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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
501 recordlabel: Capitol 4942
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Joy and Pain
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly The Look in Your Eyes 1980 Capitol
502 recordlabel: Columbia 4 42156
chartposition: RandB #89
writtenby: Ruth Lyons
album: Johnny's Newest Hits
Johnny Mathis Wasn't the Summer Short? 1961 Columbia
503 recordlabel: MCA 40825
chartposition: US #88
writtenby: Mark Davis and Michael Nash
album: Stargard
Stargard Disco Rufus 1978 MCA
504 recordlabel: Atlantic 89547
chartposition: UK #89
writtenby: Danny Ironstone and Mary Unobsky
album: When the Boys Meet the Girls
Sister Sledge When the Boys Meet the Girls 1986 Atlantic
505 recordlabel: Abner 1017
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Clyde Otis and Roy Hamilton
The Impressions featuring Jerry Butler Come Back My Love 1958 Abner
506 recordlabel: Atco 6534
chartposition: US #87
writtenby: Stephen Stills
comments: [instrumental]
King Curtis For What It's Worth 1967 Atco
507 recordlabel: AandM 603 (UK)
chartposition: UK #88
writtenby: La Television and Willcox
album: Vesta
comments: [ballad]
Vesta Williams Suddenly It's Magic 1987 A&M(UK)
508 recordlabel: Stax 224
chartposition: US #70, UK #58
writtenby: Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn
album: Hip Hug Her / The Best Of Booker T. and The MGs
comments: [instrumental]
Booker T. & the MGs Slim Jenkin's Place 1967 Stax
509 recordlabel: RCA 62969
chartposition: RandB #65, US #89
writtenby: PMD, DJ Scratch, Andrew Noland, Junie Morrison, Marshall Jones, Leroy Bonner and Ralph Middlebrooks
album: Shade Business
PMD I Saw It Cummin' 1994 RCA
510 recordlabel: Rap A Lot 53861
chartposition: RandB #50, US #87
writtenby: Scarface (as Brad Jordan) and G. Duke
album: The World Is Yours
Scarface Let Me Roll 1993 Rap A Lot
511 recordlabel: Global Soul 34278
chartposition: RandB 34, US #76
writtenby: Joe Little III, Keith Sweat and Edwin
album: Love You to Tears
comments: [slow jam]
The O'Jays Baby You Know 1997 Global Soul
512 recordlabel: JMJ/Def Jam 7063
chartposition: RandB #61, US #89
writtenby: Fredro Starr (as Fred Scruggs), Sticky Fingaz, Sonee Seeza and Earl Klugh
album: All We Got Iz Us
Onyx Last Dayz 1995 JMJ/Def Jam
513 recordlabel: Weed Beat 138
chartposition: UK #89
album: Freddie McGregor
comments: [reggae]
Freddie McGregor Push Comes to Shove 1986 Weed Beat
514 recordlabel: Pacific Jazz 88130
chartposition: US #88, US AC #27
writtenby: Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster
album: After Hours
comments: [instrumental]
Richard Groove Holmes Secret Love 1966 Pacific Jazz
515 recordlabel: RCA 11136
chartposition: US Dance #29
writtenby: Billy Jackson
album: Diggin' Their Roots
The Tymes How Am I to Know 1977 RCA
516 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10601
chartposition: US #87
writtenby: Joe South
The Tams Silly Little Girl 1964 ABC Paramount
517 recordlabel: Columbia 77965
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack and Gip Noble
album: Reachin' Back
Regina Belle Love T.K.O. 1995 Columbia
518 recordlabel: RCA 11007
chartposition: US Dance #29
writtenby: Ralph Graham
Ralph Graham What Am I to Do 1977 RCA
519 recordlabel: MCA 51126
chartposition: RandB #32, US #108
writtenby: Luther Vandross
album: Bustin' Loose: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Roberta Flack You Stopped Loving Me 1981 MCA
520 recordlabel: Capitol 58807
chartposition: RandB #36, US #88, US dance #39
writtenby: Martin, Kenneth Karlin, Matias and Soulshock (as Carsten Schack)
album: Tracie
Tracie Spencer Still in My Heart 2000 Capitol
521 recordlabel: Imperial 5875
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #29
writtenby: H. Revel, M. Gordon
comments: [blues]
Fats Domino Did You Ever See A Dream Walking 1962 Imperial
522 recordlabel: Capitol 471
chartposition: UK #87
writtenby: Glass, Job, Baldurrson, Pessis
album: Let It Be Me
Audrey Wheeler Irresistible 1987 Capitol
523 recordlabel: Dial 4089
chartposition: US #88
writtenby: Joe Tex
Joe Tex That's Your Baby 1969 Dial
524 recordlabel: Megatone 112
chartposition: US Dance #19
writtenby: Jeff Mehl, Maurice Tani and Patrick Cowley
comments: [disco dance]
Sarah Dash Lucky Tonight 1983 Megatone
525 recordlabel: MCA 53790
chartposition: RandB #51, US #87, UK #97
writtenby: André Cymone and Jody Watley
album: Larger Than Life
Jody Watley Precious Love 1990 MCA
526 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Heather Bright, Warren Felder and Harvey Mason Jr.
album: Pulse
Toni Braxton Hands Tied 2010 Atlantic
527 recordlabel: Dial 4086
chartposition: RandB #29, US #81
writtenby: Joe Tex
Joe Tex You Need Me, Baby 1968 Dial
528 recordlabel: Atlantic 89375
chartposition: US Dance #19
writtenby: Johnny Dorazio and Tony Bentivegna
comments: [disco, dance]
Suzy Q Can't Live Without Your Love 1986 Atlantic
529 recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 888 005
chartposition: UK #88
writtenby: Larry Blackmon
album: Ca$hflow
Ca$hflow Can't Let Love Pass Us By 1986 Atlanta Artists
530 recordlabel: TVT Soundtrax 8193
chartposition: RandB #81, UK #89
writtenby: Buddha Monk and Bob James
comments: [from the movie The Big Hit]
Buddha Monk featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard Got's Like Come On Thru 1998 TVT Soundtrax
531 recordlabel: Date 1568
chartposition: RandB #48, US #87
writtenby: Pretty Purdie (as Bernard Purdie)
comments: [instrumental]
Bernard Pretty Purdie Funky Donkey 1967 Date
532 recordlabel: Private I 902
chartposition: UK #87
album: Fresh Outta 'P' University
Bootsy Collins featuring MC Lyte I'm Leavin' U (Gotta Go, Gotta Go) 1997 Private I
533 recordlabel: Roadshow 11609
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Emanuel Johnson
album: Journey to the Land of…Enchantment
Enchantment Where Do We Go from Here 1979 Roadshow
534 recordlabel: Stax 199
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Booker T. Jones, David Porter and Isaac Hayes
album: The Soul of a Bell
William Bell Never Like This Before 1966 Stax
535 recordlabel: Argo 5424
chartposition: US #87
writtenby: Johnny Mercer and Rube Bloom
album: Etta James Sings for Lovers
Etta James Fools Rush In 1962 Argo
536 recordlabel: Ninandy 1014
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #29
writtenby: Cortez Franklin
album: The Swordsmen
The Swordsmen Oh My Soul 1968 Ninandy
537 recordlabel: Cardiac 7
chartposition: US Dance #19
writtenby: Helen Bruner
album: Have You Heard About It?
comments: [dance, garage house]
Helen Bruner Gimme Real Love 1991 Cardiac
538 recordlabel: RCA 62325
chartposition: RandB #93, US #88
writtenby: Siedah Garrett, Andres Levin and Camus Celli
album: Tyler
Tyler Collins It Doesn't Matter 1992 RCA
539 recordlabel: MCA 3133
chartposition: RandB #32, US #113
writtenby: Babyface
album: Just for You
comments: [ballad]
Gladys Knight I Don't Want to Know 1994 MCA
540 recordlabel: RCA 11245
chartposition: RandB #37, US #57
writtenby: Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell
album: Odyssey
Odyssey Weekend Lover 1978 RCA
541 recordlabel: Elektra 46531
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Ron Banks, Tony Green and Raymond Johnson
album: Five Special
Five Special You're Something Special 1979 Elektra
542 recordlabel: Maxx 329
chartposition: US #89
writtenby: Van McCoy
Gladys Knight & The Pips Lovers Always Forgive 1964 Maxx
543 recordlabel: Elektra 46620
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Clyde Herbert, Ron Banks and Tony Green
album: Elektra 46620
Five Special Jam (Let's Take It to the Streets) 1980 Elektra
544 recordlabel: RCA 13684
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Kenny Nolan
album: Words and Music
comments: [love ballad]
Tavares Words and Music 1983 RCA
545 recordlabel: AandM 5021 8748
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Barry White
album: Put Me in Your Mix
comments: [slow jam]
Barry White & Isaac Hayes Dark and Lovely (You Over There) 1992 A&M
546 recordlabel: Gamble 203
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: The Intruders Are Together
The Intruders Devil with an Angel's Smile 1966 Gamble
547 recordlabel: Roc A Fella
chartposition: RandB #65, US #89
writtenby: Young Jeezy, Jeff Bhasker, Kanye West , Malik Yusef and Dexter Mills
album: 808s and Heartbreak
Kanye West ft. Young Jeezy Amazing 2009 Roc A Fella
548 recordlabel: Columbia 08507
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Ron Boustead and Gregg Karukas
album: As Good As It Gets
comments: [ballad]
Deniece Williams This Is As Good As It Gets 1989 Columbia
549 recordlabel: Capitol 4060
chartposition: US #87
writtenby: Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis Crazy Country Hop 1958 Capitol
550 recordlabel: ABC 4209
chartposition: RandB #34 US #105
writtenby: David Wolinski and Richard Calhoun
album: Street Player
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Blue Love 1978 ABC
551 recordlabel: Maxx 334
chartposition: US #129
writtenby: Knight, Guest
comments: US B side to Stop and Get a Hold of Myself
Gladys Knight & the Pips Who Knows 1965 Maxx
552 recordlabel: AandM 1167
chartposition: US #89
writtenby: Jimmy Cliff
album: Wonderful World, Beautiful People
comments: [Reggae]
Jimmy Cliff Come into My Life 1970 A&M
553 recordlabel: Kapp 646
chartposition: US #87
writtenby: Anisfield, Weiss
album: Greatest Hits Album
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: wKf8dqOyEgg
Ruby & The Romantics Does He Really Care For Me 1965 Kapp
554 recordlabel: Def Jam 422 851 061
chartposition: RandB #63, US #87, UK #104
writtenby: Slick Rick (as Ricky Walters)
album: Behind Bars
Slick Rick Behind Bars 1994 Def Jam
555 recordlabel: Back Beat 539
chartposition: US #89
writtenby: Deadric Malone
Joe Hinton Better To Give Than Receive 1963 Back Beat
556 recordlabel: Stateside 400
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #132
writtenby: Dee Clark and Sam Cook
Dee Clark T.C.B. 1965 Stateside
557 recordlabel: Sonja 2005
chartposition: RandB #29, US #122
writtenby: Ike Turner
Ike & Tina Turner You Can't Miss Nothing That You Never Had 1964 Sonja
558 recordlabel: MCA 23871
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Sam Dees
album: All Our Love
Gladys Knight & the Pips It's Gonna Take All Our Love 1988 MCA
559 recordlabel: Total Experience 8211
chartposition: RandB #74, UK #87
writtenby: Charlie Wilson, Jimmy Hamilton and Maurice Hayes Nestor
album: Gap Band V
comments: [disco funk]
The Gap Band I'm Ready If You're Ready 1983 Total Experience
560 recordlabel: Capitol 0777 7
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Tricky Stewart, Chris Stokes, Jermaine Dupri, Marquis Dair and Thaddis Harrell
album: On Our Worst Behavior
comments: (featured on Bebe’s Kids Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Immature Tear It Up (On Our Worst Behavior) 1992 Capitol
561 recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10242
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #44, US #89
writtenby: Walter Maynard
The Parkays Late Date 1961 ABCParamount
562 recordlabel: Imperial 5863
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #33, US #98
writtenby: Dave Bartholomew and Antoine Domino
album: Just Domino
Fats Domino Dance With Mr. Domino (aka Domino Twist) 1962 Imperial
563 recordlabel: Outburst/Def Jam 577794
chartposition: RandB #46, US #87
writtenby: Domino
album: Physical Funk
Domino Physical Funk 1996 Outburst/Def Jam
564 recordlabel: Columbia 10901
chartposition: RandB #79, US Dance #29
writtenby: Michael Stokes and Ronn Matlock
album: Physical Attraction
Keith Barrow Turn Me Up 1979 Columbia
565 recordlabel: Bad Boy 430
chartposition: RandB #41, US #88
writtenby: Jeremy Graham, C.D. Hawkins and Singers, Jack Knight, Harve Pierre, Jeff Smith and J. Weaver
album: Loon
comments: [hip hop]
Loon ft. Kelis How You Want That 2003 Bad Boy
566 recordlabel: Muscle Shoals 3003
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Rich Cason (as Charles Richard Cason)
album: Everything's Coming Up Roses
The Rose Brothers Easy Love 1987 Muscle Shoals
567 recordlabel: Stax 190
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Sandie Jones
album: Born Under a Bad Sign
Albert King Laundromat Blues 1966 Stax
568 recordlabel: Megatone Records 130
chartposition: UK #88, US dance #25
writtenby: Ken Kessie and Morey Goldstein
album: M 1015
comments: [electro dance]
Sylvester Rock the Box 1984 Megatone Records
569 recordlabel: Fantasy 115
chartposition: US Dance #19
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
Fever Standing in the Shadows of Love 1978 Fantasy
570 recordlabel: Arista 9253
chartposition: RandB #72, UK #89
writtenby: Gil Scott Heron
comments: [electro]
Gil Scott-Heron Re-Ron 1984 Arista
571 recordlabel: Capitol 5588
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Ruben Wright
comments: [northern soul]
Ruben Wright I'm Walking Out On You 1966 Capitol
572 recordlabel: Today 1508
chartposition: RandB #32, US #111
writtenby: Stuart Bascombe and Leroy Burgess
album: Don't Turn Around
Black Ivory You and I 1972 Today
573 recordlabel: Fanfare 23
chartposition: UK #88
writtenby: Ralf René Maué
album: Wicked
Sinitta Lay Me Down Easy 1989 Fanfare
574 recordlabel: Death Row 12120
chartposition: US #99, UK #99
album: Death Row Presents: Tha Dogg Pound 2002
comments: [hip hop]
Tha Dogg Pound featuring Nate Dogg & Michelle Just Doggin' 2001 Death Row
575 recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2555
chartposition: RandB #32, US #102
writtenby: Allen Toussaint (as Allen Orange)
Roscoe Shelton Easy Going Fellow 1966 Sound Stage Seven
576 recordlabel: Tamla 54246
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Smokey Robinson and Marv Tarplin (as Marvin Tarplin)
album: Pure Smokey
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson It's Her Turn to Live 1974 Tamla
577 recordlabel: Bad Boy 9231
chartposition: RandB #29
album: Room 112
112 Love You Like I Did 1999 Bad Boy
578 recordlabel: Constellation 167
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #33, US #88
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Girl Don't Care
Gene Chandler (I'm Just a) Fool for You 1966 Constellation
579 recordlabel: Shady
chartposition: RandB #64, US #88
50 Cent Piggy Bank 2005 Shady
580 recordlabel: Def Jam 650499
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: R. L. Martin and R. Lemon
album: The Finer Things in Life
Chuck Stanley Day by Day 1987 Def Jam
581 recordlabel: MCA 55431
chartposition: RandB #32, US #101
weeksinr&bchart: 15
album: Just What You Want
Eboni Foster Crazy for You 1998 MCA
582 recordlabel: Relativity 1185
chartposition: RandB #62, US #89
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Fat Joe (as Joseph Cartagena)
album: Represent
Fat Joe Flow Joe 1993 Relativity
583 recordlabel: MCA 52490
chartposition: RandB #38, US Dance #29
writtenby: Kevin McCord and Ralph Ernest
album: I Appreciate
comments: [disco funk]
Alicia Myers Appreciation 1984 MCA
584 recordlabel: Arista 0646
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Carol Bayer Sager, Michael Masser
album: Love All The Hurt Away
comments: [ballad]
Aretha Franklin It's My Turn 1982 Arista
585 recordlabel: Casablanca 839
chartposition: RandB #33, US #91
writtenby: Buddy Miles
album: More Miles Per Gallon
Buddy Miles Rockin' and Rollin' on the Streets of Hollywood 1975 Casablanca
586 recordlabel: Arista 0152
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Gil Scott Heron
album: From South Africa to South Carolina
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Johannesburg 1975 Arista
587 recordlabel: Phil L.A. of Soul 320
chartposition: US #87
writtenby: John Ellison and Ernie Fields
The Fantastic Johnny C (She's) Some Kind of Wonderful 1968 Phil L.A. of Soul
588 recordlabel: RCA Victor 8994
chartposition: RandB #44, US #88
writtenby: Anderson
album: Sweetest One
The Metros Sweetest One 1967 RCA Victor
589 recordlabel: ABC 10599
chartposition: RandB #29, US #90
writtenby: Bill Doggett and Louis Jordan
B.B. King Never Trust A Woman 1964 ABC
590 recordlabel: Streetwave 12
chartposition: UK #89
writtenby: T. Morris, L. Phillips and F. Morris
Edwin Starr Marvin 1984 Streetwave
591 recordlabel: Everlast 5001
chartposition: US #88
writtenby: Les Cooper and Clarence Johnson
The Charts Deserie 1957 Everlast
592 recordlabel: Sony Soho Square 509494
chartposition: UK #88
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Get On
Rhianna Kenny I Love Every Little Thing About You 2003 Sony Soho Square
593 recordlabel: Solar 69638
chartposition: UK #92
writtenby: Bo Watson, Bobby Lovelace and Melvin Gentry
album: Planetary Invasion
Midnight Star Curious 1985 Solar
594 recordlabel: EastWest 96316
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Yo Yo , Del, Hawk Wolinksy, George Clinton and Philippe Wynn
album: Make Way for the Motherlode
Yo-Yo Ain't Nobody Better 1991 EastWest
595 recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: RandB #30, US #114
writtenby: Babyface
album: Greatest Hits (1980 1994)
comments: [ballad]
Aretha Franklin Honey 1994 Arista
596 recordlabel: ABC 11133
chartposition: US #92
writtenby: Charlie Williams and Glen Garrison
Ray Charles Listen, They're Playing My Song 1968 ABC
597 recordlabel: MCA 79022
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Bernadette Cooper
album: Drama According to Bernadette Cooper
Bernadette Cooper I Look Good (An Interview with Bernadette Cooper) 1990 MCA
598 recordlabel: LaFace 24016
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: L.A. Reid, Babyface and Daryl Simmons
album: You Said
Jermaine Jackson I Dream, I Dream 1992 LaFace
599 recordlabel: Cordak 1602
chartposition: US #91
writtenby: Johnny Cole
Dobie Gray Look At Me 1963 Cordak
600 recordlabel: Fantasy 883
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Patti LaBelle, Armstead Edwards and James
album: Living Proof
Sylvester You Are My Friend 1980 Fantasy

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