come up with "The Isaac Hayes Movement" as a name for Hayes' backup ensemble. He modeled the name after the Jimi... |
Isaac Hayes Isaac Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the... |
| May 23 | The Isaac Hayes Movement | Isaac Hayes |
| May 30 | The Isaac Hayes Movement | Isaac Hayes |
| June 6 | The Isaac Hayes Movement | Isaac Hayes |
| June 13 | The Isaac Hayes Movement | Isaac Hayes |
| June 20 | ABC ABC (album) -Recording Sessions:August 1969 - March 1970Other tracks from ABC recording sessionsI Was Made To Love HerI Hear A SymphonyYou Ain't Giving Me What I Want We Can Have FunHoney Chile... |
The Jackson 5 |
| June 27 | ABC | The Jackson 5 |
| July 4 | ABC | The Jackson 5 |
| July 11 | ABC | The Jackson 5 |
| July 18 | ABC | The Jackson 5 |
| July 25 | ABC | The Jackson 5 |
| August 1 | ABC | The Jackson 5 |
| August 8 | The Isaac Hayes Movement | Isaac Hayes |
| August 15 | The Isaac Hayes Movement | Isaac Hayes |
| August 22 | ABC | The Jackson 5 |
| August 29 | ABC | The Jackson 5 |
| September 5 | ABC | The Jackson 5 |
| September 12 | ABC | The Jackson 5 |
| September 19 | ABC | The Jackson 5 |
| September 26 | Diana Ross | Diana Ross Diana Ross Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway... |
| October 3 | Diana Ross | Diana Ross |
| October 10 | Third Album Third Album Third Album was an album released by The Jackson 5 on Motown Records, and the group's second LP released in 1970. Third Album featured the group's fourth consecutive number-one single on the US pop charts, "I'll Be There", the Top 5 single, "Mama's Pearl", and album tracks such as the... |
The Jackson 5 |
| October 17 | Third Album | The Jackson 5 |
| October 24 | Third Album | The Jackson 5 |
| October 31 | Third Album | The Jackson 5 |
| November 7 | Third Album | The Jackson 5 |
| November 14 | Third Album | The Jackson 5 |
| November 21 | Third Album | The Jackson 5 |
| November 28 | Third Album | The Jackson 5 |
| December 5 | Third Album | The Jackson 5 |
| December 12 | Third Album | The Jackson 5 |
| December 19 | Greatest Hits | Sly and the Family Stone |
| December 26 | ...To Be Continued ...To Be Continued ...To Be Continued is a studio album by American soul musician Isaac Hayes, issued in 1970 on Stax Records' Enterprise label. The LP includes Hayes' cover of the Burt Bacharach/Hal David composition "The Look of Love", which was issued as a single in an edited form, peaking at #79 on the Billboard... |
Isaac Hayes |