List of Top Selling R&B Singles number ones of 1967

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 1967, it was published under the title Top Selling R&B Singles. During that year, 14 different singles topped the chart, based on playlists submitted by radio stations and surveys of retail sales outlets.[1]

"Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin had three number ones ("I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You), "Respect", and "Baby I Love You") in 1967.

The most successful artist of the year in chart terms was Aretha Franklin. The singer spent seven weeks at number one between March and May with "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", and after a single week out of the top spot returned to the top of the chart with "Respect", which spent eight weeks in the peak position. Later in the year, Franklin gained her third chart-topper of the year with "Baby I Love You", which held the top spot for two weeks, giving the singer a total of 17 weeks at number one during 1967, more than double the figure achieved by any other act. Franklin had first charted in 1961, but her career did not fully take off until she joined Atlantic Records in 1966, after which she quickly became one of the biggest stars not only in black music but across all genres.[2] She is regarded as one of the greatest singers of all time and nicknamed the "Queen of Soul".[3]

Franklin was among a number of acts to reach number one for the first time in 1967.[4] Aaron Neville achieved the same feat when he moved into the number one position in the issue of Billboard dated January 7 with "Tell It Like It Is",[5] and later in the year Freddie Scott and Bettye Swann each gained their first and only chart-topper with "Are You Lonely for Me" and "Make Me Yours" respectively.[6][7] The year's final number one was "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Gladys Knight & the Pips, which reached the top spot in the issue of Billboard dated December 2 and stayed there for the remainder of the year. It was the first of two versions of the song to top the chart in a little over a year; Marvin Gaye would take his version of the song to number one in December 1968.[8] Two of 1967's rhythm & blues number ones also topped the all-genre Hot 100 chart: "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" by the Supremes and "Respect" by Aretha Franklin.[9][10] The Supremes also topped the Hot 100 with "The Happening",[9] but that single failed to even enter the top 10 of the R&B listing.[11]

Chart history
Aaron Neville (pictured in later life) had the year's first number one with "Tell It Like It Is".
"Are You Lonely for Me" was the only chart-topper for Freddie Scott.
Sam & Dave spent seven weeks atop the chart with "Soul Man".
Key
Indicates best-charting R&B single of 1967[12]
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 7 "Tell It Like It Is" Aaron Neville [13]
January 14 [14]
January 21 [15]
January 28 [16]
February 4 [17]
February 11 "Are You Lonely for Me" Freddie Scott [18]
February 18 [19]
February 25 [20]
March 4 [21]
March 11 "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" The Supremes [22]
March 18 [23]
March 25 "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" Aretha Franklin [24]
April 1 [25]
April 8 [26]
April 15 [27]
April 22 [28]
April 29 [29]
May 6 [30]
May 13 "Jimmy Mack" Martha and the Vandellas [31]
May 20 "Respect" Aretha Franklin [32]
May 27 [33]
June 3 [34]
June 10 [35]
June 17 [36]
June 24 [37]
July 1 [38]
July 8 [39]
July 15 "I Was Made to Love Her" Stevie Wonder [40]
July 22 "Make Me Yours" Bettye Swann [41]
July 29 [42]
August 5 "I Was Made to Love Her" Stevie Wonder [43]
August 12 [44]
August 19 [45]
August 26 "Baby I Love You" Aretha Franklin [46]
September 2 [47]
September 9 "Cold Sweat" James Brown [48]
September 16 [49]
September 23 [50]
September 30 "Funky Broadway" Wilson Pickett [51]
October 7 "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" Jackie Wilson [52]
October 14 "Soul Man" Sam & Dave [53]
October 21 [54]
October 28 [55]
November 4 [56]
November 11 [57]
November 18 [58]
November 25 [59]
December 2 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Gladys Knight & the Pips [60]
December 9 [61]
December 16 [62]
December 23 [63]
December 30 [64]

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