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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
701 recordlabel: Capitol 44017
chartposition: US Dance #16
writtenby: Clif Magness and Glen Ballard
album: Picture Me
Ava Cherry Good Intentions 1987 Capitol
702 recordlabel: Island 961
chartposition: US Dance #16
writtenby: David Was and Don Was
album: Was (Not Was)
comments: [disco funk]
Was (Not Was) Out Come the Freaks 1981 Island
703 recordlabel: Stax 0051
chartposition: RandB #30, US #98
writtenby: Eddie Floyd and Booker T. Jones
album: California Girl
Eddie Floyd Why Is the Wine Sweeter (On the Other Side) 1969 Stax
704 recordlabel: His Master's Voice 1526
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #28, US #91
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Ridin' High
The Impressions Too Slow 1966 His Master's Voice
705 recordlabel: Bad Boy 000940
chartposition: RandB #24, US #75
writtenby: Daron Jones, Michael Keith, Super Cat, Quinnes Parker and Slim
album: Hot and Wet
comments: [reggae dancehall]
112 featuring Super Cat Na Na Na Na 2003 Bad Boy
706 recordlabel: Stax 223
chartposition: RandB #30, US #97
writtenby: Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper
album: Rare Stamps
Eddie Floyd Love Is a Doggone Good Thing 1967 Stax
707 recordlabel: Solid State 2524
chartposition: RandB #28, US #97
writtenby: Fats Theus
album: The Worm
comments: [instrumental]
Jimmy McGriff The Worm 1968 Solid State
708 recordlabel: Vanguard 36
chartposition: US Dance #16
writtenby: Alphonse Mouzon
album: Baby Come Back
Alphonse Mouzon & Mouzon's Electric Band Everybody Get Down 1980 Vanguard
709 recordlabel: State 55(UK)
chartposition: UK #49
writtenby: Ken Gold and Michael Denne (as Mickey Denne)
album: The Promise of Love
Delegation You've Been Doing Me Wrong 1977 State (UK)
710 recordlabel: Soul Train 12270
chartposition: US Dance #16
writtenby: Malcolm Anthony
album: Open Up Your Love
comments: [album cut]
The Whispers I Fell in Love Last Night (at the Disco) 1977 Soul Train
711 recordlabel: Columbia 660373 2
chartposition: UK #73
writtenby: Misty Oldland, Joe Dworniak
album: Supernatural
Misty Oldland I Wrote You A Song 1994 Columbia
712 recordlabel: Columbia 11249
chartposition: RandB #24, US dance #22
writtenby: Carlos Ward and B.T. Express
album: B.T. Express 1980
B.T. Express Give Up the Funk (Let's Dance) 1980 Columbia
713 recordlabel: Capitol 92078
chartposition: RandB #24
album: Different Lifestyles
BeBe & CeCe Winans Depend on Me 1992 Capitol
714 recordlabel: ABC 10552
chartposition: RandB #24, US #98
writtenby: Charlie Singleton
B.B. King Help The Poor 1964 ABC
715 recordlabel: Atlantic 3375
chartposition: RandB #28, US #101
writtenby: Ellwood Henderson (as Ellwood Henderson Jr.)
album: E Man Groovin'
The Jimmy Castor Bunch Space Age 1977 Atlantic
716 recordlabel: Casablanca 817
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Leonard Perry, Katie Davis and Mallory Cowart
album: One For The Road
Greg Perry Come On Down (Get Your Head Out of the Clouds) 1975 Casablanca
717 recordlabel: Cadet 5553
chartposition: US #74, US AC #27
writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Wade in the Water
comments: [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis Day Tripper 1966 Cadet
718 recordlabel: Grand Hustle
chartposition: RandB #42, US #72
album: Paper Trail
comments: [hip hop]
T.I. No Matter What 2008 Grand Hustle
719 recordlabel: Atlantic 4011
chartposition: US Dance #16
writtenby: Francois L'Herbier, Michel Daigle, Gail Kerri, Gene Leone and Richie Rome
album: Voggue
comments: [disco dance]
Voggue Love Buzz 1982 Atlantic
720 recordlabel: Def Jam 568321
chartposition: RandB #24, US #75
writtenby: LL Cool J, Method Man, Redman, Canibus and DMX
album: Phenomenon
LL COOL J Featuring Method Man, Redman, DMX, Canibus & Master P 4, 3, 2, 1 1997 Def Jam
721 recordlabel: EastWest 64161
chartposition: RandB #32, US #68
writtenby: Taresha Hudson, Makeba Fields, Leslie Callaway, DJ Quik, George Archie Jr. and Robert Bacon
album: Welcome to Fantasy Island
Adina Howard (Freak) and U Know It 1997 EastWest
722 recordlabel: Def Jam 74983
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) and Quincy Jones III
album: 14 Shots to the Dome
LL Cool J Back Seat (Of My Jeep) 1993 Def Jam
723 recordlabel: RCA 13980
chartposition: So Romantic
writtenby: Eugene Jackson and Jimmy Douglass
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Out of Control 1985 RCA
724 recordlabel: Chrysalis 58528
chartposition: RandB #55, US #73
writtenby: Rappin' 4 Tay (as Anthony Forté) , Stan Keith and Shannon Lacy
album: Off Parole
Rappin 4Tay Ain't No Playa 1996 Chrysalis
725 recordlabel: Swishahouse 114812
chartposition: RandB #58, US #72
album: Ain't No 401K For A Hustler
comments: [hip hop]
Paul Wall ft. Lil KeKe Break Em Off 2007 Swishahouse
726 recordlabel: AandM 568
chartposition: US AC #31, UK #72
writtenby: Leonard Cohen
album: Brother's Keeper
comments: [from the film Bird on a Wire]
The Neville Brothers Bird on a Wire 1990 A&M
727 recordlabel: Shady 002038
chartposition: RandB #39, US #73
album: Cheers
comments: [hip hop]
Obie Trice ft. Nate Dogg The Set Up (You Don't Know) 2003 Shady
728 recordlabel: Relativity 1534
chartposition: RandB #74, US #73
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Look At What I See
Frost featuring A.L.T. & O.G.Enius East Side Rendezvous 1995 Relativity
729 recordlabel: Date 1649
chartposition: RandB #40, US #74
writtenby: Larry Kolber and Barry Mann
Peaches & Herb Let Me Be the One 1969 Date
730 recordlabel: EastWest 62265
chartposition: UK #72
writtenby: Missy Elliott, Gerard Thomas, Donald Holmes and Keli Nicole Price
album: Why Do Fools Fall in Love OST
Lil Mo Five Minutes 1998 EastWest
731 recordlabel: ABC/TRC 10865
chartposition: RandB #45, US #72
writtenby: Jo Armstead, Nickolas Ashford (as Nick Ashford) and Valerie Simpson
album: A Man and His Soul
Ray Charles I Don't Need No Doctor 1966 ABC/TRC
732 recordlabel: ABC 12341
chartposition: RandB #78, US #97, US Dance #21
writtenby: Pat Vegas and Lolly Vegas
album: Eloise
Eloise Laws Number One 1978 ABC
733 recordlabel: MCA 23898
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Timmy Gatling, Gene Griffin, Hall and Teddy Riley
album: Guy
comments: [new jack swing]
Guy Round and Round (Merry Go 'Round of Love) 1989 MCA
734 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10386
chartposition: US #73
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions I'm The One Who Loves You 1963 ABC Paramount
735 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10761
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #28, US #90
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions Since I Lost the One I Love 1966 ABC Paramount
736 recordlabel: Capitol 5600
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Lesette Wilson and Meli'sa Morgan
album: Do Me Baby
Meli'sa Morgan Fool's Paradise 1986 Capitol
737 recordlabel: Mala 549
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Rondalis Tandy
The Van Dykes You Need Confidence 1967 Mala
738 recordlabel: Giant 704
chartposition: RandB #28, US #129
writtenby: Jo Armstead
Jo Armstead A Stone Good Lover 1968 Giant
739 recordlabel: RCA 65542
chartposition: RandB #34, US #72
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Wyclef Jean, K. Bass, David McRae and Marvin Moore Hough
album: Funkmaster Flex: The Mix Tape Volume III
Funkmaster Flex presents Khadejia featuring Product Here We Go 1998 RCA
740 recordlabel: Arista 9144
chartposition: RandB #63, US Dance #24
writtenby: Tom Browne
album: Rockin' Radio
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Tom Browne Cruisin' 1984 Arista
741 recordlabel: Atlantic 2001
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Berry Gordy and Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo)
album: Blues Ballads
LaVern Baker It's So Fine 1958 Atlantic
742 recordlabel: RCA 43204
chartposition: UK #73
writtenby: Dr. Robert
album: Choices The Singles Collection
The Blow Monkeys ft. Sylvia Tella Slaves No More 1989 RCA
743 recordlabel: MCA 54582
chartposition: RandB #71, US #72
writtenby: Aqil
album: Hard or Smooth
comments: [hip hop]
Wreckx-N-Effect Knock-N-Boots 1993 MCA
744 recordlabel: Atlantic 2116
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Glenn Jones and Ray Watkins (as
album: Here I Am
Glenn Jones Round and Round 1994 Atlantic
745 recordlabel: Total Experience 2413
chartposition: RandB #42, US dance #24
writtenby: Jonah Ellis
album: Pennye
Pennye Ford Dangerous 1985 Total Experience
746 recordlabel: Atlantic 86094
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Thomas McElroy and Denzil Foster
album: Living in Black Paradise
Samuelle Black Paradise 1991 Atlantic
747 recordlabel: EastWest 5036
chartposition: RandB #37, US #72
writtenby: Yo Yo, Ice Cube, Pockets and Quincy Jones III (as Quincy D. III)
album: You Better Ask Somebody
Yo-Yo featuring Ice Cube The Bonnie and Clyde Theme 1993 EastWest
748 recordlabel: Arista 9336
chartposition: RandB #24
album: Gravity
Kenny G & Kashif Love on the Rise 1985 Arista
749 recordlabel: Circa 65 (UK)
chartposition: UK #72
writtenby: Sidney Ford, Ralf Hamm, Markus Staab and Claus Zundel
album: Passion, Grace and Serious Bass
Sydney Youngblood Hooked on You 1991 Circa(UK)
750 recordlabel: AandM 2529
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Donnie Sterling, Leon
album: Kiddo
comments: [funk]
Kiddo Try My Loving (Gimme Just Enough) 1983 A&M
751 recordlabel: Atlantic 2191
chartposition: US #71
writtenby: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Van McCoy
album: Under The Boardwalk / Our Biggest Hits
comments: B Side To If You Don't Come Back
The Drifters Rat Race 1963 Atlantic
752 recordlabel: Mar V Lus 6014
chartposition: RandB #42, US #74
writtenby: James Jones
Alvin Cash Alvin's Boo-Ga-Loo 1966 Mar V Lus
753 recordlabel: Columbia 06157
chartposition: RandB #60, US dance #24
writtenby: Deniece Williams , Fritz Baskett and Greg Mathieson
album: Hot on the Trail
Deniece Williams Wiser and Weaker 1986 Columbia
754 recordlabel: Atlantic 7 89926
chartposition: US dance #16
writtenby: Eugene Curry
comments: [disco dance]
Lace Can't Play Around 1982 Atlantic
755 recordlabel: Atlantic 2127
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45, US #72
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
The Drifters Room Full of Tears 1961 Atlantic
756 recordlabel: Atlantic 2143
chartposition: US #73, US AC #19
writtenby: Mr. Acker Bilk (as Acker Bilk) and Robert Mellin
album: Up on the Roof: The Best of the Drifters
The Drifters Stranger On The Shore 1962 Atlantic
757 recordlabel: Columbia 07920
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Full Force
album: Guess Who's Comin' to the Crib?
Full Force Your Love Is So Def 1988 Columbia
758 recordlabel: Federal 12352
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #24
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: James Brown
mpcode: sFLhokMrrxA
James Brown & the Famous Flames I've Got To Change 1959 Federal
759 recordlabel: Arista 9281
chartposition: RandB #47, US AC #12
writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager
album: Finder of Lost Loves
Dionne Warwick & Glenn Jones Finder of Lost Loves 1985 Arista
760 recordlabel: LaFace 26010
chartposition: RandB #41, US #74
writtenby: André 3000, Big Boi and Organized Noize
album: Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
comments: [hip hop]
OutKast Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik 1994 LaFace
761 recordlabel: Galaxy 718
chartposition: RandB #27, US #105
writtenby: Little Johnny Taylor
album: Little Johnny Taylor
Little Johnny Taylor You'll Need Another Favor 1963 Galaxy
762 recordlabel: Parkway 835
chartposition: US #72
writtenby: Kal Mann
Chubby Checker La Paloma Twist 1962 Parkway
763 recordlabel: Nautica 1301
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Balewa Muhammad, Ellison Kendrick and Tony Butler
album: Game
Game All Night All Day 1992 Nautica
764 recordlabel: Warner 5742
chartposition: UK #73
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: The Woman I Am
comments: [ballad]
Chaka Khan Don't Look At Me That Way 1993 Warner
765 recordlabel: AandM 7561
chartposition: RandB #36, US #73
writtenby: Rod Temperton
album: Light Up the Night
The Brothers Johnson Treasure 1980 A&M
766 recordlabel: Warner 17571
chartposition: RandB #24, US #107
writtenby: Eric Benét and Christian Warren
album: True to Myself
Eric Benét Femininity 1997 Warner
767 recordlabel: Universal 158183
chartposition: RandB #27, US #104
writtenby: Shawn Stockman
album: Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya
Boyz II Men Pass You By 2000 Universal
768 recordlabel: MCA 54016
chartposition: RandB #28, UK #92
album: Look How Long
Loose Ends Cheap Talk 1991 MCA
769 recordlabel: Date 1553
chartposition: RandB #48, US #74
writtenby: Warren Levine
comments: [northern soul]
The Glories I Stand Accused (Of Loving You) 1967 Date
770 recordlabel: Hot Wax 6904
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Angelo Bond, Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland , Lamont Dozier
album: Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed
100 Proof (Aged in Soul) Too Many Cooks (Spoil the Soup) 1969 Hot Wax
771 recordlabel: AandM 1163
chartposition: RandB #47, US #74, US AC #29
writtenby: Benny Golson
album: Walking in Space
comments: [instrumental]
Quincy Jones Killer Joe 1970 A&M
772 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 5937
chartposition: UK #74
writtenby: Donna Summer , Keith Diamond, Paul Chiten, Anthony Smith and Larry Henley
album: Mistaken Identity
Donna Summer Work That Magic 1991 Warner Bros.
773 recordlabel: Buddah 464
chartposition: RandB #28, US #95
writtenby: James Baker, Melvin Wilson and Tony Churchill
album: Blind Baby
New Birth Grand Daddy 1975 Buddah
774 recordlabel: Dance Pool 664358 6
chartposition: UK #72
writtenby: Victoria Wilson James , Adrian Broekhuyse and Juan Levenswaard
album: Colorfields
Victoria Wilson-James Reach 4 the Melody 1997 Dance Pool
775 recordlabel: Tabu 03528
chartposition: UK #72, US Dance #47
writtenby: Charmaine Sylvers and Gene Dozier
album: S.O.S. III
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
The S.O.S. Band Groovin' (That's What We're Doin') 1983 Tabu
776 recordlabel: Stang 5020
chartposition: RandB #27, US #108
writtenby: Sylvia Robinson and Joyce Bennett
The Moments I Can't Help It 1971 Stang
777 recordlabel: Warner 7361
chartposition: UK #72
album: Another Place and Time
Donna Summer When Love Takes Over You 1989 Warner
778 recordlabel: Arista 15034
chartposition: RandB #28, US #80
writtenby: Babyface
album: Face2Face
Babyface What If 2001 Arista
779 recordlabel: MCA 51099
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Michael Cooper and T. Crossley
album: It's Winning Time
comments: [disco funk]
Klique Love's Dance 1981 MCA
780 recordlabel: Calla 168
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Charles Hodges
comments: [southern soul]
Charles Hodges Slip Around 1970 Calla
781 recordlabel: Mala 539
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Joe Scott
The Van Dykes Never Let Me Go 1966 Mala
782 recordlabel: Elektra 66181
chartposition: RandB #67, US #76
writtenby: Pete Rock (as Peter Phillips), CL Smooth, Keni Burke, Allan Felder and Norma Jean Wright
album: The Main Ingredient
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth Take You There 1995 Elektra
783 recordlabel: Mister Chand 8005
chartposition: RandB #29, US #101
writtenby: D. Pointer, W. Dixon, S. Simmons, R. Simmons
album: Gettin` Over The Hump
Simtec & Wylie Gotta Get Over the Hump 1971 Mister Chand
784 recordlabel: Believe In A Dream 04058
chartposition: RandB #31, UK #90
writtenby: Don McHenry, Lew Kirton and Orin Canterbury
album: Talk To Me...
comments: [disco, soul, boogie]
Lew Kirton Talk to Me 1983 Believe In A Dream
785 recordlabel: Columbia 42456
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #25
writtenby: S. Unger, S. Bernie, J. Johnson
album: The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin Don't Cry, Baby 1962 Columbia
786 recordlabel: Capitol 44892
chartposition: RandB #42, US AC #25
writtenby: Donald Robinson, George Duke and Rachelle Ferrell
album: Rachelle Ferrell
Rachelle Ferrell Welcome to My Love 1993 Capitol
787 recordlabel: Atlantic 89892
chartposition: RandB #72, US Dance #25
writtenby: Emilio Innocenti and John Robie
comments: [electronic disco]
Quadrant Six Body Mechanic 1983 Atlantic
788 recordlabel: Warner 8417
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Larry Graham
album: Now Do U Wanta Dance
Graham Central Station Stomped Beat-Up and Whooped 1977 Warner
789 recordlabel: Parlophone 5931
chartposition: US #76
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
The Coasters Love Potion No. 9 1971 Parlophone
790 recordlabel: Oak 108
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Bruce Fisher and Doug Gibbs
Doug Gibbs I'll Always Have You There 1972 Oak
791 recordlabel: Mala 530
chartposition: RandB #28, US #109
writtenby: Rondalis Tandy
The Van Dykes I've Got to Go On without You 1966 Mala
792 recordlabel: Island 9870
chartposition: RandB #25, US AC #30
writtenby: David Pomeranz and Richard Marx
album: Durell Coleman
comments: [new jack swing]
Durell Coleman Somebody Took My Love 1985 Island
793 recordlabel: Elektra 66365
chartposition: RandB #42, US #77
writtenby: Lord Jamar, Sadat X and Diamond D
album: In God We Trust
comments: [hip hop]
Brand Nubian Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down 1992 Elektra
794 recordlabel: AandM 2593
chartposition: US #77
writtenby: Howard Massey
album: Blow Your Own Horn
comments: [funk jazz instrumental]
Herb Alpert Red Hot 1983 A&M
795 recordlabel: Sleeping Bag 40134
chartposition: RandB #29, UK #85
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Carl Davis, Eugene Record and William Sanders
album: Come into My Life
Joyce Sims featuring Jimmy Castor Love Makes a Woman 1988 Sleeping Bag
796 recordlabel: Jetstream 725
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #25
writtenby: A. Valier, H. Meaux
Jackie Paine Go Go Train 1965 Jetstream
797 recordlabel: Wand 135
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #30, US #75
writtenby: Tony Bruno and Brenda Bruno
Maxine Brown Ask Me 1963 Wand
798 recordlabel: MCA 51221
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Bill Summers, Claytoven Richardson, Larry Batiste, William Kennedy and Stewart Turner
album: Jam the Box
Bill Summers & Summers Heat Jam the Box 1982 MCA
799 recordlabel: Elektra 69383
chartposition: RandB #78, US #75, UK #85, US rock #22, US alt. #24
writtenby: Tracy Chapman
album: Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution 1988 Elektra
800 recordlabel: Atlantic 3757
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Michael Zager
album: Love Trippin'
The Spinners Now That You're Mine Again 1980 Atlantic

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