![]() Geraldine Hunt - 'Can't Fake the Feeling' Stevie Wonder - 'Master Blaster (Jammin')' The Stylistics - 'Hurry Up This Way Again'Įvelyn 'Champagne' King - 'Let's Get Funky Tonight' (Dit Dit Dit Dash Dash Dash Dit Dit Dit)' Stephanie Mills - 'Never Knew Love Like This Before' Gladys Knight & the Pips - 'Taste of Bitter Love' Starpoint - 'I Just Wanna Dance with You'Īshford & Simpson - 'Love Don't Make It Right' Rufus f/ Chaka Khan - 'I'm Dancing for Your Love' Roberta Flack f/ Donny Hathaway - 'Back Together Again' The Brothers Johnson - 'Light Up the Night' The Isley Brothers - 'Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time for Love)' The Invisible Man's Band - 'All Night Thing' ![]() Twennynine f/ Lenny White - 'Best of Friends' Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - 'Shut 'um Down' Leon Haywood - 'Don't Push It Don't Force It' Prince - 'Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?' Roberta Flack f/ Donny Hathaway - 'You Are My Heaven' Vaughan Mason & Crew - 'Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll'īrides of Funkenstein - 'Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy' Favorites 41-43 appear in their place, at the end of the playlist. ![]() *These songs are not available on Spotify in the U.S. Brides of Funkenstein - 'Never Buy Texas from a Cowboy' Curtis Mayfield - 'Love Me, Love Me Now' Ĥ0. Herbie Hancock - 'Stars in Your Eyes' ģ8. The Isley Brothers - 'Here We Go Again' ģ5. Band - 'Take Your Time (Do It Right)' ģ4. Vaughan Mason & Crew - 'Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll' ģ1. The Isley Brothers - 'Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time for Love)' Ģ9. The Gap Band - 'Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)' Ģ7. Jermaine Jackson - 'Let's Get Serious' Ģ6. Maze f/ Frankie Beverly - 'Southern Girl' Ģ1. Prince - 'Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?' ġ9. Mtume - 'Give It on Up (If You Want To)' ġ7. The Invisible Man's Band - 'All Night Thing' *ġ4. ![]() Twennynine f/ Lenny White - 'Best of Friends' ġ1. Yarbrough & Peoples - 'Don't Stop the Music' Ģ. That man's presence and aftershocks will be felt in the next several R&B 40s.įorty favorite R&B singles that touched Billboard's Hot Soul Singles chart in 1980 - artist name first, followed by title, label of release, and date of chart entry:ġ. ![]() His slick, sparkling sound is epitomized by the Whispers' 'And the Beat Goes On' and Shalamar's 'Right in the Socket.' Sylvers also took on work for other labels, such as Chocolate City, whose 7th Wonder appears in the September chart. The year's most progressive music was put together by Leon Sylvers III, who had recently graduated from writing and producing for his own group - the Sylvers - to being the in-house producer for Dick Griffey's Solar label. We also got the final album from Minnie Riperton, whose life was taken the previous July by cancer, as well as two great albums from Teena Marie - the first of which was made with Riperton's grieving widower, Richard Rudolph. Young Prince got dirty, while Luther Vandross, front and center in number 14, emerged from extensive session work and a fledgling solo career. Classics came from many corners, both stylistically and geographically, including chunky synth-funk, sophisticated roller-skating jams, weightless ballads, Italian disco, and Japanese electro-pop. It was tough to eliminate several selections, such as Pointer Sisters' 'He's So Shy' (an August debut), from those countdowns. After narrowing the favorites down to 40, it was obvious that far too much brilliance was left out, so monthly charts were made. Bountiful is the first word that comes to mind. In 1980, Billboard's Hot Soul Singles chart featured a whopping 520 R&B singles - as well as a handful of rap cuts. If the gripes about disco's destruction of rhythm and blues seemed silly during the late '70s and the '80s, they're unequivocally wacky in 2014, considering the harmful industry developments that followed and the passing of time. ![]()
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