List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of the 1960s
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These are the albums that reached number-one on the Billboard R&B Albums chart during the 1960s. The chart debuted in the issue dated January 30, 1965.
Chart history[]
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Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Weeks at No. 1 |
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1965 | |||
January 30 | Where Did Our Love Go | The Supremes | 1 |
February 6 | Sam Cooke at the Copa | Sam Cooke | 3 |
February 27 | Shake | Sam Cooke | 4 |
March 27 | People Get Ready | The Impressions | 2 |
April 10 | The Temptations Sing Smokey | The Temptations | 18 |
July 3 | Four Tops | The Four Tops | 3 |
July 24 | Shotgun | Jr. Walker & the All-Stars | 1 |
September 11 | The In Crowd | Ramsey Lewis Trio | 12 |
October 30 | Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul | Otis Redding | 1 |
December 11 | The Temptin' Temptations | The Temptations | 15 |
1966 | |||
January 15 | Going to a Go-Go | Smokey Robinson and The Miracles | 4 |
April 23 | I Hear a Symphony | The Supremes | 1 |
April 30 | Got My Mojo Workin' | Jimmy Smith | 2 |
May 14 | Crying Time | Ray Charles | 1 |
May 21 | Lou Rawls Live! | Lou Rawls | 12 |
July 30 | Gettin' Ready | The Temptations | 6 |
August 20 | Hold On, I'm Comin' | Sam and Dave | 1 |
October 1 | Soulin' | Lou Rawls | 9 |
October 22 | The Supremes A' Go-Go | The Supremes | 4 |
December 31 | Greatest Hits | The Temptations | 9 |
1967 | |||
February 4 | Four Tops Live | Four Tops | 1 |
March 11 | The Supremes Sing Holland–Dozier–Holland | The Supremes | 3 |
April 1 | Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club' | Julian "Cannonball" Adderley | 1 |
April 8 | Temptations Live! | The Temptations | 3 |
April 29 | I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You | Aretha Franklin | 14 |
July 15 | Revenge | Bill Cosby | 2 |
July 29 | Here Where There Is Love | Dionne Warwick | 2 |
September 2 | The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul | The Temptations | 1 |
September 9 | Aretha Arrives | Aretha Franklin | 5 |
October 14 | Greatest Hits | Diana Ross and The Supremes | 12 |
1968 | |||
January 6 | The Temptations in a Mellow Mood | The Temptations | 7 |
February 24 | The History of Otis Redding | Otis Redding | 1 |
March 2 | Lady Soul | Aretha Franklin | 16 |
April 20 | The Dock of the Bay | Otis Redding | 3 |
June 22 | The Temptations Wish It Would Rain | The Temptations | 2 |
July 27 | Aretha Now | Aretha Franklin | 17 |
September 14 | The Temptations Wish It Would Rain | The Temptations | 1 |
November 23 | Hickory Holler Revisited | O. C. Smith | 1 |
December 7 | Special Occasion | Smokey Robinson and The Miracles | 2 |
December 21 | Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations | Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations | 4 |
1969 | |||
January 18 | TCB | Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations | 6 |
March 1 | Soul '69 | Aretha Franklin | 4 |
March 29 | Cloud Nine | The Temptations | 13 |
June 21 | M.P.G. | Marvin Gaye | 2 |
July 12 | My Whole World Ended | David Ruffin | 2 |
July 26 | Aretha's Gold | Aretha Franklin | 4 |
August 23 | Hot Buttered Soul | Isaac Hayes | 10 |
November 1 | Puzzle People | The Temptations | 15 |
See also[]
Categories:
- Lists of number-one R&B albums in the United States
- 1960s record charts