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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
501 recordlabel: Fantasy 863
chartposition: UK #47, US dance #4
writtenby: Patrick Cowley
album: Stars
Sylvester Stars 1979 Fantasy
502 recordlabel: Atlantic 82352
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Bernard Belle and Glenn Jones
album: Here I Go Again
comments: [slow jam]
Glenn Jones I've Been Searchin' (Nobody Like You) 1992 Atlantic
503 recordlabel: Chrysalis 23721
chartposition: RandB #39, UK #25, US Dance #21
writtenby: Anna Jolley, Mark Jolley and Brian Harris
album: Belief
Innocence Let's Push It 1990 Chrysalis
504 recordlabel: Mirage 4032
chartposition: RandB #14, US #80
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
album: Soup for One: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [disco funk]
Chic Soup for One 1982 Mirage
505 recordlabel: Atlantic 11437
chartposition: RandB #35, UK #34, US Dance #8
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden
album: The Dance of Life
comments: [charted as I Shoulda Loved Ya / Tonight I'm All Right in US dance charts]
Narada Michael Walden Tonight I'm All Right 1980 Atlantic
506 recordlabel: Star Trak 51319
chartposition: RandB #40, UK #38, US #86
writtenby: Chad Hugo, Pharrell Williams, Malice and Pusha T
album: Lord Willin'
Clipse featuring Faith Evans Ma, I Don't Love Her 2002 Star Trak
507 recordlabel: Go! Beat 109(UK)
chartposition: UK #24
writtenby: Gabrielle, George McFarlane and St John
album: Find Your Way
Gabrielle Because of You 1994 Go! Beat (UK)
508 recordlabel: Chocolate City 3210
chartposition: RandB #8, US dance #57
writtenby: Larry Blackmon
album: Cameosis
Cameo Shake Your Pants 1980 Chocolate City
509 recordlabel: Fontana 652
chartposition: RandB #12, US #92
writtenby: Don Covay
comments: [deep soul]
Little Richard I Don't Know What You've Got but It's Got Me 1965 Fontana
510 recordlabel: ABC 11170
chartposition: US AC #25
writtenby: Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
Ray Charles When I Stop Dreaming 1969 ABC
511 recordlabel: RCA 11677
chartposition: US dance #5
writtenby: Steve Plotnicki, Eddie Rubin
comments: [disco]
Front Page featuring Sharon Redd Love Insurance 1979 RCA
512 recordlabel: Magnet 81
chartposition: UK #25
writtenby: Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze
album: Madhouse
Silver Convention Everybody's Talkin' 'Bout Love 1977 Magnet
513 recordlabel: Columbia 07257
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Bernard Jackson, David Conley
album: Surface
comments: [slow jam]
Surface Lately 1987 Columbia
514 recordlabel: EastWest
chartposition: RandB #24, UK #45
writtenby: Edwin Nicholas, Keith Sweat and Gerald Levert
album: Levert.Sweat.Gill
LSG (Levert, Sweat & Gill) Door Number 1 1998 EastWest
515 recordlabel: HandL 6105073(UK)
chartposition: UK #24
writtenby: George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore
The Stylistics $7000 and You 1977 HandL (UK)
516 recordlabel: Atlantic 2869
chartposition: RandB #16, US #63
writtenby: George Jackson and Mickey Buckins
Bettye Swann Victim of a Foolish Heart 1972 Atlantic
517 recordlabel: MCA 2976
chartposition: RandB #11, US #115, UK #33, US dance #8
writtenby: Larry Campbell and Jody Watley
album: Intamacy
Jody Watley When a Man Loves a Woman 1994 MCA
518 recordlabel: Great Jones 629
chartposition: US dance #5
writtenby: Kenton Nix
comments: [dance, house]
Chanelle Work That Body 1994 Great Jones
519 recordlabel: EMI Manhattan 50142
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #47, US dance #5
writtenby: Leon Sylvers III (as Leon F. Sylvers III) and Gene Dozier
album: Flirt
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Hold On to What You've Got 1988 EMI Manhattan
520 recordlabel: Atlantic 284000
chartposition: UK #26, R&B #104
writtenby: Sean Hall, London Jones and Tricky Stewart
album: So Many Ways
The Braxtons Slow Flow 1997 Atlantic
521 recordlabel: Atlantic 1100
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Jesse Stone
album: Rockin' The Blues
Joe Turner Lipstick, Powder and Paint 1956 Atlantic
522 recordlabel: ABC 10345
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #14, US #60, US AC #19
writtenby: Ray Charles
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles Careless Love 1962 ABC
523 recordlabel: Casablanca 2235
chartposition: RandB #8, US Dance #69
writtenby: Bootsy Collins (as William Collins), George Clinton and J.S. Theracon
album: Gloryhallastoopid
Parliament Theme from The Black Hole 1980 Casablanca
524 recordlabel: RCA Victor 13765
chartposition: RandB #12, US #107, US dance #34
writtenby: Foster Sylvers, Pamela Phillips Oland and Rickey Smith
album: Face to Face
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Shake Down 1984 RCA Victor
525 recordlabel: Columbia 08014
chartposition: RandB #8, US dance #66
writtenby: Skylark
album: As Good As It Gets
Deniece Williams I Can't Wait 1988 Columbia
526 recordlabel: Columbia 05664
chartposition: UK #99, US Dance #8
writtenby: Amir Bayyan and Meekaaeel Muhammad
album: Sense of Purpose
Third World One More Time 1986 Columbia
527 recordlabel: Capitol
chartposition: RandB #70, UK #25, US AC #15
writtenby: Martin Brammer, Colette Van Sertima and Ben Barson
album: All the Best
Tina Turner Open Arms 2004 Capitol
528 recordlabel: ABC 45 10330
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #14, US #41, US AC #13
writtenby: Frankie Brown
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles Born To Lose 1962 ABC
529 recordlabel: Capitol 20 0547 7
chartposition: RandB #12, US #104
writtenby: Madeline Stone and Sam Lorber
album: Read My Lips
Melba Moore Read My Lips 1985 Capitol
530 recordlabel: Arvee 5020
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #14, US #47
writtenby: Fred Smith, Cliff Goldsmith, Jimmy Eaton, Mickey Leader and Terry Shand
The Olympics Dance by the Light of the Moon 1960 Arvee
531 recordlabel: Chocolate City 3231
chartposition: RandB #12, US #101
writtenby: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins and Charlie Singleton
album: Alligator Woman
comments: [funk]
Cameo Just Be Yourself 1982 Chocolate City
532 recordlabel: Capitol 4493
chartposition: RandB #12, US #72
writtenby: Edmund Sylvers and Leon Sylvers III
album: New Horizons
The Sylvers Any Way You Want Me 1977 Capitol
533 recordlabel: Casablanca 212 1
chartposition: RandB #87, US Dance #8
writtenby: Steven Greenberg and Sandy Atlas
album: Four
comments: [disco dance] charted as Addicted to the Night / Choir Practice in US dance charts
Lipps, Inc. Addicted to the Night -- Choir Practice 1983 Casablanca
534 recordlabel: RCA 9094
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Phillip Gordy and Tyler Collins
album: Girls Nite Out
Tyler Collins Whatcha Gonna Do? 1989 RCA
535 recordlabel: Dakar 4532
chartposition: RandB #11, US #89
writtenby: Leo Graham, John Sibley
album: It's All in the Game
Tyrone Davis What Goes Up (Must Come Down) 1974 Dakar
536 recordlabel: RCA 2673
chartposition: US Dance #8
writtenby: Bill House
album: Never Gonne Let You Go
Vicki Sue Robinson Common Thief 1976 RCA
537 recordlabel: Dial 4033
chartposition: RandB #8, US #67
writtenby: Joe Tex
Joe Tex I Believe I'm Gonna Make It 1966 Dial
538 recordlabel: AandM Digital
chartposition: US #28, UK #108
writtenby: Timbaland, Kerry Hilson
album: PCD
The Pussycat Dolls ft. Timbaland Wait A Minute 2006 A&M Digital
539 recordlabel: MCA 53769
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Angela Winbush
album: Home
comments: [ballad]
Stephanie Mills Comfort of a Man 1990 MCA
540 recordlabel: Lava 931992
chartposition: US AC #4
writtenby: Johnny Marks
album: Silver and Gold
comments: [christmas]
Vanessa Williams Silver and Gold 2004 Lava
541 recordlabel: AandM 2382
chartposition: RandB #10, US #102, US Dance #36
writtenby: Carle Vickers and Jimmie Davis
album: Love Magic
comments: [funk]
L.T.D. Kickin' Back 1981 A&M
542 recordlabel: Solar 69836
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Lakeside
album: Untouchables
comments: [funk]
Lakeside Raid 1983 Solar
543 recordlabel: MCA 54531
chartposition: RandB #46, US #101, UK #26
writtenby: Aqil
album: Hard or Smooth
Wreckx-N-Effect featuring Apache Indian Wreckx Shop 1993 MCA
544 recordlabel: Atco 6726
chartposition: RandB #50, US #27, US AC #3
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: R.B. Greaves
R.B. Greaves Always Something There To Remind Me 1970 Atco
545 recordlabel: Vee Jay 61 1766
chartposition: RandB #16, US #36
writtenby: Ernest Gold
album: Exodus to Jazz
Eddie Harris Exodus 1961 Vee Jay
546 recordlabel: Universal
chartposition: RandB #59, US #24
writtenby: Nelly, Jung Tru, King Jacob, Jazze Pha and Zachary Wallace
album: The Longest Yard: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
comments: [hip hop]
Nelly ft. Jung Tru & King Jacob Errtime 2005 Universal
547 recordlabel: Wand 11263
chartposition: RandB #12, US #65
writtenby: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy
album: Chuck, Helen, Eric, Maurice
The Independents It's All Over 1973 Wand
548 recordlabel: Circa 43
chartposition: RandB #42, US #46, UK #44
writtenby: Ellington Jordan and Billy Foster
album: Feeling Free
Sydney Youngblood I'd Rather Go Blind 1990 Circa
549 recordlabel: Atlantic 1083
chartposition: RandB #8
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Turner
The Clovers Hey, Doll Baby 1956 Atlantic
550 recordlabel: Cash Money
chartposition: RandB #14, US #45
writtenby: Birdman, Chad Hugo, Pharrell Williams, Malice and Pusha T
album: Birdman
comments: [album cut]
Baby (aka Birdman) ft. Clipse What Happened To That Boy 2002 Cash Money
551 recordlabel: Capitol 79168
chartposition: US dance #5
writtenby: Terry Britten and Graham Lyle
album: Break Every Rule
Tina Turner Afterglow 1987 Capitol
552 recordlabel: Orange Records 02
chartposition: UK #25
Isotonik Everywhere I Go -- Let's Get Down 1992 Orange Records
553 recordlabel: Chrysalis 3(UK)
chartposition: UK #24
writtenby: David Grant and Derek Bramble
album: David Grant
David Grant Love Will Find a Way 1983 Chrysalis (UK)
554 recordlabel: Roc A Fella 574923
chartposition: RandB #37, US #95, UK #25
writtenby: Jay Z and Daven
album: In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
Jay-Z featuring Babyface & Foxy Brown Sunshine 1997 Roc A Fella
555 recordlabel: Tamla 54053
chartposition: RandB #16, US #35
writtenby: William Robinson
album: I'll Try Something New
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles What's So Good About Good-By 1962 Tamla
556 recordlabel: Parkway 822
chartposition: US #24
writtenby: Dave Appell and Kal Mann
album: Chubby Checker's Biggest Hits
Chubby Checker (Dance The) Mess Around 1961 Parkway
557 recordlabel: Capitol 44510
chartposition: UK #31, US AC #8
writtenby: Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly
album: Foreign Affair
Tina Turner Look Me In The Heart 1990 Capitol
558 recordlabel: ABC 12150
chartposition: RandB #10, US #87
writtenby: Tony Hester
album: Drama V
The Dramatics You're Fooling You 1976 ABC
559 recordlabel: El Cartel 006476
chartposition: RandB #89, US #24
writtenby: Daddy Yankee and Eddie Dee
album: Barrio Fino en Directo
Daddy Yankee Rompe 2005 El Cartel
560 recordlabel: Capitol 15905(UK)
chartposition: UK #25
writtenby: Freddie Perren and Keni St. Lewis
album: Sky High!
Tavares Mighty Power of Love 1977 Capitol (UK)
561 recordlabel: Atlantic 452584
chartposition: RandB #36, US #24
writtenby: Eddie Brigati & Felix Cavaliere
album: Freedom Suite
The Rascals A Ray of Hope 1968 Atlantic
562 recordlabel: RCA 13811
chartposition: RandB #10, US Dance #41
writtenby: Dana Meyers, Dominick Leslie and Wardell Potts
album: Words and Music
comments: [disco funk]
Tavares Deeper in Love 1983 RCA
563 recordlabel: Argo 5390
chartposition: RandB #14, US #50
writtenby: Floyd Hunt
album: The Second Time Around
Etta James Fool That I Am 1961 Argo
564 recordlabel: Arista 74321
chartposition: UK #25
writtenby: Soulshock, Kenneth Karlin and Tamara Savage
album: My Love Is Your Love
Whitney Houston ft. Faith Evans & Kelly Price Heartbreak Hotel 2000 Arista
565 recordlabel: Caribou 9017
chartposition: RandB #62, UK #25, US AC #14
writtenby: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
album: Together
O.C. Smith Together 1977 Caribou
566 recordlabel: Island 3145726111
chartposition: RandB #34, US #112, UK #26
writtenby: Daron Jones, Michael Keith, Q [Quinnes Parker], Kelly Price , Slim and Courtney Sills
album: Soul of a Woman
Kelly Price Secret Love 1999 Island
567 recordlabel: Mango 7806
chartposition: RandB #84, UK #26, US Dance #55
writtenby: David Joseph and Colin Allen
comments: [disco funk]
David Joseph Let's Live It Up (Nite People) 1983 Mango
568 recordlabel: Dakar 621
chartposition: RandB #12, US #58
writtenby: Jean Dollison
album: Turn Back the Hands of Time
comments: [southern soul]
Tyrone Davis Let Me Back in 1970 Dakar
569 recordlabel: Elektra 69426
chartposition: RandB #14, US #89, UK #85, US AC #8
writtenby: Lamont Dozier
album: Positive
comments: [ballad]
Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle Without You (Leonard VI Theme) 1987 Elektra
570 recordlabel: Atco 6064
chartposition: RandB #8
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
album: The Coasters
The Coasters Down in Mexico 1956 Atco
571 recordlabel: Fascination 1001
chartposition: US #24
writtenby: Jerry Carr
The Mello-Tones Rosie Lee 1957 Fascination
572 recordlabel: Def Jam Digital
chartposition: RandB #15, US #24
writtenby: Ludacris, Jean Claude Olivier, Sam Barnes, Alexander Mosely and Theo Bowen
album: Theater of the Mind
Ludacris co-starring T-Pain One More Drink 2008 Def Jam Digital
573 recordlabel: Scram 117
chartposition: RandB #13, US #73
writtenby: Scramuzza, Bocage
Eddie Bo Hook and Sling, Pt. 1 1969 Scram
574 recordlabel: Swan 4255
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #12, US #87
writtenby: Tom Shannon, Carl Cisco and Nick Ameno
comments: [instrumental]
The Buena Vistas Hot Shot 1966 Swan
575 recordlabel: Handshake 5300
chartposition: RandB #76, UK #39, US #63
writtenby: William Robinson, Ronald White
Amii Stewart & Johnny Bristol My Guy--My Girl 1980 Handshake
576 recordlabel: Stax 208
chartposition: RandB #16, US #79, UK #42
writtenby: Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd and Al Bell
album: Knock on Wood / Rare Stamps
Eddie Floyd Raise Your Hand 1967 Stax
577 recordlabel: Universal 1838 11
chartposition: RandB #51, UK #36, US #103
writtenby: Alan Tew (sample), Jason Epperson and Nelly
album: Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention
comments: [hip hop]
Nelly Iz U 2003 Universal
578 recordlabel: Def Jam 74172
chartposition: RandB #14, US #42, US dance #41
writtenby: Erick Sermon and PMD (as Parrish Smith)
album: Business Never Personal
EPMD Crossover 1992 Def Jam
579 recordlabel: Atlantic 2079
chartposition: RandB #9
writtenby: Carmen Taylor and Willis Carroll
The Cookies In Paradise 1956 Atlantic
580 recordlabel: Def Jam 004631
chartposition: RandB #14, US #67
album: Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101
comments: [hip hop]
Young Jeezy ft. Mannie Fresh And Then What 2005 Def Jam
581 recordlabel: Arista 112 016
chartposition: RandB #14, UK #63, US Dance #35
writtenby: Norman Whitfield and William Bryant
album: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
The Gap Band I'm Gonna Git You Sucka 1989 Arista
582 recordlabel: Island 1380
chartposition: RandB #24, UK #26
writtenby: Mike Leeson and Peter Vale
album: So Good
Mica Paris Breathe Life Into Me 1988 Island
583 recordlabel: DreamWorks
chartposition: RandB #14, US #49
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: Body Kiss
comments: [slow jam] [album cut]
The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley What Would You Do? 2003 DreamWorks
584 recordlabel: Warner 8249
chartposition: RandB #26, UK #51, US Dance #8
writtenby: Dave Crawford
album: Young Hearts Run Free
comments: charted as Young Hearts Run Free / Run to Me / Destiny in US dance charts
Candi Staton Run to Me 1976 Warner
585 recordlabel: Wildstar 13 (UK)
chartposition: UK #25
writtenby: Hank Hughes, McCubin, Vasos Stavrou and Joycelyn Phillips
album: Right Here Right Now
mpcode: NE1nx0DdDJU
Fierce Right Here Right Now 1999 Wildstar(UK)
586 recordlabel: Tamla 54065
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Freddie Gorman
album: Playboy
comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to Beechwood 4 5789
The Marvelettes Someday, Someway 1962 Tamla
587 recordlabel: AandM 31458 0071
chartposition: US Dance #5, US #102
writtenby: D'Mosis, Malaika and Rodney K. Jackson
album: Sugar Time
comments: [dance, garage house]
Malaika So Much Love 1992 A&M
588 recordlabel: Buddah 564
chartposition: US #27, UK #51, US dance #4
writtenby: Gregg Diamond
album: White Witch
comments: [disco]
Andrea True Connection N.Y., You Got Me Dancing 1977 Buddah
589 recordlabel: Shady
chartposition: RandB #23, US #44, UK #24
writtenby: Cent and Scott Storch
album: Before I Self Destruct
50 Cent Get Up 2008 Shady
590 recordlabel: MCA 54151
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Aaron Hall, Teddy Riley and Dave Way
album: The Future
comments: [new jack swing]
Guy D-O-G Me Out 1991 MCA
591 recordlabel: Universal 40434
chartposition: RandB #14, US #69
writtenby: Young Rome, Rico Love, Dwayne Nesmith, Pierre Medor and Rufus Moore
album: Naked
comments: [hip hop]
Marques Houston ft. Young Rome All Because Of You 2005 Universal
592 recordlabel: Hot Wax 6902
chartposition: US #26
writtenby: Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland (as part of Edythe Wayne), Lamont Dozier (as part of Edythe Wayne)
album: Westbound #9
The Flaming Ember Mind, Body and Soul 1969 Hot Wax
593 recordlabel: Warner 16806
chartposition: US Dance #8
writtenby: Dave Crawford
album: Young Hearts Run Free
comments: charted as Young Hearts Run Free / Run to Me / Destiny in US dance charts
Candi Staton Destiny 1976 Warner
594 recordlabel: Sleeping Bag 29
chartposition: RandB #70, US Dance #8
writtenby: Peitor Angell
album: Over the Rainbow
Nocera Let's Go 1987 Sleeping Bag
595 recordlabel: WEA 239
chartposition: UK #26
album: In Return
Shola Ama Still Believe 1999 WEA
596 recordlabel: Capitol 44300
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Keith Thomas and BeBe Winans
album: Heaven
comments: [ballad]
BeBe & CeCe Winans Lost without You 1989 Capitol
597 recordlabel: Capitol 44490
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Roman Johnson, Ronnie Wilson, Charles Wilson and Aldyn St. Jon
album: Round Trip
comments: [new jack swing]
The Gap Band Addicted to Your Love 1990 Capitol
598 recordlabel: Arista 613 168 (UK)
chartposition: UK #25
album: Affection
Lisa Stansfield What Did I Do to You 1990 Arista (UK)
599 recordlabel: Manhattan 44374
chartposition: RandB #8, US Dance #24
writtenby: Gary Brown and Steve Cullo
album: D'atra Hicks
D'atra Hicks Sweet Talk 1989 Manhattan
600 recordlabel: Island
chartposition: UK #26
writtenby: Taio Cruz
album: Departure
Taio Cruz Moving On 2007 Island

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