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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: Vee Jay 588
chartposition: RandB #17, US #56
writtenby: Richard Gottehrer, Jerry Goldstein and Bob Feldman
album: Need To Belong
Jerry Butler Giving Up On Love 1964 Vee Jay
102 recordlabel: Savoy 1195
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Alex Kramer, Mack David and Joan Whitney
album: Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle
Big Maybelle Candy 1956 Savoy
103 recordlabel: United Artists 35657 (UK)
chartposition: UK #33
writtenby: Inez Foxx and Charlie Foxx
album: Mockingbird
comments: re release
Inez & Charlie Foxx Mockingbird 1969 United Artists(UK)
104 recordlabel: PAN 020 (UK)
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: C.Stewart, C.Henderson, D.Givens, L.Macfadden, M.Stuart, M.Potsic
album: Jurassic 5 LP
comments: [hip hop]
Jurassic 5 Concrete Schoolyard 1998 PAN(UK)
105 recordlabel: Warner 8279
chartposition: R&B #11
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Pass It On
The Staple Singers (as The Staples) Love Me, Love Me, Love Me 1977 Warner
106 recordlabel: Universal 203272
chartposition: US #34, US AC #13
writtenby: Nick Lachey, Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson and Justin Jeffre
album: Revelation
98 Degrees My Everything 2000 Universal
107 recordlabel: Radic 101 (UK)
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: B. Fagan, V. Davis
album: Matumbi
comments: [reggae]
Matumbi Point of View 1979 Radic(UK)
108 recordlabel: RCA Victor 478539
chartposition: RandB #15, US #41
writtenby: Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke It's Got the Whole World Shakin' 1965 RCA Victor
109 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: UK #30
writtenby: Estelle, John Legend, Wyclef Jean, George Michael and Lindon Robertsichael and Lindon R
album: Stolen
Estelle No Substitute Love 2008 Atlantic
110 recordlabel: Heavyweight 00635
chartposition: RandB #11, US #56
writtenby: Ice Cube (as O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson) , Rodolfo "Clark Kent" Franklin and Earl "DMX" Simmons
album: The Players Club: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
Ice Cube We Be Clubbin' 1998 Heavyweight
111 recordlabel: Tamla 54086
chartposition: US #33
writtenby: Clarence Paul and Henry Cosby
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Workout Stevie, Workout 1963 Tamla
112 recordlabel: Arctic 137
chartposition: RandB #11, US #59
writtenby: Barbara Mason and Bernard Broomer
album: Oh How It Hurts
Barbara Mason Oh, How It Hurts 1967 Arctic
113 recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11045
chartposition: RandB #11, US #64
writtenby: Jimmy Holiday and Ray Charles
Ray Charles That's a Lie 1968 ABC/TRC
114 recordlabel: Champion 91
chartposition: UK #35, US Dance #36
writtenby: Todd Terry
album: Can You Party
Royal House Yeah! Buddy 1989 Champion
115 recordlabel: Wave 7001
chartposition: RandB #85, US Dance #11
writtenby: David Blumberg and Catherine Mitchell Lord
comments: [electronic disco]
Brenda Jones My Heart's Not in It 1982 Wave
116 recordlabel: Hardback 724
chartposition: UK #34
writtenby: Louie Louie , Howie Bernstein and Hersh
Louie Louie The Thought of It 1992 Hardback
117 recordlabel: Wave Music 50011
chartposition: US Dance #7
writtenby: Fonda Rae and Lem Springsteen
comments: [dance, house]
Fonda Rae Living in Ecstasy 1996 Wave Music
118 recordlabel: Payday 570043
chartposition: RandB #18, US #56
album: The Shadiest One
comments: [hip hop]
WC Just Clownin' 1997 Payday
119 recordlabel: His Master's Voice 1392
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #17, US #58, US AC #11
writtenby: Churchill Kohlman
album: Sweet and Sour Tears
Ray Charles Cry 1965 His Master's Voice
120 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 883 (UK)
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Robinson, Tarplin
album: Smokey... / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
Smokey Robinson Just My Soul Responding 1974 Tamla Motown(UK)
121 recordlabel: Elektra 69514
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Kae Williams
album: Genie
B.B. & Q. Band (Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens) (I'm a) Dreamer 1986 Elektra
122 recordlabel: RCA 0265
chartposition: RandB #17, US #45
writtenby: David Richardson and Doug Edwards
album: It's Been a Long Time
New Birth Wildflower 1974 RCA
123 recordlabel: Arista 613 992
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: David Barratt and William Clift
album: Only Human
Jeffrey Osborne If My Brother's in Trouble 1991 Arista
124 recordlabel: Avco 6105023 (UK)
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Gregory Guess and Norman Knox
album: Round 2
The Stylistics Peek-a-Boo 1973 Avco(UK)
125 recordlabel: Glades 1707
chartposition: RandB #11, US #61
writtenby: Phillip Mitchell
album: Tightening It Up - The Best of...
Archie Bell & the Drells Dancing to Your Music 1973 Glades
126 recordlabel: Capitol 3597
chartposition: US #35
writtenby: Roy Alfred and Abner Silver
The Five Keys Wisdom of a Fool 1956 Capitol
127 recordlabel: Island 4833
chartposition: RandB #27, US Dance #11
writtenby: Darryl Thompson
album: Gwen Guthrie
Gwen Guthrie It Should Have Been You 1982 Island
128 recordlabel: RCA 1893
chartposition: US dance #7
writtenby: Warren Schatz and Mitch Farber
album: Don't Stop Now
The Brothers Brothers Theme 1976 RCA
129 recordlabel: Bad Boy South 94617
chartposition: RandB #15, US #82
writtenby: Yung Joc, Benny Tillman and Carlos Thornton
album: New Joc City
Yung Joc ft. Marques Houston & Trey Songz 1st Time 2007 Bad Boy South
130 recordlabel: Fantasy 652
chartposition: RandB #22, US #96
writtenby: Dee Erwin
album: Love Rhymes
comments: [dance]
Betty Everett I Got to Tell Somebody 1970 Fantasy
131 recordlabel: Chrysalis 58081
chartposition: RandB #50, UK #34, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Guru, N'Dea Davenport
album: Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1
Guru featuring N'Dea Davenport Trust Me 1993 Chrysalis
132 recordlabel: Salsoul 2030
chartposition: US dance #7
writtenby: Earl Young, Norman Harris and Ron Baker
comments: [disco instrumental]
Anthony White Block Party 1977 Salsoul
133 recordlabel: RCA 49891
chartposition: RandB #19, UK #55, US dance #12
writtenby: Allen George and Fred McFarlane
album: A Long Time Coming
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) High Horse 1986 RCA
134 recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 543
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Larry Blackmon, Nathan Leftenant, Antonio Matthews and Ray Malloy
album: Word Up
comments: [funk]
Cameo She's Mine 1987 Atlanta Artists
135 recordlabel: Warner 17903
chartposition: RandB #74, US #84, UK #33
writtenby: Prince
Prince Purple Medley 1995 Warner
136 recordlabel: Capitol 15803
chartposition: US dance #7
writtenby: Adeva, Edwin Perez, Michael Cameron and Roderick Goode44
comments: [dance, garage house]
Adeva Independent Woman 1992 Capitol
137 recordlabel: Tamla 54195
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #11
writtenby: Whitfield, Strong
album: How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye Me And My Lonely Room 1970 Tamla
138 recordlabel: Salsoul
chartposition: UK #35, US Dance #36
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: The Hits
comments: [re release]
Inner Life featuring Jocelyn Brown Ain't No Mountain High Enough 1998 Salsoul
139 recordlabel: Ray Star 777
chartposition: RandB #14, US #117
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Alonzo Willis and K. Venetoulis
Gene & Wendell with the Sweethearts The Roach 1961 Ray Star
140 recordlabel: MCA 52843
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Raymond Jones
album: Stephanie Mills
comments: [ballad]
Stephanie Mills Rising Desire 1986 MCA
141 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 18 (UK)
chartposition: UK #34
writtenby: McKinley Horton and Ronald Broomfield
album: Eugene Wilde
Eugene Wilde Personality 1985 th and Bway(UK)
142 recordlabel: Big Beat 10034
chartposition: US Dance #7
album: Someone to Love Me
comments: [garage house]
Jomanda The True Meaning of Love 1992 Big Beat
143 recordlabel: AandM 2863
chartposition: RandB #18, UK #44, US Dance #11
writtenby: Elizabeth Lamers, Frank Musker and Hamish Stuart
album: Emotional
Jeffrey Osborne Soweto 1986 A&M
144 recordlabel: Columbia 6580567(UK)
chartposition: UK #34
writtenby: Bobby Taylor and Mark Capanni
album: Yours Sincerely
The Pasadenas I Believe in Miracles 1992 Columbia (UK)
145 recordlabel: Capitol 5357
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Paul Laurence (as Paul Jones) and Timmy Allen
album: All of You
Lillo Thomas Your Love's Got a Hold on Me 1984 Capitol
146 recordlabel: MCA 40316 (UK)
chartposition: UK #33
writtenby: Black Thought (as Tariq Trotter) and Antonious Bernard Thomas
album: Phrenology
The Roots featuring Cody Chesnutt The Seed (2.0) 2003 MCA(UK)
147 recordlabel: Parkway 896
chartposition: RandB #32, US #34
writtenby: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo
Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles You'll Never Walk Alone 1964 Parkway
148 recordlabel: Arista 211
chartposition: UK #34
writtenby: Epic Mazur (as Bret Mazur), Kash Monet and Neil Jason
The Brecker Brothers East River 1978 Arista
149 recordlabel: Immortal 74852
chartposition: RandB #98, US #89, UK #34, US dance #16
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Jason Vasquez, Leore Dimant and DJ Muggs (as Larry Muggerud)
album: Which Doobie U B?
Funkdoobiest Bow Wow Wow 1993 Immortal
150 recordlabel: United Artists 123
chartposition: US #33
writtenby: Thomas "Butch" Curry (as Thomas Curry) and Barry Golder
comments: [ballad]
Lee Andrews & the Hearts Try the Impossible 1958 United Artists
151 recordlabel: Heritage 802
chartposition: UK #33
writtenby: Jerry Ross, Ray Bloodworth and Russell Brown
The Show Stoppers Eeny Meeny 1968 Heritage
152 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #17, US #58
writtenby: Beyoncé Knowles and Errol McCalla Jr.
album: Dangerously In Love
comments: [slow jam]
Beyoncé Dangerously In Love 2004 Columbia
153 recordlabel: Def Jam 1440
chartposition: RandB #57, UK #34
writtenby: DMX and Swizz Beatz
album: Grand Champ
DMX ft. Swizz Beatz Get It On The Floor 2003 Def Jam
154 recordlabel: Capitol 76323
chartposition: UK #33, RandB #70
writtenby: Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas, Babyface, Antonio Dixon and Eric Dawkins
album: It's Already Written
comments: [slow jam]
Houston Ain't Nothing Wrong 2004 Capitol
155 recordlabel: Mainstream 5583
chartposition: RandB #11, US #75
writtenby: Terry Huff
album: The Lonely One
Terry Huff & Special Delivery The Lonely One 1976 Mainstream
156 recordlabel: EMI America 8184
chartposition: RandB #82, US dance #24, UK #33
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Debbie Clarkin and Ron Rogers [Ronald Bruce Rogers]
Elbow Bones & the Racketeers A Night in New York 1984 EMI America
157 recordlabel: Aftermath Digital
chartposition: US #34, UK #57
writtenby: K. Rahman, Dr. Dre,Akon,A. Johnson, D. Tannenbaum, A. Ransom, M. Jones and Brooks Honeycutt
album: Detox
Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg & Akon Kush 2010 Aftermath Digital
158 recordlabel: Bang 4813
chartposition: RandB #21
album: Waiting on You
Brick Push Push 1980 Bang
159 recordlabel: Capitol 681
chartposition: US #115, UK #33
writtenby: Eddie Chacon and J. Freed
Charles & Eddie N.Y.C. (Can You Believe This City?) 1993 Capitol
160 recordlabel: Columbia 07594
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Full Force
album: Guess Who's Comin' to the Crib?
Full Force Love Is for Suckers (Like Me and You) 1987 Columbia
161 recordlabel: Original Sound 64
chartposition: RandB #17, US #65
writtenby: Arlester Christian
album: The Funky Broadway
Dyke & the Blazers Funky Broadway (Part I) 1967 Original Sound
162 recordlabel: Columbia 14071
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: B Real, DJ Muggs, Sen Dog
album: Skull and Bones
Cypress Hill Highlife -- Can't Get the Best of Me 2000 Columbia
163 recordlabel: RAK 295 (UK)
chartposition: UK #34
writtenby: David Most, Steve Glen and Mike Burns
Kandidate Girls Girls Girls 1979 RAK(UK)
164 recordlabel: Death Row 5439
chartposition: RandB #25, US #46, UK #32
writtenby: Daz Dillinger, Snoop Dogg, Kurupt and Dr. Dre
album: Doggystyle
comments: [hip hop]
Snoop Dogg Doggy Dogg World 1994 Death Row
165 recordlabel: Capitol 44169
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Ross Vannelli
album: Intuition
comments: [ballad]
Angela Bofill I Just Wanna Stop 1988 Capitol
166 recordlabel: Argo 5395
chartposition: RandB #19, US #57, UK #42
writtenby: Joe Bisko
Clarence Frogman Henry Lonely Street 1961 Argo
167 recordlabel: Beat Body 1903
chartposition: RandB #15, US #81
writtenby: Michael Marshall
album: Vicious Rumors
Timex Social Club Mixed Up World 1986 Beat Body
168 recordlabel: Interscope Digital
chartposition: US #36, UK #34
writtenby: Nasri Atweh and Donnie Wahlberg
album: The Block
New Kids on the Block Summertime 2008 Interscope Digital
169 recordlabel: Wide Angle 8563
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Joni Mitchell and Viola Wills
Viola Wills Both Sides Now -- Dare to Dream 1986 Wide Angle
170 recordlabel: RCA 5219
chartposition: US Dance #9, US #97
writtenby: Mike Leeson (as Mick Leeson) and Peter Vale
album: Nightwalkin'
Alisha Into My Secret 1987 RCA
171 recordlabel: Island 422 878 923 1
chartposition: RandB #39, UK #33, US Dance #20
writtenby: Dancin' Danny D, Andres Levin, Camus Celli, Marga Roman and Michelle Vice
album: Contribution
Mica Paris with Rakim Contribution 1990 Island
172 recordlabel: Columbia 665346
chartposition: UK #34
writtenby: Andrew Roachford
album: Feel
Roachford How Could I (Insecurity) 1998 Columbia
173 recordlabel: Tamla 54277
chartposition: RandB #30, US Dance #11
writtenby: Allan Felder and Norman Harris
album: Goin' Up in Smoke
comments: [Motown Sound] charted as Goin' Up in Smoke / Music Man / Born Again
Eddie Kendricks Goin' Up in Smoke 1976 Tamla
174 recordlabel: Arista 13411
chartposition: RandB #28, US #35
weeksinr&bchart: 20
Refugee Camp All-Stars featuring Pras & Ky-Mani Marley Avenues 1997 Arista
175 recordlabel: Alston 4617
chartposition: RandB #11, US #72
writtenby: Betty Wright , Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke
album: Hard to Stop
Betty Wright It's Hard to Stop (Doing Something When it's Good to You) 1973 Alston
176 recordlabel: Atlantic 0027(UK)
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman
album: All Day, All Night
Changing Faces Time After Time 1998 Atlantic (UK)
177 recordlabel: Alston 3740
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Betty Wright and Willie Clarke
album: Betty Wright Live
Betty Wright Tonight Is the Night 1978 Alston
178 recordlabel: Malaco 1047
chartposition: RandB #12, US #101
writtenby: Bobby Goldsboro
album: Dorothy Moore
comments: [Soul Ballad]
Dorothy Moore With Pen in Hand 1978 Malaco
179 recordlabel: Alston 3714
chartposition: RandB #47, US Dance #11
writtenby: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch
album: Dance Across the Floor
Jimmy Bo Horne Gimme Some 1975 Alston
180 recordlabel: Tamla 54199
chartposition: UK #34
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) and Smokey Robinson
comments: [Motown Sound] [re release]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles The Tears of a Clown 1967 Tamla
181 recordlabel: Casablanca 20238
chartposition: RandB #70, US Dance #11
writtenby: Steven Greenberg
album: Designer Music
comments: [disco dance]
Lipps, Inc. Hold Me Down 1981 Casablanca
182 recordlabel: Atlantic 11293
chartposition: UK #33
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
Sister Sledge We Are Family (remix) 1984 Atlantic
183 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 104 (UK)
chartposition: UK #34
writtenby: Brian Jackson, Peter Lord Moreland and Will Downing
album: Will Downing
Will Downing In My Dreams 1988 th and Bway(UK)
184 recordlabel: MCA 79021
chartposition: US Dance #10, US #54
writtenby: Gregory Smith and Michael Margules
album: Bounce Back
comments: [dance, garage house]
Alisha Bounce Back 1990 MCA
185 recordlabel: Def Jam 563405
chartposition: RandB #29, US #98, UK #33
writtenby: Sam Barnes, D'Angelo, Jean Claude Olivier and Method Man
album: Tical 2000: Judgement Day
Method Man featuring D'Angelo Break Ups 2 Make Ups 1999 Def Jam
186 recordlabel: Mala 451
chartposition: RandB #27, US #33
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill Hide and Go Seek (Part 1) 1962 Mala
187 recordlabel: RCA 13252
chartposition: RandB #45, US #33
writtenby: Daryl Hall
album: Private Eyes
Hall & Oates Your Imagination 1982 RCA
188 recordlabel: Pye International 25379
chartposition: RandB #11, US #53
writtenby: James Brown and Nat Jones
album: Raw Soul
James Brown Money Won't Change You (Part 1) 1966 Pye International
189 recordlabel: Cadet 5631
chartposition: RandB #15, US #38
writtenby: Bobby Miller
album: The Dells Musical Menu/Always Together
The Dells Does Anybody Know I'm Here 1968 Cadet
190 recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2651
chartposition: RandB #11, US #54
writtenby: Joe Simon
comments: [southern soul]
Joe Simon Moon Walk (Part 1) 1970 Sound Stage Seven
191 recordlabel: LaFace 26029
chartposition: RandB #23, US #35
writtenby: André 3000 and Big Boi
album: ATLiens
comments: [hip hop]
OutKast ATLiens 1996 LaFace
192 recordlabel: Back Beat 615
chartposition: RandB #11, US #54
writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: A Nickel & A Nail & The Ace Of Spades
comments: [southern soul]
O.V. Wright Ace of Spades 1970 Back Beat
193 recordlabel: Beggars Banquet 55
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Peter Maas
album: Southern Freeez
comments: [disco jazz funk]
Freeez Flying High 1981 Beggars Banquet
194 recordlabel: Atlantic 1101
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Jesse Stone
album: Rockin' & Driftin'
The Drifters I Gotta Get Myself a Woman 1956 Atlantic
195 recordlabel: Columbia 07388
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Octavia Oestricher and Zane Mark
album: All By Myself
Regina Belle So Many Tears 1987 Columbia
196 recordlabel: Oasis 2 (UK)
chartposition: US dance #7
writtenby: Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte
album: Munich Machine
comments: [disco]
Munich Machine Get On The Funk Train 1977 Oasis(UK)
197 recordlabel: Cash Money 860919
chartposition: RandB #17, US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Birdman, Mannie Fresh, Lil Wayne and Juvenile
comments: [hip hop]
Cash Money Millionaires Project Chick 2000 Cash Money
198 recordlabel: RCA 5038
chartposition: RandB #91, US #33, US AC #21
writtenby: Daryl Hall
album: Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine
Daryl Hall Foolish Pride 1986 RCA
199 recordlabel: Grand Hustle Digital
chartposition: RandB #11, US #5, UK #33
writtenby: T.I., Jay Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, M.I.A., Topper Headon, Diplo, Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer
album: Paper Trail
Jay-Z & T.I. ft. Kanye West & Lil Wayne Swagga Like Us 2008 Grand Hustle Digital
200 recordlabel: Brilliant! 2 (UK)
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: jean Watt, Peter Tosh
album: Just To Let You Know...
comments: [reggae]
Bitty Mclean Pass It On 1993 Brilliant!(UK)

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