The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Eighties are:

Regina Belle - Baby Come To Me (28 Oct, 1989)

Karyn White - The Way You Love Me (29 Oct, 1988)

Michael Jackson - Bad (24 Oct, 1987)*

Gregory Abbott - Shake You Down (25 Oct, 1986)

Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover (26 Oct, 1985)*

Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You (27 Oct, 1984)

Lionel Richie - All Night Long (29 Oct, 1983)*

Evelyn King - Love Come Down (30 Oct, 1982)*

Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (24 Oct, 1981)

Tom Browne - Funkin’ For Jamaica (25 Oct, 1980)*

The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Eighties are:

The O'Jays - Have You Had Your Love Today (24 Jun, 1989)*

Teddy Pendergrass - Joy (25 Jun, 1988)

Herb Alpert - Diamonds (20 Jun, 1987)

Janet Jackson - Nasty (21 Jun, 1986)*

Freddie Jackson - Rock Me Tonight (For Old Time's Sake) (22 Jun, 1985)*

Deniece Williams - Let's Hear It For the Boy (23 Jun, 1984)*

Mtume - Juicy Fruit (25 Jun, 1983)*

The Gap Band - Early In the Morning (26 Jun, 1982)

Rick James - Give It To Me Baby (20 Jun, 1981)*

Jermaine Jackson - Let’s Get Serious (21 Jun, 1980)*

The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Eighties are:

Skyy - Start Of a Romance (13 May, 1989)

Al B. Sure! - Nite and Day (14 May, 1988)*

Gregory Hines - There's Nothing Better Than Love (9 May, 1987)

Stephanie Mills - I Have Learned To Respect the Power Of Love (10 May, 1986)

USA For Africa - We Are the World (11 May, 1985)*

Kool & the Gang - Tonight (12 May, 1984)

New Edition - Candy Girl (14 May, 1983)

Deniece Williams - It's Gonna Take a Miracle (15 May, 1982)

A Taste of Honey (band) - Sukiyaki (9 May, 1981)

The Isley Brothers - Don’t Say Goodnight (10 May, 1980)*

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The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Eighties are:

Karyn White - Love Saw It (29 Apr, 1989)*

Al B. Sure! - Nite and Day (30 Apr, 1988)

Prince - Sign 'O' the Times (25 Apr, 1987)*

Prince and the Revolution - Kiss (26 Apr, 1986)*

DeBarge - Rhythm Of the Night (27 Apr, 1985)

Cameo - She's Strange (28 Apr, 1984)*

George Clinton - Atomic Dog (30 Apr, 1983)

Smokey Robinson - Being With You (25 Apr, 1981)*

The Isley Brothers - Don’t Say Goodnight (26 Apr, 1980)*

The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Eighties are:

Jermaine Jackson - Don't Take It Personal (18 Nov, 1989)

Anita Baker - Giving You the Best That I Got (19 Nov, 1988)*

Angela Winbush - Angel (14 Nov, 1987)

Freddie Jackson - Tasty Love (15 Nov, 1986)

Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover (16 Nov, 1985)*

Chaka Khan - I Feel For You (17 Nov, 1984)*

Lionel Richie - All Night Long (19 Nov, 1983)*

Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing (20 Nov, 1982)*

Roger - I Heard it Through the Grapevine (Part 1) (14 Nov, 1981)*

Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin’) (15 Nov, 1980)*

The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Eighties are:

Karyn White - Love Saw It (22 Apr, 1989)

E.U. - Da Butt (23 Apr, 1988)

Prince - Sign 'O' the Times (18 Apr, 1987)*

Prince and the Revolution - Kiss (19 Apr, 1986)*

Maze featuring Frankie Beverly - Back In Stride (20 Apr, 1985)*

Cameo - She's Strange (21 Apr, 1984)*

Richard "Dimples" Fields - If It Ain't One Thing...It's Another (24 Apr, 1982)

Smokey Robinson - Being With You (18 Apr, 1981)*

The Isley Brothers - Don’t Say Goodnight (19 Apr, 1980)

The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Eighties are:

Surface - Closer Than Friends (18 Mar, 1989)

Morris Day - Fishnet (19 Mar, 1988)*

Janet Jackson - Let's Wait Awhile (14 Mar, 1987)

René & Angela - Your Smile (15 Mar, 1986)

The Commodores - Nightshift (16 Mar, 1985)

Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me (17 Mar, 1984)*

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (19 Mar, 1983)*

Stevie Wonder - That Girl (20 Mar, 1982)*

Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop the Music (14 Mar, 1981)*

The Whispers - And The Beat Goes On (15 Mar, 1980)*

The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Seventies are:

Rufus and Chaka Khan - Do You Love What You Feel (15 Dec, 1979)

CHIC - Le Freak (16 Dec, 1978)*

Earth, Wind & Fire - Serpentine Fire (17 Dec, 1977)*

Brick - Dazz (11 Dec, 1976)*

The Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again (13 Dec, 1975)

Chaka Khan - You Got the Love (14 Dec, 1974)

The Staple Singers - If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) (15 Dec, 1973)*

Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones (16 Dec, 1972)*

Sly & the Family Stone - Family Affair (18 Dec, 1971)*

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - The Tears of a Clown (12 Dec, 1970)*

The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Eighties are:

Prince - Batdance (12 Aug, 1989)

Al B. Sure! - Off On Your Own (Girl) (13 Aug, 1988)*

Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle (8 Aug, 1987)

Jean Carne - Closer Than Close (9 Aug, 1986)*

Aretha Franklin - Freeway of Love (10 Aug, 1985)*

Prince - When Doves Cry (11 Aug, 1984)*

Donna Summer - She Works Hard for the Money (13 Aug, 1983)*

Jennifer Holliday - And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (14 Aug, 1982)*

Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus (8 Aug, 1981)*

Larry Graham - One In A Million You (9 Aug, 1980)*

The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Eighties are:

Vanessa Williams - Dreamin' (25 Feb, 1989)*

Pebbles - Girlfriend (27 Feb, 1988)*

Freddie Jackson - Have You Ever Loved Somebody (21 Feb, 1987)

Meli'sa Morgan - Do Me, Baby (22 Feb, 1986)*

Diana Ross - Missing You (23 Feb, 1985)

Cheryl Lynn - Encore (25 Feb, 1984)

Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (26 Feb, 1983)*

Stevie Wonder - That Girl (27 Feb, 1982)*

Gap Band - Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) (21 Feb, 1981)*

Ray, Goodman & Brown - Special Lady (23 Feb, 1980)

The Billboard number one R&B And Soul entries in the Eighties are:

Janet Jackson - Miss You Much (14 Oct, 1989)

Bobby Brown - My Prerogative (15 Oct, 1988)

Stephanie Mills - (You're Puttin') A Rush On Me (10 Oct, 1987)

Cameo - Word Up (11 Oct, 1986)*

Freddie Jackson - You Are My Lady (12 Oct, 1985)*

Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You (13 Oct, 1984)

Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody (15 Oct, 1983)

Evelyn King - Love Come Down (16 Oct, 1982)*

The Four Tops - When She Was My Girl (10 Oct, 1981)

Tom Browne - Funkin’ For Jamaica (11 Oct, 1980)*