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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.
(Search on 'A_' returned 18388 results)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
1 recordlabel: Kapp 615
chartposition: US #48, AC #15
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: Greatest Hits Album
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: rJQ-Bk5fkoM
Ruby & The Romantics When You're Young And In Love 1964 Kapp
2 recordlabel: Boogie Man 226
chartposition: US dance #15, RandB #83
writtenby: Donn Marier and Kenneth Marier
comments: [disco dance] [instrumental]
The Boogie Man Orchestra Lady, Lady, Lady (Are You Crazy for Me) 1975 Boogie Man
3 recordlabel: RCA 477811
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #47, US #46
writtenby: Leonard Lee
Mickey & Sylvia What Would I Do 1960 RCA
4 recordlabel: Def Jam 73391
chartposition: RandB #20, UK #46, US Dance #31
writtenby: Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler and Chuck D
album: Fear of a Black Planet
comments: [hip hop]
Public Enemy Brothers Gonna Work It Out 1990 Def Jam
5 recordlabel: Arista 1
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Tom Browne and Toni Smith
comments: re release
Tom Browne Funkin' for Jamaica (1991 Remix) 1991 Arista
6 recordlabel: Def Jam 523 839
chartposition: US #98, UK #46
writtenby: Method Man (as Clifford Smith) , Dino Fekans, Freddie Perrin and RZA
album: Tical
Method Man Release Yo'self 1995 Def Jam
7 recordlabel: Stax 0189
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Bobby Patterson and Jerry Strickland
album: I Wanna Get Funky
Albert King That's What the Blues Is All About 1974 Stax
8 recordlabel: Paisley Park 28999
chartposition: RandB #35, US #46
writtenby: Prince
album: Around the World in a Day
Prince with The Revolution America 1985 Paisley Park
9 recordlabel: Atlantic Street 021
chartposition: UK #47, R&B #118
album: The Cookbook
Missy Elliott Teary Eyed 2005 Atlantic Street
10 recordlabel: Solar 13
chartposition: RandB #74, US dance #10
album: Portrait of Carrie
Carrie Lucas It's Not What You Got (It's How You Use It) 1980 Solar
11 recordlabel: Def Jam 6876
writtenby: Method Man and RZA
album: Tical
Method Man Bring the Pain 1994 Def Jam
12 recordlabel: Cash Money 001827
chartposition: RandB #18, US #46
writtenby: Juvenile (as Terius Gray) and Mannie Fresh (as Byron Thomas)
album: Juve the Great
Juvenile In My Life 2004 Cash Money
13 recordlabel: Jay Walking 011
chartposition: RandB #19, US #84
writtenby: Bobby Martin (as Robert L. Martin) and Eugene Lemon
album: Dream World
The Continental IV Day by Day (Every Minute of the Hour) 1971 Jay Walking
14 recordlabel: MCA 54122
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Melvin Riley and Gerald Valentine
album: Straight Down to Business
Ready for the World Straight Down to Business 1991 MCA
15 recordlabel: Manifesto 48(UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Quincy Jones (as Quincy D. Jones)
comments: [instrumental]
The Cool, The Fab & The Groovy pres. Quincy Jones Soul Bossa Nova 1998 Manifesto (UK)
16 recordlabel: Commonwealth United 3001
chartposition: RandB #15, US #73
writtenby: Helen Miller and Rose Marie McCoy
album: We'll Cry Together
Maxine Brown We'll Cry Together 1969 Commonwealth United
17 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: RandB #88, UK #45
writtenby: Missy Elliot
album: Diamond Princess
comments: [hip hop]
Trina ft. Tweet No Panties 2002 Atlantic
18 recordlabel: EastWest 7339
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: MC Lyte (as Lana Moore) , Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams
album: Seven and Seven
MC Lyte I Can't Make a Mistake 1998 EastWest
19 recordlabel: Atlantic 2287
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #15
writtenby: Turbinton
Willie Tee Thank You John 1965 Atlantic
20 recordlabel: Phonogram 312
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: M. White, A. McKay
Dee Lewis Best of My Love 1988 Phonogram
21 recordlabel: MCA 40890
chartposition: RandB #75, UK #45
writtenby: Rochelle Runnells
album: Stargard
Stargard Love Is So Easy 1978 MCA
22 recordlabel: Yab Yum 79040
chartposition: RandB #18, US #117
writtenby: Jon B.
album: Cool Relax
comments: [slow jam]
Jon B I Do (Whatcha Say Boo) 1998 Yab Yum
23 recordlabel: Stax 0082
chartposition: RandB #21, US #45
writtenby: B.T. Jones, S. Cropper, D. Dunn, A. Jackson
album: Melting Pot
comments: [instrumental]
mpcode: L_9omLYQPdY
Booker T. & the MGs Melting Pot 1971 Stax
24 recordlabel: RCA 60418
chartposition: RandB #15, US #48
writtenby: Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas, Underdogs, J. Valentine and White
album: 2000 Watts
Tyrese I Like Them Girls 2001 RCA
25 recordlabel: Warner 8437
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden, Cory Lerios and David Jenkins
album: While the City Sleeps
George Benson Teaser 1987 Warner
26 recordlabel: Atco 6246
chartposition: RandB #29, US #122
writtenby: Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Ben E. King Tell Daddy 1963 Atco
27 recordlabel: Total Experience 49743
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Charlie Wilson, Morris Rente and Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band 8
comments: aka Get Loose, Get Funky
The Gap Band Zibble, Zibble (Get the Money) 1987 Total Experience
28 recordlabel: Parkway 862
chartposition: RandB #15, US #15
writtenby: Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe
album: Let's Limbo Some More
Chubby Checker Twenty Miles 1963 Parkway
29 recordlabel: Alston 4569
chartposition: RandB #15, US #33
writtenby: Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke
album: My First Time Around
Betty Wright Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do 1968 Alston
30 recordlabel: Attic 2007
chartposition: RandB #19, UK #71
writtenby: Trevor Gale and Kenneth Hairston
album: Sybil
Sybil featuring Salt-N-Pepa Crazy for You 1990 Attic
31 recordlabel: AFO 304
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #22, US #46
writtenby: Barbara George
Barbara George You Talk About Love 1962 AFO
32 recordlabel: Chrysalis 4 (UK)
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: David Grant and Derek Bramble
album: David Grant
David Grant Rock the Midnight 1983 Chrysalis(UK)
33 recordlabel: Fox/Beacon 10006
chartposition: RandB #15, US #87
writtenby: Keith Andes, Warres Carey, Timothy Jerome Harris and Ricky Jones
album: Sugar Hill OST
comments: [love ballad]
After 7 Gonna Love You Right 1994 Fox/Beacon
34 recordlabel: Capitol 0777 7 15890
chartposition: RandB #18, US #102
writtenby: Michaelangelo Saulsberry, Eric Kirkland, Irving Washington and Phillip Johnson
album: Portrait
Portrait Honey Dip 1993 Capitol
35 recordlabel: Fantasy 182
chartposition: UK #47, US Dance #46
writtenby: Doris James, Larry James and Norman
album: Slick
Slick Sexy Cream 1979 Fantasy
36 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 17748
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Kerry Chater and Glen Ballard
album: Give Me the Night
comments: [jazz funk]
George Benson What's on Your Mind 1981 Warner Bros.
37 recordlabel: Warner 6603
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Back to Basics
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Laid Back Girl 1993 Warner
38 recordlabel: Casablanca 810 337 1
chartposition: RandB #59, US Dance #15
writtenby: James Mtume and Reggie Lucas
album: Tantalizingly Hot
comments: [disco funk]
Stephanie Mills You Can't Run from My Love 1983 Casablanca
39 recordlabel: Ariola America 50004
chartposition: US Dance #15
writtenby: Andrew "Mike" Terry
album: Bad Luck
The Atlanta Disco Band It's Love 1976 Ariola America
40 recordlabel: AM:PM 5824911(UK)
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Gary Hines, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Sounds of Blackness The Pressure 1998 AM:PM (UK)
41 recordlabel: AandM 3335
chartposition: UK #30
writtenby: John Fogerty
album: Love Is All I Have to Give
Checkmates, Ltd. Proud Mary 1969 A&M
42 recordlabel: Back Beat 532
chartposition: RandB #19, US #111
writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
Joe Hinton A Thousand Cups Of Happiness 1964 Back Beat
43 recordlabel: Buddah 600
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Michael Henderson and Sylvester Rivers
album: In the Night Time
Michael Henderson In the Night-Time 1978 Buddah
44 recordlabel: Urban 13
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Hank Ballard and James Brown
album: Motherlode
comments: [funk]
James Brown She's the One 1988 Urban
45 recordlabel: MCA 52617
chartposition: RandB #52, US #78, US Dance #15
writtenby: Harold Faltermeyer and Franne Golde
album: Fletch
Stephanie Mills Bit by Bit 1985 MCA
46 recordlabel: Maybach
chartposition: RandB #19, US #100
writtenby: Rick Ross, Emanuel Johnson, Knight, Mark Richardson, Michael Stokes and Ne Yo
album: Teflon Don
Rick Ross featuring Ne-Yo Super High 2010 Maybach
47 recordlabel: Warner 0222(UK)
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Cecil Womack (as Zekuumba Zekkariyas) and Linda Womack (as Zeniya Zekkariyas)
album: Transformation to the House of Zekkariyas
comments: (Aka Womack & Womack)
The House of Zekkariyas Secret Star 1994 Warner (UK)
48 recordlabel: Atlantic 3205
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Sam Dees and Sandra Drayton
album: The Show Must Go On
comments: [ballad]
Sam Dees Worn Out Broken Heart 1974 Atlantic
49 recordlabel: Asylum 9696
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Marcus Miller and Luther Vandross
album: Love Language
Teddy Pendergrass You're My Choice Tonight (Choose Me) 1984 Asylum
50 recordlabel: Columbia 74439
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Eugene Hanes, Marc Valentine, Loren Hill and Gary Hines
album: Maybe One Day
comments: [dance, garage house]
Mass Order Let's Get Happy 1992 Columbia
51 recordlabel: MCA 2486
chartposition: RandB #20, US #68
writtenby: Ron Spearman and Vassal Benford
album: Something Real
Stephanie Mills All Day, All Night 1993 MCA
52 recordlabel: United Artists 587
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Vernon Burch
Vernon Burch Changes (Messin' with My Mind) 1975 United Artists
53 recordlabel: AandM 658
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Al Green
album: I Get Joy
Al Green As Long As We're Together 1989 A&M
54 recordlabel: Mirage 99639
chartposition: RandB #21, US #108, US dance #22
writtenby: David Frank and Mic Murphy
album: Pleasure Seekers
The System The Pleasure Seekers 1985 Mirage
55 recordlabel: Atco 6910
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Ted Mills
album: Blue Magic
Blue Magic Spell 1973 Atco
56 recordlabel: RCA 5149
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Nick Trevisick and Paul Gurvitz
album: Silk and Steel
Five Star Are You Man Enough? 1987 RCA
57 recordlabel: Carrere 393
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Mike Wickfield, Pamela Forest and Paul Pacer
album: Sheila and B.Devotion
Sheila & B. Devotion You Light My Fire 1978 Carrere
58 recordlabel: Bearsville 6559
chartposition: RandB #19, US Dance #92
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
Norma Jean Wright High Society 1979 Bearsville
59 recordlabel: AM:PM 581 735 2
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Kenny Thomas and Steve Mac
comments: [dance, house]
Future Force What You Want 1996 AM:PM
60 recordlabel: RCA 11346
chartposition: RandB #19, US #104
writtenby: Len Ron Hanks and Zane Grey
Grey & Hanks You Fooled Me 1978 RCA
61 recordlabel: Talkin Loud 22
chartposition: UK #47
album: Music
Omar Your Loss My Gain 1992 Talkin Loud
62 recordlabel: Warner 28809
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Morris Day
album: The Color of Success
Morris Day The Color of Success 1985 Warner
63 recordlabel: Streetwave 51
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Lonnie Johnson
Royalle Delite I'll Be a Freak for You 1985 Streetwave
64 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 141 (UK)
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: E. Morris, M. Glover, K. Wiggins, R. Reed, E. Nixon, T. Fisher, T. Reed
comments: [hip hop]
Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five Pump Me Up 1985 Sugar Hill(UK)
65 recordlabel: Ariola 7748
chartposition: RandB #20, US #74
writtenby: Pat Summerson and Lenny Macaluso
album: Taka Boom
Taka Boom Night Dancin' 1979 Ariola
66 recordlabel: Glades 1734
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: J. Lewis, J. Puckett and Little Milton (as Milton Campbell)
album: Friend of Mine
Little Milton Friend of Mine 1976 Glades
67 recordlabel: State 21 (UK)
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Tony Waddington and Wayne Bickerton
album: The Two of Us
Mac & Katie Kissoon The Two of Us 1976 State(UK)
68 recordlabel: ABC 12268
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Harold Melvin and Kenny Gamble
album: Reaching for the World
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Sharon Page After You Love Me, Why Do You Leave Me 1977 ABC
69 recordlabel: RCA 49563
chartposition: RandB #79, US #45, US AC #49
writtenby: Neal Cavanagh, Terry Fryer and Tom Graf
album: Dirty Dancing! Original Soundtrack
Merry Clayton Yes 1988 RCA
70 recordlabel: Warner 28401
chartposition: US dance #10
writtenby: Eric van Tijn and Jochem Fluitsma
album: Mutual Attraction
Sylvester Mutual Attraction 1987 Warner
71 recordlabel: RAK 280 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Russ Ballard
Kandidate Don't Wanna Say Goodnight 1978 RAK(UK)
72 recordlabel: Thomas 307
chartposition: RandB #19, US #102
writtenby: Monk Higgins and Cash McCall (as Maurice Dollison)
Cash McCall When You Wake Up 1966 Thomas
73 recordlabel: Gamble 4016
chartposition: RandB #20, US #92
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Intruders I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) 1971 Gamble
74 recordlabel: Fontana 7 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Andy Connell and Corinne Drewery
album: Kaleidoscope World
Swing Out Sister Where in the World 1989 Fontana(UK)
75 recordlabel: Columbia 07912
chartposition: RandB #41, US Dance #16
writtenby: Pete Warner and Rainy Davis
album: Ouch
Rainy Davis Indian Giver 1988 Columbia
76 recordlabel: Marquee 443
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #20, US #88
writtenby: Ron Sherae and Nick Ameno
comments: [instrumental]
The Buena Vistas Here Come Da Judge 1968 Marquee
77 recordlabel: Arista 3237
chartposition: US dance #8
writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox Just Be Good to Me 1996 Arista
78 recordlabel: Atlantic 88933
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: Anne G. and Eddie Irons
album: On A Mission
Anne G. If She Knew 1989 Atlantic
79 recordlabel: Wand 1148
chartposition: RandB #20, US #91
writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
Chuck Jackson & Maxine Brown Hold On I'm Comin' 1967 Wand
80 recordlabel: Planet 12578 (UK)
chartposition: UK #50
writtenby: Laying Martin Jr.
album: Black and White
The Pointer Sisters Should I Do It? 1981 Planet(UK)
81 recordlabel: Tamla 54109
chartposition: RandB #22, US #50
writtenby: Whited, Moore, Rogers and Robinson
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Come On Do The Jerk 1964 Tamla
82 recordlabel: Atlantic 2642
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #16
writtenby: O.B. McClinton, Clarence Carter
album: Testifyin' / The Best of Clarence Carter
comments: [southern soul]
Clarence Carter You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure 1969 Atlantic
83 recordlabel: WEA 14 (UK)
chartposition: UK #48
writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Change of Heart
Change You Are My Melody 1984 WEA(UK)
84 recordlabel: MCA 52887
chartposition: RandB #67, UK #49
writtenby: Tony Henry and Nick Martinelli
album: Children of the Night
52nd Street You're My Last Chance 1986 MCA
85 recordlabel: Dynamo 125
chartposition: RandB #20, US #95
writtenby: Harmon Bethea and Jim Burston
comments: [novelty]
The Maskman & the Agents One Eye Open 1969 Dynamo
86 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 929
chartposition: RandB #16, US #68
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford (as Nick Ashford) and Valerie Simpson
album: The Dynamic Superiors
comments: [Motown Sound] [Sweet Soul]
The Dynamic Superiors Shoe Shoe Shine 1974 Tamla Motown
87 recordlabel: Columbia 47132
chartposition: RandB #20, US #77
weeksinr&bchart: 24
album: The Best Man: Music from the Motion Picture
comments: [slow jam]
Ginuwine, R.L., Tyrese & Case The Best Man I Can Be 1999 Columbia
88 recordlabel: Collipark 010147
chartposition: RandB #34, US #48, UK #49
writtenby: Soulja Boy Tell 'Em and Abrahim Mustafa
album: souljaboytellem.com
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em featuring Arab Yahhh! 2008 Collipark
89 recordlabel: Atlantic 3418
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin When I Think About You 1977 Atlantic
90 recordlabel: Global Soul 34273
chartposition: RandB #21, US #73
writtenby: Gerald Levert
album: Love You to Tears
The O'Jays What's Stopping You 1997 Global Soul
91 recordlabel: Stax 0073
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #52, US #76, US AC #38
writtenby: George Harrison
album: McLemore Avenue
comments: [instrumental]
Booker T. & the MGs Something 1970 Stax
92 recordlabel: Def Jam
chartposition: US #49
writtenby: John Legend, Common and Rhymefest
comments: from 'Selma' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
John Legend featuring Common Glory 2005 Def Jam
93 recordlabel: Fantasy 658
chartposition: RandB #32, US #113
writtenby: Dee Erwin and Lynne Farr
Betty Everett Ain't Nothing Gonna Change Me 1971 Fantasy
94 recordlabel: Def Jam Digital
chartposition: RandB #23, US #51
writtenby: Jeremih, Keith James and Mick Schultz
album: Jeremih
Jeremih Imma Star (Everywhere We Are) 2009 Def Jam Digital
95 recordlabel: AandM 1472
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: Randy Jackson [Jackson 5]
album: Randy and the Gypsys
Randy & the Gypsys Love You Honey 1990 A&M
96 recordlabel: Capitol 4392
chartposition: RandB #21, US #89
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Maze featuring Frankie Beverly
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly While I'm Alone 1977 Capitol
97 recordlabel: Crab 32 (UK)
chartposition: UK #49
writtenby: Derrick Morgan
album: Moon Hop
comments: [reggae]
Derrick Morgan Moon Hop 1970 Crab(UK)
98 recordlabel: AandM 2086
chartposition: RandB #45, US #104, UK #50
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Blam!!
The Brothers Johnson Ride-O-Rocket 1978 A&M
99 recordlabel: Master Mix 8401 (UK)
chartposition: UK #49
writtenby: Johnny Flippin and Michael Walker
album: With Love
Fatback Band I Found Lovin' 1984 Master Mix(UK)
100 recordlabel: Atlantic 84035
chartposition: RandB #20, US #83
writtenby: BeBe Winans, Margaret Bell Byers, Rhett Lawrence
album: BeBe Winans
comments: [ballad]
BeBe Winans In Harm's Way 1997 Atlantic

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