R&B number-one hits of 1980 (USA)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1980:
See also: 1980 in music
, List of number-one R&B hits (United States)
See also: 1980 in music
1980 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1980.-January–March:*January 1**Cliff Richard is appointed an MBE by Elizabeth II.**The Zorros audition drummer Greg Pedley....
, List of number-one R&B hits (United States)
Chart history
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 5 | Rock with You | Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records... |
| January 12 | Rock with You | Michael Jackson |
| January 19 | Rock with You | Michael Jackson |
| January 26 | Rock with You | Michael Jackson |
| February 2 | Rock with You | Michael Jackson |
| February 9 | Rock with You | Michael Jackson |
| February 16 | Second Time Around The Second Time Around (Shalamar song) "The Second Time Around" is a 1979 hit by Los Angeles-based R&B group, Shalamar. The song is the first single from their album, Big Fun. The single went to number one on the soul chart and was their most successful hit on the Hot 100 pop chart, reaching number eight in early 1980.. "The Second Time... |
Shalamar Shalamar Shalamar was an American music group, primarily of the 1970s and 1980s, that was originally a disco-driven vehicle created by Soul Train booking agent Dick Griffey and show creator Don Cornelius. They went on to be an influential dance trio, masterminded by Soul Train producer Don Cornelius... |
| February 23 | Special Lady | Ray, Goodman & Brown Ray, Goodman & Brown Ray, Goodman & Brown is an American R&B vocal group. The group originated as The Moments, who formed in the mid-1960s and whose greatest successes came in the 1970s with hits including "Love on a Two-Way Street", "Sexy Mama" and "Look at Me "... |
| March 1 | And The Beat Goes On And the Beat Goes On (song) "And the Beat Goes On" is a 1980 single by the Los Angeles-based quintet, The Whispers. The song was their first of two number-one singles on the R&B chart, and their first Top 20 pop hit in the United States, peaking at number nineteen. "And the Beat Goes On" was The Whispers only number one on... |
The Whispers The Whispers The Whispers are a long-established R&B-dance vocal group from Los Angeles, California, with a consistent track record of hit records dating back to the late 1960s.-Career:... |
| March 8 | And The Beat Goes On | The Whispers |
| March 15 | And The Beat Goes On | The Whispers |
| March 22 | And The Beat Goes On | The Whispers |
| March 29 | And The Beat Goes On | The Whispers |
| April 5 | Stomp! Stomp! "Stomp!" is a song released by The Brothers Johnson in 1979. It reached number one on the Dance singles chart.. It reached number one on the R&B singles chart and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1980. It was a bigger success in the UK, where it peaked at number 6 on the... |
The Brothers Johnson |
| April 12 | Stomp! | The Brothers Johnson |
| April 19 | Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love) Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love) "Don't Say Goodnight " is a 1980 quiet storm soul record by The Isley Brothers, released on their T-Neck imprint. The song, which was released as an answer of sorts to Teddy Pendergrass' hit, "Turn Off the Lights", was an ode to love sung by Ronald Isley who begs his lady in his trademark falsetto... |
The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper... |
| April 26 | Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love) |
The Isley Brothers |
| May 3 | Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love) |
The Isley Brothers |
| May 10 | Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love) |
The Isley Brothers |
| May 17 | Let’s Get Serious Let's Get Serious (song) "Let's Get Serious" is the title track from Jermaine Jackson's 1980 album Let's Get Serious on Motown Records, written by Lee Garrett and Stevie Wonder. The single was Jackson's first number-one soul hit and second Top 40 pop hit, peaking at number nine. The recording was produced by Stevie... |
Jermaine Jackson Jermaine Jackson Jermaine La Jaune Jackson is an American singer, bassist, composer, a member of The Jackson 5, older brother of American pop stars Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson and occasional film director... |
| May 24 | Let’s Get Serious | Jermaine Jackson |
| May 31 | Let’s Get Serious | Jermaine Jackson |
| June 7 | Let’s Get Serious | Jermaine Jackson |
| June 14 | Let’s Get Serious | Jermaine Jackson |
| June 21 | Let’s Get Serious | Jermaine Jackson |
| June 28 | Take Your Time (Do It Right) [Part 1 Take Your Time (Do It Right) "Take Your Time " is the first single by the SOS Band. In the USA, it reached the number one spot in the Hot R&B Songs charts and number three on the pop charts during the summer of 1980. The single was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of two million copies... ] |
The S.O.S. Band |
| July 5 | Take Your Time (Do It Right) [Part 1] | The S.O.S. Band |
| July 12 | Take Your Time (Do It Right) [Part 1] | The S.O.S. Band |
| July 19 | Take Your Time (Do It Right) [Part 1] | The S.O.S. Band |
| July 26 | Take Your Time (Do It Right) [Part 1] | The S.O.S. Band |
| August 2 | One in a Million You One in a Million You "One in a Million You" is a 1980 single by Larry Graham, former bass player for Sly & the Family Stone and frontman for Graham Central Station. The ballad crossed over to the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart, peaking at number nine in the summer of 1980 and hit number one on the R&B... |
Larry Graham Larry Graham Larry Graham, Jr. is an African American bass guitar player, both with the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly & the Family Stone, and as the founder and frontman of Graham Central Station... |
| August 9 | One In A Million You | Larry Graham |
| August 16 | Upside Down | 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... |
| August 23 | Upside Down | Diana Ross |
| August 30 | Upside Down | Diana Ross |
| September 6 | Upside Down | Diana Ross |
| September 13 | Give Me The Night | George Benson George Benson George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist.... |
| September 20 | Give Me The Night | George Benson |
| September 27 | Give Me The Night | George Benson |
| October 4 | Funkin’ For Jamaica Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.) "Funkin' for Jamaica " is a 1980 single by jazz trumpeter, Tom Browne. The single -- a memoir of the neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens where Browne was born and raised -- is from his second solo album, Love Approach. The vocals for the single were provided by Tonni Smith, who also... |
Tom Browne |
| October 11 | Funkin’ For Jamaica | Tom Browne |
| October 18 | Funkin’ For Jamaica | Tom Browne |
| October 25 | Funkin’ For Jamaica | Tom Browne |
| November 1 | Master Blaster (Jammin’) Master Blaster (Jammin) "Master Blaster " is a 1980 single by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder from his 1980 album Hotter than July.-History:The song, built on a heavy reggae feel, is an ode to reggae legend Bob Marley; Wonder had been performing with Marley a few times in concerts on his US tour in the fall of... |
Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist... |
| November 8 | Master Blaster (Jammin’) | Stevie Wonder |
| November 15 | Master Blaster (Jammin’) | Stevie Wonder |
| November 22 | Master Blaster (Jammin’) | Stevie Wonder |
| November 29 | Master Blaster (Jammin’) | Stevie Wonder |
| December 6 | Master Blaster (Jammin’) | Stevie Wonder |
| December 13 | Master Blaster (Jammin’) | Stevie Wonder |
| December 20 | Celebration Celebration (song) "Celebration" is a song released in 1980 by Kool & the Gang from their album Celebrate!. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on February 7, 1981 and held that position until February 20, 1981. Late in 1980, the song had also reached number one on both the Billboard Dance and R&B... |
Kool & The Gang Kool & the Gang Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and... |
| December 27 | Celebration | Kool & The Gang |
Chart comparisons
- Three songs reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Two of the songs, "Rock With You and "Upside Down" peaked on the chart within 1980, while "Celebration" went to number one the year after.