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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
101 recordlabel: Buddah 459
chartposition: RandB #9, US #91
writtenby: Jackie Avery
album: Love's the Thing / The Very Best of Barbara Mason
mpcode: [ballad]
Barbara Mason Shackin' Up 1975 Buddah
102 recordlabel: Cactus 73(UK)
chartposition: UK #16
writtenby: Desmond Dekker (as Desmond Dacres)
comments: re release [reggae]
Desmond Dekker Sing a Little Song 1975 Cactus (UK)
103 recordlabel: Warner 49269
chartposition: RandB #6, US #7
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: A Musical Affair
comments: [disco funk]
mpcode: k27BqgrGuZc
Ashford & Simpson Love Don't Make It Right 1980 Warner
104 recordlabel: Immediate 047
chartposition: UK #18
writtenby: Cat Stevens
album: The First Lady Of Immediate
P.P. Arnold The First Cut Is The Deepest 1967 Immediate
105 recordlabel: Elektra 66190
chartposition: RandB #12, US #62, UK #88
writtenby: Keith Sweat and Fitzgerald Scott
album: Get Up on It
Keith Sweat featuring Kut Klose Get Up On It 1994 Elektra
106 recordlabel: Arista 2207
chartposition: US #20, US AC #48
writtenby: Francis Scott Key
album: Whitney: The Greatest Hits
Whitney Houston The Star Spangled Banner 1991 Arista
107 recordlabel: Columbia 2014
chartposition: UK #20
writtenby: DJ Muggs (as Larry Muggerud), Sen Dog (as Senen Reyes) and Louis Freeze
album: Black Sunday
Cypress Hill Lick a Shot 1994 Columbia
108 recordlabel: Def Jam 572720
chartposition: RandB #16, UK #34, US #60
writtenby: DMX and Mickey R. Davis
album: The Great Depression
comments: [hip hop]
DMX Who We Be 2001 Def Jam
109 recordlabel: Columbia 07021
chartposition: RandB #6, US dance #23
writtenby: Michael Jeffries, Michael Boyd and Deniece Williams
Deniece Williams Never Say Never 1987 Columbia
110 recordlabel: MCA 41039
chartposition: US Dance #6
writtenby: Paul Sabu
album: Undercover Lover
Debbie Jacobs Undercover Lover 1979 MCA
111 recordlabel: Grand Hustle Digital
chartposition: RandB #12, US #44
writtenby: T.I., Dexter Randall, Demetri Duncan and Charles Bobino III
album: No Mercy
T.I. I'm Back 2010 Grand Hustle Digital
112 recordlabel: Columbia 027
chartposition: UK #19
writtenby: DJ Muggs (as Larry Muggerud), Louis Freeze and Lawrence Dickens
album: Black Sunday
Cypress Hill When the Shit Goes Down 1993 Columbia
113 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 7494
chartposition: US #85, UK #20, US dance #3
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Another Place and Time
Donna Summer Love's About to Change My Heart 1989 Warner Bros.
114 recordlabel: Arista 9890
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Gina Go Go
album: Kashif [1989 album]
comments: [new jack swing]
Kashif Personality 1989 Arista
115 recordlabel: Pye International 25702
chartposition: RandB #36, UK #20
writtenby: Eddie Drennon
Eddie Drennon & BBS Unlimited Let's Do the Latin Hustle 1976 Pye International
116 recordlabel: Atlantic 4288 (UK)
chartposition: UK #19
writtenby: Wayne Wonder, Steven "Lenky" Marsden and Paul "Teetimus" Edmund
album: No Holding Back
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Wayne Wonder Bounce Along 2003 Atlantic(UK)
117 recordlabel: Arista 0110
chartposition: RandB #12, US #29
writtenby: Johnny Bristol
Tamiko Jones Touch Me Baby (Reaching Out for Your Love) 1975 Arista
118 recordlabel: Blue Beat 324
chartposition: UK #18
writtenby: Prince Buster (as Cecil Campbell)
Prince Buster Al Capone 1967 Blue Beat
119 recordlabel: Vanguard 35244
chartposition: RandB #84, US #103, US Dance #4
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Rick Tarbox
album: Alisha
Alisha All Night Passion 1984 Vanguard
120 recordlabel: Buddah 447
chartposition: RandB #13, UK #35
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Best of Gladys Knight and the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips Make Yours a Happy Home 1976 Buddah
121 recordlabel: Giant 18908
chartposition: US #18
writtenby: Bryan Abrams, Kevin Thornton, Mark Calderon, Sam Watters and Howie Tee
album: C.M.B.
Color Me Badd Slow Motion 1992 Giant
122 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 7559
chartposition: US #18, US AC #8
writtenby: Richard Bean, Abel Zarate, Pablo Tellez
album: Malo
Malo Suavecito 1972 Warner Bros.
123 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: UK #27, US #102
album: I Am... Sasha Fierce
mpcode: JXmUYdOVJtc
Beyoncé Broken-Hearted Girl 2009 Columbia
124 recordlabel: ABC 12189
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Michael Price and Dan Walsh
album: Reflections in Blue
Bobby Bland It Ain't the Real Thing 1976 ABC
125 recordlabel: State 9 (UK)
chartposition: UK #18
writtenby: Bickerton, Waddington
album: Sugar Candy Kisses
Mac & Katie Kissoon Like a Butterfly 1975 State(UK)
126 recordlabel: Island 572 261-2
chartposition: UK #19
album: Hinda
mpcode: 2E7gjeL9VtQ
Hinda Hicks You Think You Own Me 1998 Island
127 recordlabel: MCA 54349
chartposition: RandB #13, US #53
writtenby: Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere and Sean McDuffie
album: Brotherhood Creed (B.H.C.)
comments: [hip hop]
Brotherhood Creed Helluva 1992 MCA
128 recordlabel: Parkway 862
chartposition: RandB #16, US #20
writtenby: Kal Mann and Dave Appell
album: Let's Limbo Some More
Chubby Checker Let's Limbo Some More 1963 Parkway
129 recordlabel: Warner Bros.
chartposition: UK #20
album: The Lady Killer
Cee Lo Green It's OK 2010 Warner Bros.
130 recordlabel: Atlantic 2878
chartposition: RandB #11, US #58
writtenby: Wilson Pickett, Luther Dixon and Brad Shapiro
Wilson Pickett Funk Factory 1972 Atlantic
131 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: UK #20
writtenby: Rob Fusari, Tiaa Wells, Balewa Muhammad and Sylvester Jordan
album: Simply Deep
mpcode: C3Sj8Z1pb3k
Kelly Rowland Train On A Track 2003 Columbia
132 recordlabel: MCA 4078
chartposition: RandB #42, UK #20
writtenby: Bobby Brown , R. Bryant, Chris Gaddy, Derrick Garrett, Felicia Jefferson, Quincy Jones
album: Forever
Bobby Brown Feelin' Inside 1997 MCA
133 recordlabel: Apple 12
chartposition: US #11, UK #62
writtenby: Billy Preston
album: That's the Way God Planned It
Billy Preston That's the Way God Planned It 1969 Apple
134 recordlabel: Pyramid 8007
chartposition: US dance #6, UK #51, US #94
writtenby: D.C. LaRue
album: Cathedrals
comments: [disco funk]
D.C. LaRue Cathedrals 1976 Pyramid
135 recordlabel: RCA 1962
chartposition: RandB #44, US #105, US Dance #6
writtenby: Doug James and Sandy Linzer
comments: charted as Hang Together / Don't Tell Me, Tell Her / Use It Up and Wear It Out in US dance charts
Odyssey Don't Tell Me, Tell Her 1980 RCA
136 recordlabel: Jellybean 2504
chartposition: US dance #4
writtenby: Bobby Guy and Ernie Lake
comments: [dance, house]
Soul Solution Find a Way 1995 Jellybean
137 recordlabel: MCA 48096
chartposition: UK #18
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
comments: [dance, house] (Mustard Mix)
Rose Royce featuring Gwen Dickey Car Wash '98 1998 MCA
138 recordlabel: Jellybean 2562
chartposition: US dance #4
writtenby: Bobby Guy (as Bobby Graziose), Ernie Lake, Hannah Jones
comments: [dance, house]
Soul Solution ft. Carolyn Harding All Around The World 1999 Jellybean
139 recordlabel: RCA 12056
chartposition: UK #36, US Dance #6
writtenby: Sandy Linzer and L. Russell Brown
album: Hang Together
comments: [disco dance]
Odyssey Hang Together 1981 RCA
140 recordlabel: Atlantic 9198
chartposition: UK #19, US Dance #15
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
comments: (Extended 12 inch remix)
Chic Jack Le Freak 1987 Atlantic
141 recordlabel: AandM 12089
chartposition: RandB #10, US Dance #6
writtenby: David Wolinski (as David
album: Stay with Me Tonight
Jeffrey Osborne Plane Love 1984 A&M
142 recordlabel: Columbia 661251
chartposition: UK #20
album: Vibrator
Terence Trent D'Arby Holding On To You 1995 Columbia
143 recordlabel: MCA 53686
chartposition: US #54, UK #20, US dance #8, US AC #8
writtenby: Roland Gift and David Steele
album: The Raw and the Cooked
Fine Young Cannibals I'm Not the Man I Used to Be 1989 MCA
144 recordlabel: Stax 0152
chartposition: RandB #11, US #105
writtenby: Carl Hampton, Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson
The Soul Children It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It) 1973 Stax
145 recordlabel: RCA 11371
chartposition: US #20
writtenby: Daryl Hall
album: Along the Red Ledge
Hall & Oates It's a Laugh 1978 RCA
146 recordlabel: RCA 11747
chartposition: US #18, US AC #23
writtenby: Daryl Hall
album: X Static
Hall & Oates Wait for Me 1979 RCA
147 recordlabel: Gamble 2508
chartposition: RandB #9, US #60
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Save the Children
The Intruders I Wanna Know Your Name 1973 Gamble
148 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 242
chartposition: RandB #32, UK #18
writtenby: Don E (as Donald Mclean)
album: Unbreakable
Don-E Love Makes the World Go Round 1992 th and Bway
149 recordlabel: Chrysalis 42922
chartposition: UK #19
writtenby: Kim Fuller and Paul Hardcastle
album: Paul Hardcastle
Paul Hardcastle Just for Money 1985 Chrysalis
150 recordlabel: Capitol 5681
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Howard King
album: A Lot of Love
Melba Moore It's Been So Long 1987 Capitol
151 recordlabel: Crawl 2 Bawl 2015
chartposition: RandB #90, US #19
album: Return of tha Rippla
Mr. Pookie ft. Mr. Lucci & Mr. Montis Don't Test Us 2005 CrawlBawl
152 recordlabel: Alpha International 996
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Fitzgerald Scott
album: Lorenzo
comments: [love song]
Lorenzo Real Love 1992 Alpha International
153 recordlabel: Capitol 421
chartposition: RandB #12, UK #55
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Live in Los Angeles
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly I Wanna Be With You 1986 Capitol
154 recordlabel: AandM 2618
chartposition: RandB #16, US #48, US AC #6
writtenby: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
album: Stay with Me Tonight
comments: [ballad]
Jeffrey Osborne We're Going All the Way 1984 A&M
155 recordlabel: Capitol 15561
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #93, US Dance #39
writtenby: David Conley and David Townsend
album: Soul Exposed
Melba Moore Do You Really (Want My Love?) 1990 Capitol
156 recordlabel: Wildcard (UK)
chartposition: UK #19
writtenby: Simon Fung
album: Born
mpcode: LckbVmaWhmg
China Black Stars 1994 Wildcard (UK)
157 recordlabel: Stax 170
chartposition: RandB #12, US #63
writtenby: Steve Cropper and Isaac Hayes
The Astors Candy 1965 Stax
158 recordlabel: MCA 53367
chartposition: US #24, US Dance #6
writtenby: Stephen Lunt (as Stephen Broughton Lunt) and Arthur Stead
album: Brenda K. Starr
Brenda K. Starr What You See Is What You Get 1988 MCA
159 recordlabel: MCA 52007
chartposition: RandB #68, US Dance #6
writtenby: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John, Ashley Ingram and Errol Kennedy
album: Body Talk
comments: [instrumental] charted as Burnin' Up/So Good So Right in US dance charts
Imagination Burnin' Up 1982 MCA
160 recordlabel: Mango 817
chartposition: RandB #87, US #112, UK #19
album: All She Wrote
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Chaka Demus & Pliers I Wanna Be Your Man 1993 Mango
161 recordlabel: Island (UK)
chartposition: UK #20
writtenby: Taio Cruz
album: Departure
Taio Cruz She's Like A Star 2008 Island (UK)
162 recordlabel: MCA 155 911 2
chartposition: UK #19
writtenby: Shaggy, Shaun Pizzonia and Braun Thompson
album: Hot Shot
Shaggy Dance and Shout -- Hope 2001 MCA
163 recordlabel: Pye International 725697(UK)
chartposition: UK #18
writtenby: Herbie Watkins
album: Sheer Elegance
Sheer Elegance Milky Way 1975 Pye International (U
164 recordlabel: Vee Jay 373
chartposition: RandB #12, US #68
writtenby: Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed Close Together 1961 Vee Jay
165 recordlabel: Capitol 79127
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Keith Thomas and BeBe Winans
album: Different Lifestyles
comments: [ballad]
BeBe & CeCe Winans It's O.K. 1992 Capitol
166 recordlabel: Manifesto 40
chartposition: UK #20
writtenby: Todd Terry
comments: [dance]
Todd Terry featuring Martha Wash Ready for a New Day 1998 Manifesto
167 recordlabel: Song Book Digital
chartposition: RandB #12, US #51
writtenby: Trey Songz, Troy Taylor, Tony Scales, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em and Gucci Mane
album: Ready
Trey Songz ft. Gucci Mane & Soulja Boy Tell 'Em LOL 2009 Song Book Digital
168 recordlabel: Kapp 578
chartposition: RandB #12, US #64, US AC #14
writtenby: Shuman and Carr
Ruby & The Romantics Our Everlasting Love 1964 Kapp
169 recordlabel: Warner Bros. / Seven Arts 7298
chartposition: RandB #12, US #67
writtenby: Charles Wright, Al McKay, James Gadson, John Rayford and Melvin Dunlap
album: In the Jungle, Babe
Charles Wright & Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band Till You Get Enough 1969 Warner Bros. / Seven
170 recordlabel: AandM 2766
chartposition: RandB #13, UK 41
writtenby: David Lewis and Wayne Lewis
album: As the Band Turns
Atlantic Starr Silver Shadow 1985 A&M
171 recordlabel: RCA Victor 105004
chartposition: UK #19
writtenby: William Henshall (as Liam Henshall), Jimmy Helms, George Chandler and Jimmy Chambers
album: Speak
Londonbeat 9 A.M. (The Comfort Zone) 1988 RCA Victor
172 recordlabel: Celebration 2379
chartposition: US Dance #4
album: S Beat
Gino Soccio I Wanna Take You There (Now) 1980 Celebration
173 recordlabel: Warner 29580
chartposition: RandB #56, US dance #6
writtenby: Francis Mandin, Frederick Rousseau and Serge Ponsar
album: Back To The Light
comments: [disco funk]
Serge Ponsar Out in the Night 1983 Warner
174 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 402
chartposition: UK #18
writtenby: Craig David, Mark Taylor and Paul Barry
album: The Story Goes...
comments: [slow jam]
Craig David Unbelievable 2006 Warner Bros.
175 recordlabel: Restricted Access 3003
chartposition: RandB #34, US #112, US dance #3
writtenby: Jill Scott and Ronald
album: Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
comments: [neo soul]
Jill Scott Whatever 2004 Restricted Access
176 recordlabel: Columbia 10356
chartposition: RandB #6, US #62
writtenby: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy
album: The More You Do It
Ronnie Dyson The More You Do It (The More I Like It Done to Me) 1976 Columbia
177 recordlabel: Universal (UK)
chartposition: UK #19
writtenby: Enrique Iglesias, Lionel Richie and Paul Barry
album: Encore
Lionel Richie featuring Enrique Iglesias To Love a Woman 2003 Universal (UK)
178 recordlabel: Sony Soho Square 544
chartposition: UK #18
writtenby: Rhianna Kenny
album: Get On
Rhianna Kenny Oh Baby 2002 Sony Soho Square
179 recordlabel: Columbia 2368
chartposition: UK #20
writtenby: Andrew Roachford
album: Feel
Roachford The Way I Feel 1997 Columbia
180 recordlabel: Island
chartposition: RandB #33, US #19, UK #30
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Johnta Austin
album: E=MC²
Mariah Carey Bye Bye 2008 Island
181 recordlabel: Tabu 7241
chartposition: RandB #14, UK #50, US Dance #26
writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Sands of Time
The S.O.S. Band Borrowed Love 1986 Tabu
182 recordlabel: Columbia 10346
chartposition: RandB #6, US #52
writtenby: Billy Nichols
album: Energy to Burn
B.T. Express Can't Stop Groovin' Now, Wanna Do It Some More 1976 Columbia
183 recordlabel: Big Beat 84088
chartposition: US dance #3
writtenby: Alison Moyet
album: From Now On
comments: [dance]
Robin S. Midnight 1997 Big Beat
184 recordlabel: EastWest 98438
chartposition: RandB #78, US 19, UK #48
writtenby: Snow (as Darrin O'Brien), Edmond Leary and MC Shan (as Shawn Moltke)
album: 12 Inches of Snow
Snow Girl, I've Been Hurt 1993 EastWest
185 recordlabel: Kayvette 5122
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Clarence Reid
album: Make Me Feel Like a Woman
Jackie Moore Make Me Feel Like a Woman 1975 Kayvette
186 recordlabel: Tabu 69000
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Between Friends
Rhonda Clark State of Attraction 1989 Tabu
187 recordlabel: RCA 47 7174
chartposition: US #20
writtenby: Beverly Ross and Julius Dixson
Ronald & Ruby Lollipop 1958 RCA
188 recordlabel: Atlantic 8292
chartposition: RandB #6, US #8, UK #59, US dance #29
writtenby: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and C. Wolfe
album: The Chronic
comments: [rap]
Dr. Dre Dre Day 1993 Atlantic
189 recordlabel: AandM 1492
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Billy Preston
album: Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music
Billy Preston You're So Unique 1974 A&M
190 recordlabel: Tamla 54120
chartposition: RandB #11, US #61
writtenby: William
album: The Marvelettes Greatest Hits / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Marvelettes Danger! Heartbreak Dead Ahead 1965 Tamla
191 recordlabel: Solar 9807 (UK)
chartposition: UK #18
writtenby: Janet Cole, Dana Meyers and Leon Sylvers III
album: The Look
Shalamar Disappearing Act 1983 Solar(UK)
192 recordlabel: ABC 11406
chartposition: RandB #6, US #28
writtenby: Dave Crawford and Charles Mann
B.B. King I Like to Live the Love 1973 ABC
193 recordlabel: Germain 1985
chartposition: UK #20
writtenby: Audrey Hall
album: Just You Just Me
comments: [reggae]
Audrey Hall One Dance Won't Do 1986 Germain
194 recordlabel: Manhattan 50011
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Bernard Wright and Lenny White
album: Mr. Wright
Bernard Wright Who Do You Love 1985 Manhattan
195 recordlabel: Sony Soho Square 666516
chartposition: UK #19
writtenby: Des'ree and Ashley Ingram
album: Supernatural
Des'ree What's Your Sign 1998 Sony Soho Square
196 recordlabel: Tamla 54054
chartposition: RandB #13, US #34
writtenby: Robert Bateman, Brian Holland and William Stevens
album: The Marvelettes Sing
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Marvelettes Twistin' Postman 1962 Tamla
197 recordlabel: Champion 12 23 (UK)
chartposition: UK #20
writtenby: Stephon Johnson and Varryl Vano
Raze Jack the Groove 1986 Champion (UK)
198 recordlabel: Aware 043
chartposition: RandB #8, US #109
writtenby: Jimmy Lewis
album: John Edwards
John Edwards Careful Man 1974 Aware
199 recordlabel: MCA 52561
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Gordon Strozier, Gregory Potts, John Eaton and Melvin Riley
album: Ready for the World
comments: [ballad]
Ready for the World Deep Inside Your Love 1985 MCA
200 recordlabel: Columbia 7322
chartposition: RandB #62, US #19, US AC #3
writtenby: Michael Bolton & Eric Kaz
album: The Hunger
comments: [ballad]
Michael Bolton That's What Love Is All About 1987 Columbia

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