R&B number-one hits of 1982 (USA)
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These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1982:
See also: 1982 in music
, List of number-one R&B hits (United States)
See also: 1982 in music
1982 in music
This is a list of notable events in music from 1982. 1982 was a big year in music with Madonna making her debut as well as the year that Michael Jackson released Thriller which became the world's best selling album and it still holds that title today....
, List of number-one R&B hits (United States)
| Issue Date | Song | Artist |
| January 2 | Let's Groove Let's Groove "Let's Groove" is a 1981 song from the album Raise! by the R&B act Earth, Wind & Fire. The song peaked at #3 in the U.S. and in the UK. It also spent eight weeks at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in late-1981/early-1982 and was the second R&B song of 1982 on the year end charts... |
Earth, Wind & Fire Earth, Wind & Fire Earth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of... |
| January 9 | Let's Groove | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| January 16 | Let's Groove | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| January 23 | Turn Your Love Around Turn Your Love Around "Turn Your Love Around" is one of many major R&B, jazz and pop hit singles for George Benson. The song was written to help fill out Benson's 1981 greatest hits album, The George Benson Collection. It reached number one on the soul singles charts and number five on the Billboard Hot 100 singles... |
George Benson George Benson George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist.... |
| January 30 | I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) "I Can't Go for That " is a 1981 song recorded by Daryl Hall and John Oates.It was the fourth number-one hit single of their career on the Billboard Hot 100 and the second hit single from their album Private Eyes... |
Daryl Hall & John Oates |
| February 6 | Call Me Call Me (Skyy song) "Call Me" is a 1981 single by Brooklyn-based funk group Skyy. A popular R&B and dance hit, the single achieved mainstream success by peaking at number twenty-six on the Billboard Hot 100. It was one of only two singles Skyy placed on that chart.... |
Skyy Skyy (band) Skyy was an American R&B/funk/disco band based in New York. They are perhaps best known for their 1982 hit, "Call Me," as well as their 1989 "comeback" hits, "Start of a Romance" and "Real Love."-Career:... |
| February 13 | Call Me | Skyy |
| February 20 | That Girl That Girl (Stevie Wonder song) "That Girl" is a 1981 soul single by American Motown singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder. The song was the leading single off Wonder's album-era greatest-hits compilation, Original Musiquarium, as one of four newer songs from the collection. The song spent nine weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B... |
Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist... |
| February 27 | That Girl | Stevie Wonder |
| March 6 | That Girl | Stevie Wonder |
| March 13 | That Girl | Stevie Wonder |
| March 20 | That Girl | Stevie Wonder |
| March 27 | That Girl | Stevie Wonder |
| April 3 | That Girl | Stevie Wonder |
| April 10 | That Girl | Stevie Wonder |
| April 17 | That Girl | Stevie Wonder |
| April 24 | If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another | Richard "Dimples" Fields |
| May 1 | If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another | Richard "Dimples" Fields |
| May 8 | If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another | Richard "Dimples" Fields |
| May 15 | It's Gonna Take a Miracle It's Gonna Take a Miracle "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" is a popular song written by Teddy Randazzo, Bob Weinstein, and Lou Stallman. It was first an R&B hit in 1965 for The Royalettes, who reached the Top 30 on the U.S. R&B chart and peaked at #41 on the U.S. pop chart... |
Deniece Williams Deniece Williams June Deniece Chandler known by her stage name Deniece Williams is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s... |
| May 22 | It's Gonna Take a Miracle | Deniece Williams |
| May 29 | Let It Whip Let it Whip "Let It Whip" is a 1982 hit single by the Dazz Band and their biggest hit, peaking at number one on the R&B chart for five non-consecutive weeks. The single also reached number two on the Dance chart and number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart... |
Dazz Band Dazz Band The Dazz Band is an American funk music band that was most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include the Grammy Award-winning "Let It Whip" , "Joystick" , and "Let It All Blow"... |
| June 5 | Let It Whip | Dazz Band |
| June 12 | Let It Whip | Dazz Band |
| June 19 | Let It Whip | Dazz Band |
| June 26 | Early in the Morning | The Gap Band |
| July 3 | Let It Whip | Dazz Band |
| July 10 | Early In the Morning | The Gap Band |
| July 17 | Early In the Morning | The Gap Band |
| July 24 | And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is a torch song from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, with lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger... |
Jennifer Holliday Jennifer Holliday Jennifer-Yvette Holliday is an African-American singer and Tony Award-winning actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls, and later became a successful recording artist... |
| July 31 | And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going | Jennifer Holliday |
| August 7 | And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going | Jennifer Holliday |
| August 14 | And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going | Jennifer Holliday |
| August 21 | And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going | Jennifer Holliday |
| August 28 | Dance Floor,Part 1 | Zapp Zapp Zapp may refer to:*Zapp , a 1980s funk band based in Ohio, USA*Zapp , the debut album by the funk band*Zapp Brannigan, a fictional character from the television series Futurama... |
| September 4 | Dance Floor,Part 1 | Zapp |
| September 11 | Jump to It Jump to It (song) "Jump to It" is the title track from Aretha Franklin's chart-topping, Gold-certified 1982 album, produced by the late Luther Vandross. The song was written by Vandross and Marcus Miller and features background vocals performed by Vandross and Cissy Houston. The single was a major success, holding... |
Aretha Franklin Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All... |
| September 18 | Jump To It | Aretha Franklin |
| September 25 | Jump To It | Aretha Franklin |
| October 2 | Jump To It | Aretha Franklin |
| October 9 | Love Come Down Love Come Down "Love Come Down" is a hit single by Evelyn "Champagne" King. It was produced by Morrie Brown and written by Kashif. "Love Come Down" was the first single culled from her multi-platinum, number-one R&B album, Get Loose . In the U.S., it reached number one on the R&B and dance charts and number... |
Evelyn "Champagne" King |
| October 16 | Love Come Down | Evelyn "Champagne" King |
| October 23 | Love Come Down | Evelyn "Champagne" King |
| October 30 | Love Come Down | Evelyn "Champagne" King |
| November 6 | Love Come Down | Evelyn "Champagne" King |
| November 13 | Sexual Healing Sexual Healing "Sexual Healing" is a 1982 song recorded by American soul singer Marvin Gaye on the Columbia Records label. It was his first single since his exit from his long-term record label Motown earlier in the year, following the release of the In Our Lifetime album the previous year... |
Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range.... |
| November 20 | Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye |
| November 27 | Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye |
| December 4 | Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye |
| December 11 | Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye |
| December 18 | Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye |
| December 25 | Sexual Healing | Marvin Gaye |
Chart comparisons
- "I Can't Go for That" was the only song that year to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart.