501 |
recordlabel: MCA 52774
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #5, US #3, US dance #4
writtenby: Jerry Knight & Aaron Zigman
album: The Jets
|
502 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 1116
chartposition: RandB #1, US #17
writtenby: Lincoln Chase
album: LaVern Baker
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #343]
|
503 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8299
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #11
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Sam Cooke
album: Ain't That Good News
|
504 |
recordlabel: ABC 11240
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, US AC #36
writtenby: Leon Carr & Earl Shuman
album: I Love You
comments: [sweet soul love ballad]
|
505 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89560
chartposition: RandB #8, US dance #4, UK #12, US #1, US AC #30, US rock #10
writtenby: Phil Collins
album: No Jacket Required
|
506 |
recordlabel: RCA 13916
chartposition: RandB #24, US #1, US dance #1, UK #48, US AC #8, US rock #18
writtenby: Daryl Hall & John Oates
album: Big Bam Boom
|
507 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10602
chartposition: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield & Johnny Pate
album: Keep On Pushing / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
|
508 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 28399
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #10, US dance #2
writtenby: Prince
album: Sign of the Times
|
509 |
recordlabel: Capitol 84997
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #18
writtenby: Mims
album: Music Is My Savior
|
510 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 2236
chartposition: RandB #9, US #5, UK #32, US dance #8, US AC #26
writtenby: Giorgio Moroder & Donna Summer
album: On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2
comments: [disco]
|
511 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 973
chartposition: RandB #30, UK #2, US #3, US dance #14
writtenby: Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo & Victor Willis
album: Go West
comments: [disco]
|
512 |
recordlabel: Columbia 73690
chartposition: RandB #7, US #3, UK #20, US dance #1
writtenby: Robert Clivillés and Freedom Williams
album: Gonna Make You Sweat
|
513 |
recordlabel: Go Beat 99
chartposition: UK #1, US Dance #1, US #26
writtenby: Gabrielle and Tim Laws
album: Find Your Way
|
514 |
recordlabel: LaFace 74321 16350
chartposition: RandB #2, US #7, UK #15, US AC #8
writtenby: Babyface and Daryl Simmons
album: Toni Braxton
|
515 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10739
chartposition: RandB #5, US #6, UK #50, US AC #1
writtenby: Buck Owens
album: Crying Time
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
516 |
recordlabel: AandM 1949
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, UK #35, US AC #38
writtenby: Shuggie Otis
album: Right On Time
comments: [funk jazz]
|
517 |
recordlabel: Columbia 73502
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #60, US AC #1
writtenby: Brian Simpson & Bernard Jackson
album: 3 Deep
comments: [love ballad]
|
518 |
recordlabel: Arista 13293
chartposition: RandB #4, US #4, UK #16, US AC #2
writtenby: Sandy Linzer and David Wolfert
album: The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [slow jam]
|
519 |
recordlabel: Imperial 5474
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, Country #11
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Bill Justis and Sid Manker
comments: instrumental
|
520 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 7303 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #4, US #9, US dance #7
writtenby: Vincent F. Bell
album: Juice
|
521 |
recordlabel: MCA 54342
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #19, US dance #1
writtenby: Babyface, Bobby Brown , L.A. Reid and Daryl Simmons
album: Bobby
|
522 |
recordlabel: MCA 53416
chartposition: RandB #5, US #2, UK #15, US dance #2, US AC #43
writtenby: L.A. Reid, Babyface & Daryl Simmons
album: The Lover in Me
|
523 |
recordlabel: United Artists 50910
chartposition: RandB #5, US #2, US AC #6
writtenby: Eddie Cornelius
album: Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
comments: [pop soul]
|
524 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2427
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #39
writtenby: Jimmy Holiday & Ronnie Shannon
album: Aretha Arrives
comments: [southern soul]
|
525 |
recordlabel: Capitol 839 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #15, US #10, US AC #36
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Silk Electric
|
526 |
recordlabel: Columbia 10090
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1
writtenby: Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn & Maurice White
album: That's the Way of the World
|
527 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 1085
chartposition: RandB #1
writtenby: Henry Glover
album: Ray Charles
comments: [ballad]
|
528 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 10155
chartposition: RandB #2, US #3, UK #43
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: Changing Faces
comments: [slow jam]
|
529 |
recordlabel: Parkway 811
chartposition: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #44
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Hank Ballard
album: Twist with Chubby Checker
|
530 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 568 665
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #25
writtenby: Montell Jordan, Master P (as Percy Miller) and Vyshonn Miller
album: Let's Ride
comments: [slow jam]
|
531 |
recordlabel: MCA 40198
chartposition: RandB #15, US #1
writtenby: Elton John & Bernie Taupin
album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
comments: (reached #37 on the UK charts in 1976)
|
532 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 1
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #10
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Method Man (as Clifford Smith) and RZA (as Robert Diggs)
album: Tical
comments: [hip hop]
|
533 |
recordlabel: Buddah 515
chartposition: RandB #23, US #4, UK #5, US AC #23, US dance #2
writtenby: Gregg Diamond
album: More, More, More
comments: [disco]
|
534 |
recordlabel: Deja 34
chartposition: RandB #4, US #3, UK #66
writtenby: Victor Carraway, Detail, Ray J and Yung Berg
album: All I Feel
|
535 |
recordlabel: Columbia 10854
chartposition: RandB #1, UK#3, US #8, US AC #41
writtenby: Maurice White, Al McKay & Allee Willis
album: The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1
|
536 |
recordlabel: MCA 55604
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, UK #16
writtenby: K Ci (as Cedric Hailey), JoJo (as Joel Hailey) and Rory Bennett
album: It's Real
comments: [slow jam]
|
537 |
recordlabel: Capitol 15801
chartposition: UK #4, RandB #15, US #7
writtenby: Vic Mizzy
album: Too Legit to Quit
comments: [hip hop]
|
538 |
recordlabel: Paisley Park 28289
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #11, US #2
writtenby: Prince
album: Sign of the Times
|
539 |
recordlabel: Planet 105 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #2, US #5, US dance #2, US AC #36
writtenby: Mark Goldenberg & Brock Walsh
album: Break Out
|
540 |
recordlabel: LaFace 24064
chartposition: RandB #3, US #7, UK #3, US AC #4
writtenby: L.A. Reid, Babyface and Daryl Simmons
album: Toni Braxton
|
541 |
recordlabel: United Artists 163
chartposition: RandB #5, US #2
writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Leroy Jordan,Charles Miller
album: The World Is a Ghetto
comments: [funk]
|
542 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54207
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #51, US AC #34
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
album: What's Going On
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
543 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 54 (UK)
chartposition: US #5, UK #2
writtenby: R. Dean Taylor
album: I Think, Therefore I Am / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [pop, rock, soul]
|
544 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4179
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1
writtenby: Kenneth St. Lewis & Freddie Perren
album: Showcase
comments: [disco dance]
|
545 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 386
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #6
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Johnny Otis
album: Letter Full Of Tears
comments: [ballad]
|
546 |
recordlabel: Arista 12989
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #39
writtenby: Babyface
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album / Share My World
comments: [slow jam]
|
547 |
recordlabel: Cash Money
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1
writtenby: Daniel Castillo, Juvenile and Soulja Slim
album: Juve the Great
|
548 |
recordlabel: AandM 1974
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, US dance #19
writtenby: Len Ron Hanks & Zane Grey
album: Something To Love
comments: [disco funk]
|
549 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 008678
chartposition: RandB #7, US #2, UK #4, US dance #6
writtenby: Ne Yo, Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel Storleer Eriksen
album: Because of You
|
550 |
recordlabel: Arista 12929
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, UK #30
writtenby: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds)
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
|
551 |
recordlabel: Capitol 599
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, UK #8, US dance #3
writtenby: MC Hammer & Prince
album: Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
|
552 |
recordlabel: JAD 220
chartposition: US #39, UK #6, US AC #38
writtenby: Sam Cooke
album: Hold Me Tight
comments: [reggae]
|
553 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 006285
chartposition: RandB #28, US #4, UK #2, US dance #14
writtenby: LL Cool J, Jermaine Dupri, LRoc, Ryan Toby, Jennifer Lopez, Afrika Bambaataa and Arthur Baker
album: Todd Smith
|
554 |
recordlabel: AandM 1544
chartposition: RandB #8, US #1, US AC #15
writtenby: Billy Preston & Bruce Fisher
album: The Kids and Me
|
555 |
recordlabel: RCA 13021
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #36, US #8, US dance #14
writtenby: Dennis Matkosky & Michael Sembello
album: Why Do Fools Fall in Love
|
556 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 2419
chartposition: RandB #3, US #6, UK #11
writtenby: Lil' Kim (as Kimberly Jones) and Jermaine Dupri
album: Hard Core
|
557 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8247
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #11
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Willie Dixon
album: Night Beat
|
558 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 620
chartposition: RandB #3, US #6, UK #26
writtenby: Norman Whitfield, Cornelius Grant & Roger Penzabene
album: The Temptations With A Lot O' Soul / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.2
comments: [love ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
559 |
recordlabel: Columbia 11222
chartposition: RandB #4, US #5, UK #45, US AC #21
writtenby: Leo Graham & Paul Richmond
album: After Midnight
comments: [beat ballad]
|
560 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2879
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, UK #29, US AC #1
writtenby: Ralph MacDonald & William Salter
album: Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway / The Best of Donny Hathaway
|
561 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 926
chartposition: RandB #5, US #3, US dance #1, UK #51, US AC #42
writtenby: Paul Jabara
album: Live and More
comments: [disco]
|
562 |
recordlabel: AandM 1455
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, US dance #1, UK #23
writtenby: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Rhythm Nation 1814
|
563 |
recordlabel: Arista 0588
chartposition: RandB #45, US #6, US AC #5
writtenby: Gino Vannelli
album: Nightwalker
comments: [ballad]
|
564 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 063773
chartposition: RandB #5, US #2, UK #12
writtenby: Ja Rule, Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Irv Gotti and Andre Parker
album: The Last Temptation
|
565 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2260
chartposition: UK #3, RandB #8, US #18
writtenby: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
album: The Good Life With The Drifters
comments: [pop soul]
|
566 |
recordlabel: Warner 29216
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, US dance #1, US rock #19
writtenby: Prince
album: Purple Rain
|
567 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 742
chartposition: RandB #20, US #4
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Get Ready
comments: [rock soul] [Motown Sound]
|
568 |
recordlabel: Interscope Digital
chartposition: UK #3, US #9, US dance #1
writtenby: Rodney Jenkins, Theron Thomas, Timothy Thomas, Jim McCarthy
album: Doll Domination
|
569 |
recordlabel: Capitol 77995
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, UK #17
writtenby: Chingy
album: Jackpot
|
570 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54087
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #22
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
571 |
recordlabel: Paisley Park 19083
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #25, US #3, US AC #40
writtenby: Prince
album: Diamonds and Pearls
|
572 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 452904
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, US AC #31
writtenby: Thom Bell & Phil Hurtt
album: The Spinners (Detroit)
comments: [philly sound]
|
573 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54169
chartposition: RandB #1, US #7, UK #19
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: You're All I Need / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
574 |
recordlabel: Elektra 6170
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, UK #18
writtenby: Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Nas, Eve (as Eve Jeffers) and Q Tip (as Kamaal Fareed)
album: Da Real World
|
575 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 976
chartposition: RandB #42, UK #1, US #55, US AC #37
writtenby: Sam Brown & Rene Armand
album: One Day in Your Life / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [ballad]
|
576 |
recordlabel: Def Jam Digital
chartposition: RandB #14, US #8, UK #42, US dance #1
writtenby: The Dream, Tricky Stewart, Rihanna and Young Jeezy
album: Rated R
|
577 |
recordlabel: Arctic 105
chartposition: RandB #2, US #5
writtenby: Barbara Mason
album: Yes, I'm Ready / The Very Best of Barbara Mason
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
578 |
recordlabel: United Artists 50721
chartposition: RandB #20, US #3
writtenby: Eddie Cornelius
album: Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
comments: [northern soul]
|
579 |
recordlabel: Solar 74005
chartposition: RandB #5, US #2, US AC #20
writtenby: Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Melvin Gentry & Belinda Lipscomb
album: All the Way
|
580 |
recordlabel: 4AD 707
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #1, US #13, US dance #1
writtenby: Steve Young & Martyn Young
|
581 |
recordlabel: Elektra 63844
chartposition: RandB #7, US #10, UK #2
writtenby: Al Green and Busta Rhymes (as Trevor Smith Jr.)
album: When Disaster Strikes
|
582 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54136
chartposition: RandB #1, US #9, UK #36
writtenby: Bob Dylan
album: Up Tight / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
583 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 1088
chartposition: RandB #2, US #41
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: J. Mayo Williams, Bo Chatman and Mitchell Parish
album: Rock and Roll
comments: first recorded by Turner in 1941 with the Art Tatum band Decca 8563
|
584 |
recordlabel: Universal 0121577432
chartposition: RandB #5, US #7, UK #7
writtenby: Nelly (as Cornell Haynes Jr.) and Jason Epperson
album: Country Grammar
|
585 |
recordlabel: MCA 48014
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #20, US dance #30
writtenby: Bingham, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe, Dyson and Silky
album: Home Again
|
586 |
recordlabel: AandM 6800
chartposition: US #3, UK #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Sean Garrett, Polow da Don (as Jamal Jones), Jason Perry, Nicole Scherzinger and Snoop Dogg
album: PCD
|
587 |
recordlabel: Shady
chartposition: RandB #41, US #5, UK #2
writtenby: 50 Cent, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Danja
album: Curtis
|
588 |
recordlabel: Buddah 463
chartposition: RandB #6, US #11, UK #4, US AC #2
writtenby: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch
album: I Feel a Song
|
589 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 332
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #64
weeksinr&bchart: 17
writtenby: D. Gordon
|
590 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 416
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1
writtenby: Bernice Williams, Earl Edwards & Eugene Dixon
album: The Duke of Earl / The Duke of Soul
|
591 |
recordlabel: Universal 153296
chartposition: US #2, UK #61
writtenby: Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson and Deetah (as Claudia Ogalde)
album: Revelation
|
592 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4360
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, US AC #45
writtenby: Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy
album: Unpredictable
comments: [love ballad]
|
593 |
recordlabel: Warner 8877
chartposition: RandB #2, US #4, UK #64
weeksinr&bchart: 30
writtenby: James Baker, Melvin Lee Wilson, Jeff Young, Tamara Powell, Curtis
album: This Time It's Personal
comments: [slow jam]
|
594 |
recordlabel: Go! Beat (UK)
chartposition: US dance #13, UK #1
writtenby: Gabrielle , Ollie Dagois, Ferdy Unger Hamilton and Bob Dylan
album: Rise
|
595 |
recordlabel: Def Jam
chartposition: RandB #2, US #11
writtenby: Ludacris, Nicki Minaj, The Legendary Traxster and Derrelle Davidson
album: Battle of the Sexes
|
596 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 063956
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #7
writtenby: LL Cool J, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
album: 10
|
597 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 007342
chartposition: RandB #2, US #7, UK #5
writtenby: Ne Yo, Tor Erik Hermansen and Marti Frederiksen
album: In My Own Words
|
598 |
recordlabel: Shady
chartposition: RandB #3, US #3, UK #10
writtenby: 50 Cent and Scott Storch
album: The Massacre
|
599 |
recordlabel: Buddah 393
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #56
writtenby: Gerry Goffin & Barry Goldberg
album: Imagination...
|
600 |
recordlabel: AandM 2830
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #19, US dance #2
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis & Janet Jackson
album: Control
comments: [dance]
|