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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
901 recordlabel: Riverside 4541
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #21, US #66
writtenby: Nat Adderley
album: Jazz Workshop Revisited
comments: [instrumental]
Cannonball Adderley Jive Samba 1963 Riverside
902 recordlabel: Elektra 5311
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Howard Hewett and Kenny Aubrey
album: Forever and Ever
comments: [slow jam]
Howard Hewett Once, Twice, Three Times 1988 Elektra
903 recordlabel: Brunswick 55219
chartposition: RandB #19, US #79
writtenby: Alonzo Tucker, Jackie Wilson and Morris Levy
Jackie Wilson You Don't Know What It Means 1961 Brunswick
904 recordlabel: Polo Grounds
chartposition: RandB #19, US #79
comments: [rap]
Yo Gotti 5 Star Chick 2009 Polo Grounds
905 recordlabel: PR 94001
chartposition: RandB #70, US #47, UK #84
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Richard
comments: contains an interpolation of
L.A.D. featuring Darvy Taylor Ridin' Low 1995 PR
906 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
907 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
908 recordlabel: RCA 11346
chartposition: RandB #19, US #104
writtenby: Len Ron Hanks and Zane Grey
Grey & Hanks You Fooled Me 1978 RCA
909 recordlabel: Reality 264
chartposition: RandB #19, UK #79
writtenby: Doug E. Fresh
album: Oh, My God!
Doug E. Fresh All the Way to Heaven 1986 Reality
910 recordlabel: Turbo 021
chartposition: RandB #15, US #74
writtenby: Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks and Jerry Butler
album: Your Precious Love / Linda Jones Greatest Hits
comments: [deep soul]
Linda Jones Your Precious Love 1972 Turbo
911 recordlabel: Urban 13
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Hank Ballard and James Brown
album: Motherlode
comments: [funk]
James Brown She's the One 1988 Urban
912 recordlabel: Prelude 8033
chartposition: RandB #58, US Dance #15
writtenby: Ruben Faison
album: The Strikers
comments: [disco funk]
The Strikers Inch by Inch 1981 Prelude
913 recordlabel: Roxbury 2016
chartposition: RandB #20, US #78
writtenby: Antony Eyers
Jim Gilstrap I'm on Fire 1975 Roxbury
914 recordlabel: Blue Rock 4014
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Sir Mack Rice
Sir Mack Rice Mustang Sally 1965 Blue Rock
915 recordlabel: RCA 2
chartposition: RandB #60, UK #46, US #106
writtenby: Roger Ball and Bill Champlin
album: Shine
Average White Band For You, For Love 1980 RCA
916 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
917 recordlabel: Curb 52521
chartposition: RandB #61, US #54, UK #68, US Dance #22
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Peggy March, Michael Bradley and Steve Wittmack
album: Jermaine Jackson [1984 album]
comments: from the movie Voyage of the Rock Aliens starring Pia Zadora; also available on Arista 9340
Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora When the Rain Begins To Fall 1984 Curb
918 recordlabel: Warner 28809
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Morris Day
album: The Color of Success
Morris Day The Color of Success 1985 Warner
919 recordlabel: Scepter 1267
chartposition: RandB #15, US #69
writtenby: Robert Taylor and Robert Mosely
The Shirelles Sha-La-La 1964 Scepter
920 recordlabel: Modern 987
chartposition: US #45
writtenby: Josea, Ling, Taub and Davis
The Cliques The Girl In My Dreams 1956 Modern
921 recordlabel: Dakar 624
chartposition: RandB #18, US #75
writtenby: Johnny Moore and Jack Daniels
album: Tyrone Davis Greatest Hits
Tyrone Davis One-Way Ticket 1971 Dakar
922 recordlabel: Fever 1910
chartposition: RandB #74, US Dance #15
writtenby: Andy Tripoli (as Andy
album: Nayobe
Nayobe Good Things Come to Those Who Wait 1986 Fever
923 recordlabel: Verve 10573
chartposition: RandB #15, US #76
writtenby: Jerry Ragovoy & Mort Shuman
Howard Tate Stop 1968 Verve
924 recordlabel: RCA 49873
chartposition: RandB #61, US #83, US dance #15
writtenby: Andy Goldmark and Bruce Roberts
album: Contact
The Pointer Sisters Twist My Arm 1986 RCA
925 recordlabel: Interscope
chartposition: RandB #33, US #46
writtenby: Polow da Don, Ester Dean and Chris Brown
album: Music Inspired by More Than a Game
Ester Dean featuring Chris Brown Drop It Low 2009 Interscope
926 recordlabel: RCA Victor 4337
chartposition: RandB #61, UK #45
writtenby: Paul Laurence
album: Get Loose
comments: [disco funk]
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Get Loose 1983 RCA Victor
927 recordlabel: Polydor 2207
chartposition: UK #47, US Dance #57
writtenby: Wally Badarou, Mark King and Phil Gould
album: Level 42
comments: [jazz funk]
Level 42 Starchild 1981 Polydor
928 recordlabel: Mercury 73443
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Jerry Butler and Johnny Bristol
album: Power of Love
Jerry Butler Power of Love 1973 Mercury
929 recordlabel: Interscope/MCA 6523
chartposition: RandB #15, US #60
writtenby: K Ci, JoJo and R. Kelly
album: It's Real
K-Ci & JoJo Life 1999 Interscope/MCA
930 recordlabel: Curtom 2006
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Got to Find a Way
Curtis Mayfield Mother's Son 1975 Curtom
931 recordlabel: Tri Us 912
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Little Royal (as Royal Torrence)
album: Jealous
Little Royal & the Swingmasters Jealous 1972 Tri Us
932 recordlabel: Grooveline 5001
chartposition: UK #47, US dance #33
writtenby: Robert Clivillés and David Cole
comments: [house]
2 Puerto Ricans, a Blackman & a Dominican Do It Properly 1987 Grooveline
933 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 543
chartposition: RandB #15
The Sequence Funk You Up 1980 Sugar Hill
934 recordlabel: Arista 9146
chartposition: RandB #45, US dance #15
writtenby: Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller
album: How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye
Dionne Warwick Got a Date 1984 Arista
935 recordlabel: Spring 171
chartposition: RandB #52, UK #31
writtenby: Bill Curtis, Johnny Flippin and Kenny Ballard
album: NYCNYUSA
Fatback Band Double Dutch 1977 Spring
936 recordlabel: Expansion Special Reserve 710
chartposition: US Dance #15
writtenby: Bruce Hawes, Charles Simmons and Joe Jefferson (as Joseph B. Jefferson)
album: Bingo
The Whispers Where There Is Love 1974 Expansion Special Re
937 recordlabel: 20th Century 2191
chartposition: RandB #19, US #83
writtenby: Rich Cason (as Charles Richard Cason)
album: Come and Get Yourself Some
Leon Haywood Come an' Get Yourself Some 1975 20th Century
938 recordlabel: OBR 73173
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Danny Webster, Mark Adams, Raye Turner, Steve Washington and Steve Arringto
album: The Black Flames
comments: [new jack swing]
The Black Flames Watching You 1990 OBR
939 recordlabel: Verve 012831
chartposition: US dance #10
writtenby: traditional and Nina Simone
comments: [dance, house]
Nina Simone Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix) 2003 Verve
940 recordlabel: Phonogram 312
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: M. White, A. McKay
Dee Lewis Best of My Love 1988 Phonogram
941 recordlabel: Nervous 20308
chartposition: UK #48, US dance #20
writtenby: Ron Carroll, Zackery Toms and Byron Stingily
album: The Purist
comments: [dance, house]
Byron Stingily Testify 1998 Nervous
942 recordlabel: Sire 29016
chartposition: US Dance #15, UK #50
writtenby: William Alexander Smith
T.C. Curtis You Should Have Known Better 1985 Sire
943 recordlabel: Polydor 871 065
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: René Moore
album: Destination Love
Rene Moore All or Nothing 1988 Polydor
944 recordlabel: Arista 1
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Tom Browne and Toni Smith
comments: re release
Tom Browne Funkin' for Jamaica (1991 Remix) 1991 Arista
945 recordlabel: Warner 8403
chartposition: RandB #19, US #104
writtenby: Bootsy Collins and George Clinton
album: Ahh--The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
Bootsy's Rubber Band Can't Stay Away 1977 Warner
946 recordlabel: 4J Records 501
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #15
writtenby: Gerald L. Russ
Lonnie Russ My Wife Can't Cook 1962 J Records
947 recordlabel: Mirwood 5523
chartposition: RandB #20, US #63
writtenby: Sherlie Matthews, Fred Smith, Walter Ward and George Brown
comments: [northern soul]
The Olympics Baby, Do the Philly Dog 1966 Mirwood
948 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)
949 recordlabel: Scepter 12109
chartposition: RandB #19, US #106
writtenby: Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford and Jo Armstead (as Joshie Armstead)
Ronnie Milsap Never Had It so Good 1965 Scepter
950 recordlabel: Spring 190
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Joe Simon and Teddy Randazzo
Joe Simon Love Vibration 1978 Spring
951 recordlabel: Trojan 7711 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: F. Hibbert
album: Monkey Man
comments: [reggae]
Toots & The Maytals Monkey Man 1970 Trojan(UK)
952 recordlabel: RCA 40191 (UK)
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Richard Hewson
album: Mystery
The RAH Band Sorry Doesn't Make It Anymore 1985 RCA(UK)
953 recordlabel: Promo 1003
chartposition: RandB #38 (cashbox), US #47
writtenby: Marie Latimer and Alma Wells
Jimmy Charles Age for Love 1960 Promo
954 recordlabel: KR 5 (UK)
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Richard Hewson
The RAH Band Perfumed Garden 1982 KR(UK)
955 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
956 recordlabel: Gordy 1634
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Rick James
album: Throwin' Down
comments: [Motown Sound]
Rick James Hard to Get 1982 Gordy
957 recordlabel: Elektra 60889
chartposition: RandB #15
album: So Intense
comments: [beat ballad]
Lisa Fischer So Intense 1992 Elektra
958 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
959 recordlabel: Polydor 2116
chartposition: RandB #31, US #47, US AC#19
writtenby: Jimmy Kennedy and Georges Boulanger
album: Ray, Goodman and Brown II
Ray, Goodman & Brown My Prayer 1980 Polydor
960 recordlabel: Ten Records 337
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Kevin Saunderson and Paris Grey
album: Fire
Inner City Till We Meet Again 1991 Ten Records
961 recordlabel: United Artists 587
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Vernon Burch
Vernon Burch Changes (Messin' with My Mind) 1975 United Artists
962 recordlabel: Emergency 6524
chartposition: US dance #10
writtenby: Arthur Baker, Russell Presto, Tony Carbone
comments: [disco funk, boogie]
mpcode: J0_K2pdtTnM
Michelle Wallace It's Right 1982 Emergency
963 recordlabel: Arista 0366
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Gil Scott Heron
Gil Scott-Heron Angel Dust 1978 Arista
964 recordlabel: Perspective
chartposition: RandB #28, US #46
weeksinr&bchart: 20
album: 4.0
comments: [slow jam]
4.0 Have A Little Mercy 1997 Perspective
965 recordlabel: Warner 29182
chartposition: RandB #19, US #85, US Dance #32
writtenby: Apollonia (as Apollonia Kotero) and Prince (uncredited)
album: Apollonia 6
Apollonia 6 Sex Shooter 1984 Warner
966 recordlabel: Gordy 7124
chartposition: RandB #46, US #46
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
album: Law of the Land
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Undisputed Truth Mama I Got a Brand New Thing (Don't Say No) 1973 Gordy
967 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 32025
chartposition: RandB #51, UK #45
album: Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five
comments: [hip hop]
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five We Don't Work for Free 1984 Sugar Hill
968 recordlabel: Virgin 22
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: John Lee Hooker , Carlos Santana and Chester Thompson
album: Chill Out
John Lee Hooker & Carlos Santana Chill Out (Things Gonna Change) 1995 Virgin
969 recordlabel: Ten Records 169
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Kurtis Mantronik and MC Tee
album: Music Madness
Mantronix Scream 1987 Ten Records
970 recordlabel: Argo 5402
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #19, US #95
writtenby: Billy Davis
album: The Second Time Around
Etta James Seven Day Fool 1961 Argo
971 recordlabel: Mercury 71840
chartposition: RandB #15, US #12
writtenby: Ben E. King, Glick, and Ollie Jones
Damita Jo I'll Be There 1961 Mercury
972 recordlabel: RCA 1149
chartposition: US #47
writtenby: Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley and Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.)
album: Shout!
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #118]
The Isley Brothers Shout 1956 RCA
973 recordlabel: Liberty 66094
chartposition: RandB #19, US #91
writtenby: Jimmy McCracklin
Jimmy McCracklin Every Night, Every Day 1965 Liberty
974 recordlabel: RCA 65751
chartposition: RandB #19, US #70
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: LaShawn Daniels, Coko and Rodney Jerkins
album: Hot Coko
Coko Sunshine 1999 RCA
975 recordlabel: Spring 130
chartposition: RandB #15, US #50
writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Phil Hurtt
album: Drowning in the Sea of Love
Joe Simon I Found My Dad 1972 Spring
976 recordlabel: Mercury 810 341 1
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Michael Cooper and Felton Pilate
album: To the Max
comments: [funk]
Con Funk Shun Ms. Got-The-Body 1983 Mercury
977 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
978 recordlabel: RCA Victor 5048
chartposition: UK #54, US Dance #27
writtenby: DeLisle Harper, Glen LeFleur, Joe Jammer, Mike Vernon and Pete Wingfield
Olympic Runners with George Chandler Keep It Up 1977 RCA Victor
979 recordlabel: Mercury 578374
chartposition: RandB #76, US #101, UK #147, US AC #9
writtenby: Lionel Richie and Babyface
album: Louder Than Words
Lionel Richie Ordinary Girl 1996 Mercury
980 recordlabel: Bearsville 6559
chartposition: RandB #19, US Dance #92
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
Norma Jean Wright High Society 1979 Bearsville
981 recordlabel: Streetwise 1114
chartposition: RandB #43, US Dance #15
writtenby: Brian Auger
comments: [disco dance]
Cuba Gooding Happiness Is Just Around the Bend 1983 Streetwise
982 recordlabel: Profile 7019
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: DMC (as Darryl McDaniels), DJ Run and Jam Master Jay
album: Run D.M.C.
comments: [hip hop]
Run-D.M.C. It's Like That 1983 Profile
983 recordlabel: Philly World 99760
chartposition: RandB #23, US #105, UK #97
writtenby: Bryan Loren
album: Bryan Loren
Bryan Loren Lollipop Luv 1984 Philly World
984 recordlabel: Warner 19969
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Ken Gold and Maggie Ryder
album: Rich and Poor
Randy Crawford Wrap-U-Up 1990 Warner
985 recordlabel: Crimson 1012
chartposition: RandB #45, US #33
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Soul Survivors Explosion in Your Soul 1967 Crimson
986 recordlabel: RCA 12336
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Floyd Bonner, Darryl Williams, George Mitchell, Henry Prejean, Howard Redmon Jr., Isaac Powell
album: Blue Jeans
comments: [funk]
Chocolate Milk Blue Jeans 1981 RCA
987 recordlabel: Horse 57 (UK)
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: K. Foster
album: This Monday Morning Feeling
comments: [reggae]
Tito Simon This Monday Morning Feeling 1975 Horse(UK)
988 recordlabel: Virgin 1720
chartposition: US #125, UK #46
writtenby: Janet Jackson , Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and René Elizondo Jr.
album: The Velvet Rope
Janet Jackson Every Time 1998 Virgin
989 recordlabel: Maverick 18326
chartposition: RandB #23, US dance #20, US #73, UK #74
weeksinr&bchart: 18
writtenby: Me'shell Ndegéocello
album: Plantation Lullabies
Me'shell Ndegéocello If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night) 1994 Maverick
990 recordlabel: Spring 149
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Aseneth Peek, Joe Simon and King Sterling
Joe Simon The Best Time of My Life 1974 Spring
991 recordlabel: Ariola 7748
chartposition: RandB #20, US #74
writtenby: Pat Summerson and Lenny Macaluso
album: Taka Boom
Taka Boom Night Dancin' 1979 Ariola
992 recordlabel: Reprise 0907
chartposition: RandB #28, US #47
writtenby: Eskew Reeder Jr. (aka Esquerita) and Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: The Rill Thing
comments: [funky soul]
Little Richard Freedom Blues 1970 Reprise
993 recordlabel: Checker 942
chartposition: RandB #20, US #75
writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)
Bo Diddley Road Runner 1960 Checker
994 recordlabel: Gordy 1737
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Dennis Lambert, Sam Dees and J.C. Crowley
album: Don't Look Any Further
comments: [slow jam]
Dennis Edwards (You're My) Aphrodisiac 1984 Gordy
995 recordlabel: Kedar/Universal
chartposition: RandB #30, UK #47
writtenby: Erykah Badu and Robert Bradford
album: Live
Erykah Badu Apple Tree (To Be Free) 1997 Kedar/Universal
996 recordlabel: Easy Street 4506
chartposition: RandB #54, US Dance #15
writtenby: Bernard Bullock and Douglas Pittman
comments: [disco funk]
World Premiere Share the Night 1984 Easy Street
997 recordlabel: Mainstream 5542
chartposition: RandB #33, US #47
writtenby: Manu Dibango
album: Soul Makossa
comments: [instrumental]
Afrique Soul Makossa 1973 Mainstream
998 recordlabel: RCA 5149
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Nick Trevisick and Paul Gurvitz
album: Silk and Steel
Five Star Are You Man Enough? 1987 RCA
999 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
1000 recordlabel: Mercury 71859
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #45, US AC #8
writtenby: Teddy Randazzo, Cirino Colacrai, Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
Brook Benton It's Just a House Without You 1961 Mercury

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