Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1953/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, 22 September 2022 (UTC).

List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1953

 * Nominator(s): ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:28, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Here's the next of my nominations from the history of Billboard's R&B charts. Among the most notable chart-toppers this year was "Big Mama" Thornton's original recording of "Hound Dog", a song later made legendary by Elvis Presley. Anyone who has heard the recent song "Vegas" by rapper/singer Doja Cat will have heard Big Mama's vocals being sampled on that track...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:28, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Comments by Pseud 14

 * Another solid work. Only comment is whether "The "5" Royales" should be sorted as the numeric 5 and not as "five"? --Pseud 14 (talk) 19:16, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
 * No idea if there is a rule on this. WP:SORT doesn't seem to offer any help.... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:18, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't know either. The 5th Wave (film) and The 5th Dimension are both sorted as "5" (according to their DEFAULTSORT). - Dank (push to talk) 12:37, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Same reason as to my clarification too, per Chris's comments . But if we would be going by precedence, I guess Dank's examples would be the way to go? --Pseud 14 (talk) 14:37, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
 * fair enough, changed :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:18, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Support --Pseud 14 (talk) 16:19, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Comments from BennyOnTheLoose
Looks good. Only a couple of minor questions/comments. I make no claims to being a good writer, so I'm happy to have my suggestions challenged. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:40, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * "in the early 1960s she turned to gospel music ..." feels to me like it could be the start of a new sentence
 * "Willie Mabon's" - shouldn't this just be "Mabon's", as he has already been mentioned?
 * I guess you considered including all of the info about Faye Adams's "Shake a Hand" in one place and decided to keep the info about it being her first chart entry alongside the other debutants. Shouldn't it be just "Adams" at the second mention?
 * "Faye Adams reached number one with "Shake a Hand", the first chart entry of her career, a feat also achieved by the "5" Royales," - consider starting a new sentence after "of her career," (there are two further bits of info about the "5" Royales in the sentence, which seems like quite a lot all in one sentence.)
 * "This gave the group the distinction of having gained two number ones with its first two charting songs, but it would not achieve another chart-topper" would read better to me as "their first two charting songs, but they would not achieve another chart-topper", but there may be good reasons not to change it.
 * Consider adding something like "(pictured in 1971)" to the BB King caption, and similarly for the Boyd (1968) one as they are both from a fair few years after 1953. I think the McPhatter one probably doesn't need a date in the caption as it's closer (1959) to the year the article is about.
 * Should be an en dash in "1942-1988" in Joel Whitburn's Top R & B Singles, 1942-1988
 * The "Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan Recordings Added to Grammy Hall of Fame" Rolling Stone link takes me to a 404 page. Consider running IABot, which might provide a link to an archived copy.
 * I think it should be 'Over the Rainbow' rather than "Over the Rainbow" in "National Recording Registry Picks Are "Over the Rainbow""
 * - many thanks for your review, all sorted I think -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:22, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. Thanks for your work on the list. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 08:47, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Dank

 * Standard disclaimer: I don't know what I'm doing, and I mostly AGF on sourcing.
 * Checking the FLC criteria:
 * 1. I've done a little copyediting; feel free to revert or discuss. I checked sorting on all sortable columns and sampled the links in the table.
 * 2. The lead meets WP:LEAD and defines the inclusion criteria.
 * 3a. The list has comprehensive items and annotations.
 * 3b. The list is well-sourced to reliable sources, and the UPSD tool isn't indicating any actual problems (but this isn't a source review). All relevant retrieval dates are present.
 * 3c. The list meets requirements as a stand-alone list, it isn't a content fork, it doesn't largely duplicate another article (that I can find), and it wouldn't fit easily inside another article.
 * 4. It is navigable.
 * 5. It meets style requirements. I checked only the captions on images, since you've got an image review above.
 * 6. It is stable.
 * Support. Well done. - Dank (push to talk) 21:02, 3 September 2022 (UTC)


 * Source review – As Dank said above, the sources are reliable throughout. They are also well-formatted and the link-checker tool isn't detecting any issues. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 21:27, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Image review – All of the photos used in the article have appropriate free licensing and alt text. Giants2008  ( Talk ) 21:25, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Apologies, Giants2008: when I said "you've got an image review above", I was confusing this one with WP:Featured list candidates/List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1954/archive1. - Dank (push to talk) 21:37, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Promoted. -- Pres N  18:51, 21 September 2022 (UTC)


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