| 501 |
recordlabel: Warner 49833
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Jesse Belvin and Jo Ann Belvin
album: Just Be My Lady
comments: [ballad]
|
| 502 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3823
chartposition: RandB #69
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Woody Cunningham
album: License To Dream
comments: [ballad]
|
| 503 |
recordlabel: GNP Crescendo 823
chartposition: US Dance #46
writtenby: Jackie English, John Davis, and Vince Fay
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 504 |
recordlabel: TSOP 4798
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Raymond Johnson and Russell Thompkins Jr.
album: Hurry Up This Way Again
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 505 |
recordlabel: Chi Sound 2503
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Carl Davis and Eugene Record
album: Me and You
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 506 |
recordlabel: Warner 49731
chartposition: RandB #70, US dance #59
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
album: Back 2 Back
comments: [dance, rap]
|
| 507 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 216
chartposition: US Dance #47
writtenby: Buddy Hankerson, Mike Young and Billy Young
album: I Like What You're Doing To Me!
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 508 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 295
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Frank Martin, Narada Michael Walden, Randy Jackson, Allee Willis, Andre Knox, Charles Chapman
album: With You
comments: [disco, boogie]
|
| 509 |
recordlabel: Mirage 3834
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Carl Weathers and Dwight Emile
comments: [ballad]
|
| 510 |
recordlabel: Warner 49727
chartposition: RandB #78, US Dance #71
writtenby: Basil Fearrington, James Mtume and Reggie Lucas
album: One Way Love Affair
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 511 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4978
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Gene Dunlap , Lenny Hemphill and Gary Praeg
album: It's Just the Way I Feel
comments: [smooth jazz funk]
|
| 512 |
recordlabel: Gold Coast 1101
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Jesse Boyce
album: Tighten It Up
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 513 |
recordlabel: Warner 49750
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Sylvester Levay and Pete Bellotte
album: Sue Ann
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 514 |
recordlabel: Sutra 004
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: R.J. Rice
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 515 |
recordlabel: WMOT 02407
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Daryl Cameron
comments: [hip hop, p funk]
|
| 516 |
recordlabel: Epic 02842
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Luther Vandross
album: Never Too Much
comments: [disco, boogie]
|
| 517 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5071
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Mauro Malavasi and Paul Slade
album: The Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens Band
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 518 |
recordlabel: Planet 47928
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Allee Willis, Greg Phillinganes, John McClain and Richard Perry
|
| 519 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02110
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Barry Ruff, Gene Evaro and Renee Ruff
album: How 'Bout Us
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 520 |
recordlabel: Motown 1521
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Ozone
album: Send It
comments: [disco funk, boogie]
|
| 521 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7207
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Joey Carbone, Larry John McNally and Richie Zito
album: High Inergy
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 522 |
recordlabel: Marlin 3348
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Timmy Thomas and Inez J. Kitts
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 523 |
recordlabel: Arista 113
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr.
album: A Woman Needs Love
comments: [disco funk, boogie]
|
| 524 |
recordlabel: AandM 2375
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Herb Alpert, Michael Stokes and Michel Colombier
album: Magic Man
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 525 |
recordlabel: Epic 51005
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Linda Phillips and Tommy Gilliard
album: Candles
|
| 526 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 02655
chartposition: US Dance #49
writtenby: Cecil Womack and Kenny Gamble
album: The Spirit's in It
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 527 |
recordlabel: Elektra 47139
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Leon Ware
album: Rockin You Eternally
comments: [ballad]
|
| 528 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54328
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Hotter Than July
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 529 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76111
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Jonah Ellis
album: The Two of Us
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 530 |
recordlabel: Juana 3700
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: David Pomeranz and Buddy Kaye
album: Knight Time
comments: [ballad]
|
| 531 |
recordlabel: Phase II 5653
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: H. Bohannon, B. Holland, F. Gorman, R. Bateman, G. Dobbins
album: Yesterday And Today
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 532 |
recordlabel: Solar 47931
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Cheryl Cooley and Bernadette Cooper
album: Never Underestimate the Power of a Woman
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 533 |
recordlabel: Vanguard 35223
chartposition: RandB #91, US dance #49
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Bobby O, Free Expression, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 534 |
recordlabel: BC 4007
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Deacon Kevin D. Woodley
comments: [rap]
|
| 535 |
recordlabel: Columbia 933
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Teresa Allman
album: Junie 5
comments: [funk rap]
|
| 536 |
recordlabel: Becket 1
chartposition: RandB #49, US dance #53
writtenby: T. Price, D. Morris Jr.
album: I Never Had It So Good
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 537 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4955
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: Leonard Caston and Lila Hurtado
album: Love Lives Forever
comments: [ballad]
|
| 538 |
recordlabel: TSOP 4798
chartposition: US dance #51
writtenby: Cary Gilbert, Cynthia Biggs and Ted Wortham
album: Hurry Up This Way Again
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 539 |
recordlabel: Liberty 648(UK)
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: David Boruff and Ronnie Laws
album: Solid Ground
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 540 |
recordlabel: WMOT 02244
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Tony Deluca Jr.
comments: [love song]
|
| 541 |
recordlabel: Knockout 33101
chartposition: US Dance #51
writtenby: Herschel Dwellingham
album: The Escorts
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 542 |
recordlabel: Polydor 304
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Jerry Cohen, Gene McFadden and John Whitehead
album: I Kinda Like Me
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 543 |
recordlabel: WMOT 02128
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Tom Grant and Gregg Tripp
album: You Hardly Know Me
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 544 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02014
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: J. Mtume, J. Heath
album: Expressions Of Life
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
|
| 545 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4977
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Vinnie Barrett and Bobby Eli
album: Welcome Back
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 546 |
recordlabel: Polydor 2157
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Keni St. Lewis
album: Worth The Wait
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 547 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02548
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Leo Graham and Paul Richmond
album: Black Tie
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 548 |
recordlabel: Chycago International Music 02502
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: The Key to Your Heart
comments: [uptempo sweet soul]
|
| 549 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76096
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Thom Bell and William Hart
album: Bop Time
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 550 |
recordlabel: GRP 2514
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: Don Blackman
album: 'Nard
comments: [funk]
|
| 551 |
recordlabel: Buddah 626
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Wide Receiver
comments: [ballad]
|
| 552 |
recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 1125
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: Barry White and Danny Pearson
album: Barry & Glodean
comments: [ballad]
|
| 553 |
recordlabel: LA 0080
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: Dave Crawford
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 554 |
recordlabel: West End 22137
chartposition: US Dance #52
writtenby: Kenton Nix
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 555 |
recordlabel: Arista 0574
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Dan Kuramoto, Peter Hata and Richard Mathews
album: Odori
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 556 |
recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 02088
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Barry White, Jimmy Levine and Lowrell (as Lowrell Simon)
album: Barry and Glodean
|
| 557 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 3119
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Bob Crewe, Frank C. Slay
album: The Greetings Of Peace
|
| 558 |
recordlabel: Ariola America 814
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Brad Cole and Mark Craney
album: You Are
|
| 559 |
recordlabel: TSOP 02195
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Cynthia Biggs and Dexter Wansel
album: Closer Than Close
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 560 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 02041
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel, Kenneth Gamble
album: Dee Dee
comments: [philly sound]
|
| 561 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02511
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr.
album: In the Night
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 562 |
recordlabel: Elektra 47156
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Denzil Miller, Larry Dunn, Byron Miller and Leon
album: Tender Togetherness
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 563 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 2329
chartposition: RandB #79
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: James Greathouse
album: Mantra
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 564 |
recordlabel: Heat 2002
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Gangsters
album: Heat I
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 565 |
recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: US dance #53
writtenby: Isaac Hayes & David Porter
album: Love All The Hurt Away
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 566 |
recordlabel: TK 1042
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Bobby Byrd and James Brown
album: Soul Syndrome
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 567 |
recordlabel: Devaki 4003
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Al Boyd, Bobby Massey, Dennis Edwards and Eddie Levert
album: Coming Home
comments: [ballad]
|
| 568 |
recordlabel: Salsoul 2146
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Leroy Burgess, James Calloway, Sonny T. Davenport and Doc Powell
album: Logg
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 569 |
recordlabel: Polydor 2164
chartposition: RandB #81, US Dance #93
writtenby: Alton McClain and S. Scarborough
album: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 570 |
recordlabel: DeLite 101510
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Leon Bryant, Liz Temkin and Jhon Christopher
album: Leon Bryant
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 571 |
recordlabel: Venture 145
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: George Jackson
album: Mr. Clarence Carter in Person
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 572 |
recordlabel: Boardwalk 02081
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Curtis Williams, Jesse Belvin and Gaynel Hodge
album: Dimples
comments: [ballad]
|
| 573 |
recordlabel: MJS 101
chartposition: US Dance #54
writtenby: Letta Mbulu and Caiphus Semenya
album: Sound of a Rainbow
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 574 |
recordlabel: Malaco 2072
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Lyn Chambers
album: Tonite
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 575 |
recordlabel: Radio 3820
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: George Kerr
album: Feelings
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 576 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 568
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Candi Staton
album: Nightlites
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 577 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4961
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: C. Lynn, D. Shields, J. Rami
album: Sixty Thrills a Minute
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 578 |
recordlabel: JDC 12 6
chartposition: US Dance #55
writtenby: Jim Callon and Charles Lamont
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 579 |
recordlabel: West End 22139
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Auvil Gilchrist, Daniel Terry
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 580 |
recordlabel: Q 2001
chartposition: US Dance #55
writtenby: Herman Berry and Steve Feldschneider
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 581 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02651
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Bill Withers
|
| 582 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 46009
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: Alvin Fields and Michael Zager
album: All Toys Break
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 583 |
recordlabel: MCA 5270
chartposition: US dance #56
writtenby: Tony Maiden, John Robinson, David Wolinski
album: Camouflage
comments: [disco funk album cuts]
|
| 584 |
recordlabel: AandM 2302
chartposition: RandB #85
writtenby: Bob Wilson and Mark Vieha
album: Seawind
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 585 |
recordlabel: Arista 0583
chartposition: RandB #86
writtenby: Gil Scott Heron
album: Real Eyes
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 586 |
recordlabel: Polydor 516 (CA)
chartposition: US Dance #57
writtenby: Barry, Moll, Korduletsch and Wissnet
album: Made in Hong Kong
comments: [disco]
|
| 587 |
recordlabel: Ariola 2206
chartposition: US Dance #58
writtenby: Royal Bayyan and Amir Bayyan
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 588 |
recordlabel: Venture 142
chartposition: RandB #87
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 589 |
recordlabel: Kari 115
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Ted Jarrett
comments: [ballad]
|
| 590 |
recordlabel: MCA 51077
chartposition: RandB #88
weeksinr&bchart: 3
album: Winter Love Affair
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 591 |
recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 02479
chartposition: US Dance #59
writtenby: Barry White, Elwin Rutledge and Jack Perry
album: The Love Unlimited Orchestra Presents Mr. Webster Lewis
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 592 |
recordlabel: Columbia 11419
chartposition: RandB #89
writtenby: Tom Washington
album: Rodney Franklin
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 593 |
recordlabel: Handshake 02138
chartposition: RandB #89
writtenby: Bruce Dunbar, Ray Patterson and Ricky Bailey
album: Stand Up
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 594 |
recordlabel: Fantasy 914
chartposition: US Dance #59
writtenby: Deborah Gordon, Louisa Farmer and Marcus Gordon
album: Better Days
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 595 |
recordlabel: Heat 2007
chartposition: RandB #90
writtenby: Sam McCants and Chris McCants
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 596 |
recordlabel: Columbia 2122 (lax)
chartposition: RandB #90
writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Ron Hammon, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb
album: Outlaw
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 597 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 46011
chartposition: RandB #90
writtenby: Ricardo Williams and Tiny Kelly (as Agnes Kelly)
album: Turn Up the Music
|
| 598 |
recordlabel: MCA 51101
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Dr. John
album: There Must Be a Better World Somewhere
comments: [blues]
|
| 599 |
recordlabel: Elektra 47199
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Marilyn McLeod and Pam Sawyer
album: No Time for Masquerading
comments: [ballad]
|
| 600 |
recordlabel: Phase II 02062
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Hamilton Bohannon
album: Goin' for Another One
comments: [disco funk]
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