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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
301 recordlabel: Tamla 54222
chartposition: RandB #17, US #66
writtenby: Frank Wilson
album: People... Hold On
comments: [Motown Sound]
Eddie Kendricks If You Let Me 1972 Tamla
302 recordlabel: Manhattan 50040
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Dianne Quander and Garry Glenn
album: Hold On
R.J.s Latest Arrival Heaven in Your Arms 1986 Manhattan
303 recordlabel: Warner 27541
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Holly Knight and Billy Steinberg
album: C.K.
Chaka Khan Baby Me 1988 Warner
304 recordlabel: Casablanca 2322
chartposition: US Dance #8
writtenby: David Thompson and Frank Brunson
The People's Choice You Ought to Be Dancin' 1980 Casablanca
305 recordlabel: Command 4126
chartposition: RandB #27, US #38
writtenby: Richard R. Hyman
Dick Hyman & His Electric Eclectics The Minotaur 1969 Command
306 recordlabel: Rap A Lot 38544
chartposition: RandB #37, US #82, UK #49
writtenby: Scarface, Bushwick Bill and Willie D
album: The Resurrection
The Geto Boys featuring Flaj The World Is a Ghetto 1996 Rap A Lot
307 recordlabel: RCA Victor 0461
chartposition: RandB #17, US #39
writtenby: Harvey Fuqua and Charlie Hearndon
album: Morning, Noon and the Nine Liters
The Nite-Liters K-Jee 1971 RCA Victor
308 recordlabel: Elektra 69889
chartposition: RandB #88, US #36
writtenby: Lincoln Chase
album: Adorable
Pia Zadora The Clapping Song 1982 Elektra
309 recordlabel: Spark 1129(UK)
chartposition: UK #38
writtenby: Bobby Paris
Wigan's Ovation Per-So-Nal-Ly 1975 Spark (UK)
310 recordlabel: Pye International 25290
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #40, UK #37, US #75
writtenby: Bill Cook
album: The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick You Can Have Him 1965 Pye International
311 recordlabel: AM:PM 5820752 (UK)
chartposition: UK #38
writtenby: Mark Picchiotti and Craig Snider
The Absolute featuring Suzanne Palmer I Believe 1997 AM:PM(UK)
312 recordlabel: ABC 12444
chartposition: RandB #16, US #109
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
album: Numbers
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Keep It Together (Declaration of Love) 1979 ABC
313 recordlabel: Spark 1139
chartposition: UK #36
writtenby: Detlef Petersen and James Hopkins Harrison
Linda Carr & the Funky Boys Sold My Rock 'N' Roll 1976 Spark
314 recordlabel: Capitol 5461
chartposition: RandB #50, US #37
writtenby: Terry Britten and Sue Shifrin
album: Private Dancer
Tina Turner Show Some Respect 1985 Capitol
315 recordlabel: Capitol 15729
chartposition: RandB #18, US #66, US Dance #46
writtenby: James Earley, Michael Kelly and Djuana Johnican
album: Fully Loaded
comments: [dance, hip house]
Oaktown's 3.5.7 Turn It Up 1991 Capitol
316 recordlabel: Dynamic 127
chartposition: UK #36
writtenby: Barry Biggs and Hinds
album: Mr. Biggs
Barry Biggs You're My Life 1977 Dynamic
317 recordlabel: Dynamic 101
chartposition: UK #38
writtenby: Barry Biggs
album: Mr. Biggs
comments: [Reggae]
Barry Biggs Work all Day 1976 Dynamic
318 recordlabel: MCA 79056
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Lori Perry, Raymond Jones and Sami McKinney
album: Easy to Love
Body Touch Me Up 1990 MCA
319 recordlabel: MCA 689
chartposition: RandB #16, US #103, US AC #21
writtenby: Bill Summers, Kevin Toney and Larry Batiste
album: Call It What You Want
comments: [disco funk]
Bill Summers & Summers Heat Call It What You Want 1981 MCA
320 recordlabel: Blackground 97995
chartposition: RandB #24, US #37
writtenby: Magoo (as Melvin Barcliff) and Timbaland (as Tim Mosley)
album: Welcome to Our World
Timbaland & Magoo Clock Strikes 1998 Blackground
321 recordlabel: Atlantic 1901
chartposition: RandB #17, US #86
writtenby: William Harmon and Chris Troy (as Christopher Troy)
album: Love for the Future
Nona Gaye I'm Overjoyed 1992 Atlantic
322 recordlabel: Solar 74509
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Belinda Lipscomb, Bill Simmons, Bobby Lovelace, King C and Melvin Gentry
album: Work It Out
Midnight Star Do It (One More Time) 1990 Solar
323 recordlabel: Solar 70012
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Gary Taylor
album: Just Gets Better with Time
The Whispers Just Gets Better with Time 1987 Solar
324 recordlabel: Elektra 69477
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Howard Hewett and Leon Sylvers III (as Leon Sylvers)
album: I Commit to Love
Howard Hewett I Commit to Love 1987 Elektra
325 recordlabel: Death Row 90038
chartposition: UK #36
album: Tha Doggfather
Snoop Dogg Tha Doggfather 1998 Death Row
326 recordlabel: Elektra 5799
chartposition: RandB #12, US #54, UK #81
writtenby: Soulshock, Kenneth Karlin, Andrea Martin and K. Jones
album: Silk
Silk Hooked on You 1995 Elektra
327 recordlabel: RCA 2075
chartposition: RandB #34, US dance #12
writtenby: Ali Hassan, Evelyn King , Kwame Hadi and Theodore Life
album: Call on Me
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Let's Get Funky Tonight 1980 RCA
328 recordlabel: Dial 4006
chartposition: RandB #12, US #56
writtenby: Joe Tex
Joe Tex A Woman Can Change a Man 1965 Dial
329 recordlabel: Atlantic 086574
chartposition: US Dance #8
writtenby: Marshall Jefferson, Byron Stingily, Herb Lawson and Byron Burke
album: Foundation
Ten City Right Back to You 1988 Atlantic
330 recordlabel: Death Row 6004
chartposition: RandB #16, US #72
writtenby: Homer Banks, Eddie Marion and Henderson Thigpen
comments: [ballad] from the 18 minute, long form video Murder Was The Case starring Snoop Dogg
Jewell Woman to Woman 1995 Death Row
331 recordlabel: Arista 2148
chartposition: RandB #20, US #67, UK #50
writtenby: Mike 'Hitman' Wilson
album: Another Sleepness Night
comments: [dance, house]
Mike 'Hitman' Wilson featuring Shawn Christopher Another Sleepness Night 1991 Arista
332 recordlabel: Atlantic 3635
chartposition: RandB #29, US Dance #8
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Ben E. King, Melvin Shaw
album: Music Trance
Ben E. King Music Trance 1979 Atlantic
333 recordlabel: Warner 29998
chartposition: UK #48, RandB #50, US #110
writtenby: Carole Bayer Sager and Marvin Hamlisch
album: Windsong
comments: [ballad]
Randy Crawford One Hello 1982 Warner
334 recordlabel: Yab Yum 6646932 (UK)
chartposition: UK #36
writtenby: Speech and Laurneá (as Laurneá Wilkerson)
album: Betta Listen
Laurnea Days of Youth 1997 Yab Yum(UK)
335 recordlabel: Def Jam 651245 (UK)
chartposition: UK #37
writtenby: Chuck D, Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler
album: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
comments: [hip hop]
Public Enemy Rebel without a Pause 1987 Def Jam(UK)
336 recordlabel: Arden 3001
chartposition: RandB #16, US #91
writtenby: Eugene Record
comments: [dance]
Barbara & the Uniques There It Goes Again 1970 Arden
337 recordlabel: Cadet 5547
chartposition: RandB #30, US #49, US AC #37
writtenby: Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder and Henry Cosby
album: Wade in the Water
comments: [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis Uptight 1966 Cadet
338 recordlabel: RCA 13914
chartposition: RandB #16, US #107, US dance #45
writtenby: Keithen Carter, Bruce Gaitsch and Patrick Leonard (as Pat Leonard)
album: So Romantic
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Just for the Night 1984 RCA
339 recordlabel: Tabu 04665
chartposition: RandB #15, US #102
writtenby: Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III)
album: Just the Way You Like it
The S.O.S. Band No One's Gonna Love You 1984 Tabu
340 recordlabel: Island 6472
chartposition: UK #37
writtenby: R. Wilder
album: Everything Is Great
Inner Circle Everything Is Great 1979 Island
341 recordlabel: Tamla 54091
chartposition: RandB #18, US #55
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: The Marvelettes Anthology
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Marvelettes He's A Good Guy (Yes He Is) 1964 Tamla
342 recordlabel: Columbia 06116
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: B Fine, Shy Shy, Paul Anthony, Bow Legged, Curt T T and Baby Gee
album: Full Force
Full Force Temporary Love Thing 1986 Columbia
343 recordlabel: RFC/Atlantic 4027
chartposition: RandB #16, US #84, US Dance #30
writtenby: Herb Smith and Mauro Malavasi
album: Sharing Your Love
Change The Very Best in You 1982 RFC/Atlantic
344 recordlabel: Tamla 54190
chartposition: RandB #18, US #41
writtenby: Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
album: That's the Way Love Is
comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to Gonna Give Her All the Love I Got
Marvin Gaye How Can I Forget 1970 Tamla
345 recordlabel: Atco 6186
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #18, US #37
writtenby: Bobby Darin and Don Kirshner
The Coasters Wait a Minute 1961 Atco
346 recordlabel: Casablanca 815
chartposition: RandB #14, US Dance #14
writtenby: Barry White, Frank Wilson and Vance Wilson
Gloria Scott Just as Long as We're Together (In My Life There Will Never Be Another) 1975 Casablanca
347 recordlabel: Tabu 28965 1202
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: K. Lynette Patterson and Curtis F. Williams
album: One of Many Nights
The S.O.S. Band Sometimes I Wonder 1991 Tabu
348 recordlabel: Stax 144
chartposition: RandB #12, US #48
writtenby: Steve Cropper and Rufus Thomas
album: Walking The Dog
Rufus Thomas Can Your Monkey Do The Dog 1964 Stax
349 recordlabel: Columbia 05752
chartposition: RandB #20, US Dance #12
writtenby: Binky Brice, James Mtume and Philip Field
album: You Might Be Surprised
Roy Ayers Hot 1986 Columbia
350 recordlabel: Parkway 833
chartposition: US #37
writtenby: Kal Mann and Dave Appell
The Dovells Do The New Continental 1962 Parkway
351 recordlabel: Paisley Park 28705
chartposition: RandB #19, US Dance #12
writtenby: Prince
album: Mazarati
Mazarati 100 MPH 1986 Paisley Park
352 recordlabel: Mainstream 5574
chartposition: US dance #12
writtenby: Jean Kluger, Daniel Vangarde and Steve Banda Kalenga
Black Blood Chicano 1975 Mainstream
353 recordlabel: Atlantic 8150
chartposition: UK #37
writtenby: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
album: Aretha Arrives
Aretha Franklin Satisfaction 1967 Atlantic
354 recordlabel: RCA 64576
chartposition: RandB #32, US #61, UK #36
writtenby: Allen Gordon, Andrea Martin and Tony Burroughs
album: New Beginning
SWV It's All About U 1996 RCA
355 recordlabel: Spark 1146
chartposition: UK #28
writtenby: Eddie Adamberry and Tony Craig
album: Sign of the Times
comments: [disco dance]
Tommy Hunt Loving on the Losing Side 1976 Spark
356 recordlabel: MCA 1772
chartposition: RandB #17, US #113, UK #37
writtenby: Iverson, Teddy Riley, Joseph Stonestreet and Williams
album: BLACKstreet
BLACKstreet featuring Teddy Riley Baby Be Mine 1993 MCA
357 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: RandB #17, US #72
writtenby: LaShawn Daniels, Traci Hale, Fred Jerkins III, Rodney Jerkins and Nycolia Turman (as Nycolia
album: Never Say Never
comments: [slow jam]
Brandy Angel in Disguise 1998 Atlantic
358 recordlabel: Columbia 04754
chartposition: RandB #20, US #81, US AC #8
writtenby: Sam Cooke
album: Too Hot to Stop It
comments: [ballad]
The Manhattans You Send Me 1985 Columbia
359 recordlabel: AandM 12091
chartposition: UK #37, US Dance #25
writtenby: Wally Badarou, Mark King, Phil Gould, B. Taylor and A. Willis
album: Standing in the Light
comments: [disco funk, pop]
Level 42 Micro-Kid 1983 A&M
360 recordlabel: Stax 212
chartposition: RandB #18, US #95
writtenby: Booker T. Jones and William Bell
album: The Soul of a Bell
William Bell Everybody Loves a Winner 1967 Stax
361 recordlabel: RCA 146 (UK)
chartposition: UK #38
writtenby: Arthur Adams, Bernie Hamilton and Sam Carlos Smith
comments: [disco dance]
Arthur Adams You Got the Floor 1981 RCA(UK)
362 recordlabel: Atlantic 5632
chartposition: UK #37
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
album: One in a Million
Aaliyah Got to Give It Up 1996 Atlantic
363 recordlabel: Atlantic 85454
chartposition: RandB #49, US #37, UK #57
writtenby: Jay McGowan, C.C. Orange (as Nathaniel Orange) and Vann Bryant
album: Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
Quad City DJs Space Jam 1996 Atlantic
364 recordlabel: Atlantic 2801
chartposition: RandB #12, US #61
writtenby: Red Lane
Clarence Carter The Court Room 1971 Atlantic
365 recordlabel: United Artists Records 626
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Ronnie Laws
album: Every Generation
comments: [jazz funk]
Ronnie Laws Every Generation 1980 United Artists Recor
366 recordlabel: Tamla 54250
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Pure Smokey
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson Virgin Man 1974 Tamla
367 recordlabel: Positiva 197 (UK)
chartposition: UK #38
writtenby: Vito Lucente and Oliver Cheatham
album: Music and You
Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham Music and You 2003 Positiva(UK)
368 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 29893
chartposition: RandB #16, US #102
writtenby: Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Various Casino Lights, Recorded Live At Montreux, Switzerland
Randy Crawford, Al Jarreau & Yellowjackets Your Precious Love 1982 Warner Bros.
369 recordlabel: MCA 3747
chartposition: RandB #16, US #36
writtenby: Dan Haseltine and Jars of Clay
album: We Got It
comments: [slow jam]
Immature Please Don't Go 1996 MCA
370 recordlabel: So So Def/Columbia 16865
chartposition: RandB #18, US #58
writtenby: Brian Casey, Bryan Michael Cox and Jermaine Dupri
album: Jagged Little Thrill
comments: [slow jam]
Jagged Edge Goodbye 2001 So So Def/Columbia
371 recordlabel: Arista 9015
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Lana Bogan and Donnie Shelton
album: Too Tough
comments: [love ballad]
Angela Bofill Tonight I Give In 1983 Arista
372 recordlabel: Warner 7612
chartposition: RandB #24, US #29
writtenby: S. Kupka, E. Castillo
album: Bump City
Tower of Power You're Still a Young Man 1972 Warner
373 recordlabel: J Records Digital
chartposition: RandB #12, US #82, UK #128
writtenby: Alicia Keys , Linda Perry and Steve Mostyn
album: As I Am
Alicia Keys Superwoman 2008 J Records Digital
374 recordlabel: Decca 30967
chartposition: RandB #12, US #4, UK #4
writtenby: Ronnie Self
album: Miss Dynamite
Brenda Lee Sweet Nothin's 1959 Decca
375 recordlabel: MCA 53255
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Heavy D
album: Living Large
Heavy D & the Boyz Don't You Know 1988 MCA
376 recordlabel: Smash 1964
chartposition: RandB #14, US #120
writtenby: Bobby Byrd and B. Jones
Bobby Byrd We Are in Love 1965 Smash
377 recordlabel: Columbia 10552
chartposition: RandB #15, US #102
writtenby: Jimmy Lewis and Frank Johnson
album: Let's Make a Deal
Z.Z. Hill Love Is So Good When You're Stealing It 1977 Columbia
378 recordlabel: RCA 11064
chartposition: RandB #17, US #101
writtenby: James Gadson, Clarence McDonald and Alan Abrahams
album: Get Up and Dance
The Memphis Horns Just for Your Love 1977 RCA
379 recordlabel: Laurie 3418
chartposition: UK #38
writtenby: Doug Morris
Dean Parrish I'm on My Way 1975 Laurie
380 recordlabel: Island 99926
chartposition: RandB #74, US dance #12
writtenby: Michael de Benedictus, Larry Levan and R. B. Fowler
album: Life Is Something Special
comments: [electro, disco]
New York Citi Peech Boys Life Is Something Special 1983 Island
381 recordlabel: RCA 65538
chartposition: RandB #12, US #36
writtenby: Jake Carter (as Joe Carter), Trevor Job, Joe Sayles (as Joseph Sayles), Kevin Scott and Tyrese
album: Tyrese
Tyrese Nobody Else 1998 RCA
382 recordlabel: Gamble 4019
chartposition: RandB #12
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Intruders (Win, Place or Show) She's a Winner 1972 Gamble
383 recordlabel: Atlantic 89163
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Luther Vandross
album: Just Between Us
comments: [smooth jazz instrumental]
Gerald Albright So Amazing 1987 Atlantic
384 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 37
chartposition: RandB #33, UK #45, US Dance #26
writtenby: Wally Badarou
album: Echoes
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Wally Badarou Chief Inspector 1985 th and Bway
385 recordlabel: Roc A Fella 568592
chartposition: RandB #37, US #52, UK #38
weeksinr&bchart: 23
writtenby: Sean Carter, Glenn Frey, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Teddy Riley and Jack Tempchin
album: In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
comments: [hip hop]
Jay-Z featuring BLACKstreet The City Is Mine 1998 Roc A Fella
386 recordlabel: AandM 12047
chartposition: US Dance #8
writtenby: Chas Jankel
album: Questionnaire
Chas Jankel 109 (Give Me Something I Can Remember) 1982 A&M
387 recordlabel: Playboy 50057
chartposition: RandB #18, US #73
writtenby: Willie Henderson and Quinton Joseph
Willie Henderson Dance Master (Pt. 1) 1974 Playboy
388 recordlabel: Stax 0227
chartposition: RandB #18, US #76
writtenby: Bettye Crutcher, Bobby Manuel, Larry Nix and Mack Rice
album: City in the Sky / The Best of The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers My Main Man 1974 Stax
389 recordlabel: Arista 7823
chartposition: RandB #12, US dance #35
writtenby: Emanuel LeBlanc, Herb Lane, Keith Crier and Paul Service
album: Two
GQ Standing Ovation 1980 Arista
390 recordlabel: Stax 0164
chartposition: RandB #18, US #66
writtenby: Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson and Carl Hampton
album: Be What You Are / The Best of The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers Be What You Are 1973 Stax
391 recordlabel: EastWest 9160
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas
album: Groove On
comments: [slow jam]
Gerald Levert Answering Service 1995 EastWest
392 recordlabel: RCA 65682
chartposition: RandB #12, US #56
writtenby: Derek Allen and D. Gibson
album: Tyrese
comments: [slow jam]
Tyrese Lately 1999 RCA
393 recordlabel: RCA 07863 62651
chartposition: RandB #17, US #70, US dance #17
writtenby: Chantay Savage and Steve
album: Here We Go...
Chantay Savage Betcha'll Never Find 1993 RCA
394 recordlabel: Capitol 44261
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Keith Thomas and BeBe Winans
album: Heaven
BeBe & CeCe Winans Heaven 1989 Capitol
395 recordlabel: Casablanca 922
chartposition: US dance #3
writtenby: Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo, Victor Willis and Peter Whitehead
album: Macho Man
Village People Macho Man 1978 Casablanca
396 recordlabel: Giant Step 3107
chartposition: US dance #6, R&B #115
album: That's Right
George Benson Song for My Brother 1997 Giant Step
397 recordlabel: Stax 0036
chartposition: RandB #18, US #73
writtenby: Eddie Floyd
Eddie Floyd Don't Tell Your Mama Where You've Been 1969 Stax
398 recordlabel: Casablanca 814 747 7
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Prince
album: Merciless
comments: [ballad]
Stephanie Mills How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore 1983 Casablanca
399 recordlabel: Glades 1740
chartposition: RandB #74, US Dance #12
writtenby: Ines Pinchot and Timmy Thomas
album: The Magician
Timmy Thomas Stone to the Bone 1977 Glades
400 recordlabel: Warner 29462
chartposition: RandB #15, US #107
writtenby: Roger Troutman and Larry Troutman
album: Zapp III
comments: [funk]
Zapp Heartbreaker (Part 1) 1983 Warner

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