|
Year
|
Weeks
|
Song
|
Artist
|
|
1989/1990
|
2
|
Tender Lover
|
Babyface
|
|
1989
|
1
|
All of My Love
|
The Gap Band
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Ain't Nuthin' in the World
|
Miki Howard
|
|
1989
|
2
|
Here and Now
|
Luther Vandross
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Home
|
Stephanie Mills
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Don't Take It Personal
|
Jermaine Jackson
|
|
1989
|
2
|
You Are My Everything
|
Surface
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Baby Come to Me
|
Regina Belle
|
|
1989
|
2
|
Miss You Much
|
Janet Jackson
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)
|
Soul II Soul
|
|
1989
|
2
|
Can't Get Over You
|
Maze
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Remember (The First Time)
|
Eric Gable
|
|
1989
|
1
|
My Fantasy (From "Do the Right Thing")
|
Teddy Riley
|
|
1989
|
2
|
It's No Crime
|
Babyface
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Something in the Way (You Make Me Feel)
|
Stephanie Mills
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Batdance (From "Batman")
|
Prince
|
|
1989
|
1
|
On Our Own (From "Ghostbusters II")
|
Bobby Brown
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Shower Me with Your Love
|
Surface
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Turned Away
|
Chuckii Booker
|
|
1989
|
2
|
Keep On Movin'
|
Soul II Soul
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Show & Tell
|
Peabo Bryson
|
|
1989
|
2
|
Have You Had Your Love Today
|
The O'Jays
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Me Myself and I
|
De La Soul
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Miss You Like Crazy
|
Natalie Cole
|
|
1989
|
1
|
My First Love
|
Atlantic Starr
|
|
1989
|
2
|
Start of a Romance
|
Skyy
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Real Love
|
Jody Watley
|
|
1989
|
2
|
Love Saw It
|
Karyn White
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Every Little Step
|
Bobby Brown
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Girl I Got My Eyes on You
|
Today
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Lucky Charm
|
The Boys
|
|
1989
|
2
|
Closer than Friends
|
Surface
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Just Coolin'
|
LeVert
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Just Because
|
Anita Baker
|
|
1989
|
2
|
Dreamin'
|
Vanessa Williams
|
|
1989
|
2
|
Can You Stand the Rain
|
New Edition
|
|
1989
|
3
|
Superwoman
|
Karyn White
|
|
1989
|
1
|
Oasis
|
Roberta Flack
|
|
1988
|
2
|
Tumblin' Down
|
Ziggy Marley
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Everything I Miss at Home
|
Cherrelle
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Dial My Heart
|
The Boys
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Hey Lover
|
Freddie Jackson
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Thanks for My Child
|
Cheryl Pepsii Riley
|
|
1988
|
2
|
Giving You the Best That I Got
|
Anita Baker
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Any Love
|
Luther Vandross
|
|
1988
|
1
|
The Way You Love Me
|
Karyn White
|
|
1988
|
2
|
My Prerogative
|
Bobby Brown
|
|
1988
|
2
|
Addicted to You
|
LeVert
|
|
1988
|
1
|
She's On the Left
|
Jeffrey Osborne
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Another Part of Me
|
Michael Jackson
|
|
1988
|
3
|
Nice 'N' Slow
|
Freddie Jackson
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Loosey's Rap
|
Rick James
|
|
1988
|
2
|
Off On Your Own (Girl)
|
Al B. Sure!
|
|
1988
|
2
|
Don't Be Cruel
|
Bobby Brown
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Roses Are Red
|
The Mac Band
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Paradise
|
Sade
|
|
1988
|
2
|
Joy
|
Teddy Pendergrass
|
|
1988
|
1
|
One More Try
|
George Michael
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Little Walter
|
Tony Toni Tone
|
|
1988
|
2
|
Just Got Paid
|
Johnny Kemp
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Mercedes Boy
|
Pebbles
|
|
1988
|
3
|
Nite and Day
|
Al B. Sure!
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Da'Butt (From the Film "School Daze")
|
E.U.
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car
|
Billy Ocean
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Ooo La La La
|
Teena Marie
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Wishing Well
|
Terrence Trent D'Arby
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Man in the Mirror
|
Michael Jackson
|
|
1988
|
2
|
Fishnet
|
Morris Day
|
|
1988
|
1
|
You Will Know
|
Stevie Wonder
|
|
1988
|
2
|
Girlfriend
|
Pebbles
|
|
1988
|
3
|
I Want Her
|
Keith Sweat
|
|
1988
|
1
|
Love Overboard
|
Gladys Knight and the Pips
|
|
1987/1988
|
4
|
The Way You Make Me Feel
|
Michael Jackson
|
|
1987
|
1
|
I Want to Be Your Man
|
Roger
|
|
1987
|
1
|
System of Survival
|
Earth, Wind & Fire
|
|
1987
|
2
|
Skeletons
|
Stevie Wonder
|
|
1987
|
2
|
Angel
|
Angela Winbush
|
|
1987
|
1
|
Lovin' You
|
The O'Jays
|
|
1987
|
3
|
Bad
|
Michael Jackson
|
|
1987
|
1
|
(You're Puttin') A Rush on Me
|
Stephanie Mills
|
|
1987
|
1
|
Lost in Emotion
|
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
|
|
1987
|
1
|
I Need Love
|
LL Cool J
|
|
1987
|
1
|
I Just Can't Stop Loving You
|
Michael Jackson
|
|
1987
|
2
|
Love Is a House
|
Force M.D.'s
|
|
1987
|
2
|
Casanova
|
LeVert
|
|
1987
|
1
|
Jam Tonight
|
Freddie Jackson
|
|
1987
|
1
|
The Pleasure Principle
|
Janet Jackson
|
|
1987
|
2
|
Fake
|
Alexander O'Neal
|
|
1987
|
3
|
I Feel Good All Over
|
Stephanie Mills
|
|
1987
|
2
|
Diamonds
|
Herb Alpert
|
|
1987
|
1
|
Rock Steady
|
The Whispers
|
|
1987
|
2
|
Head to Toe
|
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
|
|
1987
|
2
|
Always
|
Atlantic Starr
|
|
1987
|
1
|
There's Nothing Better Than Love
|
Luther Vandross
|
|
1987
|
1
|
Don't Disturb This Groove
|
The System
|
|
1987
|
3
|
Sign 'O' the Times
|
Prince
|
|
1987
|
3
|
Looking for a New Love
|
Jody Watley
|
|
1987
|
1
|
Let's Wait Awhile
|
Janet Jackson
|
|
1987
|
1
|
Slow Down
|
Loose Ends
|
|
1987
|
2
|
Have You Ever Loved Somebody
|
Freddie Jackson
|
|
1987
|
1
|
Falling
|
Melba Moore
|
|
1987
|
2
|
Candy
|
Cameo
|
|
1987
|
2
|
Stop to Love
|
Luther Vandross
|
|
1987
|
1
|
Control
|
Janet Jackson
|
|
1986/1987
|
2
|
Girlfriend
|
Bobby Brown
|
|
1986
|
2
|
Love You Down
|
Ready for the World
|
|
1986
|
4
|
Tasty Love
|
Freddie Jackson
|
|
1986
|
1
|
A Little Bit More
|
Melba Moore / Freddie Jackson
|
|
1986
|
2
|
Shake You Down
|
Gregory Abbott
|
|
1986
|
3
|
Word Up
|
Cameo
|
|
1986
|
2
|
The Rain
|
Oran 'Juice' Jones
|
|
1986
|
1
|
(Pop Pop Pop Pop) Goes My Mind
|
LeVert
|
|
1986
|
1
|
Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent
|
Gwen Guthrie
|
|
1986
|
1
|
Love Zone
|
Billy Ocean
|
|
1986
|
2
|
Do You Get Enough Love
|
Shirley Jones
|
|
1986
|
2
|
Closer Than Close
|
Jean Carne
|
|
1986
|
2
|
Rumors
|
Timex Social Club
|
|
1986
|
1
|
Who's Johnny ("Short Circular" Theme)
|
El DeBarge
|
|
1986
|
2
|
There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)
|
Billy Ocean
|
|
1986
|
2
|
Nasty
|
Janet Jackson
|
|
1986
|
4
|
On My Own
|
Patti LaBelle / Michael McDonald
|
|
1986
|
2
|
I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love
|
Stephanie Mills
|
|
1986
|
4
|
Kiss
|
Prince / The Revolution
|
|
1986
|
2
|
What Have You Done for Me Lately
|
Janet Jackson
|
|
1986
|
1
|
Your Smile
|
Rene & Angela
|
|
1986
|
1
|
How Will I Know
|
Whitney Houston
|
|
1986
|
3
|
Do Me Baby
|
Meli'sa Morgan
|
|
1986
|
3
|
That's What Friends Are For
|
Dionne & Friends
|
|
1986
|
2
|
Say You, Say Me
|
Lionel Richie
|
|
1985/1986
|
3
|
Don't Say No Tonight
|
Eugene Wilde
|
|
1985
|
3
|
Caravan of Love
|
Isley-Jasper-Isley
|
|
1985
|
6
|
Part-Time Lover
|
Stevie Wonder
|
|
1985
|
2
|
You Are My Lady
|
Freddie Jackson
|
|
1985
|
2
|
Oh Sheila
|
Ready for the World
|
|
1985
|
1
|
Cherish
|
Kool & the Gang
|
|
1985
|
1
|
Saving All My Love for You
|
Whitney Houston
|
|
1985
|
5
|
Freeway of Love
|
Aretha Franklin
|
|
1985
|
2
|
Save Your Love (For #1)
|
Rene & Angela
|
|
1985
|
1
|
Hangin' On a String
|
Loose Ends
|
|
1985
|
6
|
Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)
|
Freddie Jackson
|
|
1985
|
1
|
You Give Good Love
|
Whitney Houston
|
|
1985
|
1
|
Fresh
|
Kool & the Gang
|
|
1985
|
2
|
We Are the World
|
USA for Africa
|
|
1985
|
1
|
Rhythm of the Night
|
DeBarge
|
|
1985
|
2
|
Back in Stride
|
Maze
|
|
1985
|
4
|
Nightshift
|
Commodores
|
|
1985
|
3
|
Missing You
|
Diana Ross
|
|
1985
|
3
|
Mr. Telephone Man
|
New Edition
|
|
1985
|
1
|
Gotta Get You Home Tonight
|
Eugene Wilde
|
|
1984/1985
|
5
|
Operator
|
Midnight Star
|
|
1984
|
3
|
Solid
|
Ashford & Simpson
|
|
1984
|
1
|
Cool It Now
|
New Edition
|
|
1984
|
3
|
I Feel for You
|
Chaka Khan
|
|
1984
|
3
|
I Just Called to Say I Love You
|
Stevie Wonder
|
|
1984
|
1
|
Let's Go Crazy
|
Prince / The Revolution
|
|
1984
|
4
|
Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run)
|
Billy Ocean
|
|
1984
|
2
|
Ghostbusters
|
Ray Parker Jr.
|
|
1984
|
8
|
When Doves Cry
|
Prince
|
|
1984
|
1
|
Lovelite
|
O'Bryan
|
|
1984
|
3
|
Let's Hear It for the Boy
|
Deniece Williams
|
|
1984
|
1
|
Don't Waste Your Time
|
Yarbrough & Peoples
|
|
1984
|
3
|
Hello
|
Lionel Richie
|
|
1984
|
4
|
She's Strange
|
Cameo
|
|
1984
|
5
|
Somebody's Watching Me
|
Rockwell
|
|
1984
|
1
|
Encore
|
Cheryl Lynn
|
|
1984
|
4
|
If Only You Knew
|
Patti LaBelle
|
|
1984
|
2
|
Joanna
|
Kool & the Gang
|
|
1983/1984
|
5
|
Time Will Reveal
|
DeBarge
|
|
1983
|
7
|
All Night Long (All Night)
|
Lionel Richie
|
|
1983
|
1
|
Ain't Nobody
|
Chaka Khan
|
|
1983
|
6
|
Cold Blooded
|
Rick James
|
|
1983
|
2
|
Get It Right
|
Aretha Franklin
|
|
1983
|
3
|
She Works Hard for the Money
|
Donna Summer
|
|
1983
|
8
|
Juicy Fruit
|
Mtume
|
|
1983
|
1
|
Save the Overtime (For Me)
|
Gladys Knight and the Pips
|
|
1983
|
1
|
Beat It
|
Michael Jackson
|
|
1983
|
1
|
Candy Girl
|
New Edition
|
|
1983
|
4
|
Atomic Dog
|
George Clinton
|
|
1983
|
9
|
Billie Jean
|
Michael Jackson
|
|
1983
|
1
|
Outstanding
|
The Gap Band
|
|
1983
|
3
|
The Girl Is Mine
|
Michael Jackson
|
|
1982/1983
|
10
|
Sexual Healing
|
Marvin Gaye
|
|
1982
|
5
|
Love Comes Down
|
Evelyn King
|
|
1982
|
4
|
Jump to It
|
Aretha Franklin
|
|
1982
|
2
|
Dance Floor (Part I)
|
Zapp
|
|
1982
|
4
|
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
|
Dreamgirls
|
|
1982
|
3
|
Early in the Morning
|
The Gap Band
|
|
1982
|
5
|
Let It Whip
|
Dazz Band
|
|
1982
|
2
|
It's Gonna Take a Miracle
|
Deniece Williams
|
|
1982
|
3
|
If It Ain't One Thing...It's Another
|
Richard "Dimples" Fields
|
|
1982
|
9
|
That Girl
|
Stevie Wonder
|
|
1982
|
2
|
Call Me
|
Skyy
|
|
1982
|
1
|
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
|
Daryl Hall John Oates
|
|
1982
|
1
|
Turn Your Love Around
|
George Benson
|
|
1981/1982
|
8
|
Let's Groove
|
Earth, Wind & Fire
|
|
1981
|
1
|
Take My Heart (You Can Have It If You Want It)
|
Kool & the Gang
|
|
1981
|
2
|
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
|
Roger
|
|
1981
|
2
|
Never Too Much
|
Luther Vandross
|
|
1981
|
2
|
When She Was My Girl
|
Four Tops
|
|
1981
|
7
|
Endless Love
|
Diana Ross / Lionel Richie
|
|
1981
|
1
|
I'm in Love
|
Evelyn King
|
|
1981
|
4
|
Double Dutch Bus
|
Frankie Smith
|
|
1981
|
5
|
Give It to Me Baby
|
Rick James
|
|
1981
|
2
|
What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
|
Chaka Khan
|
|
1981
|
1
|
A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
|
Ray Parker Jr. / Raydio
|
|
1981
|
1
|
Sukiyaki
|
A Taste of Honey
|
|
1981
|
5
|
Being with You
|
Smokey Robinson
|
|
1981
|
5
|
Don't Stop the Music
|
Yarbrough & Peoples
|
|
1981
|
2
|
Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
|
The Gap Band
|
|
1981
|
2
|
Fantastic Voyage
|
Lakeside
|
|
1980/1981
|
6
|
Celebration
|
Kool & the Gang
|
|
1980
|
7
|
Master Blaster (Jammin')
|
Stevie Wonder
|
|
1980
|
4
|
Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)
|
Tom Browne
|
|
1980
|
3
|
Give Me the Night
|
George Benson
|
|
1980
|
4
|
Upside Down
|
Diana Ross
|
|
1980
|
2
|
One in a Million You
|
Larry Graham
|
|
1980
|
5
|
Take Your Time (Do It Right)
|
The S.O.S. Band
|
|
1980
|
6
|
Let's Get Serious
|
Jermaine Jackson
|
|
1980
|
4
|
Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time for Love) (Parts 1 & 2)
|
The Isley Brothers
|
|
1980
|
2
|
Stomp
|
The Brothers Johnson
|
|
1980
|
5
|
And the Beat Goes On
|
The Whispers
|
|
1980
|
1
|
Special Lady
|
Ray, Goodman & Brown
|
|
1980
|
1
|
The Second Time Around
|
Shalamar
|
|
1980
|
6
|
Rock with You
|
Michael Jackson
|
