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Soul R&B singles on the A label...


The Soul Years - 1960-2001
Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the A record label. Click on "A" in the label column on the right below to display the records in order of popularity with the best-selling songs 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 year to list all songs from that year.

More Soul R&B Songs From A . . .

The following songs were released in A 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 A 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
901 recordlabel: Big Beat 98000
chartposition: RandB #38, US #65
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: All Day, All Night
Changing Faces ft. Jay-Z & R. Kelly All of My Days 1997 Big Beat
902 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #38
album: Lyfe 268 192
comments: [slow jam]
Lyfe Jennings ft. Fantasia Hypothetically 2005 Columbia
903 recordlabel: Parkway 989
chartposition: US #76
writtenby: David White, John Medora (as John Madara), Len Barry and Leon Huff
Chubby Checker Hey You Little Boo-Ga-Loo 1966 Parkway
904 recordlabel: Atlantic 87395
chartposition: RandB #38
album: Niice N' Wiild
comments: [love ballad]
Chuckii Booker I Should Have Loved You 1993 Atlantic
905 recordlabel: Not On Label
chartposition: UK #115
Busta Rhymes featuring Snoop Dogg & Lloyd Banks That's What The Dick Will Do 2003 Not On Label
906 recordlabel: ABC 12363
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Tyrone Steels, William Talbert, Ernest Latimore, Larry Austin, Gregory Ingram, William Gentry
album: Good, Bad and Funky
Shotgun Good, Bad and Funky 1978 ABC
907 recordlabel: Atlantic 87097
chartposition: RandB #71, US #116
album: And the Music Speaks
comments: [love ballad]
All-4-One I'm Your Man 1995 Atlantic
908 recordlabel: ARC 02222
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Bernard Taylor, Michael Brookins and Robert Brookins
album: Matinee
comments: [disco funk]
Afterbach It's You 1981 ARC
909 recordlabel: Maverick 7388
chartposition: RandB #61, US #115
writtenby: Dana Dane, Greyson Salmon, Howard W. Johnson and Battlecat
album: Rollin' wit Dana Dane
Dana Dane Record Jock 1995 Maverick
910 recordlabel: Giant 18200
chartposition: US #115
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Time and Chance
comments: [ballad]
Color Me Badd Let's Start with Forever 1994 Giant
911 recordlabel: Galaxy 729
chartposition: RandB #41, US #107
writtenby: Clay Hammond
Little Johnny Taylor First Class Love 1964 Galaxy
912 recordlabel: Beat Club 497820
chartposition: RandB #41, US #114
Ms. Jade ft. Timbaland & Nelly Furtado Ching, Ching 2002 Beat Club
913 recordlabel: Hidden Beach 32548
chartposition: RandB #46, US #125, US dance #19
writtenby: Jill Scott and Keith Pelzer
album: Experience: Jill Scott
Jill Scott He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat) 2002 Hidden Beach
914 recordlabel: Columbia 43158
chartposition: US #114
writtenby: J. Byers
album: [ballad]
mpcode: MVx9Jukn1No
Jerry Jackson Tell Her Johnny Said Goodbye 1964 Columbia
915 recordlabel: MCA 40937
chartposition: US Dance #38
writtenby: Chris Sciarrotta and Lu Janis
Ted Taylor Keepin' My Head Above Water 1978 MCA
916 recordlabel: Dynamo 104
chartposition: RandB #41, US #127
writtenby: Billy Butler (as William Butler) and Jerry Butler
album: Come by Here
Inez & Charlie Foxx I Stand Accused 1967 Dynamo
917 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 1133
chartposition: US #116
writtenby: B. Holland, L. Dozier, E. Holland
comments: [Motown Sound] [northern soul]
Barbara Randolph I Got a Feeling 1967 Tamla Motown
918 recordlabel: Fader 127056
chartposition: RandB #78, US #115
writtenby: Outloud and P.F. Cuttin
album: Blah Blah Blah
Blahzay Blahzay Pain I Feel 1996 Fader
919 recordlabel: Warner 6845
chartposition: US dance #25
writtenby: Jane Child
album: Here Not There
Jane Child All I Do 1994 Warner
920 recordlabel: Columbia 07204
chartposition: RandB #71, US Dance #38
writtenby: Rick James
album: Colorful Changes
Process & the Doo Rags Call Me Up 1987 Columbia
921 recordlabel: Today 1001
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Larry Butler, Wanda Butler and James Grant
Odds & Ends Let Me Try 1970 Today
922 recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 878 198
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Larry Blackmon, Robert Smith and Billy Allen
album: Real Men ... Wear Black
comments: [funk]
Cameo Close Quarters 1990 Atlanta Artists
923 recordlabel: MCA 3205
chartposition: US dance #26
writtenby: Richie Rome and Russ Faith
album: African Suite
comments: [disco]
African Suite In the Pocket 1980 MCA
924 recordlabel: Fame 1013
chartposition: RandB #38, US #98
writtenby: Clarence Carter
album: This Is Clarence Carter
Clarence Carter Thread the Needle 1967 Fame
925 recordlabel: EastWest 92253
chartposition: US #114
album: The Way I Am
comments: [ballad]
Dino Endlessly 1993 EastWest
926 recordlabel: Hidden Beach 50996
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Jill Scott , Darren Henson and Keith Pelzer
album: Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
Jill Scott Cross My Mind 2005 Hidden Beach
927 recordlabel: Buddah 184
chartposition: RandB #43, US #114
writtenby: Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Dorothy Morrison Border Song (Holy Moses) 1970 Buddah
928 recordlabel: U Watch 480104 2
chartposition: US AC #19
writtenby: Stan Vincent
album: Our Kind of Soul
comments: [album cut]
Hall & Oates Ooh Child 2005 U Watch
929 recordlabel: Bang 4806
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Lee W. Jones Jr. (as Lee Hatim) and Robert Wrightsil
album: The Masqueraders
The Masqueraders Desire 1980 Bang
930 recordlabel: Tabu 73089
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: J. Fluitsma, E.V. TIjn and R. Baars
album: Diamonds in the Raw
The S.O.S. Band Secret Wish 1990 Tabu
931 recordlabel: Tamla 54177
chartposition: US #76
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Sophisticated Soul
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Marvelettes I'm Gonna Hold On As Long As I Can 1969 Tamla
932 recordlabel: Warner 4364
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Barry Coffing and Ruth McCartney
album: Rich and Poor
comments: [beat ballad]
Randy Crawford Cigarette in the Rain 1990 Warner
933 recordlabel: Calla 165
chartposition: RandB #41, US #115
writtenby: Deek Atkins
comments: [instrumental]
The Billy Mitchell Group Oh Happy Day 1969 Calla
934 recordlabel: Larc 81012
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Phil Balsano
comments: [ballad]
Shawn Christopher Too Late 1982 Larc
935 recordlabel: MCA 54236
chartposition: US Dance #25
writtenby: Greg Charley
album: Believe in Me
comments: [slow jam]
Regina Belle I've Had Enough 1999 MCA
936 recordlabel: Tamla 54087
chartposition: US #77
writtenby: William Stevenson
comments: [Motown Sound] US B Side To Can I Get A Witness
Marvin Gaye I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby 1963 Tamla
937 recordlabel: Stax 248
chartposition: US #115
writtenby: William Bell, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell) and Booker T. Jones
William Bell Every Man Oughta Have a Woman 1968 Stax
938 recordlabel: AandM 916
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #38
writtenby: Alpert, Pisano, Ceroli, Paul Webster
album: Down Here On The Ground
comments: [jazz fusion instrumental]
Wes Montgomery Wind Song 1968 A&M
939 recordlabel: Warner 49013
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Bootsy Collins, George Clinton and Maceo Parker
album: This Boot Is Made for Fonk n
Bootsy's Rubber Band Bootsy Get Live 1979 Warner
940 recordlabel: Arista 0471
chartposition: RandB #38, US Dance #55
writtenby: Chuck Cissel
album: Just for You
Chuck Cissel Cisselin' Hot 1979 Arista
941 recordlabel: Elektra 47403
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Alex Brown and Kevin Moore
album: Azz Izz
comments: [beat ballad]
Ren Woods Take Me to Heaven 1982 Elektra
942 recordlabel: Big Beat 2327
chartposition: RandB #38
album: High School High: The Soundtrack
Faith Evans I Just Can't 1996 Big Beat
943 recordlabel: Atco 6664
chartposition: US #116
writtenby: Joe South
album: Instant Groove
King Curtis Games People Play 1969 Atco
944 recordlabel: Buddah 481
chartposition: RandB #38
album: The Very Best of Barbara Mason
comments: B side to Make It Last
Barbara Mason & The Futures We Got Each Other 1975 Buddah
945 recordlabel: AandM 1208
chartposition: RandB #42, UK #77
writtenby: Brenda Russell and Gardner Cole
album: Get Here
Brenda Russell Gravity 1988 A&M
946 recordlabel: United Artists 50598
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #42, US #82
writtenby: Marshall Paul and Harvey Fuqua
album: Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
Little Anthony & the Imperials The Ten Commandments of Love 1969 United Artists
947 recordlabel: MCA 3274
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Artie Hoyle, Debra Killings, Mario Winans, Alex Richbourg (as Alexander Richbourg), Pebbles and Jason
album: Straight from the Heart
Pebbles Are You Ready? 1995 MCA
948 recordlabel: Def Jam 568983
chartposition: RandB 62, US #115
writtenby: Onyx , 50 Cent and X 1
album: Shut 'Em Down
Onyx React 1998 Def Jam
949 recordlabel: Landa 703
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Richard Barrett
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Get Out (and Let Me Cry) 1965 Landa
950 recordlabel: Fantasy 714
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Johnny Guitar Watson (as Johnny Watson)
album: Love Rhymes
Betty Everett Sweet Dan 1974 Fantasy
951 recordlabel: MCA 55316
chartposition: US #116
writtenby: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Marco Flores
comments: [slow jam]
New Edition Siempre Tu 1997 MCA
952 recordlabel: ABC 302221
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Ron Tyson and Norman Harris
Four Tops H.E.L.P. 1979 ABC
953 recordlabel: Dakar 602
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Floyd Smith and Gerald Sims
album: Can I Change My Mind / Home Wrecker
Tyrone Davis A Woman Needs to Be Loved 1975 Dakar
954 recordlabel: Ariola America 7763
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: David Washington
album: Chapter 8
Chapter 8 Ready for Your Love 1979 Ariola America
955 recordlabel: RCA 10542
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: Faith, Hope and Charity
Faith, Hope & Charity Don't Go Looking for Love 1976 RCA
956 recordlabel: Capitol 4924
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Natalie Cole, Marvin Yancy and K. Yancy
album: Don't Look Back
Natalie Cole Hold On 1980 Capitol
957 recordlabel: Ocean Front 2001
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Willard Burton
album: Something Good
comments: [southern soul]
Tyrone Davis I Found Myself When I Lost You 1983 Ocean Front
958 recordlabel: Dakar 4538
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Richard Parker
album: t's All in the Game
Tyrone Davis I Can't Make It Without You 1975 Dakar
959 recordlabel: Solar 69816
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Lakeside
album: Untouchables
comments: [disco funk]
Lakeside Turn the Music Up 1983 Solar
960 recordlabel: Marlin 3323
chartposition: UK #49, US dance #19
writtenby: Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali & Phil Hurtt
album: American Generation
The Ritchie Family American Generation 1979 Marlin
961 recordlabel: Reality 971
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Doug E. Fresh
album: Oh, My God!
comments: [hip hop]
Doug E. Fresh Loving Every Minute of It 1987 Reality
962 recordlabel: Atlantic 2253
chartposition: US #115
writtenby: Bert Russell
The Drifters He's Just a Playboy 1964 Atlantic
963 recordlabel: Back Beat 610
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: R. Washington
Carl Carlton Don't Walk Away 1969 Back Beat
964 recordlabel: Arista 2133
chartposition: RandB #38
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: John Bokowski, Lorrin Bates and Michael Troy
Carmen Carter Always 1991 Arista
965 recordlabel: MCA 53216
chartposition: UK #77
album: Zagora
Loose Ends Ooh You Make Me Feel 1987 MCA
966 recordlabel: Atlantic 2620
chartposition: RandB #42, US #112
writtenby: Carole King and Howard Greenfield
album: Sweets for My Sweet
The Sweet Inspirations Crying in the Rain 1969 Atlantic
967 recordlabel: RCA Victor 13644
chartposition: US Dance #25
writtenby: Nona Hendryx, Maciel, Ronnie Drayton, Carmine Rojas and Trevor Gale
album: Nona
comments: [disco, funk, soul]
Nona Hendryx B-Boys 1983 RCA Victor
968 recordlabel: Elektra 64293
chartposition: RandB #71, US #115
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Prodigy, Gregory Phillips, Johnatan Davis, Havoc, Mayfield Small Jr., Pete Rock, R. Rousseau
comments: samples "Give Up The Goods" by Mobb Deep
Ini featuring Pete Rock Fakin Jax 1996 Elektra
969 recordlabel: Columbia 111216
chartposition: US Dance #25
writtenby: Michel Beaucarty, Pierre NaĂƒÂ§abal and Chris Bennett
album: Hotel Paradise
Diva Gray & Oyster St. Tropez 1979 Columbia
970 recordlabel: Atlantic 3423
chartposition: RandB #38
album: Rude Awakening
The Rude Boys Come On Let's Do It 1990 Atlantic
971 recordlabel: Alston 4603
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Clarence Reid , Willie Clarke and Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey)
Clarence Reid Good Old Days 1972 Alston
972 recordlabel: Atlantic 94164
chartposition: RandB #65, US #114
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Makeba Riddick and Twista
album: The Day After
Twista featuring Mariah Carey So Lonely 2006 Atlantic
973 recordlabel: ICA 003
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Freddy Robinson and Vee Pea
Vernon Garrett I'm At the Crossroad 1977 ICA
974 recordlabel: Casablanca 2270
chartposition: RandB #38, US Dance #90
writtenby: RenĂƒÂ© Moore and Angela Winbush
Edmund Sylvers That Burning Love 1980 Casablanca
975 recordlabel: Fantasy 904
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Louisa Farmer and Orville Saunders
album: Better Days
The Blackbyrds What We Have Is Right 1980 Fantasy
976 recordlabel: Elektra 69972
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Donald Byrd and Isaac Hayes
comments: [jazz funk]
Donald Byrd Sexy Dancer 1982 Elektra
977 recordlabel: Bad Boy
chartposition: RandB #38
album: In And Out of Love
Cheri Dennis ft. Jim Jones & Yung Joc I Love You 2006 Bad Boy
978 recordlabel: MCA 52027
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Bill Summers, Kevin Toney and William Kennedy
album: Jam the Box
Bill Summers & Summers Heat At the Concert 1982 MCA
979 recordlabel: Stax 0129
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #44, US #114
writtenby: Randy Stewart
album: Did You Heard Me?
Rufus Thomas Love Trap 1972 Stax
980 recordlabel: Atlantic 89068
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon and Gerald Mims
album: Love Confessions
Miki Howard Crazy 1988 Atlantic
981 recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2632
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #38
writtenby: H. Young, M. Turner, K. Tarleton
album: Ella Washington
comments: [southern soul]
Ella Washington Stop Giving Your Man Away 1969 Sound Stage Seven
982 recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11337
chartposition: RandB #47, US #115
writtenby: Betty Lapcevic
album: A Message from the People
Ray Charles Hey Mister 1972 ABC/TRC
983 recordlabel: Stax 205
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #38
writtenby: Hayes, Porter
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Mable John You're Taking Up Another Man's Place 1966 Stax
984 recordlabel: Atlantic 89357
writtenby: Daniel Bechet, George Acogny and Julian Littman
album: Playing For Keeps (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Sister Sledge Here to Stay 1986 Atlantic
985 recordlabel: Chelsea 3008
chartposition: RandB #41, US #104
writtenby: Joe Jefferson (as Joseph B. Jefferson), Bruce Hawes and Charles Simmons
album: Soulful Road / The Best of New York City
New York City Love Is What You Make It 1975 Chelsea
986 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 7448
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Eric B. and Rakim
album: Paid in Full
Eric B. & Rakim I Ain't No Joke 1987 th and Bway
987 recordlabel: Stax 0229
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Cash McCall (as Morris Dollison)
comments: [southern soul]
Little Milton Let Me Back In 1974 Stax
988 recordlabel: Warner
chartposition: RandB #38, US #119
album: The Brothers OST
Eric Benét Love Don't Love Me 2001 Warner
989 recordlabel: Arista Digital
chartposition: US #116
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: You Pulled Me Through
Jennifer Hudson You Pulled Me Through 2009 Arista Digital
990 recordlabel: United Artists 50746
chartposition: RandB #38, US #107
writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller,Lee Oskar and Howard Scott
album: War
War Lonely Feelin' 1971 United Artists
991 recordlabel: Stax 0042
chartposition: US #115
writtenby: Clyde Wilson
Johnnie Taylor & Carla Thomas Just Keep On Loving Me 1969 Stax
992 recordlabel: Claridge 414
chartposition: RandB #38
weeksinr&bchart: 18
writtenby: Freddie Hart
album: Bo and Ruth
Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis Easy Loving 1976 Claridge
993 recordlabel: Warner 22748
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Angela Winbush
album: Spend the Night
comments: [beat ballad]
The Isley Brothers One of a Kind 1990 Warner
994 recordlabel: Corporate Thugz
chartposition: RandB #57, US #116
writtenby: Young Jeezy, Blood Raw and Slick Pulla
album: Young Jeezy Presents USDA: Cold Summer
U.S.D.A. White Girl 2007 Corporate Thugz
995 recordlabel: Columbia 11288
chartposition: US Dance #25
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: With Your Love
Jackie Moore Helpless 1980 Columbia
996 recordlabel: Rawkus 157
chartposition: RandB #65, US #115
Mos Def featuring Q-Tip & Tash Body Rock 1998 Rawkus
997 recordlabel: Warner 101612
chartposition: RandB 338, UK #119
album: Ghetto Classics
Jaheim Every Time I Think About Her 2006 Warner
998 recordlabel: ABC 12324
chartposition: RandB #92, US AC #38
writtenby: John Footman and Judy Wieder
album: The Two of Us
Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. My Reason to Be Is You 1978 ABC
999 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 327(UK)
chartposition: UK #115
album: Moods
Will Downing Just to Be with You 1996 th and Bway (UK)
1000 recordlabel: Bad Boy
chartposition: RandB 371, US #116
album: Last Train To Paris
comments: [hip hop]
Diddy Dirty Money ft. The Notorious B.I.G. Angels 2010 Bad Boy

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