Rock Me Tonight

Wherein I review each and every single which hit #1 on Billboard's Hot Soul/Black Singles chart during the 1980s.

Saturday, March 13, 2004

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• Oh Manchester, So Much To Answer For: the mothership
• Doing It To Death (Part 1): the '70s
• Christgau: the reason

The A-list

A+
"Kiss," Prince
"The Pleasure Principle," Janet Jackson
"I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)," Daryl Hall & John Oates
"(You're Puttin') A Rush On Me," Stephanie Mills
"Ain't Nobody," Rufus and Chaka Khan
"What Cha' Gonna Do For Me," Chaka Khan
"Oh Sheila," Ready For The World
"Beat It," Michael Jackson
"Sexual Healing," Marvin Gaye
"Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)," Freddie Jackson
"Let's Get Serious," Jermaine Jackson
"She's Strange," Cameo
"Nite and Day," Al B. Sure!
"I Feel For You," Chaka Khan
"Fake," Alexander O'Neal
"Keep on Movin'," Soul II Soul
"Let's Groove," Earth, Wind & Fire

A
"Never Too Much," Luther Vandross
"Giving You the Best That I Got," Anita Baker
"That Girl," Stevie Wonder
"Stomp!," the Brothers Johnson
"Rock with You," Michael Jackson
"Something In The Way (You Make Me Feel)," Stephanie Mills
"Angel," Angela Winbush
"Let's Go Crazy," Prince and the Revolution
"Encore," Cheryl Lynn
"Your Smile," Rene & Angela
"Hangin' On A String (Contemplating)," Loose Ends
"Get It Right," Aretha Franklin
"Turned Away," Chuckii Booker
"Save the Overtime for Me," Gladys Knight & the Pips
"Candy," Cameo
"I Have Learned to Respect the Power of Love," Stephanie Mills
"Juicy Fruit," Mtume
"Cold Blooded," Rick James
"Billie Jean," Michael Jackson
"Everything I Miss at Home," Cherrelle
"Turn Your Love Around," George Benson
"Control," Janet Jackson
"Me Myself and I," De La Soul
"Can You Stand the Rain," New Edition
"On Our Own," Bobby Brown
"Nasty," Janet Jackson
"Upside Down," Diana Ross
"Don't Be Cruel," Bobby Brown
"Da' Butt," E.U.

A-
"Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time for Love) (Parts 1 & 2)," the Isley Brothers
"When Doves Cry," Prince
"Solid," Ashford & Simpson
"Word Up," Cameo
"Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)," Tom Browne
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," Jennifer Holliday
"Love You Down," Ready For the World
"Diamonds," Herb Alpert (Janet Jackson)
"The Rain," Oran "Juice" Jones
"Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)," Gap Band
"Early in the Morning," The Gap Band
"Do Me Baby," Meli'sa Morgan
"Time Will Reveal," DeBarge
"(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind," Levert
"Ooo La La La," Teena Marie
"Can't Get Over You," Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
"On My Own," Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald
"Bad," Michael Jackson
"Just Because," Anita Baker
"Superwoman," Karyn White
"Give It To Me Baby," Rick James
"Nice 'N' Slow," Freddie Jackson
"Fishnet," Morris Day
"Love Zone," Billy Ocean
"Outstanding," The Gap Band
"Saving All My Love For You," Whitney Houston
"Paradise," Sade
"Casanova," Levert
"Dreamin'," Vanessa Williams
"What Have You Done For Me Lately," Janet Jackson
"Don't Disturb This Groove," The System
"It's No Crime," Babyface
"Back To Life (However Do You Want Me)," Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler
"My Prerogative," Bobby Brown

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