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Soul R&B Music Charts of 1978 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1978 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 1978, 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 1978, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

(Search on '1978' returned 779 results)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
1 recordlabel: LeJoint 34001
chartposition: RandB #46, US Dance #37
writtenby: Zulema (as Zulema Cusseaux)
album: Z licious
Zulema Change 1978 LeJoint
2 recordlabel: Columbia 10680
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Frederick Knight
album: Let's Make a Deal
comments: [deep soul]
Z.Z. Hill This Time They Told the Truth 1978 Columbia
3 recordlabel: RSO 884
chartposition: RandB #60, US #1, UK #4, US AC #9
writtenby: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track
comments: [disco dance]
Yvonne Elliman If I Can't Have You 1978 RSO
4 recordlabel: Ariola America 7715
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: Mark Radice
album: Winners
Winners Get Ready for the Future 1978 Ariola America
5 recordlabel: ABC 12433
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Willie Foster III. Marshall Rice
comments: [jazz funk]
Wilton Felder Let's Dance Together 1978 ABC
--- recordlabel: ABC 12398
writtenby: G. McGregor and H. Dotson
album: Up The Downstairs
Wilson Williams Groovy Feelin' 1978 ABC
--- recordlabel: ABC
writtenby: Richard Flowers
album: Up The Downstairs
comments: [album cut]
Wilson Williams I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine 1978 ABC
--- recordlabel: ABC 1077
writtenby: Richard Flowers
album: Up The Downstairs
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: QKfkHCL71HA
Wilson Williams I Like Being In Love With You 1978 ABC
1 recordlabel: ABC 12344
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: George McGregor
album: Up the Downstairs
Wilson Williams Up the Down Stairs 1978 ABC
2 recordlabel: ABC 12377
chartposition: RandB #92
writtenby: Richard Flowers
album: Up the Downstairs
Wilson Williams Sho You Rite 1978 ABC
--- recordlabel: Big Tree 128
writtenby: Curtis Wilkins
album: Funky Situation
Wilson Pickett A Funky Situation 1978 Big Tree
1 recordlabel: Big Tree 16129
chartposition: RandB #94
writtenby: Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati
Wilson Pickett Groovin' 1978 Big Tree
--- recordlabel: Big Tree 360
writtenby: Yvonne Norman, Rita Grimm
album: Funky Situation
Wilson Pickett She's So Tight 1978 Big Tree
1 recordlabel: Big Tree 16121
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Curtis Wilkins
Wilson Pickett Who Turned You On 1978 Big Tree
--- recordlabel: Hi 78513
writtenby: Dionne Jackson
Willie Walker Love Makes The World Go Round 1978 Hi
--- recordlabel: Whitfield 3226
writtenby: W. Hutch
album: In Tune
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: -6D3HxFALMs
Willie Hutch Easy Does It 1978 Whitfield
1 recordlabel: Whitfield 8615
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Norman Whitfield and Willie Hutch
album: In Tune
Willie Hutch All American Funkathon 1978 Whitfield
--- recordlabel: ABC 4206 (UK)
writtenby: Hutchinson
comments: [northern soul]
Willie Hutch Love Runs Out 1978 ABC(UK)
1 recordlabel: Whitfield 8689
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Robert Daniels
album: In Tune
Willie Hutch Paradise 1978 Whitfield
2 recordlabel: Motown 1433
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Willie Hutch
album: Havin' a House Party / In And Out (UK compilation)
comments: [Motown Sound]
Willie Hutch What You Gonna Do After the Party 1978 Motown
--- recordlabel: Columbia 310862
writtenby: P. Allen, R. Laws, W. Jefferey
album: Hell Of An Act To Follow
Willie Bobo Always There 1978 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Epic 50500
chartposition: RandB #49, US #69
writtenby: Robert Parissi
album: I Love My Music
Wild Cherry I Love My Music 1978 Epic
2 recordlabel: Ju Par 535
chartposition: RandB #86
writtenby: Vernon Bullock, J. Fordham and S. Love
album: Hold On (To Your Dreams)
Wee Gee You've Been a Part of Me 1978 Ju Par
3 recordlabel: Salsoul 2055
chartposition: US dance #18
writtenby: Gary Benson
album: Various - Salsoul Presents: Disco Funk Flavas, Volume 2
comments: [disco dance]
mpcode: buJGXSQrKiU
Wayne St. John Something's Up (Love Me Like the First Time) 1978 Salsoul
4 recordlabel: Polydor 14485
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Wayne Henderson
album: Living on a Dream
Wayne Henderson Hot Stuff 1978 Polydor
5 recordlabel: United Artists 1247
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott
album: Youngblood
War Sing a Happy Song 1978 United Artists
6 recordlabel: MCA 40883
chartposition: RandB #70, UK #40
writtenby: B.B. Dickerson,Charles Miller, Harold Brown,Howard Scott, Jerry Goldstein, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan
album: Galaxy
War Hey Senorita 1978 MCA
7 recordlabel: MCA 40820
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #14, US #39, US dance #8
writtenby: Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, B.B. Dickerson & Thomas Allen
album: Galaxy
comments: [disco funk]
War Galaxy 1978 MCA
8 recordlabel: United Artists 1213
chartposition: RandB #21, US dance #19
writtenby: B.B. Dickerson, Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Jerry Goldstein, Lee Oskar,Lonnie Jordan
album: Youngblood
War Youngblood (Livin' in the Streets) 1978 United Artists
9 recordlabel: Chi Sound 1140
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Johnny Moore
album: Good to See You
Walter Jackson If I Had My Way 1978 Chi Sound
--- recordlabel: Chi Sound 1216
writtenby: R. Miller, K. Hirsch
album: Good To See You
Walter Jackson I Won't Remember Ever Loving You 1978 Chi Sound
--- recordlabel: Chi Sound 1140
writtenby: D. Linde, T. Cain
album: Good To See You
Walter Jackson We Could Fly 1978 Chi Sound
--- recordlabel: Chi Sound 1216
writtenby: J. Miles, B. Marshall
Walter Jackson Manhattan Skyline 1978 Chi Sound
--- recordlabel: United Artists 36384 (UK)
writtenby: R. Miller, K. Hirsch
album: Good To See You
Walter Jackson If I Could See Myself 1978 United Artists(UK)
--- recordlabel: Chi Sound 176
writtenby: E. Fisher, J. Moore, M. Williams
album: Good To See You
Walter Jackson Good To See You 1978 Chi Sound
1 recordlabel: GTO 224
chartposition: RandB #85, UK #13
writtenby: Marc Chantereau, Pierre Alain Dahan, Slim Pezin and Sauveur Mallia
album: Voyage
comments: [disco]
Voyage From East to West 1978 GTO
2 recordlabel: Marlin 3330
chartposition: RandB #73, UK #56, US #41
writtenby: Marc Chantereau, Pierre Alain Dahan & Slim Pezin
album: Fly Away
comments: [disco]
Voyage Souvenirs 1978 Marlin
3 recordlabel: United Artists 1239
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy
album: Another Side
Vivian Reed It's Alright (This Feeling) 1978 United Artists
4 recordlabel: Mercury 945
chartposition: RandB #32, UK #1, US #2, US dance #2
writtenby: Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo & Victor Willis
album: Cruisin'
comments: [disco]
Village People Y.M.C.A. 1978 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Casablanca 922
chartposition: US dance #3
writtenby: Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo, Victor Willis and Peter Whitehead
album: Macho Man
Village People Macho Man 1978 Casablanca
6 recordlabel: RCA Victor 11227
chartposition: US Dance #16
writtenby: Warren Schatz, Carlotta McKee and Gordon Grody
album: Half and Half
Vicki Sue Robinson Trust in Me 1978 RCA Victor
7 recordlabel: Chocolate City 015
chartposition: RandB #32
writtenby: Vernon Burch & Howard Redmon Jr.
album: Love A Thon
Vernon Burch Love Is 1978 Chocolate City
8 recordlabel: MCA 40885
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: My Favorite Fantasy
Van McCoy My Favorite Fantasy 1978 MCA
9 recordlabel: Columbia 310773
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Leo Graham
album: I Can't Go On This Way
Tyrone Davis Can't Help But Say 1978 Columbia
--- recordlabel: Columbia 3 10773
writtenby: J.L. Mack
album: I Can't Go On This Way
Tyrone Davis Bunky 1978 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Columbia 10684
chartposition: RandB #12, US #102
writtenby: Leo Graham
album: I Can't Go On This Way
Tyrone Davis Get On Up (Disco) 1978 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Gold Mind 4005
chartposition: US dance #24
writtenby: Allan Felder, T.G. Conway and Ron Tyson
True Example Love Is Finally Coming My Way 1978 Gold Mind
3 recordlabel: Columbia 10718
chartposition: RandB #98, US #106
writtenby: Clifford Coulter
album: We Came to Play
Tower of Power Lovin' You Is Gonna See Me Thru 1978 Columbia
4 recordlabel: CBS 6062 (UK)
chartposition: UK #27
writtenby: Biddu
album: Heart 'N' Soul
Tina Charles I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me 1978 CBS(UK)
--- recordlabel: H and L
album: Timothy Wilson
comments: [album cut]
Timothy Wilson It's Love Baby 1978 H and L
1 recordlabel: Glades 1749
chartposition: RandB #92
writtenby: Clarence Reid and Inez J. Kitts
Timmy Thomas Freak In, Freak Out 1978 Glades
2 recordlabel: T.K. 6017
chartposition: US Dance #32
writtenby: Noel Williams
album: Touch to Touch
comments: [disco dance]
Timmy Thomas Touch to Touch 1978 T.K.
3 recordlabel: Motown 1439
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Greg Wright and Ronnie Vann
album: Three Ounces Of Love
comments: [Motown Sound]
Three Ounces Of Love Star Love 1978 Motown
4 recordlabel: Island 6457
chartposition: RandB #9, UK #10, US #47
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Journey to Addis
comments: [disco dance]
Third World Now That We've Found Love 1978 Island
5 recordlabel: Columbia 310814
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Smokey Robinson and Al Cleveland
album: Thelma Jones
Thelma Jones I Second That Emotion 1978 Columbia
6 recordlabel: Solar 11246
chartposition: RandB #10, US #101
writtenby: Melvin Ragin, Sonny Burke, Art Posey and Josef Powell
album: Headlights
The Whispers (Let's Go) All the Way 1978 Solar
7 recordlabel: Solar 11353
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Malcolm Anthony
album: Headlights
The Whispers (Olivia) Lost and Turned Out 1978 Solar
8 recordlabel: Soul Train 11139
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Malcolm Anthony
album: Open Up Your Love
The Whispers I'm Gonna Make You My Wife 1978 Soul Train
9 recordlabel: Atlantic 3460
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Jerry Akines, Johnny Bellmon and Buddy Turner
album: The Trammps III
The Trammps Seasons for Girls 1978 Atlantic
10 recordlabel: Ariola 7721
chartposition: UK #12, US Dance #12
writtenby: Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte
album: New Dimensions
comments: [disco dance]
The Three Degrees Givin' Up Givin' In 1978 Ariola
--- recordlabel: Atlantic 3517
writtenby: B. Wright, O. Wright, D. English, R. Street, G. Leonard
album: Bare Back
The Temptations I See My Child 1978 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 3538
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Brian Holland, Harold Beatty and Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland)
The Temptations Ever Ready Love 1978 Atlantic
--- recordlabel: Atlantic 3538
writtenby: H. Beatty, B. Holland, E. Holland
album: Bare Back
The Temptations Touch Me Again 1978 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 3517
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Brian Holland, Harold Beatty and Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland)
album: Bare Back
The Temptations Bare Back 1978 Atlantic
2 recordlabel: Atlantic 3461
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Allan Felder, Norman Harris and Ron Tyson
The Temptations Think for Yourself 1978 Atlantic
--- recordlabel: Atlantic 3567
writtenby: B. Holland, R. Davis, E. Holland
album: Bare Back
The Temptations Mystic Woman (Love Me Over) 1978 Atlantic
--- recordlabel: Atlantic 3567
writtenby: B. Holland, E. Holland, M. Woods
album: Bare Back
The Temptations I Just Don't Know How To Let You Go 1978 Atlantic
--- recordlabel: Passion 123
writtenby: McRee, Thomas
The Tams Tell You For The Last Time 1978 Passion
1 recordlabel: Capitol 4532
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Leon Sylvers III and Ricky Sylvers
album: New Horizons
The Sylvers New Horizon 1978 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Casablanca 938
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Edmund Sylvers, Foster Sylvers, James Sylvers, Leon Sylvers III and Joseph Sylvers
album: Forever Yours
The Sylvers Don't Stop, Get Off 1978 Casablanca
3 recordlabel: T. K. 1026
chartposition: RandB #75, US dance #28
writtenby: Louis Zillery
The Sunshine Band Black Water Gold 1978 T. K.
4 recordlabel: Mercury 74006
chartposition: RandB #22
writtenby: Teddy Randazzo, Bob Weinstein and Bobby Hart
comments: [ballad]
The Stylistics First Impressions 1978 Mercury
5 recordlabel: Warner 8510
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Jeff Barry and Peter Allen
The Staple Singers (as The Staples) I Honestly Love You 1978 Warner
6 recordlabel: Warner 8669
writtenby: Roe and Coe
album: Unlock Your Mind
The Staple Singers (as The Staples) Unlock Your Mind 1978 Warner
7 recordlabel: Atlantic 3462
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Leroy Bell (as Leroy M. Bell), Casey James and Thom Bell
album: Spinners 8
The Spinners Easy Come, Easy Go 1978 Atlantic
8 recordlabel: Atlantic 3493
chartposition: RandB #17, US #49
writtenby: Thom Bell, Tony Bell, Casey James and Leroy Bell (as Leroy M. Bell)
The Spinners If You Wanna Do a Dance 1978 Atlantic
9 recordlabel: Stax 503
chartposition: RandB #19
writtenby: Joe Shamwell
album: Open Door Policy
The Soul Children Can't Give Up a Good Thing 1978 Stax
10 recordlabel: Salsoul 2064
chartposition: RandB #68, US Dance #13
writtenby: Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein
album: The Yellow Brick Road
The Salsoul Orchestra West Side Story Medley 1978 Salsoul
11 recordlabel: Rolling Stones 19307
chartposition: RandB #33, UK #3, US #1, US dance #6
writtenby: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
album: Some Girls
The Rolling Stones Miss You 1978 Rolling Stones
12 recordlabel: Pye 46078(UK)
chartposition: UK #39
writtenby: Biddu
The Real Thing Let's Go Disco 1978 Pye (UK)
13 recordlabel: Pye 46045(UK)
chartposition: UK #18
writtenby: Ken Gold and Michael Denne
album: Can You Feel the Force
The Real Thing Whenever You Want My Love 1978 Pye (UK)
14 recordlabel: Epic 46113
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
album: Can You Feel the Force
The Real Thing Rainin' Through My Sunshine 1978 Epic
15 recordlabel: Planet 45901
chartposition: US #2, RandB #14, UK #34, US AC #21
writtenby: Bruce Springsteen
album: Energy
The Pointer Sisters Fire 1978 Planet
16 recordlabel: Columbia 310632
chartposition: RandB #17, US #84, US Dance #32
writtenby: Al McKinnery, Verdine White and Robert Wright
album: Come Go with Us
The Pockets Come Go with Me 1978 Columbia
17 recordlabel: Columbia 10755
chartposition: RandB #24, US #106
writtenby: Kevin Barnes, Verdine White, Robert Wright and Louis Satterfield
album: Take It on Up
The Pockets Take It on Up 1978 Columbia
18 recordlabel: Columbia 310687
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: J. Burke, C. Burke, R. Marrero
album: Come Go with Us
The Pockets Pasado 1978 Columbia
--- recordlabel: Calgar 0005
writtenby: Gerold D. Armstead
The Perfections Till I Get Home 1978 Calgar
--- recordlabel: Calgar 0005
writtenby: William Albert Flakes
The Perfections Can This Be Real 1978 Calgar
1 recordlabel: TSOP 84784
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Frankie Brunson and Leon Huff
The People's Choice Jam, Jam, Jam (All Night Long) 1978 TSOP
--- recordlabel: Expansion Special Reserve 3
writtenby: John Helms, Terry Woodford
album: Let Me Be Your Lover
The Patterson Twins Gonna Find A True Love 1978 Expansion Special Re
--- recordlabel: Fantasy 847
writtenby: Rodgers, Hart
album: Come Away With Me
The Originals Blue Moon 1978 Fantasy
--- recordlabel: Fantasy 101
writtenby: Gorman, Hunter
album: Another Time, Another Place
The Originals Don't Put Me On 1978 Fantasy
1 recordlabel: P.I.R. 6093 (UK)
chartposition: UK #36
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The O'Jays I Love Music (1978) 1978 P.I.R.(UK)
2 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3642
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #12, US AC #21
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: So Full of Love / The Best Of Philadelphia
The O'Jays Use Ta Be My Girl 1978 P.I.R.
3 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3652
chartposition: RandB #21, UK #21, US#79
writtenby: Joe Jefferson (as Joseph B. Jefferson) and Charles Simmons
album: So Full of Love / The Best Of Philadelphia
The O'Jays Brandy 1978 P.I.R.
4 recordlabel: Mercury 74011
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: J. Banks, H. Thigpen and D. Weatherspoon
The Newcomers Do Yourself a Favor 1978 Mercury
--- recordlabel: Mercury 74011
writtenby: Mark Chapman
The Newcomers That's When You Know Your Woman Wants To Be Free 1978 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Stang 5075
chartposition: RandB #20
writtenby: Bette Midler, Bruce Roberts and Carol Sager
The Moments I Could Have Loved You 1978 Stang
2 recordlabel: Columbia 10706
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Griffin, Moore, Griffin
The Miracles featuring Billy Griffin Mean Machine 1978 Columbia
--- recordlabel: CBS 82242
writtenby: Griffin, Moore
album: The Miracles
comments: [album cut]
The Miracles Love Doctor 1978 CBS

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