Year
|
Weeks
|
Song
|
Artist
|
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
|