List of Artists Who Reached Number One On The Billboard R&B Chart - 1972

1972

• James Brown (5 weeks)
• The Chi-Lites (2 weeks)
• The Dramatics (4 weeks)
• Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway (1 week)
• Aretha Franklin (2 weeks)
• Al Green (12 weeks)
• Luther Ingram (4 weeks)
• Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (2 weeks)
• The O'Jays (1 week)
• Billy Paul (4 weeks)
• Billy Preston (1 week)
• Joe Simon (2 weeks)
• The Spinners (5 weeks)
• The Staple Singers (4 weeks)
• Joe Tex (1 week)
• Bill Withers (1 week)
• Bobby Womack (1 week)