| 1 |
recordlabel: Parkway 822
chartposition: US #24
writtenby: Dave Appell and Kal Mann
album: Chubby Checker's Biggest Hits
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Wand 108
chartposition: RandB #22, US #46
writtenby: Ollie Jones and Luther Dixon
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recordlabel: Federal 12435
writtenby: S. Thompson, S. Johnson
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recordlabel: Abner 7003
writtenby: Don Downing
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Minit 634
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #21, US #71
writtenby: Naomi Neville
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Liberty 55308
chartposition: RandB #11, US #3
writtenby: Luther Dixon & Bob Elgin
album: 100 Lbs. Of Clay!
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Laurie 3098
chartposition: RandB #7, US #12
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)
album: A Little Bit of Soap [6 track mini album]
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2101
chartposition: RandB #20, US #56
writtenby: Carla Thomas
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71772
chartposition: US #98
writtenby: Benton, Williams
mpcode: zmPJ0m03vlk
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Liberty 55344
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #17, US #31
writtenby: Luther Dixon and Willie Denson
album: Tower Of Strength
mpcode: VliitO_La-I
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| 7 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1220
chartposition: RandB #26, US #41
writtenby: Bob Brass and Irwin Levine
album: Baby It's You
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| 8 |
recordlabel: Instant 3234
chartposition: US #103
writtenby: Chris Kenner
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| 9 |
recordlabel: Riverside 45457
chartposition: RandB #21, US #41
writtenby: Galt Macdermott
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| 10 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10255
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #44, US #103
writtenby: Bobby Stevenson
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| 11 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54036
chartposition: RandB #15, US #49
writtenby: Bill
album: Cookin' with The Miracles
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 12 |
recordlabel: Nomar 103
chartposition: RandB #2 (weeks), US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Brown, Kirkland, Johnson
album: The Fabulous Sound Of Maxine Brown / Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul] [released 1960, charted 1961]
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| 13 |
recordlabel: Atco 6203
chartposition: RandB #10, US #18, UK #38
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Sunny Skylar, Gabriel Ruiz, and Mendez
album: Spanish Harlem
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recordlabel: Columbia 441985
writtenby: M. Willson
album: Aretha
comments: from the Broadway Prod. 'the Unsinkable Molly Brown'
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Argo 5380
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
album: At Last!
comments: [ballad]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 405
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45, US #105
writtenby: Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield
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| 3 |
recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10298
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41, US #91
writtenby: Frank Loesser
album: Ray Charles and Betty Carter
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1227
chartposition: RandB #3, US #8
writtenby: Mack David, Barney Williams, Bert Bacharach
album: Baby It's You
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| 5 |
recordlabel: King 5524
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US 49
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Joe Tex and James Brown
album: Think!
comments: [ballad]
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Willow 23000
chartposition: RandB #27, US #52
writtenby: Tyler, Johnson, Robinson, and Gibson
comments: B side to Lovedrops
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| 7 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 372
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Dee Clark
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| 8 |
recordlabel: King 5442
chartposition: RandB #8, US #40
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Teddy Powell and Leonard Whitcup
album: Think!
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| 9 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 380
chartposition: RandB #13, US #78
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Al Smith and Luther Dixon
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1223
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #21
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: John Patton & Amiel Sommer
album: Baby It's You
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| 11 |
recordlabel: Reprise 20002
chartposition: RandB #28
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Lincoln Mayorga and Ed Cobb
comments: [instrumental]
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| 12 |
recordlabel: King 5550
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #45
writtenby: Williams, Artis
album: Dance Along
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| 13 |
recordlabel: Colpix 186
chartposition: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #1
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
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| 14 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 398
chartposition: RandB #3, US #58
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Jimmy Reed
album: Plays 12 String Guitar Blues
comments: [blues]
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: ABC 10208
chartposition: US #101
writtenby: Edward Ellen and Kenneth W. Seymour
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54044
chartposition: US #97
writtenby: William Robinson
album: Cookin' with The Miracles
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: Argo 5378
chartposition: RandB #9, US #4, UK #3
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Robert Guidry and Paul Gayten
album: You Always Hurt the One You Love
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| 18 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10266
chartposition: RandB #10, US #72
writtenby: Percy Mayfield and Ray Charles
album: Ray Charles Greatest Hits
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recordlabel: Tamla 54045
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Jr., Barney Ales
album: Meet The Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Motown 1003
chartposition: RandB #8, US #45
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Mary Wells
album: Bye, Bye Baby
comments: [Motown Sound]
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recordlabel: New Breed 501
writtenby: Chuck Bernard
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Prestige 191
chartposition: US #91
writtenby: Eddie Heywood and Norman Gimbel
album: Something Nice
comments: [soul jazz]
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recordlabel: Miracle 12
writtenby: B. Gordy, Jr, O. Williams, M. Franklin, A. Bryant
album: Meet the Temptations
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Dot 16144
chartposition: RandB #15, US #72
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Bobby Rackep and Bill Ness
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Liberty 55405
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #15
writtenby: Barry, Crofford, Resnick
album: Hit After Hit
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Federal 12439
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Sonny Thompson and R. C. Wilson
comments: [christmas]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 373
chartposition: RandB #12, US #68
writtenby: Jimmy Reed
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Musicor 1201
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41
writtenby: Dixon, Foxx, Gaskins
album: Come By Here
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recordlabel: Minit 625
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
album: Irma Thomas Sings
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: RCA 1242
chartposition: UK #7, RandB #20, US #17
writtenby: Sam Cooke
album: The Best of Sam Cooke
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Hull 740
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Sheppard, Bassett, Baskerville
album: Our Anniversary
comments: [ballad]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 418
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #32
writtenby: C. Draine
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Legrand 1015
chartposition: RandB #5, US #9
writtenby: Frank Guida (as Frank J. Guida)
album: Twist Up Calypso
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: King 5453
chartposition: US #81
writtenby: Ralph Bass and Lowman Pauling
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1203
chartposition: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Ralph Bass & Lowman Pauling
album: Tonight's The Night
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recordlabel: Eric 7004
writtenby: B. L. Ozen
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Fury 1056
chartposition: RandB #22, US #27
writtenby: King
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1212
chartposition: RandB #28, US #41
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Luther Dixon and Lee Thomas
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Duke 340
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #71
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: Two Steps from the Blues
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Argo 5393
chartposition: RandB #6, US #39
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Stella Unger, Saul Bernie and James Price Johnson
album: The Second Time Around
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recordlabel: Miracle 1
writtenby: Jimmy Ruffin
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Phillips 3574
writtenby: Ray Stevens
|
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recordlabel: Checker 982
writtenby: J. Johnson, E. Smith
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: King 45 5575
chartposition: RandB #14
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Albert King
album: The Big Blues
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 409
chartposition: US #104
writtenby: Horace Ott and Calvin Carter
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Argo 5390
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #26, US #55
writtenby: Johnny Mercer
comments: US B side to Fool That I Am
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Duke 335
chartposition: RandB #5, US #85
writtenby: Roosevelt Sykes
album: Driving Wheel
comments: [blues]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: DeLuxe 45 6190
chartposition: US #113
writtenby: Johnny Otis
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 386
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #6
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Johnny Otis
album: Letter Full Of Tears
comments: [ballad]
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| 7 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54048
chartposition: RandB #11, US #52
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: William Robinson and Ronnie White
album: Cookin' with The Miracles
comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to I Can't Believe
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 61 1766
chartposition: RandB #16, US #36
writtenby: Ernest Gold
album: Exodus to Jazz
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recordlabel: Orbit 135
writtenby: Otis Redding
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8751
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #15, US #56
writtenby: Sam Cooke
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 375
chartposition: RandB #10, US #27
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler
album: Aware Of Love
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: King 5503
chartposition: RandB #17
writtenby: Edmund Anderson and Ted Grouya (as Theodor Grouya)
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Argo 5390
chartposition: RandB #14, US #50
writtenby: Floyd Hunt
album: The Second Time Around
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Felsted 8624
chartposition: RandB #20, US #25
writtenby: Aaron Collins
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71774
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Clyde Otis & Willie Dixon
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Gee 1067
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #43, US #60
writtenby: Pat Best (as William Best) and Deek Watson
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recordlabel: Stax 116
writtenby: Bell
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71859
chartposition: RandB #14, US #20, US AC #6
writtenby: Brook Benton
album: The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits
comments: Adapted by Brook Benton
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Nomar 106
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #25
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: S. W. Taylor & Maxine Brown
album: The Fabulous Sound Of Maxine Brown
comments: [ballad]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: RCA 7946
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #42, US #22
writtenby: Willie Nelson
comments: [ballad]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Chess 1787
chartposition: RandB #26
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: William Davis and Viola Watkins
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2086
chartposition: RandB #5, US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Carla Thomas
album: Gee Whiz
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Donna 1333
chartposition: US #91
writtenby: Kulaga, Catalano, and Ariotta
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Colpix 608
chartposition: US #113
writtenby: Henry Troy and Fletcher Henderson
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recordlabel: Minit 625
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Atco 45 6204
chartposition: US #96
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Parkway 822
chartposition: US #43
writtenby: James Brown and Albert Shubert
album: Chubby Checker's Biggest Hits
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Fury 1052
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #46
album: Letter Full of Tears
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10241
chartposition: RandB #2, US #20
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
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recordlabel: New Breed 502
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Everest 19409
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #37, US #111
writtenby: Arthur Hamilton
album: He Needs Me
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recordlabel: Miracle 1
writtenby: Jimmy Ruffin
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Gee 1064
chartposition: RandB #10, US #18
writtenby: Hoagy Carmichael & Frank Loesser
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Colpix 612
chartposition: RandB #19, US #7
writtenby: Al Hoffman & John Klenner
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Hi 2028
chartposition: RandB #22, US #20
writtenby: Ray; Jackson
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Atco 6207
chartposition: US # 81
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Savoy 1599
chartposition: RandB #26, US #97
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Williams and McPherson
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Federal 12401
chartposition: RandB #5, US #29
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Freddie King, Sonny Thompson & Hound Dog Taylor
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10244
chartposition: RandB #1 (5 weeks), US #1, UK #6
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Percy Mayfield
album: Ray Charles Greatest Hits
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