Motown's Year Without Any Number One Soul Songs

[Boogiedown]

without looking it up !!!! Challenge yourself!

What entire year passed without a single Motown record placing a #1 spot on Billboard's weekly Soul/R&B/Black Singles chart?
If I'm not mistaken , it only happened once during 1961 thru 1988 -
and no I don't mean the year 1964 when Billboard didn't tabulate any charts, excluding that year.

What year was it ? Any takers?

Without looking it up!

[JohnnyB]

without looking it up !!!! Challenge yourself!

What entire year passed without a single Motown record placing a #1 spot on Billboard's weekly Soul/R&B/Black Singles chart?
If I'm not mistaken , it only happened once during 1961 thru 1988 -
and no I don't mean the year 1964 when Billboard didn't tabulate any charts, excluding that year.

What year was it ? Any takers?

Without looking it up!

Here's my guess: 1979

[Boogiedown]

Here's my guess: 1979

And it's a good guess! Wrong! But a good guess!
1979 almost squeaked by without Motown scoring , but then they landed a number one for a week on November 24th.

The Commodores: STILL

[longtimefan]

1975 I think....

[TomatoTom123]

without looking it up !!!! Challenge yourself!

What entire year passed without a single Motown record placing a #1 spot on Billboard's weekly Soul/R&B/Black Singles chart?
If I'm not mistaken , it only happened once during 1961 thru 1988 -
and no I don't mean the year 1964 when Billboard didn't tabulate any charts, excluding that year.

What year was it ? Any takers?

Without looking it up!

Hmmmm... great question Boogie...

I'm gonna go with 1987...?

[TomatoTom123]

Oops, just realised the question is about Motown's year without any #1 Soul songs... I thought it was Pop... hmmmmm

[marv2]

Hmmmm... great question Boogie...

I'm gonna go with 1987...?

Stevie had 2 number ones in 1987 with "Skeletons" and "You Will Know".

[marv2]

Here's my guess: 1979

The Commodores had a number one with "Slippery When Wet" in 1975.

[blackguy69]

We just mentioned this on a recent thread because we were talking how a particular song didn't chart #1 on the r&b charts but it did on the top 40 charts. 1972 is the answer

[marv2]

I'm curious, how many people on Earth would know the answer to this without looking it up?

[Boogiedown]

I'm curious, how many people on Earth would know the answer to this without looking it up?

thirty -six

[Boogiedown]

longtimefan:
1975 I think....

The first half of 1975 was good for Motown when it came to chart toppers:

HAPPY PEOPLE ---The Temptations
SHOESHINE BOY --- Eddie Kendricks
SHAKEY GROUND --- The Temptations
BABY THAT'S BACKATCHA --- Smokey Robinson
SLIPPERY WHEN WET --- Commodores

then after July 5th, no more

[marv2]

thirty -six

That is a tiny, tiny, percentage of the Earth's 7.5 billion people. So everyone, do not feel bad. LOL!!!

[copley]

Actually only 35, one of them had to phone a friend!