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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: MCA 52216
chartposition: RandB #68, UK #44
writtenby: Freddie Waite
album: The Youth of Today
comments: [reggae]
Musical Youth Heartbreaker 1983 MCA
802 recordlabel: Columbia 74233
chartposition: RandB #89, US #43
writtenby: Super Cat (as William Maragh)
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Super Cat Ghetto Red Hot 1992 Columbia
803 recordlabel: Dial 4051
chartposition: RandB #15, US #44
writtenby: Joe Tex
Joe Tex Papa Was Too 1966 Dial
804 recordlabel: Parlophone 6297 (UK)
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Kim Appleby , Mel Appleby and George De Angelis
album: Kim Appleby
Kim Appleby If You Cared 1991 Parlophone(UK)
805 recordlabel: Atlantic 1523
chartposition: RandB #14
album: Attitude
comments: [new jack swing]
Troop That's My Attitude 1990 Atlantic
806 recordlabel: Casablanca 2345
chartposition: RandB #32, UK #43
writtenby: Michael Williams and Rick Ferguson
album: Tonight!
Four Tops Tonight I'm Gonna Love You All Over 1982 Casablanca
807 recordlabel: Opal 8 (UK)
chartposition: UK #43
writtenby: L. Shevrington
album: Ramgoat
comments: [reggae]
Pluto Shervington Ram Goat Liver 1976 Opal(UK)
808 recordlabel: Baton 232
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Clowney, Coleman
album: Got My Mo Jo Working
Ann Cole In the Chapel 1957 Baton
809 recordlabel: Def Jam 655456 (UK)
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Smokey Robinson & Al Cleveland
album: Cooked The Remix Album
comments: (J & M Emotional Club Mix)
Alyson Williams I Second That Emotion 1989 Def Jam(UK)
810 recordlabel: EastWest 2059
chartposition: RandB #24, US #43
writtenby: Dre, Skoob, Chris Charity and Derek Lynch
album: Straight Up Sewaside
comments: [hip hop]
Das EFX Freakin' It 1993 EastWest
811 recordlabel: Arista 1
chartposition: UK #44
album: Welcome to Tomorrow
Snap! featuring Summer The World in My Hands 1995 Arista
812 recordlabel: Aladdin 3325
chartposition: RandB #14
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Leonard Lee
Shirley & Lee When I Saw You 1957 Aladdin
813 recordlabel: Grand Hustle
chartposition: RandB #65, US #44
writtenby: T.I., DJ Toomp and Lil' C
album: No Mercy
T.I. Yeah Ya Know (Takers) 2010 Grand Hustle
814 recordlabel: LaFace Digital
chartposition: US #95, UK #43
writtenby: André 3000, Big Boi and T. Smith
album: Idlewild
OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown & Scar Morris Brown 2006 LaFace Digital
815 recordlabel: Janus 203
chartposition: RandB #22, US #48
writtenby: Patrick Patterson and Steve Scipio
album: Cymande
Cymande The Message 1973 Janus
816 recordlabel: AndM 883
chartposition: RandB #48, US #44, US AC #10
writtenby: Ruthann Friedman
album: A Day in the Life
comments: [instrumental]
Wes Montgomery Windy 1967 AndM
817 recordlabel: Capitol 8569
chartposition: RandB #14, US Dance #57
writtenby: Paul Laurence and Freddie Jackson
album: Never Say Never
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
Melba Moore Keepin' My Lover Satisfied 1983 Capitol
818 recordlabel: Pye International 725715(UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: Bev Gordon
album: Sheer Elegance
Sheer Elegance It's Temptation 1976 Pye International (U
819 recordlabel: Stax 241
chartposition: RandB #20, US #67
writtenby: Albert King and Al Jackson Jr.
Albert King Cold Feet 1968 Stax
820 recordlabel: Island 49002
chartposition: US dance #28
writtenby: D.C. LaRue and Jerry Corbetta
album: Muse
Grace Jones On Your Knees 1979 Island
821 recordlabel: EastWest 98334
chartposition: RandB #20, US #56
comments: [hip hop]
Sudden Change Comin' On Strong 1994 EastWest
822 recordlabel: Arista 44
chartposition: RandB #20, US #62, AC #7
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Gary Prim, Nathan East and Tena Clark
album: Reservations for Two
comments: [ballad]
Dionne Warwick & Kashif Reservations for Two 1987 Arista
823 recordlabel: Roadshow 1212
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Michael Stokes and Verdell Lanier
album: Once Upon a Dream
Enchantment If You're Ready (Here It Comes) 1978 Roadshow
824 recordlabel: Atlantic 45 2147
chartposition: RandB #20, US #71, US AC #19
writtenby: Solomon Burke and Bert Berns
album: Solomon Burke's Greatest Hits
Solomon Burke Down In The Valley 1962 Atlantic
825 recordlabel: Kedar
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Erykah Badu, Bro Questlove, Richards Nichols, James Poyser and The Roots
album: Baduizm
comments: [neo soul]
Erykah Badu Otherside of the Game 1997 Kedar
826 recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2577
chartposition: RandB #17, US #87
writtenby: Wini Scott
album: No Sad Songs
Joe Simon My Special Prayer 1967 Sound Stage Seven
827 recordlabel: Tamla 54308
chartposition: RandB #56, US #52, UK #52, US AC #43
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Stevie Wonder's Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Outside My Window 1980 Tamla
828 recordlabel: Charisma 1586
chartposition: RandB #30, US #62, UK #62
writtenby: Handel Tucker
album: Bonafide
comments: [reggae]
Maxi Priest Just a Little Bit Longer 1990 Charisma
829 recordlabel: Quality/RFC 001
chartposition: US dance #9
writtenby: Gino Soccio
album: Set Me Free
comments: [disco]
Karen Silver Set Me Free 1981 Quality/RFC
830 recordlabel: RCA Victor 11586
chartposition: RandB #14, US #75, US dance #78
writtenby: John Fitch (as John H. Fitch Jr), Sam Peake and Theodore Life
album: Music Box
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Music Box 1979 RCA Victor
831 recordlabel: Atco 6756
chartposition: US #43
writtenby: Margaret Lewis and Myrna Smith
album: To Bonnie From Delaney
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends Soul Shake 1970 Atco
832 recordlabel: Atlantic 3217
chartposition: RandB #98, US Dance #14
writtenby: Melvin Steals (as Mystro) and Mervin Steals (as Lyric)
album: My Way
Major Harris Each Morning I Wake Up 1974 Atlantic
833 recordlabel: Beggars Banquet 60 (UK)
chartposition: UK #43
writtenby: Mullen, Wonder
album: Badness
comments: [jazz funk]
Morrissey Mullen Badness -- Do Like You 1981 Beggars Banquet(UK
834 recordlabel: Rampart 771
chartposition: UK #44, US dance #33
writtenby: Harry Scorse Jr.
comments: [disco dance]
Eastside Connection You're So Right For Me 1978 Rampart
835 recordlabel: Elektra 173 (UK)
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Keith Sweat
album: Lose Control
Silk Baby It's You 1993 Elektra(UK)
836 recordlabel: ABC 12360
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: David Ervin and Kenny Pierce
album: Come Fly with Me
Bobby Bland Love to See You Smile 1978 ABC
837 recordlabel: Playboy 6034
chartposition: US dance #9
writtenby: Ed Minnis
comments: [disco dance]
Ron Butler & The Ramblers Peace and Love 1975 Playboy
838 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #23, UK #42
weeksinr&bchart: 26
writtenby: Van Hunt and Dionne Farris
comments: from the movie Love Jones starring Larenz Tate [neo soul]
Dionne Farris Hopeless 1997 Columbia
839 recordlabel: Cameo 429
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Bobby Marchan
Bobby Marchan Shake Your Tambourine 1966 Cameo
840 recordlabel: Universal 56022
chartposition: RandB #28, US #51, UK #42
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Mr. Cheeks (as Terrance Kelly)
album: Legal Drug Money
comments: [hip hop] samples 'Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll' by Vaughan Mason and Crew
The Lost Boyz featuring Tha Dogg Pound Music Makes Me High 1996 Universal
841 recordlabel: Atco 6937
chartposition: RandB #76, US #42
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Dr. John (as Mac Rebennack)
album: In the Right Place
Dr. John Such A Night 1973 Atco
842 recordlabel: United Artists 36141 (UK)
chartposition: UK #42
writtenby: T. Randazzo, V. Pike
comments: [northern soul] (re release)
Little Anthony & The Imperials Better Use Your Head -- Gonna Fix You Good 1976 United Artists(UK)
843 recordlabel: MCA 53120
chartposition: US #42, UK #78
writtenby: Allee Willis and Franne Golde
album: Serious Slammin'
The Pointer Sisters Be There 1987 MCA
844 recordlabel: Go Beat
chartposition: UK #42
writtenby: Gabrielle , Paul Weller, Ben Wolff and Andy Dean
album: Always
Gabrielle Why 2007 Go Beat
845 recordlabel: Go Beat 62 (UK)
chartposition: UK #43
writtenby: Gabrielle and Jonathan Shorten
album: Play to Win
Gabrielle Ten Years Time 2004 Go Beat(UK)
846 recordlabel: RCA 131(UK)
chartposition: UK #43
writtenby: Lawrence Jones and Morrie Brown
album: I'm In Love
comments: [disco, boogie]
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) If You Want My Lovin' 1981 RCA (UK)
847 recordlabel: Parkway 6000
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #38, US # 43
writtenby: Eddie Curtis, Ahmet Ertegun (as Nuggy), Lance Finnie and Willie Schofield
Bunny Sigler Lovey Dovey - You're So Fine 1967 Parkway
848 recordlabel: Capitol 3892
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Barbara Acklin & F. Flowers
album: A Place in the Sun
Barbara Acklin Raindrops 1974 Capitol
849 recordlabel: Capitol
chartposition: RandB #20, UK #55, US #129
writtenby: T3, Aretha Franklin, Elzhi, Kayne West
album: Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit)
comments: [hip hop]
Slum Village ft. Kanye West & John Legend Selfish 2004 Capitol
850 recordlabel: Arctic 144
chartposition: RandB #18, US #79
writtenby: Clarence Reid and Jerry Corbitt
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Della Humphrey Don't Make the Good Girls Go Bad 1968 Arctic
851 recordlabel: RCA Victor 13093
chartposition: RandB #27, US dance #17
writtenby: Mauro Malavasi, Guiliano Salerni and Fonzi Thornton
album: I'll Do My Best
The Ritchie Family I'll Do My Best (For You Baby) 1982 RCA Victor
852 recordlabel: Rap A Lot 53823
chartposition: RandB #37, US #40
writtenby: Scarface (as Brad Jordan), M. Burnette, L. Richie, M. Gaye and J. Johnson
album: Till Death Do Us Part
The Geto Boys Six Feet Deep 1993 Rap A Lot
853 recordlabel: Atlantic 2006
chartposition: RandB #14, US #79
writtenby: Ray Charles
album: What'd I Say
comments: instrumental
Ray Charles Rockhouse 1958 Atlantic
854 recordlabel: Capitol 4453
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: George Motola and John Marascalco
album: Love Storm
Tavares Goodnight My Love 1977 Capitol
855 recordlabel: Stax 196
chartposition: RandB #18, US #85
writtenby: Jackson, Jones, Cropper
album: And Now!
comments: [instrumental]
Booker T. & the MGs My Sweet Potato 1966 Stax
856 recordlabel: EastWest 95900
chartposition: RandB #36, US #43
weeksinr&bchart: 20
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Terror Fabulous featuring Nadine Sutherland Action 1994 EastWest
857 recordlabel: MCA 54369
chartposition: RandB #14, US dance #12
album: Don't Sweat the Technique
Eric B. & Rakim Don't Sweat the Technique 1992 MCA
858 recordlabel: Abstract Dance 001 (UK)
chartposition: UK #42
writtenby: Steve McIntosh
album: Have A Good Forever...
The Cool Notes You're Never Too Young 1984 Abstract Dance(UK)
859 recordlabel: Tamla 54131
chartposition: RandB #20, US #48
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Sophisticated Soul
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Marvelettes You're the One 1966 Tamla
860 recordlabel: Arista 2022
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon
album: Do You Still Remember Love
Geoff McBride Gotta Good Thing 1990 Arista
861 recordlabel: Next Plateau 50083
chartposition: RandB #14, US dance #39
writtenby: Hurby Azor (as Fingerprints)
album: A Salt with a Deadly Pepa
comments: [hip hop]
Salt-N-Pepa Get Up Everybody (Get Up) 1988 Next Plateau
862 recordlabel: Constellation 53117
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Bernadette Cooper, Brantley and Timas
album: Klymaxx
Klymaxx Divas Need Love Too 1987 Constellation
863 recordlabel: Arista 0522
chartposition: RandB #14, US Dance #23
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr.
album: Two Places at the Same Time
comments: [instrumental]
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) For Those Who Live to Groove 1980 Arista
864 recordlabel: Atlantic 89350
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Gerald Levert
album: Bloodline
LeVert Let's Go Out Tonight 1986 Atlantic
865 recordlabel: ABC/Blue Thumb 271
chartposition: RandB #14, US #103
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
album: The Best of the Pointer Sisters
The Pointer Sisters You Gotta Believe 1976 ABC/Blue Thumb
866 recordlabel: Soul Jazz 17612(UK)
chartposition: UK #43
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
Ernie K-Doe Here Come the Girls 2007 Soul Jazz (UK)
867 recordlabel: Happy Tiger 541
chartposition: RandB #14, US #49
writtenby: Paul Kelly
album: Dirt
comments: [dance]
Paul Kelly Stealing in the Name of the Lord 1970 Happy Tiger
868 recordlabel: Capitol 3267
chartposition: RandB #14
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Winfield Scott
The Five Keys Gee Whittakers 1956 Capitol
869 recordlabel: RCA 275(UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: David Courtney
album: Happy Together
Odyssey Magic Touch 1982 RCA (UK)
870 recordlabel: Atlantic 2214
chartposition: RandB #14, US #38
writtenby: Barbara Lewis
album: Hello Stranger / The Best of Barbara Lewis
Barbara Lewis Puppy Love 1964 Atlantic
871 recordlabel: RCA 12348
chartposition: UK #43
writtenby: Allee Willis, David Foster and Jay Graydon
album: I Got the Melody
comments: [ballad]
Odyssey It Will Be Alright 1981 RCA
872 recordlabel: AandM 1743
chartposition: RandB #18, US #70
writtenby: George Johnson and Debbie Smith
album: Mellow Madness
Quincy Jones featuring the Brothers Johnson Is It Love That We're Missin' 1975 A&M
873 recordlabel: Sony Soho Square 2042
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Des'ree (as Des'ree Weekes) and Jimmy Haynes
album: I Ain't Movin'
Des'ree I Ain't Movin' 1994 Sony Soho Square
874 recordlabel: Champion 12 312
chartposition: UK #43
writtenby: George Mcfarlane and Sten Hallstrom
album: Show Me Love
Robin S. Back It Up 1994 Champion
875 recordlabel: CBS Associated 04642
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Ernie Isley, Chris Jasper and Marvin Isley
album: Broadway's Closer to Sunset Boulevard
Isley Jasper Isley Look the Other Way 1984 CBS Associated
876 recordlabel: RCA 5313
chartposition: RandB #14, US AC #48
writtenby: Renaldo Benson, Crump and Ronnie McNeir
album: Ruffin and Kendrick
David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks I Couldn't Believe It 1987 RCA
877 recordlabel: Champion 307
chartposition: RandB #25, US #112, UK #43
writtenby: Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy
album: Show Me Love
comments: [ballad]
Robin S. What I Do Best 1993 Champion
878 recordlabel: Total Experience 8202
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Lonnie Simmons, Jonah Ellis and Goodie (as Robert Whitfield)
album: Call Me Goodie
Goodie Do Something 1982 Total Experience
879 recordlabel: Go! Beat 64 (UK)
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Mac Davis
album: Excursion on the Version
Beats International In the Ghetto 1991 Go! Beat(UK)
880 recordlabel: RCA 8926
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Troy Johnson
album: The Way It Is
comments: [new jack swing]
Troy Johnson The Way It Is 1989 RCA
881 recordlabel: Blackground
chartposition: RandB #54, US #93, UK #43
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Magoo, Missy Elliott, Robert J. Harris, Timbaland and Paul Webster
album: Tim's Bio
Timbaland featuring Missy Elliott & Magoo Here We Come 1998 Blackground
882 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 694 (UK)
chartposition: UK #42
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
comments: [Motown Sound]
Martha (Reeves) & the Vandellas Nowhere to Run 1969 Tamla Motown(UK)
883 recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 812 054
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Larry Blackmon, Charlie Singleton, Nathan Leftenant and Tomi Jenkins
album: Style
comments: [funk]
Cameo Style 1983 Atlanta Artists
884 recordlabel: Atco 456185
chartposition: US #53, UK #27
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Phil Spector
Ben E. King First Taste of Love 1960 Atco
885 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 669
chartposition: RandB #24, US #42
writtenby: Deke Richards and Debbie Dean
comments: [Motown Sound]
Martha (Reeves) & the Vandellas I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing 1968 Tamla Motown
886 recordlabel: Capitol 4902
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph and Arthur Phillips
album: Love Lives Forever
Minnie Riperton Here We Go 1980 Capitol
887 recordlabel: Gasoline Alley 3465
chartposition: RandB #15, US #43
writtenby: Shai
album: Blackface
comments: [slow jam]
Shai Come with Me 1995 Gasoline Alley
888 recordlabel: Atlantic 89439
chartposition: RandB #23, US Dance #16
writtenby: Taharqa Aleem and Tunde Ra Aleem
Aleem featuring Leroy Burgess Love's on Fire 1986 Atlantic
889 recordlabel: Wall Of Sound 064
chartposition: UK #43
writtenby: John Gosling, Roxanne Shanté, Whiz Kid and John Miller
album: Relax with Mekon
comments: [hip hop]
Mekon featuring Roxanne Shante What's Going On? 2000 Wall Of Sound
890 recordlabel: Island 99136
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Miles Jaye
album: Irresistible
Miles Jaye Heaven 1990 Island
891 recordlabel: Cream 7939
chartposition: US #42
writtenby: Joyce Cobb and Lynn C. Lewis
Joyce Cobb Dig the Gold 1979 Cream
892 recordlabel: Piccadilly 35346(UK)
chartposition: UK #43
writtenby: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band Que Sera Sera 1966 Piccadilly (UK)
893 recordlabel: Stateside 1204(UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Paul Kords
album: The First Lady Of Immediate
P.P. Arnold The Time Has Come 1967 Stateside (UK)
894 recordlabel: Arista 9146
chartposition: RandB #45, US dance #15
writtenby: Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller
album: How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye
Dionne Warwick Got a Date 1984 Arista
895 recordlabel: EastWest 7339
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: MC Lyte (as Lana Moore) , Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams
album: Seven and Seven
MC Lyte I Can't Make a Mistake 1998 EastWest
896 recordlabel: RCA 11346
chartposition: RandB #19, US #104
writtenby: Len Ron Hanks and Zane Grey
Grey & Hanks You Fooled Me 1978 RCA
897 recordlabel: Chelsea 150
chartposition: RandB #19, US #79
writtenby: Linda Creed, Thom Bell and Wes Farrell
album: I'm Doin' Fine Now / The Best of New York City
New York City Quick, Fast, in a Hurry 1974 Chelsea
898 recordlabel: Capitol 337 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Arthur Barrow, Joe Esposito and Richie Zito
album: Swept Away
Diana Ross Touch by Touch 1984 Capitol(UK)
899 recordlabel: Island
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Amy Winehouse
album: Back to Black
Amy Winehouse Love is a Losing Game 2007 Island
900 recordlabel: Thomas 307
chartposition: RandB #19, US #102
writtenby: Monk Higgins and Cash McCall (as Maurice Dollison)
Cash McCall When You Wake Up 1966 Thomas

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