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


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

The following songs were released in R_ 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 R_ 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
601 recordlabel: Virgin 19338
chartposition: UK #36
writtenby: Maxi Priest, Harry Hyams and Andrew Saidenberg
album: Man with the Fun
Maxi Priest Watching the World Go By 1996 Virgin
602 recordlabel: Warner 28860
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: David Williams and Patrick Leonard
album: Masterpiece
The Isley Brothers Colder Are My Nights 1985 Warner
603 recordlabel: Mercury 427
chartposition: US AC #6
writtenby: Simon Climie and Will Jennings
album: Next
Vanessa Williams Oh How the Years Go By 1997 Mercury
604 recordlabel: Virgin 42
chartposition: US alt. #6
writtenby: Ziggy Marley (as David Nesta Marley)
album: Jahmekya
comments: [reggae]
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers Kozmik 1991 Virgin
605 recordlabel: Elektra 64146
chartposition: US #84, US AC #8, R&B #106
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: A Smile Like Yours: Songs from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Natalie Cole A Smile Like Yours 1997 Elektra
606 recordlabel: RCA 2822
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Shwayze, Gene Rice and Stan Sheppard
album: Just for You
Gene Rice You're Gonna Get Served 1991 RCA
607 recordlabel: FFRR 12
chartposition: UK #38, US Dance #14
writtenby: Simon Harris
Simon Harris Here Comes That Sound 1988 FFRR
608 recordlabel: Arista 673
chartposition: RandB #22, US #38, AC #5
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Bill Champlin, David Foster and Jay Graydon
album: Friends in Love
Dionne Warwick & Johnny Mathis Friends in Love 1982 Arista
609 recordlabel: Private I 04439
chartposition: RandB #29, US #56
writtenby: Amir Bayyan and Donna Johnson
album: Heart Don't Lie
LaToya Jackson Heart Don't Lie 1984 Private I
610 recordlabel: Warner 27541
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Holly Knight and Billy Steinberg
album: C.K.
Chaka Khan Baby Me 1988 Warner
611 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
612 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
613 recordlabel: Parlophone 6352(UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: Kim Appleby , Neil Slateford and Neil Davidge
album: Breakaway
Kim Appleby Light of the World 1993 Parlophone (UK)
614 recordlabel: Caroline Records 12
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: Carl Mcintosh, Steve Nichol and Peter Sendall
album: A Little Spice
Loose Ends Emergency (Dial 999) 1984 Caroline Records
615 recordlabel: Spring 161
chartposition: RandB #17, US #87
writtenby: Philip Mitchell
Millie Jackson Leftovers 1975 Spring
616 recordlabel: Ric Tic 114
chartposition: US #84, UK #39
writtenby: Al Hamilton, Richard Morris and Edwin Starr
Edwin Starr Headline News 1966 Ric Tic
617 recordlabel: Elektra 69505
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Kae Williams
album: Genie
B.B. & Q. Band (Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens) Genie 1985 Elektra
618 recordlabel: Ten Records 207 (UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: M. Elliott, R. Simpson
album: Maxi Priest
comments: [reggae]
mpcode: W_Sz_wMR150
Maxi Priest featuring Beres Hammond How Can We Ease The Pain? 1988 Ten Records(UK)
619 recordlabel: Spark 1133(UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: David Huff
Wigan's Ovation Super Love 1975 Spark (UK)
620 recordlabel: Cash Money 860956 Universal
chartposition: RandB #19, US #65
writtenby: Juvenile (as Terius Gray)
album: Project English
Juvenile Set It Off 2001 Cash MoneyUniversa
621 recordlabel: Solar 11353
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Malcolm Anthony
album: Headlights
The Whispers (Olivia) Lost and Turned Out 1978 Solar
622 recordlabel: Garage 72001
chartposition: RandB #25, US #102, US Dance #13
writtenby: Tami Lester Smith
album: Padlock
Gwen Guthrie Padlock 1985 Garage
623 recordlabel: Brunswick 55455
chartposition: RandB #17, US #70
writtenby: Quinton Joseph and Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
The Chi-Lites We Are Neighbors 1971 Brunswick
624 recordlabel: J Records 21216
chartposition: RandB #18, US #74
writtenby: Warryn Campbell and Harold Lilly
album: Mario
comments: [slow jam] [album cut]
Mario Braid My Hair 2002 J Records
625 recordlabel: Imperial 5448
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
Chris Kenner Sick and Tired 1957 Imperial
626 recordlabel: Mercury 6008 005 (UK)
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Raeford Gerald
album: Act 1
Act 1 Tom the Peeper 1974 Mercury (UK)
627 recordlabel: Gee Street 49 (UK)
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Prince Be (as Attrell Cordes)
album: The Bliss Album
P.M. Dawn featuring Boy George More Than Likely 1993 Gee Street(UK)
628 recordlabel: Warner 3983
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Silky Soul
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Love's on the Run 1990 Warner
629 recordlabel: Solar 12295
chartposition: RandB #17, US #76, US Dance #20
writtenby: William Shelby, Kevin Spencer and Nidra Beard
album: This Kind of Lovin'
The Whispers This Kind of Lovin' 1981 Solar
630 recordlabel: Laurie 3195
chartposition: RandB #50, US #40
writtenby: George Kerr, Sidney Barnes and The Tokens
The Chiffons A Love So Fine 1963 Laurie
631 recordlabel: Warner 40549
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Miles Davis and Easy Mo Bee
album: Doo Bop
comments: [hip hop, jazz funk]
Miles Davis The Doo-Bop Song 1992 Warner
632 recordlabel: Era 3080
chartposition: US #45, UK #41, US AC #10
writtenby: George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
album: Love Letters
Ketty Lester But Not For Me 1962 Era
633 recordlabel: RCA 10808
chartposition: RandB #23, US #39
writtenby: Daryl Hall and John Oates
album: Bigger Than Both of Us
Hall & Oates Do What You Want, Be What You Are 1976 RCA
634 recordlabel: Scepter 12122
chartposition: RandB #35 US #39
writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Here I Am
Dionne Warwick Are You There (With Another Girl) 1965 Scepter
635 recordlabel: Mercury 810 435
chartposition: RandB #13, US dance #62
writtenby: The Bar Kays, Allen Jones and Michael Toles
album: Propositions
comments: [funk]
The Bar-Kays She Talks to Me with Her Body 1983 Mercury
636 recordlabel: Virgin 1610
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Tristin Sigerson, Davitt Sigerson and Bob Thiele
album: The Five Heartbeats: Music from the Motion Picture
comments: [ballad]
The Dells A Heart Is a House for Love 1991 Virgin
637 recordlabel: Grand Royal 194 (UK)
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield, Gary McKenzie, James DiSalvio
album: Discosis
comments: [dance, house]
Bran Van 3000 featuring Curtis Mayfield Astounded 2001 Grand Royal(UK)
638 recordlabel: Universal 5425
writtenby: Scott Storch, Chamillionaire, Lil' Flip
album: The Sound of Revenge
Chamillionaire featuring Lil' Flip Turn It Up 2005 Universal
639 recordlabel: State Records 62 (UK)
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Tony Waddington, Wayne Bickerton
album: Rokotto
Rokotto Boogie On Up 1977 State Records(UK)
640 recordlabel: FFRR 239
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: D:Mob, Steven Dante, Paul Taylor, Mirko Limoni, DJ Lelewel and Valerio Semplici
D-Mob One Day 1994 FFRR
641 recordlabel: Imperial 5443
chartposition: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Dave Bartholomew and Pearl King
Faye Adams Keeper of My Heart 1957 Imperial
642 recordlabel: Universal 56216
chartposition: RandB #17, US #88
weeksinr&bchart: 20
album: Talk Show
comments: [slow jam]
Shae Jones Talk Show Shhh... 1999 Universal
643 recordlabel: Elektra 69930
chartposition: RandB #79, UK #39
writtenby: Angela Ehgiator, Patrice Rushen , Freddie Washington and Charles Mims (as Charles Mims Jr.)
album: Straight from the Heart...
Patrice Rushen I Was Tired of Being Alone 1982 Elektra
644 recordlabel: Prelude 8014
chartposition: RandB #49, US Dance #13
writtenby: Rod (as Roch Niangandoumou)
Rod Shake It Up (Do the Boogaloo) 1980 Prelude
645 recordlabel: Chrysalis 4
chartposition: UK #41, US Dance #9
writtenby: Arnie Roman and Toni C
Jellybean featuring Richard Darbyshire Coming Back For More 1988 Chrysalis
646 recordlabel: Warner 49178
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Prince
album: Prince
Prince Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? 1979 Warner
647 recordlabel: Elektra 208
chartposition: UK #188, US dance #13
writtenby: Ziggy Marley
album: Free Like We Want 2 B
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers Power to Move Ya 1995 Elektra
648 recordlabel: Mercury 4 (UK)
chartposition: UK #39
writtenby: Ronnie Herel, Dave Rawlings, Nigel Lowis and Don Mitchell
album: Perfect Timing
comments: [dance, house]
Quartz featuring Dina Carroll Naked Love (Just Say You Want Me) 1991 Mercury(UK)
649 recordlabel: Polydor 2213
chartposition: UK #38
writtenby: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Night Birds
comments: [jazz funk]
Shakatak Streetwalkin' 1982 Polydor
650 recordlabel: Curtom 1966
chartposition: RandB #13, US #69
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Roots...
Curtis Mayfield Get Down 1971 Curtom
651 recordlabel: Liberty 1468
chartposition: RandB #17, US #58
writtenby: Sly Stone
album: Hot Fun
Dayton Hot Fun in the Summertime 1982 Liberty
652 recordlabel: RCA 2626 (UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: Billy Jackson, A. Thornton
album: Tymes Up
The Tymes God's Gonna Punish You 1976 RCA(UK)
653 recordlabel: Riverside 4589
chartposition: RandB #17, US #80
writtenby: Lou Courtney
album: Skate Now / Shing A Ling
Lou Courtney Do the Thing 1967 Riverside
654 recordlabel: Warner 49795
chartposition: RandB #22, US Dance #13
writtenby: Ralf Hutter, Karl Bartos, Emil Schult
album: Computer World
comments: [electro]
Kraftwerk Numbers 1981 Warner
655 recordlabel: RCA 287(UK)
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Kashif (as Kashif Saleem)
album: Get Loose
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Back to Love 1982 RCA (UK)
656 recordlabel: Mercury 71068
chartposition: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Buddy Johnson
Buddy Johnson Rock On! 1957 Mercury
657 recordlabel: Mercury 73973
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: David Oliver and Ruth Robinson
album: David Oliver
David Oliver Ms 1978 Mercury
658 recordlabel: Portrait 6805 (UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: T. Thomas
album: What About Me?
mpcode: 29bzu2pfPxI
Nicole With Timmy Thomas New York Eyes 1985 Portrait(UK)
659 recordlabel: Mercury 9867467 (UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: Terri Walker, Joe Belmaati, Mich Hansen and Remee
album: L.O.V.E.
comments: [dance, house] (Fanatix Soul Heaven Club Mix)
mpcode: Jqdt1ehM3Ys
Terri Walker Whoopsie Daisy 2005 Mercury(UK)
660 recordlabel: Sony Soho Square 673011
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: Rhianna Kenny, Chris Dawkins and Leigh Kenny
album: Get On
Rhianna Kenny Word Love 2002 Sony Soho Square
661 recordlabel: RCA 14032
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Denzil Miller
album: Swept Away
Diana Ross Telephone 1985 RCA
662 recordlabel: Universal 9808300
chartposition: UK #25
Puff Daddy (P. Diddy) Let's Get Ill 2003 Universal
663 recordlabel: Ariola America 7719
chartposition: RandB #93, US Dance #13
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Any Way You Want It
comments: charted as Standing in the Shadows of Love/Love Shadow / Fire / The Letter in US dance charts
Deborah Washington Standing in the Shadows of Love 1978 Ariola America
664 recordlabel: Elektra 9643
chartposition: UK #39
writtenby: Busta Rhymes and DJ Scratch
album: The Coming
Busta Rhymes Do My Thing 1997 Elektra
665 recordlabel: FFRR 196
chartposition: RandB #84, UK #39
writtenby: Herbie Azor, Steve Azor and Miguel Guerrero
album: Very Necessary
Salt-N-Pepa Start Me Up 1992 FFRR
666 recordlabel: Polydor 986 687 (UK)
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: A. Anwunah and Shystie
album: Diamond in the Dirt
comments: [hip hop]
Shystie One Wish 2004 Polydor (UK)
667 recordlabel: Deconstruction 74321 15812 7
chartposition: UK #39
writtenby: Mirko Limoni, DJ Lelewel), Valerio Semplici and Derno Benati
album: Positive Vibration
comments: [dance, house]
Black Box Rockin' to the Music 1993 Deconstruction
668 recordlabel: Grand Hustle 301761
chartposition: RandB #18, US #75
album: Urban Legend
comments: [hip hop]
T.I. ASAP 2005 Grand Hustle
669 recordlabel: Loud/RCA 64910
chartposition: RandB #19, US #57
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Capital Punishment
Big Punisher I'm Not a Player 1997 Loud/RCA
670 recordlabel: Musicor 1042
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Jimmy Radcliffe Long After Tonight Is All Over 1965 Musicor
671 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10557
chartposition: RandB #13, US #51
writtenby: Percy Mayfield
Ray Charles My Baby Don't Dig Me 1964 ABC Paramount
672 recordlabel: United Artists 735
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Bobby Womack
album: Safety Zone
Bobby Womack Where There's a Will, There's a Way 1975 United Artists
673 recordlabel: RPM 492
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: B.B. King
B.B. King Troubles, Troubles, Troubles 1957 RPM
674 recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11090
chartposition: RandB #13, US #46
writtenby: Ray Charles and Jimmy Holiday
album: A Portrait of Ray
Ray Charles Understanding 1968 ABC/TRC
675 recordlabel: RCA 43720
chartposition: RandB #44, UK #40
writtenby: Caron Wheeler and Carl McIntosh
album: UK Blak
Caron Wheeler UK Blak 1990 RCA
676 recordlabel: Fever 1917
chartposition: US #40
writtenby: Andy Tripoli
album: Show Me
comments: [ballad]
The Cover Girls Promise Me 1988 Fever
677 recordlabel: Mercury 70906
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Benny Goodman and Fred Royal
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington Soft Winds 1956 Mercury
678 recordlabel: Reprise 21572
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Bobby Wooten, David Conley (as David
album: Barbara Weathers
Barbara Weathers The Master Key 1990 Reprise
679 recordlabel: Rhythm Series 13
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Beverley Knight, Neville Thomas, Pule Pueto
album: Prodigal Sista
Beverley Knight Rewind (Find A Way) 1998 Rhythm Series
680 recordlabel: Wildcard 16 (UK)
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Camus Celli, Andres Levin, Andrea Martin and Teddy Smith
mpcode: 987KumRRTAs
Alysha Warren I Thought I Meant the World to You 1995 Wildcard(UK)
681 recordlabel: RCA 13313
chartposition: RandB #17, US #103, US Dance #35
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Bad C.C.
Carl Carlton Baby I Need Your Lovin' 1982 RCA
682 recordlabel: Roulette 7151
chartposition: RandB #17, US #102
writtenby: Barbara Gaskins
album: Ecstasy, Passion and Pain
Ecstasy Passion & Pain I Wouldn't Give You Up 1974 Roulette
683 recordlabel: Elektra 4982
chartposition: UK #67, US dance #13
writtenby: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Leee John and Ashley Ingram
album: Scandalous
Imagination State of Love 1984 Elektra
684 recordlabel: Elektra 167
chartposition: RandB #13, US #86
writtenby: Keith Sweat, Alton Wokie Stewart, Fred Wesley, James Brown and John Starks
album: Lose Control
Silk Happy Days 1993 Elektra
685 recordlabel: Spring 124
chartposition: RandB #13, US #42
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Drowning in the Sea of Love
Joe Simon Pool of Bad Luck 1972 Spring
686 recordlabel: Spring 113
chartposition: RandB #13, US #69
writtenby: Kris Kristofferson
album: The Sounds Of Simon / The Power of Joe Simon
Joe Simon Help Me Make It Through the Night 1971 Spring
687 recordlabel: Chrysalis 7 (UK)
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Derek Bramble
album: Hopes and Dreams
David Grant Where Our Love Begins 1985 Chrysalis(UK)
688 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 457
chartposition: RandB #17, UK #82
writtenby: Melle Mel, Sylvia Robinson, Edward Fletcher and Reggie Griffin
album: Greatest Messages
comments: [hip hop]
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five New York New York 1983 Sugar Hill
689 recordlabel: Sire 27768
chartposition: RandB #13, US Dance #21
writtenby: Ice T, Afrika Islam and Curtis Mayfield (samples)
album: Power
Ice-T I'm Your Pusher 1988 Sire
690 recordlabel: Sony Soho Square 662938 2
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Do Over
Pauline Henry ft. Wayne Marshall Never Knew Love Like This 1996 Sony Soho Square
691 recordlabel: P.I.R. 03009
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Bunny Sigler, Cary Gilbert and James Sigler
album: My Favorite Person
The O'Jays Your Body's Here With Me 1982 P.I.R.
692 recordlabel: Ruff Ryders/Def Jam 568862
chartposition: RandB #19, US #39
writtenby: DMX (as Earl Simmons) , Sam Taylor, Anthony Fields and Damon Blackman
album: It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
DMX Get at Me Dog 1998 Ruff Ryders/Def Jam
693 recordlabel: Mercury 403
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
album: I Put a Spell on You
comments: [jazz soul] re release from 1965
Nina Simone Feeling Good 1994 Mercury
694 recordlabel: Mercury 74080
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Ronnie Wilson (as Ronnie James Wilson) and Charles Wilson (as Charles Kent Wilson)
album: The Gap Band
The Gap Band Open Up Your Mind (Wide) 1980 Mercury
695 recordlabel: Total Control 1
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: J. Eaves, J. Williams, P. Hardcastle
Paul Hardcastle You're the One for Me--Daybreak--AM 1984 Total Control
696 recordlabel: Warner 8818
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Bootsy Collins , George Clinton and Phelps Collins
album: This Boot Is Made for Fonk n
Bootsy's Rubber Band Jam Fan (Hot) 1979 Warner
697 recordlabel: Spring 134
chartposition: RandB #16, US #110
writtenby: Raeford Gerald
album: It Hurts So Good
Millie Jackson Breakaway 1973 Spring
698 recordlabel: Polydor 14163
chartposition: RandB #19, US #52
writtenby: Wilson Bros.
album: Composite Truth
Mandrill Fencewalk 1973 Polydor
699 recordlabel: Rap A Lot 7243 8 92817
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: Scarface and Ice Cube (as O'Shea Jackson)
album: The Diary
Scarface featuring Ice Cube Hand of the Dead Body 1995 Rap A Lot
700 recordlabel: Ten Records 330
chartposition: RandB #76, UK #40
writtenby: Carl McIntosh, Trevor Jacobs, Kenny Nicholas and Sonay Suleyman
album: Look How Long
Loose Ends Love's Got Me 1990 Ten Records

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