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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: Sound Stage Seven 2589
chartposition: RandB #19, US #70
writtenby: Dan Penn and Wayne Carson Thompson
album: No Sad Songs
comments: [deep soul]
Joe Simon Nine Pound Steel 1967 Sound Stage Seven
2 recordlabel: Piccadilly 35329
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Bill Martin and Phil Coulter
Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band Hi! Hi! Hazel 1966 Piccadilly
3 recordlabel: ABC 12268
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Harold Melvin and Kenny Gamble
album: Reaching for the World
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Sharon Page After You Love Me, Why Do You Leave Me 1977 ABC
4 recordlabel: Janus 150
chartposition: RandB #19, US #93
writtenby: Rudy Love and Dee Ervin
album: The Whispers' Love Story
comments: [sweet soul]
The Whispers Your Love Is So Doggone Good 1971 Janus
5 recordlabel: RCA 49873
chartposition: RandB #61, US #83, US dance #15
writtenby: Andy Goldmark and Bruce Roberts
album: Contact
The Pointer Sisters Twist My Arm 1986 RCA
6 recordlabel: Alston 4569
chartposition: RandB #15, US #33
writtenby: Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke
album: My First Time Around
Betty Wright Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do 1968 Alston
7 recordlabel: Ariola 7748
chartposition: RandB #20, US #74
writtenby: Pat Summerson and Lenny Macaluso
album: Taka Boom
Taka Boom Night Dancin' 1979 Ariola
8 recordlabel: MCA 40890
chartposition: RandB #75, UK #45
writtenby: Rochelle Runnells
album: Stargard
Stargard Love Is So Easy 1978 MCA
9 recordlabel: Chrysalis 4 (UK)
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: David Grant and Derek Bramble
album: David Grant
David Grant Rock the Midnight 1983 Chrysalis(UK)
10 recordlabel: Sony Soho Square 663069 2
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: David Townsend, Bernard Jackson and David Conley
album: Do Over
Pauline Henry Happy 1996 Sony Soho Square
11 recordlabel: Tamla 54135
chartposition: RandB #31, US #61, UK #45
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: This Old Heart of Mine
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Isley Brothers I Guess I'll Always Love You 1966 Tamla
12 recordlabel: Warner 6603
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Back to Basics
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Laid Back Girl 1993 Warner
13 recordlabel: Salsoul 2012
chartposition: RandB #44, US #104, US Dance #15
writtenby: Allan Felder and T.G. Conway
album: Ten Percent
Double Exposure My Love Is Free 1977 Salsoul
14 recordlabel: Specialty 615
chartposition: US #45
writtenby: Sonny Bono and Larry Williams
Larry Williams You Bug Me, Baby 1957 Specialty
15 recordlabel: Atlantic 3205
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Sam Dees and Sandra Drayton
album: The Show Must Go On
comments: [ballad]
Sam Dees Worn Out Broken Heart 1974 Atlantic
16 recordlabel: Atlantic 1086
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Eugene Randolph and Dorian Burton
album: Ivory Joe Hunter
Ivory Joe Hunter & His Ivorytones A Tear Fell 1956 Atlantic
17 recordlabel: Kapp 615
chartposition: US #48, AC #15
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: Greatest Hits Album
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: rJQ-Bk5fkoM
Ruby & The Romantics When You're Young And In Love 1964 Kapp
18 recordlabel: Warner 8437
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden, Cory Lerios and David Jenkins
album: While the City Sleeps
George Benson Teaser 1987 Warner
19 recordlabel: Boogie Man 226
chartposition: US dance #15, RandB #83
writtenby: Donn Marier and Kenneth Marier
comments: [disco dance] [instrumental]
The Boogie Man Orchestra Lady, Lady, Lady (Are You Crazy for Me) 1975 Boogie Man
20 recordlabel: Tamla 54164
chartposition: RandB #22, US #121, UK #52
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Doin' Their Thing
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Isley Brothers Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) 1968 Tamla
21 recordlabel: 2000 AD 19 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Joe Josea and B.B. King
album: Here Again
comments: [reggae]
Johnny Nash Rock Me Baby 1985 AD(UK)
22 recordlabel: Yab Yum 79040
chartposition: RandB #18, US #117
writtenby: Jon B.
album: Cool Relax
comments: [slow jam]
Jon B I Do (Whatcha Say Boo) 1998 Yab Yum
23 recordlabel: Island 99772
chartposition: RandB #15, US Dance #24
writtenby: Larry Price, Malcolm McLaren, Ronald Larkins Jr. and Stephen Hague
album: Rappin'
comments: [hip hop]
The World's Famous Supreme Team Hey D.J. 1984 Island
24 recordlabel: Mirage 99639
chartposition: RandB #21, US #108, US dance #22
writtenby: David Frank and Mic Murphy
album: Pleasure Seekers
The System The Pleasure Seekers 1985 Mirage
25 recordlabel: Danya 275
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Michael Marshall
album: Vicious Rumors
Timex Social Club Thinkin' About Ya 1987 Danya
26 recordlabel: RCA 65751
chartposition: RandB #19, US #70
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: LaShawn Daniels, Coko and Rodney Jerkins
album: Hot Coko
Coko Sunshine 1999 RCA
27 recordlabel: Columbia 18 02744
chartposition: RandB #23, US #101, UK #47, US Dance #17
Third World Try Jah Love 1982 Columbia
28 recordlabel: A & I 001
chartposition: RandB #19, US #99
writtenby: Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
album: Introducing the Whatnauts
The Whatnauts Message from a Black Man 1970 A & I
29 recordlabel: RAK 280 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Russ Ballard
Kandidate Don't Wanna Say Goodnight 1978 RAK(UK)
30 recordlabel: Reality 264
chartposition: RandB #19, UK #79
writtenby: Doug E. Fresh
album: Oh, My God!
Doug E. Fresh All the Way to Heaven 1986 Reality
31 recordlabel: RCA 49563
chartposition: RandB #79, US #45, US AC #49
writtenby: Neal Cavanagh, Terry Fryer and Tom Graf
album: Dirty Dancing! Original Soundtrack
Merry Clayton Yes 1988 RCA
32 recordlabel: MCA 54122
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Melvin Riley and Gerald Valentine
album: Straight Down to Business
Ready for the World Straight Down to Business 1991 MCA
33 recordlabel: RCA 1149
chartposition: US #47
writtenby: Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley and Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.)
album: Shout!
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #118]
The Isley Brothers Shout 1956 RCA
34 recordlabel: Columbia 07702
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Mico Wave, Bootsy Collins, Mallia Franklin and Walter Coleman
album: Cookin' from the Inside Out
Mico Wave Instant Replay 1988 Columbia
35 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 32025
chartposition: RandB #51, UK #45
album: Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five
comments: [hip hop]
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five We Don't Work for Free 1984 Sugar Hill
36 recordlabel: RCA Victor 4337
chartposition: RandB #61, UK #45
writtenby: Paul Laurence
album: Get Loose
comments: [disco funk]
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Get Loose 1983 RCA Victor
37 recordlabel: Diamond 269
chartposition: RandB #19, US #99
writtenby: Jesse Belvin and Jo Ann Belvin
Ruby Winters Guess Who 1969 Diamond
38 recordlabel: Warner 17282
chartposition: RandB #15, US #47
writtenby: Arvel McClinton, Jeff Young and Rochad Holiday
album: This Time It's Personal
comments: [slow jam]
Somethin' for the People All I Do 1998 Warner
39 recordlabel: Dakar 624
chartposition: RandB #18, US #75
writtenby: Johnny Moore and Jack Daniels
album: Tyrone Davis Greatest Hits
Tyrone Davis One-Way Ticket 1971 Dakar
40 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 293
chartposition: UK #45
album: Conspiracy
Drizabone Brightest Star 1994 th and Bway
41 recordlabel: Manifesto 48(UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Quincy Jones (as Quincy D. Jones)
comments: [instrumental]
The Cool, The Fab & The Groovy pres. Quincy Jones Soul Bossa Nova 1998 Manifesto (UK)
42 recordlabel: Fox/Beacon 10006
chartposition: RandB #15, US #87
writtenby: Keith Andes, Warres Carey, Timothy Jerome Harris and Ricky Jones
album: Sugar Hill OST
comments: [love ballad]
After 7 Gonna Love You Right 1994 Fox/Beacon
43 recordlabel: Commonwealth United 3001
chartposition: RandB #15, US #73
writtenby: Helen Miller and Rose Marie McCoy
album: We'll Cry Together
Maxine Brown We'll Cry Together 1969 Commonwealth United
44 recordlabel: MCA 53666
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Gene Griffin, Hall, Teddy Riley and Dawn Thomas
album: Guy
Guy Spend the Night 1989 MCA
45 recordlabel: Arista 1
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Tom Browne and Toni Smith
comments: re release
Tom Browne Funkin' for Jamaica (1991 Remix) 1991 Arista
46 recordlabel: RCA 40191 (UK)
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Richard Hewson
album: Mystery
The RAH Band Sorry Doesn't Make It Anymore 1985 RCA(UK)
47 recordlabel: Casablanca 198
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Pete Bellotte, Harold Faltermeyer and Keith Forsey
album: Bad Girls
Donna Summer Sunset People 1980 Casablanca
48 recordlabel: Atco 6246
chartposition: RandB #29, US #122
writtenby: Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Ben E. King Tell Daddy 1963 Atco
49 recordlabel: Tamla 54284
chartposition: RandB #18, US #101
writtenby: Larry Brown and Terri McFadden
album: Deep in My Soul
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson Vitamin U 1977 Tamla
50 recordlabel: MCA 2486
chartposition: RandB #20, US #68
writtenby: Ron Spearman and Vassal Benford
album: Something Real
Stephanie Mills All Day, All Night 1993 MCA
51 recordlabel: Manhattan 50071
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: R.J. Rice (as The Wiz) and DeDe Leitta
album: Hold On
R.J.s Latest Arrival Rhythm Method 1987 Manhattan
52 recordlabel: Manifesto 18
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell
Black Box Native New Yorker 1997 Manifesto
53 recordlabel: Big Beat 98112
chartposition: RandB #19, US #72
weeksinr&bchart: 22
writtenby: Lattrel, Timothy Christian Riley and Tracy
album: Touch of Soul
comments: [slow jam]
Art n' Soul Ever Since You Went Away 1996 Big Beat
54 recordlabel: MCA 52617
chartposition: RandB #52, US #78, US Dance #15
writtenby: Harold Faltermeyer and Franne Golde
album: Fletch
Stephanie Mills Bit by Bit 1985 MCA
55 recordlabel: AandM 3335
chartposition: UK #30
writtenby: John Fogerty
album: Love Is All I Have to Give
Checkmates, Ltd. Proud Mary 1969 A&M
56 recordlabel: Tamla 54044
chartposition: RandB #21, US #51
writtenby: William Robinson
comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to Broken Hearted
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Mighty Good Lovin' 1961 Tamla
57 recordlabel: Maverick 18326
chartposition: RandB #23, US dance #20, US #73, UK #74
weeksinr&bchart: 18
writtenby: Me'shell Ndegéocello
album: Plantation Lullabies
Me'shell Ndegéocello If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night) 1994 Maverick
58 recordlabel: Arista 0366
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Gil Scott Heron
Gil Scott-Heron Angel Dust 1978 Arista
59 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 17748
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Kerry Chater and Glen Ballard
album: Give Me the Night
comments: [jazz funk]
George Benson What's on Your Mind 1981 Warner Bros.
60 recordlabel: Warner 28809
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Morris Day
album: The Color of Success
Morris Day The Color of Success 1985 Warner
61 recordlabel: Buddah 600
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Michael Henderson and Sylvester Rivers
album: In the Night Time
Michael Henderson In the Night-Time 1978 Buddah
62 recordlabel: Atlantic 1184
chartposition: RandB #15
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Joe Turner
Joe Turner Jump for Joy 1958 Atlantic
63 recordlabel: Bluesway 61029
chartposition: RandB #15, US #76
writtenby: B.B. King
album: Live and Well
comments: [blues]
B.B. King Just a Little Love 1969 Bluesway
64 recordlabel: Atlantic 86056
chartposition: RandB #15
album: Rude Awakening
The Rude Boys Heaven 1991 Atlantic
65 recordlabel: Casablanca 810 337 1
chartposition: RandB #59, US Dance #15
writtenby: James Mtume and Reggie Lucas
album: Tantalizingly Hot
comments: [disco funk]
Stephanie Mills You Can't Run from My Love 1983 Casablanca
66 recordlabel: Fontana 7 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Andy Connell and Corinne Drewery
album: Kaleidoscope World
Swing Out Sister Where in the World 1989 Fontana(UK)
67 recordlabel: WEA 18867 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Bugatti, Musker
album: The Dukes Bugatti and Musker
comments: [disco, boogie]
The Dukes Mystery Girl 1981 WEA(UK)
68 recordlabel: Positiva 66
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Robert White
comments: [dance, house instrumental]
Express of Sound Real Vibration (Want Love) 1996 Positiva
69 recordlabel: Expansion Special Reserve 710
chartposition: US Dance #15
writtenby: Bruce Hawes, Charles Simmons and Joe Jefferson (as Joseph B. Jefferson)
album: Bingo
The Whispers Where There Is Love 1974 Expansion Special Re
70 recordlabel: Parkway 862
chartposition: RandB #15, US #15
writtenby: Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe
album: Let's Limbo Some More
Chubby Checker Twenty Miles 1963 Parkway
71 recordlabel: Arista 9270
chartposition: RandB #59, US Dance #15
writtenby: David Frank and Mic Murphy
album: Let Me Be the One
Angela Bofill Can't Slow Down 1984 Arista
72 recordlabel: Columbia 46037
chartposition: US AC #46
writtenby: Sonny Rollins
album: Solar Wind
Ramsey Lewis The Everywhere Calypso 1974 Columbia
73 recordlabel: MCA 53768
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Chris Jasper, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley and Rudolph Isley
album: Easy to Love
Body Footsteps in the Dark 1990 MCA
74 recordlabel: Warner 28401
chartposition: US dance #10
writtenby: Eric van Tijn and Jochem Fluitsma
album: Mutual Attraction
Sylvester Mutual Attraction 1987 Warner
75 recordlabel: Capitol
chartposition: RandB #18, US #107
writtenby: Ne Yo
album: Lady Love
LeToya Luckett Not Anymore 2009 Capitol
76 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: RandB #88, UK #45
writtenby: Missy Elliot
album: Diamond Princess
comments: [hip hop]
Trina ft. Tweet No Panties 2002 Atlantic
77 recordlabel: Capitol 0777 7 15890
chartposition: RandB #18, US #102
writtenby: Michaelangelo Saulsberry, Eric Kirkland, Irving Washington and Phillip Johnson
album: Portrait
Portrait Honey Dip 1993 Capitol
78 recordlabel: RCA Victor 5048
chartposition: UK #54, US Dance #27
writtenby: DeLisle Harper, Glen LeFleur, Joe Jammer, Mike Vernon and Pete Wingfield
Olympic Runners with George Chandler Keep It Up 1977 RCA Victor
79 recordlabel: A.1. 304
chartposition: UK #44
Steve Walsh Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now 1988 A..
80 recordlabel: Warner 19969
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Ken Gold and Maggie Ryder
album: Rich and Poor
Randy Crawford Wrap-U-Up 1990 Warner
81 recordlabel: Augusta Sound 94023
chartposition: RandB #73, UK #45
writtenby: James Brown and Joe Brown
album: Bring It On!
comments: [funk]
James Brown Bring It On... Bring It On 1983 Augusta Sound
82 recordlabel: Atlantic 2956
chartposition: RandB #15, US #42
writtenby: Phil Hurtt and Bunny Sigler
album: Sweet Charlie Babe
comments: [philly sound]
Jackie Moore Sweet Charlie Babe 1973 Atlantic
83 recordlabel: Bearsville 6559
chartposition: RandB #19, US Dance #92
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
Norma Jean Wright High Society 1979 Bearsville
84 recordlabel: MCA 52566
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Sid Wyche
album: Love Cycles
comments: [ballad]
Klique A Woman, a Lover, a Friend 1985 MCA
85 recordlabel: Interscope/MCA 6523
chartposition: RandB #15, US #60
writtenby: K Ci, JoJo and R. Kelly
album: It's Real
K-Ci & JoJo Life 1999 Interscope/MCA
86 recordlabel: Columbia 78686
chartposition: RandB #21, US #58
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips
album: Kimberly Scott
comments: [slow jam]
Kimberly Scott Tuck Me In 1997 Columbia
87 recordlabel: United Artists 36257
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Ayn Robbins, Bill Conti and Carol Conners
comments: (From the United Artists Motion Picture 'Rocky')
De Etta Little & Nelson Pigford You Take My Heart Away 1977 United Artists
88 recordlabel: Elite DAZZ 1
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Sojka, Batchelor, Cawthorne, Johnson, Hinds
Atmosfear Dancing In Outer Space 1979 Elite DAZZ
89 recordlabel: Attic 2007
chartposition: RandB #19, UK #71
writtenby: Trevor Gale and Kenneth Hairston
album: Sybil
Sybil featuring Salt-N-Pepa Crazy for You 1990 Attic
90 recordlabel: Solar 13
chartposition: RandB #74, US dance #10
album: Portrait of Carrie
Carrie Lucas It's Not What You Got (It's How You Use It) 1980 Solar
91 recordlabel: AandM 1167
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Jimmy Cliff
album: Wonderful World, Beautiful People
comments: [Reggae]
Jimmy Cliff Vietnam 1970 A&M
92 recordlabel: AandM 658
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Al Green
album: I Get Joy
Al Green As Long As We're Together 1989 A&M
93 recordlabel: Dial 1023
chartposition: RandB #19, US #102
writtenby: Paul Kelly
Annette Snell You Oughta' Be Here with Me 1973 Dial
94 recordlabel: MCA 53789
chartposition: US #90, UK #46
writtenby: Roland Gift and David Steele
album: The Raw and the Cooked
Fine Young Cannibals I'm Not Satisfied 1990 MCA
95 recordlabel: Carrere 393
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Mike Wickfield, Pamela Forest and Paul Pacer
album: Sheila and B.Devotion
Sheila & B. Devotion You Light My Fire 1978 Carrere
96 recordlabel: Atlantic Street 021
chartposition: UK #47, R&B #118
album: The Cookbook
Missy Elliott Teary Eyed 2005 Atlantic Street
97 recordlabel: AandM 2407
chartposition: RandB #42, UK #47
writtenby: Yvonne Brown and Dennis Brown
album: Love Has Found Its Way
comments: [reggae]
Dennis Brown Love Has Found Its Way 1982 A&M
98 recordlabel: MCA Records 25714
chartposition: RandB #21, US #65
writtenby: Common, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
album: Electric Circus
comments: [hip hop]
Common featuring Mary J. Blige Come Close To Me 2002 MCA Records
99 recordlabel: RCA 5149
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Nick Trevisick and Paul Gurvitz
album: Silk and Steel
Five Star Are You Man Enough? 1987 RCA
100 recordlabel: Chelsea 2005064
chartposition: US Dance #15
writtenby: Mets
The Honeybees Dream Express 1976 Chelsea

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