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Ben E. King
Benjamin Earl King (born Benjamin Earl Nelson, September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015), known as Ben E. King, was an American soul and R&B singer and record producer.
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Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.
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Blue Moon (1934 song)
"Blue Moon" is a classic popular song written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934, and has become a standard ballad.
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Bobby Bland
Robert Calvin Bland (né Robert Calvin Brooks; January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013), known professionally as Bobby "Blue" Bland, was an American blues singer.
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Bobby Lewis
Robert Alan "Bobby" Lewis (born February 9, 1925) is an American rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer.
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Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker (birth name Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American rock n roll singer and dancer.
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Ernie K-Doe
Ernest Kador Jr. (February 22, 1933 – July 5, 2001), known by the stage name Ernie K-Doe, was an African-American rhythm-and-blues singer best known for his 1961 hit single "Mother-in-Law", which went to number 1 on the Billboard pop chart in the U.S.
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Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia that remained active on the music charts and performing circuit for three decades.
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He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)
"He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" is a 1975 No.
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Hit the Road Jack
"Hit the Spot Jack" is a song written by the rhythm and blues artist Percy Mayfield and first recorded in 1960 as an a cappella demo sent to Art Rupe.
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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Songs is a record chart that ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.
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I Pity the Fool
"I Pity the Fool" is a soul blues song originally recorded by Bobby Bland in 1961 for his first Duke Records album, Two Steps from the Blues.
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Jerry Butler
Jerry Butler, Jr. (born December 8, 1939) is an American soul singer-songwriter and politician.
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Lee Dorsey
Irving Lee Dorsey (December 24, 1924 – December 1, 1986) was an African American pop and R&B singer during the 1960s.
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List of Billboard number-one rhythm and blues hits
Listed here are Billboard magazine's number-one rhythm and blues hits from 1942 to 1959.
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Mother-in-Law (song)
"Mother-in-Law" is a 1961 song recorded by Ernie K-Doe.
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My True Story
"My True Story" is a 1961 song recorded by The Jive Five.
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One Mint Julep
"One Mint Julep" is a rhythm and blues song, written and composed by Rudy Toombs, that became a 1951 hit for the Clovers.
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Please Mr. Postman
"Please Mr.
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Pony Time
"Pony Time" is a song written by Don Covay and John Berry (a member of Covay's earlier vocal group, the Rainbows), and originally recorded in 1960 by Covay with his group the Goodtimers.
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Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004), known professionally as Ray Charles, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer.
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Shop Around
"Shop Around" is a song written by Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy.
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Stand by Me (Ben E. King song)
"Stand by Me" is a song, originally performed by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King, and written by King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller.
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The Jive Five
The Jive Five is an American doo wop group.
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The Marcels
The Marcels was an American doo-wop group known for turning popular music songs into rock and roll.
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The Marvelettes
The Marvelettes was an American girl group that achieved popularity in the early- to mid-1960s.
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The Miracles
The Miracles (also known as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles from 1965 to 1972) were an American rhythm and blues vocal group that was the first successful recording act for Berry Gordy's Motown Records, and one of the most important and influential groups in pop, rock and roll, and R&B music history.
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Tossin' and Turnin'
"Tossin' and Turnin'" is a song written by Ritchie Adams and Malou Rene, and originally recorded by Bobby Lewis.
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1961 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1961.
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R&B number-one hits of 1961 (USA).
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_number-one_R%26B_singles_of_1961_(U.S.)
