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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
-- recordlabel: United Artists 043
writtenby: C. King, G. Goffin, J. Wexler
album: Facts of Life...
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: vp735Lu7dD8
Bobby Womack Natural Man 1973 United Artists
-- recordlabel: Manhattan
writtenby: Jay Livingston, Ray Evans
album: Christmas Is The Time
comments: [christmas album cut]
mpcode: rdY7B66Dvvo
Lou Rawls Silver Bells 1993 Manhattan
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor
album: Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963
comments: (complere album)
mpcode: Ef85iCUqHwUandlist=OLAK5uy_mVAff3wfsb3svYZfzaiBemTUxanhpmzfo
Sam Cooke Live At The Harlem Square Club 1963 RCA Victor
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 7256
writtenby: Grant Clarke, Harry Akst
album: The Genius Of Ray Charles
comments: [jazz soul album cut]
mpcode: U6ZFDeqav1Q
Ray Charles Am I Blue 1959 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Atco 33-161
writtenby: Robinson, Gardner
album: Pain In My Heart
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: eOcq24S7Zw0
Otis Redding I Need Your Lovin' 1964 Atco
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 2084
writtenby: Charles Brown, Oscar Moore
album: The Genius Of Ray Charles
comments: [jazz soul]
mpcode: Ulh1wPsgRcE
Ray Charles Tell Me You'll Wait For Me 1959 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 2899
writtenby: Sam Cooke
album: Ain\'t That Good News
comments: [album cut]
Sam Cooke Meet Me At Mary's Place 1964 RCA Victor
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 2899
writtenby: Sam Cooke
album: Ain\'t That Good News
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: 9tT6BT17SgU
Sam Cooke Rome Wasn't Built In A Day 1964 RCA Victor
-- recordlabel: Columbia 18 02238
writtenby: L. Dozier
album: Working On You
Lamont Dozier Chained (To Your Love) 1981 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 18 02238
writtenby: L. Dozier
album: Working On You
Lamont Dozier Too Little Too Long 1981 Columbia
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 7635 (UK)
writtenby: Jeff Clarkson, Harry Clarkson, Van Steeden
album: Ain't That Good News
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: InxO3_Dz7Ok
Sam Cooke Home (When Shadows Fall) 1964 RCA Victor(UK)
-- recordlabel: Imperial 9266
writtenby: Randy Newman
album: Wish Someone Would Care
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: EzIrnyQu0rc
Irma Thomas While The City Sleeps 1964 Imperial
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 7635 (UK)
writtenby: Harold Battiste
album: Ain't That Good News
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: kw5ZYMlZ9W8
Sam Cooke Falling In Love 1964 RCA Victor(UK)
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 7256
writtenby: Bud Allen, Buddy Johnson
album: The Genius Of Ray Charles
comments: [jazz soul album cut]
mpcode: 64y4sdjji68
Ray Charles You Won't Let Me Go 1959 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 7256
writtenby: Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch
album: The Genius Of Ray Charles
comments: [jazz soul album cut]
mpcode: ymBTkUr46u0
Ray Charles Deed I Do 1959 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: United Artists 043
writtenby: B. Dylan
album: Facts of Life...
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: lO_1QZp1NdU
Bobby Womack All Along The Watchtower 1973 United Artists
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 2991
writtenby: Al Gardner, David Camon
album: The Show Must Go On
comments: [deep soul ballad]
mpcode: -KVeVdjxXD8
Sam Dees Trouble Child 1975 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: ABC 11144
writtenby: Van McCoy
comments: [northern soul]
mpcode: mVds5pNTsA0
Flo Florence Ballard Love Ain't Love 1968 ABC
-- recordlabel: Capitol 3849
writtenby: A. Williams, J. Jones
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: OzJV2EFS93w
Jimmy Jones If I Knew Then (What I Know Now) 1974 Capitol
-- recordlabel: United Artists
album: The World Is A Ghetto
comments: [Complete Album]
War The World Is A Ghetto (full album) 1972 United Artists
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 18134
writtenby: Sam Dees
album: The Show Must Go On
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: Q19a8pDLmJM
Sam Dees What's It Gonna Be 1975 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Stax 5507
writtenby: H. Banks, C. Hampton
album: Friction
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: NjXHiuohpj0
The Soul Children We're Gettin' Too Close 1974 Stax
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 7256
writtenby: E. A. Swan
album: The Genius Of Ray Charles
comments: [jazz soul album cut]
mpcode: ugnOhe6R-wM
Ray Charles When Your Lover Has Gone 1959 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 7256
writtenby: Charles Joseph Morris, Percy Mayfield
album: The Genius Of Ray Charles
comments: [jazz soul album cut]
mpcode: jHSOyL6e3o
Ray Charles Two Years Of Torture 1959 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 7256
writtenby: Irving Berlin
album: The Genius Of Ray Charles
comments: [jazz soul album cut]
mpcode: Ze1a-JRDYbI
Ray Charles Alexander's Ragtime Band 1959 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 1312
writtenby: Gus Kahn, Isham Jones
album: The Genius Of Ray Charles
comments: [jazz soul album cut]
mpcode: CEoV0ShyvRE
Ray Charles It Had To Be You 1959 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Columbia 38 05675
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Watching You Watching Me
Bill Withers We Could Be Sweet Lovers 1985 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Valley Vue 75330
writtenby: Amen East and RandW Lovett
album: Sweet Talk
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: tQUog-FfS-Q
The Manhattans Just A Matter Of Time 1989 Valley Vue
-- recordlabel: Mankind 12004
writtenby: J. Williams, Jr.
album: Friend...
comments: [southern soul]
mpcode: EH8MRCN9JWY
Freddie North Ain't Nothing In The News (But The Blues) 1971 Mankind
-- recordlabel: Mankind 12016
writtenby: J. Williams, Jr., K. Shelton
album: Friend...
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: OxUAmHJ-_j0
Freddie North Laid Back And Easy 1971 Mankind
-- recordlabel: Mankind 12004
writtenby: G. Bonds
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: bDVOga9TDKE
Freddie North Song 29 (I'm Your Man) 1972 Mankind
-- recordlabel: Flaming Arrow 226
writtenby: Eugene Davis
mpcode: 6uPjg_71350
Debbie S. And The Sounds Of Thunder Try My Love 1987 Flaming Arrow
-- recordlabel: Janus 3041
writtenby: Terri McFadden, Warren Sams
album: The Whispers' Love Story
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: IS49TZkLv7o
The Whispers You've Chosen Me 1972 Janus
-- recordlabel: Garrison 3008
writtenby: Jimmie Raye
comments: [deep soul]
mpcode: lpqHnmPSCmM
Jimmie Raye You Must Be Losing Your Mind 1967 Garrison
-- recordlabel: Niagara 185
writtenby: Raye
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: AKBnkOxGfmI
Jimmie Raye You Don't Want My Love 1964 Niagara
-- recordlabel: Mankind 12011
writtenby: C. Whitehead, J. Williams, Jr.
album: Friend...
comments: [southern soul]
mpcode: 1kyNBhQWgQI
Freddie North Sweeter Than Sweetness 1971 Mankind
-- recordlabel: Mankind
writtenby: J. Williams, Jr., M. Gimbel
album: Friend...
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
mpcode: VfCfGitKar0
Freddie North Sidewalks Fences And Walls 1971 Mankind
-- recordlabel: Mankind 12011
writtenby: C. Whitehead, J. Williams, Jr., T. Davis
album: Friend...
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: QRy9j483afw
Freddie North I Did The Woman Wrong 1972 Mankind
-- recordlabel: Mankind
writtenby: H. Howard
album: Friend...
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
mpcode: 8z5n647Se-0
Freddie North Yours Love 1971 Mankind
-- recordlabel: Janus 3041
writtenby: Michael Gately, Robert John
album: The Whispers' Love Story
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: XqbKsJZnQmI
The Whispers You Fill My Life With Music 1972 Janus
-- recordlabel: Janus 3041
writtenby: Michael Gately, Robert John
album: The Whispers' Love Story
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: qJ4fCPQk98I
The Whispers You're What's Been Missin' From My Life 1972 Janus
-- recordlabel: Janus 240
writtenby: W. Butler, K. Baker, P. Foster
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
mpcode: i-CSJHbz9x0
The Inclinations Cross My Heart (To You) 1974 Janus
-- recordlabel: Epic 650993 (AU)
writtenby: H. David, B. Bacharach
album: Give Me The Reason
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: DlrhuppiCcg
Luther Vandross Anyone Who Had A Heart 1986 Epic(AU)
-- recordlabel: Stang 5064
writtenby: Al Goodman, Harry Ray, Walter Morris
album: Look At Me
comments: [disco dance]
mpcode: 3c-dzwoh8aU
The Moments Got To Get To Know You 1975 Stang
-- recordlabel: Janus 240
writtenby: W. Butler, K. Baker, P. Foster
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
mpcode: dlmz5vX9K08
The Inclinations Could This Be Love, That I Feel 1974 Janus
-- recordlabel: Stang 5033
writtenby: J. Moore, R. Tate, S. Robinson
album: A Moment With The Moments
mpcode: FCMIEOX-exs
The Moments Key to My Happiness 1971 Stang
-- recordlabel: ABC 627
writtenby: Wayne Carson*
album: A Little More Soul / The Best Of The Tams
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: 80KFL_eRQPs
The Tams The Letter 1968 ABC
-- recordlabel: Janus 3041
writtenby: Ron Carson
album: The Whispers' Love Story
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: 2zdK4_i9DU8
The Whispers A Hopeless Situation 1972 Janus
-- recordlabel: Janus 3041
writtenby: Dee Irvin
album: The Whispers' Love Story
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: enAswh62QQM
The Whispers Can't Stop Talkin' 1972 Janus
-- recordlabel: Janus 3041
writtenby: Linda Perhaps, Oliver Nelson
album: The Whispers' Love Story
comments: [album cut ballad]
mpcode: BWk-sE93WkA
The Whispers Hey, Who Really Cares? 1972 Janus
-- recordlabel: Janus 3041
writtenby: Norris Davis
album: The Whispers' Love Story
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: SODOS3GUE-E
The Whispers If You 1972 Janus
-- recordlabel: Capitol 2667
writtenby: Meadows
comments: [southern soul]
mpcode: tqYghvrdw4g
The Zircons Finders Keepers 1969 Capitol
-- recordlabel: Nite Beat 1000
writtenby: Norman Keith
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
mpcode: WLAJmV51cC8
The Intrepids It's Just A Picture 1970 Nite Beat
-- recordlabel: Avco 4644
writtenby: Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
comments: [mid-tempo ballad]
mpcode: 3DVZEiZeB88
The Prolifics I Don't Know What's The Matter With My Baby 1974 Avco
-- recordlabel: Prodigal 616
writtenby: M. Juried
mpcode: 3zRHzVrD-Vc
Shirley Alston Can't Stop Singin' ('bout The Boy I Love) 1974 Prodigal
-- recordlabel: Kama Sutra 600
writtenby: J. Jocko Marcellino
album: That\'s The Song
mpcode: lC3PpGE5j0s
J. Jocko I'm Gettin' Over 1975 Kama Sutra
-- recordlabel: Mankind 12020
writtenby: R. Daniels
album: Friend...
comments: [southern soul ballad]
mpcode: 0IMXMhvdHEE
Freddie North Raining On A Sunny Day 1973 Mankind
-- recordlabel: LaShawn 010
writtenby: Wilson Williams
mpcode: PSvoK5q4Jzo
Shirley Johnson Too Big To Cry 1974 LaShawn
-- recordlabel: Apollo 759
writtenby: Davis
comments: [northern soul]
mpcode: 41QZTGP58OI
The O'Jays Miracles 1960 Apollo
-- recordlabel: ABC 941
writtenby: J. Faragher, D. Faragher, T. Faragher, P. McClure
album: Faragher Brothers
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: SWPTZwydNMM
Faragher Brothers The Best Years Of My Life 1976 ABC
-- recordlabel: ABC 673
writtenby: Joe South
album: A Portrait Of The Tams / The Best Of The Tams
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: WUur9CnLt8I
The Tams Greatest Love 1969 ABC
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 4313
writtenby: Gates
album: Real Friends / The Best of Friends
comments: [pop soul album cut]
mpcode: Ls79QYmChDA
The Friends of Distinction It Don't Matter To Me 1970 RCA Victor
-- recordlabel: MCA 42094
writtenby: Judy Wieder, Paul Jackson Jr.
album: Pebbles
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: 9jSzdhKk9g8
Pebbles Two Hearts 1987 MCA
-- recordlabel: Parachute 9005
writtenby: Homer Banks and Carl Hampton
album: Welcome To My Room
comments: [slow jam album cut]
mpcode: sIOx3yB1ICI
Randy Brown I Love You Baby 1978 Parachute
-- recordlabel: Spokane 4008
writtenby: Donald Davis
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: -tXcYNvyVRw
Johnnie Mae Matthews Worried About You 1964 Spokane
-- recordlabel: Tou-Sea 130
writtenby: Al Stewart, Sonny Fisher
mpcode: qDt4uxhm1ck
Sonny Fisher Oh Love This Is Sonny 1967 TouSea
-- recordlabel: Capitol 341 (UK)
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Conversations
comments: [disco funk]
mpcode: CwNPWiDqFsQ
Brass Construction I Do Love You 1984 Capitol(UK)
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 4408
writtenby: Love, Evans
album: Whatever / The Best of Friends
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: RDrywg9x44g
The Friends of Distinction Great Day 1970 RCA Victor
-- recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2604
writtenby: Ted Ford, C.C. Spears
comments: [southern soul ballad]
mpcode: j2xF2s1uE6Q
Ted Ford Please Give Me Another Chance 1968 Sound Stage Seven
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 4313
writtenby: Poree, Peters
album: Real Friends / The Best of Friends
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: UydO4ea81FM
The Friends of Distinction Crazy Mary 1970 RCA Victor
-- recordlabel: Phil L.A. of Soul 342
writtenby: S. Campbell
mpcode: -YHNomzzCNM
Tyrone Ashley & the Funky Music Machine I Want My Baby Back 1970 Phil L.A. of Soul
-- recordlabel: Avco 4644
writtenby: P. Mitchell, B. Clements
comments: [ballad] (produced by Brad Shapiro)
mpcode: m_bvlwfPRbg
The Prolifics I Would Still Be There 1974 Avco
-- recordlabel: Niagara 185
writtenby: Fonville
comments: [beat ballad]
mpcode: 7pf8tkJs3Rg
Jimmie Raye I Kept On Walkin' 1964 Niagara
-- recordlabel: Park Place 41661
writtenby: F. Knight
album: C.L. Blast
comments: [soul blues]
mpcode: irJyuHFG-_E
C.L. Blast Lay Another Log On The Fire 1984 Park Place
-- recordlabel: Mainstream 5575
writtenby: M. Calhoun, A. Lattimore
mpcode: UqfO36JFHSU
Almeta Lattimore These Memories 1975 Mainstream
-- recordlabel: Maverick 1008
writtenby: Willie Hutchison
comments: [northern soul]
mpcode: -47Ysm_1jGs
The Fidels I Want To Thank You 1969 Maverick
-- recordlabel: Stallion 101
writtenby: Ted Ford
mpcode: W7i3tAgDBKc
Ted Ford I Wanna Be Near You 1976 Stallion
-- recordlabel: Theoda 518
writtenby: T. Moore
comments: [northern soul]
mpcode: CtoxgvWSWb4
J.E. Morgan By My Side 1971 Theoda
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros.
writtenby: M. Stokes, Sherrick
album: Sherrick
comments: [slow jam album cut]
mpcode: 1Dr4ZmlbgIc
Sherrick All Because Of You 1987 Warner Bros.
-- recordlabel: Sundance 44154
writtenby: P. Hunt
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
mpcode: zuUTJ40_qg0
Diabolics Key To Your Heart 1976 Sundance
-- recordlabel: Malaco 6351
writtenby: Carson Whitsett
album: Misty Blue
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: AYee1uI18bs
Dorothy Moore Enough Woman Left (To Be Your Lady) 1976 Malaco
-- recordlabel: Malaco 6351
writtenby: Eddie Floyd
album: Misty Blue
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
mpcode: Xn63JxqY6E0
Dorothy Moore I Don't Want To Be With Nobody But You 1976 Malaco
-- recordlabel: Malaco 6351
writtenby: Willie Nelson
album: Misty Blue
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: fnmZMDpqu44
Dorothy Moore Funny How Time Slips Away 1976 Malaco
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 17728 (UK)
writtenby: Randy Crawford
album: Now We May Begin
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: Ns1AQN7vVv8
Randy Crawford Tender Falls The Rain 1980 Warner Bros.(UK)
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros.
writtenby: Joe Sample, Will Jennings
album: Now We May Begin
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: 8XWH2LoKRXU
Randy Crawford My Heart Is Not As Young As It Used To Be 1980 Warner Bros.
-- recordlabel: Malaco 6351
writtenby: D. Zimmerman, J. Strickland
album: Misty
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: Vs2Aa9yK3J0
Dorothy Moore Ain't That A Mother's Luck 1976 Malaco
-- recordlabel: Malaco 6351
writtenby: Carson Whitsett, Eddie Floyd
album: Misty Blue
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: aHR6mzFENKA
Dorothy Moore Too Much Love 1976 Malaco
-- recordlabel: LaFace 4411
writtenby: Rahson Patterson, Steve Hurley
album: Love and Basketball Soundtrack
mpcode: gvCPougHmYI
Donell Jones I'll Go 2000 LaFace
-- recordlabel: Alleycat 1392
writtenby: C. Wilson, L.V. Johnson
comments: [southern soul]
mpcode: y0st_Wb7fJ8
Charles Wilson Trying To Make A Wrong Thing Right 1984 Alleycat
-- recordlabel: Casablanca 12
writtenby: Clay Drayton, Tammi Smith
mpcode: ACvij9c4ypU
Karen Pree Make Love Last Forever 1974 Casablanca
-- recordlabel: Malaco 6351
writtenby: Eddie Floyd
album: Misty Blue
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: Y7xiY8HeHGg
Dorothy Moore It's So Good 1976 Malaco
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros.
writtenby: Joe Sample
album: Now We May Begin
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: nLTu0EliRP8
Randy Crawford Now We May Begin 1980 Warner Bros.
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 17680 (UK)
writtenby: Joe Sample, Will Jennings
album: Now We May Begin
mpcode: KTQ2GpT3Mtc
Randy Crawford Blue Flame 1980 Warner Bros.(UK)
-- recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven
writtenby: C. Curry, W. Doggett
album: The Beginning...
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: Q3TdmEoVvhw
Ann Sexton Sugar Daddy 1977 Sound Stage Seven
-- recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven
writtenby: C. Curry, Randy Layne
album: The Beginning...
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
mpcode: i5wg1X04hCk
Ann Sexton Be Serious 1977 Sound Stage Seven
-- recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven
writtenby: F. Johnson, T. Woodford
album: The Beginning...
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: MfbVHupRKyM
Ann Sexton You've Been Doing Me Wrong For So Long 1977 Sound Stage Seven
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 74-0107
writtenby: Poree, Peters
album: Grazin' / The Best of Friends
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: PUwCEOtCago
The Friends Of Distinction I Really Hope You Do 1969 RCA Victor
-- recordlabel: Fania 504
writtenby: Ralfi Pagan
album: Ralfi Pagan
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: ZhXh_vqWd8I
Ralfi Pagan Who Is The Girl For Me 1969 Fania
-- recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven
writtenby: F. Johnson
album: The Beginning...
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: cTPZTMcrVuM
Ann Sexton Color My World Blue 1977 Sound Stage Seven
-- recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven
writtenby: C. Curry, W. Doggett
album: The Beginning...
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: tCLSHtEo8jA
Ann Sexton You Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use 1977 Sound Stage Seven

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