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Soul R&B Music Charts of 1977 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1977 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 1977, 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 1977, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

(Search on '1977' returned 981 results)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
1 recordlabel: Whitfield 8491
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #46, US #72
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
album: In Full Bloom
Rose Royce Ooh Boy 1977 Whitfield
2 recordlabel: Whitfield 8440
chartposition: RandB #4, US #39, UK #30, US dance #20
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Dwight Turner
album: In Full Bloom
comments: [disco funk]
Rose Royce Do Your Dance 1977 Whitfield
3 recordlabel: Whitfield 8362
chartposition: US #109
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
The Undisputed Truth Sunshine 1977 Whitfield
4 recordlabel: Whitfield 8356
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Earnest Reed Jr.
album: Nytro
Nytro What It Is 1977 Whitfield
5 recordlabel: Whitfield 8306
chartposition: RandB #68, US #48, US dance #40
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
album: Method to Madness
The Undisputed Truth Let's Go Down to the Disco 1977 Whitfield
6 recordlabel: Whitfield 8231
chartposition: RandB #37, US #48, US dance #5
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
album: Method to Madness
comments: [disco funk]
The Undisputed Truth You + Me = Love 1977 Whitfield
7 recordlabel: Westbound 55407
chartposition: US Dance #2
writtenby: Mike Theodore
album: Cosmic Wind
Mike Theodore Orchestra The Bull 1977 Westbound
8 recordlabel: Westbound 55406
writtenby: Charles Clark, Constance Durden, Cornelius Brown Jr., Curtis Durden, Dennis Coffey
album: Devil's Gun
C.J. & Co. We Got Our Own Thing 1977 Westbound
--- recordlabel: Westbound 55404
writtenby: B. Baine, L.Crane
album: Feel The Need
The Detroit Emeralds Set It Out 1977 Westbound
1 recordlabel: Westbound 55403
chartposition: RandB #30, US Dance #2
writtenby: Dennis Coffey, James Epps and Lawrence Perry
album: Got to Have Your Love
The Fantastic Four I Got to Have Your Love 1977 Westbound
2 recordlabel: Westbound 55402
chartposition: RandB #94
writtenby: Dennis Coffey
album: Back Home
Dennis Coffey Our Love Goes on Forever 1977 Westbound
3 recordlabel: Westbound 55401
chartposition: UK #12, RandB #73, US #90, US dance #14
writtenby: Abrim Tilmon
album: Feel the Need
comments: (re recording of their 1972 hit)
The Detroit Emeralds Feel the Need 1977 Westbound
4 recordlabel: Westbound 55400
chartposition: RandB #2, US #36, US dance #1
writtenby: Barry Blue (as Barry Ian Green), Gerry Shury & Ron Roker
album: Devils Gun
comments: [disco dance]
C.J. & Co. Devil's Gun 1977 Westbound
--- recordlabel: Warner Spector 410
writtenby: B. Mann, C. Weil
comments: [northern soul]
Darlene Love Lord, If You're A Woman 1977 Warner Spector
1 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8437
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #94
writtenby: D. Walsh, M. Price
comments: [love ballad]
Waters I Just Wanna Be The One (In Your Life) 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8432
writtenby: Lamont Dozier
album: Peddlin' Music On The Side
Lamont Dozier Tear Down the Walls 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8386
writtenby: Eugene Record
album: The Eugene Record
Eugene Record Overdose Of Joy 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8347
writtenby: Paul Kelly
album: Stand On The Positive Side
Paul Kelly Stand On The Positive Side Of Life 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 661
writtenby: M. Dickerson, C. Miller, H. Brown, H. Scott, L. Oskar, L. Jordan, S. Allen
album: In Flight
George Benson The World Is A Ghetto 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 3039
writtenby: Lamont Dozier
album: Peddlin\' Music On The Side
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: FKtLtSPgXc8
Lamont Dozier Family 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 3039
writtenby: Lamont Dozier
album: Peddlin\' Music On The Side
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: wUyGkOeuGgw
Lamont Dozier What Am I Gonna Do 'Bout You (Girl) (The Coke Song) 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 2993
writtenby: Carl Hampton and Homer Banks
album: Passport To Ecstasy
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: g6aFy9-SPoE
Banks & Hampton Believe 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 2993
writtenby: Carl Hampton and Homer Banks
album: Ecstasy, Passion and Pain
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: iAbIb24_gnE
Banks & Hampton Loving You 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 2993
writtenby: Homer Banks and Carl Hampton
album: Passport To Ecstasy
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: m-y1YuRxMd8
Banks & Hampton Shake It 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 2993
writtenby: Carl Hampton and Homer Banks
album: Passport To Ecstasy
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: pXZyZKcTlbI
Banks & Hampton Passion and Promises 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 2993
writtenby: Carl Hampton and Homer Banks
album: Passport To Ecstasy
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: b3mHEylwEfg
Banks & Hampton Get On Up, Shake Some Butt 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 2993
writtenby: Carl Hampton and Homer Banks
album: Passport To Ecstasy
comments: [instrumental album cut]
mpcode: j61CKKRn8hg
Banks & Hampton Passport To Ecstasy 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 2993
writtenby: Carl Hampton, Homer Banks
album: Passport To Ecstasy
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: Br8D6f3jL24
Banks & Hampton Let's Make Up 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 269
writtenby: Lamont Dozier
album: Peddlin' Music On The Side
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: TyymAoH7P44
Lamont Dozier Break The Ice 1977 Warner Bros.
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros.
album: Peddlin' Music On The Side
comments: [album cut]
Lamont Dozier Peddlin' Music On The Side 1977 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: Warner 8477
chartposition: RandB #90
writtenby: Tom Johnston
album: Music Speaks Louder Than Words
Candi Staton Listen to the Music 1977 Warner
2 recordlabel: Warner 8460
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin
The Staple Singers (as The Staples) See a Little Further (Than My Bed) 1977 Warner
3 recordlabel: Warner 8453
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Send It
Ashford & Simpson Send It 1977 Warner
4 recordlabel: Warner 8443
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Paul Desmond
album: Look to the Rainbow
Al Jarreau Take Five 1977 Warner
5 recordlabel: Warner 8434
chartposition: RandB #78, US #78
writtenby: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Cyril Neville and George Porter Jr.
album: New Directions
The Meters Be My Lady 1977 Warner
--- recordlabel: Warner 8432
writtenby: Lamont Dozier
album: Peddlin' Music On The Side
Lamont Dozier Sight For Sore Eyes 1977 Warner
1 recordlabel: Warner 8422
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: John Footman, Judy Weider and Frank Wilson
New Birth Deeper 1977 Warner
2 recordlabel: Warner 8417
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Larry Graham
album: Now Do U Wanta Dance
Graham Central Station Stomped Beat-Up and Whooped 1977 Warner
3 recordlabel: Warner 8403
chartposition: RandB #19, US #104
writtenby: Bootsy Collins and George Clinton
album: Ahh--The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
Bootsy's Rubber Band Can't Stay Away 1977 Warner
4 recordlabel: Warner 8391
chartposition: RandB #39
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: So So Satisfied
Ashford & Simpson Over and Over 1977 Warner
5 recordlabel: Warner 8387
chartposition: UK #6, RandB #16, US #102
writtenby: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Music Speaks Louder Than Words
comments: [disco funk]
Candi Staton Nights on Broadway 1977 Warner
6 recordlabel: Warner 8378
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Larry Graham
album: Now Do U Wanta Dance
Graham Central Station Now Do-U-Wanta Dance 1977 Warner
7 recordlabel: Warner 8367
chartposition: RandB #96
writtenby: George Clinton and Gary Shider
album: Hardcore Jollies
Funkadelic Smokey 1977 Warner
8 recordlabel: Warner 8363
chartposition: US Dance #35
writtenby: Lamont Dozier
album: Peddlin' Music On The Side
mpcode: zdfaksxn2kg
Lamont Dozier Goin' Back to My Roots 1977 Warner
9 recordlabel: Warner 8360
chartposition: RandB #34, US #106
writtenby: Bernard Ighner
album: In Flight
George Benson Everything Must Change 1977 Warner
--- recordlabel: Warner 8344
writtenby: Homer Banks & Carl Hampton
album: Passport To Ecstasy
Banks & Hampton We're Movin' On 1977 Warner
1 recordlabel: Warner 8344
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Homer Banks & Carl Hampton
album: Passport to Ecstasy
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Banks & Hampton I'm Gonna Have to Tell Her 1977 Warner
2 recordlabel: Warner 8337
chartposition: RandB #27
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: So Satisfied
Ashford & Simpson So So Satisfied 1977 Warner
3 recordlabel: Warner 8332
chartposition: RandB #94, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Albert Hammond & Carole Bayer Sager
album: Endless Flight
Leo Sayer When I Need You 1977 Warner
4 recordlabel: Warner 8328
chartposition: RandB #6
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Bootsy Collins (as William Collins) and George Clinton
album: Ahh…The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
Bootsy's Rubber Band The Pinocchio Theory 1977 Warner
5 recordlabel: Warner 8322
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Eugene Record
album: The Eugene Record
Eugene Record Laying Beside You 1977 Warner
6 recordlabel: Warner 8320
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
album: Music Speaks Louder Than Words
Candi Staton A Dreamer of a Dream 1977 Warner
7 recordlabel: Warner 8317
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Pass It On
The Staple Singers Sweeter Than the Sweet 1977 Warner
8 recordlabel: Warner 8309
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: George Clinton and Grace Cook
album: Hardcore Jollies
Funkadelic Comin' Round the Mountain 1977 Warner
9 recordlabel: Warner 8279
chartposition: R&B #11
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Pass It On
The Staple Singers (as The Staples) Love Me, Love Me, Love Me 1977 Warner
--- recordlabel: Warner 8199
writtenby: Homer Banks & Carl Hampton
album: Passport To Ecstasy Plus...
Banks & Hampton Wonderful 1977 Warner
--- recordlabel: Warner 8199
writtenby: Homer Banks & Carl Hampton
album: Passport To Ecstasy Plus...
Banks & Hampton It's Gotta Be This Way 1977 Warner
1 recordlabel: Warner 16980
chartposition: UK #26
writtenby: Eden Ahbez
album: In Flight
comments: [jazz funk]
George Benson Nature Boy 1977 Warner
--- recordlabel: Warner 16970
writtenby: Donny Hathaway
album: In Flight
George Benson Valdez In The Country 1977 Warner
1 recordlabel: Warner 16970
chartposition: RandB #41, US #71
writtenby: Morris Albert
album: In Flight
George Benson Gonna Love You More 1977 Warner
2 recordlabel: Wanderick 70001
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Paul Kyser
album: Jimmy Briscoe and the Beavers
Jimmy Briscoe & the Beavers Invitation to the World 1977 Wanderick
3 recordlabel: WMOT 798
chartposition: RandB #90
writtenby: Keith Barrow
album: The Pac Is Back
Impact Rainy Days, Stormy Nights (Part I) 1977 WMOT
4 recordlabel: WMOT 4001
chartposition: UK #31
writtenby: Doris Hall, Larry James, Ronnie Walker and Vincent Montana Jr.
album: Feel It
Fat Larry's Band Center City 1977 WMOT
5 recordlabel: WMOT 11002
chartposition: US Dance #39
writtenby: David Bowie and Luther Vandross
album: Feel It
Fat Larry's Band Fascination 1977 WMOT
6 recordlabel: Vigor 1737
writtenby: Ray Dahrouge
The Street People Liberated Lady 1977 Vigor
7 recordlabel: Vibration 570
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Robert Tate, Moe Moore, Sylvia Robinson and Tommy Keith
album: Lay It on Me
Sylvia Lay It on Me 1977 Vibration
8 recordlabel: Vanguard 35198
chartposition: US Dance #24
writtenby: Pam Sawyer, Marilyn McLeod
album: The Players Association
The Players Association Love Hangover -- I Like It 1977 Vanguard
9 recordlabel: Utopia 10879
chartposition: RandB #95
writtenby: Chuck Brooks
album: Albert
Albert King Ain't Nothing You Can Do 1977 Utopia
10 recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 7001
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Linda Laurie and Terry Etlinger (as Terri Etlinger)
album: He's All I've Got
Love Unlimited I Did It for Love 1977 Unlimited Gold
11 recordlabel: United Artists 960
chartposition: UK #16
writtenby: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
album: 4 from 8
The Real Thing You'll Never Know What You're Missing 1977 United Artists
12 recordlabel: United Artists 957
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: R. Muller
Brass Construction The Message (Inspiration) 1977 United Artists
13 recordlabel: United Artists 944
chartposition: UK #11
writtenby: Vincent Edwards
Maxine Nightingale Love Hit Me 1977 United Artists
14 recordlabel: United Artists 928
chartposition: US #107, US Dance #4
writtenby: Danny Leake (as Danny Raye Leake) and Ian Levine
album: Midnight Ride
Barbara Pennington Twenty-Four Hours a Day 1977 United Artists
15 recordlabel: United Artists 912
chartposition: RandB #5, US #25
writtenby: Emanuel Johnson & Michael Stokes
album: Enchantment
comments: [love ballad]
Enchantment Gloria 1977 United Artists
16 recordlabel: United Artists 36360 (UK)
chartposition: US dance #37
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Brass Construction III
Brass Construction We 1977 United Artists(UK)
17 recordlabel: United Artists 36270
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Brian Williams, Donald Byrd and Stanley Baird
N.C.C.U. Bull City Party 1977 United Artists
18 recordlabel: United Artists 36257
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Ayn Robbins, Bill Conti and Carol Conners
comments: (From the United Artists Motion Picture 'Rocky')
De Etta Little & Nelson Pigford You Take My Heart Away 1977 United Artists
19 recordlabel: United Artists 36246
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: R. Muller, J. Wong, W. Williamston, W. Parris, L. Payton
Brass Construction What's on Your Mind (Expression) 1977 United Artists
--- recordlabel: United Artists 1096
writtenby: James D. Clemmons
album: Love Is The Key
Dynamic Five Lover's Lullabye 1977 United Artists
--- recordlabel: United Artists 1059
writtenby: D. Robinson, S. Schreer
album: Nothin's Got Me
Dutch Robinson Can't Get Along Without You 1977 United Artists
1 recordlabel: United Artists 1040
chartposition: US Dance #20
writtenby: Danny Leake (as Danny Raye Leake) and Ian Levine
album: Midnight Ride
Barbara Pennington You Are the Music within Me 1977 United Artists
--- recordlabel: United Artists 1036
writtenby: W. Jeffery
album: Friends And Strangers
comments: [jazz funk]
Ronnie Laws Friends And Strangers 1977 United Artists
1 recordlabel: Unidisc 1441
chartposition: US dance #28
writtenby: Benny Gallagher, Graham Lyle, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore
album: Full Bloom
Carol Douglas I Want to Stay With You 1977 Unidisc
--- recordlabel: Tom N' Jerry 6003
writtenby: R. Benatar, A. Ward
album: This Is Magic
Udell Won't You Try 1977 Tom N' Jerry
1 recordlabel: Tigress 359
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Gitle Langner Saks and Ian Zachery
Willie Fisher One Way Street 1977 Tigress
2 recordlabel: Tattoo 10884
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Charles Wilson
The Gap Band Out of the Blue (Can You Feel It) 1977 Tattoo
3 recordlabel: Tattoo 0884
chartposition: RandB #95
writtenby: Andy Fraser, Paul Kossoff, Paul Rogers and Simon Kirke
The Gap Band Little Bit of Love 1977 Tattoo
4 recordlabel: Tappan Zee 3-10668
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #85
writtenby: B. James
album: Heads
comments: [jazz funk]
Bob James Heads 1977 Tappan Zee
5 recordlabel: Tamla 54291
chartposition: RandB #36, US #36, UK #53, US AC #24
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs in the Key of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder As 1977 Tamla
6 recordlabel: Tamla 54288
chartposition: RandB #38, US Dance #16
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Big Time: Original Music Score from the Motion Picture / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson Theme from Big Time 1977 Tamla
7 recordlabel: Tamla 54287
chartposition: RandB #21, US dance #18
writtenby: B. Sutton, K. Wakefield, M. Sutton
album: The Devil in Me
comments: [motown sound disco]
Thelma Houston I'm Here Again 1977 Tamla
--- recordlabel: Tamla 54286
writtenby: S. Wonder
album: Fulfillingness' First Finale
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Creepin' 1977 Tamla
1 recordlabel: Tamla 54286
chartposition: RandB #18, US dance #2, US #32, UK #29, US AC #29
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs In The Key Of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Another Star 1977 Tamla
2 recordlabel: Tamla 54284
chartposition: RandB #18, US #101
writtenby: Larry Brown and Terri McFadden
album: Deep in My Soul
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson Vitamin U 1977 Tamla
3 recordlabel: Tamla 54283
chartposition: RandB #12, US #47, US AC #44
writtenby: Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin
album: Any Way You Like It
comments: [Motown Sound]
Thelma Houston If It's the Last Thing I Do 1977 Tamla
4 recordlabel: Tamla 54282
chartposition: US #108
writtenby: Brian Russell and Brenda Russell
album: Totally Tata
comments: [Motown Sound]
Tata Vega You'll Never Rock Alone 1977 Tamla
5 recordlabel: Tamla 54281
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3, US dance #2
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs In The Key Of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Sir Duke 1977 Tamla
6 recordlabel: Tamla 54280
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US dance #1
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
album: Marvin Gaye Live At The London Paladium / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [disco funk] [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye Got to Give It Up 1977 Tamla
7 recordlabel: Tamla 54279
chartposition: RandB #7, US #42
writtenby: Mike Sutton & Kathy Wakefield
album: Deep in My Soul
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson There Will Come a Day (I'm Gonna Happen to You) 1977 Tamla
8 recordlabel: Tamla 2696
chartposition: US dance #21
writtenby: H. Lewis, K. Lewis
album: Totally Tata
comments: [Motown Sound] [album cut]
Tata Vega Jesus Takes Me Higher 1977 Tamla

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