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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.
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# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
1 recordlabel: RAK 280 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Russ Ballard
Kandidate Don't Wanna Say Goodnight 1978 RAK(UK)
2 recordlabel: Mercury 870 561
chartposition: US dance #10
writtenby: Steve Harvey and Jean Paul Maunick
album: Nothin' but Trouble
Nia Peeples High Time 1988 Mercury
3 recordlabel: Little Star 113
chartposition: RandB #21, US #47
writtenby: H. B. Barnum
Jimmy Norman I Don't Love You No More (I Don't Care About You) 1962 Little Star
4 recordlabel: FFRR 108
chartposition: US dance #10
writtenby: Frankie Knuckles , Robert Owens and Satoshi Tomiie
Frankie Knuckles Tears 1989 FFRR
5 recordlabel: Arista 9270
chartposition: RandB #59, US Dance #15
writtenby: David Frank and Mic Murphy
album: Let Me Be the One
Angela Bofill Can't Slow Down 1984 Arista
6 recordlabel: Elektra 6182
chartposition: RandB #15, US #62
writtenby: Darrell Allamby and Link
album: Tonight
comments: [slow jam]
Silk Meeting in My Bedroom 1999 Elektra
7 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)
8 recordlabel: RCA 477811
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #47, US #46
writtenby: Leonard Lee
Mickey & Sylvia What Would I Do 1960 RCA
9 recordlabel: Sony Soho Square 663069 2
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: David Townsend, Bernard Jackson and David Conley
album: Do Over
Pauline Henry Happy 1996 Sony Soho Square
10 recordlabel: Beggars Banquet 75 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: J. Mullen, Claire Hamill
album: Life on the Wire
comments: [jazz funk]
Morrissey Mullen Life on the Wire 1982 Beggars Banquet(UK
11 recordlabel: Interscope
chartposition: RandB #15
album: Another Level
comments: [slow jam]
BLACKstreet Never Gonna Let You Go 1996 Interscope
12 recordlabel: Chrysalis 4 (UK)
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: David Grant and Derek Bramble
album: David Grant
David Grant Rock the Midnight 1983 Chrysalis(UK)
13 recordlabel: Warner 8453
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Send It
Ashford & Simpson Send It 1977 Warner
14 recordlabel: Philly Groove 202
chartposition: RandB #19, US #103
writtenby: Robert William
album: The Player
First Choice Guilty 1974 Philly Groove
15 recordlabel: Mercury 71962
chartposition: RandB #19, US #45
writtenby: Sibelius Williams
album: Golden Hits, Volume 2
Brook Benton Hit Record 1962 Mercury
16 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.
17 recordlabel: Six By Six Records 2
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Paris Grey, Ann Saunderson and Kevin Saunderson
comments: [dance, house]
Inner City Do Me Right 1996 Six By Six Records
18 recordlabel: Curtom 1931
chartposition: RandB #15, US #59
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Love's Happening
Five Stairsteps & Cubie Don't Change Your Love 1968 Curtom
19 recordlabel: Lamarr 1001
chartposition: RandB #18, US #120
writtenby: Tony Hester
The Esquires Girls in the City 1971 Lamarr
20 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
21 recordlabel: Polydor 14557
chartposition: RandB #15, US Dance #65
writtenby: Brad Shapiro, George Jackson, Robert Alton Miller and Walter Shaw
album: The Original Disco Man
James Brown It's Too Funky in Here 1979 Polydor
22 recordlabel: Warner 17282
chartposition: RandB #15, US #47
writtenby: Arvel McClinton, Jeff Young and Rochad Holiday
album: This Time It's Personal
comments: [slow jam]
Somethin' for the People All I Do 1998 Warner
23 recordlabel: FFRR 183 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
album: Vivienne Mckone
Vivienne McKone Sing 1992 FFRR(UK)
24 recordlabel: Atlantic Street 021
chartposition: UK #47, R&B #118
album: The Cookbook
Missy Elliott Teary Eyed 2005 Atlantic Street
25 recordlabel: Vibration 524
chartposition: RandB #21, US #70
writtenby: Al Goodman, Billy Brown, Michael Burton and Sylvia Robinson
album: Pillow Talk
Sylvia Didn't I 1973 Vibration
26 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
27 recordlabel: Warner 6603
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Back to Basics
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Laid Back Girl 1993 Warner
28 recordlabel: Roulette 7097
chartposition: RandB #19, US #77
writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
album: Maybe
The Three Degrees You're the One 1971 Roulette
29 recordlabel: Fire 507
chartposition: RandB #19, US #99
writtenby: Bobby Robinson
Buster Brown Sugar Babe 1962 Fire
30 recordlabel: MCA Records 25714
chartposition: RandB #21, US #65
writtenby: Common, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
album: Electric Circus
comments: [hip hop]
Common featuring Mary J. Blige Come Close To Me 2002 MCA Records
31 recordlabel: Streetwave 51
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Lonnie Johnson
Royalle Delite I'll Be a Freak for You 1985 Streetwave
32 recordlabel: Warner 28401
chartposition: US dance #10
writtenby: Eric van Tijn and Jochem Fluitsma
album: Mutual Attraction
Sylvester Mutual Attraction 1987 Warner
33 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
34 recordlabel: Death Row 53230
chartposition: RandB #21, US #45, UK #84
weeksinr&bchart: 17
writtenby: Dat Nigga Daz, Kurupt, Michel'le, Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg (as Snoop)
album: Dogg Food
Tha Dogg Pound featuring Michelle Let's Play House 1996 Death Row
35 recordlabel: Polydor 889 910
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Ray Barnes and Tony Coleman
album: I Just Wanna Love You
The Main Ingredient I Just Wanna Love You 1989 Polydor
36 recordlabel: Ariola 7627
chartposition: US #47, RandB #88
writtenby: Bill Champlin and Laura Allan
album: A Circle Filled With Love
Sons of Champlin Hold On 1976 Ariola
37 recordlabel: RCA 49335
chartposition: US Dance #9
writtenby: KC Flightt (as Frank Toson), M. Morgan
album: In Flightt
KC Flightt Summer Madness 1989 RCA
38 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3604
chartposition: RandB #19, US #64, US AC #19
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: All Things in Time
Lou Rawls Groovy People 1976 P.I.R.
39 recordlabel: Virgin (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
album: Undisputed
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Beenie Man featuring Akon Girls 2006 Virgin (UK)
40 recordlabel: Liberty 55405
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #15
writtenby: Barry, Crofford, Resnick
album: Hit After Hit
Gene McDaniels Chip Chip 1961 Liberty
41 recordlabel: Polydor 31458 0962 2
chartposition: RandB #18, US #45
writtenby: Shawn Stockman
comments: [slow jam]
Shawn Stockman Visions of a Sunset 1995 Polydor
42 recordlabel: Polydor 884
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Lewis and Davis
album: Freddie McGregor
comments: [reggae]
Freddie McGregor That Girl 1987 Polydor
43 recordlabel: Work 64189
chartposition: UK #29
writtenby: Diana King , Andy Marvel, Billy Mann and Céline Dion
Diana King Treat Her Like a Lady 1999 Work
44 recordlabel: Profile 5211
chartposition: RandB #29, US #75, UK #86, US dance #18
writtenby: Michael Nesmith
album: Tougher Than Leather
Run-D.M.C. Mary, Mary 1988 Profile
45 recordlabel: RPM 451
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Tampa Red (as Hudson Whittaker)
album: Singin' the Blues
B.B. King Crying Won't Help You 1956 RPM
46 recordlabel: United Artists 36257
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Ayn Robbins, Bill Conti and Carol Conners
comments: (From the United Artists Motion Picture 'Rocky')
De Etta Little & Nelson Pigford You Take My Heart Away 1977 United Artists
47 recordlabel: Loud Records 64858
chartposition: RandB #50, UK #46
writtenby: Wu Tang Clan
album: Wu Tang Forever
comments: [rap]
Wu-Tang Clan featuring Cappadonna Triumph 1997 Loud Records
48 recordlabel: Trojan 7791 (UK)
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Barry/Bloom
album: Montego Bay
comments: [reggae]
Freddie Notes & The Rudies Montego Bay 1970 Trojan(UK)
49 recordlabel: Greensleeves 380
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Shaggy and Robert Livingston
album: Pure Pleasure
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Shaggy Soon Be Done 1993 Greensleeves
50 recordlabel: Everest 2044
chartposition: US #76, US AC #16
writtenby: Harry Nemo
album: Gloria, Marty and Strings
Gloria Lynne Don't Take Your Love From Me 1964 Everest
51 recordlabel: Blackground
chartposition: RandB #59, US #48
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Jay Z and Timbaland
album: Tim's Bio
comments: [album cut]
Timbaland featuring Jay-Z Lobster and Shrimp 1999 Blackground
52 recordlabel: Laurie 3301
chartposition: US #49
writtenby: Brute Force (Steve Friedland)
album: Sweet Talkin' Guy
The Chiffons Nobody Knows What's Goin' On (in My Mind but Me) 1965 Laurie
53 recordlabel: Warner 49767
chartposition: RandB #70, UK #48
writtenby: Franne Golde and Tom Snow
album: Secret Combination
comments: [beat ballad]
Randy Crawford Secret Combination 1981 Warner
54 recordlabel: ERC 102 (UK)
chartposition: UK #50
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta and Lula Mae Hardaway
album: Disc Charge
comments: [disco, dance]
The Boys Town Gang Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) 1982 ERC(UK)
55 recordlabel: Uptown Records 24031
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: Timmy Allen
album: A Quiet Storm
comments: [slow jam]
Jeff Redd Love High 1990 Uptown Records
56 recordlabel: RCA 11424
chartposition: US #42, US AC #49
writtenby: Daryl Hall and John Oates
album: Along the Red Ledge
Hall & Oates I Don't Wanna Lose You 1978 RCA
57 recordlabel: Profile 315
chartposition: RandB #24, UK #48
writtenby: DJ Run, DMC and Jam Master Jay
album: Back from Hell
comments: [hip hop]
Run-D.M.C. What's It All About 1990 Profile
58 recordlabel: Elektra 69810
chartposition: RandB #16, US Dance #27
writtenby: Twinkie Clark
album: You Brought the Sunshine
comments: [gospel disco dance]
The Clark Sisters You Brought the Sunshine (Into My Life) 1983 Elektra
59 recordlabel: Criminal 00001
chartposition: UK #83, US Dance #16
writtenby: J Fhair and various
album: Don't Push Your Luck
Wally Jump, Jr. & the Criminal Element Jummp Back 1986 Criminal
60 recordlabel: Charisma 12617
chartposition: RandB #26, US #63, UK #50
writtenby: Maxi Priest, David Morales, Handel Tucker and Mikey Bennett
album: Fe Real
comments: [house, reggae, pop]
Maxi Priest Groovin' in the Midnight 1992 Charisma
61 recordlabel: Portrait 7254 (UK)
chartposition: UK #49
writtenby: Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead & Victor Carstarphen
album: Artists Showcase
comments: from 1976 'Where Will You Go When The Party's Over' album
Archie Bell & the Drells Don't Let Love Get You Down 1986 Portrait(UK)
62 recordlabel: Virgin 35
chartposition: RandB #18, UK #54
writtenby: Angela Winbush
album: Lalah Hathaway
Lalah Hathaway Baby Don't Cry 1991 Virgin
63 recordlabel: Profile 426
chartposition: RandB #32, US #50, UK #181
weeksinr&bchart: 18
writtenby: Nine (as Derrick Keyes), Rob Lewis
album: Nine Livez
Nine Whutcha Want 1994 Profile
64 recordlabel: Warner 2011
chartposition: RandB #33, US #108, UK #48
writtenby: Tony Bruno
Ike & Tina Turner Tell Her I'm Not Home 1965 Warner
65 recordlabel: Reprise 18140
chartposition: RandB #19, US #106
writtenby: Babyface and El DeBarge
album: Heart, Mind and Soul
comments: [love ballad]
El DeBarge featuring Babyface Where Is My Love? 1994 Reprise
66 recordlabel: Checker 1019
chartposition: RandB #21, US #48
writtenby: Willie Dixon
album: Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover 1962 Checker
67 recordlabel: Enterprise 9045
chartposition: RandB #25, US #48, US AC #21
writtenby: Al Green, Willie Mitchell and Al Jackson Jr.
comments: [instrumental]
Isaac Hayes Let's Stay Together 1972 Enterprise
68 recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: RandB #16
album: Money Talks: The Album
comments: [slow jam]
Mary J. Blige A Dream 1996 Arista
69 recordlabel: RCA Victor 477701
chartposition: RandB #22, US #50
writtenby: Jeff Barry
Sam Cooke Teenage Sonata 1960 RCA Victor
70 recordlabel: Polydor 576 399 2
chartposition: UK #50
writtenby: Deni Lew, Nicky Graham and Wayne Hector
album: Scarlet
comments: [love ballad]
Code Red I Gave You Everything 1996 Polydor
71 recordlabel: NPG Records
chartposition: UK #43
writtenby: Prince
album: Musicology
Prince Cinnamon Girl 2004 NPG Records
72 recordlabel: Roc A Fella 53233
chartposition: RandB #17, US #50
weeksinr&bchart: 21
writtenby: Jay Z, Foxy Brown, Jaz O, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Tyrone Thomas and August Moon
album: Reasonable Doubt
comments: [hip hop]
Jay-Z featuring Foxy Brown Ain't No Nigga 1996 Roc A Fella
73 recordlabel: Everest 19418
chartposition: RandB #16, US #95, US AC #19
writtenby: Bernie Friedman and Ollie Jones
album: This Little Boy of Mine
Gloria Lynne Impossible 1961 Everest
74 recordlabel: Six By Six Records 104
chartposition: UK #49
writtenby: James Mtume and Reggie Lucas
comments: [dance, house]
Inner City Back Together Again 1993 Six By Six Records
75 recordlabel: Total Experience 8210
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: Charlie Wilson, Robert Wilson and Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band V
comments: [funk]
The Gap Band Jam the Motha 1983 Total Experience
76 recordlabel: Warner 93624408080(UK)
chartposition: UK #48
writtenby: Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Chalmers Alford and Eric Benét
album: A Day in the Life
Eric Benét Why You Follow Me? 2000 Warner (UK)
77 recordlabel: Brunswick 55365
chartposition: RandB #26, US #49
writtenby: Arthur Brooks, Jerry Butler and Richard Brooks
Jackie Wilson & Count Basie For Your Precious Love 1968 Brunswick
78 recordlabel: Elektra 47043
chartposition: RandB #19, US #106
writtenby: Denzil Miller, Eddie Martinez, Lenny White and Skip Anderson
album: Twennynine with Lenny White
Twennynine featuring Lenny White Kid Stuff 1980 Elektra
79 recordlabel: RCA 74321138671(UK)
chartposition: UK #48
writtenby: Sidney Ford, Ralf Hamm, Markus Staab and Claus Zundel
album: Just the Way it is
Sydney Youngblood Anything 1993 RCA (UK)
80 recordlabel: Warner 8214
chartposition: RandB #64, US Dance #16
writtenby: James Dean and John Glover
album: So Let Us Entertain You
First Choice Gotta Get Away (From You Baby) 1976 Warner
81 recordlabel: Gordy 1713
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: Franz Xaver Gruber, Joseph Mohr and John Freeman Young
comments: [christmas] [re release]
The Temptations Silent Night 1995 Gordy
82 recordlabel: Fever 73823
chartposition: US #49, US dance #30
writtenby: Franc Reyes, Lisette Melendez, Carlos Berrios
album: Together Forever
Lisette Melendez A Day in My Life (Without You) 1991 Fever
83 recordlabel: Mirage 99643
chartposition: RandB #59, US #50
writtenby: Sidney Simien
album: My Toot Toot
Jean Knight My Toot Toot 1985 Mirage
84 recordlabel: Calibre 103
chartposition: UK #49
writtenby: Freeez
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
Freeez Keep in Touch 1980 Calibre
85 recordlabel: RSO 1069
chartposition: US #71, UK #62
writtenby: Louis St. Louis and Howard Greenfield
album: Grease 2 OST
Four Tops Back to School Again 1982 RSO
86 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
87 recordlabel: Loud/RCA 72048
chartposition: RandB #34, US #50
writtenby: Xzibit and Jesse West
album: 40 Dayz and 40 Nightz
Xzibit What U See Is What U Get 1998 Loud/RCA
88 recordlabel: Chrysalis 2621(UK)
chartposition: UK #48
writtenby: David Grant and Derek Bramble
comments: [disco funk]
Linx Plaything 1982 Chrysalis (UK)
89 recordlabel: Curb 77073
chartposition: US #49
writtenby: Charlie Daniels, Fred Edwards, Charlie Hayward, Joel DiGregorio, Tom Crain, T. Edmond and White
album: Gettin' Smooth with It
comments: [hip hop]
K.M.C. Kru The Devil Came Up to Michigan 1991 Curb
90 recordlabel: Priority 50174
chartposition: RandB #20, US #50
writtenby: Snoop Dogg, Tracy Davis, Mike Elizondo, Nate Dogg, Danny Means, P. Miller,Keiwan Spillman and Dr. Dre
album: Tha Last Meal
Snoop Dogg featuring Master P, Nate Dogg, Butch Cassidy & Tha Eastsidaz Lay Low 2001 Priority
91 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
92 recordlabel: Gee Street 422 854 408
chartposition: US #48, US alt. #39
writtenby: Prince Be (as Attrell Cordes) and Joe South
album: Jesus Wept
P.M. Dawn Downtown Venus 1995 Gee Street
93 recordlabel: Highrise 2000
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: Alphonse Mouzon
album: Distant Lover
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Alphonse Mouzon The Lady in Red 1982 Highrise
94 recordlabel: RCA 62056
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: Gene Rice (as Eugene Rice), Stan Sheppard and Terry Carter
album: Just for You
Gene Rice You're a Victim 1991 RCA
95 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)
96 recordlabel: The Boardwalk Entertainment Co. 12 173 7
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: Marvin Ennis
album: Cliff Dawson
Cliff Dawson & Renee Diggs Never Say I Do (If You Don't Mean It) 1983 The Boardwalk Entert
97 recordlabel: Matriarch 010629
chartposition: RandB #16, US #65
writtenby: Mary J. Blige , T.O. Feemstar and S. Garrett
album: Growing Pains
Mary J. Blige Work That 2007 Matriarch
98 recordlabel: Virgin 72438 38715
chartposition: RandB #57, UK 51, US #113, US dance #113
writtenby: Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
album: Kaleidoscope
Kelis Get Along with You 2000 Virgin
99 recordlabel: Profile 7323
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: DJ Quik (as David Blake)
album: Quik Is the Name
DJ Quik Born and Raised in Compton 1991 Profile
100 recordlabel: Brunswick 24 (UK)
chartposition: UK #49
writtenby: Hamilton Bohannon
album: Insides Out
Hamilton Bohannon Happy Feeling 1975 Brunswick(UK)

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