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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
401 recordlabel: ABC 12313
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #95, US Dance #21, US #91
writtenby: Linda Creed
album: Eloise
Eloise Laws 1,000 Laughs 1978 ABC
402 recordlabel: Tabu 10811
chartposition: RandB #48, US #86
writtenby: Gerald Kent
album: Stormin'
Brainstorm Wake Up and Be Somebody 1977 Tabu
403 recordlabel: Payday 4
chartposition: UK #84
writtenby: Kaleef (as Kaliphz), Neale Johnson and Tony Henry
Kaliphz Wass the Deal 'Tell Me How it Feels' 1995 Payday
404 recordlabel: Warner 28576
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Marvin Morrow
album: Destiny
Chaka Khan Tight Fit 1986 Warner
405 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 52 (UK)
chartposition: UK #85
writtenby: Tami Lester Smith
album: Padlock
Gwen Guthrie Seventh Heaven 1986 th and Bway(UK)
406 recordlabel: AandM 2562
chartposition: RandB #77, US #81, US AC #14
writtenby: Eythor Gunnarsson
album: Blow Your Own Horn
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Herb Alpert Garden Party 1983 A&M
407 recordlabel: Coalition 012
chartposition: UK #86
album: Still a Thrill
Sybil Why 1997 Coalition
408 recordlabel: Muscle Shoals 102
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Rich Cason
album: The Rose Brothers
comments: [beat ballad]
The Rose Brothers I Get Off On You 1986 Muscle Shoals
409 recordlabel: MCA 51182
chartposition: US dance #22 RandB #28, UK #7, US #1, US AC #29
writtenby: Steve Kipner & Terry Shaddick
album: Physical
comments: [disco pop]
Olivia Newton-John Physical 1981 MCA
410 recordlabel: Def Jam
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Chrisette Michele, Chuck Harmony and Claude Kelly
album: Epiphany
comments: [album cut]
Chrisette Michele Blame It On Me 2009 Def Jam
411 recordlabel: Carla 2537
chartposition: RandB #28, US #65
writtenby: Richard Barbary and Harold Thomas
Deon Jackson Ooh Baby 1967 Carla
412 recordlabel: Hard Work
chartposition: RandB #28
Brian McKnight What I've Been Waiting For 2009 Hard Work
413 recordlabel: Ovation 1205
chartposition: RandB #91, US Dance #28
writtenby: Don Burnside
comments: [Fill Me Up / You Made Me Do It Again in US dance charts]
Elaine & Ellen Fill Me Up 1980 Ovation
414 recordlabel: Roc Nation
chartposition: RandB #32, US #93
writtenby: J. Cole, André 3000, Big Boi, Sleepy Brown and Anthony 'Elite' Parrino
album: Cole World: The Sideline Story
J. Cole Who Dat 2010 Roc Nation
415 recordlabel: Champion 225
chartposition: UK #84
writtenby: James Bratton
album: Let Yourself Go
Sybil All Through the Night 1989 Champion
416 recordlabel: Capitol 4694
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Peabo Bryson
album: Crosswinds
Peabo Bryson Crosswinds 1979 Capitol
417 recordlabel: Buddah BDA 26
chartposition: RandB #28, US #68
writtenby: Phil Medley
album: Our Family Portrait
Five Stairsteps & Cubie A Million to One 1968 Buddah BDA
418 recordlabel: Abner 1037
chartposition: US #56
writtenby: John Moore (as John C. Moore) and Ewart Abner (as Ewart G. Abner)
Dee Clark At My Front Door 1960 Abner
419 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10431
chartposition: US #84
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions
The Impressions Sad, Sad Girl and Boy 1963 ABC Paramount
420 recordlabel: Tabu 31458 8004
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Christopher Troy, Marva King and Zac Harmon
album: Rhonda Clark
comments: [new jack swing]
Rhonda Clark Must Be Real Love 1992 Tabu
421 recordlabel: ABC Tangerine 11170
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #28
writtenby: Ray Charles, Jimmy Lewis
Ray Charles & Jimmy Lewis If It Wasn't For Bad Luck 1969 ABC Tangerine
422 recordlabel: RCA 62787
chartposition: RandB #80, US #108, US dance #14
Chantay Savage Don't Let It Go to Your Head 1994 RCA
423 recordlabel: RCA 13831
chartposition: RandB #32, UK #99
writtenby: Richard Dimples Fields , Belinda Wilson and Hense Powell
album: Mmm…
Richard Dimples Fields Your Wife Is Cheatin' on Us 1984 RCA
424 recordlabel: RCA 13825
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: André Cymone
album: Face to Face
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Teenager 1984 RCA
425 recordlabel: ABC 12314
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham and Simon Napier Bell
album: Float On
The Floaters You Don't Have to Say You Love Me 1977 ABC
426 recordlabel: Mirage 890
chartposition: RandB #68, UK #84
writtenby: Mick Jones [Foreigner]
album: Do You Wanna Get Away
Shannon Urgent 1985 Mirage
427 recordlabel: Columbia 04037
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: I'm So Proud
comments: [ballad]
Deniece Williams I'm So Proud 1983 Columbia
428 recordlabel: Columbia 02037
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Carl Davis and Eugene Record
album: Tell Me Where It Hurts
comments: [beat ballad]
Walter Jackson Tell Me Where It Hurts 1981 Columbia
429 recordlabel: Jive/Arista 19091
chartposition: UK #84
writtenby: Barry Eastmond
comments: [disco, boogie]
Katie Kissoon You're the One (You're My Number One) 1983 Jive/Arista
430 recordlabel: AandM 17629
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Edward Grenga, Jeffrey Osborne and Ross Vannelli
album: One Love: One Dream
Jeffrey Osborne Can't Go Back On a Promise 1988 A&M
431 recordlabel: Warner 29406
chartposition: RandB #37, US #102, UK #86, US Dance #67
writtenby: Kevin Murphy and Jeffrey Osborne
album: Stompin' At The Savoy
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) One Million Kisses 1984 Warner
432 recordlabel: RCA 249
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Lawrence Jones and Arthur Moore
comments: [ballad]
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Don't Hide Our Love 1981 RCA
433 recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11213
chartposition: RandB #28, US #94
writtenby: Jimmy Holiday
Ray Charles Let Me Love You 1969 ABC/TRC
434 recordlabel: Alston 3715
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke
Betty Wright Ooola La 1975 Alston
435 recordlabel: Arista 15108
chartposition: US #86
writtenby: David Frank and Nathan Butler
album: Toya
comments: [hip hop] (remix)
mpcode: m_8s-psBTVo
Toya featuring Loon & 50 Cent No Matter What 2002 Arista
436 recordlabel: EastWest 64309
chartposition: RandB #39, US #86
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Dre, Skoob and Easy Mo Bee
album: Hold It Down
Das EFX featuring Mobb Deep Microphone Master 1996 EastWest
437 recordlabel: Def Squad
chartposition: RandB #28, US #84
writtenby: Dave Hollister
album: Ghetto Hymns
comments: [slow jam]
Dave Hollister Can't Stay 2000 Def Squad
438 recordlabel: Ariola 7760
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: James Baker and Lalomie Washburn
album: Platinum City
New Birth I Love You 1979 Ariola
439 recordlabel: ARC 11063
chartposition: RandB #32, US #105
writtenby: Fritz Baskett, Randy Nichols and Deniece Williams
album: When Love Comes Calling
Deniece Williams I Found Love 1979 ARC
440 recordlabel: Atco 6665
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #29
writtenby: Hayes , Porter
album: King and Queen
Otis Redding & Carla Thomas When Something Is Wrong With My Baby 1969 Atco
441 recordlabel: AandM 3145816571
chartposition: RandB #29, US #83
writtenby: Dave Hall, CeCe Peniston and Gordon Chambers
album: I'm Movin' On
CeCe Peniston Movin' On 1996 A&M
442 recordlabel: Capitol 5520
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Keith Diamond and Lew Kirton
album: Read My Lips
Melba Moore I Can't Believe It (It's Over) 1985 Capitol
443 recordlabel: Fantasy 888
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: James Wirrick, Don Miley and Frank Loverde
album: Two Tons o' Fun
Two Tons o' Fun (aka The Weather Girls) I Got the Feeling 1980 Fantasy
444 recordlabel: Fame 91001
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #29, US #95
writtenby: George Jackson, Raymond Moore
album: Travis Wammack
Travis Wammack Whatever Turns You On 1972 Fame
445 recordlabel: Fantasy 888
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Eric Robinson, Victor Orsborn
album: Two Tons o' Fun
Two Tons o' Fun (aka The Weather Girls) Just Us 1980 Fantasy
446 recordlabel: Columbia 10921
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Frank Johnson
album: Love Talk
The Manhattans Here Comes the Hurt Again 1979 Columbia
447 recordlabel: Atlantic 2373
chartposition: RandB #36, US #89
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Trade Martin
album: Dreamer
Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles Take Me for a Little While 1966 Atlantic
448 recordlabel: Tamla 54218
chartposition: RandB #35, US #77
writtenby: Leonard Caston and Anita Poree
album: People... Hold On
comments: [Motown Sound]
Eddie Kendricks Eddie's Love 1972 Tamla
449 recordlabel: Loud/RCA 64860
chartposition: RandB #45, US #88
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Stephen Grey
Ivory Relax and Party 1997 Loud/RCA
450 recordlabel: Saturn 903 498
chartposition: US Dance #19
writtenby: Bruce Nazarian and Jerry Q. Jones
Samson & Delilah I Can Feel Your Love Slippin' Away 1985 Saturn
451 recordlabel: Rare Earth 5025
chartposition: US #87, US AC #16
writtenby: Deon Jackson
Kiki Dee Love Makes the World Go Round 1971 Rare Earth
452 recordlabel: Avco 4663
chartposition: RandB #29, US Dance #2
writtenby: Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
album: Black Magic
The Softones That Old Black Magic 1976 Avco
453 recordlabel: Vee Jay 293
chartposition: RandB #29
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Fred Williams
John Lee Hooker I Love You Honey 1958 Vee Jay
454 recordlabel: ABC 12236
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Dee Dee McNeil, Fred Bridges and Lawrence Payton
album: Catfish
Four Tops Feel Free 1977 ABC
455 recordlabel: MCA 55452
chartposition: RandB #53, US #89
weeksinr&bchart: 17
writtenby: Heather B. and Kenny Parker
Heather B. Do You 1998 MCA
456 recordlabel: MCA 52043
chartposition: RandB #33, US #104
writtenby: Earnest Evans
album: The Change Has Come
Chubby Checker Harder Than Diamond 1982 MCA
457 recordlabel: Atco 6723
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #29
writtenby: Otis Redding
Otis Redding Look At The Girl 1969 Atco
458 recordlabel: Stang 5054
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Tommy Keith and Sylvia Robinson
album: Those Sexy Moments
The Moments Sweet Sweet Lady 1974 Stang
459 recordlabel: Universal 003357
chartposition: RandB #99, US #87
album: Player's Paradise
comments: [hip hop]
Nitty Nasty Girl 2005 Universal
460 recordlabel: Paisley Park 18700
chartposition: RandB #32, US #108
writtenby: Prince
album: Love Symbol album
comments: [ballad]
Prince with The New Power Generation Damn U 1993 Paisley Park
461 recordlabel: Columbia 07678
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Mark Mueller and Robbie Nevil
album: Touch the World
Earth, Wind & Fire You and I 1987 Columbia
462 recordlabel: EastWest 1016
chartposition: RandB #61, US #87
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Billy Lawrence, Kevin Deane
album: One Might Say
Billy Lawrence Happiness 1994 EastWest
463 recordlabel: Roc a Fella 004122
chartposition: RandB #29, US #94
writtenby: Cam'ron, Kanye West, Fred Briggs and Brian Miller
album: Purple Haze
Cam'ron featuring Kanye West & Syleena Johnson Down and Out 2005 Roc a Fella
464 recordlabel: WEA 340
chartposition: UK #89
writtenby: Deborah Carter and Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey)
album: That's How Love Is
Errol Brown Love Goes Up and Down 1989 WEA
465 recordlabel: Columbia 42266
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #44, US #87
writtenby: Gordon Clifford & Harry Barris
album: The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin I Surrender Dear 1962 Columbia
466 recordlabel: Arista 2047
chartposition: US Dance #19
writtenby: Lewis Martineé
album: What You Don't Know
Exposé Stop, Listen, Look and Think 1990 Arista
467 recordlabel: Payday 697 120 002
chartposition: RandB #53, US #88
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Jeru the Damaja, DJ Premier, Chylow Parker, Fredro Starr, Sticky Fingaz and Sonee Seeza
album: The Sun Rises in the East
Jeru the Damaja Come Clean 1994 Payday
468 recordlabel: Filament
chartposition: US #87
writtenby: Danielle Brisebois and Wayne Rodrigues
Paula Abdul I'm Just Here for the Music 2009 Filament
469 recordlabel: Def Jam 07222
chartposition: UK #88
writtenby: Chuck D and Hank Shocklee
album: Yo! Bum Rush the Show
comments: [hip hop]
Public Enemy You're Gonna Get Yours 1987 Def Jam
470 recordlabel: Atlantic 84003
chartposition: RandB #33, US #113
writtenby: Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas
album: The Whole Scenario
LeVert Sorry Is 1997 Atlantic
471 recordlabel: Hot Wax 7205
chartposition: RandB #33, US #96
writtenby: General Johnson and Greg Perry
album: Love, Peace and Soul
The Honey Cone Sittin' on a Time Bomb (Waitin' for the Hurt to Come) 1972 Hot Wax
472 recordlabel: Amy 11055
chartposition: RandB #33, US #95
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
Lee Dorsey Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (From Now On) 1969 Amy
473 recordlabel: NCE/Asylum
chartposition: RandB #31, US #123
The Alliance ft. Fabo Tattoo 2007 NCE/Asylum
474 recordlabel: Arock 1004
chartposition: US #89
writtenby: Ervan Waters, William Collier and Sam Culley
The Diplomats Here's A Heart 1964 Arock
475 recordlabel: EastWest 96137
chartposition: RandB #29
weeksinr&bchart: 10
album: Men at Large
Men at Large You Me 1992 EastWest
476 recordlabel: Fontana 1890
chartposition: RandB #40, US #88
writtenby: Irving Gordon
Gloria Lynne Be Anything (But Be Mine) 1964 Fontana
477 recordlabel: Bad Boy 002819
chartposition: RandB #35, US #87
writtenby: Ryan Leslie
album: One Love
New Edition Hot 2nite 2004 Bad Boy
478 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 25924
chartposition: RandB #81, US AC #29
writtenby: James Ingram, Matosky and Wakefield
album: It's Real
comments: [ballad]
James Ingram When Was the Last Time the Music Made You Cry 1991 Warner Bros.
479 recordlabel: Solar 70016
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Darnell Bristol (as Darnell
album: Lovers
Babyface Mary Mack 1987 Solar
480 recordlabel: Pulse 8 USA 804
chartposition: UK #89
writtenby: Jeanie Tracy
album: It's My Time
Jeanie Tracy It's My Time 1995 PulseUSA
481 recordlabel: Warwick 535
chartposition: US #88
writtenby: Leonard Lee
Shirley & Lee I've Been Loved Before 1960 Warwick
482 recordlabel: DTP/Universal
chartposition: RandB #40, US #89
Chingy featuring Amerie Fly Like Me 2007 DTP/Universal
483 recordlabel: Columbia 45214
chartposition: RandB #32, US #102
writtenby: D. Malone
comments: [southern soul]
Gwen McCrae Lead Me On 1970 Columbia
484 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Tank , Harvey Mason Jr. and J. Valentine
album: Now or Never
Tank Sex Music 2010 Atlantic
485 recordlabel: Warner 17753
chartposition: RandB #29, US #105
album: Somethin' for the People
Somethin' for the People You Want This Party Started 1996 Warner
486 recordlabel: Loma 2013
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #33, US #81
writtenby: Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick
The Olympics Good Lovin' 1965 Loma
487 recordlabel: Salsoul 391
chartposition: US Dance #19
writtenby: Vincent Montana Jr.
album: Anthology
comments: [instrumental]
The Salsoul Orchestra Ooh, I Love It (Love Break) 1983 Salsoul
488 recordlabel: Gasoline Alley 55178
chartposition: RandB #51, US #89
writtenby: Shai
album: Blackface
comments: [slow jam]
Shai I Don't Wanna Be Alone 1996 Gasoline Alley
489 recordlabel: Hot Wax 6907
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #88
writtenby: Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Westbound #9
The Flaming Ember Shades of Green 1970 Hot Wax
490 recordlabel: Vinylmania 7006
chartposition: US Dance #19
writtenby: Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench
Eastbound Expressway Knock Me Sensless 1987 Vinylmania
491 recordlabel: Capitol 2698
chartposition: RandB #29, US #86
writtenby: Joe Zawinul
album: Country Preacher
comments: [jazz instrumental]
Cannonball Adderley Country Preacher 1970 Capitol
492 recordlabel: Columbia 3237
chartposition: US #102, US dance #29
writtenby: Angel DeLeon, Danny Vargas, Robert Clivillés and Victor Vargas
album: Anything Goes!
C plus C Music Factory Robi-Rob's Boriqua Anthem 1995 Columbia
493 recordlabel: Wand 138
chartposition: RandB #29, US #110
writtenby: Ed Townsend
Chuck Jackson I Will Never Turn My Back On You 1963 Wand
494 recordlabel: Charisma 095
chartposition: US #88, US AC #33
writtenby: Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken
album: Nia Peeples
comments: [love ballad]
Nia Peeples Faces of Love 1992 Charisma
495 recordlabel: Anxious 004
chartposition: UK #88
writtenby: Jimmy Helms, Jimmy Chambers, George Chandler and William Henshall
album: Speak
Londonbeat There's a Beat Going On 1988 Anxious
496 recordlabel: Arista 07822
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Gary Taylor
album: I'm on Your Side
Jennifer Holliday Love Stories 1991 Arista
497 recordlabel: RCA 13988
chartposition: US dance #5, RandB #89, UK #12, US #3, US AC #35
writtenby: B. Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson & Tim Rice
album: Chess
Murray Head One Night in Bangkok 1984 RCA
498 recordlabel: Stax 18
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
album: Soul Children
The Soul Children I'll Understand 1969 Stax
499 recordlabel: Capitol 5072
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Live in New Orleans
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly We Need Love to Live 1982 Capitol
500 recordlabel: AandM 1768
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher
Billy Preston Do It While You Can 1975 A&M

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