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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
801 recordlabel: Pye International 25586
chartposition: UK #29
writtenby: Labi Siffre
Labi Siffre Watch Me 1972 Pye International
802 recordlabel: Imperial 5427
chartposition: RandB #13, US #89
writtenby: Buddy Knox and Jimmy Bowen
Roy Brown Party Doll 1957 Imperial
803 recordlabel: Fantasy
chartposition: US Dance #9
writtenby: Lincoln Ross
album: The Blackbyrds
The Blackbyrds Gut Level 1974 Fantasy
804 recordlabel: Diamond 218
chartposition: RandB #13, US #96
writtenby: Alan Copeland, Ben Pollack, Bill Norvas, George Brunies, Leon Roppolo, Mel Stitzel, Paul Mares
Johnny Thunder & Ruby Winters Make Love to Me 1967 Diamond
805 recordlabel: Warner 49821
chartposition: UK #18
writtenby: Tony Joe White
album: Secret Combination
comments: [ballad]
Randy Crawford Rainy Night in Georgia 1981 Warner
806 recordlabel: Fantasy 787
chartposition: RandB #15, US #95
writtenby: Keith Killgo
album: Unfinished Business
The Blackbyrds Time Is Movin' 1977 Fantasy
807 recordlabel: EMI Manhattan 46
chartposition: UK #28
writtenby: Jerry Knight and Aaron Zigman
album: Everlasting
Natalie Cole Everlasting 1988 EMI Manhattan
808 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 19
chartposition: RandB #48, UK #29
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Donald Robinson, McKinley Horton and Michael Forte
album: Cashmere
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Cashmere Can I 1984 th and Bway
809 recordlabel: Vee Jay 703
chartposition: RandB #12, US #96
writtenby: Richard Parker
Fred Hughes You Can't Take It Away 1965 Vee Jay
810 recordlabel: Atco/WMOT 7031
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Ted Mills
album: Thirteen Blue Magic Lane
Blue Magic Chasing Rainbows 1975 Atco/WMOT
811 recordlabel: Rush Associated 74166
chartposition: RandB #17, US #44
writtenby: Greg Nice, Smooth B and Tracy Chapman (sample)
album: Ain't a Damn Thing Changed
comments: [hip hop] samples Tracy Chapman ~ 'Fast Car'
Nice & Smooth Sometimes I Rhyme Slow 1992 Rush Associated
812 recordlabel: Poe Boy Digital
chartposition: US #9, UK #29, RandB #105
writtenby: Flo Rida, will.i.am and Tony Butler
album: Mail on Sunday
Flo Rida featuring will.i.am In the Ayer 2008 Poe Boy Digital
813 recordlabel: Maxwell 805
chartposition: RandB #14, US #51
writtenby: Van McCoy and Joe Cobb
album: Faith, Hope and Charity
comments: [dance]
Faith, Hope & Charity So Much Love 1970 Maxwell
814 recordlabel: Columbia 10548
chartposition: UK #27
writtenby: Jack Robinson and James Bolden
album: Rendezvous
Tina Charles Rendezvous 1977 Columbia
815 recordlabel: Imperial 5454
chartposition: RandB #14, US #29
writtenby: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
album: Let's Dance with Domino
Fats Domino When I See You 1957 Imperial
816 recordlabel: Atlantic 84142
chartposition: RandB #53, US dance #6, US #111
writtenby: BeBe Winans, Rhett Lawrence, Travon Potts
album: BeBe Winans
comments: [gospel, dance]
BeBe Winans Thank You 1998 Atlantic
817 recordlabel: Columbia 11398
chartposition: RandB #12, US #109
writtenby: Leo Graham and Paul Richmond
The Manhattans I'll Never Find Another (Find Another Like You) 1980 Columbia
818 recordlabel: Parkway 838
chartposition: RandB #28, US #27
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Robert Lewis and Johnny Styles
The Dovells Bristol Twistin' Annie 1962 Parkway
819 recordlabel: Warner 49030
chartposition: RandB #9
writtenby: David Garner
album: So Soon We Change
David Ruffin Break My Heart 1979 Warner
820 recordlabel: Vanguard 82
chartposition: US Dance #6
writtenby: Alexandra Forbes
album: Alisha
Alisha Too Turned On 1985 Vanguard
821 recordlabel: Imperial 5375
chartposition: RandB #9
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino), Dave Bartholomew
Fats Domino Don't Blame It on Me 1956 Imperial
822 recordlabel: Vee Jay 183
chartposition: RandB #9
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Ewart Abner, Nathaniel Montague
The Magnificents Up on the Mountain 1956 Vee Jay
823 recordlabel: Columbia 69204
chartposition: RandB #85, UK #29, US Dance #19
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Prince
album: Private Waters in the Great Divide
Kid Creole & the Coconuts The Sex Of It 1990 Columbia
824 recordlabel: Def Jam Digital
chartposition: RandB #9, US #41
writtenby: Rick Ross, Drumma Boy, Nelly and Avery Storm
album: Trilla
Rick Ross ft. Avery Storm & Nelly Here I Am 2008 Def Jam Digital
825 recordlabel: Elektra 69415
chartposition: RandB #9
album: Forever and Ever
Howard Hewett Strange Relationship 1988 Elektra
826 recordlabel: ABC 12280
chartposition: RandB #18
writtenby: Bobby Bland and Al Braggs
album: Reflections in Blue
Bobby Bland The Soul of a Man 1977 ABC
827 recordlabel: Sleeping Bag 001
chartposition: UK #49, US Dance #9
writtenby: Leroy Burgess and James Calloway
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Class Action Weekend 1982 Sleeping Bag
828 recordlabel: Dunhill/ABC 4379
chartposition: RandB #17, US #69
writtenby: James D. Odom
album: His California Album
Bobby Bland Goin' Down Slow 1974 Dunhill/ABC
829 recordlabel: Chrysalis 58438
chartposition: RandB #93, UK #28
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Branford Marsalis, DJ Premier, Guru, Bahamadia, Chaka Khan and Damian Holland
album: Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2
Guru featuring Chaka Khan Watch What You Say 1995 Chrysalis
830 recordlabel: Capitol 44500
chartposition: RandB #9
writtenby: John Rosamond Johnson and James Weldon Johnson
album: Soul Exposed
Melba Moore Lift Every Voice and Sing 1990 Capitol
831 recordlabel: EastWest 98652
chartposition: US #28
writtenby: Elliot Erickson and Frederick Thomas
album: Natural Selection
mpcode: YXsyLyvfTfM
Natural Selection Hearts Don't Think (They Feel) 1991 EastWest
832 recordlabel: Atlantic 1080
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Jesse Stone (as Charles E. Calhoun)
comments: [blues]
Joe Turner & His Blues Kings Morning, Noon and Night 1956 Atlantic
833 recordlabel: Manhattan 50058
chartposition: RandB #9
writtenby: R.J. Rice (as The Wiz) and DeDe Leitta
album: Hold On
comments: [beat ballad]
R.J.s Latest Arrival Hold On 1987 Manhattan
834 recordlabel: Parkway 891
chartposition: RandB #35, US #19, US AC #8
writtenby: Norma Mendoza and Jimmy Wisner
album: Somewhere
The Tymes Somewhere 1963 Parkway
835 recordlabel: Terror Squad 4229
chartposition: RandB #26, US #28
writtenby: DJ Khaled, Akon, D.Carter, B.Williams, T.I., Fat Joe, William Roberts and F.N.Hil
album: We the Best
DJ Khaled ft. Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Lil Wayne & Birdman We Takin' Over 2007 Terror Squad
836 recordlabel: Elektra 47246
chartposition: RandB #13, US #92
writtenby: Ralph MacDonald, William Eaton and William Salter
album: Come Morning
comments: [jazz funk]
Grover Washington, Jr. Be Mine (Tonight) 1982 Elektra
837 recordlabel: Stang 5023
chartposition: RandB #14, US #71
writtenby: George Kerr and Sylvia Robinson
album: Introducing the Whatnauts
The Whatnauts I'll Erase Away Your Pain 1971 Stang
838 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10527
chartposition: RandB #9
writtenby: B.B. King, Joe Josea and Maxwell Davis
B.B. King Please Accept My Love 1958 ABC Paramount
839 recordlabel: RocAFella 573786
chartposition: RandB #15, US #53
weeksinr&bchart: 26
album: Ghetto Cyrano
comments: [slow jam]
Christion Full Of Smoke 1997 RocAFella
840 recordlabel: Swagg Team 75093
chartposition: RandB #17, US #49
writtenby: Keithian Cherry, Marcus Dinkins, Telson Flowers, Matthew Griffith, Decory Kenner and Charles Smith
GS Boyz Stanky Legg 2009 Swagg Team
841 recordlabel: Lamp 2005
chartposition: RandB #15, US #48
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Allen Bunn
comments: [love ballad]
The Lovers Darling It's Wonderful 1957 Lamp
842 recordlabel: Imperial 66123
chartposition: RandB #13, US #92
writtenby: Nathaniel Nathan and Leon Haywood
Leon Haywood She's with Her Other Love 1965 Imperial
843 recordlabel: Class 254
chartposition: RandB #14, US #67
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Paul Clifton and Eugene Church
Eugene Church Miami 1959 Class
844 recordlabel: Atlantic 1191
chartposition: RandB #13, US #94
writtenby: Ivory Joe Hunter
album: Ivory Joe Hunter's Golden Hits
comments: [blues soul]
Ivory Joe Hunter Yes, I Want You 1958 Atlantic
845 recordlabel: Imperial 5389
chartposition: RandB #9
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King
Smiley Lewis Please Listen to Me 1956 Imperial
846 recordlabel: Legrand 1012
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #29, US #28
writtenby: Anderson, Barge
Gary U.S. Bonds School Is In 1962 Legrand
847 recordlabel: Tamla 54230
chartposition: RandB #13, US #87
writtenby: Leonard Caston and Anita Poree
album: People... Hold On
comments: [Motown Sound]
Eddie Kendricks Girl You Need a Change of Mind (Part 1) 1973 Tamla
848 recordlabel: Kapp 899
chartposition: RandB #14, US #42
writtenby: Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion (as Joseph Darion)
The Hesitations The Impossible Dream 1968 Kapp
849 recordlabel: Manhattan 50074
chartposition: RandB #11, US Dance #28
writtenby: Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers and Robin Smith
album: Start Over
Cheryl Lynn If You Were Mine 1987 Manhattan
850 recordlabel: Zac 033 95
chartposition: UK #17
writtenby: Bobby Brown, Gene Griffin and Teddy Riley
album: Remixes n the Key of B
Bobby Brown My Prerogative (remix) 1995 Zac
851 recordlabel: Elektra 69815
chartposition: RandB #64, UK #29
writtenby: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John and Ashley Ingram
album: Scandalous
Imagination Looking at Midnight 1983 Elektra
852 recordlabel: RCA 62192
chartposition: RandB #66, US #27
writtenby: Oliver Leiber
album: Stacy Earl
Stacy Earl Romeo and Juliet 1992 RCA
853 recordlabel: United Artists 1120
chartposition: RandB #18, US 104
writtenby: R. Muller
album: Brass Construction III
comments: [funk]
Brass Construction L-O-V-E-U 1978 United Artists
854 recordlabel: Young Mogul Digital
chartposition: RandB #13, US #29
writtenby: V.I.C., Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, Jonathan Wright, Jonathan Dumas and Mr.Collipark
album: Beast
V.I.C. Get Silly 2008 Young Mogul Digital
855 recordlabel: Danzalot 72392 75373
chartposition: RandB #28, US #28
writtenby: 12 Gauge
12 Gauge Dunkie Butt (Please Please Please) 1994 Danzalot
856 recordlabel: Imperial 66197
chartposition: RandB #12, US #95
writtenby: Ed Levert
The O'Jays Stand in for Love 1966 Imperial
857 recordlabel: Crajon 48204
chartposition: RandB #14, US #105
writtenby: Denise LaSalle (as Ora Denise Jones)
Bill Coday Get Your Lie Straight 1971 Crajon
858 recordlabel: Dash 5036
chartposition: US dance #5
writtenby: Ish Ledesma (as Ismael Ledesma), Carl Driggs and Gille Garcia
Foxy The Way You Do the Things You Do 1977 Dash
859 recordlabel: Atlantic 2623
chartposition: US #31, US AC #3
writtenby: Bergman, Bergman, Legrand
album: Dusty in Memphis
Dusty Springfield The Windmills of Your Mind 1969 Atlantic
860 recordlabel: Stax 187
chartposition: UK #31
writtenby: Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper and Wayne Jackson
album: Rare Stamps
Eddie Floyd Things Get Better 1967 Stax
861 recordlabel: Pye International 25732
chartposition: RandB #54, US #61, US Dance #10
writtenby: Merria Ross
album: Let's Get It Together
El Coco Let's Get It Together 1976 Pye International
862 recordlabel: Era 3099
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #14, US #82
writtenby: Erik Darling and Willard Svanoe
The Moments Walk Right In 1963 Era
863 recordlabel: Cadet 5541
chartposition: UK #31
writtenby: Lewis
comments: [re release] [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis Wade In The Water 1972 Cadet
864 recordlabel: Casablanca 900
chartposition: RandB #14, US #102
writtenby: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Garry Shider
album: Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome
Parliament Bop Gun (Endangered Species) 1977 Casablanca
865 recordlabel: Atlantic 4010
chartposition: RandB #48, US Dance #10
writtenby: Greg Radford, Wesley Thomas and Tomorrow's Edition
album: A Song For Everyone
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Tomorrow's Edition U Turn Me On 1982 Atlantic
866 recordlabel: Stax 601032
chartposition: RandB #16, US #68
writtenby: Don Davis, Fred Briggs and Kent Barker
Carla Thomas Pick Up the Pieces 1967 Stax
867 recordlabel: Vee Jay 186
chartposition: RandB #10
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed Can't Stand to See You Go 1956 Vee Jay
868 recordlabel: Shady Brook 1041
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Larry Farrow & Carolyn Johns
album: Turn On the Lights Be Happy
Kellee Patterson If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It 1977 Shady Brook
869 recordlabel: RCA 11222
chartposition: RandB #14, US #103
writtenby: Allan Toussaint
album: We're All in This Together
Chocolate Milk Girl Callin' 1978 RCA
870 recordlabel: Dakar 614
chartposition: RandB #10, US #63
writtenby: Carl Davis, Eugene Record and Barbara Acklin
Otis Leavill I Love You 1969 Dakar
871 recordlabel: Baton 218
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Sheb Wooley and Homer Escamilla
album: Don't Hurt Me
Ann Cole Are You Satisfied 1956 Baton
872 recordlabel: Bad Boy
chartposition: RandB #15, US #50
comments: [rap]
Bad Boy's Da Band Bad Boy This Bad Boy That 2003 Bad Boy
873 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 440 553
chartposition: RandB #10, US #101
writtenby: Darryl Gibson (as Positive K) and Big Daddy Kane
album: The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills
Positive K Night Shift 1992 th and Bway
874 recordlabel: Atlantic 3373
chartposition: RandB #10, US #85
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Sparkle
Aretha Franklin Look Into Your Heart 1977 Atlantic
875 recordlabel: Atlantic 2308
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #14, US #94
writtenby: Larry Harrison, Jimmy Williams and Solomon Burke
Solomon Burke Only Love (Can Save Me Now) 1965 Atlantic
876 recordlabel: Specialty 633
chartposition: RandB #15, US #68
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Dorothy LaBostrie (as Dorothy La Bostrie), Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: Here's Little Richard
Little Richard True, Fine Mama 1958 Specialty
877 recordlabel: Savoy 1162
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Rose Marie McCoy
mpcode: nUhlxxLZ7P4
Nappy Brown Pitter Patter 1956 Savoy
878 recordlabel: Solar 69659
chartposition: RandB #16, US #80, US Dance #19
writtenby: Belinda Lipscomb, Bo Watson, Melvin Gentry, Kenneth Gant and Vincent Calloway
album: Planetary Invasion
Midnight Star Scientific Love 1985 Solar
879 recordlabel: Arista 0231
chartposition: RandB #14, US #102
writtenby: Bettye Crutcher
album: Shirley Brown
Shirley Brown Blessed Is the Woman (With a Man Like Mine) 1977 Arista
880 recordlabel: Tamla 54097
chartposition: RandB #16, US #48
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: The Marvelettes Greatest Hits
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Marvelettes You're My Remedy 1964 Tamla
881 recordlabel: Manifesto 62 (UK)
chartposition: UK #31, US dance #10
writtenby: Ed Matthews, Junior Sanchez and Dajae
comments: [dance, house]
Junior Sanchez featuring Dajae B With U 1999 Manifesto(UK)
882 recordlabel: Solar 15433
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Belinda Lipscomb, Bill Simmons, Bo Watson, Bobby Lovelace, Jeff Cooper, Kenneth Gant and Melvin Gentry
album: Midnight Star
Midnight Star Snake in the Grass 1988 Solar
883 recordlabel: AandM 364
chartposition: UK #30
writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
Sam Moore & Lou Reed Soul Man 1987 A&M
884 recordlabel: Tamla 1615
chartposition: RandB #17, US #60, US AC #32
writtenby: Gary Goetzman and Mike Piccirillo
album: Yes It's You Lady
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson Old Fashioned Love 1982 Tamla
885 recordlabel: Stang 5003
chartposition: RandB #13, US #90
writtenby: Sylvia Robinson and Bert Keyes
comments: [Sweet Soul]
The Moments Sunday 1969 Stang
886 recordlabel: Casablanca 834
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Norma Toney
Jeannie Reynolds The Phones Been Jumping All Day 1975 Casablanca
887 recordlabel: Atlantic 2378
chartposition: RandB #15, US #64
writtenby: Alexander
comments: [deep soul]
Solomon Burke Keep a Light in the Window Till I Come Home 1967 Atlantic
888 recordlabel: Columbia 03814
chartposition: RandB #15, US #76
writtenby: Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn and Maurice White
album: Powerlight
comments: [disco funk]
Earth, Wind & Fire Side by Side 1983 Columbia
889 recordlabel: Mirage 99631
chartposition: RandB #26, US #103, UK #46, US Dance #25
writtenby: Curtis Josephs and Ed Chisolm
album: Do You Wanna Get Away
Shannon Stronger Together 1985 Mirage
890 recordlabel: Larc 81015
chartposition: RandB #15, US #70
writtenby: L. Simon Jr., M. Sanders and K. Carney
album: Bottom's Up
comments: [disco funk]
The Chi-Lites Bottom's Up 1983 Larc
891 recordlabel: Def Jam
chartposition: UK #31, RandB #60, US #120
writtenby: Big Boi, Scott Storch, Cutty Cartel, Christopher Carmouche, Nellee Hooper, Jazzie B, Caron Wheeler
album: Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Big Boi Featuring Cutty Shutterbugg 2010 Def Jam
892 recordlabel: Salsoul 2063
chartposition: RandB #53, US #65, US Dance #10
writtenby: Judy Cheeks, Anthony Monn and R.L. Williams
album: Mellow Lovin'
Judy Cheeks Mellow Lovin' 1978 Salsoul
893 recordlabel: Positiva 7243 8 82145(UK)
chartposition: UK #30
writtenby: Desmond Child, Diane Warren, Louise Bailey, Judy Cheeks, Andy Lee and Peter Lee
album: Respect
comments: [ballad]
Judy Cheeks You're the Story of My Life 1995 Positiva (UK)
894 recordlabel: Capitol 668(UK)
chartposition: RandB #32, UK #32
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert
album: Time for Love
Freddie Jackson Me and Mrs Jones 1992 Capitol (UK)
895 recordlabel: MCA 52959
chartposition: RandB #10, US dance #9
writtenby: Freddie Perren, Christine Perren and Richard Wyatt Jr.
album: Running Scared: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
New Edition Once in a Lifetime Groove 1986 MCA
896 recordlabel: Tabu 587 714
chartposition: RandB #26, UK #32
writtenby: Terry Coffey and Jon Nettlesbey
album: Love Makes no Sense
Alexander O'Neal In the Middle 1993 Tabu
897 recordlabel: Champion 310
chartposition: US #103, UK #48, US dance #10
writtenby: Kevin McCord
album: Show Me Love
comments: [dance, house]
Robin S. I Want to Thank You 1994 Champion
898 recordlabel: Hidden Beach 670527
chartposition: RandB #28, US #115, UK #30
writtenby: Jill Scott and Vidal Davis
album: Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
comments: [slow jam]
Jill Scott Gettin' in the Way 2000 Hidden Beach
899 recordlabel: Cactus 51
chartposition: UK #32
writtenby: Rupie Edwards
comments: Reggae
Rupie Edwards Leggo Skanga 1975 Cactus
900 recordlabel: Dial 4003
chartposition: RandB #10, US #51
writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis], Gwen Gordy, Berry Gordy and Marv Johnson
Joe Tex You Got What It Takes 1965 Dial

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