Soul R&B Music Charts of 1970 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1970 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1970, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Place mouse on

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to play song. . Click on label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1970, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1970 . . .

The following songs were released in 1970 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 1970 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: Motown 1166 chartposition: RandB #1, US #1 writtenby: The Corporation album: ABC comments: [Motown Sound] (B side of The Love You Save charted in US from Aug 1970)	The Jackson 5	I Found That Girl	1970	Motown
302	recordlabel: Motown 1166 chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7 writtenby: Berry Gordy , Freddie Perren , Dake Richards, & Fonce Mizell album: ABC / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 comments: [Motown Sound]	The Jackson 5	The Love You Save	1970	Motown
303	recordlabel: Motown 1165 chartposition: RandB #7, US #20, UK #33, US AC #18 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson album: Diana Ross / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 comments: [Motown Sound]	Diana Ross	Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)	1970	Motown
---	recordlabel: Motown 1164 writtenby: Robinson ,Wakefield, Wilson album: Still Waters Run Deep comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	Love Is The Answer	1970	Motown
1	recordlabel: Motown 1164 chartposition: RandB #6, US #24, UK #5, US AC #39 writtenby: Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes album: Still Waters Run Deep / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	It's All in the Game	1970	Motown
2	recordlabel: Motown 1163 chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8 writtenby: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren , Dake Richards, Fonce Mizell album: ABC / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 comments: [Motown Sound]	The Jackson 5	ABC	1970	Motown
---	recordlabel: Motown 1162 writtenby: J. Bristol, P. Sawyer album: Right On comments: [Motown Sound]	The Supremes	Bill, When Are You Coming Back	1970	Motown
1	recordlabel: Motown 1162 chartposition: RandB #5, US #10, UK #6, US AC #28 writtenby: Frank Wilson & Vincent DiMirco album: Right On / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 comments: [Motown Sound]	The Supremes	Up the Ladder to the Roof	1970	Motown
---	recordlabel: Motown album: The Motown Story (The First Decade)	Various Motown Artists	The Motown Story (The First Decade Part 3)	1970	Motown
---	recordlabel: Motown album: The Motown Story (The First Decade)	Various Motown Artists	The Motown Story (The First Decade Part 4)	1970	Motown
---	recordlabel: Motown album: The Motown Story (The First Decade)	Various Motown Artists	The Motown Story (The First Decade Part 6)	1970	Motown
---	recordlabel: Motown album: The Motown Story (The First Decade)	Various Motown Artists	The Motown Story (The First Decade Part 10)	1970	Motown
---	recordlabel: Motown album: The Motown Story (The First Decade)	Various Motown Artists	The Motown Story (The First Decade Part 8)	1970	Motown
---	recordlabel: Motown album: The Motown Story (The First Decade)	Various Motown Artists	The Motown Story (The First Decade Part 7)	1970	Motown
---	recordlabel: Motown album: The Motown Story (The First Decade)	Various Motown Artists	The Motown Story (The First Decade Part 2)	1970	Motown
---	recordlabel: Motown album: The Motown Story (The First Decade)	Various Motown Artists	The Motown Story (The First Decade Part 1)	1970	Motown
---	recordlabel: Motown album: The Motown Story (The First Decade)	Various Motown Artists	The Motown Story (The First Decade Part 5)	1970	Motown
---	recordlabel: Motown album: The Motown Story (The First Decade)	Various Motown Artists	The Motown Story (The First Decade Part 9)	1970	Motown
1	recordlabel: Moira 108 chartposition: RandB #32, US #88 writtenby: Mose Davis, Leroy Emanuel and Demetrius Cates	The Fabulous Counts	Get Down People	1970	Moira
2	recordlabel: Mister Chand 8001 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #60 writtenby: Wilson, Huddleston, Dicks, Keyes, Clare	Popular Five	Baby I've Got It	1970	Mister Chand
3	recordlabel: Minit 32093 chartposition: RandB #23, US #90 writtenby: Bobby Womack and Darryl Carter album: My Prescription comments: [southern soul]	Bobby Womack	More Than I Can Stand	1970	Minit
---	recordlabel: Minit 32093 writtenby: B. Morrison album: My Prescription	Bobby Womack	Arkansas State Prison	1970	Minit
1	recordlabel: Minit 32087 chartposition: RandB #21, US #57 writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney album: Come Together	Ike & Tina Turner	Come Together	1970	Minit
2	recordlabel: Minit 32080 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: traditional	Little Junior Parker	Worried Life Blues	1970	Minit
3	recordlabel: Minaret 159 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #51 writtenby: Buddy Miles	Big John Hamilton & Doris Allen	Them Changes	1970	Minaret
---	recordlabel: Mercury 73176 writtenby: J. Thompson, E. Dixon album: The Gene Chandler Situation	Gene Chandler	Hey, Little Angel	1970	Mercury
1	recordlabel: Mercury 73159 chartposition: RandB #47, US #86 writtenby: Buddy Miles album: We Got to Live Together	Buddy Miles	We Got to Live Together	1970	Mercury
2	recordlabel: Mercury 73131 chartposition: RandB #36, US #109 writtenby: Jerry Butler, Billy Butler and Larry Wade album: Jerry Butler Sings Assorted Sounds	Jerry Butler	Special Memory	1970	Mercury
3	recordlabel: Mercury 73121 chartposition: RandB #29, US #75 writtenby: Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon) and James Thompson album: The Gene Chandler Situation	Gene Chandler	Simply Call It Love	1970	Mercury
4	recordlabel: Mercury 73119 chartposition: US #86 writtenby: Gregg Allman album: Them Changes comments: [rock soul]	Buddy Miles & Freedom Express	Dreams	1970	Mercury
5	recordlabel: Mercury 73101 chartposition: RandB #42, US #95 writtenby: Bobby Scott and Danny Meehan	Jerry Butler	Where Are You Going	1970	Mercury
6	recordlabel: Mercury 73083 chartposition: RandB #8, US #12 writtenby: Herman Davis & Russ Lewis album: The Gene Chandler Situation	Gene Chandler	Groovy Situation	1970	Mercury
7	recordlabel: Mercury 73072 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #39, US #111 writtenby: Gary Geld and Peter Udell album: I Got Love	Melba Moore	I Got Love	1970	Mercury
8	recordlabel: Mercury 73045 chartposition: RandB #15, US #46 writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Jerry Butler album: You and Me comments: [philly sound]	Jerry Butler	I Could Write a Book	1970	Mercury
9	recordlabel: Mercury 73015 chartposition: RandB #21, US #62 writtenby: Helen Miller and Rose Marie McCoy album: Ice on Ice comments: [ballad]	Jerry Butler	Got to See If I Can't Get Mommy (To Come Back Home)	1970	Mercury
10	recordlabel: Mercury 73008 chartposition: RandB #36, US #81 writtenby: Buddy Miles album: Them Changes	Buddy Miles & Freedom Express	Them Changes	1970	Mercury
11	recordlabel: Mercury 73000 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #50 writtenby: C. Mayfield	Gloria Bouschell	Hold On	1970	Mercury
---	recordlabel: Mercury 6052027 (UK) writtenby: Weiss	Newby & Johnson	Sweet Happiness	1970	Mercury(UK)
---	recordlabel: Mercury 73080 writtenby: L. Weiss	Newby & Johnson	I Want To Give You My Everything	1970	Mercury
---	recordlabel: Megatone 113 writtenby: D. Smith	Robert Tanner	Sweet Memories	1970	Megatone
1	recordlabel: Maxwell 808 chartposition: RandB #36, US #96 writtenby: Van McCoy and Joe Cobb	Faith, Hope & Charity	Baby, Don't Take Your Love	1970	Maxwell
2	recordlabel: Maxwell 805 chartposition: RandB #14, US #51 writtenby: Van McCoy and Joe Cobb album: Faith, Hope and Charity comments: [dance]	Faith, Hope & Charity	So Much Love	1970	Maxwell
3	recordlabel: Maxwell 800 chartposition: RandB #45 writtenby: Bob Crewe, Weiss and Williams comments: [beat ballad]	Ben E. King	I Can't Take It Like a Man	1970	Maxwell
4	recordlabel: MGM 14196 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #49, US #50 writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller album: The Black Man's Burdon	Eric Burdon & War	They Can't Take Away Our Music	1970	MGM
5	recordlabel: MGM 14118 chartposition: US #3 writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar and Howard Scott album: Eric Burdon Declares 'War' comments: [jazz, funk, rock]	Eric Burdon & War	Spill the Wine	1970	MGM
6	recordlabel: Lionel 3205 chartposition: RandB #21, US #94 writtenby: Landy McNeal (as Landy McNeil) comments: [ballad]	The Satisfactions	One Light Two Lights	1970	Lionel
7	recordlabel: Lionel 3201 chartposition: RandB #36, US #96 writtenby: Clyde Otis	The Satisfactions	This Bitter Earth	1970	Lionel
8	recordlabel: Liberty 56207 chartposition: RandB #41, US #105 writtenby: Eki Renrut album: Workin' Together	Ike & Tina Turner	Workin' Together	1970	Liberty
9	recordlabel: Liberty 56206 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #56 writtenby: Fred Neil album: The Womack Live	Bobby Womack	Everybody's Talkin'	1970	Liberty
10	recordlabel: Liberty 56186 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Sam Cooke album: My Prescription comments: [southern soul]	Bobby Womack	I'm Gonna Forget About You	1970	Liberty
---	recordlabel: Liberty 56186 writtenby: W. Robinson, R. White album: My Prescription	Bobby Womack	Don't Look Back	1970	Liberty
1	recordlabel: Liberty 56177 chartposition: RandB #25, US #34 writtenby: Sylvester Stewart album: Come Together	Ike & Tina Turner	I Want to Take You Higher	1970	Liberty
2	recordlabel: Lamp 80 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: Anthony Black	The Vanguards	It's Too Late for Love	1970	Lamp
3	recordlabel: KoKo 2106 chartposition: RandB #22, US #110 writtenby: Luther Ingram, Johnny Baylor, Randall Stewart and Johnny Northern album: I've Been Here All The Time comments: [southern soul ballad]	Luther Ingram	To the Other Man	1970	KoKo
4	recordlabel: KoKo 2105 chartposition: RandB #6, US #45 writtenby: Allen Jones & Homer Banks album: I've Been Here All The Time comments: [southern soul ballad]	Luther Ingram	Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)	1970	KoKo
5	recordlabel: KoKo 2104 chartposition: RandB #19, US #55 writtenby: Luther Ingram and John McFarland album: I've Been Here All The Time comments: [southern soul]	Luther Ingram	My Honey and Me	1970	KoKo
---	recordlabel: King Records 6297 writtenby: J. Brown	The Determinations	Girl, Girl, Girl	1970	King Records
1	recordlabel: King 6339 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #50, US #105, UK #47 writtenby: Nat Jones and A. Williams Jones album: Hey America comments: [funk]	James Brown	Hey America	1970	King
2	recordlabel: King 6329 chartposition: RandB #1, US #13 writtenby: James Brown album: Super Bad comments: [funk]	James Brown	Super Bad	1970	King
3	recordlabel: King 6323 chartposition: RandB #14, US #69 writtenby: Teddy Brown album: I Need Help (Live On Stage) comments: [funk]	Bobby Byrd	I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone) Pt. 1	1970	King
4	recordlabel: King 6318 chartposition: RandB #2, US #15, UK #32 writtenby: James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Ron Lenhoff album: Sex Machine comments: [funk]	James Brown	Get Up (I Feel Like Being Like a) Sex Machine	1970	King
5	recordlabel: King 6310 chartposition: RandB #2, US #32 writtenby: James Brown album: Sex Machine	James Brown	Brother Rapp	1970	King
6	recordlabel: King 6292 chartposition: RandB #3, US #32 writtenby: James Brown album: It's A New Day Let A Man Come In comments: [funk]	James Brown	It's a New Day	1970	King
7	recordlabel: King 6290 chartposition: RandB #20, US #51 writtenby: James Brown album: In The Jungle Groove (1986 compilation) comments: [funk]	James Brown	Funky Drummer (Part 1)	1970	King
---	recordlabel: Kent 4577 writtenby: Sam Cooke album: A Whole Lot Of Soul comments: [deep soul]	Z.Z. Hill	Nothing Can Change This Love (I Have For You)	1970	Kent
---	recordlabel: Kent 4530 writtenby: Otis Taylor	Four Tees	One More Chance	1970	Kent
1	recordlabel: Kent 4526 chartposition: RandB #48 writtenby: Big Maceo (as Maceo Merriweather)	B.B. King	Worried Life	1970	Kent
---	recordlabel: Kapp 2128 writtenby: Albert Jones, Charles Harvey mpcode: lKoAcd4z6wc	Albert Jones	Unity	1970	Kapp
---	recordlabel: Kapp 2128 writtenby: Conway Twitty mpcode: hUYQSpUOl6o	Albert Jones	Hello Darlin'	1970	Kapp
---	recordlabel: Kapp 2112 writtenby: Albert Jones comments: [ballad] mpcode: Alnbq3Blk_4	Albert Jones	You Must Be A Blessing	1970	Kapp
---	recordlabel: Kapp 2112 writtenby: Albert Jones mpcode: S4s8yqfXcAg	Albert Jones	Fifteen Cent Love	1970	Kapp
1	recordlabel: Kapp 2099 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #55 writtenby: Bob Tucker, Bob Dorough album: Viva Tirado comments: [instrumental]	El Chicano	Coming Home Baby	1970	Kapp
---	recordlabel: Kapp 2097 writtenby: William McCloud	Vernon Garrett	Little Black Woman	1970	Kapp
---	recordlabel: Kapp 2088 writtenby: V. Garrett	Vernon Garrett	We People In The Ghetto	1970	Kapp
1	recordlabel: Kapp 2085 chartposition: RandB #20, US #28, US AC #10 writtenby: Gerald Wilson album: Viva Tirado comments: Instrumental	El Chicano	Viva Tirado	1970	Kapp
---	recordlabel: Kansu Records 100 writtenby: Charles Brimmer comments: Deep Soul	Eldridge Holmes	An Open Letter (to My Love)	1970	Kansu Records
---	recordlabel: Jubilee 5696 writtenby: Gerald Floyd, Donald Height comments: [deep soul]	Donald Height	If I Can	1970	Jubilee
1	recordlabel: Jubilee 5690 chartposition: RandB #46 writtenby: Timmy Willis album: Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1 comments: [deep soul]	Timmy Willis	Easy As Saying 1-2-3	1970	Jubilee
2	recordlabel: Jubilee 5684 chartposition: RandB #35, US #115 writtenby: Mary Wells (as Mary Wells Womack) and Cecil Womack	Mary Wells	Dig The Way I Feel	1970	Jubilee
3	recordlabel: Josie 1024 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Leo Nocentelli album: The Original Funkmasters (1992 compilation) comments: [funk]	The Meters	A Message from the Meters	1970	Josie
4	recordlabel: Josie 1021 chartposition: RandB #26, US #89 writtenby: Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr. and Allen Toussaint album: Struttin' comments: [funky soul]	The Meters	Hand Clapping Song	1970	Josie
---	recordlabel: Josie 1019 writtenby: Allen Toussaint	Willie West	Fairchild	1970	Josie
1	recordlabel: Josie 1018 chartposition: RandB #11, US #50 writtenby: Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr. and Allen Toussaint album: Struttin' comments: [funk instrumental]	The Meters	Chicken Strut	1970	Josie
---	recordlabel: Jetstar 121 writtenby: George Jackson	Bobby Patterson	I'm In Love With You	1970	Jetstar
---	recordlabel: Jay Boy 22 writtenby: R. Merrell, P. Vernon, J. Harris comments: [northern soul]	Ray Merrell	Tears Of Joy	1970	Jay Boy
1	recordlabel: Janus 140 chartposition: RandB #31, US #116 writtenby: Sugar Pie De Santo album: Planets of Life / The Whispers' Love Story comments: [sweet soul]	The Whispers	There's a Love for Everyone	1970	Janus
2	recordlabel: Janus 131 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #54 writtenby: B. Bacharach, H. David album: Cissy Houston	Cissy Houston	I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself	1970	Janus
---	recordlabel: Jackson Sound 1005 writtenby: Judith Russell	Tommy Tate	Let Us Be Heard ( A Prayer For Peace )	1970	Jackson Sound
---	recordlabel: Jaber 7115 writtenby: R. Beavers, J. Hill comments: [sweet soul ballad]	The Mighty Elegant	I Find Myself Falling In Love With You	1970	Jaber
1	recordlabel: JAD 223 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Johnny Nash	Johnny Nash	(What a) Groovey Feeling	1970	JAD
2	recordlabel: Island 6087 chartposition: UK #8 writtenby: Cat Stevens comments: [reggae]	Jimmy Cliff	Wild World	1970	Island
---	recordlabel: Invictus 9126 writtenby: G. Johnson, G. Perry, R. Dunbar album: In Session / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits comments: [album cut]	Chairmen Of The Board	I Can't Find Myself	1970	Invictus
---	recordlabel: Invictus 9086 writtenby: G. Johnson, R. Dunbar, E. Wayne album: In Session mpcode: 2id2WYjFjQk	Chairmen Of The Board	When Will She Tell Me She Needs Me	1970	Invictus
1	recordlabel: Invictus 9082 chartposition: RandB #42 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. and Ronald Dunbar comments: US B side to Stealing Moments From Another Woman's Life	The Glass House	If It Ain't Love, It Don't Matter	1970	Invictus
2	recordlabel: Invictus 9082 chartposition: RandB #42, US #121 writtenby: Holland, Dozier	The Glass House	Stealing Moments from Another Woman's Life	1970	Invictus
---	recordlabel: Invictus 9081 writtenby: G. Johnson, R. Dunbar, A. Bond album: The Chairmen Of The Board mpcode: bhSOvXx8-U4	Chairmen Of The Board	Bless You	1970	Invictus
1	recordlabel: Invictus 9081 chartposition: RandB #4, US #13, UK #34 writtenby: Angelo Bond, Ronald Dunbar, Gerard Johnson & Greg Perry album: In Session / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits	Chairmen of the Board	Pay to the Piper	1970	Invictus
2	recordlabel: Invictus 9080 chartposition: RandB #9, US #24, UK #33 writtenby: Norma Toney, Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. album: Band Of Gold	Freda Payne	Deeper and Deeper	1970	Invictus
---	recordlabel: Invictus 9079 writtenby: R. Dunbar, General Johnson album: In Session / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits comments: Original version of the Clarence Carter hit	Chairmen Of The Board	Patches	1970	Invictus
1	recordlabel: Invictus 9079 chartposition: UK #12, RandB #14, US #38 writtenby: Daphne Dumas, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland Jr. , Ronald Dunbar album: In Session / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits	Chairmen of the Board	Everything's Tuesday	1970	Invictus

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