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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: ABC Paramount 10530
chartposition: RandB #7, US #39
writtenby: Woodrow Buddy Johnson
album: Sweet and Sour Tears
Ray Charles Baby, Don't You Cry (The New Swingova Rhythm) 1964 ABC Paramount
302 recordlabel: Top and Bottom 401
chartposition: R&B #12, US #50
writtenby: Jerry Jones and Eddie Jackson
Brenda & the Tabulations The Touch of You 1969 Top and Bottom
303 recordlabel: Tabu 68562
chartposition: RandB #28, UK #27, US dance #32
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris) & Terry Lewis
album: Hearsay
Alexander O'Neal (What Can I Say) to Make You Love Me 1988 Tabu
304 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10314
chartposition: RandB #7, US #44
writtenby: Percy Mayfield
Ray Charles At The Club 1962 ABC Paramount
305 recordlabel: Atlantic 1192
chartposition: RandB #12, US #56
writtenby: Chuck Willis
album: King Of The Stroll
comments: [ballad]
Chuck Willis My Life 1958 Atlantic
306 recordlabel: Jayded (UK)
chartposition: UK #23
writtenby: Claude Kelly, Jeremy Skallar, Robert Larow, Jay Sean, Jonathan Perkins
Jay Sean Tonight 2009 Jayded (UK)
307 recordlabel: Magnet 0630 14113 2
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Martin King
album: Deadline For My Memories
Billie Ray Martin Space Oasis 1996 Magnet
308 recordlabel: Columbia 2322(UK)
chartposition: UK #21
writtenby: Terry Britten, Graham Lyle and Conner Reeves
album: Freaky
comments: [love ballad]
MN8 Dreaming 1996 Columbia (UK)
309 recordlabel: Dynamic 128
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Bobby Eli and Vinnie Barrett
album: Sincerely!
comments: [Reggae]
Barry Biggs Three Ring Circus 1977 Dynamic
310 recordlabel: Salsoul 111
chartposition: RandB #11, US #87
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Bunny Sigler
Loleatta Holloway & Bunny Sigler Only You 1978 Salsoul
311 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Sean Paul, Donovan Bennett and Nigel Staff
album: The Trinity
comments: [reggae]
Sean Paul Never Gonna Be the Same 2006 Atlantic
312 recordlabel: EastWest 1592
chartposition: RandB #14, US #39, AC #24
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Harriet Roberts, Simon Franglen
album: Woman To Man
Harriet Temple of Love 1991 EastWest
313 recordlabel: Columbia 74225
chartposition: RandB #7
writtenby: Al B. Sure! and Kevin Deane
album: Alyson Williams
Alyson Williams Can't Have My Man 1992 Columbia
314 recordlabel: Stang 5000
chartposition: RandB #13, US #57
writtenby: Larry Roberts and Sylvia Robinson
The Moments Not on the Outside 1968 Stang
315 recordlabel: ABC 12214
chartposition: RandB #7, US #71
writtenby: Lawrence Payton, Fred Bridges and Mikki (as Mikki Farrow)
album: Catfish
Four Tops Catfish 1976 ABC
316 recordlabel: Talkin' Loud 55(UK)
chartposition: UK #23
writtenby: Jean Paul Maunick and Peter Hinds
album: 100 Degrees and Rising
comments: [jazz funk]
Incognito Everyday 1995 Talkin' Loud (UK)
317 recordlabel: Warner 2757
chartposition: US #36, UK #27, US AC #21
writtenby: Prince and Sheena Easton
album: Batman
comments: [ballad]
Prince with Sheena Easton The Arms of Orion 1989 Warner
318 recordlabel: Stateside 297 (UK)
chartposition: UK #23
writtenby: John Lee Hooker
John Lee Hooker Dimples 1964 Stateside(UK)
319 recordlabel: Cadet 5640
chartposition: RandB #37, US #76, US AC #21
writtenby: John Lennon
album: Mother Nature's Son
Ramsey Lewis Julia 1969 Cadet
320 recordlabel: Tabu 04406
chartposition: RandB #7, US #79, US dance #6
writtenby: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: Fragile
Cherrelle I Didn't Mean to Turn You On 1984 Tabu
321 recordlabel: Atco 6949
chartposition: RandB #14, US #74
writtenby: Jimmy Grant and Allan Felder (as Al Felder)
album: Blue Magic
comments: [sweet soul] [philly sound]
Blue Magic Stop to Start 1973 Atco
322 recordlabel: Ahead Of Our Time 4
chartposition: UK #21, US #32
writtenby: Jonathan More, Matt Black and Reid
album: What's That Noise?
Coldcut featuring Junior Reid Stop This Crazy Thing 1988 Ahead Of Our Time
323 recordlabel: Luma 0099
chartposition: UK #23
writtenby: Michael Münzing (as Benito Benites) and Luca Anzilotti (as John "Virgo" Garrett III)
comments: [re release remix]
Snap! Rhythm Is a Dancer '08 2008 Luma
324 recordlabel: Tabu 69054
chartposition: RandB #7
writtenby: Curtis F. Williams and K. Lynette Patterson
album: Diamonds in the Raw
The S.O.S. Band I'm Still Missing Your Love 1989 Tabu
325 recordlabel: Columbia 2242(UK)
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Tony Swain and Pam Sheyne
album: To the Next Level
MN8 Baby It's You 1995 Columbia (UK)
326 recordlabel: Specialty 584
chartposition: RandB #7
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: John Marascalco and Maybelle Jackson
album: Little Richard
Little Richard Heeby-Jeebies 1956 Specialty
327 recordlabel: Shady 008088
chartposition: RandB #7, US #12, UK #32
writtenby: Eminem, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Ramone Johnson and Luis Resto
album: Eminem Presents the Re Up
Eminem ft. 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, & Cashis You Don't Know 2006 Shady
328 recordlabel: Capitol 5000
chartposition: RandB #7
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Live in New Orleans
comments: [disco funk]
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Running Away 1981 Capitol
329 recordlabel: AandM 00124
chartposition: RandB #32, UK #22
writtenby: Janet Jackson , Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: Design of a Decade
Janet Jackson Twenty Foreplay 1996 A&M
330 recordlabel: Chrysalis 2458
chartposition: RandB #28, UK #46, US Dance #7
writtenby: Monie Love and David Steele
album: Down to Earth
Monie Love Monie in the Middle 1990 Chrysalis
331 recordlabel: Columbia 10255
chartposition: RandB #10, US #76
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Making Music
Bill Withers Make Love to Your Mind 1975 Columbia
332 recordlabel: Violator 237
chartposition: RandB #15, US #36
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: N.O.R.E.
album: N.O.R.E.
Noreaga Superthug (What What) 1998 Violator
333 recordlabel: Stax 222
chartposition: RandB #11, US #85
writtenby: Eddie Floyd and Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)
album: The Queen Alone
Carla Thomas I'll Always Have Faith in You 1967 Stax
334 recordlabel: Capitol 44035
chartposition: RandB #7
writtenby: Paul Laurence
album: Lillo
comments: [ballad]
Lillo Thomas Wanna Make Love (All Night Long) 1987 Capitol
335 recordlabel: Capitol 453
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #77
writtenby: Bruce Wermuth
album: Lillo
Lillo Thomas Downtown 1987 Capitol
336 recordlabel: Go! Beat 146(UK)
chartposition: UK #23
writtenby: Gabrielle, Ben Wolff, Andy Dean and Benjamin Barson
album: Gabrielle
Gabrielle Forget About the World 1996 Go! Beat (UK)
337 recordlabel: EastWest
chartposition: RandB #28, UK #23
writtenby: Gerald Levert, Keith Sweat, Johnny Gill, Melvin Gentry, Boaz Watson and Bobby Lovelace
album: Levert.Sweat.Gill
LSG (Levert, Sweat & Gill) featuring LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes & MC Lyte Curious 1998 EastWest
338 recordlabel: Atlantic 2018
chartposition: RandB #12, US #49
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Eddie Curtis (as Memphis Edward Curtis), Ahmet Ertegun
album: Clyde
Clyde McPhatter Lovey Dovey 1959 Atlantic
339 recordlabel: Atlantic 2028
chartposition: RandB #14, US #38
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield
album: Clyde
Clyde McPhatter Since You've Been Gone 1959 Atlantic
340 recordlabel: EastWest 5874
chartposition: RandB #13, US #53
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Organized Noize and Marqueze Ethridge
album: Mista
Mista Blackberry Molasses 1996 EastWest
341 recordlabel: EMI America 8117
chartposition: RandB #82, US #21, US rock #10
writtenby: Bruce Springsteen
album: On the Line
Gary U.S. Bonds Out of Work 1982 EMI America
342 recordlabel: Calla 141
chartposition: RandB #14, US #22
writtenby: Teddy Vann
The Sandpebbles Love Power 1967 Calla
343 recordlabel: Dakar 623
chartposition: RandB #10, US #60
writtenby: Floyd Smith, Leo Graham and Raymond Haley
album: I Had It All The Time / Tyrone Davis Greatest Hits
Tyrone Davis Could I Forget You 1971 Dakar
344 recordlabel: Vee Jay 248
chartposition: RandB #12, US #65
writtenby: J. Reed
album: Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall / The Best Of Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed The Sun Is Shining 1957 Vee Jay
345 recordlabel: Vee Jay 237
chartposition: RandB #7
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Jimmy Reed, Ewart Abner
album: I'm Jimmy Reed
comments: [blues]
Jimmy Reed Little Rain 1957 Vee Jay
346 recordlabel: Gamble 221
chartposition: RandB #12, US #54
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Intruders Super Hits
The Intruders Slow Drag 1968 Gamble
347 recordlabel: AandM 2250
chartposition: RandB #7
writtenby: Jeffrey Osborne and Sam Dees
album: Shine On
L.T.D. Where Did We Go Wrong 1980 A&M
348 recordlabel: Wild Apache 002
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew
comments: [reggae]
Super Cat featuring The Jack Radics My Girl Josephine 1995 Wild Apache
349 recordlabel: Columbia 68938
chartposition: RandB #16, US Dance #7
writtenby: Full Force
album: Straight to the Sky
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Just Git It Together 1989 Columbia
350 recordlabel: Atco 4069
chartposition: RandB #7, US #33
writtenby: Joe Tex
Joe Tex Men Are Gettin' Scarce 1968 Atco
351 recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2656
chartposition: RandB #7, US #57
writtenby: Taj Mahal
album: Joe Simon's Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
Joe Simon Farther on Down the Road 1970 Sound Stage Seven
352 recordlabel: Island 078
chartposition: RandB #41, US #24, US AC#9, US dance #7
writtenby: E. Daniel & H. Adamson
Wilton Place Street Band Disco Lucy (I Love Lucy Theme) 1977 Island
353 recordlabel: Island 219
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
comments: Paul Hardcastle remix
Third World Now That We've Found Love (remix) 1985 Island
354 recordlabel: Columbia 658774 (UK)
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson Jr. and Al Green
comments: [neo soul]
The Pasadenas Let's Stay Together 1992 Columbia(UK)
355 recordlabel: Warner 17617
chartposition: RandB #10, US #103, US Dance #31
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Naughty
Chaka Khan Clouds 1980 Warner
356 recordlabel: Arista 74321 74849
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Gerry DeVeaux and Craig Ross
album: Black Diamond
Angie Stone Life Story 2000 Arista
357 recordlabel: Casablanca 925
chartposition: RandB #23, US #22
writtenby: Alec R. Costandinos
Love & Kisses Thank God It's Friday 1978 Casablanca
358 recordlabel: Marlin 3330
chartposition: RandB #73, UK #56, US #41
writtenby: Marc Chantereau, Pierre Alain Dahan & Slim Pezin
album: Fly Away
comments: [disco]
Voyage Souvenirs 1978 Marlin
359 recordlabel: Swan 4125
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #7
writtenby: Todoro, Shannon
comments: [instrumental]
The Rebels Wild Weekend 1962 Swan
360 recordlabel: Island 6539 (UK)
chartposition: UK #23
writtenby: Murvin, Perry
comments: [Reggae]
Junior Murvin Police and Thieves 1980 Island(UK)
361 recordlabel: Dakar 4539
chartposition: RandB #78, UK #22
writtenby: Hamilton Bohannon
album: Keep On Dancing
Hamilton Bohannon South African Man 1974 Dakar
362 recordlabel: Digital Download
chartposition: RandB #7, US #1, UK #2
writtenby: Eminem, Alex da Kid, Skylar Grey and Makeba Riddick
album: Recovery
Eminem featuring Rihanna Love The Way You Lie 2010 Digital Download
363 recordlabel: Cadet 5658
chartposition: RandB #13, US #42
writtenby: Otis Redding and Steve Cropper
album: Love Is Blue
The Dells (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay 1969 Cadet
364 recordlabel: Chrysalis 2544
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: David Grant and Peter Martin [Peter Michael Martin]
album: Intuition
Linx Throw Away the Key 1981 Chrysalis
365 recordlabel: Activ 12TV8
chartposition: US Dance #7
writtenby: Saundra Williams
Saundra Williams Unconditionally 1995 Activ TV
366 recordlabel: Imperial 5621
chartposition: RandB #7
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Irving Ashby and Ernie Freeman
comments: instrumental
Ernie Freeman Lost Dreams 1956 Imperial
367 recordlabel: Jamie 1233
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #13, US#63
writtenby: Barbara Lynn Ozen
Barbara Lynn Second Fiddle Girl 1962 Jamie
368 recordlabel: RandB 219 (UK)
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Leee John and Ashley Ingram
album: Trilogy
Imagination Thank You My Love 1984 RandB(UK)
369 recordlabel: Elektra 8337
chartposition: RandB #7
writtenby: Dale DeGroat and Shirley Murdock
album: Let There Be Love
comments: [ballad]
Shirley Murdock In Your Eyes 1991 Elektra
370 recordlabel: Giant 17654
chartposition: RandB #69, US #21
writtenby: Elliot Wolff and Stacey Piersa
album: Now and Forever
comments: [love ballad]
Color Me Badd The Earth, the Sun, the Rain 1996 Giant
371 recordlabel: Giant 18270
chartposition: US #23, UK #65
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis, Bryan Abrams, Kevin Thornton, Mark Calderon and Sam Watt
album: Time and Chance
Color Me Badd Choose 1994 Giant
372 recordlabel: Priority Soundtrack
chartposition: RandB #20, US #22
writtenby: Nelly and Waiel
album: Nellyville
comments: (from the soundtrack to the movie 'Training Day')
Nelly Number 1 2001 Priority Soundtrack
373 recordlabel: Antra 751082
chartposition: RandB #88, US #21
weeksinr&bchart: 9
album: Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey
comments: [hip hop]
Kurupt featuring Natina Reed It's Over 2001 Antra
374 recordlabel: Manifesto 459
chartposition: UK #21
writtenby: Daniele Benati, DJ Lelewel, Marilyn McLeod, Mirko Limoni, Pam Sawyer and Valerio Semplici
comments: [dance, house] sample 'Love Hangover' by Diana Ross
Black Box I Got the Vibration (A Positive Vibration) 1996 Manifesto
375 recordlabel: RandB Records 211
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John and Ashley Ingram
album: In the Heat of the Night
Imagination In the Heat of the Night 1982 RandB Records
376 recordlabel: Marlin 3329
chartposition: RandB #57, US #102, US Dance #7
writtenby: Gregg Diamond
album: Star Cruiser
Gregg Diamond Star Cruiser 1979 Marlin
377 recordlabel: Dash 5044
chartposition: UK #52, US Dance #7
writtenby: Theophilus Coakley (as Theophilus
album: On Fire
T-Connection Let Yourself Go 1978 Dash
378 recordlabel: Manifesto 987 1480 (UK)
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Alex Prince, Gadjo and Serhat Sakin
comments: [dsnce, house]
Gadjo featuring Alexandra Prince So Many Times 2005 Manifesto (UK)
379 recordlabel: Fanfare 16 (UK)
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Wicked
Sinitta I Don't Believe in Miracles 1988 Fanfare(UK)
380 recordlabel: Champion 18
chartposition: RandB #81, UK #21, US #57
writtenby: Will Smith & Jeff Townes
album: Rock the House
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince Girls Ain't Nothing but Trouble 1986 Champion
381 recordlabel: Relativity ‎
chartposition: US dance #5, RandB #112
writtenby: Orville Morgan
album: Look Good
comments: [reggae dancehall]
mpcode: UAQA7Y7xUqI
Johnny P Look Good 1993 Relativity ‎
382 recordlabel: MCA 52491
chartposition: RandB #13, US Dance#7, UK #49
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris) and Terry Lewis
album: Qualifying Heat
Thelma Houston You Used to Hold Me So Tight 1984 MCA
383 recordlabel: Uptown/MCA 3528
chartposition: RandB #39, US #95, UK #23
writtenby: Gerry Goffin, Carole King and Jerry Wexler
album: New York Undercover Soundtrack
comments: [ballad]
Mary J. Blige (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman 1995 Uptown/MCA
384 recordlabel: Atlantic 452722
chartposition: RandB #11, US #91
writtenby: Dick Holler
album: The Best of Wilson Pickett, Vol. II
comments: [ballad] (B side to Sugar Sugar)
Wilson Pickett Cole, Cooke and Redding 1970 Atlantic
385 recordlabel: Brilliant! 10 (UK)
chartposition: UK #23
writtenby: Paul Williams, Roger Nichols
album: Natural High
comments: [reggae]
Bitty McLean We've Only Just Begun 1995 Brilliant!(UK)
386 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 489
chartposition: RandB #47, US #23
writtenby: Dino
album: 24 7
Dino Sunshine 1989 th and Bway
387 recordlabel: RCA Victor 10200
chartposition: RandB #15, US #62, UK #53, US Dance #11
writtenby: Wally Holmes
album: Love Corporation
The Hues Corporation Love Corporation 1975 RCA Victor
388 recordlabel: MCA 1421
chartposition: UK #14
writtenby: Babyface (as Kenny Edmonds), L.A. Reid, Daryl Simmons, Teddy Riley, Gene Griffin and Bobby Brown
Bobby Brown The Free Style Mega-Mix 1990 MCA
389 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Carlton Grant, Godfrey 'Cherry' Ince and Kevin Lyttle
album: Kevin Lyttle
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Kevin Lyttle featuring Spragga Benz Last Drop 2004 Atlantic
390 recordlabel: Goldwax 302
chartposition: RandB #7, US #63
writtenby: O.B. McClinton
album: You Got My Mind Messed Up
James Carr You've Got My Mind Messed Up 1966 Goldwax
391 recordlabel: Specialty 633
chartposition: RandB #15, US #31, UK #22
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Little Richard (as Richard W. Penniman)
album: Little Richard
Little Richard Ooh! My Soul 1958 Specialty
392 recordlabel: Stax 0093
chartposition: RandB #11, US #97
writtenby: Smokey Robinson and Cornelius Grant
album: The Staple Swingers / The Best of The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers You've Got to Earn it 1971 Stax
393 recordlabel: Atlantic 45 2134
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #10, US #28, UK #31
writtenby: Carole King and Gerry Goffin
album: Up on the Roof: The Best of the Drifters
The Drifters When My Little Girl Is Smiling 1962 Atlantic
394 recordlabel: Positiva 28(UK)
chartposition: UK #23
writtenby: Tracie Ackerman, Jon Douglas, Judy Cheeks and Roger Sanchez
album: Respect
Judy Cheeks This Time 1995 Positiva (UK)
395 recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 202
chartposition: RandB #11, US #66
writtenby: Ira Allen
Joe Simon Teenager's Prayer 1966 Sound Stage Seven
396 recordlabel: Def Jam 014780
chartposition: RandB #11, US #75
writtenby: Ne Yo and David Gough
album: Libra Scale
Ne-Yo Champagne Life 2010 Def Jam
397 recordlabel: AandM 0184(UK)
chartposition: UK #23
writtenby: Dina Carroll and Nigel Lowis
album: So Close
comments: [ballad]
Dina Carroll This Time 1993 A&M (UK)
398 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 599(UK)
chartposition: UK #21
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
comments: [Motown Sound] [re release]
Martha (Reeves) & the Vandellas Jimmy Mack 1970 Tamla Motown (UK)
399 recordlabel: Sutra 137
chartposition: RandB #17, US #105, UK #63
writtenby: Kurtis Blow, L. Smith, Davy D, Prince Markie Dee, Kool Rock Ski, Buff Love and S. Abbatiello
album: Fat Boys
comments: [hip hop]
The Fat Boys Jail House Rap 1984 Sutra
400 recordlabel: Syncopate 36
chartposition: UK #53, US Dance #13
writtenby: Marshall Jefferson
album: Brilliant!
Kym Mazelle Useless (I Don't Need You Now) 1988 Syncopate

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