Soul R&B Music Charts of 1972 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1972 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 1972, 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 1972, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1972 . . .

The following songs were released in 1972 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 1972 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 0142 chartposition: RandB #13, US #101 writtenby: Arthur Snyder, Bettye Crutcher and Don Davis	Johnnie Taylor	Stop Doggin' Me	1972	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stax 0141 writtenby: D. Davis, H. Bomer	Little Milton	I'm Gonna Cry A River	1972	Stax
1	recordlabel: Stax 0140 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: Ronald Hayes and Toby King	Rufus Thomas	Itch and Scratch (Part 1)	1972	Stax
2	recordlabel: Stax 0139 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Frederick Knight and Arron Varnell	Frederick Knight	Trouble	1972	Stax
3	recordlabel: Stax 0137 chartposition: RandB #6, US #38 writtenby: Gary William Friedman & Herb Shapiro album: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself / The Best of The Staple Singers	The Staple Singers	This World	1972	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stax 0137 writtenby: Banks, Jackson album: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself comments: [album cut] mpcode: 41QDjRU_Yhk	The Staple Singers	Are You Sure	1972	Stax
1	recordlabel: Stax 0135 chartposition: RandB #31 writtenby: Jerry Beach album: I'll Play the Blues for You	Albert King	I'll Play the Blues for You (Part I)	1972	Stax
2	recordlabel: Stax 0132 chartposition: RandB #14, US #102 writtenby: James Banks, Eddie Marion and Henderson Thigpen album: Genesis	The Soul Children	Don't Take My Kindness for Weakness	1972	Stax
3	recordlabel: Stax 0129 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #44, US #114 writtenby: Randy Stewart album: Did You Heard Me?	Rufus Thomas	Love Trap	1972	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stax 0128 writtenby: George Soule, Terry Woodford album: Phases of Reality	William Bell	If You Really Love Him	1972	Stax
1	recordlabel: Stax 0127 chartposition: RandB #4, US #19 writtenby: Phillip Mitchell album: Starting All Over Again / Stax Greatest Hits comments: [southern soul ballad]	Mel & Tim	Starting All Over Again	1972	Stax
2	recordlabel: Stax 0125 chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #30 writtenby: Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell) album: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself / Stax Greatest Hits / The Best of The Staple Singers comments: [southern soul]	The Staple Singers	I'll Take You There	1972	Stax
3	recordlabel: Stax 0122 chartposition: RandB #16, US #109 writtenby: Arthur Snyder	Johnnie Taylor	Doing My Own Thing (Part I)	1972	Stax
4	recordlabel: Stax 0121 chartposition: RandB #42 writtenby: Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson	Albert King	Angel of Mercy	1972	Stax
5	recordlabel: Stax 0119 chartposition: RandB #5, US #44 writtenby: John Colbert & Norman West album: Genesis / Stax Greatest Hits comments: [southern soul]	The Soul Children	Hearsay	1972	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stax 0118 writtenby: Charles May	Annette Thomas	Nothing Is Everlasting	1972	Stax
1	recordlabel: Stax 0117 chartposition: RandB #8, US #27, UK #22 writtenby: Posie Knight & Jerry Weaver album: I've Been Lonely for So Long / Stax Greatest Hits comments: [southern soul]	Frederick Knight	I've Been Lonely for So Long	1972	Stax
2	recordlabel: Stax 0116 chartposition: RandB #44 writtenby: Bernard Denimal	Jean Knight	Carry On	1972	Stax
3	recordlabel: Stax 0114 chartposition: RandB #12, US #74 writtenby: Bobby Newsome and Kent Barker	Johnnie Taylor	Standing in for Jody	1972	Stax
4	recordlabel: Stax 0113 chartposition: RandB #49 writtenby: Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson	Carla Thomas	You've Got a Cushion to Fall On	1972	Stax
5	recordlabel: Stax 0111 chartposition: RandB #9, US #59 writtenby: Milton Campbell album: Stax Greatest Hits comments: [blues soul]	Little Milton	That's What Love Will Make You Do	1972	Stax
6	recordlabel: Stax 0109 chartposition: RandB #49, US #122 writtenby: Eddie Floyd, M. Rice and Steve Cropper	Eddie Floyd	Yum Yum Yum (I Want Some)	1972	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stang 5048 writtenby: A. Goodman, B. Brown, Sylvia Robinson album: My Thing comments: [sweet soul ballad]	The Moments	Girl I'm Gonna Miss You	1972	Stang
1	recordlabel: Stang 5045 chartposition: RandB #19 writtenby: Sylvia Robinson album: My Thing	The Moments	My Thing	1972	Stang
---	recordlabel: Stang 5044 writtenby: George Kerr album: On The Rocks	The Whatnauts	You Forget Too Easy	1972	Stang
1	recordlabel: Stang 5043 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb	Spoonbread	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	1972	Stang
2	recordlabel: Stang 5041 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: Ray Dahrouge comments: [sweet soul ballad]	The Moments	Just Because He Wants to Make Love (Doesn't Mean He Loves You)	1972	Stang
---	recordlabel: Stang 5039 writtenby: G. Kerr, V. Kerr, L. Roberts	Linda Jones & Whatnauts	I'm So Glad I Found You	1972	Stang
---	recordlabel: Stang 5037 writtenby: George Kerr album: Reaching For The Stars	The Whatnauts	Try Me	1972	Stang
---	recordlabel: Stang 5037 writtenby: G. Kerr, M. Burton album: Whatnauts On The Rocks	The Whatnauts	Blues Fly Away	1972	Stang
1	recordlabel: Stang 5036 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: M. Burton and Sylvia Robinson	The Moments	Thanks a Lot	1972	Stang
---	recordlabel: Stang 5034 writtenby: G. Harris, S. Robinson, T. Henry album: Reaching For The Stars	The Whatnauts	We'll Always Be Together	1972	Stang
1	recordlabel: Stang 5033 chartposition: RandB #36, US #107 writtenby: A. Goodman, T. Johnson and S. Sieger	The Moments	To You with Love	1972	Stang
---	recordlabel: Stairway 72 writtenby: Jones, Moore, Sanders, Thomas, Wrightsil	The Masqueraders	The Truth Is Free	1972	Stairway
1	recordlabel: Spring 131 chartposition: RandB #22, US #95 writtenby: Raeford Gerald album: Millie Jackson	Millie Jackson	I Miss You Baby	1972	Spring
2	recordlabel: Spring 130 chartposition: RandB #15, US #50 writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Phil Hurtt album: Drowning in the Sea of Love	Joe Simon	I Found My Dad	1972	Spring
3	recordlabel: Spring 130 chartposition: RandB #5 writtenby: Joe Simon and Raeford Gerald album: The Power of Joe Simon	Joe Simon	Trouble in My Home	1972	Spring
4	recordlabel: Spring 128 chartposition: RandB #1, US #11 writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Joe Simon album: The Power Of Joe Simon comments: [southern soul]	Joe Simon	Power of Love	1972	Spring
5	recordlabel: Spring 127 chartposition: RandB #7, US #42 writtenby: Raeford Gerald album: Millie Jackson comments: [northern soul]	Millie Jackson	My Man Is a Sweet Man	1972	Spring
6	recordlabel: Spring 125 chartposition: RandB #47 writtenby: Bobby Newsome	Bobby Newsome	Jody, Come Back and Get Your Shoes	1972	Spring
7	recordlabel: Spring 124 chartposition: RandB #13, US #42 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: Drowning in the Sea of Love	Joe Simon	Pool of Bad Luck	1972	Spring
8	recordlabel: Spring 123 chartposition: RandB #4, US #27 writtenby: Millie Jackson & Billy Nichols album: Millie Jackson	Millie Jackson	Ask Me What You Want	1972	Spring
---	recordlabel: Sounds Of Memphis 717 album: Hooked On A Feeling	The Ovations	So Nice To Be Loved By You	1972	Sounds Of Memphis
---	recordlabel: Sounds Of Memphis 713 writtenby: Dan Greer	Barbara Brown	Watch Dog	1972	Sounds Of Memphis
---	recordlabel: Sounds Of Memphis 712 album: Hooked On A Feeling	The Ovations	Hooked On A Feeling	1972	Sounds Of Memphis
---	recordlabel: Sounds Of Memphis 709 writtenby: Dan Greer	Barbara Brown	Pity A Fool	1972	Sounds Of Memphis
---	recordlabel: Sounds Of Memphis 709 writtenby: Dan Greer, Stanley Carter	Barbara Brown	If It's Good To You (It's Good For You)	1972	Sounds Of Memphis
---	recordlabel: Sounds Of Memphis 706	The Minits	Still A Part Of Me	1972	Sounds Of Memphis
---	recordlabel: Sounds Of Memphis 703 album: The Sounds Of Memphis Recordings	The Minits	Love Letters	1972	Sounds Of Memphis
1	recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 1508 chartposition: RandB #47, US #91 writtenby: Bob Montgomery	Joe Simon	Misty Blue	1972	Sound Stage Seven
---	recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 1507 writtenby: H.G. Jackson, G.C. Carter, J. Keyes, R. Hall	Ella Washington	Too Weak To Fight	1972	Sound Stage Seven
---	recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 1507 writtenby: E. Washington, M. Williams	Ella Washington	If Time Could Stand Still	1972	Sound Stage Seven
---	recordlabel: Soul Power 112 writtenby: Jerry Strickland, Bobby Patterson album: Do You Still Feel The Same Way	Tommie Young	Everybody's Got A Little Devil In Their Soul	1972	Soul Power
---	recordlabel: Soul Power 110 writtenby: Steve Davis	Tommie Young	Take Time To Know Him	1972	Soul Power
---	recordlabel: Soul Power 110 writtenby: Bobby Patterson, Jerry Strickland album: Do You Still Feel The Same Way	Tommie Young	Hit And Run Lover	1972	Soul Power
---	recordlabel: Soul Power 109 writtenby: Louis Viller	African Music Machine	Black Water Gold (Pearl)	1972	Soul Power
---	recordlabel: Soul Power 108 writtenby: R. Williams, T. Boone	George Perkins	When You Try To Use A Good Man	1972	Soul Power
---	recordlabel: Soul Power 108 writtenby: Strickland, Giles, Barnes	George Perkins	A Man In Love	1972	Soul Power
---	recordlabel: Soul 35099 writtenby: G. Knight, G. Allen comments: [Motown Sound] mpcode: EPsjHg6K1qo	Billy Proctor	I Can Take It All	1972	Soul
---	recordlabel: Soul 35098 writtenby: J. Bristol, D. Jones Jr., W. Brown Jr. album: Neither One Of Us comments: [The Motown Sound]	Gladys Knight & the Pips	Can't Give It Up No More	1972	Soul
1	recordlabel: Soul 35097 chartposition: RandB #46 writtenby: Johnny Bristol album: Moody Jr. comments: [Motown Sound]	Jr. Walker & the All Stars	Groove Thang	1972	Soul
---	recordlabel: Soul 35094 writtenby: C. McMurray, P. Sawyer album: Standing Ovation comments: [The Motown Sound]	Gladys Knight & the Pips	If You Gonna Leave (Just Leave)	1972	Soul
1	recordlabel: Soul 35093 chartposition: US #113 writtenby: Johnny Bristol, Stephen Bowden and Joyce Chambers album: Definitions comments: [Motown Sound]	The Originals	I'm Someone Who Cares	1972	Soul
---	recordlabel: Soul 35092 writtenby: Fuqua, Bristol, Johnson album: Forever comments: [Motown Sound]	Jimmy Ruffin	You Gave Me Love	1972	Soul
---	recordlabel: Soul 35092 writtenby: L. Brown album: The Groove Governor comments: [Motown Sound]	Jimmy Ruffin	Our Favorite Melody	1972	Soul
---	recordlabel: Sonic Wax album: Think Of The Children comments: [album cut released as single on Sonic Wax label 2011]	Satisfaction Unlimited	Let's Change The Subject	1972	Sonic Wax
---	recordlabel: Solid Foundation 101 writtenby: W. Williams, B. Dukes, E. Levert	The Imperial Wonders	You Live Only Once	1972	Solid Foundation
---	recordlabel: Sky Disc 644 writtenby: Charles Simmons Jr. album: Family Circle	The Family Circle	I Hope You Really Love Me	1972	Sky Disc
---	recordlabel: Sky Disc 644 writtenby: S. Owens, C. Simmons, Jr., Randy Irwin album: Family Circle comments: [ballad] mpcode: E4kbjk3YW20	The Family Circle	Loving You Makes The World Go Round	1972	Sky Disc
---	recordlabel: Sky Disc 642 writtenby: C. Simmons, D. Bradshaw album: Family Circle	The Family Circle	Change	1972	Sky Disc
---	recordlabel: Shout 253 writtenby: M. Dillard, R. Bryson comments: [ballad]	Moses Dillard & The Tex Town Display	I Promise To Love You	1972	Shout
---	recordlabel: Shout 248 writtenby: Moses Dillard comments: [southern soul]	Moses Dillard & Martha Starr	Cheating, Teasing and Misleading	1972	Shout
---	recordlabel: Seventy Seven 114 writtenby: M. Burton, A. Burton album: Loving You, Loving Me	Ann Sexton	I Still Love You	1972	Seventy Seven
---	recordlabel: Seventy Seven 106 writtenby: James L. Griffin, C. William Smith comments: [deep soul]	Charles Smith & Jeff Cooper	My Great Loss (Ashes To Ashes)	1972	Seventy Seven
---	recordlabel: Seventy Seven 104 album: Loving You, Loving Me comments: [southern soul ballad]	Ann Sexton & the Soul Masters	You're Letting Me Down	1972	Seventy Seven
---	recordlabel: Seventy Seven 104 album: Loving You, Loving Me comments: [northern soul]	Ann Sexton & the Soul Masters	You've Been Gone Too Long	1972	Seventy Seven
---	recordlabel: Scepter 12366 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield mpcode: v0NFljQUZ8M	Patti Jo	Stay Away From Me	1972	Scepter
---	recordlabel: Scepter 12366 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield mpcode: G_hYEXMbLJs	Patti Jo	Ain't No Love Lost	1972	Scepter
1	recordlabel: Scepter 12352 chartposition: US #113 writtenby: Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham	Dionne Warwick	I'm Your Puppet	1972	Scepter
---	recordlabel: Scepter 12347 writtenby: A. Felder, N. Harris, R. Baker album: Armed And Extremely Dangerous	First Choice	This Is the House (Where Love Died)	1972	Scepter
1	recordlabel: SCM Records 1000 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #64 writtenby: S. Matthews	The Village Choir	Talk To Me Sometimes	1972	SCM Records
2	recordlabel: Roulette 7129 chartposition: RandB #47 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.	Geraldine Hunt	Baby, I Need Your Loving	1972	Roulette
3	recordlabel: Roulette 7125 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #52 writtenby: Leon Huff comments: [ballad]	The Three Degrees	I Wanna Be Your Baby	1972	Roulette
4	recordlabel: Roulette 7123 chartposition: RandB #43 writtenby: Charlie Hodges and Mickey Gentile	Tony & Carol	You and I	1972	Roulette
5	recordlabel: Roulette 7117 chartposition: RandB #46 writtenby: Ralph MacDonald and William Salter album: So Much Love	The Three Degrees	Trade Winds	1972	Roulette
6	recordlabel: Ronn 66 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45 writtenby: J. Strickland, B. Patterson album: Open House At My House	Little Johnny Taylor	As Long As I Don't See You	1972	Ronn
7	recordlabel: Ronn 64 chartposition: RandB #16 writtenby: Jerry Strickland and Bobby Patterson album: Open House At My House	Little Johnny Taylor	Open House at My House (Part 1)	1972	Ronn
8	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
9	recordlabel: Ronn 59 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Miles Grayson and Lermon Horton	Little Johnny Taylor	It's My Fault Darling	1972	Ronn
---	recordlabel: Rocky Road 30067 writtenby: John Fogerty	Al Wilson	Born On The Bayou	1972	Rocky Road
1	recordlabel: Roadshow 7001 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #55 writtenby: Don Downing	Don Downing	Love Walked Out	1972	Roadshow
---	recordlabel: Roadshow 7001	Don Downing	Thread And Needle	1972	Roadshow
1	recordlabel: Rhino 101 (UK) chartposition: UK #9 writtenby: B. Ruffin album: Bruce Ruffin comments: [reggae]	Bruce Ruffin	Mad About You	1972	Rhino(UK)
---	recordlabel: Reprise 14209 (UK) writtenby: Linda Lewis album: Lark	Linda Lewis	Old Smokey	1972	Reprise(UK)
---	recordlabel: Reprise 1109 writtenby: Allen Toussaint album: Life, Love And Faith	Allen Toussaint	Soul Sister	1972	Reprise
1	recordlabel: Reprise 1106 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #52 writtenby: Arthur Neville album: Cabbage Alley	The Meters	Cabbage Alley	1972	Reprise
2	recordlabel: Reprise 1072 chartposition: RandB #46, US #57 writtenby: Quincy Jones comments: [instrumental] [from the movie $]	Quincy Jones	Money Runner	1972	Reprise
---	recordlabel: Renee 3004 album: Follow The Wind	Midnight Movers Unlimited	Follow The Wind	1972	Renee
---	recordlabel: Red Lite 119 writtenby: Sam Dees	Jean Battle	Love Making	1972	Red Lite
---	recordlabel: Rapda 0002 writtenby: G. Richmond, S. Price, F. Daugherty, W. Ran	Lee Williams & the Cymbals	I'm Just A Teenager (But Now I'm Ready)	1972	Rapda

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