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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
301 recordlabel: Columbia 02710
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Larry Blackmon
album: Earland's Jam
comments: [jazz funk]
Charles Earland The Only One 1982 Columbia
302 recordlabel: Playboy 6039
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Cathy Wakefield and Leonard Caston
Buck I Can't Quit Your Love 1975 Playboy
303 recordlabel: MCA 55426
chartposition: RandB #66
weeksinr&bchart: 15
album: Da Family
Cosmic Slop Shop Sinful 1998 MCA
304 recordlabel: Muscle Shoals 2202
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Rich Cason
album: Everything's Coming Up Roses
comments: [slow jam]
The Rose Brothers I Get a Rush 1987 Muscle Shoals
305 recordlabel: Casablanca 919
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: George Clinton, Ron Ford and Bernie Worrell
album: Pleasure Principle
Parlet Pleasure Principle 1978 Casablanca
306 recordlabel: Solar 69615
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Babyface (as Kenny Edmonds), Carl Greene, L.A. Reid and Kevin
album: Material Thangz
The Deele Suspicious 1985 Solar
307 recordlabel: Mecca Don 64362
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Michael Speaks and Darin Whittington
album: No Equal
Michael Speaks I Specialize 1995 Mecca Don
308 recordlabel: Warner 8026
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Sure Thing
Dionne Warwick Sure Thing 1974 Warner
309 recordlabel: Solar 4521
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Troy Taylor
album: Let's Talk About Love
comments: [new jack swing]
3rd Avenue I've Gotta Have It 1992 Solar
310 recordlabel: Innovation II 8047
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Reginald Simmons and Ronald Simmons
Simtec Simmons Some Other Time 1975 Innovation II
311 recordlabel: Def Jam 6978 11
chartposition: UK #200
album: Game Theory
The Roots Don't Feel Right 2006 Def Jam
312 recordlabel: Ichiban 24959
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Kino Watson and Sean Davis
album: Breakfast in Bed
comments: [slow jam]
Kino Watson Breakfast In Bed 1998 Ichiban
313 recordlabel: Columbia 310687
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: J. Burke, C. Burke, R. Marrero
album: Come Go with Us
The Pockets Pasado 1978 Columbia
314 recordlabel: Island 6885
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Kevin Jackson and Erik White
album: Natural Thing
comments: [ballad]
Tanya Blount Hold On 1995 Island
315 recordlabel: Solar 4993
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Bill Simmons, Bobby Lovelace and Darnell Bristol
album: Street Beat
The Deele Surrender 1984 Solar
316 recordlabel: Veteran 9308
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Andre Miller, Cornell Ward, Harold Currington and Otis Leavil
album: The Second Time
comments: [ballad]
The Dells Thought of You a Little Too Much 1989 Veteran
317 recordlabel: Columbia 6815
chartposition: RandB #66
Da Brat featuring The Notorious B.I.G. Da B Side 1995 Columbia
318 recordlabel: Magic Disc 222
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Earl Shuman and Leon Carr
album: Flakes
Flakes Hey There Lonely Girl 1980 Magic Disc
319 recordlabel: Alston 4620
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Pam Sawyer and Gloria Jones
Betty Wright It's Bad for Me to See You 1974 Alston
320 recordlabel: Chocolate City 3229
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Ky Adeyemo and Ernesto Phillips
album: Wanting You
comments: [disco funk]
Starpoint Wanting You 1981 Chocolate City
321 recordlabel: MCA 1638
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Judd Friedman and Karin Rybar
album: Good Woman
comments: [love ballad]
Gladys Knight Where Would I Be 1992 MCA
322 recordlabel: Calla 107
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Rudy Love
Rudy Love & Love Family Does Your Mama Know 1976 Calla
323 recordlabel: Portrait 05434
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Rod Temperton
album: What About Me?
comments: [love ballad]
Nicole McCloud Always and Forever 1985 Portrait
324 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 518 086
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Linda Creed and Thom Bell
album: Love's the Place to Be
comments: [slow jam]
Will Downing Break Up to Make Up 1994 th and Bway
325 recordlabel: Island 99286
chartposition: RandB #66
album: I Can Make It Good for You
comments: [ballad]
Millie Scott A Love of Your Own 1988 Island
326 recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
Chaka Khan My Funny Valentine 1996 Arista
327 recordlabel: Yab Yum 7638
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Babyface
album: Bonafide
comments: [slow jam]
Jon B Isn't It Scary 1996 Yab Yum
328 recordlabel: Def Jam 12514 11
chartposition: RandB #66
album: The Recession
comments: [hip hop]
Young Jeezy Crazy World 2008 Def Jam
329 recordlabel: Atlantic 89374
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Billy Griffin and Derek Nakamoto
Billy Griffin Believe It or Not 1986 Atlantic
330 recordlabel: Elektra
chartposition: RandB #66
album: Gerald's World
comments: [slow jam] [album cut]
Gerald Levert What Makes It Good to You (No Premature Lovin') 2002 Elektra
331 recordlabel: Sweet Mountain 2001
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Reggie Griffin
comments: [electro]
Reggie Griffin & Technofunk Mirda Rock 1982 Sweet Mountain
332 recordlabel: Columbia 07360
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Keni Towns and Phil Jones
album: Centerfold
Centerfold Party Rebels 1988 Columbia
333 recordlabel: RCA 6848
chartposition: RandB #66
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Chad, Howard King
album: Fast Music, Love and Promises
comments: [ballad]
Chad Jennie 1988 RCA
334 recordlabel: Paisley Park 28182
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Madhouse
album: 16
comments: [instrumental]
Madhouse (The Perfect) 10 1987 Paisley Park
335 recordlabel: LaFace 4399
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Babyface
album: My Way
comments: [slow jam]
Usher Bedtime 1998 LaFace
336 recordlabel: Elektra 146
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Kevin Bacon, Ephraim Lewis and Jonathan Quarmby
album: Skin
Ephraim Lewis It Can't Be Forever 1992 Elektra
337 recordlabel: EastWest 1653
chartposition: RandB #66
weeksinr&bchart: 5
album: Kick The Funk
comments: [hip hop]
J.T. Swing It 1991 EastWest
338 recordlabel: MCA 52631
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Al Hudson, Curtis Dudley, Maurice Gregory and Donald Mitchell
album: Wrap Your Body
One Way Serving It 1985 MCA
339 recordlabel: Chrysalis 58199
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Speech (as Todd Thomas)
album: Zingalamaduni
Arrested Development United Front 1994 Chrysalis
340 recordlabel: Reality 3107
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Doug E. Fresh
album: The World's Greatest Entertainer
comments: [hip hop]
Doug E. Fresh Cut That Zero 1998 Reality
341 recordlabel: Def Jam 07425
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Vincent F. Bell and Clarence Hayes
album: The Finer Things In Life
comments: [ballad]
Chuck Stanley introducing Alyson Williams Make You Mine Tonight 1987 Def Jam
342 recordlabel: Big Cat
chartposition: RandB #66
comments: [rap]
Gucci Mane Stoopid 2009 Big Cat
343 recordlabel: Amherst 715
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Ken Gibson
Shawn Elliott Santiago Nice and Slow 1976 Amherst
344 recordlabel: Sparrow 79288
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: James Pierpont
album: First Christmas
comments: [christmas] [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts]
BeBe & CeCe Winans Jingle Bells 1993 Sparrow
345 recordlabel: MCA 53461
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Charles Washington, Mark A. Sylvia and Tony Baker
album: With Love
comments: [slow jam]
Howard Huntsberry Married Men Get Lonely Too 1989 MCA
346 recordlabel: ARC 11324
chartposition: RandB #66
album: The Message Is Still the Same
D.J. Rogers She Believes in Me 1980 ARC
347 recordlabel: Park Place 121081
chartposition: US dance #44
writtenby: David Williams
comments: [disco funk]
Mona Raye Do Me 1981 Park Place
348 recordlabel: Fania/Wand 11269
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Carole King
The LTG Exchange Corazon 1974 Fania/Wand
349 recordlabel: Warner 6941
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: It's Your Thing: The Story of The Isley Brothers
comments: [slow jam]
The Isley Brothers I'm So Proud 1994 Warner
350 recordlabel: Pandisc 2214
chartposition: US dance #44
writtenby: Henry Krieger, Tom Eyen
comments: [disco dance]
Koffie And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going 1983 Pandisc
351 recordlabel: Atlantic 2200
chartposition: US #131
writtenby: Mike Valvano & Robert Szilagy
Barbara Lewis If You Love Her 1963 Atlantic
352 recordlabel: Atlantic 89308
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Gordon Worthy (as Gordon
album: Boy Crazy
Picture Perfect Prove It, Boy 1987 Atlantic
353 recordlabel: Columbia 88697 10342
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Balewa Muhammad, Brian Reid, Candice Nelson
Tiffany Evans featuring Ciara Promise Ring 2007 Columbia
354 recordlabel: Suave
chartposition: RandB #66
weeksinr&bchart: 4
album: Lost
comments: [album cut]
Eightball featuring Master P, Silkk the Shocker & Mystikal Pure Uncut 1998 Suave
355 recordlabel: Lasalle 001
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Maurice Starr
album: Perfect Timing
comments: [slow jam]
The Superiors Temptation 1990 Lasalle
356 recordlabel: Baby Ree
chartposition: RandB #66
album: Informal Introduction
Shade Sheist featuring DJ Quik, Hi-C, AMG & Swift John Doe 2003 Baby Ree
357 recordlabel: Game 2012
chartposition: RandB #66
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Royce da 5'9" (as Ryan Montgomery)
Royce Da 5-9 You Can't Touch Me 2001 Game
358 recordlabel: Atlantic 82084
chartposition: US dance #44
writtenby: Thomas McElroy, Denzil Foster, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson and Terry Ellis
album: Born to Sing
En Vogue Strange 1991 Atlantic
359 recordlabel: Capitol 4358
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Ken Williams
The Reflections Gift Wrap My Love 1976 Capitol
360 recordlabel: Edel America 3875
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Buddha Monk, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Phat Vibe
Buddha Monk Spark Somebody Up 1998 Edel America
361 recordlabel: Cat 1992
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Clarence Reid
album: Gwen McCrae [1973 album]
comments: [southern soul]
Gwen McCrae It's Worth the Hurt 1974 Cat
362 recordlabel: Solar 11685
chartposition: RandB #66
album: Whisper in Your Ear
The Whispers Homemade Lovin' 1979 Solar
363 recordlabel: Def Jam 7126 11
chartposition: RandB #66
album: 4:21...The Day After
Method Man featuring Lauryn Hill Say 2006 Def Jam
364 recordlabel: RCA 8328
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Theresa King and Victor Porter
album: Broken Puzzle
Theresa What Cha Gonna Do 1988 RCA
365 recordlabel: Swishahouse 42850
chartposition: RandB #69, US #111
writtenby: Mike Jones, Timmy Allen (sample), Glenn Jones (sample) and Mike B.
album: Who Is Mike Jones?
Mike Jones featuring Big Moe Flossin' 2006 Swishahouse
366 recordlabel: Elektra 47093
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Leon Ware, Marcos Valle, Peter Cetera and Laudir de Oliveira
album: Rockin' You Eternally
Leon Ware Baby Don't Stop Me 1981 Elektra
367 recordlabel: Bad Boy 78612 73012
chartposition: RandB #66
album: No Way Out
Puff Daddy (P. Diddy) Senorita 1997 Bad Boy
368 recordlabel: Hustle Hard
chartposition: RandB #66
album: If Tomorrow Comes...
comments: [hip hop]
Maino ft. Swizz Beatz Million Bucks 2009 Hustle Hard
369 recordlabel: Rawkus 505
chartposition: RandB #66
comments: [hip hop]
Styles & Pharoahe Monch The Life 2002 Rawkus
370 recordlabel: Capitol 5359
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Janice Johnson (as Janice Marie Johnson)
album: One Taste of Honey
Janice Marie Johnson Love Me Tonite 1984 Capitol
371 recordlabel: Atlantic 3362
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Ellwood Henderson (as Ellwood Henderson Jr.)
The Jimmy Castor Bunch Everything Is Beautiful to Me 1976 Atlantic
372 recordlabel: Columbia 59819
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Nas, Amerie, Sam Barnes
album: Stillmatic
comments: [hip hop]
Nas featuring Amerie Rule 2002 Columbia
373 recordlabel: Capitol 4780
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Kym Yancey
album: Destination: Sun
Sun Pure Fire 1979 Capitol
374 recordlabel: 3rd Lane
chartposition: RandB #67
Lee Carr Stilettos 2008 rd Lane
375 recordlabel: Columbia 04427
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: David Porter and Donald O'Connor
album: Electric Universe
Earth, Wind & Fire Moonwalk 1984 Columbia
376 recordlabel: Jam Packed 702 45
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Pretty Tony
album: Trinere
Trinere They're Playing Our Song 1987 Jam Packed
377 recordlabel: Atlantic 89095
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Paul Jackson Jr.
album: I Came to Play
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Paul Jackson, Jr. I Came to Play 1988 Atlantic
378 recordlabel: AandM 2180
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Maurice White, Larry Dunn
album: Rockie Robbins
Rockie Robbins Be Ever Wonderful 1979 A&M
379 recordlabel: Elektra 5492
chartposition: RandB #67
album: Howard Hewett
comments: [love song]
Howard Hewett Let Me Show You How to Fall in Love 1990 Elektra
380 recordlabel: Elektra 8675
chartposition: RandB #67
album: Allegiance
Howard Hewett Save Your Sex for Me 1992 Elektra
381 recordlabel: Total Experience 2406
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Cavin Yarbrough and Alisa Peoples
album: I Wanna Be Your Man
comments: [beat ballad]
Goodie Because of You 1984 Total Experience
382 recordlabel: Red Label 71000
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Billy Osborne and Attala Zane Giles
album: Stranger in the Night
Osborne & Giles Stranger in the Night 1985 Red Label
383 recordlabel: Superstar Int. 55
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Ali-Ollie Woodson and Otis Williams
album: ncredible
mpcode: aAGt2j95jsE
Scherrie Payne Testify 1987 Superstar Int.
384 recordlabel: Dakar 100
chartposition: RandB #67, US Dance #68
writtenby: Donald Burnside and John Dubiel
First Love Don't Say Goodnight 1980 Dakar
385 recordlabel: Carnival 509
chartposition: US #135
writtenby: Edward Bivins
comments: US B side to Searchin' for My Baby
The Manhattans I'm the One That Love Forgot 1965 Carnival
386 recordlabel: LaFace 4372
chartposition: RandB #67
OutKast featuring Slick Rick Da Art of Storytellin' (Part 1) 1999 LaFace
387 recordlabel: Sedona 7611
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Cardell (as Cardell Harrington)
Cardell Baby Don't Fool Around 1989 Sedona
388 recordlabel: Charisma 12714
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome
album: Countess
comments: [ballad]
Countess Vaughn It's a Man's, Man's Man's World 1992 Charisma
389 recordlabel: Hoo Bangin 53564
chartposition: RandB #67
weeksinr&bchart: 8
album: C.O.G.
Chilldrin of da Ghetto Luv at First Sight 1999 Hoo Bangin
390 recordlabel: MCA 54438
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Hurby Luv Bug
album: Jacci McGhee
comments: [hip hop, swing]
Jacci McGhee Skeeza 1992 MCA
391 recordlabel: Columbia 78773
chartposition: RandB #67
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Gustavo Gonzales, Jack Gonzales and B Real
comments: [rap]
The Psycho Realm The Stone Garden 1998 Columbia
392 recordlabel: ABC 12166
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Bunny Sigler
album: I Wanna Be with You
Carl Carlton Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody (About You) 1976 ABC
393 recordlabel: Chocolate City 3226
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips and Ky Adeyemo
album: Keep on It
comments: [disco dance]
Starpoint I Want You Closer 1981 Chocolate City
394 recordlabel: Freak Beat 00661
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: The Egyptian Lover
album: On the Nile
The Egyptian Lover Egypt, Egypt 1984 Freak Beat
395 recordlabel: Ariola America 7773
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: D. Williams, J. Jamerson, Jr.
Chanson Rock Don't Stop 1979 Ariola America
396 recordlabel: Atlantic 3216
chartposition: RandB #67, US #107
album: Is It In
comments: [instrumental]
Eddie Harris Is It In 1974 Atlantic
397 recordlabel: Def Jam 16149
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Exit Wounds
comments: [hip hop]
DMX No Sunshine 2001 Def Jam
398 recordlabel: Warner 8163
chartposition: RandB #67
weeksinr&bchart: 9
The Quickest Way Out Thank You Baby For Loving Me 1975 Warner
399 recordlabel: Columbia 07220
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Maurice White and Robyn Smith
album: Keys to the City
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis 7-11 1987 Columbia
400 recordlabel: Def Jam 73918
chartposition: RandB #67
album: Derelicts of Dialect
comments: [hip hop]
3rd Bass Portrait of the Artist As a Hood 1991 Def Jam

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