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


The Soul Years - 1960-2001
Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the LA_ record label. Click on "LA_" 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 LA_ . . .

The following songs were released in LA_ 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 LA_ 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
901 recordlabel: Chocolate City 3207
chartposition: RandB #33, US dance #4
writtenby: Billy Beck (as William Beck), Clarence
album: Thunder
comments: charted as I Enjoy Ya / The Tilt in US dance charts
7th Wonder I Enjoy Ya 1980 Chocolate City
902 recordlabel: Island 6561
chartposition: UK #12
writtenby: D. Vangarde, J. Kluger
album: Cuba
Gibson Brothers Better Do It Salsa 1980 Island
903 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 906(UK)
chartposition: UK #25
writtenby: Thom Bell and Linda Creed
album: Diana and Marvin
comments: [Motown Sound]
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) 1974 Tamla Motown (UK)
904 recordlabel: Solar 067930
chartposition: RandB #4, US #84, US dance #18
writtenby: Jerry Knight
album: Love for Love
comments: [disco dance]
The Whispers Tonight 1983 Solar
905 recordlabel: Solar 11380
chartposition: RandB #4, US #102
writtenby: Fred Lewis
album: Shot of Love
Lakeside It's All the Way Live 1979 Solar
906 recordlabel: Atlantic 86422
chartposition: RandB #4
writtenby: Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon
album: Just Coolin'
LeVert Gotta Get the Money 1989 Atlantic
907 recordlabel: Atlantic 89124
chartposition: RandB #4
writtenby: Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon
album: The Big Throwdown
LeVert Sweet Sensation 1988 Atlantic
908 recordlabel: Atlantic 82164
chartposition: RandB #4
writtenby: Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon
album: Rope A Dope Style
comments: [slow jam]
LeVert All Season 1990 Atlantic
909 recordlabel: Tamla 1
chartposition: US dance #2, US AC #23
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs in the Key of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Isn't She Lovely 1977 Tamla
910 recordlabel: Atlantic 89123
chartposition: RandB #4
writtenby: Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon and Miki Howard
album: Love Confessions
Miki Howard with Gerald Levert That's What Love Is 1988 Atlantic
911 recordlabel: Atlantic 85812
chartposition: RandB #4
writtenby: Edwin Nicholas, Gerald Levert and Joe Little III
album: Rude House
The Rude Boys My Kinda Girl 1992 Atlantic
912 recordlabel: Atlantic 3837
chartposition: RandB #64, US dance #4
writtenby: Jerry Cucuzzella, Johnny Dorazio and Sergio Panzera
album: Get On Up Do It Again
comments: [disco funk]
Suzy Q Get On Up Do It Again 1981 Atlantic
913 recordlabel: Chocolate City 3219
chartposition: RandB #4, US dance #77
writtenby: Larry Blackmon and Anthony Lockett
album: Feel Me
Cameo Keep It Hot 1980 Chocolate City
914 recordlabel: Island 6641
chartposition: UK #17
writtenby: Bob Marley
comments: [Reggae]
Bob Marley & the Wailers Three Little Birds 1980 Island
915 recordlabel: Atlantic 89351
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: Lemel Humes
album: Come Share My Love
Miki Howard Come Share My Love 1986 Atlantic
916 recordlabel: Atlantic 2487
chartposition: RandB #11, US #45
writtenby: Eddie Harris
album: The Electrifying Eddie Harris
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Eddie Harris Listen Here 1968 Atlantic
917 recordlabel: Island
chartposition: UK #16
writtenby: Nicholas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Amy Winehouse
album: Back to Black
Amy Winehouse Tears Dry On Their Own 2007 Island
918 recordlabel: Next Plateau 50011
chartposition: RandB #87, US Dance #5
writtenby: John Robie
comments: [electronic disco]
C Bank featuring Jenny Burton One More Shot 1983 Next Plateau
919 recordlabel: Constellation 52486
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: Bernadette Cooper and Joyce
album: Meeting in the Ladies Room
Klymaxx The Men All Pause 1984 Constellation
920 recordlabel: Atlantic 1652
chartposition: US Dance #5
writtenby: Jellybean and Ed Terry
album: Spillin' the Beans
Jellybean Spillin' the Beans 1991 Atlantic
921 recordlabel: Popular 01624 12101
chartposition: UK #17, US Dance #21
writtenby: Jim Dyke and Nina Ossoff
Judy Cheeks Reach 1994 Popular
922 recordlabel: Atlantic 3541
chartposition: RandB #9, US #47, US Dance #64
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden
album: Awakening
Narada Michael Walden I Don't Want Nobody Else (To Dance with You) 1979 Atlantic
923 recordlabel: Atlantic 2010
chartposition: RandB #5, US #95
writtenby: Lew Herman, Ozzie Cadena and Napoleon Brown
album: Ray Charles In Person
Ray Charles (Night Time Is) The Right Time 1959 Atlantic
924 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 880(UK)
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Michael Randall
album: Touch Me in the Morning / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [ballad]
Diana Ross All of My Life 1974 Tamla Motown (UK)
925 recordlabel: Island 6629 (UK)
chartposition: UK #17
writtenby: Chrissie Hynde
album: Warm Leatherette
Grace Jones Private Life 1980 Island(UK)
926 recordlabel: Solar 69501
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #64
writtenby: Bobby Lovelace, Karen Gentry and Melvin Gentry
album: Headlines
Midnight Star Engine No. 9 1987 Solar
927 recordlabel: Atlantic 2040
chartposition: RandB #5, US #63
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
The Drifters (If You Cry) True Love, True Love 1959 Atlantic
928 recordlabel: Island 854862
chartposition: RandB #12, US #55
writtenby: Babyface
album: Mission to Please
The Isley Brothers featuring Ronald Isley Tears 1997 Island
929 recordlabel: Ariola 7746
chartposition: UK #10, US Dance #56
writtenby: Sheila Ferguson and Giorgio Moroder
album: New Dimensions
The Three Degrees The Runner 1979 Ariola
930 recordlabel: Atlantic 301893
chartposition: RandB #11, US #67
album: I Gotta Make It
comments: [slow jam]
Trey Songz Gotta Go 2005 Atlantic
931 recordlabel: Atlantic 2479
chartposition: RandB #11, US #67
writtenby: Static Major and Timbaland
album: Dr. Dolittle
Ginuwine Same Ol' G 1998 Atlantic
932 recordlabel: Casablanca 924
chartposition: US dance #5, UK #34
writtenby: Jacques Morali, Patrick Juvet, Victor Willis
album: Got A Feeling I Love America
comments: [disco]
Patrick Juvet Got a Feeling 1978 Casablanca
933 recordlabel: Atlantic 2416
chartposition: RandB #11, US #49
writtenby: James Brown
Solomon Burke Take Me (Just As I Am) 1967 Atlantic
934 recordlabel: Atlantic 1078
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: Buddy Lucas
album: Rockin' & Driftin'
The Drifters Steamboat 1956 Atlantic
935 recordlabel: Chocolate City 3212
chartposition: RandB #39, US dance #4
writtenby: Nidra Beard and Otis Stokes
album: Thunder
7th Wonder The Tilt 1980 Chocolate City
936 recordlabel: Island 6469(UK)
chartposition: UK #17
writtenby: Michael Cooper
album: Journey to Addis
Third World Cool Meditation 1979 Island (UK)
937 recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 884 722
chartposition: RandB #12, UK #15
writtenby: Kenny Beck
album: Cashflow
Ca$hflow Mine All Mine 1986 Atlanta Artists
938 recordlabel: Tamla 54173
chartposition: UK #21
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to Keep On Lovin' Me Honey
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin' 1969 Tamla
939 recordlabel: Island Def Jam
chartposition: US dance #5
writtenby: Pete Willis, Steve Clark and Joe Elliott
album: Charmbracelet
comments: [ballad]
Mariah Carey Bringin' on the Heartbreak 2003 Island Def Jam
940 recordlabel: Highland 1011
chartposition: RandB #5, US #5
writtenby: Rosie (as Rosie Hamlin)
Rosie & The Originals Angel Baby 1960 Highland
941 recordlabel: Atlantic 89910
chartposition: RandB #60, US Dance #5
writtenby: Willie Hutch
album: On My Way
comments: [disco dance]
Gwen McCrae Keep the Fire Burning 1982 Atlantic
942 recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 327 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: Larry Blackmon, Robert Smith and Billy Allen
album: Real Men ... Wear Black
Cameo I Want It Now 1990 Atlanta Artists(UK
943 recordlabel: Atlantic 4509(UK)
chartposition: UK #14
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
album: The Very Best of Sister Sledge (1973 1993)
comments: (Sure Is Pure Remix Edit)
Sister Sledge Lost in Music (remix) 1993 Atlantic (UK)
944 recordlabel: Atlantic 1328
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: David Frank and Mic Murphy (as Michael Murphy)
album: Rhythm and Romance
The System Midnight Special 1989 Atlantic
945 recordlabel: Glades 1726
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: Latimore & Steve Alaimo
album: Latimore III / Sweet Vibrations - The Best Of
Latimore Keep the Home Fire Burnin' 1975 Glades
946 recordlabel: Atlantic 2558
chartposition: RandB #11, US #42
writtenby: Reggie Young and Bobby Womack
album: The Midnight Mover
Wilson Pickett I Found a True Love 1968 Atlantic
947 recordlabel: Tamla 54293
chartposition: RandB #9, US #75
writtenby: Smokey Robinson and Rose Ella Jones
album: Love Breeze
comments: [Motown Sound] US b side to Why You Wanna See My Bad Side
Smokey Robinson Daylight and Darkness 1978 Tamla
948 recordlabel: Atlantic 2772
chartposition: RandB #5
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Aretha Franklin
album: Spirit in the Dark
comments: [ballad]
Aretha Franklin with The Dixie Flyers You And Me 1970 Atlantic
949 recordlabel: Atlantic 453382
chartposition: RandB #5, US #43
writtenby: Sherman Marshall and Ted Wortham
The Spinners You're Throwing a Good Love Away 1977 Atlantic
950 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 918
chartposition: UK #17
writtenby: Eddie Holland Jr., R. Dean Taylor and Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller]
album: I Think, Therefore I Am / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.2
comments: [Motown Sound]
R. Dean Taylor Gotta See Jane 1968 Tamla Motown
951 recordlabel: Atlantic 1096
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: Ray Charles
album: Ray Charles
Ray Charles Hallelujah, I Love Her So 1956 Atlantic
952 recordlabel: Atlantic 89165
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: Ashley Ingram and Jackie Rawe
album: Love Confessions
comments: [ballad]
Miki Howard Baby Be Mine 1987 Atlantic
953 recordlabel: Atlantic 4515(UK)
chartposition: UK #17
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
comments: (Ramp Radio Remix)
Sister Sledge Thinking of You (remix) 1993 Atlantic (UK)
954 recordlabel: Atlantic 11555
chartposition: RandB #67, US #104, UK #44, US Dance #6
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway
comments: charted as Back Together Again / Don't Make Me Wait Too Long in US dance charts
Roberta Flack Don't Make Me Wait Too Long 1980 Atlantic
955 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 710 (UK)
chartposition: UK #11
writtenby: Jimmy Webb
album: Four Tops Now! / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Four Tops Do What You Gotta Do 1969 Tamla Motown(UK)
956 recordlabel: Island (UK)
chartposition: UK #20
writtenby: Taio Cruz
album: Departure
Taio Cruz She's Like A Star 2008 Island (UK)
957 recordlabel: Island
chartposition: RandB #33, US #19, UK #30
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Johnta Austin
album: E=MC²
Mariah Carey Bye Bye 2008 Island
958 recordlabel: Island 572 261-2
chartposition: UK #19
album: Hinda
mpcode: 2E7gjeL9VtQ
Hinda Hicks You Think You Own Me 1998 Island
959 recordlabel: Solar 9807 (UK)
chartposition: UK #18
writtenby: Janet Cole, Dana Meyers and Leon Sylvers III
album: The Look
Shalamar Disappearing Act 1983 Solar(UK)
960 recordlabel: Tamla 1828
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #83, US AC #18
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Smoke Signals
Smokey Robinson Hold On to Your Love 1986 Tamla
961 recordlabel: Solar 11246
chartposition: RandB #10, US #101
writtenby: Melvin Ragin, Sonny Burke, Art Posey and Josef Powell
album: Headlights
The Whispers (Let's Go) All the Way 1978 Solar
962 recordlabel: Atlantic 4288 (UK)
chartposition: UK #19
writtenby: Wayne Wonder, Steven "Lenky" Marsden and Paul "Teetimus" Edmund
album: No Holding Back
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Wayne Wonder Bounce Along 2003 Atlantic(UK)
963 recordlabel: Violator 566499
chartposition: RandB #22, US #91, UK #31
writtenby: Jay Z, Maduro Hill, Jean Pierre Lawrence, Irv Gotti, Foxy Brown, Robert Mays and Keith Winfield
album: Chyna Doll
Foxy Brown Hot Spot 1998 Violator
964 recordlabel: Tamla 54120
chartposition: RandB #11, US #61
writtenby: William
album: The Marvelettes Greatest Hits / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Marvelettes Danger! Heartbreak Dead Ahead 1965 Tamla
965 recordlabel: Tamla 54090
chartposition: RandB #6, US #52
writtenby: Frank Wilson, Hal Davis, Mary O'Brien and Marc Gordon
album: Stevie At The Beach
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Castles In The Sand 1964 Tamla
966 recordlabel: Atlantic 2838
chartposition: RandB #9, US #73
writtenby: Jim Doris
album: Young, Gifted and Black
Aretha Franklin Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby) 1972 Atlantic
967 recordlabel: Atlantic 1108
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Doc Pomus
album: Yes Indeed!
Ray Charles Lonely Avenue 1956 Atlantic
968 recordlabel: Atlantic 3442
chartposition: RandB #80, US #104, US Dance #6
writtenby: Allan Felder, Norman Harris and Ron Tyson
album: The Trammps III
The Trammps The Night the Lights Went Out 1977 Atlantic
969 recordlabel: Atlantic 9198
chartposition: UK #19, US Dance #15
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
comments: (Extended 12 inch remix)
Chic Jack Le Freak 1987 Atlantic
970 recordlabel: Tamla 54267
chartposition: RandB #10, US #81
writtenby: Pamela Young, Smokey Robinson and Marv Tarplin (as Marvin Tarplin)
album: Smokey's Family Robinson
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson Open 1976 Tamla
971 recordlabel: Atlantic 2033
chartposition: RandB #12, US #52
writtenby: LaVern Baker
album: Blues Ballads
LaVern Baker So High, So Low 1959 Atlantic
972 recordlabel: Atlantic 87475
chartposition: RandB #12, US #63
writtenby: Lawrence A. McNeil and Vince Drayton
album: Deepa
Troop Whatever It Takes (To Make You Stay) 1992 Atlantic
973 recordlabel: Island 854 585
chartposition: RandB #13, US #33
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: T. Kelly, Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III)
album: Legal Drug Money
comments: from the movie Don't Be A Menace starring Marlon Wayans
The Lost Boyz Renee 1996 Island
974 recordlabel: Tamla 54092
chartposition: RandB #12, US #59
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (You Can't Let The Boy Overpower) The Man In You 1964 Tamla
975 recordlabel: Tamla 54283
chartposition: RandB #12, US #47, US AC #44
writtenby: Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin
album: Any Way You Like It
comments: [Motown Sound]
Thelma Houston If It's the Last Thing I Do 1977 Tamla
976 recordlabel: Tamla 54054
chartposition: RandB #13, US #34
writtenby: Robert Bateman, Brian Holland and William Stevens
album: The Marvelettes Sing
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Marvelettes Twistin' Postman 1962 Tamla
977 recordlabel: Atlantic 10664
chartposition: RandB #70, UK #53, US Dance #6
writtenby: Allan Felder, Bunny Sigler and Norman Harris
album: Where the Happy People Go
comments: [philly sound]
The Trammps Hooked for Life 1975 Atlantic
978 recordlabel: Atlantic 8292
chartposition: RandB #6, US #8, UK #59, US dance #29
writtenby: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and C. Wolfe
album: The Chronic
comments: [rap]
Dr. Dre Dre Day 1993 Atlantic
979 recordlabel: Atlantic 2878
chartposition: RandB #11, US #58
writtenby: Wilson Pickett, Luther Dixon and Brad Shapiro
Wilson Pickett Funk Factory 1972 Atlantic
980 recordlabel: Ariola America 102
chartposition: RandB #38 US #94, US Dance #6
writtenby: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead and Victor Carstarphen
album: Bad Luck
comments: [instrumental]
The Atlanta Disco Band Bad Luck 1975 Ariola America
981 recordlabel: Island 691
chartposition: UK #21
writtenby: Prince Buster (as Cecil Campbell)
comments: [reggae]
Prince Buster Whine and Grine 1998 Island
982 recordlabel: Island 7198
chartposition: UK #21
writtenby: Bob Marley
album: Kaya
comments: [Reggae]
Bob Marley & the Wailers Satisfy My Soul 1978 Island
983 recordlabel: blanco y negro 40
chartposition: RandB #73, UK #54, US alt. #26, US AC #23
writtenby: Ben Watt
album: The Language of Life
Everything but the Girl Driving 1990 blanco y negro
984 recordlabel: Atlantic 453268
chartposition: RandB #7, US #54
writtenby: Joe Jefferson, Bruce Hawes and Charles Simmons
album: New and Improved
The Spinners Sadie 1975 Atlantic
985 recordlabel: Laface 4270
chartposition: UK #22, US AC #12
writtenby: Babyface and Toni Braxton
album: Secrets
Toni Braxton featuring Kenny G How Could an Angel Break My Heart 1997 Laface
986 recordlabel: Island 078
chartposition: RandB #41, US #24, US AC#9, US dance #7
writtenby: E. Daniel & H. Adamson
Wilton Place Street Band Disco Lucy (I Love Lucy Theme) 1977 Island
987 recordlabel: Island 6539 (UK)
chartposition: UK #23
writtenby: Murvin, Perry
comments: [Reggae]
Junior Murvin Police and Thieves 1980 Island(UK)
988 recordlabel: Atlantic 1080
chartposition: RandB #7
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Joe Turner & His Blues Kings The Chicken and the Hawk (Up, Up and Away) 1956 Atlantic
989 recordlabel: Atlantic 82164
chartposition: RandB #7
writtenby: Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon
album: Rope a Dope Style
LeVert Rope a Dope Style 1990 Atlantic
990 recordlabel: Calla 141
chartposition: RandB #14, US #22
writtenby: Teddy Vann
The Sandpebbles Love Power 1967 Calla
991 recordlabel: Blackground 1609
chartposition: RandB #49, US #95, UK #22
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Timbaland, Magoo, Dennis Taylor, Edward Archer, Eric B. Freddie Byrd, Howie Thompson, Jack Hill
album: Under Construction, Part II
Timbaland & Magoo featuring Missy Elliott Cop That Sh-t 2003 Blackground
992 recordlabel: Atlantic 9222
chartposition: RandB #7
writtenby: David Frank and Mic Murphy
album: Don't Disturb This Groove
The System Nighttime Lover 1987 Atlantic
993 recordlabel: Violator 237
chartposition: RandB #15, US #36
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: N.O.R.E.
album: N.O.R.E.
Noreaga Superthug (What What) 1998 Violator
994 recordlabel: Atlantic 45 2134
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #10, US #28, UK #31
writtenby: Carole King and Gerry Goffin
album: Up on the Roof: The Best of the Drifters
The Drifters When My Little Girl Is Smiling 1962 Atlantic
995 recordlabel: Atlantic 2334
chartposition: RandB #13, US #53
writtenby: Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd and Wilson Pickett
album: The Exciting Wilson Pickett
comments: [deep soul]
Wilson Pickett Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do) 1966 Atlantic
996 recordlabel: Atlantic 1128
chartposition: RandB #7
writtenby: Ollie Jones and Ivory Joe Hunter
Ivory Joe Hunter Love's a Hurting Game 1957 Atlantic
997 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Carlton Grant, Godfrey 'Cherry' Ince and Kevin Lyttle
album: Kevin Lyttle
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Kevin Lyttle featuring Spragga Benz Last Drop 2004 Atlantic
998 recordlabel: Roc A Fella 15965 1
chartposition: RandB #15, US #36
album: Tough Luv
comments: [hip hop]
Young Gunz ft. Rell No Better Love 2004 Roc A Fella
999 recordlabel: Atlantic 2883
chartposition: RandB #7
weeksinr&bchart: 1
Aretha Franklin April Fools 1972 Atlantic
1000 recordlabel: Atlantic 13191
chartposition: RandB #7, US #37
writtenby: Thom Bell and Linda Creed
album: New and Improved
The Spinners Living a Little, Laughing a Little 1975 Atlantic

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