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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
201 recordlabel: Columbia 1906 (UK)
chartposition: UK #64
writtenby: Peter Schwartz, Sly Dunbar, Richie Stephens, Clifton Dillon, Ewart Brown
Mad Cobra & Richie Stevens Legacy 1993 Columbia(UK)
202 recordlabel: Arista 13260
chartposition: RandB #62, US #63, UK #126, US AC #16
writtenby: Kenny G
album: The Moment
comments: [smooth jazz instrumental]
Kenny G The Moment 1996 Arista
203 recordlabel: Wa Records 1 (UK)
chartposition: UK #63
writtenby: R. Clarke, P. Hinds
album: Time Keeps Moving On
Rick Clarke I'll See You Along The Way 1988 Wa Records(UK)
204 recordlabel: Marlin 3328
chartposition: RandB #52, US Dance #21
writtenby: C. Quartz and Max Gazzola
album: Quartz
comments: [instrumental]
Quartz Beyond the Clouds 1978 Marlin
205 recordlabel: MCA 54102
chartposition: UK #63
writtenby: Junior (as Junior Giscombe) and Greg Smith
album: Stand Strong
Junior Giscombe Step Off 1990 MCA
206 recordlabel: Telstar 2801 (UK)
chartposition: UK #64
comments: [disco dance house] (Fireball Club Mix)
Hunter featuring Ruby Turner Shakaboom 1995 Telstar(UK)
207 recordlabel: Turntable 506
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Al Pyfrom, Dorothy Hughes and Jimmy Norman
Lloyd Price Bad Conditions 1969 Turntable
208 recordlabel: Goldwax 309
chartposition: RandB #21, US #99
writtenby: O.B. McClinton
album: You Got My Mind Messed Up
James Carr Love Attack 1966 Goldwax
209 recordlabel: Warner 8235
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Larry Graham
album: Mirror
Graham Central Station Entrow (Part I) 1976 Warner
210 recordlabel: RCA 204
chartposition: US #63
writtenby: Willie Hutch (as Willie Hutchison)
album: Highly Distinct
The Friends of Distinction Let Yourself Go 1969 RCA
211 recordlabel: Def Jam
chartposition: RandB #24, US #113
writtenby: Chrisette Michele, Kevin Randolph and David Lee Stewart
album: I Am
comments: [slow jam]
Chrisette Michele If I Have My Way 2007 Def Jam
212 recordlabel: United Artists 1213
chartposition: RandB #21, US dance #19
writtenby: B.B. Dickerson, Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Jerry Goldstein, Lee Oskar,Lonnie Jordan
album: Youngblood
War Youngblood (Livin' in the Streets) 1978 United Artists
213 recordlabel: Dial 4061
chartposition: RandB #24, US #63
writtenby: Joe Tex
Joe Tex A Woman's Hands 1967 Dial
214 recordlabel: Columbia 10755
chartposition: RandB #24, US #106
writtenby: Kevin Barnes, Verdine White, Robert Wright and Louis Satterfield
album: Take It on Up
The Pockets Take It on Up 1978 Columbia
215 recordlabel: WEA 248687
chartposition: UK #64
writtenby: Mark Reilly and Mark Fisher
album: Matt Bianco
Matt Bianco Dancing in the Street 1986 WEA
216 recordlabel: Atlantic 2335
chartposition: RandB #26, US #73
writtenby: Andrew Wright and Calvin Lewis
Esther Phillips When a Woman Loves a Man 1966 Atlantic
217 recordlabel: NPG/Arista 13749
chartposition: RandB #23, US #63, UK #65
writtenby: Prince
album: Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
Prince The Greatest Romance Ever Sold 1999 NPG/Arista
218 recordlabel: Payday 570258
chartposition: RandB #33, US #64
writtenby: Frankie Beverly, WC, M. Thompson and J. Williams
album: The Shadiest One
WC featuring Jon B Better Days 1998 Payday
219 recordlabel: MCA 53736
chartposition: RandB #26, US #77
writtenby: Chunky A and Attala Zane Giles (as A. Z. Giles)
album: Large and in Charge
Chunky A Owwww! 1989 MCA
220 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 70
chartposition: UK #65
writtenby: James Avery
album: Trouble Over Here Trouble Over There
comments: [funk]
Trouble Funk Woman of Principle 1987 th and Bway
221 recordlabel: AandM 1039
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #50, US #65
writtenby: Phil Spector and Bobby Stevens
album: Love Is All We Have to Give
Checkmates, Ltd. Love Is All I Have to Give 1969 A&M
222 recordlabel: Atco 6779
chartposition: RandB #43, US #64
writtenby: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham, John Paul Jones and Willie Dixon
King Curtis Whole Lotta Love 1971 Atco
223 recordlabel: MCA 258 918
chartposition: UK #64
writtenby: James Eubanks, Peter Luboff & Harold Payne
album: The Poet II
Bobby Womack I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much 1985 MCA
224 recordlabel: Atlantic 516090
chartposition: RandB #24, US #121
writtenby: Laura Izibor
album: Let the Truth Be Told
Laura Izibor From My Heart to Yours 2009 Atlantic
225 recordlabel: Capitol
chartposition: RandB #25, US #103
writtenby: Jasper Cameron
album: Round 2
J. Holiday It's Yours 2009 Capitol
226 recordlabel: Columbia 465526
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Sami McKinney, Karin Rybar and K.C. Porter
album: Time Out of Mind
comments: [smooth jazz funk ballad]
Grover Washington, Jr. featuring Phyllis Hyman Sacred Kind of Love 1990 Columbia
227 recordlabel: Columbia 74449
chartposition: RandB #87, US Dance #21
writtenby: Super Cat (as William Maragh) and Heavy D
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Super Cat Dem No Worry We 1992 Columbia
228 recordlabel: MCA 23545
chartposition: UK #64
writtenby: Dave Roberson, Al Hudson and Irene Perkins
album: Wrap Your Body
One Way Let's Talk 1985 MCA
229 recordlabel: Atco 6476
chartposition: US #63
writtenby: Rufus Thomas
comments: [instrumental]
King Curtis Jump Back 1967 Atco
230 recordlabel: Asylum 69595
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Dennis Matkosky and Monty Seward
album: Workin' It Back
Teddy Pendergrass Never Felt Like Dancin' 1985 Asylum
231 recordlabel: Atlantic 2603
chartposition: RandB #21, US #71
writtenby: Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore (as Warren Moore) & Marv Tarplin (as Marvin Tarplin)
album: Soul '69
Aretha Franklin Tracks of My Tears 1969 Atlantic
232 recordlabel: Glades 1716
chartposition: RandB #27, US #102
writtenby: Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine
album: Latimore / Sweet Vibrations - The Best Of
Latimore Stormy Monday 1974 Glades
233 recordlabel: EMI America 9589
chartposition: US #65, US dance #30
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Do You
Sheena Easton Jimmy Mack 1986 EMI America
234 recordlabel: Island 865 (UK)
chartposition: UK #65
writtenby: Amy Winehouse, Salaam Remi and Jimmy Hogarth
album: Frank
comments: double A side
Amy Winehouse F Me Pumps -- Help Yourself 2004 Island(UK)
235 recordlabel: Columbia 74737
chartposition: RandB #28, US #65
writtenby: Boss and Def Jef
album: Born Gangstaz
Bo$$ Deeper 1993 Columbia
236 recordlabel: Arista 9933
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: David Conley, Everett Collins and Jermaine Jackson
album: Don't Take It Personal
comments: [beat ballad]
Jermaine Jackson Two Ships (In the Night) 1990 Arista
237 recordlabel: Chart 1061
chartposition: US country #64
writtenby: Brown
Maxine Brown Sugar Cane County 1969 Chart
238 recordlabel: Buddah 625
chartposition: RandB #59, US Dance #21
writtenby: R.J. Rice
comments: [disco funk]
R.J.s Latest Arrival Wind Me Up 1981 Buddah
239 recordlabel: Luke Campbell 164000
chartposition: RandB #31, US #64
writtenby: Luke, L. Dobson and M. Young
album: Uncle Luke
comments: [hip hop]
Luke Scarred 1996 Luke Campbell
240 recordlabel: Columbia 74865
chartposition: RandB #29, US #64, US dance #38
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Prince Markie Dee, Cory Rooney, Damon Johnson and Raymond Calhoun
album: Free
Prince Markie Dee & the Soul Convention Typical Reasons (Swing My Way) 1993 Columbia
241 recordlabel: Savage 74785
chartposition: US Dance #14
writtenby: Ron St. Louis
Mocca Soul -- SGH Mass of Emotion 1992 Savage
242 recordlabel: Atlantic 3402
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Ned Doheny
album: Benny and Us
Ben E. King & Average White Band Get It Up For Love 1977 Atlantic
243 recordlabel: Uptown / MCA 54602
chartposition: RandB #31, US #65
writtenby: DeVante Swing
album: Who's the Man? OST
Jodeci Let's Go Through the Motions 1993 Uptown / MCA
244 recordlabel: Hot Wax 4892
chartposition: RandB #31, US #65
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Ronald Dunbar (as Ron Dunbar)
album: Two Sides of Laura Lee / The Best of Laura Lee
Laura Lee If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair) 1972 Hot Wax
245 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10527
chartposition: RandB #12, US #34
writtenby: Jack Clement
B.B. King How Blue Can You Get 1964 ABC Paramount
246 recordlabel: Island 584
chartposition: UK #63, R&B #114
writtenby: Regina Werneck and Tanya Reis
album: The Quiet Revolution
comments: [smooth jazz funk]
Ronny Jordan Come with Me 1994 Island
247 recordlabel: Island 566
chartposition: UK #64
album: The Quiet Revolution
comments: [smooth jazz funk instrumental]
Ronny Jordan Tinsel Town 1994 Island
248 recordlabel: Def Jam 08072
chartposition: RandB #62, UK #63
writtenby: Chuck D (as Carlton Ridenhour), Keith Shocklee and Eric Sadler (as Eric
album: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy Night of the Living Baseheads 1988 Def Jam
249 recordlabel: Columbia 44705
chartposition: RandB #40, US #63
writtenby: Ray Stevens
album: For One in My Life
O.C. Smith Isn't It Lonely Together 1968 Columbia
250 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10710
chartposition: RandB #26, US #64
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions I Need You 1965 ABC Paramount
251 recordlabel: Columbia 10542
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Marlena Shaw, Gerry Goffin and Ritchie Cordell
album: Sweet Beginnings
comments: [Soul Ballad]
Marlena Shaw Yu-Ma -- Go Away Little Boy 1977 Columbia
252 recordlabel: Capitol 2490
chartposition: RandB #21
album: Kool Skool
comments: [new jack swing]
Kool Skool My Girl 1990 Capitol
253 recordlabel: Atlantic 2286
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Don Covay and Ronald Miller [Ronald Dean Miller] (as Ronnie Miller)
album: See Saw
Don Covay Please Do Something 1965 Atlantic
254 recordlabel: Vanguard 5012(UK)
chartposition: UK #42
writtenby: Chris Hills and Laurel Dann
album: Turn The Music Up!
The Players Association Ride the Groove 1979 Vanguard (UK)
255 recordlabel: LaFace 2 4127
chartposition: RandB #21, US #79
writtenby: Donell Jones , Paul Richardson and Gregory Tobar
album: My Heart
Donell Jones In the Hood 1997 LaFace
256 recordlabel: Argo 5401
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #64
writtenby: Robert Guidry
Clarence Frogman Henry On Bended Knees 1961 Argo
257 recordlabel: RCA 64200
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Ghostface Killah (as Dennis Coles), Raekwon (as Corey Woods) and Syl Johnson
album: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
Raekwon featuring Ghostface Killah Heaven and Hell 1994 RCA
258 recordlabel: Arista 0636
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: John Lewis Parker, Allee Willis, Robert Wright
album: Something About You
comments: [disco funk]
Angela Bofill Something About You 1981 Arista
259 recordlabel: Columbia 04565
chartposition: RandB #41, UK #65, US Dance #53
writtenby: Herbie Hancock , Bill Laswell and Derek Showard
album: Sound System
comments: [instrumental]
Herbie Hancock Hardrock 1984 Columbia
260 recordlabel: Atco 6884
chartposition: RandB #21, US#81
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: Donny Hathaway / The Best of Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway Giving Up 1972 Atco
261 recordlabel: Smash 865 271
chartposition: US Dance #14
album: E.S.P.
comments: [dance, garage house]
D'Bora Love Desire 1992 Smash
262 recordlabel: DreamWorks 50802
chartposition: RandB #29, UK #73, US #113
writtenby: Marsha Ambrosuis, Natalie Stewart, Darren Henson, Keith Pelzer, Mel Torme, Robert Wells
album: Floetic
Floetry Floetic 2002 DreamWorks
263 recordlabel: Avitone 62008
chartposition: US dance #14
writtenby: Jody Watley and Rodney Lee
album: The Makeover
Jody Watley A Beautiful Life 2008 Avitone
264 recordlabel: Salsoul 7044
chartposition: RandB #76, UK #65
writtenby: Richie Weeks and Margaret Blount
comments: [disco funk boogie]
The Jammers Be Mine Tonight 1983 Salsoul
265 recordlabel: Alston 3718
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon) and James Thompson
Betty Wright Slip and Do It 1975 Alston
266 recordlabel: Solar 11739
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Donny Hathaway and Carrie Lucas
album: The Whispers
The Whispers A Song for Donny 1979 Solar
267 recordlabel: Capitol 5118
chartposition: RandB #21, US Dance #69
writtenby: Kae Williams
album: All Night Long
comments: [disco funk]
B.B. & Q. Band (Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens) Imagination 1982 Capitol
268 recordlabel: Atco 6098
chartposition: US #64
writtenby: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
The Coasters Idol with the Golden Head 1957 Atco
269 recordlabel: MCA 936
chartposition: UK #65
album: Strange Reflections
Second Image Starting Again 1985 MCA
270 recordlabel: Vee Jay 449
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #25, US #77
writtenby: M. Reed
album: Just Jimmy Reed
comments: [blues]
Jimmy Reed Good Lover 1962 Vee Jay
271 recordlabel: Columbia 43009
chartposition: US #121
writtenby: Henry Glover and Dinah Washington
album: Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington
Aretha Franklin Soulville 1964 Columbia
272 recordlabel: Hidden Beach
chartposition: RandB #24, US #107
writtenby: Jill Scott , Adam Blackstone and Steve McKie
album: The Real Thing: Words and Sounds, Vol. 3
Jill Scott Hate on Me 2007 Hidden Beach
273 recordlabel: Salsoul 2009
chartposition: US Dance #14
writtenby: Norman Bergen and Reid Whitelaw
album: Moment of Truth
The Moment of Truth So Much for Love 1976 Salsoul
274 recordlabel: Def Jam 571680
chartposition: RandB #26, US #73
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Timbaland, Benjamin Bush, Static Major, Jawaan Peacock, S. Stewart, Lonnie Simmons, Alisa Yarbrough
album: Cheers 2 U
comments: samples "Thank You" by Sly and The Family Stone
Playa Don't Stop the Music 1997 Def Jam
275 recordlabel: Vinylmania 2
chartposition: US dance #14
writtenby: Brodie Williams and Kofi Morny
comments: [disco funk]
Man Friday Love Honey, Love Heartache 1986 Vinylmania
276 recordlabel: Tamla 54190
chartposition: RandB #26, US #67
writtenby: Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
album: That's the Way Love Is
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got 1970 Tamla
277 recordlabel: Warner 29017
chartposition: RandB #82, US Dance #21
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen and Preston Glass
album: The Nature of Things
Narada Michael Walden The Nature of Things 1985 Warner
278 recordlabel: ABC 11261
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #21
writtenby: E. Holman, J. Soloman
album: I Love You
comments: [ballad] (re-recording)
Eddie Holman Don't Stop Now 1970 ABC
279 recordlabel: Smash 1908
chartposition: RandB #21, US #99
writtenby: Guitar Slim (as Eddie Jones)
album: Showtime
James Brown The Things That I Used To Do 1964 Smash
280 recordlabel: Atlantic 89365
chartposition: US Dance #14
writtenby: Kenneth Young, Billy Young, Mike Young, Buddy Hankerson and Renato Pierson
Young & Company Such a Feeling 1986 Atlantic
281 recordlabel: Soul Train 10995
chartposition: US #92, US Dance #21
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) and Sylvia Moy
Soul Train Gang My Cherie Amour 1977 Soul Train
282 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: RandB #23, US #121
writtenby: Tank and J. Valentine
album: Now or Never
comments: [slow jam]
Tank Emergency 2010 Atlantic
283 recordlabel: Argo 5481
chartposition: RandB #23, US #63
writtenby: Chris Kenner
album: The Ramsey Lewis Trio At The Bohemian Caverns
The Ramsey Lewis Trio Something You Got 1964 Argo
284 recordlabel: Def Jam Digital
chartposition: US #65
writtenby: Vito Pallavicini, Ludacris, Lil Wayne, Wyatt Coleman, Youtha, Giuseppe Donaggio, Eric B.and Rakim
album: Theater of the Mind
Ludacris Last of a Dying Breed 2008 Def Jam Digital
285 recordlabel: Federal 4512428
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Freddie King and Sonny Thompson
album: Freddy King Sings
Freddy King See See Baby 1961 Federal
286 recordlabel: Boardwalk 7 11 132
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Love Is The Place
Curtis Mayfield Toot An' Toot An' Toot 1982 Boardwalk
287 recordlabel: Arista (UK)
chartposition: UK #64
writtenby: L. Stansfield, I. Devaney, T. Gamwells
album: Lisa Stansfield
comments: [disco funk, house]
Lisa Stansfield The Line 1997 Arista (UK)
288 recordlabel: Arista 0602
chartposition: RandB #43, US #65, US AC #23
writtenby: Michael Masser and Carole Bayer Sager
album: Hot! Live and Otherwise
comments: [ballad]
Dionne Warwick Some Changes Are for Good 1981 Arista
289 recordlabel: Fall Out 1569 010
chartposition: RandB #25, US #106
writtenby: Kem
album: Kemistry
comments: [neo soul]
Kem Love Calls 2003 Fall Out
290 recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11351
chartposition: RandB #21, US #81
writtenby: Ray Charles , Ruth Robinson and Dee Ervin
album: Through the Eyes of Love
Ray Charles I Can Make It Thru the Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights) 1973 ABC/TRC
291 recordlabel: Talkin' Loud 5
chartposition: UK #65
writtenby: Carleen Anderson, Marc Nelson and Femi Williams
album: Road to Freedom
Young Disciples Get Yourself Together 1991 Talkin' Loud
292 recordlabel: Imperial 5879
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #27, US #63
writtenby: Jerry Ragovoy (as Norman Meade) and Ed Marshall
album: Meet The Majors
The Majors A Little Bit Now (A Little Bit Later) 1962 Imperial
293 recordlabel: RuffNation 16842
chartposition: RandB #24, US #123
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Damon Core (as Damon Jer'Core), Ricardo Williams
album: No Question
comments: [slow jam]
No Question I Don't Care 2000 RuffNation
294 recordlabel: Arista 0498
chartposition: RandB #33, US #65, US AC #33
writtenby: David Frank and Doug James
album: Dionne [1979 album]
Dionne Warwick After You 1980 Arista
295 recordlabel: ABC 11330
chartposition: RandB #21, US #38
writtenby: Jesse Belvin & Jo Ann Belvin
album: Guess Who
B.B. King Guess Who 1972 ABC
296 recordlabel: Atlantic 89954
chartposition: RandB #48, US #64
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
album: Tongue in CHIC
comments: [disco funk]
Chic Hangin' 1982 Atlantic
297 recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 818 870
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins, Nathan Leftenant and Charlie Singleton
album: She's Strange
comments: [funk]
Cameo Talkin' Out the Side of Your Neck 1984 Atlanta Artists
298 recordlabel: Cameo 332
chartposition: RandB #23, US #64
writtenby: Bob Crewe and Larry Santos
The Orlons Knock! Knock! (Who's There) 1964 Cameo
299 recordlabel: Relativity 88561 1223
chartposition: RandB #60, US #65
writtenby: Dru Down (as Darnel Robinson), Tyrone Thomas and August Moon
album: Dru Down / Explicit Game
Dru Down Pimp of the Year 1994 Relativity
300 recordlabel: Salsoul 2096
chartposition: RandB #66, US #105, US Dance #21
writtenby: Colin Jennings (as Colin Horton Jennings) and Steve O'Donnell
The Salsoul Orchestra featuring Cognac How High 1979 Salsoul

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