| 201 |
recordlabel: King 5535
chartposition: RandB #9, US #49
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Hank Ballard
album: Dance Along
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| 202 |
recordlabel: King 5516
chartposition: US #93
writtenby: Shirley Wolfe and Sy Soloway
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recordlabel: Miracle 5
writtenby: Stevenson, Williams
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recordlabel: Bobbin 143
writtenby: Albert King
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Argo 5401
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #64
writtenby: Robert Guidry
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| 2 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 7840
chartposition: RandB #16, US #4, UK #1
writtenby: Floyd Cramer
album: On the Rebound
comments: [instrumental]
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Swingin 45 623
chartposition: RandB #20, US #26
writtenby: Wyatt and Herderson
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Impulse 200
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Rudy Toombs
album: Genius+Soul=Jazz
comments: [instrumental]
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Beltone 1012
chartposition: RandB #8, US #9
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Bobby Lewis & Malou Rene
album: Tossin' & Turnin'
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Columbia 42157
chartposition: RandB #6
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Al Kasha, Alan Thomas & Curtis Williams
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 7 |
recordlabel: Kent 360
chartposition: RandB #7, US #119
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Mayfield, King, and Davis
comments: [ballad]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Arvee 5027
chartposition: RandB #25, US #20
writtenby: H.B. Barnum, Martin J. Cooper, Cliff Goldsmith & Fred Smith
album: Peanut Butter
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| 9 |
recordlabel: Roulette 4401
chartposition: RandB #8, US #1, UK #33
writtenby: Joey Dee & Henry Glover
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: King 5405
chartposition: RandB #21, US #76
writtenby: Brown, Redd
comments: [christmas]
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: End 1086
chartposition: US #104
writtenby: Donald Hayes
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 389
chartposition: RandB #21
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Percy Mayfield
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2105
chartposition: RandB #13, US #14
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Bob Hilliard
album: Save The Last Dance For Me
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| 14 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55208
chartposition: RandB #11, US #20
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Joyce Lee
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54046
chartposition: RandB #1 (7 weeks), US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 23
writtenby: Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman & Freddie Gorman
album: Please Mr. Postman
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 16 |
recordlabel: Parkway 818
chartposition: RandB #1 (2 weeks), UK #27, US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Don Covay & John Berry
album: It's Pony Time
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| 17 |
recordlabel: Arnold 1002
chartposition: US #60
writtenby: Don Covay and John Berry
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: Sue 753
chartposition: RandB #4, US #38
writtenby: Ike Turner
album: Dynamite!
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: Legrand 1008
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #1, UK #7
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Gene Barge, Frank Guida & Joseph Royster
|
| 20 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 383
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Dee Clark
album: Hold On....It's Dee Clark
|
| 21 |
recordlabel: Excello 2194
chartposition: RandB #17, US #34
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: James Moore and Jerry West
|
| 22 |
recordlabel: Twin 700
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #19, US #21
writtenby: G. Jones, Jr.
|
| 23 |
recordlabel: Hull 742
chartposition: US #42
writtenby: James Sheppard
|
| 24 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71903
chartposition: RandB #12, US #15
writtenby: Brook Benton, Oliver Hall & Marnie Ewald
|
| 25 |
recordlabel: Columbia 442157
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #13, US #37
writtenby: Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis, & Jean Schwartz
album: The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
|
| 26 |
recordlabel: Imperial 5779
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40
writtenby: A. Domino, J. Jessup, P. Maddux
album: What A Party!
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recordlabel: Miracle 5
writtenby: Stevenson, Kendrick
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2127
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45, US #72
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Columbia 41940
chartposition: RandB #22
writtenby: Julian Cannonball Adderley
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Federal 12428
chartposition: RandB #4, US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Freddie King and Sonny Thompson
album: Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King
comments: instrumental
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2099
chartposition: RandB #17, US #35
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Saved
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Legrand 1009
chartposition: RandB #12, US #5
writtenby: Gary U.S. Bonds (as Gary Anderson) & Gene Barge
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Federal 4512428
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Freddie King and Sonny Thompson
album: Freddy King Sings
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71876
chartposition: RandB #5, US #23, UK #35, US AC #5
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Harry Warren & Al Dubin
album: September in the Rain
comments: [jazz RnB]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Argo 5402
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #19, US #95
writtenby: Billy Davis
album: The Second Time Around
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Duke 335
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #46
writtenby: Parker
album: Driving Wheel
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: A.F.O. 301
chartposition: RandB #28, US #119
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Lawrence Nelson
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Liberty 55375
chartposition: US #93
writtenby: Timi Yuro and Clyde Otis
|
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recordlabel: King 12528
writtenby: Otis Redding
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 399
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #39
writtenby: C. Kittrell
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Liberty 55375
chartposition: US #42, US AC #9
writtenby: Charlie Chaplin, John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Tuff 1808
chartposition: RandB #10, US #12
writtenby: Abner Spector
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2096
chartposition: RandB #6, US #32
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Gerry Goffin and Carole King
album: Save The Last Dance For Me
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Paramount 10181
chartposition: US #104
writtenby: Phil Spector and Terry Phillips
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Kent 360
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: King and Josea
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Challenge 9109
chartposition: US #79
writtenby: Dave Burgess and Jerry Fuller
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Sar Records 117
chartposition: RandB #4, US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 22
writtenby: Sam Cooke
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Jamie 1174
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48
writtenby: W. Duckworth, D. Lentz
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Atco 6185
chartposition: RandB #15, US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Jerry Leiber & Phil Spector
album: Spanish Harlem
comments: [released 1960, charted 1961]
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recordlabel: Duke 74
writtenby: Primrose
album: Two Steps From The Blues
comments: [soul blues]
mpcode: eJoNAAWIprE
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Duke 330
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Little Junior Parker
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Atco 6194
chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #4, UK #27
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
album: Don't Play That Song! / Atlantic Soul Classics
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Argo 5401
chartposition: US #109
writtenby: Kennedy and Mosley
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Sue 745
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #17, US #25
writtenby: Henry Bellinger
album: Stick Shift
comments: [instrumental]
|
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recordlabel: Fury 1052
writtenby: W. Guest, M. Knight
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Motown 1016
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #43
writtenby: William Stevenson
album: The One Who Really Loves You
|
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recordlabel: King 5485
writtenby: Nathaniel, Kendrick
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Colpix 196
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #50, UK #46, US #78
writtenby: Gershwin, Heyward
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: King 5443
chartposition: US #115
writtenby: Carmen Lombardo and Charles Newman
comments: [soul jazz]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2117
chartposition: RandB #10, US #16
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
album: Save The Last Dance For Me
comments: [pop soul]
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recordlabel: Vee Jay 376
writtenby: Carter, Allison, Barksdale
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: King 5516
chartposition: RandB #5, US #87
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Mertis John
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Minit 627
chartposition: RandB #21, US #53
writtenby: Ernest Kador
|
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recordlabel: Minit 633
writtenby: Naomi Neville
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: RCA 101043
chartposition: RandB #25, US #31
writtenby: Roy Alfred and Del Serino
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Tri Phi 1001
chartposition: RandB #5, US #27
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Harvey Fuqua & Gwen Gordy (as Gwen Gordy Fuqua)
album: The Original Spinners
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Deluxe 6193
chartposition: US #99
writtenby: Thomas Rivera
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71820
chartposition: RandB #2 (4 weeks), US #2, UK #30, US AC #1
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Brook Benton, Clyde Otis
album: The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Liberty 55320
chartposition: RandB #28, US #80
writtenby: Don Covay and John Berry
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: King 5491
chartposition: RandB #12, US #33
writtenby: Don Covay and John Berry
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: King 5510
chartposition: RandB #10, US #92
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Michael Cowan and Hank Ballard
album: Dance Along
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Parkway 830
chartposition: RandB #11, US #7
writtenby: Woodcrest, Mured
album: For Teen Twisters Only
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: United Artists 307
chartposition: US #110
writtenby: Joe Liggins
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: King 5430
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #23
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Billy Myles & Hank Ballard
album: Spotlight on Hank Ballard
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Everest 19390
chartposition: US #109
writtenby: Luther Dixon and Chris Towns
album: This Little Boy of Mine
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Checker 974
chartposition: US #112
writtenby: Hall and The Vibrations
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recordlabel: Stax 113
writtenby: Porter, Thomas
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Josie 45 887
chartposition: US #89
writtenby: Jack Cortes
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Ray Star 777
chartposition: RandB #14, US #117
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Alonzo Willis and K. Venetoulis
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: King 5510
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #26
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Al Kasha, Alonzo Tucker & Gordon Evans
album: Dance Along
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: King 5510
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #30
writtenby: Hank Ballard
album: Dance Along
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 9 55201
chartposition: RandB #10, US #32
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Peter Udell and Gary Geld
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1227
chartposition: US #107
writtenby: Denson and Anisfield
album: Baby It's You
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: King 5458
chartposition: US #61
writtenby: Ray Noble
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Checker 969
chartposition: RandB #13, US #25
writtenby: James Johnson [James E. Johnson], Shirley Hall and Leslie Temple
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55220
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #58
writtenby: Gary Geld and Peter Udell
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Coed 550
chartposition: RandB #21, US #5, US AC #5
writtenby: Mark Barkan, Sandy Baron & George Eddy
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10141
chartposition: RandB #10, US #58
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Ricci Harper
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Philles 100
chartposition: RandB #5, US #20
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Leroy Bates & Phil Spector
album: Twist Uptown
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71774
chartposition: RandB #6, US #11
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Joe Shapiro, Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams] & Clyde Otis
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Del Fi 4158
chartposition: RandB #28, US #9
writtenby: Nick Curinga & Paul Politi
album: The Blue Jays Meet Little Caesar and The Romans
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Hull 747
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #16, US #70
writtenby: Shane Sheppard
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: End 1092
chartposition: US #45
writtenby: Miguel Prado
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71783
chartposition: US #103
writtenby: Gene Pitney
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: Monument 441
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #20, US #26
writtenby: V. Johnson
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: Beltone 1002
chartposition: RandB #1 (10 weeks), US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Ritchie Adams & Malou Rene
album: Tossin' & Turnin'
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