Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1945/archive1


 * The following is an archived discussion of a featured list nomination. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the article's talk page or in Wikipedia talk:Featured list candidates. No further edits should be made to this page.

The list was promoted by PresN via FACBot (talk) 00:26, 29 January 2022 (UTC).

List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1945

 * Nominator(s): ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:39, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Following two successful nominations and one which has multiple supports and no outstanding issues, here's the fourth in the series of U.S. number one R&B song lists. In 1945, Billboard abandoned its earlier sales-based "race records" chart and replaced it with one based on jukebox plays, but the two charts are regarded as one lineage by Joel Whitburn's chart books and other chart followers.... ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:39, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

Comments from Ojorojo
 * I reviewed a sampling of the Billboard links and they check out. I noticed that after the switch, the Juke Box charts continued to show "Last Week" and "Weeks to date" numbers from the Hits, as if they were the same chart (Whitburn starts his #1s of 1945 at February 10, the last Hits entry, for some reason). It doesn't look like these are used in this list, but am pointing it out to be safe. —Ojorojo (talk) 18:23, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * do you think I need to reflect/mention that in the article or amend the wording in any way? Or is it not really pertinent to this list of number ones? -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 18:32, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * It looks like the songs that mention number of weeks on the charts in the lead don't spill over from one chart to the next, but this would be better confirmed by you. No need to change anything if this is the case. —Ojorojo (talk) 18:41, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * - I've added a clause mentioning that peaks and weeks on chart were carried over (I hadn't actually picked up on this before, so thanks for pointing it out). No records topped the chart pre- and post-change so I'm not sure anything else needs mentioning..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 21:12, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Looks good. The table sorting and images check out, so I'll support. —Ojorojo (talk) 14:47, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Support from Aoba47
I love R&B music, but I am honestly not that familiar with older music from this genre so this was a fun list to read for my personal enjoyment. I could not find anything that needed improvement. I support this FLC for promotion. Aoba47 (talk) 19:48, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Comments from Pseud 14
Apart from the very minor point, the article is very well-written as expected with your work on these lists. Nothing hindering me from supporting for promotion once above is addressed. Pseud 14 (talk) 17:50, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Suggest linking to Rhythm and blues on the first instance of R&B as you did in the 1944 list.

Source review passed; promoting. -- Pres N  02:42, 28 January 2022 (UTC)


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