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Soul R&B Music Charts of 1977 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1977 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 1977, 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 1977, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1977 . . .

The following songs were released in 1977 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 1977 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
201 recordlabel: Motown 1425
chartposition: RandB #4, US #5, UK #32, US dance #34
writtenby: The Commodores
album: Commodores
comments: [funk] [Motown Sound]
 		The Commodores Brick House 1977 Motown
202 recordlabel: Motown 1096 (UK)
chartposition: UK #38
writtenby: Richie, LaPread
album: Zoom
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		The Commodores Zoom 1977 Motown(UK)
203 recordlabel: Motown 1432
chartposition: RandB #1, US #24, UK #38
writtenby: Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary, Walter Orange & William King
album: The Commodores Live!
comments: [Motown Sound] [funk]
 		The Commodores Too Hot Ta Trot 1977 Motown
204 recordlabel: Motown 1418
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #9, US AC #14
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Commodores / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [ballad]
The Commodores Easy 1977 Motown
205 recordlabel: RCA Victor 10714
chartposition: US Dance #26
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: On Top Of Clear
 		The Choice Four Come Down to Earth 1977 RCA Victor
206 recordlabel: RCA Victor 11094
chartposition: US Dance #26
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: On Top Of Clear
 		The Choice Four Two Different Worlds 1977 RCA Victor
207 recordlabel: Mercury 73934
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Phil Hurtt and Richie Rome (as Richard Rome)
 		The Chi-Lites My First Mistake 1977 Mercury
208 recordlabel: Mercury 73886
chartposition: RandB #95
writtenby: Ken Hirsch and Kathy Wakefield
 		The Chi-Lites I Turn Away 1977 Mercury
209 recordlabel: Mercury 73886
chartposition: RandB #95
writtenby: Sam Dees
 		The Chi-Lites Vanishing Love 1977 Mercury
210 recordlabel: Mercury 73954
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Ann S. Clark and Phil Hurtt
 		The Chi-Lites If I Had a Girl 1977 Mercury
211 recordlabel: Ariola America 7649
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Glen Dixon
 		The Caprells What You Need Baby 1977 Ariola America
212 recordlabel: AandM 1982
chartposition: RandB #20, US #107
writtenby: George Johnson and Louis Johnson
album: Right on Time
 		The Brothers Johnson Runnin' for Your Lovin' 1977 A&M
213 recordlabel: AandM 2015
chartposition: UK #51
writtenby: Quincy Jones, Louis Johnson and George Johnson
album: Right on Time
 		The Brothers Johnson Right on Time 1977 A&M
214 recordlabel: AandM 1949
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, UK #35, US AC #38
writtenby: Shuggie Otis
album: Right On Time
comments: [funk jazz]
 		The Brothers Johnson Strawberry Letter 23 1977 A&M
--- recordlabel: Bantu 0001
writtenby: K. Gilmore, C. Gilmore
 		The Brothers Gilmore I Feel A Song 1977 Bantu
1 recordlabel: Bus Stop 1054 (UK)
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: John Greenslade and June Greenslade
album: Sing Me
comments: [reggae]
 		The Brothers Sing Me 1977 Bus Stop(UK)
2 recordlabel: Arista 0253
chartposition: US Dance #30
writtenby: Jerry Friedman
album: Don't Stop the Music
 		The Brecker Brothers Don't Stop the Music 1977 Arista
--- recordlabel: Glades 1746
writtenby: C. Stone, H. Graves
album: The Truth Has Come To Light
 		The Blue Notes Standing By You Girl 1977 Glades
--- recordlabel: Fantasy 150
writtenby: Kevin Toney
album: Action
 		The Blackbyrds Street Games 1977 Fantasy
1 recordlabel: Fantasy 150
chartposition: RandB #20, US #102
writtenby: Orville Saunders
album: Action
 		The Blackbyrds Soft and Easy 1977 Fantasy
--- recordlabel: Fantasy ‎9535
writtenby: Kevin Toney
album: Action
comments: [jazz funk album cut]
 		The Blackbyrds Dreaming About You 1977 Fantasy ‎
1 recordlabel: Fantasy 787
chartposition: RandB #15, US #95
writtenby: Keith Killgo
album: Unfinished Business
 		The Blackbyrds Time Is Movin' 1977 Fantasy
2 recordlabel: Fantasy 794
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Donald Byrd and Orville Saunders
album: Unfinished Business
 		The Blackbyrds Party Land 1977 Fantasy
--- recordlabel: Good Sounds 9503
writtenby: Vernon Maddox
album: The Billion Dollar Band
 		The Billion Dollar Band Let's Just Be Friends 1977 Good Sounds
--- recordlabel: Good Sounds 9502
writtenby: V. Maddox
album: The Billion Dollar Band
 		The Billion Dollar Band Love's Sweet Notions 1977 Good Sounds
1 recordlabel: Epic 50387
chartposition: US Dance #34
writtenby: Lee Vanderbilt
album: Eastern Man
comments: [disco]
 		The Biddu Orchestra Funky Tropical 1977 Epic
2 recordlabel: RSO 867
chartposition: RandB #31, US #12
writtenby: Barry Gibb ,Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Children of the World
The Bee Gees Boogie Child 1977 RSO
3 recordlabel: RSO 885
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #4, US AC #28, US dance #3
writtenby: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track
comments: [disco]
 		The Bee Gees Stayin Alive 1977 RSO
4 recordlabel: Mercury 73915
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: James Banks and Henderson Thigpen
album: Too Hot to Stop
 		The Bar-Kays Spellbound 1977 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Mercury 73888
chartposition: RandB #8, US #74
writtenby: Michael Beard, Larry Dodson, Harvey Henderson, Lloyd Smith, Frank Thompson, Fred Freeman
album: Too Hot to Stop
comments: [funk]
 		The Bar-Kays Too Hot to Stop (Pt. 1) 1977 Mercury
--- recordlabel: Mercury 1181
writtenby: The Bar-Kays
album: Flying High On Your Love
comments: [disco funk album cut]
mpcode: hrx9kFuT2X0
 		The Bar-Kays You Can't Run Away 1977 Mercury
1 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3633
chartposition: RandB #16, US #102
writtenby: Sherman Marshall
album: Teddy Pendergrass / The Best Of Philadelphia
 		Teddy Pendergrass The Whole Town's Laughing At Me 1977 P.I.R.
2 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3622
chartposition: RandB #5, US #41
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Teddy Pendergrass
comments: [philly sound]
 		Teddy Pendergrass I Don't Love You Anymore 1977 P.I.R.
3 recordlabel: P.I.R 5422
chartposition: US Dance #7
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden and John Whitehead
album: Teddy Pendergrass
 		Teddy Pendergrass You Can't Hide from Yourself 1977 P.I.R
--- recordlabel: Alarm 2119
writtenby: Bell, Strickland, Quezerque, Taylor
 		Ted Taylor Paying For My Love Mistake 1977 Alarm
--- recordlabel: Alarm 2123
writtenby: Joe Seneca
 		Ted Taylor Talk To Me 1977 Alarm
--- recordlabel: Capitol 15945 (UK)
writtenby: St. Lewis, Perren
 		Tavares with Freda Payne I Wanna See You Soon 1977 Capitol(UK)
--- recordlabel: Capitol 11701
writtenby: K. St. Lewis and F. Perren
album: The Best of Tavares
comments: [album cut]
 		Tavares Bein' With You 1977 Capitol
1 recordlabel: Capitol 4453
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: George Motola and John Marascalco
album: Love Storm
 		Tavares Goodnight My Love 1977 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Capitol 4398
chartposition: RandB #1, US #22, UK #5, US AC #31
writtenby: Freddie Perren & Keni St. Lewis
album: Love Storm
 		Tavares Whodunit 1977 Capitol
3 recordlabel: Capitol 4500
chartposition: RandB #36, US #32, UK #7
writtenby: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
album: Future Bound
comments: [disco dance]
 		Tavares More Than a Woman 1977 Capitol
4 recordlabel: Capitol 15905(UK)
chartposition: UK #25
writtenby: Freddie Perren and Keni St. Lewis
album: Sky High!
 		Tavares Mighty Power of Love 1977 Capitol (UK)
--- recordlabel: Capitol 4398
writtenby: F. Tavares
album: Love Storm
 		Tavares Fool of the Year 1977 Capitol
1 recordlabel: Capitol 15930(UK)
chartposition: UK #16
writtenby: Freddie Perren and Keni St. Lewis
album: Love Storm
 		Tavares One Step Away 1977 Capitol (UK)
2 recordlabel: Tamla 2696
chartposition: US dance #21
writtenby: H. Lewis, K. Lewis
album: Totally Tata
comments: [Motown Sound] [album cut]
 		Tata Vega Jesus Takes Me Higher 1977 Tamla
3 recordlabel: Tamla 54282
chartposition: US #108
writtenby: Brian Russell and Brenda Russell
album: Totally Tata
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Tata Vega You'll Never Rock Alone 1977 Tamla
4 recordlabel: Atlantis 716
chartposition: RandB #92
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Alan Gorrie and Hamish Stuart
album: Cloudy
 		Tamiko Jones Cloudy 1977 Atlantis
5 recordlabel: Dash 5041
chartposition: RandB #27, UK #16, US dance #5, US #103
writtenby: Theophilus Coakley
album: On Fire
comments: [disco dance]
 		T-Connection On Fire 1977 Dash
6 recordlabel: Dash 5032
chartposition: RandB #15, US #46, UK #11, US dance #1
writtenby: Theophilus Coakley
album: Magic
comments: [disco funk]
 		T-Connection Do What You Wanna Do 1977 Dash
--- recordlabel: Motown 1426
writtenby: M. L. Smith
album: Rich Love, Poor Love
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Syreeta & G.C. Cameron Let's Make A Deal 1977 Motown
1 recordlabel: Shock 5
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Willie Lowery
 		Symbol 8 Party Life 1977 Shock
2 recordlabel: Vibration 570
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Robert Tate, Moe Moore, Sylvia Robinson and Tommy Keith
album: Lay It on Me
 		Sylvia Lay It on Me 1977 Vibration
3 recordlabel: Shama 1235
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: Gerald Dickerson (as J. Dickerson) and Syl Johnson
 		Syl Johnson Goodie Goodie Good Times 1977 Shama
4 recordlabel: Musicor 6306
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Jerry Williams (as Jerry Williams Jr.)
 		Swamp Dogg & Riders of the New Funk My Heart Just Can't Stop Dancing 1977 Musicor
5 recordlabel: Soul Train 11001
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #80
writtenby: A. Oliver, W. Schuchner
album: Sunbear
comments: [jazz funk]
 		Sunbear I Heard The Voice Of Music Say 1977 Soul Train
6 recordlabel: Capitol 4382
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Dean Hummons and John Wagner
album: Sun Power
 		Sun Boogie Bopper 1977 Capitol
--- recordlabel: Capitol 4464
writtenby: C. Jones, S.Sandridge
album: Sun-Power
comments: [disco funk]
mpcode: qjqi00si7xo
 		Sun Just A Minute Of Your Time 1977 Capitol
--- recordlabel: Tamla 54286
writtenby: S. Wonder
album: Fulfillingness' First Finale
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Stevie Wonder Creepin' 1977 Tamla
1 recordlabel: Tamla 54281
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3, US dance #2
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs In The Key Of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Stevie Wonder Sir Duke 1977 Tamla
2 recordlabel: Tamla 1
chartposition: US dance #2, US AC #23
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs in the Key of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Stevie Wonder Isn't She Lovely 1977 Tamla
3 recordlabel: Tamla 54291
chartposition: RandB #36, US #36, UK #53, US AC #24
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs in the Key of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Stevie Wonder As 1977 Tamla
4 recordlabel: Tamla 54286
chartposition: RandB #18, US dance #2, US #32, UK #29, US AC #29
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs In The Key Of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Stevie Wonder Another Star 1977 Tamla
--- recordlabel: Jerri 106
writtenby: Stevens and Foster
 		Stevens & Foster I Want To Be Love 1977 Jerri
1 recordlabel: Fantasy 804
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #95
writtenby: Stanley Turrentine
album: Nightwings
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Stanley Turrentine Papa T (part 1) 1977 Fantasy
2 recordlabel: Shield 6307
chartposition: RandB #22, US #107
writtenby: George Parker
album: Special Delivery
 		Special Delivery Oh Let Me Know (Pt. 1) 1977 Shield
3 recordlabel: Pye 25746 (UK)
chartposition: UK #2
writtenby: Pierre Ecama
album: Magic Fly
comments: [disco Instrumental]
 		Space Magic Fly 1977 Pye(UK)
4 recordlabel: Pye 25756 (UK)
chartposition: US Dance #5
writtenby: Pierre Ecama
album: Magic Fly
 		Space Tango In Space 1977 Pye(UK)
5 recordlabel: Soul Train 10995
chartposition: US #92, US Dance #21
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) and Sylvia Moy
 		Soul Train Gang My Cherie Amour 1977 Soul Train
--- recordlabel: Soul Train 10949
writtenby: M. McCurtis
album: The Soul Train Gang
comments: [slow jam] [love ballad]
 		Soul Train Gang All My Life (I Wanna Live With You) 1977 Soul Train
1 recordlabel: Mayhew 532
chartposition: RandB #78
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Bobby Womack
 		Sophisticated Ladies Check It Out (Part I) 1977 Mayhew
2 recordlabel: Tamla 54279
chartposition: RandB #7, US #42
writtenby: Mike Sutton & Kathy Wakefield
album: Deep in My Soul
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Smokey Robinson There Will Come a Day (I'm Gonna Happen to You) 1977 Tamla
3 recordlabel: Tamla 54288
chartposition: RandB #38, US Dance #16
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Big Time: Original Music Score from the Motion Picture / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Smokey Robinson Theme from Big Time 1977 Tamla
4 recordlabel: Tamla 54284
chartposition: RandB #18, US #101
writtenby: Larry Brown and Terri McFadden
album: Deep in My Soul
comments: [Motown Sound]
 		Smokey Robinson Vitamin U 1977 Tamla
--- recordlabel: Ju Par 1003
writtenby: E. Levert, W. Williams
album: Sly, Slick And Wicked
comments: [album cut]
 		Sly, Slick And Wicked Nobody's Home 1977 Ju Par
1 recordlabel: Epic 850331
chartposition: RandB #85
writtenby: Sly Stone
album: Heard You Missed Me, Well I'm Back
 		Sly Stone Family Again 1977 Epic
--- recordlabel: Cotillion 10967 (UK)
writtenby: Slave
album: Slave
 		Slave You And Me 1977 Cotillion(UK)
1 recordlabel: Cotillion 44218
chartposition: RandB #1, US #32
writtenby: Mark Adams, Carter Bradley, Tim Dozier, Mark Hicks, Tom Lockett, Floyd Miller, Steve Washington
album: Slave
comments: [funk]
 		Slave Slide 1977 Cotillion
--- recordlabel: Cotillion 44218
writtenby: S. Washington, M. Hicks
album: Slave
 		Slave Son of Slide 1977 Cotillion
1 recordlabel: Cotillion 4544208
chartposition: RandB #100
writtenby: Bobby Eli and Len Barry
 		Sister Sledge Cream of the Crop 1977 Cotillion
2 recordlabel: Cotillion 44220
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze
album: Together
 		Sister Sledge Blockbuster Boy 1977 Cotillion
3 recordlabel: Salsoul 2014
chartposition: RandB #77, US #39, US AC #13, US dance #4
writtenby: Silvetti (as Bedu Silvetti)
album: Silvetti
 		Silvetti Spring Rain 1977 Salsoul
4 recordlabel: Magnet 81
chartposition: UK #25
writtenby: Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze
album: Madhouse
 		Silver Convention Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Love 1977 Magnet
5 recordlabel: Midland Int. 10972
chartposition: US #103, UK #51
writtenby: Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze
 		Silver Convention Telegram 1977 Midland Int.
6 recordlabel: Prelude 71084
chartposition: RandB #81, US #107
writtenby: D. Horne, A. Reid, Maurice Jackson and Eric Thomas
album: Smooth As Silk
 		Silk Party (Pt. 1) 1977 Prelude
7 recordlabel: Fantasy 796
chartposition: RandB #85
writtenby: Esau Joyner
album: What You Need
 		Side Effect Finally Found Someone 1977 Fantasy
8 recordlabel: Fantasy 157
chartposition: RandB #22
writtenby: Wayne Henderson
album: What You Need
 		Side Effect Keep That Same Old Feeling 1977 Fantasy
9 recordlabel: Fantasy 784
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Johnson and Lowe
album: What You Need
 		Side Effect S.O.S. 1977 Fantasy
10 recordlabel: Honey Bee 2005
chartposition: RandB #90
writtenby: Curtis Blandon, Jay Ellis and Meco Monardo
 		Showdown Keep Doin' It (Pt. 1) 1977 Honey Bee
11 recordlabel: ABC 12292
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Ernest Latimore, Gregory Ingram, Larry Austin, Tyrone Steels, William Gentry and William Talbert
album: Shotgun
 		Shotgun Mutha Funk 1977 ABC
12 recordlabel: ABC 12264
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: William Talbert, Tyrone Steels and Ernest Lattimore
album: Shotgun
 		Shotgun Hot Line 1977 ABC
13 recordlabel: Arista 0231
chartposition: RandB #14, US #102
writtenby: Bettye Crutcher
album: Shirley Brown
 		Shirley Brown Blessed Is the Woman (With a Man Like Mine) 1977 Arista
14 recordlabel: Arista 0254
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Harvey Mason
album: Shirley Brown
 		Shirley Brown I Need Somebody to Love Me 1977 Arista
--- recordlabel: Arista 4129
album: Shirley Brown...
comments: [Complete Album]
 		Shirley Brown Shirley Brown (full album) 1977 Arista
1 recordlabel: Casino 114
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Hank Cochran
 		Shelbra Deane Don't Touch Me 1977 Casino
2 recordlabel: ABC 12311
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #96
writtenby: Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff
comments: [ballad]
 		Sharon Paige I Wanna Know Your Name 1977 ABC
3 recordlabel: Soul Train 11045
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore (as Warren
Shalamar Ooh Baby, Baby 1977 Soul Train
4 recordlabel: Soul Train 10906
chartposition: RandB #10, US #25, UK #30
writtenby: Brian Holland, Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland) & Lamont Dozier
album: Uptown Festival
comments: [disco]
 		Shalamar Uptown Festival 1977 Soul Train
5 recordlabel: Elektra 45416
chartposition: RandB #51, US AC #50
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
 		Sergio Mendes The Real Thing 1977 Elektra
6 recordlabel: 20th Century 2318
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Fred Ross
 		Sass I Only Want to Love You 1977 20th Century
7 recordlabel: Columbia 10481
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #96, US #102
writtenby: Carlos Santana and Tommy Coster
album: Festival
 		Santana Let the Children Play 1977 Columbia

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