Soul R&B singles on the ABC label...

Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the ABC record label. Click on "ABC" 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

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More Soul R&B Songs From ABC . . .

The following songs were released in ABC 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 ABC 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: ABC Paramount 10639 chartposition: RandB #33, US #77 writtenby: Tony Powers and Jack Keller	The Sapphires	Gotta Have Your Love	1965	ABC Paramount
202	recordlabel: ABC 10405 chartposition: US #92 writtenby: Barry De Vorzon, Ray Charles and Bob Sherman	Ray Charles	The Brightest Smile In Town	1963	ABC
203	recordlabel: ABC 10785 chartposition: US #91 writtenby: Johnny MacRae album: Crying Time	Ray Charles	You're Just About to Lose Your Clown	1966	ABC
204	recordlabel: ABC 11302 chartposition: RandB #36, US #90 weeksinr&bchart: 3 comments: [instrumental version]	B.B. King	Help The Poor	1971	ABC
205	recordlabel: ABC 11205 chartposition: RandB #31 writtenby: Rickey Jones album: Good Vibes!	The Natural Four	Why Should We Stop Now	1969	ABC
206	recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10724 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #31 writtenby: B.B. King, S. King comments: [blues]	B.B. King	The Things You Put Me Through	1965	ABCParamount
207	recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11239 chartposition: RandB #31, US #101 writtenby: Jimmy Lewis album: Doing His Thing	Ray Charles	We Can Make It	1969	ABC/TRC
208	recordlabel: ABC 10901 chartposition: US #98 writtenby: Billy Eckstine	Ray Charles	I Want to Talk About You	1967	ABC
209	recordlabel: ABC 12077 chartposition: RandB #32 writtenby: Angelo Bond	Angelo Bond	Reach for the Moon (Poor People)	1975	ABC
210	recordlabel: ABC/Dunhill 15012 chartposition: RandB #32 writtenby: Dave Crawford album: It	Mighty Clouds of Joy	Time	1974	ABC/Dunhill
211	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 45 10327 chartposition: US #98 writtenby: Bob Crewe and Saul Bass	Maxine Brown	My Time For Cryin'	1962	ABC Paramount
212	recordlabel: ABC 12205 chartposition: RandB #80, US #101 writtenby: Michael Omartian and Michael Price album: Disco Fied	Rhythm Heritage	Disco-Fied	1976	ABC
213	recordlabel: ABC 10889 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #36, US #112 writtenby: Fats Washington (as Ferdinand Washington) and B.B. King	B.B. King	Waitin' on You	1967	ABC
214	recordlabel: ABC 10208 chartposition: US #101 writtenby: Edward Ellen and Kenneth W. Seymour	The Del-Vikings	Bring Back Your Heart	1961	ABC
215	recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10721 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #33 writtenby: Bargoni, Stillman	Della Reese	And That Reminds Me	1965	ABCParamount
216	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10289 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #46, US #99 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Impressions	The Impressions	Grow Closer Together	1962	ABC Paramount
217	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10290 chartposition: US #104 writtenby: P. Medley and B. Thayer	Maxine Brown	I Got A Funny Kind Of Feeling	1962	ABC Paramount
218	recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10334 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #34 writtenby: Ivory Joe Hunter album: Mr. Blues comments: [blues]	B.B. King	Blues At Midnight	1962	ABCParamount
219	recordlabel: ABC 10481 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Jimmy Work album: Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (Volume Ywo)	Ray Charles	Making Believe	1963	ABC
220	recordlabel: ABC 12440 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: Darryl Carter and Jonah Ellis album: Face to Face	The Dells	(You Bring Out) The Best in Me	1979	ABC
221	recordlabel: ABC 11035 chartposition: R and B #34 writtenby: George Kerr and Gerald Harris	Jackie Montre El	I Worship the Ground You Walk On	1968	ABC
222	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10255 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #44, US #103 writtenby: Bobby Stevenson	Maxine Brown	After All We've Been Through	1961	ABC Paramount
223	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 4510602 chartposition: RandB #35 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield comments: US B side to Amen	The Impressions	Long, Long Winter	1965	ABC Paramount
224	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
225	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
226	recordlabel: ABC 10435 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: F. Brown album: Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (Volume Ywo)	Ray Charles	No Letter Today	1963	ABC
227	recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10634 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #35 writtenby: J.L. Hooker comments: [blues]	B.B. King	It's My Own Fault	1965	ABCParamount
228	recordlabel: ABC 11193 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #46, US #105 writtenby: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart album: I'm All Yours, Baby!	Ray Charles	I Did'nt Know What Time It Was	1969	ABC
229	recordlabel: ABC 10710 chartposition: RandB #35 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield comments: US B side to I Need You	The Impressions	Never Could You Be	1965	ABC
230	recordlabel: ABC 12197 chartposition: RandB #35 writtenby: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb album: Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan	Rufus (and Chaka Khan)	Jive Talkin'	1976	ABC
231	recordlabel: ABC 11347 chartposition: RandB #36 writtenby: Dave Crawford and Charles Mann album: Say You Love Me Too	Charles Mann	Say You Love Me Too	1973	ABC
232	recordlabel: ABC 12327 chartposition: RandB #36 writtenby: Jerome Jones album: Now Is the Time	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	Baby, You Got My Nose Open	1977	ABC
233	recordlabel: ABC 11251 chartposition: US #111 writtenby: Jimmy Holiday	Ray Charles	Claudie Mae	1969	ABC
234	recordlabel: ABC 969 chartposition: US Dance #37 writtenby: Hubert V. Yarborough album: Reaching for the World	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	Hostage	1977	ABC
235	recordlabel: ABC 10615 chartposition: US #112 writtenby: Rudy Toombs album: Sweet and Sour Tears	Ray Charles	Teardrops from My Eyes	1965	ABC
236	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10663 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #40, US #112 writtenby: Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu and Billy Rose	Ray Charles	Without a Song (Part 1)	1965	ABC Paramount
237	recordlabel: ABC 11356 chartposition: US #110 writtenby: Ron Stockert album: Rufus	Rufus (and Chaka Khan)	Slip N' Slide	1973	ABC
238	recordlabel: ABC 302221 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Ron Tyson and Norman Harris	Four Tops	H.E.L.P.	1979	ABC
239	recordlabel: ABC 12324 chartposition: RandB #92, US AC #38 writtenby: John Footman and Judy Wieder album: The Two of Us	Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.	My Reason to Be Is You	1978	ABC
240	recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11337 chartposition: RandB #47, US #115 writtenby: Betty Lapcevic album: A Message from the People	Ray Charles	Hey Mister	1972	ABC/TRC
241	recordlabel: ABC 12363 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Tyrone Steels, William Talbert, Ernest Latimore, Larry Austin, Gregory Ingram, William Gentry album: Good, Bad and Funky	Shotgun	Good, Bad and Funky	1978	ABC
242	recordlabel: ABC 11027 chartposition: RandB #43, US #92 writtenby: George Kerr and G. Harrison	Troy Keyes	Love Explosions	1968	ABC
243	recordlabel: ABC 11128 chartposition: US #118 writtenby: Ray Whitley album: A Portrait of the Tams	The Tams	Trouble Maker	1968	ABC
244	recordlabel: ABC 11292 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #39 writtenby: C. Sigman, F. Lai comments: [ballad] (from the motion picture 'Love Story')	Eddie Holman	(Where Do I Begin) Love Story	1971	ABC
245	recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10316 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40 writtenby: B.B. King, M. Davis, R. Rae album: Mr. Blues comments: [blues]	B.B. King	You Ask Me	1962	ABCParamount
246	recordlabel: ABC 11376 chartposition: RandB #40 writtenby: Allen Toussaint album: Rufus	Rufus (and Chaka Khan)	Whoever's Thrilling You (Is Killing Me)	1973	ABC
247	recordlabel: ABC 12395 chartposition: RandB #40 writtenby: Algeron Casey, Tyrone Steels and William Talbert album: Good, Bad and Funky	Shotgun	Love Attack	1978	ABC
248	recordlabel: ABC 12076 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Lamont Dozier album: Black Bach	Lamont Dozier	All Cried Out	1975	ABC
249	recordlabel: ABC 12330 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: Bill Mononen, Rich Wamil and Ron Hiller album: Reflections in Blue	Bobby Bland	Sittin' on a Poor Man's Throne	1978	ABC
250	recordlabel: ABC 10704 chartposition: US #123 writtenby: Jerry O (as Jerry J. Murray)	Tom & Jerrio	Great Goo-Ga-Moo-Ga	1965	ABC
251	recordlabel: ABC/Blue Thumb 261 chartposition: RandB #41, US #102 writtenby: Wayne Henderson album: Southern Comfort comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]	The Crusaders	Stomp and Buck Dance	1975	ABC/Blue Thumb
252	recordlabel: ABC 12241 chartposition: RandB #53, US dance #21 writtenby: Frank Wilson, Terri McFadden and Larry Brown album: Truth is the Power	Mighty Clouds of Joy	There's Love in the World (Tell the Lonely People)	1977	ABC
253	recordlabel: ABC 10578 chartposition: US #130 writtenby: Kip Anderson and Arlean Miller	Kip Anderson	That's When The Crying Begins	1964	ABC
254	recordlabel: ABC 12433 chartposition: RandB #44 writtenby: Willie Foster III. Marshall Rice comments: [jazz funk]	Wilton Felder	Let's Dance Together	1978	ABC
255	recordlabel: ABC 11265 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #47, US #115 writtenby: Earl Shuman and Peter De Angelis	Eddie Holman	I'll Be There	1970	ABC
256	recordlabel: ABC 11394 chartposition: RandB #45 writtenby: Al Ciner album: Rufus	Rufus (and Chaka Khan)	Feel Good	1973	ABC
257	recordlabel: Dunhill/ABC 4272 chartposition: RandB #46, US #1, UK #24 writtenby: Hoyt Axton album: Naturally	Three Dog Night	Joy to the World	1971	Dunhill/ABC
258	recordlabel: ABC 12130 chartposition: RandB #49 writtenby: R. Hatcher, C. Carter	Clarence Carter	I Got Caught	1975	ABC
259	recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10372 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49 writtenby: B. Owens, D. Rhodes	Lloyd Price	Under Your Spell Again	1962	ABCParamount
260	recordlabel: ABC 12180 chartposition: RandB #49 writtenby: Michael Henderson album: Drama V	The Dramatics	Treat Me Like a Man	1976	ABC
261	recordlabel: ABC 11409 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Foster, Romias, Apodaca, Little and Eubank album: Ethnic Stew comments: [funk]	Tribe	The Tribe	1974	ABC
262	recordlabel: ABC 4510932 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	The Impressions	You've Got Me Runnin'	1967	ABC
263	recordlabel: ABC 12424 chartposition: RandB #51 writtenby: The Soul Partners album: Spreading Love	Al Hudson & the Soul Partners (One Way)	How Do You Do	1978	ABC
264	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10367 chartposition: US #106 writtenby: Sam Coslow and Wilhelm Grosz	B.B. King	Tomorrow Night	1962	ABC Paramount
265	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10387 chartposition: US #108 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	The Fascinations	Mama Didn't Lie	1963	ABC Paramount
266	recordlabel: ABC 12155 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter	Four Tops	Mama You're All Right with Me	1976	ABC
267	recordlabel: ABC 12400 chartposition: RandB #56 writtenby: Daryl Hall and John Oates album: Do What You Wanna Do	The Dramatics	Do What You Want to Do	1978	ABC
268	recordlabel: ABC 11366 chartposition: RandB #56 writtenby: Dee Ervin comments: [instrumental]	Tribe	Koke (Part I)	1973	ABC
269	recordlabel: ABC 12176 writtenby: Isaac Hayes album: Groove A Thon	Isaac Hayes	Rock Me Easy Baby (Pt. I)	1976	ABC
270	recordlabel: ABC 12286 chartposition: US Dance #40 writtenby: Ronald Dunbar (as Ron Dunbar) album: Genuine Ruby	Ruby Andrews	I Wanna Be Near You	1977	ABC
271	recordlabel: ABC 11398 chartposition: RandB #62 writtenby: Gary Zekley and Mitch Bottler album: Through All Times	Chuck Jackson	I Can't Break Away	1973	ABC
272	recordlabel: ABC/Blue Thumb 272 chartposition: RandB #63 writtenby: Stix Hooper, Lamont Dozier, Larry Carlton, Robert Popwell and Wilton Felder album: Free As The Wind comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]	The Crusaders	Feel It	1977	ABC/Blue Thumb
273	recordlabel: ABC 12230 chartposition: RandB #64 writtenby: Philippe Wynne (as Philippe Wynn) album: Especially for You	Al Hudson & the Soul Partners (One Way)	I Got a Notion	1976	ABC
274	recordlabel: ABC 12253 chartposition: RandB #65 writtenby: Jimmy Webb, Burt Bacharach and Hal David	Isaac Hayes & Dionne Warwick	By the Time I Get to Phoenix -- Say a Little Prayer	1977	ABC
275	recordlabel: ABC 12292 chartposition: RandB #67 writtenby: Ernest Latimore, Gregory Ingram, Larry Austin, Tyrone Steels, William Gentry and William Talbert album: Shotgun	Shotgun	Mutha Funk	1977	ABC
276	recordlabel: ABC 12166 chartposition: RandB #67 writtenby: Bunny Sigler album: I Wanna Be with You	Carl Carlton	Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody (About You)	1976	ABC
277	recordlabel: ABC 12419 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Denise LaSalle album: Under the Influence	Denise LaSalle	Workin' Overtime	1978	ABC
278	recordlabel: ABC 12089 chartposition: RandB #71 writtenby: Chris Sciarrotta and Dick Monda album: Everlasting Love	Carl Carlton	Morning, Noon and Nighttime	1975	ABC
279	recordlabel: ABC 12345 chartposition: RandB #74 writtenby: Frank Wilson and Judy Wieder	Lenny Williams	Look Up with Your Mind	1978	ABC
280	recordlabel: ABC 15 writtenby: Gary Glenn album: Spreading Love	Al Hudson & the Soul Partners (One Way)	Spread Love	1978	ABC
281	recordlabel: ABC 12316 chartposition: RandB #76 writtenby: Carl Hampton album: The Two of Us	Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr.	Wonderful	1977	ABC
282	recordlabel: ABC 12155 chartposition: RandB #76 writtenby: Lawrence Payton, L.E. Lee and Gil Askey album: Night Lights Harmony	Four Tops	I'm Glad You Walked Into My Life	1976	ABC
283	recordlabel: ABC 4203 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: The Soul Partners album: Cherish	Al Hudson & the Soul Partners (One Way)	If You Feel Like Dancin'	1977	ABC
284	recordlabel: ABC 12344 chartposition: RandB #80 writtenby: George McGregor album: Up the Downstairs	Wilson Williams	Up the Down Stairs	1978	ABC
285	recordlabel: ABC 11378 chartposition: RandB #81 writtenby: George Soule and Terry Woodford album: Can't Stop a Man in Love	Carl Carlton	You Can't Stop a Man in Love	1973	ABC
286	recordlabel: ABC/Dunhill 15018 chartposition: R&B #81 writtenby: Reginald Dozier and McKinley Jackson album: Payne and Pleasure	Freda Payne	It's Yours to Have	1975	ABC/Dunhill
287	recordlabel: ABC 12106 chartposition: RandB #82 weeksinr&bchart: 6	Billy Davis, Jr.	Three Steps From True Love	1975	ABC
288	recordlabel: ABC 12119 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle, Yvonne Mitchell and Lawrence Seymour	O.V. Wright	What More Can I Do (To Prove My Love for You)	1975	ABC
289	recordlabel: ABC Impulse 31010 chartposition: RandB #94 writtenby: McKinley Jackson and Sharon Jones comments: [instrumental]	Brass Fever	Time Is Running Out	1977	ABC Impulse
290	recordlabel: ABC/Blue Thumb 273 chartposition: RandB #51 writtenby: Joe Sample album: Free As The Wind comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]	The Crusaders	Free as the Wind	1977	ABC/Blue Thumb
291	recordlabel: ABC 12315 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Fred L. Bridges and Lawrence Payton album: The Show Must Go On	Four Tops	The Show Must Go On	1977	ABC
292	recordlabel: ABC/Blue Thumb 267 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Wilton Felder album: Chain Reaction comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]	The Crusaders	Creole	1975	ABC/Blue Thumb
293	recordlabel: ABC 12154 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #86 writtenby: C. Hodges comments: [southern soul]	O.V. Wright	Nobody But You	1975	ABC
294	recordlabel: ABC 12264 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: William Talbert, Tyrone Steels and Ernest Lattimore album: Shotgun	Shotgun	Hot Line	1977	ABC
295	recordlabel: ABC 12353 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: Denise La Salle	Denise LaSalle	One Life to Live	1978	ABC
296	recordlabel: ABC 12247 chartposition: RandB #88 writtenby: E. Randle	B.B. King	Slow and Easy	1977	ABC
297	recordlabel: ABC 12443 chartposition: RandB #90 writtenby: Denise LaSalle album: Under the Influence	Denise LaSalle	P.A.R.T.Y. (Where It Is)	1979	ABC
298	recordlabel: ABC 12412 chartposition: RandB #90 writtenby: Joe Sample and Will Jennings	B.B. King	I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone	1978	ABC
299	recordlabel: ABC 12334 chartposition: RandB #92 writtenby: Dan Walsh, Michael Omartian and Michael Price album: Sky's the Limit	Rhythm Heritage	Holdin' Out (For Your Love)	1978	ABC
300	recordlabel: ABC 12377 chartposition: RandB #92 writtenby: Richard Flowers album: Up the Downstairs	Wilson Williams	Sho You Rite	1978	ABC

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