List of Hot Black Singles number ones of 1985
![Singer Freddie Jackson](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/FreddieJackson2019.png/320px-FreddieJackson2019.png)
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In addition to Houston and Jackson, Kool & the Gang and Wilde had multiple number ones during 1985. Jackson's "Rock Me Tonight (For Old Times Sake)" tied with "Part-Time Lover" by Wonder for 1985's longest run in the peak position at six weeks each; Jackson's total of eight weeks at number one was the most of any act. In August, Aretha Franklin's "Freeway of Love" became her twentieth chart-topper, extending her record as the artist with the most number ones on the listing; it would prove to be her final appearance atop the chart, 18 years after her first.[13] Diana Ross, another of the biggest stars of black music,[14] also topped the chart for the final time.[15] She spent three weeks at number one with "Missing You", a tribute to singer Marvin Gaye, who had died the previous year.[15] Ross had first topped the chart as one of the Supremes in 1965.[16] The final number one of 1985 was Wilde's "Don't Say No Tonight"; although Wilde gained two number ones in 1985, he would achieve no further chart-toppers in his career.[4]
Chart history
![Singer Aretha Franklin](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Aretha_Franklin_1968.jpg/170px-Aretha_Franklin_1968.jpg)
![Singer Angela Winbush](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Angela_Winbush.jpg/170px-Angela_Winbush.jpg)
![Singer Diana Ross](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Diana_Ross_%281982%29.jpg/170px-Diana_Ross_%281982%29.jpg)
![singer Whitney Houston](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flickr_Whitney_Houston_performing_on_GMA_2009_3.jpg/170px-Flickr_Whitney_Houston_performing_on_GMA_2009_3.jpg)
† | Indicates number 1 on Billboard's year-end black singles chart[17] |
See also
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