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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
801 recordlabel: Spring 113
chartposition: US #117
writtenby: Tim Drummond
album: The Power of Joe Simon
Joe Simon To Lay Down Beside You 1971 Spring
802 recordlabel: RCA Victor 50358
chartposition: US Dance #39
writtenby: Carl Davies and Sonny Sanders
Alma Faye Brooks Stop I Don't Need No Sympathy 1977 RCA Victor
803 recordlabel: Arista 0421
chartposition: RandB #40, UK #86
writtenby: Bobby Womack and Patricia Moten
album: Roads Of Life
comments: Reached #86 in UK chart in 1986
Bobby Womack How Could You Break My Heart 1979 Arista
804 recordlabel: Universal 56000
chartposition: RandB #91, US #122
weeksinr&bchart: 2
album: Acoustic Soul
Intrigue Dance with Me 1996 Universal
805 recordlabel: Mercury 574138
chartposition: RandB #53, US #122
writtenby: Jon John and Babyface (as Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds)
Gina Thompson You Bring The Sunshine 1997 Mercury
806 recordlabel: RCA 93
chartposition: RandB #66, US Dance #40
writtenby: Keni Burke
album: You're the Best
comments: [disco dance]
Keni Burke Let Somebody Love You 1981 RCA
807 recordlabel: Universal Motown
chartposition: RandB #82, US #122
writtenby: Busta Rhymes, Bernard Edwards Jr., Jadakiss, Lil Wayne and Debbie Coda
album: Back on My B.S.
Busta Rhymes ft. Young Jeezy & Jadakiss Respect My Conglomerate 2009 Universal Motown
808 recordlabel: Warner Bros 5301
chartposition: US #120
writtenby: Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II
Johnny Nash Ol' Man River 1962 Warner Bros
809 recordlabel: Spring 170
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Allen Williams and Billy Nichols
album: Lovingly Yours
Millie Jackson I Can't Say Goodbye 1977 Spring
810 recordlabel: RSO 1037
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Fred Wesley
album: House Party
Fred Wesley House Party 1980 RSO
811 recordlabel: RCA 62787
chartposition: RandB #80, US #120
album: Here We Go...
comments: [beat ballad]
Chantay Savage Give It to Ya 1994 RCA
812 recordlabel: Groove 58 0030
chartposition: US #120
writtenby: Margaret Nash
Johnny Nash I'm Leaving 1964 Groove
813 recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: RandB #40
weeksinr&bchart: 17
album: Money Talks: The Album
Lil Kim featuring Andrea Martin Money Talks 1998 Arista
814 recordlabel: J Records 17159
chartposition: RandB #45, US #72
writtenby: Earl Williams, Hurricane Chris and Steve Morgan
album: 51/50 Ratchet
Hurricane Chris ft. Big Poppa The Hand Clap 2007 J Records
815 recordlabel: RCA Victor 10017
chartposition: RandB #46, US #88
writtenby: Allen Frey and James Baker
album: Comin' from All Ends
New Birth I Wash My Hands of the Whole Damn Deal 1974 RCA Victor
816 recordlabel: Ruff Ryder
chartposition: RandB #52, US #120
weeksinr&bchart: 12
album: Ryde or Die Vol. III
comments: [hip hop]
Ruff Ryders featuring Eve U, Me and She 2001 Ruff Ryder
817 recordlabel: Ruffhouse 77378
chartposition: RandB #74, US #121
writtenby: Jermaine Dupri and Da Brat
album: Da Bomb
Kris Kross Da Bomb 1994 Ruffhouse
818 recordlabel: Arista 3703
chartposition: RandB #50, US #120
writtenby: Dallas Austin
album: The Boy Is Mine
Monica Street Symphony 1999 Arista
819 recordlabel: Warlock 075
chartposition: RandB #40
weeksinr&bchart: 10
She featuring Kim Waters Hello Stranger 1990 Warlock
820 recordlabel: Reprise 17510
chartposition: RandB #57, US #120
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: The Compilation Greatest Hits II And More
Roger & Zapp Living for the City 1997 Reprise
821 recordlabel: St. Lawrence 1022
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40
writtenby: Monk Higgins
comments: [instrumental]
Monk Higgins What Fah 1966 St. Lawrence
822 recordlabel: Mercury 72316
chartposition: US #120
writtenby: Tolchard Evans, Stanley Damerell and Robert Hargreaves
Timi Yuro If 1964 Mercury
823 recordlabel: Blackground
chartposition: RandB #67, US #120
writtenby: Bryan Michael Cox, Kendrick Dean, Johnta Austin and Toni Braxton
album: Libra
comments: [slow jam]
Toni Braxton Trippin' (That's the Way Love Works) 2005 Blackground
824 recordlabel: Brunswick 55403
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Carl Davis and Eugene Record
album: Soul Sister
Erma Franklin Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day) 1969 Brunswick
825 recordlabel: Portrait 70022
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Charity McCrary and Linda McCrary
album: Loving Is Living
The McCrarys Don't Wear Yourself Out 1978 Portrait
826 recordlabel: Orpheus 72678
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Arthur Zamora, Michael Carpenter and Wayne Carpenter
album: Take U Back to My Place
Z'Looke Gitchi U 1989 Orpheus
827 recordlabel: Orpheus 72282
chartposition: RandB #40
album: Def by Temptation
comments: [slow jam]
Ashford & Simpson Hungry for Me Again 1990 Orpheus
828 recordlabel: Chancellor 1140
chartposition: US #121
writtenby: J. Stephan
The Royalettes Blue Summer 1963 Chancellor
829 recordlabel: Perspective 7546
chartposition: RandB #66, US #120
writtenby: Al Green, Mabon 'Teenie' Hodges and Smooth
Smooth Love and Happiness 1996 Perspective
830 recordlabel: Universal Motown 21960 1
chartposition: RandB #121, US #64
comments: [hip hop]
Pop It Off Boyz Crank Dat Batman 2008 Universal Motown
831 recordlabel: NPG Records
chartposition: RandB #44, US #120
writtenby: Prince
album: Musicology
comments: [funk]
Prince Musicology 2004 NPG Records
832 recordlabel: Scepter 12162
chartposition: US #122
writtenby: Ben Wagman and Tommy Kaye
The Shirelles Shades of Blue 1967 Scepter
833 recordlabel: Sanctuary Urban
chartposition: UK #80
writtenby: Posdnuos, David Jolicoeur, Maseo and Madlib
album: The Grind Date
De La Soul Shopping Bags (She Got from You) 2004 Sanctuary Urban
834 recordlabel: One-Derful 4839
chartposition: Cahbox RandB #40
writtenby: L. Nester, J. Jones
comments: [northern soul]
Sharpees Tired Of Being Lonely 1966 OneDerful
835 recordlabel: Blue Rock 4052
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Jack Daniels and Johnny Moore
album: You're Tuff Enough
Junior Wells You're Tuff Enough 1968 Blue Rock
836 recordlabel: Airwave Records 94963
chartposition: RandB #94, US Dance #40
writtenby: Greg Scelsa
comments: [disco dance]
Delia Reneé You're Gonna Want Me Back 1981 Airwave Records
837 recordlabel: Trill 521207
chartposition: RandB #40
album: Superbad: The Return Of Boosie Bad Azz
comments: [hip hop]
Lil Boosie ft. Young Jeezy & Webbie Better Believe It 2009 Trill
838 recordlabel: Warner 7436
chartposition: RandB #50, US #120
writtenby: Jimmy Jam, Stanley Howard, Gary Johnson, Lewis and White
album: Make Him Do Right
comments: [ballad]
Karyn White I'd Rather Be Alone 1995 Warner
839 recordlabel: Probe 481
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Bob Dylan
album: I Shall Be Released
Freddie Scott I Shall Be Released 1970 Probe
840 recordlabel: Fresh 5
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Hanson, Davis. Mantronik
album: Can't Stop
Hanson & Davis Hungry for Your Love 1986 Fresh
841 recordlabel: Spring 104
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Dock Price Jr. and Raeford Gerald
Ray Godfrey I Gotta Get Away (From My Own Self) 1970 Spring
842 recordlabel: United Artists 50816
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Bobby Womack
album: Communication...
Bobby Womack Communication 1971 United Artists
843 recordlabel: Interscope 12358 1
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Christopher Bridges, Jamil Pierre, Sean Garrett
album: Turbo 919
comments: [hip hop]
Sean Garrett ft. Ludacris Grippin' 2008 Interscope
844 recordlabel: Boardwalk 5708
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: James Campbell, Reginald Connelly and Harry M. Woods
album: Tenderness
comments: [disco dance]
Ohio Players Try a Little Tenderness 1981 Boardwalk
845 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3724
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Dexter Wansel and Cynthia Biggs
album: Time Is Slipping Away
Dexter Wansel ft. Terri Wells The Sweetest Pain 1980 P.I.R.
846 recordlabel: Frisco 104
chartposition: US #120
writtenby: Al Reed
comments: [deep soul]
Danny White Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 1962 Frisco
847 recordlabel: Blue Rock 4032
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #40
writtenby: Horace Ott
Dee Dee Warwick Gotta Get A Hold Of Myself 1965 Blue Rock
848 recordlabel: Ronn 20
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40
writtenby: T. McCall, P. Robinson
comments: [ballad]
Toussaint McCall Like Never Before 1968 Ronn
849 recordlabel: Wreck 20064
chartposition: RandB #97, US #120
writtenby: Ewart Dewgarde, Walt Dewgarde, Buckshot and Grover Washington Jr.
album: Enta Da Stage
comments: [rap]
Black Moon How Many Emcees (Must Get Dissed) 1993 Wreck
850 recordlabel: Arista 86492
chartposition: US AC #20
writtenby: Gordon Chambers, Barry Eastmond and Freddie Jackson
album: One Wish: The Holiday Album
comments: [christmas]
Whitney Houston One Wish (For Christmas) 2004 Arista
851 recordlabel: Polygram 42208522242
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Babyface
album: The Sweetest Days
Vanessa Williams You Can't Run 1995 Polygram
852 recordlabel: Profile 5224
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: DJ Run, DMC and Davy D
album: Tougher Than Leather
comments: [hip hop]
Run-D.M.C. I'm Not Going Out Like That 1988 Profile
853 recordlabel: Perspective 00163
chartposition: RandB #50, US #121
album: Solo
Solo He's Not Good Enough 1996 Perspective
854 recordlabel: LMR 74000
chartposition: RandB #69, US dance #40
writtenby: S. Hill
album: Party Your Body
Stevie B Party Your Body 1987 LMR
855 recordlabel: Checker 5043
chartposition: US #121
writtenby: Gene Barge
The Violinaires I Don't Know 1968 Checker
856 recordlabel: Corporate America
chartposition: RandB #95, US #123
K. Gates Black and Gold Who Dat 2010 Corporate America
857 recordlabel: Six By Six Records 123
chartposition: UK #120
writtenby: Kevin Saunderson
Inner City Ahnonghay 1995 Six By Six Records
858 recordlabel: Audio Arts 60007
chartposition: RandB #45, US #122
writtenby: Frank Loesser and Hoagy Carmichael
album: Heart and Soul
The Incredibles Heart and Soul 1967 Audio Arts
859 recordlabel: Mercury 73195
chartposition: RandB #44, US #126
writtenby: Ronald Simmons, Walter Simtec Simmons and Willie Dixon
album: Gene and Jerry One and One
Gene Chandler & Jerry Butler Ten and Two (Take This Woman Off the Corner) 1971 Mercury
860 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 579
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: J. Robinson, Jr., C. Cook, A. Brown
album: The Sequence
comments: [ballad]
The Sequence I Don't Need Your Love 1982 Sugar Hill
861 recordlabel: Mercury 73849
chartposition: US Dance #40
writtenby: Jimmy Roach and Michael Henderson
Five Special The More I Get to Know You 1976 Mercury
862 recordlabel: Brunswick 55236
chartposition: US #121
writtenby: William McCorkle
Jackie Wilson What Good Am I Without You? 1963 Brunswick
863 recordlabel: Verve 10470
chartposition: US #120
writtenby: Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham and Simon Napier Bell
Arthur Prysock You Don't Have to Say You Love Me 1967 Verve
864 recordlabel: Loud/RCA 64945
chartposition: RandB #89, US #122
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Tash, E Swift, J Ro [rapper]) and Easy Mo Bee
album: Likwidation
Tha Alkaholiks Likwidation 1997 Loud/RCA
865 recordlabel: Brunswick 55224
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40
writtenby: A. Tucker, J. Wilson
Jackie Wilson & Linda Hopkins I Found Love 1962 Brunswick
866 recordlabel: Rip It 2711
chartposition: RandB #57, US #120
weeksinr&bchart: 17
album: Just For You
comments: [slow jam]
4U Home 1996 Rip It
867 recordlabel: Word 78041
chartposition: RandB #40
weeksinr&bchart: 15
album: The Call
comments: [gospel ballad]
Anointed It's In God's Hands Now 1995 Word
868 recordlabel: Roulette 4754
chartposition: US #119
writtenby: Vernon Harrell and J.R. Bailey
Chuck Wood Seven Days Too Long 1967 Roulette
869 recordlabel: Interscope 12422 2
chartposition: RandB #83, US #122
album: T.O.S.: Terminate On Sight
comments: [hip hop]
G-Unit Rider Pt.2 2008 Interscope
870 recordlabel: Tiger 102
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Milton Bennett and Larry Banks
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Bessie Banks Go Now 1964 Tiger
871 recordlabel: Aftermath 10608
chartposition: RandB #43, US #107
writtenby: Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre and DJ Pooh
album: The Wash: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [hip hop]
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg The Wash 2001 Aftermath
872 recordlabel: Arctic 147
chartposition: RandB #43, US #123
writtenby: Jimmy Bishop and Kenny Gamble
album: Soul Summit
The Ambassadors I Really Love You 1969 Arctic
873 recordlabel: Gordy 7010
chartposition: US #122
writtenby: Berry Gordy Jr.
album: Meet the Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations Paradise 1962 Gordy
874 recordlabel: RSO/Curtom 2090341
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Heartbeat
Curtis Mayfield This Year 1979 RSO/Curtom
875 recordlabel: RCA 12031
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Amadee Castenell, Dwight Richards, Franky Richard, Joe Smith III (as Joseph Smith III), Mario Tio
album: Hipnotism
comments: [funk]
Chocolate Milk Hey Lover 1980 RCA
876 recordlabel: RCA 13559
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Kevan Staples, Nona Hendryx and Carole Pope
album: Nona
comments: [electro funk]
Nona Hendryx Transformation 1983 RCA
877 recordlabel: Warner 5619
chartposition: US #121
writtenby: Peter Anders (as Pete Andreoli), Vini Poncia (as Vincent Poncia Jr.) and Ross
The Dreamlovers You Gave Me Somebody to Love 1965 Warner
878 recordlabel: Darkchild
chartposition: RandB #92, US #122
HWood Could It Be You 2010 Darkchild
879 recordlabel: Sony Urban Music/Columbia 75252
chartposition: RandB #40
The Fugees Take It Easy 2005 Sony Urban Music/Col
880 recordlabel: Universal
chartposition: RandB #40
album: Introducing Tyra
comments: [slow jam]
Tyra B Still In Love 2005 Universal
881 recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10316
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40
writtenby: B.B. King, M. Davis, R. Rae
album: Mr. Blues
comments: [blues]
B.B. King You Ask Me 1962 ABCParamount
882 recordlabel: RCA 2753
chartposition: RandB #40
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Brad Goodrich, James Strong and Lil Dad
album: Romance Me
comments: [new jack swing]
Grady Harrell Don't Turn Your Back on Me 1990 RCA
883 recordlabel: Soul Train 10430
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: J. Hernandez
album: One for the Money
The Whispers In Love Forever 1976 Soul Train
884 recordlabel: Arista 12674
chartposition: AC #28, US #122
album: Even If My Heart Would Break
comments: [love ballad] The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
Kenny G With Aaron Neville Even If My Heart Would Break 1994 Arista
885 recordlabel: Universal 40424 (UK)
chartposition: UK #121
writtenby: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.
album: Win Lose or Draw
Pras Michel Haven't Found 2005 Universal(UK)
886 recordlabel: Verve 10525
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Jerry Ragovoy
album: Get It While You Can
Howard Tate Baby, I Love You 1967 Verve
887 recordlabel: Ariola America 7660
chartposition: RandB #44, US #83
writtenby: Alan Gordon
Carl Graves Sad Girl 1977 Ariola America
888 recordlabel: RCA 5305
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Raymond Calhoun and Roman Johnson
album: Penitentiary III
The Gap Band Sweeter Than Candy 1987 RCA
889 recordlabel: Mercury 71744
chartposition: RandB #40 (cashbox)
writtenby: Clyde Otis, Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington Looking Back 1961 Mercury
890 recordlabel: Warner 8740
chartposition: RandB #40,
writtenby: Gavin Christopher
album: Chaka
Chaka Khan Life Is a Dance 1979 Warner
891 recordlabel: Imperial 5779
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40
writtenby: A. Domino, J. Jessup, P. Maddux
album: What A Party!
Fats Domino Rockin' Bicycle 1961 Imperial
892 recordlabel: Scepter 1284
chartposition: US #125
writtenby: Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams] and Larry Harrison
The Shirelles Lost Love 1964 Scepter
893 recordlabel: PMP/RAL 577412
chartposition: RandB #74, US #125
album: This Is How We Do It
comments: [slow jam]
Montell Jordan Daddy's Home 1996 PMP/RAL
894 recordlabel: Ronn 59
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Miles Grayson and Lermon Horton
Little Johnny Taylor It's My Fault Darling 1972 Ronn
895 recordlabel: Gordy 7063
chartposition: US #124
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Gettin' Ready
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations I've Been Good to You 1967 Gordy
896 recordlabel: Chrysalis 58147
chartposition: RandB #83, US #123
writtenby: DJ Premier (as Christopher Martin) and Guru (as Keith Elam)
album: Hard to Earn
Gang Starr Code of the Streets 1994 Chrysalis
897 recordlabel: Prelude 8058
chartposition: RandB #41
album: Redd Hott
Sharon Redd Beat the Street 1982 Prelude
898 recordlabel: Curtom 1970
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Leroy Hutson and Michael Hawkins
The Impressions This Loves for Real 1972 Curtom
899 recordlabel: Jump Street 1022
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Fred McFarlane and Timmy Gatling
album: All Our Love
comments: [new jack swing]
Alton Wokie Stewart She's So Cold 1989 Jump Street
900 recordlabel: GRC 2017
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Keith Samuels
album: Ripple
Ripple A Funky Song 1974 GRC

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