| 101 |
recordlabel: Hull 742
chartposition: US #42
writtenby: James Sheppard
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| 102 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8751
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #15, US #56
writtenby: Sam Cooke
|
| 103 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 477927
chartposition: US #93
writtenby: Sam Cooke
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| 104 |
recordlabel: RCA 1242
chartposition: UK #7, RandB #20, US #17
writtenby: Sam Cooke
album: The Best of Sam Cooke
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| 105 |
recordlabel: RCA 101043
chartposition: RandB #25, US #31
writtenby: Roy Alfred and Del Serino
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| 106 |
recordlabel: Epic 9443
chartposition: US #80
writtenby: Bob Brass and Irwin Levine
|
| 107 |
recordlabel: Epic 9449
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #27
writtenby: B. Cook
|
| 108 |
recordlabel: Fontana 298
chartposition: RandB #6, US #12
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Bill Cook
album: You Can Have Her
|
| 109 |
recordlabel: Dot 16144
chartposition: RandB #15, US #72
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Bobby Rackep and Bill Ness
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 110 |
recordlabel: Swingin 45 623
chartposition: RandB #20, US #26
writtenby: Wyatt and Herderson
|
| 111 |
recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10298
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41, US #91
writtenby: Frank Loesser
album: Ray Charles and Betty Carter
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| 112 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10266
chartposition: RandB #10, US #72
writtenby: Percy Mayfield and Ray Charles
album: Ray Charles Greatest Hits
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| 113 |
recordlabel: Impulse 202
chartposition: RandB #25, US #84
writtenby: William Weldon and Roy Jacobs
album: Genius+Soul=Jazz
|
| 114 |
recordlabel: Impulse 202
chartposition: RandB #8, US #66
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Roy Alfred
album: Genius+Soul=Jazz
|
| 115 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10266
chartposition: RandB #1, US #9
writtenby: A. Jones, F. James
album: Ray Charles Greatest Hits
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| 116 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10141
chartposition: RandB #10, US #58
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Ricci Harper
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| 117 |
recordlabel: Impulse 200
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Rudy Toombs
album: Genius+Soul=Jazz
comments: [instrumental]
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| 118 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10244
chartposition: RandB #1 (5 weeks), US #1, UK #6
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Percy Mayfield
album: Ray Charles Greatest Hits
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| 119 |
recordlabel: Columbia 41940
chartposition: RandB #22
writtenby: Julian Cannonball Adderley
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 120 |
recordlabel: A.F.O. 301
chartposition: RandB #28, US #119
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Lawrence Nelson
|
| 121 |
recordlabel: Boyd 3398
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #10, US #29
writtenby: Clarke, Upchurch, Muldrow
comments: [instrumental]
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recordlabel: King 12528
writtenby: Otis Redding
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recordlabel: Orbit 135
writtenby: Otis Redding
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Colpix 608
chartposition: US #113
writtenby: Henry Troy and Fletcher Henderson
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Colpix 175
chartposition: RandB #11, US #93
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Richard M. Jones
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recordlabel: Chess 1791
writtenby: Lloyd Reese
|
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recordlabel: Chess 1791
writtenby: Lloyd Reese
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Willow 23000
chartposition: US #97
writtenby: Jay Robinson and Sam Gibson
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Willow 23000
chartposition: RandB #27, US #52
writtenby: Tyler, Johnson, Robinson, and Gibson
comments: B side to Lovedrops
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10255
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #44, US #103
writtenby: Bobby Stevenson
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Nomar 106
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #25
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: S. W. Taylor & Maxine Brown
album: The Fabulous Sound Of Maxine Brown
comments: [ballad]
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Nomar 103
chartposition: RandB #2 (weeks), US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Brown, Kirkland, Johnson
album: The Fabulous Sound Of Maxine Brown / Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul] [released 1960, charted 1961]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Motown 1003
chartposition: RandB #8, US #45
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Mary Wells
album: Bye, Bye Baby
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Motown 1016
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #43
writtenby: William Stevenson
album: The One Who Really Loves You
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Motown 1011
chartposition: RandB #9, US #33
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Wm. Stevens, and B. Gordy Jr.
album: Bye, Bye Baby, I Don't Want to Take a Chance
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Seg-Way 1001
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48
writtenby: A. Bruno, J. Granham
|
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recordlabel: Tamla 54041
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Jr.
album: The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Tamla 54041
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Jr.
album: The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: United Artists 294
chartposition: RandB #26, US #61
writtenby: Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.)
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: King 5516
chartposition: RandB #5, US #87
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Mertis John
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: King 5516
chartposition: US #93
writtenby: Shirley Wolfe and Sy Soloway
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: King 5452
chartposition: US #60
writtenby: Little Willie John , James "Jay" McDougal and Titus Turner
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: King 5503
chartposition: RandB #17
writtenby: Edmund Anderson and Ted Grouya (as Theodor Grouya)
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: King 5458
chartposition: US #61
writtenby: Ray Noble
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Duke 330
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Little Junior Parker
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Duke 335
chartposition: RandB #5, US #85
writtenby: Roosevelt Sykes
album: Driving Wheel
comments: [blues]
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Duke 335
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #46
writtenby: Parker
album: Driving Wheel
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Duke 341
chartposition: RandB #7
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Little Junior Parker
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Del Fi 4158
chartposition: RandB #28, US #9
writtenby: Nick Curinga & Paul Politi
album: The Blue Jays Meet Little Caesar and The Romans
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: End 1086
chartposition: US #104
writtenby: Donald Hayes
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1218
chartposition: US #84
writtenby: Luther Dixon, Bob Elgin and Rogers
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1212
chartposition: RandB #28, US #41
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Luther Dixon and Lee Thomas
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Fury 1056
chartposition: RandB #22, US #27
writtenby: King
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Fury 1053
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson & Morris Levy
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2099
chartposition: RandB #17, US #35
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Saved
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: Paramount 10181
chartposition: US #104
writtenby: Phil Spector and Terry Phillips
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: Columbia 4 42156
chartposition: RandB #89
writtenby: Ruth Lyons
album: Johnny's Newest Hits
|
| 20 |
recordlabel: Roulette 4401
chartposition: RandB #8, US #1, UK #33
writtenby: Joey Dee & Henry Glover
|
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recordlabel: Miracle 1
writtenby: Jimmy Ruffin
|
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recordlabel: Miracle 1
writtenby: Jimmy Ruffin
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 373
chartposition: RandB #12, US #68
writtenby: Jimmy Reed
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 380
chartposition: RandB #13, US #78
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Al Smith and Luther Dixon
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 398
chartposition: RandB #3, US #58
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Jimmy Reed
album: Plays 12 String Guitar Blues
comments: [blues]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Art Tone 825
chartposition: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #64
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Jimmy McCracklin
album: I Just Gotta Know
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Cub 9085
chartposition: UK #33, US #85
writtenby: Gary Geld and Peter Udell
mpcode: zZVWtjqM-0Y
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: RCA 7946
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #42, US #22
writtenby: Willie Nelson
comments: [ballad]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 405
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45, US #105
writtenby: Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 375
chartposition: RandB #10, US #27
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler
album: Aware Of Love
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 390
chartposition: RandB #8, US #25
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Jerry Butler & Curtis Mayfield
album: Aware Of Love
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 405
chartposition: RandB #14, US #11, US AC #3
writtenby: Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer
album: Moon River
|
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recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10223
writtenby: Jeanette Baby Washington
comments: [deep soul]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Caprice 110
chartposition: RandB #10, US #22
writtenby: Rudy Clark
album: James Ray
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: King 455438
chartposition: US #109
writtenby: Clifford Scott and Billy Butler
|
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recordlabel: King 5485
writtenby: Nathaniel, Kendrick
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: King 5442
chartposition: RandB #8, US #40
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Teddy Powell and Leonard Whitcup
album: Think!
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: King 5524
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US 49
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Joe Tex and James Brown
album: Think!
comments: [ballad]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: King 5466
chartposition: RandB #4, US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: James Brown
album: Shout and Shimmy
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: King 5547
chartposition: RandB #17
writtenby: James Brown
album: The Amazing James Brown
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: King 5573
chartposition: RandB #2, US #48
writtenby: James Brown , Bobby Byrd and Lloyd Eugene Stallworth
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 9 55201
chartposition: RandB #10, US #32
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Peter Udell and Gary Geld
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55208
chartposition: RandB #11, US #20
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Joyce Lee
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55216
chartposition: RandB #9, US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Al Kasha & Horace Ott
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55220
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #58
writtenby: Gary Geld and Peter Udell
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55216
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #49, US #80
writtenby: Al Kasha and Alan Thomas
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55208
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #48, US #40
writtenby: Billy Myles and Jackie Wilson
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55219
chartposition: RandB #25, US #37
writtenby: Alonzo Tucker, Robert Adams and Horace Ott
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55201
chartposition: RandB #25, US #9
writtenby: Hank Hunter & Al Kasha
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55220
chartposition: US #65
writtenby: Dorothy Daniels and Frank Daniels
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55219
chartposition: RandB #19, US #79
writtenby: Alonzo Tucker, Jackie Wilson and Morris Levy
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recordlabel: Storm 502
writtenby: E. Freeman And J. Jackson
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Minit 633
writtenby: Deborah Chessler
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Minit 633
writtenby: Naomi Neville
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Minit 625
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Minit 625
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
album: Irma Thomas Sings
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Musicor 1201
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41
writtenby: Dixon, Foxx, Gaskins
album: Come By Here
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: London 9451
chartposition: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #14
weeksinr&bchart: 21
writtenby: Seneca, Lee
album: Dynamite!!!
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Sue 740
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #43, US #117
writtenby: Turner and Bussong
album: Dynamite!!!
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Sue 753
chartposition: RandB #4, US #38
writtenby: Ike Turner
album: Dynamite!
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: DeLuxe 45 6190
chartposition: US #113
writtenby: Johnny Otis
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: King 5510
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #30
writtenby: Hank Ballard
album: Dance Along
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