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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
301 recordlabel: ARC/Columbia 2239
chartposition: RandB #48, US Dance #50
writtenby: Wayne Vaughn
album: New Affair
comments: [disco dance]
The Emotions Turn It Out 1981 ARC/Columbia
302 recordlabel: Gordy 7179
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Levi Ruffin Jr.
album: In 'n' Out
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stone City Band Strut Your Stuff 1980 Gordy
303 recordlabel: Blue Rock 4080
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: J. Daniels, J. Moore and R. Marks
album: Honey Drippin' Blues
Little Junior Parker Ain't Gon' Be No Cutting Aloose 1969 Blue Rock
304 recordlabel: Mercury 72699
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: D. Fritts
Little Junior Parker I Can't Put My Finger on It 1967 Mercury
305 recordlabel: J Records
chartposition: RandB #48
album: RL:Ements
comments: [slow jam]
R.L. Good Man 2002 J Records
306 recordlabel: Mercury 73605
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Roy C (as Roy Hammond)
album: Something Nice
Roy C If I Could Love You Forever 1974 Mercury
307 recordlabel: Source 100
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Patricia Moore
Lee Moore Reachin' Out (For Your Love) (Pt. 1) 1979 Source
308 recordlabel: Mercury 73605
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Roy C (as Roy Hammond)
album: Something Nice
Roy C Loneliness Has Got a Hold on Me 1974 Mercury
309 recordlabel: Bellmark 72037
chartposition: RandB #48
Johnny Guitar Watson Hook Me 1995 Bellmark
310 recordlabel: J Records
chartposition: RandB #48
album: Unpredictable
comments: [slow jam]
Jamie Foxx Can I Take U Home 2006 J Records
311 recordlabel: 21 Records 96745
chartposition: RandB #55, US Dance #48
writtenby: Ann Godwin, Curtis Josephs and Rob Kilgore (as Robbie Kilgore)
album: Perfect Timing
Donna Allen Sweet Somebody 1987 Records
312 recordlabel: SRI 00007
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Maureen Bailey, Willard Alan Oldfield and The Big Bopper (as J. P. Richardson)
Jeff & Aleta Love Touch 1980 SRI
313 recordlabel: Warner 49571
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Anderson, Chase, Haberman and Jacobson
album: Naughty
Chaka Khan Get Ready, Get Set 1980 Warner
314 recordlabel: Roulette 7172
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
comments: [instrumental]
Love Childs Afro Cuban Blues Band Life and Death in G and A 1975 Roulette
315 recordlabel: RSO 1036
chartposition: RandB #48 US dance #79
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Something to Believe In
Curtis Mayfield Love Me, Love Me Now 1980 RSO
316 recordlabel: Calibre 506
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Avis Harrell, D'Lanie McQuaig, Lonnie Kirtz and Mel Bolton
album: Flakes
Flakes Sugar Frosted Lover 1980 Calibre
317 recordlabel: Elektra 1547
chartposition: RandB #48
album: Surrender
comments: [slow jam]
Kut Klose Surrender 1995 Elektra
318 recordlabel: Modern 1020
chartposition: RandB #48
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Larry Davis
Mary Love Move a Little Closer 1966 Modern
319 recordlabel: Profile 7169
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Sweet Tee (as Toi Jackson) and Finger Prints
Sweet Tee I Got da Feelin' 1988 Profile
320 recordlabel: Metromedia 111
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48
writtenby: D. Hart
Jessie Lee Ferguson & the Outer Limits New Shoes 1969 Metromedia
321 recordlabel: Virgin
chartposition: RandB #48
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Mounir Belkhir, Célia Faussart and Hélène Faussart
album: Princesses Nubiennes
comments: [neo soul album cut]
Les Nubians Makeda 1999 Virgin
322 recordlabel: 20th Century 2034
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Vincent Willis
album: Love Jones
Brighter Side of Darkness I Owe You Love 1973 20th Century
323 recordlabel: 20th Century 2130
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Vernon Bullock, Charles Ingersoll, Ronald Preyer and Bobby Solomon
album: A Taste of The Younghearts
The Younghearts Wake Up and Start Standing 1974 20th Century
324 recordlabel: Better 102
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48
writtenby: J. Steward Jr.
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Brenda Jo Harris She'll Snatch Him 1971 Better
325 recordlabel: Pride 1026
chartposition: RandB #48
Billy Butler & Infinity Hung Up on You 1973 Pride
326 recordlabel: Believe In A Dream 991
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Dexter Redding, Otis Redding III and Mark Lockett
album: Class
comments: [disco funk]
The Reddings You're the Only One 1981 Believe In A Dream
327 recordlabel: Brunswick 55444
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Donald Johnson and Lawrence Johnson
album: (I Want You to) Make My Life Over
The Artistics (I Want You to) Make My Life Over 1971 Brunswick
328 recordlabel: Arista 0442
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: L. Williams
Linda Williams No Love, No Where, without You 1979 Arista
329 recordlabel: Spring 116
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Edwin Starr (as Charles Hatcher), Al Hamilton and Richard Morris
Winfield Parker S.O.S. (Stop Her on Sight) 1971 Spring
330 recordlabel: Street Life 78044
chartposition: RandB #48
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Andrea Martin and Greg Smith
album: Tina Moore
comments: [ballad]
Tina Moore All I Can Do 1995 Street Life
331 recordlabel: Warner 28284
chartposition: US dance #32
writtenby: James Wirrick
Sylvester Sooner or Later 1987 Warner
332 recordlabel: Imperial 5811
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48
writtenby: E. King
Earl King Trick Bag 1962 Imperial
333 recordlabel: Julmar 506
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Zeke Carey
The Flamingos Dealin' (Groovin' with Feelin') 1969 Julmar
334 recordlabel: Virtue 2512
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Gene Faith
Gene Faith My Baby's Missing 1969 Virtue
335 recordlabel: Golden World 21
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48
writtenby: B. Terry, B. Hamilton
comments: [northern soul]
Barbara Mercer Hey!! 1965 Golden World
336 recordlabel: Arista 9620
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Full Force
La La My Love Is on the Money 1987 Arista
337 recordlabel: Rap a Lot 53806
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Willie D
album: I'm Goin' Out Lika Soldier
comments: [hip hop]
Willie D Clean Up Man 1992 Rap a Lot
338 recordlabel: RCA 65761
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Kevin Briggs, Tricky Stewart, Tab and Turman
album: Daydreamin'
Before Dark Baby 1999 RCA
339 recordlabel: Profile 7195
chartposition: US Dance #32
writtenby: David Shaw, Calvin Gaines and Chanelle (as Charlene Munford)
Chanelle By My Side 1988 Profile
340 recordlabel: PIK Records 242
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48
writtenby: S. Verroca
Little Nat Do This Do That 1962 PIK Records
341 recordlabel: Arctic 116
chartposition: US #97
writtenby: Barbara Mason
album: Oh How It Hurts
Barbara Mason Is It Me? 1966 Arctic
342 recordlabel: Arista 112 728
chartposition: RandB #48
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen
album: Through the Storm
Aretha Franklin & James Brown Gimme Your Love 1989 Arista
343 recordlabel: Song Bird 1203
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Doris Akers
album: Lord, Don't Move the Mountain
Inez Andrews Lord, Don't Move the Mountain 1973 Song Bird
344 recordlabel: Onederful 4850
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Eddie Silvers
Otis Clay A Lasting Love 1967 Onederful
345 recordlabel: Brunswick 55431
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Barbara Acklin and Eugene Record
album: (I Want You to) Make My Life Over
The Artistics Just Another Heartache 1970 Brunswick
346 recordlabel: Elektra 1821
chartposition: UK #146
writtenby: Tracy Chapman
album: Let It Rain
Tracy Chapman You're the One 2002 Elektra
347 recordlabel: J Records 01815
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield, Missy Elliott and Corte Ellis
album: The Makings of Me
Monica A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me) 2006 J Records
348 recordlabel: Ronn 63
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48
writtenby: Ted Taylor
album: Ever Wonderful Vol.2
comments: [southern soul blues]
Ted Taylor I'm Just A Crumb In Your Bread Box Of Love 1972 Ronn
349 recordlabel: RCA 12208
chartposition: US Dance #36
writtenby: Rodney Brown and Willie Lester
album: Inside of Me
comments: [disco dance] (Larry Levan 12-inch Mix)
Esther Williams I'll Be Your Pleasure 1981 RCA
350 recordlabel: RCA Victor 23
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48
writtenby: Nerangis, Britton
album: Crown Heights Affair
Crown Heights Affair Super Rod 1973 RCA Victor
351 recordlabel: Roc A Fella 1651 11
chartposition: RandB #48
Jay-Z What More Can I Say 2003 Roc A Fella
352 recordlabel: Brunswick 55445
chartposition: RandB #48
The Lost Generation Someday 1971 Brunswick
353 recordlabel: RCA Victor 0046
chartposition: RandB #51, US #119
album: Afrodisiac / Main Ingredient Super Hits
The Main Ingredient Girl Blue 1973 RCA Victor
354 recordlabel: United Artists 50913
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48
writtenby: Tina Turner
album: Feel Good
Ike & Tina Turner Feel Good 1972 United Artists
355 recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Carlton Hitchcock, Eddie Berkeley, Kay Gee, Robert Thomas Barbarella
album: Welcome II Nextasy
comments: [slow jam]
Next Beauty Queen 2000 Arista
356 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 558
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: L. Johnson, M. Johnson, The Sugarhill Gang, Sylvia Robinson, The Furious Five
album: 8th Wonder
comments: [hip hop]
The Furious Five Meets Sugarhill Gang Showdown 1981 Sugar Hill
357 recordlabel: Arista 346
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Tony Macaulay and Keith Potger
album: Vintage '78
Eddie Kendricks The Best of Strangers Now 1978 Arista
358 recordlabel: Partytime 06
chartposition: RandB #67, US Dance #49
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Alan Mitchell, Jerome Montague and Leon Askew
comments: [dance, garage house]
Citispeak featuring Jeanne Harris I Don't Need Your Handouts 1984 Partytime
359 recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2005
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Michael J. Powell
album: The Songstress
comments: [ballad]
Anita Baker No More Tears 1983 Beverly Glen
360 recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10372
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49
writtenby: B. Owens, D. Rhodes
Lloyd Price Under Your Spell Again 1962 ABCParamount
361 recordlabel: Virgin 17444
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Babyface
album: Takin' My Time
comments: [slow jam]
After 7 Truly Something Special 1993 Virgin
362 recordlabel: Aftermath
chartposition: RandB #49
weeksinr&bchart: 12
album: The Album
comments: [hip hop] (Nas Escobar, Foxy Brown, AZ and Nature)
The Firm Phone Tap 1997 Aftermath
363 recordlabel: Rap A Lot 4 Life
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Pimp C, Jay Z, Bun B, J.L. Jenkins, J. Mark McVey and L. Williams
album: Trill
Bun-B ft. Pimp C, Z-Ro, Young Jeezy & Jay-Z Get Throwed 2006 Rap A LotLife
364 recordlabel: Hot Line Music Journal 15002
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #49
writtenby: P. James
Al Green A Lover's Hideaway 1967 Hot Line Music Journ
365 recordlabel: Checker 1178
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49
writtenby: Willie Dixon
Tommy Tucker I'm Shorty 1967 Checker
366 recordlabel: Konglather 7491
chartposition: RandB #68, US Dance #49
writtenby: Steve Arrington and Sam Carter
album: Steve Arrington's Hall of Fame, Vol. 1
Steve Arrington Way Out 1982 Konglather
367 recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Babyface
album: Grown and Sexy
comments: [slow jam]
Babyface The Loneliness 2004 Arista
368 recordlabel: Silver Fox 1
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Johnny Ace
Laura Greene & Johnny McKinnis Pledging My Love 1969 Silver Fox
369 recordlabel: Noo Trybe 13116
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: DJ Premier (as Christopher Martin), Guru (as Keith Elam), K Ci (as K Ci Hailey) and JoJo (as JoJo Hail
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts] [Virgin album cut]
Gang Starr featuring K-Ci & JoJo Royalty 1998 Noo Trybe
370 recordlabel: J Records 21089
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Erick Sermon, C. Mack and Marvin Gaye
album: Music
comments: [hip hop]
Erick Sermon I'm Hot 2001 J Records
371 recordlabel: RCA 64816
writtenby: Victor Merritt and Ericka Yancey
album: Ericka
Ericka Yancey So Good 1997 RCA
372 recordlabel: Warner 6921
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Michael Stokes and Verdell Lanier
album: Guesss
comments: [love song]
Guesss It's You That I Need 1994 Warner
373 recordlabel: Next Plateau Records 50071
chartposition: RandB #55, US dance #49
album: Hot Cool Vicious
comments: [hip hop]
Salt-N-Pepa Chick On The Side 1988 Next Plateau Records
374 recordlabel: Verve 10426
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Willie Dixon
album: Hoochie Cooche Man
comments: [instrumental]
Jimmy Smith I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man 1966 Verve
375 recordlabel: Curb
chartposition: UK #148
writtenby: Ronald Bell and James J.T. Taylor
album: Salute
mpcode: I04_EKqrZ9k
Kool & the Gang ft. J.T. Taylor In The Hood 1996 Curb
376 recordlabel: Rising Sons 707
chartposition: US #97
writtenby: Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden
Robert Knight Blessed Are the Lonely 1968 Rising Sons
377 recordlabel: Verve Forecast
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Ledisi Young and Rex Rideout
album: Lost and Found
comments: [slow jam]
Ledisi In the Morning 2008 Verve Forecast
378 recordlabel: Warner 8499
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: M. Wilson, F. Wilson and J. Wieder
New Birth The Mighty Army 1978 Warner
379 recordlabel: Pop Art 1408
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Roxanne Shante and Marley Marl
comments: [hip hop]
Roxanne Shante Queen of Rox (Shante Rox On) 1985 Pop Art
380 recordlabel: Relativity 1721
chartposition: RandB #49
weeksinr&bchart: 6
album: Enquiring Minds
Gangsta Boo Where Dem Dollas At 1998 Relativity
381 recordlabel: Spring 3007
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Thom Bell and William Hart
album: Live And Uncensored
Millie Jackson Didn't I Blow Your Mind 1980 Spring
382 recordlabel: Rap a Lot 53807
chartposition: RandB #49
album: Little Big Man
comments: [hip hop]
Bushwick Bill Ever So Clear 1992 Rap a Lot
383 recordlabel: Larc 81026
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Billy Osborne, Harry Elston and J.W. Wade
J.W. Wade (You Know) It's Natural 1983 Larc
384 recordlabel: Checker 1180
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Thomas Kaye, Bob H. Schwartz and Jack Donald
comments: [northern soul]
Bobby Moore Chained to Your Heart 1967 Checker
385 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3746
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: The Best Love
Jerry Butler The Best Love I Ever Had 1980 P.I.R.
386 recordlabel: Argo 5426
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49
writtenby: R. Guidry
Clarence Frogman Henry The Jealous Kind 1962 Argo
387 recordlabel: Brunswick 55304
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49
writtenby: John J. Myers
The Four Pennies You Have No Time To Lose 1966 Brunswick
388 recordlabel: RCA 5230
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Andy Goldmark and Bruce Roberts
album: Hot Together
The Pointer Sisters Mercury Rising 1987 RCA
389 recordlabel: United Artists 8029
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49
writtenby: Fred Hughes
album: The Best Thing That's Happened To Me
comments: [southern soul]
Z.Z. Hill Your Love 1972 United Artists
390 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3597
chartposition: RandB #98
writtenby: Bunny Sigler , Leon Huff, John Whitehead, Gene McFadden and Victor Carstarphen
Bunny Sigler My Music 1976 P.I.R.
391 recordlabel: Mr. Chand 8006
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon) and James Thompson
Krystal Generation Wanted Dead or Alive 1971 Mr. Chand
392 recordlabel: EMI America 8384
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Glenn Everette and Randy Muller
album: Boys' Night Out
First Circle Workin' Up a Sweat 1987 EMI America
393 recordlabel: J Records 54956
chartposition: US #95
writtenby: Phil Collins and Daryl Stuermer
album: Ultimate Deborah Cox
comments: [dance, house]
Deborah Cox Something Happened on the Way to Heaven 2004 J Records
394 recordlabel: Barry 1010
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Clarence Jackson and Robert Banks
Thelma Jones Never Leave Me 1967 Barry
395 recordlabel: Bragg 227
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49
writtenby: Carolyn Varga
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Rodge Martin When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters) 1966 Bragg
396 recordlabel: United Artists 50004
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49
writtenby: C. Spencer
comments: [northern soul]
The Jive Five featuring Eugene Pitt Goin' Wild 1966 United Artists
397 recordlabel: Harvest 5204
chartposition: US dance #3, RandB #49, US rock #6, UK #49, US #5
writtenby: Thomas Dolby & Tim Kerr
album: The Golden Age of Wireless
Thomas Dolby She Blinded Me with Science 1982 Harvest
398 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3726
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Identity Yourself
The O'Jays I Want You Here With Me 1979 P.I.R.
399 recordlabel: HBR 509
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49
writtenby: F. Randall
comments: [northern soul instrumental]
Four Gents Soul Sister 1966 HBR
400 recordlabel: Elektra 5699
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Marvin Gaye and James Nyx
album: Angela Winbush
Angela Winbush Inner City Blues 1994 Elektra

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