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Singer Aretha Franklin
"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.

In 1967, Billboard published a weekly chart ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in rhythm and blues (R&B) and related African American-oriented music genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of such genres and since 2005 has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.[1] During the year, 14 different singles topped the chart, which was published under the title Top Selling R&B Singles.[2]

Aretha Franklin was the only artist with multiple number ones in 1967; she spent seven weeks atop the chart 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 with "Respect", which spent eight weeks in the peak position. In August, 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 became one of the biggest stars in popular music.[3] Nicknamed the "Queen of Soul", she was named the greatest singer of all time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2023.[4][5]

Franklin was among a number of acts to reach number one for the first time in 1967.[6] 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",[7] 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.[8][9] 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.[10] 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.[11][12] The Supremes also topped the Hot 100 with "The Happening",[11] but that single failed to even enter the top 10 of the R&B listing.[13]

Chart history

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Singer Aaron Neville
Aaron Neville (pictured in 1999) had the year's first number one with "Tell It Like It Is".
Singer Freddie Scott
"Are You Lonely for Me" was the only chart-topper for Freddie Scott.
singers Sam & Dave
Sam & Dave spent seven weeks atop the chart with "Soul Man".
Key
† Indicates best-charting R&B single of 1967[14]
Chart history
Issue date Title Artist(s) Ref.
January 7 "Tell It Like It Is" Aaron Neville [15]
January 14 [16]
January 21 [17]
January 28 [18]
February 4 [19]
February 11 "Are You Lonely for Me" Freddie Scott [20]
February 18 [21]
February 25 [22]
March 4 [23]
March 11 "Love Is Here and Now You're Gone" The Supremes [24]
March 18 [25]
March 25 "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" Aretha Franklin [26]
April 1 [27]
April 8 [28]
April 15 [29]
April 22 [30]
April 29 [31]
May 6 [32]
May 13 "Jimmy Mack" Martha and the Vandellas [33]
May 20 "Respect" † Aretha Franklin [34]
May 27 [35]
June 3 [36]
June 10 [37]
June 17 [38]
June 24 [39]
July 1 [40]
July 8 [41]
July 15 "I Was Made to Love Her" Stevie Wonder [42]
July 22 "Make Me Yours" Bettye Swann [43]
July 29 [44]
August 5 "I Was Made to Love Her" Stevie Wonder [45]
August 12 [46]
August 19 [47]
August 26 "Baby I Love You" Aretha Franklin [48]
September 2 [49]
September 9 "Cold Sweat" James Brown [50]
September 16 [51]
September 23 [52]
September 30 "Funky Broadway" Wilson Pickett [53]
October 7 "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" Jackie Wilson [54]
October 14 "Soul Man" Sam & Dave [55]
October 21 [56]
October 28 [57]
November 4 [58]
November 11 [59]
November 18 [60]
November 25 [61]
December 2 "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Gladys Knight & the Pips [62]
December 9 [63]
December 16 [64]
December 23 [65]
December 30 [66]

References

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  7. ^ Whitburn 1988, p. 305.
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  11. ^ a b Hoffmann 2016, pp. 275–276.
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  13. ^ Whitburn 1996, p. 426.
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  16. ^ "R & B Chart for January 14, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  17. ^ "R & B Chart for January 21, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  18. ^ "R & B Chart for January 28, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  19. ^ "R & B Chart for February 4, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  20. ^ "R & B Chart for February 11, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  21. ^ "R & B Chart for February 18, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  22. ^ "R & B Chart for February 25, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 28, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  23. ^ "R & B Chart for March 4, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  24. ^ "R & B Chart for March 11, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  25. ^ "R & B Chart for March 18, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  26. ^ "R & B Chart for March 25, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  27. ^ "R & B Chart for April 1, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  28. ^ "R & B Chart for April 8, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 5, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  29. ^ "R & B Chart for April 15, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  30. ^ "R & B Chart for April 22, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 28, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  31. ^ "R & B Chart for April 29, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  32. ^ "R & B Chart for May 6, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  33. ^ "R & B Chart for May 13, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  34. ^ "R & B Chart for May 20, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  35. ^ "R & B Chart for May 27, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  36. ^ "R & B Chart for June 3, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  37. ^ "R & B Chart for June 10, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 5, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  38. ^ "R & B Chart for June 17, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  39. ^ "R & B Chart for June 24, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  40. ^ "R & B Chart for July 1, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  41. ^ "R & B Chart for July 8, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  42. ^ "R & B Chart for July 15, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  43. ^ "R & B Chart for July 22, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  44. ^ "R & B Chart for July 29, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  45. ^ "R & B Chart for August 5, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  46. ^ "R & B Chart for August 12, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  47. ^ "R & B Chart for August 19, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  48. ^ "R & B Chart for August 26, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  49. ^ "R & B Chart for September 2, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  50. ^ "R & B Chart for September 9, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  51. ^ "R & B Chart for September 16, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  52. ^ "R & B Chart for September 23, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  53. ^ "R & B Chart for September 30, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  54. ^ "R & B Chart for October 7, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  55. ^ "R & B Chart for October 14, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 28, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  56. ^ "R & B Chart for October 21, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  57. ^ "R & B Chart for October 28, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  58. ^ "R & B Chart for November 4, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  59. ^ "R & B Chart for November 11, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  60. ^ "R & B Chart for November 18, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 24, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  61. ^ "R & B Chart for November 25, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  62. ^ "R & B Chart for December 2, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  63. ^ "R & B Chart for December 9, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  64. ^ "R & B Chart for December 16, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  65. ^ "R & B Chart for December 23, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  66. ^ "R & B Chart for December 30, 1967". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
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