List of Top Selling R&B Singles number ones of 1966

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The Supremes had two number ones ("You Can't Hurry Love" and "You Keep Me Hangin' On") in 1966.

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs is a chart published by Billboard that ranks the top-performing songs in the United States in African-American-oriented musical genres; the chart has undergone various name changes since its launch in 1942 to reflect the evolution of such genres. In 1966, it was published under the title Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles through the issue dated April 2 and Top Selling R&B Singles thereafter. During that year, 20 different singles topped the chart, based on playlists submitted by radio stations and surveys of retail sales outlets.[1]

In the issue of Billboard dated January 1, James Brown was at number one with "I Got You (I Feel Good)", the song's fifth week in the top spot.[2] It was displaced the following week by "A Sweet Woman Like You" by Joe Tex, but returned to the top of the chart for one final week in the issue dated January 15. Many of the year's chart-toppers were released on the Motown label, including singles by Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, the Supremes and the Four Tops.[3] Motown is regarded as one of the most successful and influential labels of the 20th century and as having brought unprecedented levels of mainstream success to black music.[4][5] The Temptations were the year's most successful act, achieving four chart-toppers with "Get Ready", "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" and "(I Know) I'm Losing You", which spent a cumulative total of sixteen weeks in the top spot, the highest figure for any act. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" spent eight non-consecutive weeks at number one, the greatest length of time spent in the top spot by a song. The longest unbroken run at number one was seven weeks, achieved by Wilson Pickett's "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)".

In addition to the Temptations, four other acts achieved more than one number one during 1966. James Brown gained his second chart-topper of the year in June with "It's a Man's Man's Man's World". Wilson Pickett topped the chart for seven weeks in March and April with "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)" and for a single week in September with "Land of a Thousand Dances", the Supremes spent time at number one in the last quarter of the year with both "You Can't Hurry Love" and "You Keep Me Hangin' On", and Stevie Wonder reached the peak position with both "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" and his recording of Bob Dylan's song "Blowin' in the Wind". Artists who topped the chart for the first time in 1966 included Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Percy Sledge, who spent four weeks at number one with "When a Man Loves a Woman"; it also topped the all-genre Hot 100 chart and would prove to be his signature song,[6] but was his only chart-topper.[7]

Chart history

Key
Best charting R&B single of 1966 Indicates best-charting R&B single of 1966[8]
singers The Temptations
The Temptations had four number ones ("Get Ready", "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep", and "(I Know) I'm Losing You") in 1966.
singers Sam & Dave
Sam & Dave topped the chart with "Hold On! I'm a Comin'".
singer Eddie Floyd
Eddie Floyd reached number one with "Knock On Wood". He also co-wrote "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)", a chart-topper for Wilson Pickett.[9]
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Stevie Wonder had two number ones ("Uptight (Everything's Alright)" and "Blowin' in the Wind") in 1966.
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 1 "I Got You (I Feel Good)" James Brown [2]
January 8 "A Sweet Woman Like You" Joe Tex [10]
January 15 "I Got You (I Feel Good)" James Brown [11]
January 22 "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" Stevie Wonder [12]
January 29 [13]
February 5 [14]
February 12 [15]
February 19 [16]
February 26 "Baby Scratch My Back" Slim Harpo [17]
March 5 [18]
March 12 "634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)" Wilson Pickett [19]
March 19 [20]
March 26 [21]
April 2 [22]
April 9 [23]
April 16 [24]
April 23 [25]
April 30 "Get Ready" The Temptations [26]
May 7 "When a Man Loves a Woman" Percy Sledge [27]
May 14 [28]
May 21 [29]
May 28 [30]
June 4 "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" James Brown [31]
June 11 [32]
June 18 "Hold On! I'm a Comin'" dagger Sam & Dave [33]
June 25 "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" The Temptations [34]
July 2 [35]
July 9 [36]
July 16 [37]
July 23 "Let's Go Get Stoned" Ray Charles [38]
July 30 "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" The Temptations [39]
August 6 [40]
August 13 [41]
August 20 [42]
August 27 "Blowin' in the Wind" Stevie Wonder [43]
September 3 "You Can't Hurry Love" The Supremes [44]
September 10 [45]
September 17 "Land of a Thousand Dances" Wilson Pickett [46]
September 24 "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" The Temptations [47]
October 1 [48]
October 8 [49]
October 15 [50]
October 22 [51]
October 29 "Reach Out I'll Be There" The Four Tops [52]
November 5 [53]
November 12 "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" Lou Rawls [54]
November 19 "Knock On Wood" Eddie Floyd [55]
November 26 "You Keep Me Hangin' On" The Supremes [56]
December 3 [57]
December 10 [58]
December 17 [59]
December 24 "(I Know) I'm Losing You" The Temptations [60]
December 31 [61]

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