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The list was promoted by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 13 November 2023 (UTC) [1].[reply]

List of Hot Soul Singles number ones of 1979[edit]

List of Hot Soul Singles number ones of 1979 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

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Nominator(s): ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:36, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi everyone, here is #37 in this series. Quite a few tracks here that still, 40+ years on, are guaranteed to fill the dancefloor at any wedding reception or Christmas party. Oh, and some weirdness from P-Funk. Feedback as every will be gratefully received and swiftly acted upon -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 12:36, 19 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pseud 14[edit]

  • successful musicians of all time -- might be worth linking to List of best-selling music artists
  • was a major national and international success -- maybe "achieved worldwide success" instead?
  • In the table, Cheryl Lynn should be sorted under "L"
  • That's all I have. Another solid work! Pseud 14 (talk) 12:55, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Pseud 14: - thanks for your review. I'm a bit hesitant to describe "Ring My Bell" as a "worldwide success" as that (to me at least) carries an implication that is was a massive hit in almost every country on Earth and I'm not sure I can source that. I've done the other two, though...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 13:56, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for the explanation, all good then. Support. Pseud 14 (talk) 15:14, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
MyCatIsAChonk
  • Prince had his first soul number one in 1979. He would go on to be regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation. - never a fan of using would for things that could be easily phrased in past tense, WP:INTOTHEWOULDS and whatnot
  • Remove billboard.com from the title of ref 17

ChrisTheDude, all done, nice job as always MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 21:39, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

MyCatIsAChonk - done! -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 06:55, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 15:57, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

NØ[edit]

  • Image review - pass: File:Nobel Peace Price Concert 2009 Donna Summer1 cropped.jpg seems to originate from this Commons image and I see no good reason to believe the uploader is not the author. The Flickr link for the Prince image does not work; it seems to have been changed to all rights reserved a few years later but was available under the cc license in 2008, which I believe cannot be revoked. The Flickr link for the MJ image doesn't work either but the archives prove it was made available under the stated license.--NØ 21:51, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • "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"
  • "African American-oriented genres" and "black music" link to the same article in pretty close proximity.
  • "The singer had previously achieved several soul number ones with his brothers as the Jackson 5, and had charted sporadically in his own right since 1971, but did not reach the top spot as a soloist until 1979." - I believe the comma right after "the Jackson 5" should be removed
  • "Jackson would go on to become one of the most successful musicians of all time, selling hundreds of millions of records, and be regarded as one of the greatest entertainers of all time" - Nitpicky but maybe "ever" during the second usage to avoid repetition? :-)
  • "Ward's single "Ring My Bell" was a national and international success" - Doesn't "international" usually encompass national as well? "Global" might also be a concise way of saying both
  • Chaka's first mention is just her first name and the following sentence uses "Vocalist Chaka Khan", when the first mention should probably be more descriptive.
  • That's it!--NØ 21:51, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • MaranoFan - thanks for your review. As per above, I'm reluctant to say "Ring My Bell" was a global success as that implied it topped charts literally all over the world, so I just went with "international". And the reason why Chaka Khan was referred to by her forename only was because that's how the single was credited. I have (hopefully) found a way round this...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:02, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support--NØ 12:02, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Source review, approved. --TheUzbek (talk) 20:46, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Source review – Reference reliability looks fine across the board. The only minor formatting nit-pick I have is that a couple of the book references need en dashes for the year ranges in their titles. Other than that, formatting looks okay as well. Giants2008 (Talk) 22:24, 9 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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