Quite a list huh??

funkpill said:

This must be from 1979 or 80.

I have several old issues of Jet from the 70s As soon as I find them,I'll post the Soul Brothers Top 20 charts.

whatsgoingon said:

It's definitely from 1979...probably the fall of that year.

"Why Leave Us Alone" by Five Special

who remembers "Break My Heart" by David Ruffin? That's a rare,forgotten single.My mom had the 45...it's a very nice ballad.

I can't see the picture but I definately remember the "Soul Brothers Top 20 Singles" in Jet magazine. I'd hate to see their top 20 list these days.

vainandy said:

since you can't see the picture,I'll print the chart here:

1.Knee Deep by Funkadelic
2.Don't Stop Til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson
3.Ladies Night by Kool and the Gang
4.I Just Want To Be by Cameo
5.Break My Heart by David Ruffin
6.I Do Love You by GQ
7.Cruisin by Smokey Robinson
8.Rise by Herb Alpert
9.Firecracker by Mass Production
10.Sing A Happy Song by Ojays
11.Found A Cure by Ashford and Simpson
12.Dim All The Lights by Donna Summer
13.It's A Disco Night by Isley Bros.
14.Sail On by Commodores
15.Between You and Me Baby by Curtis Mayfield
16.Come Go With Me by Teddy Pendergrass
17.So Good,So Right by Brenda Russell
18.Street Life by Crusaders
19.Why Leave Us Alone by Five Special
20.Still by the Commodores


As you can see,this list is clearly from late 1979 I remember this era like it was yesterday!

speaking of old magazines...

Yesterday,I was cleaning my room and I found an old issue of Right On magazine from 1976!!! It's from December 1976 and features articles on the Sylvers,Bootsy Collins and Pam Grier There's even a Disco Chart and I'm gonna print it here.

I remember first seeing "Right On" magazine in 1980 about a year or so after I got real hot and heavy into music. I didn't know it went as far back as 1976.
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vainandy said:

Right On! actually started in the early 70s.

vainandy said:

I thought "Right On" went back further than 76. Didn't it come about because of the huge popularity of the J5, or was that "Black Beat"?

whatsgoingon said:

Yep...I read Right On! as a kid, when the J5 were at their peak. That was in the early 70s.

That list is from 1979, early fall I believe. I just started my sophmore year in college when I bought 'Uncle Jam Wants You' & 'Off the Wall'.

that's correct,Right On was around in the early 70s.In the issue that I have (from 1976),they have a page where you can order back issues,some of them from 1972 and 73