| 1 |
recordlabel: Polydor 2186
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Butch Bonner, Henry Prejean, Howard Redmon, James Gadson, John Haynes and Lee Hayes
album: Saturday, Saturday Night
comments: [disco funk]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Wheel 5001
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Lamont Dozier
album: Zingara
comments: [ballad]
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Warner 49623
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Roger Troutman
album: Zapp
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Atlantic, RFC 3869
chartposition: US Dance #36
writtenby: Donald Burnside
comments: [disco dance]
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Alfa 7004
chartposition: RandB #61, US #81
writtenby: Yutaka Yokokura and Marti McCall
album: Love Light
comments: [smooth jazz soul ballad]
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recordlabel: Eastern 783
writtenby: Mike Young, Bill Young, B. Hank, J. Thomas, K. Young
comments: [disco, boogie]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 216
chartposition: US Dance #47
writtenby: Buddy Hankerson, Mike Young and Billy Young
album: I Like What You're Doing To Me!
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76111
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Jonah Ellis
album: The Two of Us
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Tabu 02130
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: F. Dixon. Jr, M. Charlot
album: Universal Love
comments: [disco funk]
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recordlabel: Tabu 02520
writtenby: J.P. Pennington, L, Lawley
album: Universal Love
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recordlabel: Tabu 2520
writtenby: T. Woods, R. Russell, D.N. Crawford
album: Universal Love
|
| --- |
recordlabel: EMI America 8070
writtenby: J. Lane, W. Pickett, M. Waleck
album: Right Track
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recordlabel: EMI America 120 (UK)
writtenby: MandM Steals
album: Right Track
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 559
chartposition: RandB #18, US #88, US Dance #22
writtenby: Augie Johnson, Jerry Peters, Pleasure and Wayne Henderson
album: Break Dance: Electric Boogie
comments: [electro]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Chaz Ro 2519
chartposition: RandB #75, US Dance #6
writtenby: Richie Weeks, Roy B. and Jorge Barreiro
comments: [disco]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Epic 51014
chartposition: RandB #64, US Dance #68
writtenby: C. Fearing, C. Veal Jr., M. Dean
album: Let Me Be the One
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Epic 02112
chartposition: RandB #69, US Dance #68
writtenby: W. Lewis, J. Gadson
album: Let Me Be the One
comments: [disco funk]
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| 5 |
recordlabel: RCA 12324
chartposition: RandB #79, US Dance #59
writtenby: John Pati
album: Do You Believe In Magic
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Island 961
chartposition: US Dance #16
writtenby: David Was and Don Was
album: Was (Not Was)
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Columbia 2122 (lax)
chartposition: RandB #90
writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Ron Hammon, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb
album: Outlaw
comments: [disco funk]
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recordlabel: Elektra 12531 (UK)
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden
album: Searchin' For Love
comments: [disco funk]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Columbia
writtenby: A. Sanderson, K. Echols, M. Titus
album: Tell Me Where It Hurts
comments: [album cut]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Columbia 11 02037
writtenby: K. Echols, M. Titus, A. Sanderson
album: Tell Me Where It Hurts
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recordlabel: Columbia 18 02294
writtenby: M. Zager
album: Tell Me Where It Hurts
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02037
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Carl Davis and Eugene Record
album: Tell Me Where It Hurts
comments: [beat ballad]
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recordlabel: Columbia 18 02294
writtenby: B. Always, B. Miller
album: Tell Me Where It Hurts
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3847
chartposition: US Dance #1, US #109
writtenby: Denis LePage and Denyse LePage
album: Voggue
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Ariola 810
chartposition: US dance #2
writtenby: Gordon Lightfoot
album: If You Could Read My Mind
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Emergency 4512
chartposition: RandB #44, US dance #17
writtenby: Stefano Pulga, Luciano Ninzatti and Mel Turner
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: SAM 5024
chartposition: RandB #64, US Dance #11
writtenby: Andre Booth
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Prelude 617
chartposition: US Dance #24
writtenby: Vicki Sue Robinson and Warren Schatz
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Spector 00019
chartposition: RandB #18
writtenby: Vernon Burch
album: Playing Hard to Get
comments: [funk]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 220
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Vaughan Mason
comments: [funk]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Prelude 8023
chartposition: US dance #6
writtenby: Underwood, Reid, Anderson
album: Unlimited Touch
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Prelude 8029
chartposition: RandB #29, UK #76
writtenby: Lenny Underwood, Sandy Anderson, Bert Reid and Raymond Reid
album: Unlimited Touch
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Prelude 8023
chartposition: RandB #33, US Dance #6
writtenby: Lenny Underwood and Bert Reid
album: Unlimited Touch
comments: [disco funk boogie]
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recordlabel: Prelude 8039
writtenby: L. Underwood
album: Unlimited Touch
comments: [ballad]
|
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recordlabel: Sam 12341
writtenby: D. Alexander
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3804
chartposition: RandB #36, US Dance #18
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Ullanda McCullough
comments: [disco dance]
|
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recordlabel: AandM 8169 (UK)
writtenby: J. Ross
comments: [disco jazz funk]
|
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recordlabel: AandM 8137 (UK)
writtenby: P. Bishop, A. Simmons
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Dep 2 (UK)
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: Astro, Jimmy Brown, Robin Campbell, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers, Ali Campbell
album: Present Arms
comments: [reggae]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Dep 1 (UK)
writtenby: Astro, Jimmy Brown, Robin Campbell, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers, Ali Campbell
album: Present Arms
comments: [reggae]
|
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recordlabel: Columbia 18 02269
writtenby: L. Graham, J. Mack
album: Everything In Place
|
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recordlabel: Columbia 18 02634
writtenby: S. Dees
album: Everything In Place
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02269
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Leo Graham and Paul Richmond
album: Everything In Place
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Fantasy 906
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Eric Robinson and Hailey
album: Backatcha
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Fantasy 20270
chartposition: US Dance #72
writtenby: Eric Robinson and Victor Orsborn
album: Backatcha
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Elektra 47087
chartposition: RandB #25, US Dance #17
writtenby: Denzil Miller, Larry Dunn and Lenny White
album: Twennynine with Lenny White
comments: [disco jazz funk]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Elektra 11539
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Carla Vaughn
album: Just Like Dreamin'
comments: [beat ballad]
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recordlabel: Philly Groove 1981
writtenby: A. Boyd, L. Hancock
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Devaki 4003
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Al Boyd, Bobby Massey, Dennis Edwards and Eddie Levert
album: Coming Home
comments: [ballad]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Magnet 198 (UK)
chartposition: UK #27
writtenby: Trevor Walters
comments: [reggae]
|
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recordlabel: Quality 005
writtenby: Nicky Braddy, Richard Bassoff
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Blaster 520
writtenby: L.V. Capel, C. Nakisa
album: The Beginning
comments: [disco dance]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Juana 1950
writtenby: David Camon
album: Tommy Tate
comments: [southern soul]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Juana 1950
writtenby: Joe Shamwell, Tommy Tate
album: Tommy Tate
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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recordlabel: TMG 11979
writtenby: M. Forrest
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Sire 49882
chartposition: RandB #2, US dance #1, US #31, UK #65, US rock #24
writtenby: Adrian Belew, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Monte Browne, Tyrone Downie & Uziah
album: Tom Tom Club
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| 2 |
recordlabel: WMOT 02128
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Tom Grant and Gregg Tripp
album: You Hardly Know Me
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: GRP 2518
chartposition: RandB #23, UK #58, US Dance #29
writtenby: Blue Mitchell, Tom Browne and Dennis Bell
album: Yours Truly
comments: [disco jazz funk]
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| 4 |
recordlabel: GRP 2513
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Sekou Bunch
album: Magic
comments: [disco jazz funk]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Marlin 3348
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Timmy Thomas and Inez J. Kitts
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Boardwalk 129
chartposition: RandB #33, US #72
writtenby: William Hart and Thom Bell
album: Together Again
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Boardwalk 112
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Rudy Salas and Steve Salas
album: City Nights
comments: [ballad]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Boardwalk 70073
chartposition: US #62
writtenby: Rudy Salas
album: City Nights
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02170
chartposition: UK #10, RandB #88
writtenby: Bunny Clarke
album: Rock the World
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: RCA 12216
chartposition: US dance #6, US RandB #35, UK #48
writtenby: Ronald Brown & John Scroggins
album: Never Gonna Be Another One
comments: [disco dance]
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| 11 |
recordlabel: RCA 12285
chartposition: RandB #76, US dance #22
writtenby: Rudy Martinez
album: Never Gonna Be Another One
comments: [disco dance]
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| 12 |
recordlabel: Solar 2232
chartposition: US dance #4, RandB #40, UK #44, US #105
writtenby: Dana Meyers, Stephen Shockley & William Shelby
album: Imagination
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| 13 |
recordlabel: Solar 12295
chartposition: RandB #17, US #76, US Dance #20
writtenby: William Shelby, Kevin Spencer and Nidra Beard
album: This Kind of Lovin'
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recordlabel: Solar
writtenby: Nicholas Caldwell
album: Love Is Where You Find It
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: Oe0eMj14JyI
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recordlabel: Solar 27
writtenby: Charmaine Sylvers, Karen Elliot, Nidra Beard
album: Love Is Where You Find It
mpcode: ZAZ8xH1vSRM
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Solar 12154
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #9, US #28, US dance #4
writtenby: William Shelby & Dana Meyers
album: Imagination
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Warner 49774
chartposition: RandB #6, US dance #16
writtenby: Prince
album: The Time
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Vault 006
chartposition: US dance #12
writtenby: Giorgio Moroder and Chris Bennett
album: 3D
comments: [disco dance]
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recordlabel: Gordy 7208
writtenby: J.B. Jefferson, R. Roebuck
album: The Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7208
chartposition: RandB #36, US #67
writtenby: Charles Simmons, Joe Jefferson and Richard Roebuck
album: The Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7213
chartposition: US #102
writtenby: Thom Bell and Linda Creed
album: The Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
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recordlabel: Gordy 7213
writtenby: D. Edwards, O. Williams, D. English, R. Street, G. Leonard
album: Power
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Solar 48002
writtenby: Kevin Spencer, Nidra Beard, William Shelby
album: Concept
comments: [disco dance]
mpcode: veT3jXCdYsA
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Solar 48002
album: Concept
comments: [album cut]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Solar 47949
chartposition: US Dance #63
writtenby: Nidra Beard, Stephen Shockley, William Shelby and Charmaine Sylvers
album: Concept
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Motown 1488
chartposition: UK #76, US dance #46
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr., Nickolas Ashford and Valerie
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 553
chartposition: RandB #15, US dance #38, US #82
writtenby: Cheryl Cook & Ronald LaPread
album: 8th Wonder
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: TSOP 4798
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Raymond Johnson and Russell Thompkins Jr.
album: Hurry Up This Way Again
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: TSOP 02195
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Cynthia Biggs and Dexter Wansel
album: Closer Than Close
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: TSOP 4798
chartposition: US dance #51
writtenby: Cary Gilbert, Cynthia Biggs and Ted Wortham
album: Hurry Up This Way Again
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Prelude 8033
chartposition: RandB #58, US Dance #15
writtenby: Ruben Faison
album: The Strikers
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Prelude 8025
chartposition: RandB #23, US Dance #4
writtenby: Willie Phillips and Carlton Maestro
album: The Strikers
comments: [disco funk]
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recordlabel: Prelude 620
writtenby: W. Slaughter, M. Brown
album: Strike It Up
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Stax 8511
album: This Time Around
|
| --- |
recordlabel: 20th Century Fox 2508
writtenby: V. Bullock, L. Hunter
album: Hold On To Your Dream
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Atlantic 39622
writtenby: Linda Creed
album: Labor of Love
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 270
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Willie Hutch
album: Labor of Love
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3865
chartposition: RandB #39, US #110
writtenby: Tawatha
album: Can't Shake This Feeling
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3798
chartposition: RandB #32, US #52, US dance #22, US AC #45
writtenby: Richard Carpenter, John Bettis, Michael Zager
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 561
chartposition: RandB #39
writtenby: J. Brailey, G. Clinton, W. Collins
album: Sugar Hill Presents The Sequence
comments: [funk rap]
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recordlabel: Tabu 2569
writtenby: J. Simpson, M. Davis, Rhonghea, Sigidi
album: The S.O.S. Band Too
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Tabu 2569
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #62
writtenby: A. Simpson, J. Simpson, B. Speight, Sigidi
album: The S.O.S. Band Too
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