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Soul R&B Music Charts of 1975 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1975 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 1975, 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 1975, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1975 . . .

The following songs were released in 1975 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 1975 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
501 recordlabel: Spring 159
chartposition: RandB #7, US #92
writtenby: Joe Simon and Raeford Gerald
album: Get Down
Joe Simon Music in My Bones 1975 Spring
502 recordlabel: Spring 156
chartposition: RandB #1, US #8
writtenby: Joe Simon & Raeford Gerald
album: Get Down
comments: [disco dance]
Joe Simon Get Down, Get Down (Get on the Floor) 1975 Spring
503 recordlabel: Mercury 73637
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Joe Quarterman
Joe Quarterman & Free Soul Get Down Baby (Pt. 1) 1975 Mercury
504 recordlabel: Salsoul 118
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Gil Scott Heron
comments: [instrumental]
Joe Bataan The Bottle (La Botella) 1975 Salsoul
505 recordlabel: Capitol 3998
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Gene Barge
album: Love Is a Five Letter Word
Jimmy Witherspoon Love Is a Five Letter Word 1975 Capitol
--- recordlabel: Polydor 2058 586 (UK)
writtenby: McMurray
album: Love Is All We Need
Jimmy Ruffin Give You All The Love I've Got 1975 Polydor (UK)
--- recordlabel: Chess 2168
writtenby: M. Bailey, B. Sigler
album: Jimmy Ruffin
comments: [philly sound]
Jimmy Ruffin What You See (Ain't Always What You Get) 1975 Chess
--- recordlabel: Buddah 504
writtenby: W. Johnson, H. B. Barnum
Jimmy Norman I Wanna Make Love To You 1975 Buddah
1 recordlabel: Hotlanta 307
chartposition: RandB #95
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Jimmy Lewis
album: Totally Involved
Jimmy Lewis Help Me Understand You 1975 Hotlanta
--- recordlabel: Pye 45472 (UK)
writtenby: M. Burton
album: You Don't Stand A Chance If You Can't Dance
comments: [northern soul]
Jimmy James & The Vagabonds Hey Girl 1975 Pye(UK)
--- recordlabel: Pye 71017
writtenby: Biddu
album: You Don't Stand A Chance If You Can't Dance
Jimmy James And The Vagabonds You Don't Stand A Chance If You Can't Dance 1975 Pye
1 recordlabel: Pi Kappa 700
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: Paul Kyser (as Paul L. Kyser) and Leon Stuckey
Jimmy Briscoe & the Little Beavers I'll Care for You 1975 Pi Kappa
2 recordlabel: Pi Kappa 604
chartposition: RandB #86
writtenby: Leon Stuckey and Paul Kyser (as Paul L. Kyser)
album: My Ebony Princess
Jimmy Briscoe & the Little Beavers I Only Feel This Way When I'm with You 1975 Pi Kappa
3 recordlabel: Alston 3714
chartposition: RandB #47, US Dance #11
writtenby: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch
album: Dance Across the Floor
Jimmy Bo Horne Gimme Some 1975 Alston
4 recordlabel: Roxbury 2006
chartposition: RandB #10, US #55, UK #4
writtenby: Kenny Nolan
album: Swing Your Daddy
Jim Gilstrap Swing Your Daddy 1975 Roxbury
5 recordlabel: Roxbury 2013
chartposition: RandB #64, US #93
writtenby: Dave Appell and Sandy Linzer
album: Swing Your Daddy
Jim Gilstrap House of Strangers 1975 Roxbury
6 recordlabel: Roxbury 2016
chartposition: RandB #20, US #78
writtenby: Antony Eyers
Jim Gilstrap I'm on Fire 1975 Roxbury
7 recordlabel: 20th Century 2201
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Bradford Craig, Ron Carson and H. B. Barnum
Jesse James If You Want a Love Affair 1975 20th Century
8 recordlabel: Seville 1010
chartposition: US Dance #17
writtenby: Sonny Casella
comments: as Jeanne Burton
Jenny Burton (Nobody Loves Me) Like You Do 1975 Seville
9 recordlabel: Arista 0133
chartposition: RandB #19, US #108
writtenby: Leonard Perry and Kenneth Stover
Jeff Perry Love Don't Come No Stronger (Than Yours and Mine) 1975 Arista
10 recordlabel: Casablanca 846
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Rich Cason (as Charles Richard Cason)
Jeannie Reynolds Lay Some Lovin' on Me 1975 Casablanca
11 recordlabel: Casablanca 834
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Norma Toney
Jeannie Reynolds The Phones Been Jumping All Day 1975 Casablanca
--- recordlabel: HI Records 2297
writtenby: Willie Mitchell, Earl Randall
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [southern soul]
Jean Plum Look At The Boy 1975 HI Records
--- recordlabel: Chelsea 3020
writtenby: Warren Sams, James D. Caron
comments: [deep soul]
Jean Knight Don't Ask Me For 24 Hours 1975 Chelsea
--- recordlabel: Casablanca 827
writtenby: J. Roach
album: You And Me Together Forever
comments: [southern soul ballad]
James & Bobby Purify You And Me Together Forever 1975 Casablanca
1 recordlabel: Casablanca 520
chartposition: RandB #30, US #101
writtenby: Isaac Hayes
album: You and Me Together Forever
James & Bobby Purify Do Your Thing 1975 Casablanca
2 recordlabel: Polydor 14281
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: James Brown
album: Everybody's Doin' the Hustle and Dead on the Double Bump
James Brown Hustle!!! (Dead on It) 1975 Polydor
3 recordlabel: Polydor 14301
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: James Brown
album: Hot
James Brown Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved) 1975 Polydor
4 recordlabel: Polydor 14270
chartposition: RandB #16, US #61
writtenby: James Brown, Bobby Byrd and Ron Lenhoff
album: Sex Machine Today
James Brown Sex Machine (Part 1) 1975 Polydor
5 recordlabel: Polydor 14268
chartposition: RandB #19, US #80
writtenby: James Brown , Fred Wesley and Gertrude Wesley
album: Reality
James Brown Reality 1975 Polydor
6 recordlabel: Polydor 14295
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: James Brown
album: Everybody's Doin' the Hustle and Dead on the Double Bump
James Brown Superbad, Superslick (Part I) 1975 Polydor
--- recordlabel: Buddah 466
writtenby: Jae Mason
album: Tender Man
Jae Mason Woman (You've Gotta Be There) 1975 Buddah
1 recordlabel: Brunswick 55522
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Romaine Anderson
album: Nobody But You
Jackie Wilson & The Chi-Lites Don't Burn No Bridges 1975 Brunswick
--- recordlabel: Brunswick 55536
writtenby: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
album: Nobody But You
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: 9eczoH-5Pxo
Jackie Wilson Nobody But You 1975 Brunswick
1 recordlabel: Kayvette 5122
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Clarence Reid
album: Make Me Feel Like a Woman
Jackie Moore Make Me Feel Like a Woman 1975 Kayvette
--- recordlabel: Dade 2041
writtenby: R. Beavers
Jackey Beavers Trying To Get Back To You Girl 1975 Dade
1 recordlabel: Midland Int'l. 10305
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Scott Joplin J.R. Bailey
J.R. Bailey The Entertainer -- You Pass My Love Like A Moving Train 1975 Midland Int'l.
--- recordlabel: Contempo 520 (UK)
album: The Groovesville Masters
comments: [album cut]
J.J. Barnes Help Me 1975 Contempo(UK)
--- recordlabel: Organic 1
writtenby: J.J. Barnes, E.J. Clark, H.L. Weems
comments: [modern soul]
J.J. Barnes I Think I've Got A Good Chance 1975 Organic
--- recordlabel: Kama Sutra 600
writtenby: J. Jocko Marcellino
album: That\'s The Song
mpcode: lC3PpGE5j0s
J. Jocko I'm Gettin' Over 1975 Kama Sutra
1 recordlabel: ABC 12138
chartposition: RandB #20
writtenby: Isaac Hayes
album: Chocolate Chip
Isaac Hayes Come Live with Me 1975 ABC
2 recordlabel: HBS 12118
chartposition: RandB #13, US #92
writtenby: Isaac Hayes
album: Chocolate Chip
Isaac Hayes Chocolate Chip 1975 HBS
3 recordlabel: Private Stock 15
chartposition: RandB #58, US #106
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Keith Bass (as Roger Keith Bass), Lloyd Robinson and Lonnie Turner
Innervision Honey Baby (Be Mine) 1975 Private Stock
4 recordlabel: United Artists 35766
chartposition: RandB #31, US #88
weeksinr&bchart: 10
Ike & Tina Turner Baby-Get It On 1975 United Artists
5 recordlabel: CTI 27
chartposition: RandB #53, US Dance #8, US AC #43
writtenby: Bob James
album: The Chicago Theme
comments: [instrumental]
Hubert Laws The Chicago Theme (Love Loop) 1975 CTI
6 recordlabel: Big Tree 16047
chartposition: RandB #6, US #3, UK #2
writtenby: Errol Brown & Tony Wilson
album: Hot Chocolate [1975 album]
comments: [pop soul]
Hot Chocolate You Sexy Thing 1975 Big Tree
7 recordlabel: Big Tree 16038
chartposition: RandB #40, US #28, UK #11
writtenby: Errol Brown & Tony Wilson (as Anthony Wilson)
album: Cicero Park
Hot Chocolate Disco Queen 1975 Big Tree
8 recordlabel: Shield 6101
chartposition: US dance #6
writtenby: J. Di Girolamo
comments: [disco dance]
Hokis Pokis Nowhere 1975 Shield
--- recordlabel: Bet 203120
writtenby: S. Petty, J. Abston
Herman George Mental High 1975 Bet
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 3246
chartposition: RandB #24, US #14, US dance #1
writtenby: Fernando Arbex
comments: [disco jazz funk]
Herbie Mann Hijack 1975 Atlantic
2 recordlabel: Atlantic 3282
chartposition: RandB #53
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Walter Chiles and Melvyn Barton
album: Waterbed
Herbie Mann Waterbed 1975 Atlantic
3 recordlabel: Columbia 3-10239
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #89
writtenby: H. Hancock, M. Ragin, P. Jackson
album: Flood
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Herbie Hancock Hang Up Your Hang Ups 1975 Columbia
4 recordlabel: RCA 10463
chartposition: US dance #5, US AC #40
writtenby: Van McCoy
comments: [disco instrumental]
Henry Mancini & His Concert Orchestra African Symphony 1975 RCA
5 recordlabel: ASI 202
chartposition: RandB #89
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Willy Thomas, Paul Johnson, Peter Johnson, Soli Hughes, Michael Lopez, Steve Powers and Janelle Green
album: Haze
Haze I Do Love My Lady 1975 ASI
6 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3579
chartposition: RandB #1, US #12, UK #23, US AC #34
writtenby: John Whitehead, Gene McFadden & Victor Carstarphen
album: Wake Up Everybody / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Wake Up Everybody (Part 1) 1975 P.I.R.
7 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3202
chartposition: RandB #4, US #15, UK #51, US dance #1
writtenby: Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead
album: To Be True / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound disco]
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Bad Luck 1975 P.I.R.
--- recordlabel: P.I.R. 33148
album: To Be True
comments: [Complete Album]
mpcode: 7yRfq4Aqubo
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes To Be True (full album) 1975 P.I.R.
--- recordlabel: P.I.R. 33808
album: Wake Up Everybody
comments: [Complete Album]
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Wake Up Everybody (full album) 1975 P.I.R.
--- recordlabel: P.I.R. 3588
writtenby: K. Gamble, L. Huff
album: Wake Up Everybody
comments: (Featuring Sharon Paige)
Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes You Know How To Make Me Feel So Good 1975 P.I.R.
1 recordlabel: Arista 0142
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: Stan Vincent
Harlem River Drive Need You 1975 Arista
2 recordlabel: Playboy 6024
chartposition: RandB #24, US #1, UK #33, US AC #1
writtenby: Dan Hamilton & Ann Hamilton
album: Fallin' in Love
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds Fallin' in Love 1975 Playboy
3 recordlabel: Brunswick 24 (UK)
chartposition: UK #49
writtenby: Hamilton Bohannon
album: Insides Out
Hamilton Bohannon Happy Feeling 1975 Brunswick(UK)
4 recordlabel: Brunswick 19
chartposition: RandB #62, UK #6, US dance #11
writtenby: Hamilton Bohannon
album: Insides Out
comments: [disco funk]
Hamilton Bohannon Disco Stomp 1975 Brunswick
5 recordlabel: Dakar 4544
chartposition: RandB #39, UK #23, US dance #3, US #98
writtenby: Hamilton Bohannon
album: Insides Out
comments: [disco funk]
Hamilton Bohannon Foot Stompin' Music 1975 Dakar
6 recordlabel: RCA Victor 10436
chartposition: RandB #98
writtenby: John Oates
album: Daryl Hall and John Oates
Hall & Oates Alone Too Long 1975 RCA Victor
7 recordlabel: Power Exchange 102 (UK)
chartposition: UK #54
writtenby: Massey, Barnum
comments: [disco dance]
H.B. Barnum Having A Party (Part 1) 1975 Power Exchange(UK)
8 recordlabel: Cat 1996
chartposition: RandB #1, US #9
writtenby: Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke
album: Rockin' Chair
comments: [southern soul]
Gwen McCrae Rockin' Chair 1975 Cat
9 recordlabel: Cat 1999
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: Clarence Reid
Gwen McCrae Love Insurance 1975 Cat
10 recordlabel: Kudu 924
chartposition: RandB #16, US #54, US Dance #12
writtenby: Ralph MacDonald
album: Mister Magic
comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]
Grover Washington, Jr. Mister Magic 1975 Kudu
--- recordlabel: Belmont (JA)
writtenby: E. Thompson, Joe Gibbs
comments: [reggae]
Gregory Isaacs Babylon Too Rough 1975 Belmont (JA)
--- recordlabel: Casablanca 7009
writtenby: L. Perry, K. Davis, M. Cowart
album: One For The Road
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: bdEGC7DIkk8
Greg Perry Will She Meet The Train In The Rain? 1975 Casablanca
--- recordlabel: Casablanca 817
writtenby: L. Perry, K. Davis, M. Cowart
album: One For The Road
Greg Perry Variety Is The Spice Of Life 1975 Casablanca
1 recordlabel: Casablanca 817
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Leonard Perry, Katie Davis and Mallory Cowart
album: One For The Road
Greg Perry Come On Down (Get Your Head Out of the Clouds) 1975 Casablanca
--- recordlabel: Casablanca 7009
writtenby: Z. Perry, M. Cowsart, L. Perry
album: One For The Road
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: DFd9FybwjcY
Greg Perry Next Time I See You (I'm Gonna Be Ready) 1975 Casablanca
--- recordlabel: Casablanca 7009
writtenby: L. Perry, K. Davis, M. Cowart
album: One For The Road
comments: [instrumental album cut]
mpcode: SPTaihse8ro
Greg Perry Love Is Magic 1975 Casablanca
--- recordlabel: Casablanca 7009
writtenby: L. Perry, K. Davis
album: One For The Road
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: TUgzqx333kg
Greg Perry Love Got Me Tired (But I Ain't Tired Of Love) 1975 Casablanca
--- recordlabel: Casablanca 7009
writtenby: L. Perry, K. Davis, M. Cowart
album: One For The Road
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: elqGpqRLiS0
Greg Perry I Want To Live And Let Live (Love And Let Love All The Time) 1975 Casablanca
1 recordlabel: Casablanca 835
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Katie Davis, Leonard Perry and Mallory Cowart
album: One For The Road
Greg Perry I'll Be Comin Back 1975 Casablanca
--- recordlabel: Casablanca 845
writtenby: L. Perry, K. Davis, M. Cowart
album: One For The Road
Greg Perry One For The Road 1975 Casablanca
1 recordlabel: Warner 8061
chartposition: RandB #18, UK #53
writtenby: Abrim Tilmon
album: Release Yourself
Graham Central Station Feel the Need 1975 Warner
2 recordlabel: Warner 8105
chartposition: RandB #1, US #38
writtenby: Larry Graham
album: Ain't No 'Bout A Doubt
Graham Central Station Your Love 1975 Warner
3 recordlabel: Warner 8148
chartposition: RandB #19, US #92
writtenby: Larry Graham
album: Ain't No 'Bout A Doubt It
Graham Central Station It's Alright 1975 Warner
4 recordlabel: Casablanca 815
chartposition: RandB #14, US Dance #14
writtenby: Barry White, Frank Wilson and Vance Wilson
Gloria Scott Just as Long as We're Together (In My Life There Will Never Be Another) 1975 Casablanca
5 recordlabel: MGM 14790
chartposition: RandB #56, US #60, UK #14, US dance #2
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Never Can Say Goodbye
comments: [disco]
Gloria Gaynor Reach Out, I'll Be There 1975 MGM
6 recordlabel: MGM 14838
chartposition: RandB #73, US #75, UK #33
writtenby: Morgan Lewis and Nancy Hamilton
album: Experience Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor How High the Moon 1975 MGM
7 recordlabel: MGM 14823
chartposition: RandB #24, US #98, UK #53
writtenby: Jack Robinson and James Bolden
album: Experience Gloria Gaynor
comments: MGM 14823
Gloria Gaynor (If You Want it) Do It Yourself 1975 MGM
8 recordlabel: MGM 2006531
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Bobby Flax and Lanny Lambert
album: Never Can Say Goodbye
Gloria Gaynor All I Need Is Your Sweet Lovin' 1975 MGM
9 recordlabel: MGM 14808
chartposition: UK #98
writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Experience Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor Walk On By 1975 MGM
10 recordlabel: Buddah 1974
chartposition: UK #52
writtenby: Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr and John Freeman Young
Gladys Knight & the Pips Silent Night 1975 Buddah
--- recordlabel: Buddah 1974
writtenby: Gloria Shayne, Noel Ragney
album: Bless This House
comments: [Christmas]
Gladys Knight & the Pips Do You Hear What I Hear? 1975 Buddah
1 recordlabel: Buddah 487
chartposition: RandB #4, US #50
writtenby: Gene McDaniels (as Eugene McDaniels)
album: 2nd Anniversary
Gladys Knight & the Pips Money 1975 Buddah
2 recordlabel: Buddah 463
chartposition: RandB #6, US #11, UK #4, US AC #2
writtenby: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch
album: I Feel a Song
Gladys Knight & the Pips Try to Remember (The Way We Were) 1975 Buddah
3 recordlabel: Buddah 428
chartposition: RandB #3, US #47, US AC #40
writtenby: Jim Weatherly
Gladys Knight & the Pips Love Finds Its Own Way 1975 Buddah
4 recordlabel: Buddah 438
chartposition: RandB #4, US #22, UK #30, US AC #17
writtenby: David Gates
album: 2nd Anniversary
comments: [ballad]
Gladys Knight & the Pips Part Time Love 1975 Buddah
--- recordlabel: Buddah 458 (UK)
writtenby: T. Camillo, M. Sawyer
album: Still Together
Gladys Knight & The Pips I Love To Feel That Feeling 1975 Buddah(UK)
--- recordlabel: Buddah 513
writtenby: J. Weatherly
album: 2nd Anniversary
Gladys Knight & The Pips Where Do I Put His Memory 1975 Buddah
--- recordlabel: Tamla Motown 945 (UK)
writtenby: Mann, Weil, Spector
album: Silk and Soul
comments: [Motown Sound] [northern soul]
Gladys Knight And The Pips You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 1975 Tamla Motown(UK)
1 recordlabel: Arista 0152
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Gil Scott Heron
album: From South Africa to South Carolina
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Johannesburg 1975 Arista
--- recordlabel: Roulette 7173
writtenby: Mystro and Lyric
Ghetto Children Don't Take Your Sweet Lovin' Away 1975 Roulette
1 recordlabel: 20th Century 2241
chartposition: US #108
writtenby: Bob Crewe. Bob Gaudio
Gerri Granger Can't Take My Eyes Off You 1975 20th Century

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