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.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1977 . . .

The following songs were released in 1977 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 1977 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
801	recordlabel: Buddah 455 chartposition: RandB #83 writtenby: Jacques Burvick album: Norman Connors Presents Aquarian Dream	Aquarian Dream	Phoenix	1977	Buddah
802	recordlabel: Buddah 453 chartposition: RandB #94 writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney album: Melba [1976 album]	Melba Moore	The Long and Winding Road	1977	Buddah
803	recordlabel: Buddah 451(UK) chartposition: UK #34 writtenby: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil album: Pipe Dreams	Gladys Knight & the Pips	Nobody but You	1977	Buddah (UK)
---	recordlabel: Buddah 451 writtenby: T. Camillo album: Pipe Dreams	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Pipe Dreams	1977	Buddah
1	recordlabel: Buddah 110 chartposition: US dance #32 writtenby: Richard Harris and Van McCoy album: Melba [1976 album]	Melba Moore	Good Love Makes Everything Alright	1977	Buddah
---	recordlabel: Brunswick DISCO 208 writtenby: Touch	Touch	Me and you	1977	Brunswick DISCO
1	recordlabel: Brunswick 55538 chartposition: RandB #99 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Touch	Touch	Energizer	1977	Brunswick
---	recordlabel: Brunswick 43 (UK) writtenby: Gold, Denne album: Nobody But You	Jackie Wilson	It Only Happens When I Look At You	1977	Brunswick(UK)
---	recordlabel: Bold 303 writtenby: R. Hattfield, N. Lotterer, L. Debouse album: A Fine Instrument comments: [album cut]	Leon Debouse	Every Fella's Girl	1977	Bold
1	recordlabel: Boblo 527 chartposition: RandB #98 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Nick Petta, Irene Petta and Richard Ostrow	Avalanche	Feel Like Being Funky?	1977	Boblo
2	recordlabel: Boblo 513 chartposition: RandB #98 weeksinr&bchart: 1 writtenby: Richard Ostrow, Nick Petta, Irene Petta and Chet Bennet	Avalanche	Mister Boogie Man	1977	Boblo
3	recordlabel: Blue Thumb 275 chartposition: RandB #62 writtenby: Sam Cooke album: Having a Party	The Pointer Sisters	Having a Party	1977	Blue Thumb
4	recordlabel: Blue Note 965 chartposition: RandB #95 writtenby: Marvin Gaye, Ivy Jo Hunter and William album: Caricatures comments: [jazz funk]	Donald Byrd	Dancing in the Street	1977	Blue Note
5	recordlabel: Blue Note 924 chartposition: RandB #93 writtenby: Earl Klugh and Dave Grusin album: Living Inside Your Love comments: [instrumental]	Earl Klugh	Living Inside Your Love	1977	Blue Note
---	recordlabel: Blue Note 738 writtenby: S. Scarborough album: Maxi comments: [album cut] mpcode: CLbFuDoCQM4	Maxi	Lover To Lover	1977	Blue Note
1	recordlabel: Blue Note 1009 chartposition: RandB #2, US #45 writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott album: Platinum Jazz comments: [funk]	War	L.A. Sunshine	1977	Blue Note
---	recordlabel: Blue Candle 55058 writtenby: Booker T. Jones, William Bell album: All About Love comments: [album cut]	Paulette Reaves	I Forgot To Be Your Lover	1977	Blue Candle
---	recordlabel: Blue Candle 55058 writtenby: Van McCoy album: All About Love comments: [deep soul] [album cut]	Paulette Reaves	Sweet Bitter Love	1977	Blue Candle
---	recordlabel: Blue Candle 1518 writtenby: H. Straws, N. Dean album: Secret Lover	Paulette Reaves	Let Me Wrap You In My Love	1977	Blue Candle
1	recordlabel: Blue Candle 1518 chartposition: RandB #89 writtenby: David Porter and Isaac Hayes album: Secret Lover	Paulette Reaves	Your Real Good Thing's About to Come to an End	1977	Blue Candle
2	recordlabel: Big Tree 16105 chartposition: US #61 writtenby: Brian Wilson and Tony Asher	Marilyn Scott	God Only Knows	1977	Big Tree
3	recordlabel: Big Tree 16099 chartposition: RandB #58, US #65, US AC #37 writtenby: Barbara Wyrick and Kevin Lamb	Hot	The Right Feeling at the Wrong Time	1977	Big Tree
4	recordlabel: Big Tree 16096 chartposition: UK #1, RandB #82, US #31 writtenby: Russ Ballard album: Every 1's A Winner	Hot Chocolate	So You Win Again	1977	Big Tree
5	recordlabel: Big Tree 16085 chartposition: RandB #29, US #6, US AC #8 writtenby: Herbert Clayton Ivey, Terrence Woodford & Tom Brasfield album: Hot comments: [beat ballad]	Hot	Angel In Your Arms	1977	Big Tree
6	recordlabel: Beam Junction 104 chartposition: US #83, US dance #1 writtenby: Pierre Papadiamandis and Paul Slade album: Portfolio	Grace Jones	I Need a Man	1977	Beam Junction
---	recordlabel: Bareback 531 writtenby: J. Wright, T. Bridwell, R. Weekes	Wil Collins And Willpower	Anything I Can Do	1977	Bareback
1	recordlabel: Bareback 526 chartposition: RandB #77 writtenby: Helen Miller and Rose Marie McCoy	Beverly Crosby	You Can Be My Lover	1977	Bareback
2	recordlabel: Barclay chartposition: US dance #1 writtenby: Alec R. Costandinos album: Love and Kisses	Love & Kisses	Accidental Lover	1977	Barclay
3	recordlabel: Barclay chartposition: US dance #1, Cashbox R&B #94 writtenby: Alec R. Costandinos album: Love and Kisses comments: [disco dance]	Love & Kisses	I Found Love (Now That I Found You)	1977	Barclay
---	recordlabel: Bantu 0001 writtenby: K. Gilmore, C. Gilmore	The Brothers Gilmore	I Feel A Song	1977	Bantu
1	recordlabel: Bang 735 chartposition: RandB #7, US #92 writtenby: Ray Ransom (as Raymond Lincoln Ransom Jr.) album: Brick	Brick	Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody	1977	Bang
2	recordlabel: Bang 734 chartposition: RandB #2, US #18 writtenby: Ray Ransom, Regi Hargis & Jimmy album: Brick comments: [disco funk]	Brick	Dusic	1977	Bang
3	recordlabel: Bang 732 chartposition: R&B #48 writtenby: Jimmy album: Goog High	Brick	That's What It's All About	1977	Bang
---	recordlabel: Balance 2030 writtenby: H. Andrews mpcode: sH1_jCunpbc	H. Andrews & Company	Steppin' Out	1977	Balance
1	recordlabel: Avi 153 chartposition: RandB #13, US #68, US dance #5 writtenby: W. Michael Lewis, Laurin Rinder, Gil Karson & D. Williams comments: [disco dance]	Le Pamplemousse	Le Spank	1977	Avi
2	recordlabel: Avi 131 chartposition: RandB #92, US Dance #35 writtenby: Michael Kunze (as Stephan Prager) and Sylvester Levay	Jerry Rix	Disco Train	1977	Avi
3	recordlabel: Atlantis 716 chartposition: RandB #92 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Alan Gorrie and Hamish Stuart album: Cloudy	Tamiko Jones	Cloudy	1977	Atlantis
4	recordlabel: Atlantic 453385 chartposition: RandB #81 writtenby: Narada Michael Walden album: Garden of Love Light	Narada Michael Walden	Delightful	1977	Atlantic
5	recordlabel: Atlantic 453382 chartposition: RandB #5, US #43 writtenby: Sherman Marshall and Ted Wortham	The Spinners	You're Throwing a Good Love Away	1977	Atlantic
6	recordlabel: Atlantic 3469 chartposition: RandB #12, US #38, UK #9, US dance #1 writtenby: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers album: CHIC comments: [disco dance]	Chic	Everybody Dance	1977	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 3461 writtenby: The Temptations, Benjamin Wright album: Hear to Tempt You	The Temptations	Let's Live In Peace	1977	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 3445 writtenby: Johnny Bristol album: Feeling My Way mpcode: He Came Into My Life	Margie Joseph	He Came Into My Life	1977	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 3443 chartposition: RandB #35 writtenby: Johnny Nash album: True to Life	Ray Charles	I Can See Clearly Now	1977	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 3442 chartposition: RandB #80, US #104, US Dance #6 writtenby: Allan Felder, Norman Harris and Ron Tyson album: The Trammps III	The Trammps	The Night the Lights Went Out	1977	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 3436 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Ron Baker and Ron Tyson album: Hear to Tempt You	The Temptations	In a Lifetime	1977	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 3436 writtenby: Norman Harris, Allan Felder, Ron Tyson album: Hear to Tempt You	The Temptations	I Could Never Stop Loving You	1977	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 3435 chartposition: RandB #6, US #6, UK #6, US dance #1 writtenby: Bernard Edwards, Lehman & Nile Rodgers album: Chic comments: [disco]	Chic	Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)	1977	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 3427 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: Prince Phillip Mitchell (as Phillip Mitchell) album: Benny and Us	Ben E. King & Average White Band	A Star in the Ghetto	1977	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 3425 chartposition: RandB #23, US #89, US AC #43 writtenby: Casey James album: Spinners 8	The Spinners	Heaven on Earth (So Fine)	1977	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 3418 writtenby: Lamont Dozier album: Sweet Passion	Aretha Franklin	Touch Me Up	1977	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 3418 chartposition: RandB #16 writtenby: Aretha Franklin	Aretha Franklin	When I Think About You	1977	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 3413 chartposition: RandB #42 writtenby: Dan Daley album: Closer to You	R.B. Hudmon	This Could Be the Night	1977	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 3408 chartposition: RandB #93 writtenby: Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins (as William Collins) and George Clinton	Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns	Up for the Down Stroke	1977	Atlantic
4	recordlabel: Atlantic 3403 chartposition: RandB #52, US #105 writtenby: Ronald Baker album: Disco Inferno	The Trammps	I Feel Like I've Been Livin' (On the Dark Side of the Moon)	1977	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 3402 writtenby: Alan Gorrie album: Benny And Us comments: [album cut]	Ben E. King & Average White Band	Keepin' It To Myself	1977	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 3402 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Ned Doheny album: Benny and Us	Ben E. King & Average White Band	Get It Up For Love	1977	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 3400 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Sherman Marshall and Ted Wortham	The Spinners	Me and My Music	1977	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 3397 chartposition: US #80 writtenby: Daryl Hall album: No Goodbyes	Hall & Oates	It's Uncanny	1977	Atlantic
4	recordlabel: Atlantic 3396 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #69, US #108 writtenby: Jeffrey Grimes album: E Man Groovin'	Jimmy Castor	I Love a Mellow Groove	1977	Atlantic
5	recordlabel: Atlantic 3393 chartposition: RandB #1, US #85 writtenby: Carole Bayer Sager & Marvin Hamlisch album: Sweet Passion	Aretha Franklin	Break It to Me Gently	1977	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 3393 writtenby: Aretha Franklin album: Sweet Passion	Aretha Franklin	Meadows Of Springtime	1977	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 3391 chartposition: RandB #47 writtenby: Johnny Bristol album: Bristol's Creme	Johnny Bristol	I Sho Like Groovin' with Ya	1977	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 3391 chartposition: RandB #36, US #106 writtenby: Johnny Bristol album: Bristol's Creme	Johnny Bristol	You Turned Me On to Love	1977	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 3389 chartposition: RandB #9, UK #16, US dance #1, US #53 writtenby: Leroy Green & Ron Kersey album: Disco Inferno comments: [disco dance]	The Trammps	Disco Inferno	1977	Atlantic
4	recordlabel: Atlantic 3388 chartposition: RandB #55 writtenby: Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley	Average White Band	Cloudy	1977	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 3382 writtenby: L. Bell, L. Creed album: Happiness Is Being With The Spinners	The Spinners	You're All I Need In Life	1977	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 3375 chartposition: RandB #28, US #101 writtenby: Ellwood Henderson (as Ellwood Henderson Jr.) album: E Man Groovin'	The Jimmy Castor Bunch	Space Age	1977	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 3373 chartposition: RandB #10, US #85 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: Sparkle	Aretha Franklin	Look Into Your Heart	1977	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 3366 chartposition: RandB #61 writtenby: R.B. Hudmon	R.B. Hudmon	Holdin' On -- Whatever Makes You Happy	1977	Atlantic
4	recordlabel: Atlantic 10965 chartposition: UK #2, US Dance #31, US #96 writtenby: Frank Farian, Fred Jay and George Reyam album: Love for Sale comments: [disco]	Boney M.	Ma Baker	1977	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Atlantic album: Soul Deep Vol.2 (Contempo Atlantic) comments: [deep soul]	Sam & Dave	Living It Down	1977	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Atco 7080 chartposition: UK #3 writtenby: Bobby Hebb album: Take the Heat Off Me comments: [disco]	Boney M.	Sunny	1977	Atco
2	recordlabel: Asylum 45392 chartposition: RandB #68 writtenby: Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Donald comments: [instrumental]	Booker T. & the MGs	Sticky Stuff	1977	Asylum
---	recordlabel: Arista 4129 album: Shirley Brown... comments: [Complete Album]	Shirley Brown	Shirley Brown (full album)	1977	Arista
---	recordlabel: Arista 0289 writtenby: B.R. Appleberry, W. Cuomo album: Garnet Mimms Has It All	Garnet Mimms	Johnny Porter	1977	Arista
1	recordlabel: Arista 0285 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #88 writtenby: Gil Scott-Heron album: Bridges comments: [disco jazz funk]	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	Hello Sunday! Hello Road!	1977	Arista
2	recordlabel: Arista 0274 chartposition: RandB #45 writtenby: Carlos Wilson, Louis Wilson, Ric Wilson, Claude "Coffee" Cave and Wilfredo Wilson album: We Are One	Mandrill	Funky Monkey	1977	Arista
3	recordlabel: Arista 0264 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: General Johnson	General Johnson	Let's Fool Around	1977	Arista
4	recordlabel: Arista 0254 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Harvey Mason album: Shirley Brown	Shirley Brown	I Need Somebody to Love Me	1977	Arista
5	recordlabel: Arista 0253 chartposition: US Dance #30 writtenby: Jerry Friedman album: Don't Stop the Music	The Brecker Brothers	Don't Stop the Music	1977	Arista
6	recordlabel: Arista 0251 chartposition: RandB #2, US #24, UK #27, US AC #22 writtenby: Linda Creed & Michael Masser album: Weekend in L.A comments: [ballad]	George Benson	The Greatest Love of All	1977	Arista
7	recordlabel: Arista 0250 chartposition: RandB #69 writtenby: Michael Masser	Michael Masser & Mandrill	Ali Bombaye I and II (Zaire Chant)	1977	Arista
8	recordlabel: Arista 0249 chartposition: RandB #44 writtenby: Aalon and Jerry Goldstein album: Cream City	Aalon	Cream City	1977	Arista
9	recordlabel: Arista 0239 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Jeff Lane and Randy Muller album: Has It All	Garnet Mimms & Truckin' Company	What It Is	1977	Arista
10	recordlabel: Arista 0231 chartposition: RandB #14, US #102 writtenby: Bettye Crutcher album: Shirley Brown	Shirley Brown	Blessed Is the Woman (With a Man Like Mine)	1977	Arista
11	recordlabel: Arista 0225 chartposition: RandB #98 writtenby: Gil Scott Heron	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson	The Bottle (Part I)	1977	Arista
12	recordlabel: Arista 0124 chartposition: RandB #61 writtenby: Martha Reeves album: The Rest of My Life	Martha Reeves	Love Blind	1977	Arista
13	recordlabel: Ariola America 7674 chartposition: RandB #57 writtenby: M. Stokes and E. Johnson album: Doin' It to the Bone	Muscle Shoals Horns	Dance to the Music	1977	Ariola America
14	recordlabel: Ariola America 7660 chartposition: RandB #44, US #83 writtenby: Alan Gordon	Carl Graves	Sad Girl	1977	Ariola America
15	recordlabel: Ariola America 7657 chartposition: RandB #97 weeksinr&bchart: 3 writtenby: L.R. Robinson, M. Korreim comments: [northern soul]	Innervision	Gotta Find A Way To Get Back Home	1977	Ariola America
---	recordlabel: Ariola America 7657 writtenby: K. Bass, J. Nelson and L. Turner Jr. album: We're Innervision	Innervision	I Just Want To Love You	1977	Ariola America
1	recordlabel: Ariola America 7649 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: Glen Dixon	The Caprells	What You Need Baby	1977	Ariola America
---	recordlabel: Ariola 11784 writtenby: Donnel Jones	Allan Jeffers	Stop Still	1977	Ariola
---	recordlabel: Alston 3736 writtenby: Betty Wright album: This Time For Real comments: [disco dance]	Betty Wright	Man of Mine	1977	Alston
1	recordlabel: Alston 3734 chartposition: RandB #73 writtenby: Betty Wright and Willie Clarke	Betty Wright	You Can't See for Lookin'	1977	Alston
2	recordlabel: Alston 3729 chartposition: RandB #46, US Dance #17 writtenby: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch album: Dance Across the Floor	Jimmy Bo Horne	Get Happy	1977	Alston
3	recordlabel: All Platinum 6146318(UK) chartposition: UK #7 writtenby: Al Goodman, Harry Ray and Tom Keith album: Sharp / The Best of All Platinum comments: [pop soul]	The Moments	Jack in the Box	1977	All Platinum (UK)
---	recordlabel: All Platinum 6146 322 (UK) writtenby: Harry Ray, Tommy Keith album: Sharp / The Best of All Platinum	The Moments	It Don't Rain In My Back Yard	1977	All Platinum (UK)
---	recordlabel: All Platinum 3022 writtenby: A. Gorrie, H. Stuart, R. Ball album: First Class comments: [sweet soul album cut] mpcode: SxuOAlamM6c	First Class	Nothing You Can Do	1977	All Platinum
---	recordlabel: All Platinum 2372 writtenby: Kenny Seymour, Dru Butler album: They Call This Group First Class They Are! comments: [Sweet Soul]	First Class	Coming Back To You	1977	All Platinum

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