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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.
(Search on 'A' returned 18517 results)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
1 recordlabel: Island 6645
chartposition: RandB #31, US #31
writtenby: Gerald Mims
album: Swingin'
comments: [slow jam]
Dino Gentle 1990 Island
2 recordlabel: JAD 5030948 (UK)
chartposition: UK #32
writtenby: Estelle (as Estelle Swaray) and Colin Emmanuel
album: The 18th Day
Estelle Go Gone 2005 JAD(UK)
3 recordlabel: Atlantic 88814
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Paul Kyser, Robert Youngblood and Terry Tate
album: Terry Tate
comments: [beat ballad]
Terry Tate Babies Having Babies 1989 Atlantic
4 recordlabel: Atco 6153
chartposition: RandB #17, US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
album: Coast Along With The Coasters
The Coasters What About Us 1959 Atco
5 recordlabel: Cadet 5662
chartposition: US AC #32
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) and Sylvia Moy
album: Another Voyage
comments: [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis My Cherie Amour 1970 Cadet
6 recordlabel: Antilles 866 332
chartposition: UK #32
writtenby: Miles Davis
album: The Antidote
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Ronny Jordan So What 1992 Antilles
7 recordlabel: United Artists 50946
chartposition: RandB #16, US #51
writtenby: Neil Diamond
album: Understanding...
Bobby Womack Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed so Good) 1972 United Artists
8 recordlabel: Gibraltar 101
chartposition: RandB #14, US #90
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Otis Blackwell
comments: [ballad]
Jimmy Barnes No Regrets 1959 Gibraltar
9 recordlabel: Columbia 10684
chartposition: RandB #12, US #102
writtenby: Leo Graham
album: I Can't Go On This Way
Tyrone Davis Get On Up (Disco) 1978 Columbia
10 recordlabel: Warner 8825
chartposition: RandB #79, UK #18, US #4, US AC #20
writtenby: Rickie Lee Jones
album: Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones Chuck E.'s in Love 1979 Warner
11 recordlabel: Capitol 510
chartposition: RandB #17, UK #41, US dance #38
writtenby: Barry Eastmond and Jolyon Skinner
album: Don't Let Love Slip Away
Freddie Jackson Crazy (For Me) 1988 Capitol
12 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 776
chartposition: UK #31
writtenby: F. Zambon
album: Nightlites / The Best of All Platinum
comments: [disco dance]
Candi Staton Suspicious Minds 1982 Sugar Hill
13 recordlabel: Buddah 478
chartposition: RandB #16, UK #59
writtenby: Tony Macaulay
Gladys Knight & the Pips It's Better Than Good Time 1978 Buddah
14 recordlabel: Dial 4090
chartposition: RandB #10, US #47
writtenby: Joe Tex
Joe Tex Buying a Book 1969 Dial
15 recordlabel: Portrait 05761
chartposition: RandB #66, US Dance #10, UK #99
writtenby: Aldo Nova
album: What About Me?
Nicole McCloud Don't You Want My Love? 1986 Portrait
16 recordlabel: MCA 52876
chartposition: RandB #50, US Dance #10
writtenby: Howie Rice and Alan Rich
album: Winner in You
Patti LaBelle Something Special (Is Gonna Happen Tonight) 1987 MCA
17 recordlabel: Jay Boy 107
chartposition: RandB #18, US #65, UK #33
writtenby: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch
album: George McCrae [1975 album]
George McCrae Honey I 1976 Jay Boy
18 recordlabel: Media/MCA
chartposition: UK #31
writtenby: Bruno Guerrini, Diego Leoni, Gianfranco Bortolotti, Gianpiero Viani, Mauro Picotto, Steven Zucchini
comments: [dance, house]
mpcode: jesfwtsqqdc
49ers featuring Ann Marie Smith Rockin' My Body 1995 Media/MCA
19 recordlabel: Date 1586
chartposition: RandB #25, US #31
writtenby: Barbara Acklin, Eugene Record and Carl Davis
album: Peaches and Herb's Greatest Hits
Peaches & Herb Two Little Kids 1967 Date
20 recordlabel: 4th and B\'way 174
chartposition: UK #31
writtenby: Pietro Rossini, Pierangelo Feroldi and Gianfranco Bortolotti
album: 49ers
comments: [disco dance]
mpcode: W5WC9g2cPcg
49ers Girl to Girl 1990 th and B\'way
21 recordlabel: Capitol 3973
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Thom Bell and Linda Creed
album: All in Love Is Fair
Nancy Wilson You're as Right as Rain 1975 Capitol
22 recordlabel: Warner 8378
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Larry Graham
album: Now Do U Wanta Dance
Graham Central Station Now Do-U-Wanta Dance 1977 Warner
23 recordlabel: Rainy Wednesday 201
chartposition: RandB #17, US #31
writtenby: Dickie Goodman and James Passantino
comments: [novelty]
John & Ernest Superfly Meets Shaft 1973 Rainy Wednesday
24 recordlabel: Champion 42
chartposition: RandB #46, UK #32, US dance #23
writtenby: James Bratton, Sybil (as Sybil Lynch) , D. Drewry and R. Wilmore
album: Let Yourself Go
Sybil Let Yourself Go 1987 Champion
25 recordlabel: Arista 12369
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #54
writtenby: Derek Bramble and Franne Golde
album: I'm Your Baby Tonight
Whitney Houston I Belong to You 1991 Arista
26 recordlabel: Warner 27772
chartposition: RandB #14, US #80
writtenby: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
album: In Effect Mode
comments: [ballad]
Al B. Sure! Killing Me Softly 1988 Warner
27 recordlabel: Elektra 161
chartposition: UK #30, US dance #14
writtenby: Sting (as Gordon Sumner)
comments: [reggae]
Shinehead Jamaican in New York 1993 Elektra
28 recordlabel: RCA 14098
chartposition: US dance #20, RandB #69, US #30, US AC #8
writtenby: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen & Janna Allen
album: Big Bam Boom
Hall & Oates Possession Obsession 1985 RCA
29 recordlabel: Coral 72351
chartposition: RandB #16, US #51
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Robert Draper Jr.
The Accents Wiggle, Wiggle 1959 Coral
30 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 116 (UK)
chartposition: UK #32
writtenby: Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
album: Conscience
Womack & Womack Life's Just a Ballgame 1988 th and Bway(UK)
31 recordlabel: Warner 8175
chartposition: RandB #15, US #63
writtenby: Larry Graham
album: Ain't No 'Bout A Doubt It
Graham Central Station The Jam 1976 Warner
32 recordlabel: MCA 52820
chartposition: RandB #18, UK #52, US Dance #49
writtenby: Carl Mcintosh, Steve Nichol and Peter Sendall
album: Zagora
Loose Ends Stay a Little While, Child 1986 MCA
33 recordlabel: Talkin' Loud
chartposition: UK #31
writtenby: Charles Stepney and Richard Rudolph
album: Nuyorican Soul
Nuyorican Soul featuring Jocelyn Brown I Am the Black Gold of the Sun 1997 Talkin' Loud
34 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #16, US #58
writtenby: Kate Bush
album: Now
comments: [slow jam]
Maxwell This Woman's Work 2002 Columbia
35 recordlabel: Atlantic 1091
chartposition: RandB #10
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Bobby Sharp
Ruth Brown Sweet Baby of Mine 1956 Atlantic
36 recordlabel: Boardwalk 12 178 7
chartposition: RandB #14, US #107, US Dance #46
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips
album: It's So Delicious
comments: [disco funk]
Starpoint Don't Be So Serious 1983 Boardwalk
37 recordlabel: MCA 1676(UK)
chartposition: UK #32
writtenby: Sherman Marshall and Phillip Pugh
album: Renewal
comments: [garage house]
Junior Giscombe Then Came You 1992 MCA (UK)
38 recordlabel: RAK 296
chartposition: RandB #43, US #53, UK #53
writtenby: Errol Brown
album: Going Through the Motions
Hot Chocolate Going Through the Motions 1979 RAK
39 recordlabel: Warner 29891
chartposition: RandB #10, US #103
writtenby: Roger Troutman and Larry Troutman
album: Zapp II
comments: [funk]
Zapp Doo Wa Ditty (Blow That Thing) 1982 Warner
40 recordlabel: Chocolate City 3233
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins
album: Alligator Woman
comments: [funk]
mpcode: zRF9NwpqceA
Cameo Flirt 1982 Chocolate City
41 recordlabel: Death Row 6061
chartposition: RandB #22, US #33
writtenby: N. Jones, Snoop Dogg, Ralph MacDonald and William Salter
album: G Funk Classics, Vol. 1 and 2
Nate Dogg featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg Never Leave Me Alone 1996 Death Row
42 recordlabel: Maybach
chartposition: RandB #30, US #30
writtenby: Rick Ross, Drake, Chrisette Michele, Kevin Crowe and Erik Ortiz
album: Teflon Don
comments: [hip hop]
Rick Ross ft. Drake & Chrisette Michele Aston Martin Music 2010 Maybach
43 recordlabel: Arista 9913
chartposition: RandB #46, US #56, US AC #5
writtenby: Walter Afanasieff and Kenny G
album: Kenny G Live
comments: [smooth jazz instrumental]
Kenny G Going Home 1990 Arista
44 recordlabel: Atlantic 3032
chartposition: RandB #10, US #69
writtenby: Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney
album: Sweet Surrender
Margie Joseph My Love 1974 Atlantic
45 recordlabel: Columbia 03968
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Gerard McMahon
album: Continuation
Philip Bailey I Know 1983 Columbia
46 recordlabel: Buddah 407
chartposition: RandB #40, UK #32
writtenby: Patrick Williams, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
album: The One and Only
Gladys Knight & the Pips The One and Only 1978 Buddah
47 recordlabel: Atlantic 88812
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy
album: FM2
Foster & McElroy Dr. Soul 1989 Atlantic
48 recordlabel: Arista 9516
chartposition: RandB #15, UK #64
writtenby: Johnny Bristol (as John Bristol), Vernon Bullock and Harvey Fuqua
album: Duotones
Kenny G featuring Ellis Hall What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) 1986 Arista
49 recordlabel: Capitol 4968
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: David Mackey
album: Everything Is Cool
comments: [disco funk]
T-Connection Everything Is Cool 1981 Capitol
50 recordlabel: Goldwax 317
chartposition: RandB #10, US #77
writtenby: Chips Moman & Dan Penn
album: You Got My Mind Messed Up
James Carr The Dark End of the Street 1967 Goldwax
51 recordlabel: Champion 228
chartposition: UK #30
writtenby: Vaughan Mason
album: All 4 Love
comments: [garage house, hip hop]
Raze feat. Lady J & Secretary of Entertainment All 4 Love 1990 Champion
52 recordlabel: Atlantic 85500
chartposition: RandB #22, US #83, UK #32
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Raymond Calhoun and Robert James
album: So Many Ways
comments: [from the movie High School High]
The Braxtons So Many Ways 1996 Atlantic
53 recordlabel: EastWest 637
chartposition: UK #30, US dance #58
writtenby: Sabrina Johnston, Ken Johnston and Charles Carter
album: Sabrina Johnston
mpcode: OU7Fg1ajc2M
Sabrina Johnston Friendship 1991 EastWest
54 recordlabel: Atlantic 1089
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Rockin' & Driftin'
The Drifters Ruby Baby 1956 Atlantic
55 recordlabel: Atlantic 2418
chartposition: RandB #13, US #94
writtenby: Gilbert Becaud, Pierre Delanoe and Manny Curtis (as Mann Curtis)
album: The Sweet Inspirations
The Sweet Inspirations Let It Be Me 1967 Atlantic
56 recordlabel: Arista 74321 17820 7(UK)
chartposition: UK #32
writtenby: Lisa Stansfield and Ian Devaney
album: So Natural
Lisa Stansfield Little Bit of Heaven 1993 Arista (UK)
57 recordlabel: MCA 2007
chartposition: RandB #75, UK #30, US Dance #14
writtenby: Laney Stewart and Thaddis Harrell
album: Good Life
E.V.E. (Ebony Vibe Everlasting) Groove of Love 1994 MCA
58 recordlabel: Relativity 1642
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Dino, Shazam and GI
album: Ladies Edition
comments: [slow jam]
H-Town They Like It Slow 1997 Relativity
59 recordlabel: Warner 29271
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Roger (as Roger Troutman) and Larry Troutman
album: The Saga Continues…
Roger (Troutman) In the Mix 1984 Warner
60 recordlabel: Salsoul 2113
chartposition: RandB #13, US #102, US Dance #26
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Skyway
Skyy High 1980 Salsoul
61 recordlabel: Midsong International 40896
chartposition: US dance #10, RandB #80
writtenby: Keith Forsey and Mats Bjoerklund
album: Love In A Sleeper
Silver Convention Spend the Night with Me 1978 Midsong Internationa
62 recordlabel: Roadshow 7004
chartposition: RandB #65, UK #32
writtenby: Don Downing
album: Doctor Boogie
Don Downing Lonely Days, Lonely Nights 1973 Roadshow
63 recordlabel: Stax 0096
chartposition: RandB #10, US #64
writtenby: Popcorn Wylie (as Richard
Johnnie Taylor Hijackin' Love 1971 Stax
64 recordlabel: Salsoul 7020
chartposition: RandB #16, UK #67
writtenby: Tommy McConnell
album: Skyy Line
comments: [disco funk]
Skyy Let's Celebrate 1982 Salsoul
65 recordlabel: Chocolate City 3202
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Larry Blackmon and Anthony Lockett
album: Secret Omen
Cameo Sparkle 1979 Chocolate City
66 recordlabel: Tamla 54147
chartposition: RandB #31, US #32
writtenby: Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller) and Bryan Wells
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Travlin' Man 1967 Tamla
67 recordlabel: Universal 56114
chartposition: RandB #19, US #55, UK #51
writtenby: Tracey Lee
album: Many Facez
comments: [hip hop]
Tracey Lee The Theme (It's Party Time) 1997 Universal
68 recordlabel: RCA 43405
chartposition: UK #79, US dance #10
writtenby: Cheri Williams, Derek Jenkins and Dwayne Richardson
album: Someone to Love Me
comments: [dance, garage house]
Jomanda Don't You Want My Love 1990 RCA
69 recordlabel: Stax 0046
chartposition: RandB #10, US #48
writtenby: Bettye Crutcher (as part of We Three), Homer Banks (as part of We Three) and Raymond Jackson
album: The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues / Stax Greatest Hits
Johnnie Taylor I Could Never Be President 1969 Stax
70 recordlabel: Stateside 594
chartposition: RandB #13, US #92, UK #32
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
The Fascinations Girls Are Out to Get You 1967 Stateside
71 recordlabel: Salsoul 7061
chartposition: RandB #35, UK #97, US Dance #10
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Skyylight
Skyy Show Me the Way 1983 Salsoul
72 recordlabel: AandM 75021 7484
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: George Wooten and Gary Wooten
album: Try My Love
The Wooten Brothers Tell Me 1991 A&M
73 recordlabel: Tamla 54273
chartposition: RandB #14, US #74
writtenby: Marvin Gaye and Leon Ware
album: I Want You
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye After the Dance 1976 Tamla
74 recordlabel: Deram 85038
chartposition: US #34
writtenby: Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington
The Flirtations Nothing but a Heartache 1969 Deram
75 recordlabel: Midland Int. 10212
chartposition: US #103, UK #30, US dance #10
writtenby: Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze (as Stephan Prager)
album: Save Me
Silver Convention Save Me 1975 Midland Int.
76 recordlabel: Sleeping Bag 24
chartposition: RandB #23, UK #34, US dance #10
writtenby: Joyce Sims
album: Come into My Life
Joyce Sims Lifetime Love 1987 Sleeping Bag
77 recordlabel: Warner 18007
chartposition: RandB #10, US #81
writtenby: Babyface
album: Make Him Do Right
comments: [ballad]
Karyn White Can I Stay with You 1995 Warner
78 recordlabel: State 40(UK)
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Ken Gold and Mickey Deene
album: The Promise of Love
Delegation Where Is the Love (We Used to Know) 1977 State (UK)
79 recordlabel: Anxious 37
chartposition: UK #32
writtenby: Jimmy Helms, George Chandler, Jimmy Chambers and William Henshall
album: Harmony
comments: [dance, garage house]
Londonbeat You Bring on the Sun 1992 Anxious
80 recordlabel: MCA
chartposition: RandB #35, US Dance #10
writtenby: Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas
album: Flame
comments: [ballad] [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts] [album cut]
Patti LaBelle Shoe Was on the Other Foot 1998 MCA
81 recordlabel: Atlantic 301856
chartposition: RandB #16, US #67
album: 25 To Life
comments: [rap]
P$C ft. T.I. & Lil Scrappy I'm A King 2005 Atlantic
82 recordlabel: Stax 0083
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #58, UK #31
writtenby: Bettye Crutcher and Bobby Manuel
album: The Staple Swingers / The Best of The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers Love Is Plentiful 1971 Stax
83 recordlabel: Solar 70023
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Kenny Nolan
album: Eyes of a Stranger
comments: [ballad]
The Deele Shoot 'em Up Movies 1988 Solar
84 recordlabel: Arista 2238
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Angela Bofill, Jeffrey Cohen and Narada Michael Walden
album: I'm on Your Side
comments: [slow jam]
Jennifer Holliday I'm on Your Side 1991 Arista
85 recordlabel: Solar 69644
chartposition: RandB #14, US #101
writtenby: Babyface (as Kenny Edmonds), Carl Greene, L.A. Reid, Kevin
album: Material Thangz
The Deele Material Thangz 1985 Solar
86 recordlabel: Lava 301717
chartposition: US dance #5, US AC #16
writtenby: Thom Bell and Linda Creed
album: Everlasting Love
comments: [slow jam]
Vanessa Williams You Are Everything 2005 Lava
87 recordlabel: Trojan 7846 (UK)
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Jimmy Cliff
comments: [reggae]
The Pioneers Give and Take 1972 Trojan(UK)
88 recordlabel: Buddah 467
chartposition: UK #34, US dance #9, Cashbox R&B #85, US #56
writtenby: Bobby Woods & Roger Cook
album: White Witch
comments: [disco]
Andrea True Connection What's Your Name, What's Your Number 1978 Buddah
89 recordlabel: Elektra 64935
chartposition: RandB #16, US #72, US AC #11
writtenby: Terry Britten and Graham Lyle
album: Compositions
Anita Baker Soul Inspiration 1990 Elektra
90 recordlabel: Decca 13731
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Bob Larimer
Kenny Williams You're Fabulous Babe 1977 Decca
91 recordlabel: Capitol 4221
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
album: In the City
Tavares The Love I Never Had 1976 Capitol
92 recordlabel: Solar 70013
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Sid Johnson and Charles Muldrow
album: Circumstantial Evidence
Shalamar Games 1987 Solar
93 recordlabel: RCA Victor 1057 (UK)
chartposition: US dance #7
writtenby: Warren Schatz and Mitch Farber
album: Don't Stop Now
comments: [disco jazz funk instrumental] [album cut]
The Brothers Under The Skin 1976 RCA Victor(UK)
94 recordlabel: Solar 2
chartposition: RandB #22, US Dance #11, UK #44
writtenby: Dick Griffey and Leon Sylvers III
album: Big Fun
Shalamar Right in the Socket 1980 Solar
95 recordlabel: Imperial 5380
chartposition: RandB #11
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King
Smiley Lewis One Night 1956 Imperial
96 recordlabel: Elektra 69771
chartposition: RandB #15, US Dance #107
writtenby: Grover Washington Jr. and Cynthia Biggs
album: Imagine This
Pieces of a Dream Fo-Fi-Fo 1984 Elektra
97 recordlabel: Def Jam 012137
chartposition: RandB #17, US #33
writtenby: Ludacris, Sean Garrett and Rodney Jerkins
album: Theater of the Mind
Ludacris co-starring Chris Brown & Sean Garrett What Them Girls Like 2008 Def Jam
98 recordlabel: ABC/TRC 10970
chartposition: RandB #21, US #33
writtenby: Quincy Jones, Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman
album: In the Heat of the Night: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Ray Charles In the Heat of the Night 1967 ABC/TRC
99 recordlabel: Warner 9247
chartposition: RandB #11, US #106, US dance #70
writtenby: Prince and Morris Day
album: Ice Cream Castles
The Time Ice Cream Castles 1984 Warner
100 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 40832
chartposition: UK #33, R&B #113
album: In a Word or 2
comments: [hip hop]
Monie Love In a Word or 2 -- The Power 1993 Warner Bros.

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