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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: MCA 41275
chartposition: US #105, US AC #48
writtenby: Jay Beckenstein
album: Catching the Sun
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
Spyro Gyra Percolator 1980 MCA
502 recordlabel: Smash 1919
chartposition: US #107
writtenby: James Brown (as Ted Wright)
album: Out of Sight
James Brown Maybe the Last Time 1964 Smash
503 recordlabel: Sutra 802
chartposition: US Dance #23
writtenby: Andy Tripoli
album: Nayobe
Nayobe Please Don't Go 1985 Sutra
504 recordlabel: RCA
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Babyface, Clarence Allen and Gregg Pagani
album: In My Mind
comments: [slow jam]
Heather Headley Me Time 2006 RCA
505 recordlabel: Dark Horse 10009
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #88, US #106
writtenby: Keni Burke
album: 2nd Resurrection
The Stairsteps Tell Me Why 1976 Dark Horse
506 recordlabel: Parkway 936
chartposition: US #70
writtenby: Robyn Supraner and Sherman Rothman
Chubby Checker Lovely Lovely 1965 Parkway
507 recordlabel: Fantasy 745
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Gene Page and Billy Page
album: In the Pocket
Stanley Turrentine Naked as the Day I Was Born 1975 Fantasy
508 recordlabel: Stax 0041
chartposition: US #107
writtenby: Eddie Floyd and Booker T. Jones
album: Boy Meets Girl
Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples Never, Never Let You Go 1969 Stax
509 recordlabel: Fame 1010
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Clarence Carter
Clarence Carter Tell Daddy 1967 Fame
510 recordlabel: MCA 51200
chartposition: US #108
writtenby: Jeremy Wall
album: Freetime
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
Spyro Gyra Summer Strut 1981 MCA
511 recordlabel: Entertainment One
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Faith Evans , Carvin Haggins, Ivan Barias, Ryan Toby, Corey Williams and Johnathan Smith
album: Something About Faith
Faith Evans Gone Already 2010 Entertainment One
512 recordlabel: Capitol 3230
chartposition: RandB #39, US #108
writtenby: James Harlee
The Persians Your Love 1972 Capitol
513 recordlabel: RCA 65555
chartposition: RandB #46, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Gérald Isaac and Troy Oliver
album: Any Weather
4Kast I Tried 1998 RCA
514 recordlabel: RCA
chartposition: RandB ##5, US #109
writtenby: Feloney Davis
album: Don't Hold Back
comments: [slow jam]
Public Announcement Man Ain't Supposed to Cry 2001 RCA
515 recordlabel: Audio Arts 60001
chartposition: RandB #39, US #108
writtenby: Cal Wayman
album: Heart and Soul
The Incredibles I'll Make It Easy (If You'll Come on Home) 1966 Audio Arts
516 recordlabel: Capitol 5008
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Anthony Taylor and Michael Winston
album: Ebonee Webb
comments: [funk]
Ebonee Webb Anybody Wanna Dance 1981 Capitol
517 recordlabel: Salsoul 2108
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Bunny Sigler
album: Witch Doctor
Instant Funk Witch Doctor 1979 Salsoul
518 recordlabel: Asylum 428220
chartposition: RandB #35
album: Dolla$, TX
comments: [hip hop]
Lil Wil My Dougie 2007 Asylum
519 recordlabel: AMY 974
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45, US #105
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
Lee Dorsey Rain Rain Go Away 1967 AMY
520 recordlabel: MCA 53620
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Eugene Wilde
album: I Choose You (Tonight)
Eugene Wilde I Can't Stop (This Feeling) 1989 MCA
521 recordlabel: Atlantic 2623
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Randy Newman
album: Dusty in Memphis
Dusty Springfield I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore 1969 Atlantic
522 recordlabel: United Artists 36246
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: R. Muller, J. Wong, W. Williamston, W. Parris, L. Payton
Brass Construction What's on Your Mind (Expression) 1977 United Artists
523 recordlabel: Columbia 44555
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Jerry Fuller and H. B. Barnum
album: Hickory Holler Revisited
O.C. Smith Main Street Mission 1968 Columbia
524 recordlabel: Columbia 433174
chartposition: US AC #35
writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Johnny Mathis Sings the Music of Bacharach and Kaempfert
Johnny Mathis I'll Never Fall in Love Again 1969 Columbia
525 recordlabel: Portrait 70028
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Alfred McCrary, Linda McCrary and Sundray Tucker
album: On the Other Side
The McCrarys Lost in Loving You 1979 Portrait
526 recordlabel: Arista 1014
chartposition: RandB #44, US #106
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: The Other Woman
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) It's Our Own Affair 1982 Arista
527 recordlabel: will.i.am
chartposition: RandB #67, US #113
writtenby: Caleb Speir, Jason Villaroman, Jeremy Ruzumna, Josh Lopez and Natalie Hinds
album: Big
Macy Gray What I Gotta Do 2007 will.i.am
528 recordlabel: Chrysalis/EMI 58517
chartposition: RandB #53, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Bahamadia, Chris Martin and David Willis
album: Kollage
Bahamadia Uknowhowwedu 1996 Chrysalis/EMI
529 recordlabel: RCA 6821
chartposition: US dance #23
writtenby: Alexandra Forbes and Eric Beall
album: Nightwalkin'
Alisha Let Your Heart Make Up Your Mind 1987 RCA
530 recordlabel: Fantasy 793
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Michael Hepburn and Pleasure
album: Joyous
Pleasure Joyous 1977 Fantasy
531 recordlabel: Paula 254
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #35
writtenby: G. St. Clair, D. Conway, D. Callas
comments: [instrumental]
The Bad Boys Black Olives 1966 Paula
532 recordlabel: Elektra 64137
chartposition: RandB #67, US #106
Rampage Wegetzdown 1997 Elektra
533 recordlabel: Atlantic 3882
chartposition: RandB #39, US #107
writtenby: James Mtume and Reggie Lucas
album: Can't Shake This Feelin'
comments: [disco funk]
The Spinners Love Connection (Raise the Window Down) 1982 Atlantic
534 recordlabel: Bareback 535
chartposition: RandB #59, US Dance #35
writtenby: Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kieban
comments: from the musical A Chorus Line
Inner City Jam Band What I Did for Love 1978 Bareback
535 recordlabel: Columbia 74855
chartposition: RandB #64, US #105
writtenby: Super Cat (as William Maragh) , Trevor Sparks and Herbie Hancock (sample)
Super Cat Dolly My Baby 1993 Columbia
536 recordlabel: Capitol 5319
chartposition: US #106
writtenby: Ronnell Bright
album: Today My Way
Nancy Wilson And Satisfy 1964 Capitol
537 recordlabel: EastWest 96101
chartposition: RandB #66, US #106
writtenby: Dre, Skoob, Chris Charity and Derek Lynch
album: Dead Serious
Das EFX Straight Out the Sewer 1992 EastWest
538 recordlabel: Warner 17372
chartposition: RandB #38, US #112
album: Seize the Moment
comments: [slow jam]
Phajja What Are You Waiting For? 1997 Warner
539 recordlabel: Def Jam 574925
chartposition: RandB #51, US #106
comments: [slow jam] from the movie Def Jam's How To Be A Player starring Bill Bellamy
Absolute Never Wanna Let You Go 1997 Def Jam
540 recordlabel: EastWest 64253
chartposition: RandB #51, US #105, US Dance #43, UK #188
weeksinr&bchart: 20
album: Set It Off: Music from the New Line Cinema Motion Picture
Organized Noize ft. Andrea Martin & Queen Latifah Set It Off 1996 EastWest
541 recordlabel: Atlantic 5069
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #35
writtenby: Cooke
album: A Change Is Gonna Come
comments: [instrumental]
Brother Jack McDuff A Change Is Gonna Come 1966 Atlantic
542 recordlabel: Def Jam 568569
chartposition: RandB #61, US #107
writtenby: Onyx and Wu Tang Clan
album: Shut 'Em Down
Onyx featuring DMX Shut 'Em Down 1998 Def Jam
543 recordlabel: Rawkus 168
chartposition: RandB #71, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 6
Medina Green Crosstown Beef 1998 Rawkus
544 recordlabel: Jamaica 9002
chartposition: RandB #75, US dance #35
writtenby: Betty Wright , H. Harris, D. Johnson and Amir Bayyan
Betty Wright One Step Up, Two Steps Back 1984 Jamaica
545 recordlabel: Mirage 4837
chartposition: US dance #23
writtenby: David Frank and Mic Murphy
album: Sweat
The System It's Passion 1982 Mirage
546 recordlabel: Peachtree 101
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #35
writtenby: William Bell
Mitty Collier You Hurt So Good 1969 Peachtree
547 recordlabel: Wordplay 022
chartposition: UK #106
writtenby: J. Dilla, Baatin, T3
album: Fantastic, Vol.2
comments: [hip hop]
Slum Village Raise It Up 2001 Wordplay
548 recordlabel: Boardwalk 11 143
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Richard Dimples Fields and Belinda Wilson
album: Mr. Look So Good!
Richard Dimples Fields Taking Applications 1982 Boardwalk
549 recordlabel: Capitol 15250
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Aaron Zigman and Jerry Knight
album: Surrender
O'Bryan Tenderoni 1987 Capitol
550 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: RandB #35
album: The Makings of a Man
Jaheim I've Changed 2008 Atlantic
551 recordlabel: RCA 11399
chartposition: US #107
writtenby: Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell
album: Hollywood Party Tonight
Odyssey Single Again -- What Time Does the Balloon Go Up 1978 RCA
552 recordlabel: Payday 120100
chartposition: RandB #57, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Jeru the Damaja and DJ Premier
album: Wrath of the Math
Jeru the Damaja Ya Playin' Yaself 1996 Payday
553 recordlabel: Stax 0044
chartposition: US #106
writtenby: Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper
William Bell & Carla Thomas I Need You Woman 1969 Stax
554 recordlabel: AandM 2374
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Booker T. Jones, Michael Stokes
album: I Want You
comments: [smooth jazz funk ballad]
Booker T. I Want You 1981 A&M
555 recordlabel: Hot Wax 7210
chartposition: RandB #40, US #107
writtenby: Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr., Ronald Dunbar and Scherrie Payne
album: Two Sides of Laura Lee / The Best of Laura Lee
Laura Lee Crumbs Off the Table 1972 Hot Wax
556 recordlabel: Tamla 1630
chartposition: US #107
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Yes It's You Lady
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson Yes It's You Lady 1982 Tamla
557 recordlabel: ABC 10938
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Cliff Chambers, Jimmy Holiday and Jimmy Lewis
Ray Charles Somebody Ought to Write a Book About It 1967 ABC
558 recordlabel: Uptown / MCA 54543
chartposition: RandB #52, US #106
album: Blue Funk
Heavy D & the Boyz Who's the Man 1993 Uptown / MCA
559 recordlabel: ColliPark
chartposition: RandB #37, US #121
album: Souljaboytellem.com
comments: [hip hop]
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em Donk 2008 ColliPark
560 recordlabel: Avi 131
chartposition: RandB #92, US Dance #35
writtenby: Michael Kunze (as Stephan Prager) and Sylvester Levay
Jerry Rix Disco Train 1977 Avi
561 recordlabel: Warner 8363
chartposition: US Dance #35
writtenby: Lamont Dozier
album: Peddlin' Music On The Side
mpcode: zdfaksxn2kg
Lamont Dozier Goin' Back to My Roots 1977 Warner
562 recordlabel: Warner 8078
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Phillip Mitchell
album: Candi
Candi Staton Here I Am Again 1975 Warner
563 recordlabel: Samar 116
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Jimmy Norman
Jimmy Norman Can You Blame Me 1966 Samar
564 recordlabel: Aquemini 67091
chartposition: RandB #35
weeksinr&bchart: 10
album: The Skinny
comments: [hip hop]
Slimm Calhoun featuring Andre 3000 of Outkast It's OK 2000 Aquemini
565 recordlabel: Fame 302
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Eugene Williams, George Jackson & Raymond Moore
George Soule Get Involved 1973 Fame
566 recordlabel: Relativity 1664
chartposition: RandB #68, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 16
album: First Family 4 Life
M.O.P. Handle Ur Bizness 1998 Relativity
567 recordlabel: Columbia 07240
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Grover Washington Jr.
album: Strawberry Moon
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
Grover Washington, Jr. Summer Nights 1987 Columbia
568 recordlabel: MCA 2878
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, James Nyx and Marvin Gaye
album: It's Goin' Down
Ralph Tresvant Who's the Mack 1993 MCA
569 recordlabel: Death Row 99974
chartposition: RandB #67, US #106
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Reggie Moore and Danny Boy
comments: [slow jam]
Danny Boy Slip n' Slide 1996 Death Row
570 recordlabel: RCA 9532
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #35
writtenby: Billy Taylor
album: 'Nuff Said!
Nina Simone Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead) 1968 RCA
571 recordlabel: Golden Eagle 101
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Charlie Booth and Johnny Copeland
Johnny Copeland Down On Bending Knees 1963 Golden Eagle
572 recordlabel: Elektra 7559 64634
chartposition: RandB #68, US AC #35
writtenby: Clyde Otis
album: Take a Look
comments: [jazz soul ballad]
Natalie Cole Take a Look 1993 Elektra
573 recordlabel: United Artists 873
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Lonnie Jordan (as LeRoy "Lonnie" Jordan) , Susan Buckner, Deborah Pratt and Jerry Goldstein
Lonnie Jordan Grey Rainy Days 1976 United Artists
574 recordlabel: Vee Jay 405
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45, US #105
writtenby: Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield
Jerry Butler Aware of Love 1961 Vee Jay
575 recordlabel: Warner 5879
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #37, US #131
writtenby: Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss
Lorraine Ellison A Good Love 1966 Warner
576 recordlabel: Columbia 38 03301
chartposition: RandB #72, US #107
writtenby: André Cymone
album: Livin' in the New Wave
André Cymone Kelly's Eyes 1983 Columbia
577 recordlabel: Columbia 44637
chartposition: US AC #35
writtenby: Bob Hilliard and Robert Mersey
album: Those Were the Days
Johnny Mathis You Make Me Think About You 1968 Columbia
578 recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10634
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #35
writtenby: J.L. Hooker
comments: [blues]
B.B. King It's My Own Fault 1965 ABCParamount
579 recordlabel: Def Jam 463293
chartposition: RandB #35
album: Raw
comments: [slow jam]
Alyson Williams Not on the Outside 1990 Def Jam
580 recordlabel: Crave 78733
chartposition: RandB #45, US #106
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Kenny Greene and Stevie J
album: 7 Mile
7 Mile Just a Memory 1998 Crave
581 recordlabel: Atlantic 2729
chartposition: US #105, AC #25
writtenby: Thom Bell, Linda Creed, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
Dusty Springfield I Wanna Be a Free Girl 1970 Atlantic
582 recordlabel: Eastwest 91828
chartposition: RandB #35
album: Smoove With A Ruffness
comments: [slow jam]
Smoove All About Her 1992 Eastwest
583 recordlabel: Warner 17738
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: A Musical Affair
Ashford & Simpson Happy Endings 1980 Warner
584 recordlabel: Columbia 03872
chartposition: RandB #35
album: Remember
comments: [ballad]
Peaches & Herb Remember -- Come To Me 1983 Columbia
585 recordlabel: Vee Jay 372
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Dee Clark
Dee Clark Because I Love You 1961 Vee Jay
586 recordlabel: Alston 4609
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #35
writtenby: Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke
album: I Love The Way You Love
Betty Wright If You Love Me Like You Say You Love Me 1972 Alston
587 recordlabel: MCA 41017
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Cecil Womack and Don Davis
album: 10½
The Dramatics I Just Wanna Dance with You 1979 MCA
588 recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8164
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke Love Will Find A Way 1963 RCA Victor
589 recordlabel: Mirage 99651
chartposition: RandB #48, US #105
writtenby: George Jackson
album: Yo Little Brother
Nolan Thomas One Bad Apple 1985 Mirage
590 recordlabel: White Label 85101
chartposition: RandB #43, US #107
weeksinr&bchart: 14
album: Soul Connection
Levi Little Somebody to Love 1998 White Label
591 recordlabel: Death Row 30021
chartposition: RandB #35
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Dat Nigga Daz, Kurupt and Big Pimpin Delemond
comments: [album cut]
Tha Dogg Pound Respect 1995 Death Row
592 recordlabel: ABC 12452
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Ernest Latimore, Tyrone Steels and William Talbert
album: Shotgun III
Shotgun Don't You Wanna Make Love? 1979 ABC
593 recordlabel: RCA 62753
chartposition: RandB #22, UK #70
writtenby: Paul Lawrence
album: Here It Is
Freddie Jackson Make Love Easy 1994 RCA
594 recordlabel: Atco 6496
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #41, US #105
writtenby: William Bell
comments: [instrumental]
King Curtis You Don't Miss Your Water 1967 Atco
595 recordlabel: EMI America 8198
chartposition: RandB #89, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Jon St. James and Stacey Q (as Stacey Swain)
album: Trans Atlantic
Jon St. James Oogity Boogity 1984 EMI America
596 recordlabel: Candyman
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Donell Jones
album: Lyrics
Donell Jones Love Like This 2010 Candyman
597 recordlabel: Laurie 3224
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Gerry Goffin and Carole King
The Chiffons Easy To Love (So Hard To Get) 1964 Laurie
598 recordlabel: MCA 41102
chartposition: RandB #66, US #106
writtenby: Paul Sabu
album: Undercover Lover
Debbie Jacobs Don't You Want My Love 1979 MCA
599 recordlabel: Paisley Park 28348
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Prince
album: Sheila E.
Sheila E. Koo Koo 1987 Paisley Park
600 recordlabel: Warner 8571
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Send It
Ashford & Simpson By Way of Love's Express 1978 Warner

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