Soul R&B Music Charts of 1971 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1971 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 1971, sorted by the most popular or best selling 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 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 1971, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1971 . . .

The following songs were released in 1971 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 1971 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
201	recordlabel: Stax 0083 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #58, UK #31 writtenby: Bettye Crutcher and Bobby Manuel album: The Staple Swingers / The Best of The Staple Singers	The Staple Singers	Love Is Plentiful	1971	Stax
202	recordlabel: Stax 0083 chartposition: RandB #6, US #27 writtenby: Jeff Barry & Robert Bloom album: The Staple Swingers / The Best of The Staple Singers	The Staple Singers	Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)	1971	Stax
203	recordlabel: Stax 0082 chartposition: RandB #21, US #45 writtenby: B.T. Jones, S. Cropper, D. Dunn, A. Jackson album: Melting Pot comments: [instrumental] mpcode: L_9omLYQPdY	Booker T. & the MGs	Melting Pot	1971	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stang 5033 writtenby: J. Moore, R. Tate, S. Robinson album: A Moment With The Moments mpcode: FCMIEOX-exs	The Moments	Key to My Happiness	1971	Stang
1	recordlabel: Stang 5031 chartposition: RandB #31, US #98 writtenby: George Kerr and Sylvia Robinson	The Moments	Lucky Me	1971	Stang
2	recordlabel: Stang 5030 chartposition: RandB #37, US #100	The Whatnauts	We're Friends by Day (And Lovers by Night)	1971	Stang
3	recordlabel: Stang 5024 chartposition: RandB #34, US #115 writtenby: Nate Edmonds and Sylvia Robinson	The Moments	That's How It Feels	1971	Stang
4	recordlabel: Stang 5023 chartposition: RandB #14, US #71 writtenby: George Kerr and Sylvia Robinson album: Introducing the Whatnauts	The Whatnauts	I'll Erase Away Your Pain	1971	Stang
5	recordlabel: Stang 5020 chartposition: RandB #27, US #108 writtenby: Sylvia Robinson and Joyce Bennett	The Moments	I Can't Help It	1971	Stang
---	recordlabel: Stairway 71 writtenby: Jones, Thomas, Moore, Sanders, Wrightsil	The Masqueraders	Let Me Show The World (I Love You)	1971	Stairway
1	recordlabel: Spring 120 chartposition: RandB #3, US #11 writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff album: Drowning in the Sea of Love / The Power of Joe Simon comments: [philly sound]	Joe Simon	Drowning in the Sea of Love	1971	Spring
2	recordlabel: Spring 119 chartposition: RandB #22, US #102 writtenby: Millie Jackson and Don French album: Millie Jackson	Millie Jackson	A Child of God (It's Hard to Believe)	1971	Spring
3	recordlabel: Spring 118 chartposition: RandB #26, US #93 writtenby: Joe South	Joe Simon	All My Hard Times	1971	Spring
4	recordlabel: Spring 118 chartposition: RandB #19 writtenby: Larry Neal album: The Sounds Of Simon / The Power of Joe Simon	Joe Simon	Georgia Blue	1971	Spring
5	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
6	recordlabel: Spring 115 chartposition: RandB #12, US #71 writtenby: Joe Simon album: The Power of Joe Simon	Joe Simon	You're the One for Me	1971	Spring
---	recordlabel: Spring 114 writtenby: Allen Toussaint album: Yes We Can comments: [bayou funk] mpcode: VzUkzS_mImE	Lee Dorsey	Occapella	1971	Spring
1	recordlabel: Spring 113 chartposition: RandB #13, US #69 writtenby: Kris Kristofferson album: The Sounds Of Simon / The Power of Joe Simon	Joe Simon	Help Me Make It Through the Night	1971	Spring
2	recordlabel: Spring 113 chartposition: US #117 writtenby: Tim Drummond album: The Power of Joe Simon	Joe Simon	To Lay Down Beside You	1971	Spring
---	recordlabel: Spring 111 writtenby: John Lombardo, Raeford Gerald comments: [northern soul]	Flower Shoppe	You've Come Along Way Baby	1971	Spring
1	recordlabel: Spectrum 114 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Jack Ashford and Lorraine Chandler	Billy Sha-Rae	Do It	1971	Spectrum
---	recordlabel: Sounds Of Memphis 705 writtenby: Willie Cobbs	Barbara And The Browns	You Don't Love Me	1971	Sounds Of Memphis
---	recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 1501 writtenby: J. Beavers	Ella Washington	It Must Be Love	1971	Sound Stage Seven
1	recordlabel: Sound Pak 1001 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #45 writtenby: D. Clowney, J. J. Kriegsmann	Dave Baby Cortez & We The People	(Do It) The Funky Dance	1971	Sound Pak
---	recordlabel: Soul 35091 writtenby: J. Dean, J. Hinton, J. Bristol album: Knight Time comments: [Motown Sound]	Gladys Knight & The Pips	It's All Over But The Shoutin'	1971	Soul
1	recordlabel: Soul 35091 chartposition: RandB #3, US #27 writtenby: Clay McMurray album: Standing Ovation comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]	Gladys Knight & the Pips	Make Me the Woman That You Go Home To	1971	Soul
2	recordlabel: Soul 35087 chartposition: RandB #40, US #109 writtenby: Popcorn Wylie (as Richard Wylie) and R. Cohen	Popcorn Wylie	Funky Rubber Band	1971	Soul
---	recordlabel: Soul 35083 writtenby: C. McMurray, M. Coleman album: Silk 'N Soul comments: [The Motown Sound]	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Is There A Place (In This Heart For Me)	1971	Soul
1	recordlabel: Soul 35083 chartposition: RandB #2, US #17 writtenby: J. Bristol, G. Knight, W. Guest, M. Knight, C. Schaffner album: If I Were Your Woman comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]	Gladys Knight & the Pips	I Don't Want to Do Wrong	1971	Soul
2	recordlabel: Soul 35081 chartposition: RandB #50, US #117 writtenby: Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol and Robert Beavers album: A Gassssss comments: [Motown Sound]	Jr. Walker & the All Stars	Carry Your Own Load	1971	Soul
3	recordlabel: Soul 35077 chartposition: US #97 writtenby: Allen Story, George Gordy (as Horgay Gordy), Laurence Brown and Linda Glover album: The Groove Governor / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) comments: [Motown Sound]	Jimmy Ruffin	Maria (You Were the Only One)	1971	Soul
---	recordlabel: Shout 249 writtenby: R. Marks, T. Fletcher comments: [northern soul] mpcode: SvxtrjJh04c	Richard Marks	Don't Take It Out On Me	1971	Shout
---	recordlabel: Shout 249 writtenby: R. Marks comments: [northern soul] mpcode: Wp0jFxsoOQ4	Richard Marks	Love Is Gone	1971	Shout
---	recordlabel: Seventy Seven 101 writtenby: Gamble, Ross	Willie Hobbs	You Don't Know What You Got Until You Lose It	1971	Seventy Seven
1	recordlabel: Scepter 12336 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #57, US #107 writtenby: Ed Townsend	Dionne Warwick	The Love of My Man	1971	Scepter
2	recordlabel: Scepter 12326 chartposition: US #83, US AC #15 writtenby: Artie Butler and Mark Lindsay	Dionne Warwick	Amanda	1971	Scepter
3	recordlabel: Scepter 12309 chartposition: RandB #41, US #57, US AC #6 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David	Dionne Warwick	Who Gets the Guy	1971	Scepter
4	recordlabel: Scepter 12305 chartposition: RandB #48 writtenby: Lynne Farr and Dee Irwin (as Dee Ervin)	Richie's Room 222 Gang	I'd Rather Stay a Child	1971	Scepter
5	recordlabel: Scepter 12304 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #57 writtenby: P. Mitchell comments: [ballad]	Katie Love & the Four Shades Of Black	It Hurts So Good	1971	Scepter
---	recordlabel: Saru 1220 writtenby: Butler album: Super Bad	The O'Jays	Shattered Man	1971	Saru
---	recordlabel: Saadia 6091 writtenby: F. Williams album: Various - The Sound Of Funk Volume 1 comments: [funk] mpcode: nWJdKiLKMqQ	Robert Moore	Everything's Gonna' Be All Right	1971	Saadia
1	recordlabel: SSS Int. 831 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #58 writtenby: Naomi Martin	Johnny Adams	Something Worth Leaving For	1971	SSS Int.
---	recordlabel: SSS Int'l 839	Bettye LaVette	Take Another Little Piece Of My Heart	1971	SSS Int'l
1	recordlabel: Roulette 7102 chartposition: RandB #33, US #98 writtenby: Gary Illingworth and Paul Vance	The Three Degrees	There's So Much Love All Around Me	1971	Roulette
2	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
3	recordlabel: Ronn 57 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #43 writtenby: Ted Taylor album: Taylor Made	Ted Taylor	Only The Lonely Knows	1971	Ronn
4	recordlabel: Ronn 55 chartposition: RandB #9, US #60 writtenby: Miles Grayson and Lermon Horton album: Everybody Knows About My Good Thing	Little Johnny Taylor	Everybody Knows About My Good Thing (Part 1)	1971	Ronn
5	recordlabel: Ronn 52 chartposition: RandB #44 writtenby: Miles Grayson and Bobby Lexing	Ted Taylor	How's Your Love Life Baby	1971	Ronn
---	recordlabel: Roker 502 album: In Between Tears / Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: [deep soul]	Irma Thomas	These Four Walls	1971	Roker
---	recordlabel: Revue 11063 writtenby: E. Campbell, E. Johnson, P. James	Eddie & Ernie	You Give Me Love To Go On	1971	Revue
---	recordlabel: Revue 11063 writtenby: P. James, E. Johnson album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: [deep soul]	Eddie & Ernie	Thanks For Yesterday	1971	Revue
---	recordlabel: Reprise 14096 (UK) writtenby: Ian Samwell album: Say No More	Linda Lewis	We Can Win	1971	Reprise(UK)
1	recordlabel: Rare Earth 5038 chartposition: RandB #40, US #19 writtenby: Dino Fekaris & Nick Zesses album: Rare Earth in Concert	Rare Earth	Hey Big Brother	1971	Rare Earth
2	recordlabel: Rare Earth 5031 chartposition: RandB #30, US #7 writtenby: Dino Fekaris & Nick Zesses album: One World	Rare Earth	I Just Want to Celebrate	1971	Rare Earth
3	recordlabel: Rare Earth 5027 chartposition: RandB #36, US #71 writtenby: Patti Jerome and Mike Valvano album: Stoney and Meatloaf	Stoney & Meatloaf	What You See Is What You Get	1971	Rare Earth
4	recordlabel: Rare Earth 5025 chartposition: US #87, US AC #16 writtenby: Deon Jackson	Kiki Dee	Love Makes the World Go Round	1971	Rare Earth
---	recordlabel: Rapda 1002	Lee Williams & the Cymbals	What Am I Guilty Of?	1971	Rapda
---	recordlabel: RRG Records 44004 writtenby: Jerry Williams Jr., Maurice Gimbel album: I'm A Loser comments: [deep soul] mpcode: RCpfnrFtrDA	Doris Duke	Divorce Decree	1971	RRG Records
---	recordlabel: RCA Victor 740603 album: Black Seeds	The Main Ingredient	I'm Leaving This Time	1971	RCA Victor
---	recordlabel: RCA Victor 740584 writtenby: Bogan Wilson Wilson Fuqua album: Love Is Stronger	Love, Peace & Happiness	Unborn Child	1971	RCA Victor
---	recordlabel: RCA Victor 740584 writtenby: Bogan, Wilson, Wilson, Fuqua album: Love Is Stronger	Love, Peace & Happiness	Strip Me Naked	1971	RCA Victor
---	recordlabel: RCA Victor 562 writtenby: Elston, Evans album: Real Friends / The Best of Friends comments: [pop soul] mpcode: DYVOCS40iKQ	The Friends Of Distinction	Long Time Comin' My Way	1971	RCA Victor
---	recordlabel: RCA Victor 481008 writtenby: Grant, Franklin, Neale, Williams album: It's Time For The Swiss	Swiss Movement	This Moment (I Just Want It To Last Forever)	1971	RCA Victor
---	recordlabel: RCA Victor 470740 writtenby: Bogan, Wilson, Wilson, Fuqua album: Love Is Stronger	Love, Peace & Happiness	Lonely Room	1971	RCA Victor
1	recordlabel: RCA Victor 416 chartposition: RandB #28 US #79 writtenby: Jerry Peters album: Friends and People / The Best of Friends	The Friends of Distinction	I Need You	1971	RCA Victor
2	recordlabel: RCA Victor 0520 chartposition: RandB #12, US #52 writtenby: Sid Wayne and Canche Manzanero album: Ain't No Big Thing, But It's Growing	New Birth	It's Impossible	1971	RCA Victor
3	recordlabel: RCA Victor 0461 chartposition: RandB #17, US #39 writtenby: Harvey Fuqua and Charlie Hearndon album: Morning, Noon and the Nine Liters	The Nite-Liters	K-Jee	1971	RCA Victor
---	recordlabel: RCA 74-0493 writtenby: Sams comments: [northern soul] mpcode: JJK7njSxqmI	Judy Freeman & Blackrock	Hold On	1971	RCA
---	recordlabel: RCA 74-0493 writtenby: J. South mpcode: GpjRD2zezsU	Judy Freeman & Blackrock	Walk A Mile In My Shoes	1971	RCA
1	recordlabel: RCA 74 456 chartposition: RandB #7, US #52 writtenby: Tony Sylvester, Luther Simmons and Donald McPherson album: Tasteful Soul	The Main Ingredient	Spinning Around (I Must Be Fallin' in Love)	1971	RCA
2	recordlabel: RCA 74 0517 chartposition: RandB #15, US #97 writtenby: Don McPherson album: Black Seeds	The Main Ingredient	Black Seeds Keep On Growing	1971	RCA
---	recordlabel: RCA 74 0456 writtenby: Sylvester, Simmons, McPherson album: Tasteful Soul	The Main Ingredient	Magic Shoes	1971	RCA
---	recordlabel: RCA 0516 writtenby: Jerry Butler, Jerry Peters album: Friends and People comments: [pop soul] mpcode: AH20-qFrCpY	The Friends Of Distinction	Down I Go	1971	RCA
1	recordlabel: RAK 118 (UK) chartposition: UK #8 writtenby: Errol Brown and Tony Wilson	Hot Chocolate	I Believe (In Love)	1971	RAK(UK)
2	recordlabel: Pye International 25572 chartposition: UK #14 writtenby: Labi Siffre album: Crying Laughing Loving Lying	Labi Siffre	It Must Be Love	1971	Pye International
3	recordlabel: Pye International 25560 chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Labi Siffre album: The Singer and the Song	Labi Siffre	Get to the Country	1971	Pye International
4	recordlabel: Probe 532 (UK) chartposition: UK #1 writtenby: Ray Whitley album: The Best Of The Tams comments: (re release) [southern soul]	The Tams	Hey Girl Don't Bother Me	1971	Probe(UK)
5	recordlabel: Polydor 214057 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #52 album: The World Needs What I Need	Irene Reid	Didn't We	1971	Polydor
6	recordlabel: Polydor 14100 chartposition: RandB #7, US #35 writtenby: James Brown & Charles Bobbit album: There It Is comments: [funk]	James Brown	I'm a Greedy Man	1971	Polydor
7	recordlabel: Polydor 14098 chartposition: US #68 writtenby: James Brown and Charles Bobbit	James Brown	My Part--Make It Funky, Part 3	1971	Polydor
8	recordlabel: Polydor 14088 chartposition: RandB #1, US #22 writtenby: James Brown & Charles Bobbit album: Revolution of the Mind Live at the Apollo, Volume III comments: [funk]	James Brown	Make It Funky	1971	Polydor
9	recordlabel: Polydor 14070 chartposition: US #94 writtenby: Mandrill album: Mandrill	Mandrill	Mandrill	1971	Polydor
10	recordlabel: Philly Groove 169 chartposition: RandB #13, US #81 writtenby: Norman Harris and Allan Felder album: Tell Me This Is a Dream / Delfonics Super Hits	The Delfonics	Walk Right Up to the Sun	1971	Philly Groove
---	recordlabel: Philly Groove 169 writtenby: Wilbert Hart album: Tell Me This Is a Dream	The Delfonics	Round And Round	1971	Philly Groove
1	recordlabel: Philly Groove 166 chartposition: RandB #17, US #52 writtenby: Wilber Hart and Karl Chambers album: Tell Me This Is a Dream comments: [sweet soul] charted as Hey! Love / Over and Over in US Hot 100 chart	The Delfonics	Hey! Love	1971	Philly Groove
2	recordlabel: Philly Groove 166 chartposition: RandB #9, US #52 writtenby: Thom Bell and William Hart album: The Delfonics / Delfonics Super Hits comments: [sweet soul] charted as Hey! Love / Over and Over in US Hot 100 chart	The Delfonics	Over and Over	1971	Philly Groove
3	recordlabel: Philly Groove 165 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #50 writtenby: Stanley Fauntleroy, William Hart comments: [philly sound ballad]	Ben Aiken	One And One Is Five	1971	Philly Groove
---	recordlabel: Philips 40709	Bobby Hutton	You're My Whole Reason	1971	Philips
---	recordlabel: Philips 40692 writtenby: B. P. Upton	Bobby Hutton	More Today Than Yesterday	1971	Philips
1	recordlabel: Phil L.A. Of Soul 352 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48 writtenby: Frank Brunson	The People's Choice	The Wootie-T-Woo -- Cause That's The Way I Know	1971	Phil L.A. Of Soul
2	recordlabel: Phil L.A. Of Soul 349 chartposition: RandB #9, US #38 writtenby: Frankie Brunson comments: [instrumental]	The People's Choice	I Likes To Do It	1971	Phil L.A. Of Soul
---	recordlabel: Phil L.A. Of Soul 345 writtenby: Frank Williams	Joey Gilmore	Somebody Done Took My Baby And Gone	1971	Phil L.A. Of Soul
1	recordlabel: People 2501 chartposition: RandB #1, US #15, UK #51 writtenby: James Brown & Fred Wesley album: Hot Pants comments: [funk]	James Brown	Hot Pants (Pt. 1) (She Got to Use What She Got to Get What She Wants)	1971	People
2	recordlabel: People 2500 chartposition: RandB #6, US #35 writtenby: James Brown album: Hot Pants comments: [funk]	James Brown	Escape-ism (Part 1)	1971	People
---	recordlabel: Paula 352 writtenby: J. Beach, J. Strickland, R. Bell album: It's Just A Matter Of Time	Bobby Patterson	Right on Jody	1971	Paula
---	recordlabel: Paula 345	The Montclairs	All I Really Care About (Is You)	1971	Paula
1	recordlabel: Parrot 40058 chartposition: RandB #42, US #2, UK #13, US AC #4 writtenby: Paul Anka album: She's A Lady	Tom Jones	She's a Lady	1971	Parrot
2	recordlabel: Parlophone 5931 chartposition: US #76 writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	The Coasters	Love Potion No. 9	1971	Parlophone
---	recordlabel: Paramount 0065 writtenby: V. Montana, R. Walker comments: [ballad] mpcode: SBSFkSt6Dv0	Fletcher Walker III	Guess I'll Never Understand (The Workings Of Your Mind)	1971	Paramount
1	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3510 chartposition: RandB #46 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff	The Ebonys	Determination	1971	P.I.R.

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