| 1 |
recordlabel: Zephyr 001
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: B. Atkins, D. Richardson, Mighty Fire
comments: [funk]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Wmot 5350
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: No Time Like Now
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Windsong 11890
chartposition: US Dance #34
writtenby: B.J. Watkins and Eddie N. Watkins Jr.
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Whitfield 49218
chartposition: RandB #81
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Eddie Kendricks, Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland) and Norman Whitfield
album: The Girl's Alright With Me
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recordlabel: Whitfield 3512
writtenby: Norman Whitfield, Marvin Smith
album: Golden Touch
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Whitfield 17674
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: West End 22130
chartposition: US dance #50
writtenby: Kenton Nix
comments: [dance, boogie]
|
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recordlabel: Warner Bros. 49637
writtenby: David 'Hawk' Wolinski
album: Give Me The Night
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recordlabel: Warner Bros. 49623
writtenby: Roger Troutman
album: Zapp
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 49219
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: David Sanborn and Michael McDonald
album: Hideaway
comments: [instrumental]
|
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recordlabel: Warner Bros. 3453
writtenby: Eddie Jefferson, James Moody
album: Give Me The Night
comments: [album cut]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 17728 (UK)
writtenby: Randy Crawford
album: Now We May Begin
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: Ns1AQN7vVv8
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| --- |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 17680 (UK)
writtenby: Joe Sample, Will Jennings
album: Now We May Begin
mpcode: KTQ2GpT3Mtc
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| --- |
recordlabel: Warner Bros.
writtenby: Joe Sample, Will Jennings
album: Now We May Begin
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: USnqeZBWub4
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recordlabel: Warner Bros.
writtenby: Joe Sample, Will Jennings
album: Now We May Begin
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: 8XWH2LoKRXU
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Warner Bros.
writtenby: Joe Sample
album: Now We May Begin
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: nLTu0EliRP8
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Warner 847
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: Rochelle Runnells
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Warner 49638
chartposition: RandB #65, US Dance #5
writtenby: Prince and Dr. Fink
album: Dirty Mind
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Warner 49617
chartposition: US dance #14, RandB #65, UK #17, US #5
writtenby: Rod Stewart, Phil Chen, Kevin Savigar, Jim Cregan & Gary Grainger
album: Foolish Behaviour
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Warner 49599
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Phelps Collins, Bootsy Collins and George Clinton
album: Ultra Wave
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Warner 49588
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: Al Jarreau
album: This Time
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Warner 49581
chartposition: RandB #9, US #76
writtenby: Donald Hogan
album: One in a Million You
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Warner 49571
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Anderson, Chase, Haberman and Jacobson
album: Naughty
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Warner 49570
chartposition: RandB #9, UK #10, US #61
writtenby: Rod Temperton
album: Give Me the Night
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Warner 49559
chartposition: RandB #5, US #101, US dance #5
writtenby: Prince
album: Dirty Mind
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Warner 49538
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Al Jarreau and Tom Cunning
album: This Time
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Warner 49505
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #7, US #4, US dance #2, US AC #26
writtenby: Rod Temperton
album: Give Me the Night
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Warner 49503
chartposition: US #5, RandB #40, US dance #70, US AC #10
writtenby: Michael McDonald & Patrick Henderson
album: One Step Closer
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Warner 49277
chartposition: RandB #63
album: Gentleman Ruffin
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Warner 49269
chartposition: RandB #6, US #7
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: A Musical Affair
comments: [disco funk]
mpcode: k27BqgrGuZc
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Warner 49256
chartposition: RandB #22, US dance #31
writtenby: Gregg Diamond
album: Naughty
comments: charted as Clouds / Papillon (Aka Hot Butterfly) in US dance charts
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Warner 49234
chartposition: RandB #26, US #102
writtenby: Tom Canning and Al Jarreau
album: This Time
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: Warner 49225
chartposition: RandB #35, US #3, US AC #3
writtenby: David Pack
album: One Eighty
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: Warner 49222
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Joe Sample and Will Jennings
album: Now We May Begin
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: Warner 49221
chartposition: RandB #1, US #9, US AC #37
writtenby: Sam Dees
album: One in a Million You
comments: [ballad]
|
| 20 |
recordlabel: Warner 49130
chartposition: RandB #96, US #35, US AC #9
writtenby: Michael McDonald & Bonnie Jean Foster
album: In the Nick of Time
|
| 21 |
recordlabel: Warner 17748
chartposition: RandB #33, US #109, US AC #9
writtenby: Rod Temperton
album: Give Me the Night
|
| 22 |
recordlabel: Warner 17738
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: A Musical Affair
|
| 23 |
recordlabel: Warner 17712
chartposition: RandB #2, US #86, US dance #19
writtenby: Roger (as Roger Troutman)
album: Zapp
comments: [funk]
|
| 24 |
recordlabel: Warner 17680
chartposition: UK #2
writtenby: Joe Sample and Will Jennings
album: Now We May Begin
comments: [ballad]
|
| 25 |
recordlabel: Warner 17656
chartposition: RandB #42, US #60
writtenby: Andy Schwartz and Randy Klein
album: Candi Staton [1980 album]
|
| 26 |
recordlabel: Warner 17631
chartposition: RandB #68, UK #61
writtenby: Joe Sample and Will Jennings
album: Now We May Begin
|
| 27 |
recordlabel: Warner 17617
chartposition: RandB #10, US #103, US Dance #31
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Naughty
|
| 28 |
recordlabel: Warner 17409
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Hy Zaret and Alex North
|
| 29 |
recordlabel: WMOT 5352
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Barbara Mason and Cary Gilbert
album: The Very Best of Barbara Mason
|
| 30 |
recordlabel: WEA 79156
chartposition: RandB #23, UK #11, US dance #1
writtenby: Mauro Malavasi & Paul Slade
album: The Glow of Love
|
| 31 |
recordlabel: WEA 79141 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #49, UK #14, US dance #1
writtenby: Davide Romani, Wayne Garfield & Mario Malavasi
album: The Glow of Love
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 32 |
recordlabel: WEA 79141 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #14, US dance #1, US #40
writtenby: Davide Romani & Tanyayette Willoughby
album: The Glow of Love
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 33 |
recordlabel: WEA 79111 (UK)
chartposition: UK #1
writtenby: Ken Leray
album: Groove Me
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 34 |
recordlabel: Venture 137
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Michael Jones [Michael Renee Jones]
album: Body Bait
|
| 35 |
recordlabel: Venture 133
chartposition: RandB #51, US Dance #62
writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
|
| 36 |
recordlabel: Venture 127
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Gerald Holland and Robert Lewis
album: Body Bait
|
| 37 |
recordlabel: Venture 126
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Don Davis, Jeannie Reynolds and Richard Fields
|
| 38 |
recordlabel: Venture 126
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Don Davis, Jeannie Reynolds, Richard Fields
|
| 39 |
recordlabel: Venture 118
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Tony Camillo
album: Nasty Street
|
| 40 |
recordlabel: Venture 1007
chartposition: US Dance #62
writtenby: Gerald Holland and Michael Jones [Michael Renee Jones]
album: Body Bait
|
| 41 |
recordlabel: Vanguard 5017
chartposition: RandB #59
album: We Got The Groove!
|
| 42 |
recordlabel: Vanguard 5016
chartposition: UK #61, US Dance #18
writtenby: Chris Hills
album: We Got the Groove
|
| 43 |
recordlabel: Vanguard 36
chartposition: US Dance #16
writtenby: Alphonse Mouzon
album: Baby Come Back
|
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recordlabel: Vanguard 35215
writtenby: Chris Hills
album: We Got The Groove!
|
| --- |
recordlabel: VR 4003
writtenby: E. Wilkins
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: VIR RO 1001
writtenby: Rome, Anderson III
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Uno Melodic 7001
writtenby: J. Bedford, R. Ayers, S. Striplin
album: Give Me Your Love
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Uno Melodic 7000
writtenby: Roy Ayers, Edwin Birdsong
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 8901 (UK)
writtenby: A. Stillman, J. Sullavan, M. Amsterdam, P. Baron
album: Sheet Music
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 7778 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: Barry White and Paul Politi
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 1420
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Barry White, Austin Johnson and Smead Hudman (as Smeed Hudman)
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 1418
writtenby: Jerry Ragovoy and Aaron Schroeder
album: Barry White's Sheet Music
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 1417
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Barry White and Frank Wilson
album: Love Is Back
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 1415
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Barry White and Paul Politi
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 1187
chartposition: RandB #96
writtenby: Barry White, Frank Wilson and Paul Politi
album: Love Is Back
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: United Artists Records 626
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Ronnie Laws
album: Every Generation
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: United Artists 615 (UK)
chartposition: UK #39
writtenby: Larry Payton
album: Brass Construction 5
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: United Artists 201
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: L. Job
album: Positive Energy
|
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recordlabel: United Artists 1374
writtenby: C. Jones, S. Sandridge, D. Hummons
album: Dayton
comments: [disco funk, boogie]
mpcode: OJlGi-6GfQM
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: United Artists 1333
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: C. Smalls
album: Ain't No Time to Sit Down
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: United Artists 1332
chartposition: RandB #41, US dance #74
album: Brass Construction 5
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Uncle Jam 9901
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Carl Small, Jeanette Washington, Garry Shider and Bootsy Collins (as William Collins)
album: Sweat Band
comments: [funk]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Uncle Jam 9900
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Bernie Worrell and George Clinton
album: Wynne Jammin'
|
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recordlabel: Tuff Gong
writtenby: Charlie Roberts
album: Take A Message
comments: [album cut]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Tec 767
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: William DeVaughn
album: Figures Can't Calculate the Love I Have for You
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Tappan Zee 11189
chartposition: RandB #92
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Harold Payne, Ed Pease III and Mike Scarpiello
album: With All My Love
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54320
chartposition: RandB# 4, UK #10, US #11, US AC #20
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Hotter Than July
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
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recordlabel: Tamla 54320
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs in the Key of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54317
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #5, US dance #10
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Hotter Than July
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54313
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Warm Thoughts
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54312
chartposition: RandB #72, US #52, US AC #42
writtenby: Jerry Peters
album: Syreeta
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54311
chartposition: RandB #4, US #31
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Warm Thoughts
comments: [Motown Sound] [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54308
chartposition: RandB #56, US #52, UK #52, US AC #43
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Stevie Wonder's Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Tamla 54308
writtenby: S. Wonder
album: Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Tamla 367
writtenby: Donny Soul, William Smokey Robinson
album: Warm Thoughts
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: 1sBDLMamfLc
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Tamla 367
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, William Smokey Robinson
album: Warm Thoughts
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: 3GkMvTNJnDM
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Tamla 367
writtenby: Rose Ella Jones
album: Warm Thoughts
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: rd3sA7obB_Y
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Tamla 367
writtenby: William Smokey Robinson
album: Warm Thoughts
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: HVYpveynuec
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Tamla 367
writtenby: William Smokey Robinson
album: Warm Thoughts
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: TpcjyOS4prg
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Tamla 367
writtenby: Marv Tarplin, Pamela Moffett, William Smokey Robinson
album: Warm Thoughts
comments: (Female vocal - Claudette Robinson) [album cut]
mpcode: ZkQIEDXpXk8
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Tamla 1602
writtenby: S. Wonder, C. Paul, M. Broadnax
album: Hotter Than July
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Tabu 5527
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Jason Bryant
album: S.O.S.
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Tabu 5526
chartposition: RandB #20, US Dance #54
writtenby: Jason Bryant, Mary Davis, Billy Ellis, James Earl Jones III, Willie
album: S.O.S.
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Tabu 493
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, US dance #1, UK #51
writtenby: Sigidi Abdullah & Harold Clayton
album: S.O.S.
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