Hot R&B #1 Hits 1990

Was there a new #1 every week back then?

either "Sensitivity" or "Hold On" but there's a few of these i don't think i know.

Went with "It Never Rains (In Southern California)"

poison got jobbed in the 90s poll, so that

my shortlist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhfhVSUCLY4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYndQTgK904
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUvtlmlBbDg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjLjMSut_JU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liT8cILFAV4

now all you sisters when out and bought steve harvey's book. when you ladies could have simply listened and studied the lyrics to this song.
TheDopestEthiopian1 1 month ago 28

Rhythm nation or my my my

SING IT UP

I also loooooove "ready or not." are there other after 7 quiet storm hits I should know about?

I love that almost all of Back on the Block ended up landing at #1 sooner or later.

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otm

weirdness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TzePE4ufMI

that confounded bridge

oh wait i missed "hold on." i might have to vote for that.

RIP Whitney. Voted Baby tonight.

Good idea with this chart. My Modern Rock posts will be done this week.

Voted for:

Quincy Jones with Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge and Barry White - The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)

An amazing, underrated R&B classic and surely El's greatest moment between In a Special Way[ and last year's failed comeback.

but guys this is an amazing streak:

Mariah Carey - Vision of Love
The Time - Jerk Out
Tony! Toni! Toné! - Feels Good
En Vogue - Lies
The Boys - Crazy
Prince - Thieves in the Temple
Pebbles - Giving You the Benefit

and that's not counting Johnny Gill, Lisa Stansfield, Ralph Tresvant, and Babyface.

ha ok wow glancing ahead this is pretty clearly the last pre-soundscan year (i should've remembered this); future ballots will have significantly fewer choices.

Here's where I pimp a good friend's blog, in which he counts down every eighties R&B #1.

http://rockmetonight.blogspot.com/

is this the only year between 1985 and 1992 without a Freddie Jackson song at #1? Wow.

Here's where I pimp a good friend's blog, in which he counts down every eighties R&B #1.

So incredibly tempted to pick up the baton from this and do every '90s R&B #1.

I can see your fame rising in the east like the sun

Briefly also thought about instead doing the 90s dance #1's, but that shit really DID change out songs every week.

the dance chart and how it is configured has been a bizarre mystery to me since i was a teen

i love that Phife references two of these songs in this poll ("Sensitivity" and "B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me)?") on A Tribe Called Quest's "Butter"

could've been four, but Alexander O'Neal's "All True Man" peaked at #5 in 1991 and Heavy D's "Somebody For Me" hit #8 in '89

and Babyface's "Whip Appeal" hit #2, but i dunno if Phife was explicitly referencing that song or just the phrase. i think i'm done now.

Voted for The Time. Not that it's the best song on here, but I'll never be able to vote for The Time in another poll.

I'm gonna take a little time and listen to every one of these, but "All Around the World" has the early advantage

until I discovered O'Neal in the early 2000's I thought Phife said "I'm Ultra Man like Alexander O'Neal."

ha i thought the same thing for a long time, too, like "ultra man" was some "bionic man"-type sci-fi show in my imagination

as steeped in the Wu as I was at the time I thought eighties R&B singers had superhero/villain names too.

lol

guys let's save the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0dGDUYZgJc talk for the 89 poll thx

god I love that song ^^^

Yeah, never understood why the dance chart has a new #1 each week. People in clubs must have really short attention spans and DEMAND new songs.

when we're done with this poll we're running through the eighties and the rest of the nineties m'kay?

radio moves slower than clubs. imo it'd be fun if every chart had to have a new #1 every week -- you had your turn, put the next song in line. (xpost)

yeah i picked a start date somewhat out of a hat, actual chart starts as 'harlem race' chart (i think) in nineteen fortysomething. i think there'd be strong enough interest to go back as far as 70 easily, 60 possibly.

"Escapade," although I was busy with school that year and not all that attentive.

would this have been the year that "Love Would Never Do Without You" would have placed, because I would vote for that in a heartbeat

ie "Love Will Never Do (Without You"

next year -- but it didn't #1 R&B

oh :/

Many strong contenders; ultimately went with "Sensitivity". Among other reasons, I think it's played a part in a lot of music from the last decade, including Balearic revival, Chillwave (especially Washed Out), and some of the recent Indie/R&B. I can't think of anything else from this period that sounds quite as hazy, contemplative, nostalgic (PM Dawn maybe comes close)...

I remember how excited I would get every time I heard "Rhythm Nation"; that thing blew me away probably more than any MJ song, in terms of its massive scale, anyway. And I always thought Dawn from En Vogue just had the best face.

IT'S TIME TO GIVE A DAMN LET'S WORK TOGETHER

Lots of songs here that I've not listened to in years, stashed in the attic on 12". Initial feelings: it's between I'll Be Good To You, Hold On and It Never Rains (In Southern California). But I shall endeavour to revisit.

i voted "Sensitivity" in the end and azaera pretty well sums up how i feel about it

Spotify has 29 out of 37. Here's a playlist:
http://open.spotify.com/user/miketd/playlist/4O8YHSmCZ6iyyl0Sb7VuOi

So many classics. I went with "Poison."

for years the sheer nastiness of "Poison" has led to serious reevaluation over the years.

*for me

oh man

I love all of these:

Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
Quincy Jones feat Ray Charles and Chaka Khan - I'll Be Good To You
Janet Jackson - Escapade
Quincy Jones with Al B. Sure!, James Ingram, El DeBarge and Barry White - The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)
Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World
After 7 - Ready Or Not
Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
Johnny Gill - Rub You The Right Way
En Vogue - Hold On
MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
Lisa Stansfield - You Can't Deny It
Johnny Gill - My, My, My
Keith Sweat - Make You Sweat
Mariah Carey - Vision of Love
The Time - Jerk Out
Tony! Toni! Toné! - Feels Good
En Vogue - Lies
The Boys - Crazy
Prince - Thieves in the Temple
Pebbles - Giving You the Benefit
Bell Biv Devoe - B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me)?
Whitney Houston - I'm Your Baby Tonight
Ralph Tresvant - Sensitivity
Tony! Toni! Toné! - It Never Rains (In Southern California)

if someone wants to burn that in disc form for me I'll wash your car.

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Ha I'm the only vote for stansfield

Hot R&B #1 Hits 1991

Hot Black Singles #1 Hits 1989

Interesting that Poison got the most votes, when it didn't get any in the VH1 R&B poll from a few weeks ago

not really, something can easily be a fav of the year w/o being a fav of the decade

I feel like the real tragedy of this poll is no chance to vote for "Whip Appeal"

partly cuz that's when billboard changes the name of the chart from 'hot black singles' to 'hot r&b singles'

yikes!

Voted for "It Never Rains"

...uh, despite the way I ranked it here. Weird. (These all peaked in '90.)

1. Bell Biv DeVoe - “Poison” [MCA]
2. En Vogue - “Hold On” [Atlantic]
3. Prince - “Thieves in the Temple” [Warner Bros.]
4. Tony! Toni! Toné! - “It Never Rains (In Southern California)” [Wing]
5. Caron Wheeler - “Livin’ in the Light” [EMI]
6. Michel’le - “No More Lies” [Ruthless]
7. Janet Jackson - “Rhythm Nation” [A&M]
8. Lisa Stansfield - “All Around the World” [Arista]
9. Prince - “Scandalous!” [Warner Bros.]
10. Janet Jackson - “Escapade” [A&M]
11. Jane Child - “Don’t Wanna Fall in Love” [Warner Bros.]
12. Tony! Toni! Toné! - “Feels Good” [Wing]
13. The Time - “Jerk Out” [Reprise]
14. Angela Winbush - “Lay Your Troubles Down” [Mercury]
15. Whitney Houston - “I’m Your Baby Tonight” [A&M]
16. After 7 - “Can’t Stop” [Virgin]
17. Pebbles - “Giving You the Benefit” [MCA]
18. Troop - “Spread My Wings” [Atlantic]
19. Lalah Hathaway - “Heaven Knows” [Virgin]
20. Guy - “Wanna Get with U” [MCA]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMHEHAxrFM8

^^why is it impossible to read about this song anywhere? there's not even a wiki for it. anyway, wow

"Show Me" is pretty incredible. Plenty of Janet, Johnny Gill, T!T!T!, BBD, and En Vogue on the radio these days, but so much of this stuff has faded away.

The list just above k3vin's post was made in a rush. This one (based on entry dates) was made with a lot more care:

http://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/rb-40-hits-singles-1990

http://open.spotify.com/user/avilyn/playlist/2bewwYApRfJNJlzTUfjOuw

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-1819921-1245514592.jpeg

Jazze Phizzle Cutoutshizzle

:D

I've heard the Caron Wheeler track more often the last two or three months than I ever did in late '90/early '91.

Salute to the rogue programmer