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List of Hot Soul Singles number ones of 1980[edit]

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Nominator(s): ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:04, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Here's the latest in this series, and we power on into the 80s in the company of the Brothers Johnson, the Isley Brothers and a couple of Jackson brothers. Feedback as ever will be gratefully received and swiftly acted upon..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:04, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

magiciandude[edit]

I'm long overdue to give you a FL feedback since you given so many to mine. This is another fantastic list of yours and as someone whose interests besides Latin pop/tropical are R&B and adult contemporary, you have great taste in music! My only question is, does the source for Joel Whitburn's book explicitly call MJ's Off the Wall a "breakthrough album"? I'm not doubting it of course, but it might help to put a quote where he calls it a breakthrough album, if possible. Erick (talk) 16:21, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Magiciandude: - I haven't got the book to hand to check that point right this moment, so I added an additional source (the Whitburn source can be left in as I know that it definitely confirms that it was the second straight number one from that album) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:43, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Nice! I'm looking at "Celebration" and tried to wonder how to re-work on it being the final song of the year, or rather to move it after the sentence "although "Celebration" did not reach the peak of the pop listing until the following year". Maybe something like "Celebration" was also the final number one of the year and first reached the top of the chart in the issue of Billboard dated December 20" Or something like that? If it's not feasible, that's completely fine. I still support this list. Erick (talk) 17:25, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

MrLinkinPark333 (verification check)[edit]

Lead:

  • "it was the second consecutive single from his breakthrough Off the Wall album to reach the peak position" - neither Whitburn 1988 or BBC says Rock With You is on Off the Wall. However, Whitburn 1988 does show it was his 2nd consecutive #1. If you want to focus on that instead, it's up to you.
  • ""Rock With You" and "Upside Down" by Diana Ross and "Celebration" by Kool & the Gang...also reached number one on the Hot 100 pop singles chart" - This is cited with Whitburn 1983 p. 5. However, only part of this sentence (that the Hot 100 is a pop chart) is verified. Whitburn 1983 pages 691-692 should be recited here for Ross and Kool & the Gang.
    • Side note: the sentence sounds like a run-on with mutliple ands & multiple alsoes.
    • ""Rock With You" and "Upside Down"" -> ""Rock With You", "Upside Down" (as Rock With You is not by Diana Ross).
  • Benson's page at Whitburn 1988 is 40.
  • One in a Million You at Larry Graham entry's in Whitburn 1988 is 172.
  • "having spent time in the top spot as a member of Sly & the Family Stone" - Graham's entry at Whitburn 1988 only has Grand Central Station. Would need Sly & the Family Stone's entry to show he had a #1 between 1966-72 with them.

Table:

  • The Brothers Johnson song is listed as Stomp. Need a source to say it's titled with the exclamation mark.
  • Full name of The Isley Brothers song is Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love) (Parts 1 & 2).
  • The S.O.S. Band song is listed as Take Your Time (Do It Right). Need a source to show Part 1.
  • I'm not 100% sure Part 1 should be in square brackets for The S.O.S. Band. Google shows me images of CDs with curly brackets around Part 1 or without brackets. If a source has it with square brackets, it's fine to keep them.
  • Funkin' For Jamaica (N.Y.) is the full name of the Tom Browne song --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 03:57, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
In regards to the song names, Whitburn 1988 can be cited next to the song name for The Brothers Johnson and The S.O.S. Band. Whitburn doesn't have Part 1 with brackets, so I guess they should be removed. My mistake. Also, (Parts 1 & 2) could be part of the wikilink for The Isley Brothers song like how Take Your Time (Do It Right) (Part 1) is for The S.O.S. Band. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 02:18, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

NØ[edit]

  • Image review - pass - The word "secure" should be removed in the source and author urls in File:Bob-Marley 3 (cropped).jpg. No issues with any of the other images.
  • The close-proximity double link to Black music is present on this one as well :-)
  • "the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of black music and since 2005 has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs." - I would suggest commas before and after "and since 2005"
  • "his breakthrough Off the Wall album" => "his breakthrough album, Off the Wall"
  • "Stevie Wonder spent one more week in the top spot" => "Stevie Wonder spent an additional week in the top spot"
  • "also reached number one on the Hot 100 pop singles chart" - I've never seen the Hot 100 described as the pop singles chart since songs of all genres usually enter it. Was this different in 1980?
    • This came about based on a previous FLC when I couldn't produce a source that explicitly described the Hot 100 as an "all-genre chart". To add, my understanding (based on stuff I read in probably unreliable sources but I have no reason to disbelieve it) is that in the 1980s songs couldn't enter the Hot 100 unless they were being played on pop music radio, hence how you could have a song like the Tom Browne one which topped this chart but didn't enter the Hot 100 at all. But explaining all that is probably outside the scope of this article....... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:50, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Is the Dick Griffey mention warranted? Assumably the booking agent probably wasn't credited by Billboard? Either way, I'm not sure "masterminded" should be in wikivoice.
    • Just thought it was an interesting snippet. I changed "masterminded" to "assembled" -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:50, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not sure if the above verification check doubles as a source review too, but all of the references look consistently formatted and reliable to me so this passes my source review just in case.--NØ 11:41, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support--NØ 12:15, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pseud 14[edit]

Hopefully not too late to the party.

  • For the table header add {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
  • My only quibble. Seems to be in solid shape now as we would expect from your work. "Master Blaster" is a Stevie gem. Pseud 14 (talk) 16:44, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Pseud 14 (talk) 19:18, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hey man im josh

This page is listed as still needing a source review. I've looked over the sources and they all appear relevant and appropriate for the given context and information they are being used to verify. Ref formatting also looks good.

Source review passed, support. Hey man im josh (talk) 15:54, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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