Soul R&B Music Charts of 1966 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1966 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1966, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Place mouse on

to see information about song. Click on song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available) and to add to playlist. Click on

to play song. . Click on label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1966, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1966 . . .

The following songs were released in 1966 but never made it into the Top 100 Chart.
Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts
of 1966 or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
---	recordlabel: Volt 142 writtenby: Hayes, Porter	The Charmels	Please Uncle Sam (Send Back My Man)	1966	Volt
1	recordlabel: Jewel 754 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #31 writtenby: D. Coleman comments: [blues]	The Carter Brothers	Booze In The Bottle	1966	Jewel
2	recordlabel: Karen 1524 chartposition: RandB #2, US #7 writtenby: Don Storball (as Donald Storball) album: Dance the Cool Jerk comments: [northern soul]	The Capitols	Cool Jerk	1966	Karen
3	recordlabel: Karen 1525 chartposition: RandB #49, US #74 writtenby: Duke Browner	The Capitols	I Got to Handle It	1966	Karen
4	recordlabel: Karen 1526 chartposition: RandB #26, US #65 writtenby: Don Storball album: We Got a Thing	The Capitols	We Got a Thing That's in the Groove	1966	Karen
---	recordlabel: Shrine 101 writtenby: Keni St. Lewis comments: [northern soul]	The Cairos	Stop Overlooking Me	1966	Shrine
---	recordlabel: Phila. Records 1836 writtenby: Beverly, Nicholson comments: [northern soul]	The Butlers	Laugh, Laugh, Laugh	1966	Phila. Records
1	recordlabel: Swan 4255 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #12, US #87 writtenby: Tom Shannon, Carl Cisco and Nick Ameno comments: [instrumental]	The Buena Vistas	Hot Shot	1966	Swan
---	recordlabel: MGM 13486 writtenby: Drake Hollen	The Broadways	Goin' Goin Gone	1966	MGM
1	recordlabel: Reprise 0436 chartposition: US #128 writtenby: Van McCoy comments: B side to Good, Good Lovin'	The Blossoms	That's When the Tears Start	1966	Reprise
2	recordlabel: Paula 254 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #35 writtenby: G. St. Clair, D. Conway, D. Callas comments: [instrumental]	The Bad Boys	Black Olives	1966	Paula
3	recordlabel: Bell 659 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #41 writtenby: Ronald Saunders	The Attractions	Find Me	1966	Bell
---	recordlabel: Mir A Don 1004 writtenby: E. Powell, N. Nita comments: [northern soul]	The Ascots	Another Day	1966	Mir A Don
1	recordlabel: Brunswick 55301 chartposition: RandB #9, US #55 writtenby: Jesse Bolian ,Lawrence Johnson & Marvin Smith album: I'm Gonna Miss You comments: [Sweet Soul]	The Artistics	I'm Gonna Miss You	1966	Brunswick
2	recordlabel: Okeh 7240 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #46, US #129 writtenby: Ted Taylor	Ted Taylor	Daddy's Baby	1966	Okeh
3	recordlabel: Motown 1095 chartposition: RandB #25, US #80 writtenby: Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol album: Irresistible comments: [Motown Sound]	Tammi Terrell	Come On and See Me	1966	Motown
4	recordlabel: Motown 1086 chartposition: RandB #27, US #72 writtenby: Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol album: Irresistible comments: [Motown Sound]	Tammi Terrell	I Can't Believe You Love Me	1966	Motown
5	recordlabel: Ten Star 104 chartposition: RandB #18 writtenby: A.C. Scott	T-K-O's	The Fat Man	1966	Ten Star
---	recordlabel: Zachron 600 writtenby: J. Cameron	Syl Johnson	Straight Love No Chaser	1966	Zachron
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54136 writtenby: C. Paul, S. Wonder, S. Moy album: Up Tight comments: [Motown Sound] [northern soul]	Stevie Wonder	Ain't That Asking For Trouble	1966	Tamla
---	recordlabel: Tamla 272 writtenby: Ron Miller, Wm. O'Malley, A. Vandenberg album: Down To Earth comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	Down To Earth	1966	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Tamla 54130 chartposition: RandB #8, US #131 writtenby: Vicki Basemore, Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy album: Up tight Everything's Alright comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	With a Child's Heart	1966	Tamla
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54142 writtenby: Ron Miller, B. Wells comments: [Motown Sound] [christmas]	Stevie Wonder	Some Day At Christmas	1966	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Tamla 54130 chartposition: RandB #4, US #20 writtenby: Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy & William album: Up tight Everything's Alright comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	Nothing's Too Good for My Baby	1966	Tamla
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54139 writtenby: S. Moy, H. Cosby, S. Wonder album: Down To Earth comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	Sylvia	1966	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Tamla 54139 chartposition: RandB #3, US #9, UK #20, US AC #29 writtenby: Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller) & Bryan Wells album: Down to Earth comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	A Place in the Sun	1966	Tamla
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54151 writtenby: C. Paul, L. Broadnax, S. Wonder album: Uptight comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	Hold Me	1966	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Tamla 54136 chartposition: RandB #1, US #9, UK #36 writtenby: Bob Dylan album: Up Tight / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1 comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	Blowin' in the Wind	1966	Tamla
2	recordlabel: Groovesville 1002 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: Melvin Davis	Steve Mancha	I Don't Want to Lose You	1966	Groovesville
3	recordlabel: MGM 13617 chartposition: RandB #3, US #12 writtenby: Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller album: Stand by Me	Spyder Turner	Stand by Me	1966	MGM
---	recordlabel: Goldwax 312 writtenby: G. Jackson	Spencer Wiggins	Walking Out On You	1966	Goldwax
---	recordlabel: Goldwax 308 writtenby: Penn, Oldham	Spencer Wiggins	Take Me Just As I Am	1966	Goldwax
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 2349 chartposition: RandB #38, US #109 writtenby: Solomon Burke	Solomon Burke	Keep Looking	1966	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 2327 chartposition: US #97 writtenby: Orville Couch and Eddie McDuff	Solomon Burke	I Feel a Sin Coming On	1966	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 2345 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #19 writtenby: Solomon Burke, Dolores Burke	Solomon Burke	Suddenly	1966	Atlantic
4	recordlabel: Atlantic 452314 chartposition: RandB #31, US #96 writtenby: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)	Solomon Burke	Baby, Come on Home	1966	Atlantic
5	recordlabel: Tamla 54134 chartposition: RandB #20, US #46 writtenby: Frank Wilson album: Away We a Go Go comments: [Motown Sound]	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart (Since I Met You)	1966	Tamla
6	recordlabel: Tamla 54140 chartposition: RandB #4, US #17, UK #37 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. album: Away We a Go Go / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6 comments: [Motown Sound]	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need	1966	Tamla
7	recordlabel: Excello 452282 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #116 writtenby: Slim Harpo	Slim Harpo	I'm Your Bread Maker, Baby	1966	Excello
8	recordlabel: Excello 2273 chartposition: RandB #1, US #16 writtenby: Slim Harpo (as James H. Moore)	Slim Harpo	Baby Scratch My Back	1966	Excello
9	recordlabel: Excello 2278 chartposition: US #116 writtenby: Slim Harpo (as James Moore)	Slim Harpo	Shake Your Hips	1966	Excello
---	recordlabel: Blue Cat 125 writtenby: J L. Jackson, S. Barnes	Sidney Barnes	I Hurt On The Other Side	1966	Blue Cat
1	recordlabel: Soul 35021 chartposition: RandB #42, US #97, UK #58 writtenby: Shorty Long (as Frederick Long) and Eddie Holland Jr. album: Here Comes The Judge comments: [Motown Sound]	Shorty Long	Function at the Junction	1966	Soul
2	recordlabel: Congress 260 chartposition: US #135 writtenby: Lincoln Chase and Alphonso Elliston	Shirley Ellis	Ever See a Diver Kiss His Wife While the Bubbles Bounce About Above the Water?	1966	Congress
3	recordlabel: One-Derful 4839 chartposition: Cahbox RandB #40 writtenby: L. Nester, J. Jones comments: [northern soul]	Sharpees	Tired Of Being Lonely	1966	OneDerful
4	recordlabel: Stax 189 chartposition: RandB #1, US #21 writtenby: Isaac Hayes & David Porter album: Hold On! I'm Comin comments: [southern soul]	Sam & Dave	Hold On! I'm Comin	1966	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stax 2005 writtenby: Parker, Catron and Jones album: Double Dynamite comments: [southern soul album cut] mpcode: XdjMPNUx_pk	Sam & Dave	I Don't Need Nobody (To Tell Me 'Bout My Baby)	1966	Stax
1	recordlabel: Stax 180 chartposition: RandB #7, US #90 writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter album: Hold On, I'm Comin'	Sam & Dave	You Don't Know Like I Know	1966	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stax 204 writtenby: Parker, Catron, Wells album: Double Dynamite comments: [southern soul ballad] mpcode: IBRPqgfNy6w	Sam & Dave	Sleep Good Tonight	1966	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stax 712 writtenby: Jones and Isbell album: Double Dynamite comments: [southern soul album cut] mpcode: JbX88ERWtto	Sam & Dave	Just Can't Get Enough	1966	Stax
1	recordlabel: Stax 198 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #37 writtenby: Porter, Hayes, Cropper album: Hold On, I'm Comin'	Sam & Dave	If You Got The Loving (I Got The Time)	1966	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stax 2005 writtenby: Oldham and Penn album: Double Dynamite comments: [southern soul album cut] mpcode: 8QBBSKMM84w	Sam & Dave	I'm Your Puppet	1966	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stax 712 writtenby: Jones and Caple album: Double Dynamite comments: [southern soul album cut] mpcode: ljTxTAxNu5A	Sam & Dave	That's The Way It's Gotta Be	1966	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stax 2005 writtenby: Toombs album: Double Dynamite comments: [soul blues album cut] mpcode: fQKSUku-dR4	Sam & Dave	Home At Last	1966	Stax
1	recordlabel: Stax 198 chartposition: RandB #8, US #64 writtenby: David Porter and Isaac Hayes album: Double Dynamite	Sam & Dave	Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody	1966	Stax
2	recordlabel: Stax 204 chartposition: RandB #7, US #77 writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter album: Double Dynamite	Sam & Dave	You Got Me Hummin'	1966	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stax 2005 writtenby: Hayes and Porter album: Double Dynamite comments: [southern soul album cut] mpcode: Df7JCVaPJ8M	Sam & Dave	Sweet Pains	1966	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stax 2005 writtenby: Hayes and Porter album: Double Dynamite comments: [southern soul album cut] mpcode: UfGX9t6yNRY	Sam & Dave	Use Me	1966	Stax
1	recordlabel: Joda 104 chartposition: RandB #38, US #98 writtenby: Bart Howard comments: [deep soul]	Sam & Bill	Fly Me to the Moon	1966	Joda
2	recordlabel: Keen 2022 chartposition: US #97 writtenby: James Alexander	Sam Cooke	Let's Go Steady Again	1966	Keen
3	recordlabel: RCA Victor 478751 chartposition: US #95 writtenby: Sam Cooke	Sam Cooke	Feel It	1966	RCA Victor
---	recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2636 writtenby: A. Miller, C. Whitworth, S. Baker comments: [deep soul]	Sam Baker	I Love You	1966	Sound Stage Seven
1	recordlabel: Kapp 759 chartposition: US #120 writtenby: Farrell, Kusik, Adams album: Ruby and The Romantics comments: [mid-tempo ballad] mpcode: 0yfAO_kTKU4	Ruby & The Romantics	We Can Make It	1966	Kapp
---	recordlabel: Volt 140 writtenby: Axton, Parker comments: [deep soul]	Ruby Johnson	Come To Me My Darling	1966	Volt
1	recordlabel: Volt 133 chartposition: RandB #31 writtenby: David Porter and Isaac Hayes album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: [deep soul]	Ruby Johnson	I'll Run Your Hurt Away	1966	Volt
2	recordlabel: Capitol 5588 chartposition: RandB #29 writtenby: Ruben Wright comments: [northern soul]	Ruben Wright	I'm Walking Out On You	1966	Capitol
---	recordlabel: Josie 965 writtenby: R.L. Johnson comments: [instrumental] mpcode: 48ETNICaKdI	Roy Lee Johnson & His Band	Boogaloo Number 3	1966	Josie
1	recordlabel: Island 273 (UK) chartposition: RandB #14, UK #6 writtenby: Roy C (as Roy Hammond) comments: [southern soul]	Roy C	Shotgun Wedding	1966	Island(UK)
2	recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2555 chartposition: RandB #32, US #102 writtenby: Allen Toussaint (as Allen Orange)	Roscoe Shelton	Easy Going Fellow	1966	Sound Stage Seven
3	recordlabel: Wand 1143 chartposition: RandB #39, US #125 writtenby: Roscoe Robinson	Roscoe Robinson	How Much Pressure (Do You Think I Can Stand)	1966	Wand
4	recordlabel: Wand 1125 chartposition: RandB #7, US #62 writtenby: Raven Wildroot	Roscoe Robinson	That's Enough	1966	Wand
---	recordlabel: DeTo 2878 writtenby: Ronnie McNeir	Ronnie McNeir	Sitting In My Class	1966	DeTo
1	recordlabel: Bragg 227 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49 writtenby: Carolyn Varga comments: [southern soul ballad]	Rodge Martin	When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters)	1966	Bragg
2	recordlabel: Nola 726 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #38, US #128 writtenby: Robert Parker album: Barefootin'	Robert Parker	The Scratch	1966	Nola
3	recordlabel: Nola 721 chartposition: RandB #2, US #7, UK #24 writtenby: Robert Parker album: Barefootin comments: [northern soul]	Robert Parker	Barefootin	1966	Nola
4	recordlabel: Pacific Jazz 88130 chartposition: US #88, US AC #27 writtenby: Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster album: After Hours comments: [instrumental]	Richard Groove Holmes	Secret Love	1966	Pacific Jazz
5	recordlabel: Prestige 427 chartposition: US #96 writtenby: Gilbert Becaud album: Misty comments: [instrumental]	Richard Groove Holmes	What Now, My Love	1966	Prestige
6	recordlabel: Prestige 428 chartposition: US #131 writtenby: Harry Warren and Mack Gordon comments: [instrumental]	Richard Groove Holmes	The More I See You	1966	Prestige
7	recordlabel: Prestige 401 chartposition: RandB #12, US #44, US AC #7 writtenby: Erroll Garner album: Misty comments: instrumental	Richard Groove Holmes	Misty	1966	Prestige
---	recordlabel: Up Tight 101 writtenby: Richard Caiton	Richard Caiton	Our Love Is True	1966	Up Tight
---	recordlabel: Mica 501 writtenby: R. Caldwell, J. Dobbins, B. Lee	Ray & Dave	Wrong Wrong Wrong	1966	Mica
1	recordlabel: ABC 10865 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #22, US #64, US AC #30 writtenby: Bobby Stevenson album: Ray's Mood	Ray Charles	Please Say You're Fooling	1966	ABC
2	recordlabel: ABC 10808 chartposition: RandB #1, US #31 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson album: Crying Time	Ray Charles	Let's Go Get Stoned	1966	ABC
3	recordlabel: ABC 10840 chartposition: RandB #22, US #32 writtenby: Jimmy Holiday & Ray Charles album: A Man And His Soul comments: [northern soul]	Ray Charles	I Chose To Sing The Blues	1966	ABC
4	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10785 chartposition: RandB #10, US #19, UK #48, US AC #1 writtenby: Buck Owens album: Country & Western Meets Rhythm & Blues comments: [country soul]	Ray Charles	Together Again	1966	ABC Paramount
5	recordlabel: ABC/TRC 10865 chartposition: RandB #45, US #72 writtenby: Jo Armstead, Nickolas Ashford (as Nick Ashford) and Valerie Simpson album: A Man and His Soul	Ray Charles	I Don't Need No Doctor	1966	ABC/TRC
6	recordlabel: ABC 10785 chartposition: US #91 writtenby: Johnny MacRae album: Crying Time	Ray Charles	You're Just About to Lose Your Clown	1966	ABC
7	recordlabel: Cadet 5541 chartposition: US #129 writtenby: Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin (as Marvin Tarplin), Bobby Rogers and Pete Moore album: Wade in the Water	Ramsey Lewis	Ain't That Peculiar	1966	Cadet
8	recordlabel: Cadet 5541 chartposition: RandB #3, US #19, US AC #11 writtenby: Traditional album: Wade in the Water comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]	Ramsey Lewis	Wade in the Water	1966	Cadet
9	recordlabel: Cadet 5547 chartposition: RandB #30, US #49, US AC #37 writtenby: Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder and Henry Cosby album: Wade in the Water comments: [instrumental]	Ramsey Lewis	Uptight	1966	Cadet
10	recordlabel: Cadet 5553 chartposition: US #74, US AC #27 writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney album: Wade in the Water comments: [instrumental]	Ramsey Lewis	Day Tripper	1966	Cadet
11	recordlabel: Mercury 72621 chartposition: RandB #25, US #114 writtenby: Lori Burton and Pam Sawyer	Prince Harold	Forget About Me	1966	Mercury
---	recordlabel: Musicor 1221 writtenby: S. Sigman, P. Faith	Porgy & the Monarchs	My Heart Cries For You	1966	Musicor
---	recordlabel: Sylves 123 writtenby: P. Williams	Porgy & the Monarchs	That's My Girl	1966	Sylves
---	recordlabel: Jamie 1319 writtenby: P. Hudson, R. Burton comments: [northern soul]	Pookie Hudson	This Gets to Me	1966	Jamie
1	recordlabel: Sue 4005 chartposition: UK #39 writtenby: Dee Clark, Kal Mann and Cornell Muldrow comments: [re release]	Phil Upchurch Combo	You Can't Sit Down	1966	Sue
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 2326 chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4 writtenby: Percy Sledge album: When A Man Loves A Woman / The Best Of Percy Sledge / Atlantic Soul Classics comments: [southern soul ballad]	Percy Sledge	When a Man Loves a Woman	1966	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 2342 chartposition: RandB #5, US #17, UK #34 writtenby: Bobby Robinson, Dan Quinvy & Pronto Bob album: Warm & Tender Soul / The Best Of Percy Sledge comments: [southern soul ballad]	Percy Sledge	Warm and Tender Love	1966	Atlantic
4	recordlabel: Atlantic 2358 chartposition: RandB #7, US #20 writtenby: Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham album: Warm and Tender Soul / The Best Of Percy Sledge comments: [deep soul ballad]	Percy Sledge	It Tears Me Up	1966	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Green Sea 104 writtenby: E. Townsend album: Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1 comments: [deep soul]	Pearlean Gray And The Passengers	The Love Of My Man	1966	Green Sea

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