Rhythm and Blues Power

Το rhythm and blues , γνωστό περισσότερο με τις συντμήσεις R&B ή RnB, είναι ένα δημοφιλές είδος αφροαμερικάνικης μουσικής που ανάγεται στη δεκαετία του 1940. Ο όρος χρησιμοποιήθηκε αρχικά από τις δισκογραφικές εταιρίες για να περιγράψει ηχογραφήσεις που απευθύνονταν στο αστικό αφροαμερικανικό αγοραστικό κοινό. Το 1930 αντικατέστησε τον ρατσιστικό όρο race music (φυλετική μουσική).

Επίσης ο όρος rhythm and blues χρησιμοποιήθηκε από το Billboard για τις λίστες των μουσικών τσαρτς από τον Ιούνιο του 1949 μέχρι τον Αύγουστο του 1969,οπότε και τα Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles τσαρτ μετονομάστηκαν σε Best Selling Soul Singles.

Λίστα καλλιτεχνών που έφτασαν στο Νο1 των Billboard R&B chart 1949-1969

1949

Charles Brown (15 weeks BS, 11 weeks JB)
Larry Darnell (6 weeks BS, 8 weeks JB)
Wynonie Harris (1 week BS, 2 weeks JB)
John Lee Hooker (1 week JB)
Louis Jordan (12 weeks BS, 12 weeks JB)
Big Jay McNeely (1 week BS, 1 week JB)
Amos Milburn (2 weeks JB)
The Orioles (1 week BS)
Dinah Washington (2 weeks BS, 1 week JB)
Paul Williams (12 weeks BS, 14 weeks JB)
Jimmy Witherspoon (1 week BS)

1950

Roy Brown (3 weeks BS)
Ruth Brown (11 weeks BS, 7 weeks JB)
Nat "King" Cole (4 weeks JB)
Lowell Fulson (1 week BS, 4 weeks JB)
Ivory Joe Hunter (2 weeks BS, 7 weeks JB)
Louis Jordan (7 weeks BS, 4 weeks JB)
Joe Liggins (11 weeks BS, 13 weeks JB)
Percy Mayfield (2 weeks BS, 1 week JB)
Joe Morris (4 weeks BS, 3 weeks JB)
Johnny Otis and Little Esther (13 weeks BS, 10 weeks JB) (9 weeks BS / 5 weeks JB with The Robins, 4 weeks BS / 5 weeks JB with Mel Walker)

1951

Earl Bostic (4 weeks BS)
Jackie Brenston (3 weeks BS, 5 weeks JB)
Charles Brown (13 weeks BS, 14 weeks JB)
The Clovers (8 weeks BS, 3 weeks JB)
The Dominoes (14 weeks BS, 12 weeks JB)
The Five Keys (4 weeks BS, 2 weeks JB)
Lloyd Glenn (2 weeks JB)
Peppermint Harris (1 week BS, 2 weeks JB)
John Lee Hooker (4 weeks JB)
Amos Milburn (1 week BS, 3 weeks JB)
Jimmy Nelson (1 week JB)
Tab Smith (2 weeks BS)

1952

Johnny Ace (9 weeks BS)
Eddie Boyd (2 weeks BS, 7 weeks JB)
Ruth Brown (7 weeks BS, 6 weeks JB)
Tommy Brown with The Griffin Brothers (3 weeks JB)
The Clovers (1 week BS, 1 week JB)
Fats Domino (1 week BS)
The Dominoes (7 weeks BS, 10 weeks JB)
Jimmy Forrest (6 weeks BS, 7 weeks JB)
The Four Blazes (3 weeks JB)
Rosco Gordon (1 week BS)
B. B. King (7 weeks BS, 5 weeks JB)
Little Walter (1 week BS, 8 weeks JB)
Willie Mabon (8 weeks BS, 7 weeks JB)
Lloyd Price (7 weeks BS, 1 week JB)
Johnnie Ray (1 week BS, 1 week JB)

1953

Johnny Ace (5 weeks BS, 4 weeks JB)
Faye Adams (9 weeks BS, 10 weeks JB)
Ruth Brown (5 weeks BS, 5 weeks JB)
The "5" Royales (8 weeks BS, 8 weeks JB)
B.B. King (3 weeks JB)
Willie Mabon (2 weeks BS)
Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters (11 weeks BS, 1 week JB)
The Orioles (4 weeks BS, 5 weeks JB)
Big Mama Thornton (6 weeks BS, 7 weeks JB)
Big Joe Turner (8 weeks JB)

1954

Faye Adams (6 weeks BS, 5 weeks JB)
Ruth Brown (5 weeks BS, 9 weeks JB)
The Charms (9 weeks BS, 2 weeks JB, 2 weeks JY)
Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters (8 weeks BS, 8 weeks JB)
Guitar Slim (6 weeks BS, 14 weeks JB)
Roy Hamilton (8 weeks BS, 5 weeks JB)
B.B. King (2 weeks JB)
The Midnighters (9 weeks BS, 4 weeks JB)
Big Joe Turner (3 weeks JB)

1955

Johnny Ace (9 weeks BS, 9 weeks JB, 10 weeks JY)
Chuck Berry (9 weeks BS, 11 weeks JB, 9 weeks JY)
Ray Charles (1 week JB, 1 week JY)
Bo Diddley (2 weeks JB)
Fats Domino (11 weeks BS, 8 weeks JB, 10 weeks JY)
The Drifters (1 week JB)
Roy Hamilton (3 weeks BS)
Al Hibbler (1 week JB)
Etta James (4 weeks JY)
Little Walter ( 4 weeks BS, 5 weeks JB, 2 weeks JY)
Jay McShann (3 weeks BS, 2 weeks JB, 2 weeks JY)
The Moonglows (2 weeks JB, 1 week JY)
The Penguins (3 weeks BS, 3 weeks JB, 1 week JY)
The Platters (7 weeks BS, 6 weeks JB, 5 weeks JY)

1956

Ray Charles (2 weeks JB, 1 week JY)
Bill Doggett (13 weeks BS, 1 week JB, 5 weeks JY)
Fats Domino (15 weeks BS, 17 weeks JB, 20 weeks JY)
The El Dorados (1 week JB)
Little Willie John (3 weeks BS, 1 week JB, 5 weeks JY)
Little Richard (8 weeks BS, 9 weeks JB, 5 weeks JY)
Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers (5 weeks BS, 2 weeks JY)
Clyde McPhatter (1 week JB)
The Platters (10 weeks BS, 11 weeks JB, 13 weeks JY)
Elvis Presley (1 week BS, 6 weeks JB)
Shirley and Lee (3 weeks JB, 3 weeks JY)

1957

Paul Anka (2 weeks BS)
LaVern Baker (1 week JY)
Chuck Berry (1 week BS, 1 week JB, 5 weeks JY)
Bobby Bland (2 weeks JY)
The Bobbettes (4 weeks JY)
The Coasters (13 weeks BS, 2 weeks JB, 7 weeks JY)
Nat "King" Cole (2 weeks JY)
Sam Cooke (6 weeks BS, 6 weeks JY)
Fats Domino (14 weeks BS, 13 weeks JB, 12 weeks JY)
The Everly Brothers (1 week JY)
Ivory Joe Hunter (3 weeks JB, 1 week JY)
Jerry Lee Lewis (2 weeks BS, 1 week JY)
Little Richard (2 weeks JB)
Clyde McPhatter (1 week JY)
Mickey & Sylvia (2 weeks JY)
Elvis Presley (10 weeks BS, 4 weeks JB, 5 weeks JY)
Jimmie Rodgers (2 weeks BS, 1 week JY)
Larry Williams (1 week JY)
Chuck Willis (2 weeks JY)

1958

Chuck Berry (3 weeks BS, 3 weeks JY)
The Champs (4 weeks BS, 4 weeks JY)
Jimmy Clanton (1 week BS)
The Coasters (7 weeks BS, 6 weeks JY)
Cozy Cole (6 weeks)
Sam Cooke (1 week JY)
Danny & The Juniors (5 weeks BS)
Bobby Darin (2 weeks JY)
Bobby Day (3 weeks JY)
Tommy Edwards (3 weeks BS)
The Elegants (4 weeks BS, 4 weeks JY)
The Everly Brothers (5 weeks BS, 3 weeks JY)
Ernie Freeman (2 weeks JY)
Bill Justis (1 week JY)
The Kalin Twins (1 week JY)
Clyde McPhatter (1 week)
The Platters (3 weeks BS)
Perez Prado (2 weeks BS, 1 week JY)
Elvis Presley (3 weeks JY)
David Seville (1 week JY)
The Silhouettes (4 weeks BS, 6 weeks JY)
Chuck Willis (1 week JY)
Jackie Wilson (7 weeks)

1959

Brook Benton (16 weeks)
James Brown (1 week)
Ray Charles (1 week)
The Coasters (4 weeks)
Fats Domino (1 week)
The Drifters (1 week)
Wilbert Harrison (7 weeks)
Phil Phillips (1 week)
Lloyd Price (11 weeks)
Della Reese (2 weeks)
The Spacemen (3 weeks)
Jackie Wilson (1 week)

1960

Hank Ballard and The Midnighters (3 weeks)
Brook Benton (23 weeks, inc. 14 weeks with Dinah Washington)
Bill Black (8 weeks)
Buster Brown (1 week)
Jerry Butler (7 weeks)
The Drifters (1 week)
The Everly Brothers (1 week)
Bobby Marchan (1 week)
Dinah Washington (15 weeks, inc. 14 weeks with Brook Benton)
Jackie Wilson (7 weeks)

1961

Bobby Bland (1 week)
Ray Charles (6 weeks)
Chubby Checker (2 weeks)
Lee Dorsey (1 week)
The Jive Five (3 weeks)
Ernie K-Doe (5 weeks)
Ben E. King (4 weeks)
Bobby Lewis (10 weeks)
The Marcels (2 weeks)
The Marvelettes (7 weeks)
The Miracles (8 weeks)
The Pips (1 week)

1962

Booker T. & the MGs (4 weeks)
Gene Chandler (5 weeks)
Ray Charles (15 weeks)
Sam Cooke (3 weeks)
King Curtis (2 weeks)
The Four Seasons (1 week)
Barbara George (4 weeks)
Little Eva (3 weeks)
Barbara Lynn (3 weeks)
Esther Phillips (3 weeks)
Dee Dee Sharp (4 weeks)
Mary Wells (1 week)

1963

Bobby Bland (2 weeks)
The Chiffons (4 weeks)
Sam Cooke (1 week)
The Essex (2 weeks)
Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs (1 week)
Lesley Gore (3 weeks)
The Impressions (2 weeks)
Barbara Lewis (2 weeks)
Little Peggy March (1 week)
Martha and the Vandellas (4 weeks)
Garnet Mimms and the Enchanters (3 weeks)
The Miracles (1 week)
Paul and Paula (2 weeks)
Ruby and the Romantics (2 weeks)
Jimmy Soul (1 week)
Little Johnny Taylor (1 week)
Mary Wells (4 weeks)
Jackie Wilson (3 weeks)
Little Stevie Wonder (6 weeks)

1964

NOTE: Κανένα R&B chart δεν δημοσιεύτηκε μεταξύ Noεμβρίου 1963 και Ιανουαρίου 1965. Οι παρακάτω R&B καλλιτέχνες (όπως αναφέρει ο Joel Whitburn) είχαν No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart εκείνη την περίοδο:

The Dixie Cups (3 weeks)
The Shangri-Las (1 week)
The Supremes (6 weeks)
Mary Wells (2 weeks)

1965

Fontella Bass (4 weeks)
James Brown (14 weeks)
Solomon Burke (3 weeks)
The Four Tops (9 weeks)
Marvin Gaye (2 weeks)
Little Milton (3 weeks)
Wilson Pickett (1 week)
The Supremes (1 week)
The Temptations (6 weeks)
Joe Tex (3 weeks)
Jr. Walker & the All Stars (4 weeks)

1966

James Brown (2 weeks)
Ray Charles (1 week)
Eddie Floyd (1 week)
The Four Tops (2 weeks)
Slim Harpo (2 weeks)
Wilson Pickett (8 weeks)
Lou Rawls (1 week)
Sam & Dave (1 week)
Percy Sledge (4 weeks)
The Supremes (6 weeks)
The Temptations (16 weeks)
Joe Tex (1 week)
Stevie Wonder (6 weeks)

1967

James Brown (3 weeks)
Aretha Franklin (17 weeks)
Gladys Knight & The Pips (6 weeks)
Martha and the Vandellas (1 week)
Aaron Neville (5 weeks)
Wilson Pickett (1 week)
Sam & Dave (7 weeks)
Freddie Scott (4 weeks)
The Supremes (2 weeks)
Bettye Swann (2 weeks)
Jackie Wilson (1 week)
Stevie Wonder (4 weeks)

1968

Archie Bell & The Drells (2 weeks)
James Brown (8 weeks)
Jerry Butler (1 week)
The Dells (3 weeks)
Aretha Franklin (10 weeks)
Marvin Gaye (13 weeks, inc. 6 weeks with Tammi Terrell)
The Intruders (1 week)
Hugh Masekela (4 weeks)
Otis Redding (3 weeks)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1 week)
Johnnie Taylor (3 weeks)
The Temptations (4 weeks)
Stevie Wonder (1 week)

1969

James Brown (4 weeks)
Jerry Butler (2 weeks)
Tyrone Davis (3 weeks)
The Dells (1 week)
Aretha Franklin (5 weeks)
Marvin Gaye (6 weeks)
The Impressions (1 week)
The Isley Brothers (4 weeks)
The Originals (5 weeks)
Diana Ross and The Supremes (4 weeks)
Joe Simon (3 weeks)
Sly & The Family Stone (2 weeks)
The Temptations (7 weeks)
Jr. Walker & the All Stars (2 weeks)