Soul R&B Music Charts of 1971 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1971 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 1971, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Place mouse on

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(Search on '1971' returned 748 results)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
1	recordlabel: Lizard 21007 chartposition: RandB #45 writtenby: R. West	Clydie King	'Bout Love	1971	Lizard
---	recordlabel: Stax 0092 writtenby: E. Floyd, A. Isbell album: Wow...	William Bell	'Till My Back Ain't Got No Bone	1971	Stax
1	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 761(UK) chartposition: UK #13 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. album: Away We A Go Go comments: [Motown Sound] [re release]	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	(Come Round Here) I'm the One You Need	1971	Tamla Motown (UK)
2	recordlabel: Sound Pak 1001 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #45 writtenby: D. Clowney, J. J. Kriegsmann	Dave Baby Cortez & We The People	(Do It) The Funky Dance	1971	Sound Pak
3	recordlabel: Brunswick 55450 chartposition: RandB #4, US #26, UK #32 writtenby: Eugene Record album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits	The Chi-Lites	(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People	1971	Brunswick
---	recordlabel: We Produce 1803 writtenby: Jo Bridges, Carl Hampton, Tom Nixon album: Lovemen / The Best of The Temprees	The Temprees	(Girl) I Love You	1971	We Produce
1	recordlabel: Brunswick 55444 chartposition: RandB #48 writtenby: Donald Johnson and Lawrence Johnson album: (I Want You to) Make My Life Over	The Artistics	(I Want You to) Make My Life Over	1971	Brunswick
---	recordlabel: Mankind 200 writtenby: Jimmy Roach album: A Legend In Her Own Time comments: [deep soul] [album cut]	Doris Duke	(Oh Lord) I Wish I Could Sleep	1971	Mankind
1	recordlabel: Josie 1029 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #36 writtenby: Leo Nocentelli, Vincent Toussaint comments: [funk]	The Meters	(The World Is A Bit Under The Weather) Doodle-Oop	1971	Josie
2	recordlabel: Josie 1029 chartposition: RandB #47 writtenby: Leo Nocentelli and Vincent Toussaint	The Meters	(The World Is a Bit Under the Weather) Doodle-Oop	1971	Josie
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 2812 chartposition: RandB #31 writtenby: Barbara Lynn (as Barbara Linda Ozen) album: Here Is Barbara Lynn	Barbara Lynn	(Until Then) I'll Suffer	1971	Atlantic
4	recordlabel: ABC 11292 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #39 writtenby: C. Sigman, F. Lai comments: [ballad] (from the motion picture 'Love Story')	Eddie Holman	(Where Do I Begin) Love Story	1971	ABC
5	recordlabel: Today 1503 chartposition: RandB #40, US #102 writtenby: Lucky Peterson and Willie Dixon	The Lucky Peterson Blues Band	1-2-3-4	1971	Today
6	recordlabel: Hot Wax 7108 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #59 writtenby: R. Dunbar, A. Bond	100 Proof (Aged In Soul)	90 Day Freeze (On Her Love)	1971	Hot Wax
---	recordlabel: London 10346 (UK) writtenby: Bryant album: Straight from the Heart / Ann Peebles Greatest Hits comments: [southern soul] mpcode: ntjDBzkMkNM	Ann Peebles	99 Lbs	1971	London(UK)
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 2796 writtenby: Butler, Gamble, Bell album: Young, Gifted And Black	Aretha Franklin	A Brand New Me	1971	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Top and Bottom 406 chartposition: RandB #42, US #120 writtenby: Van McCoy and Joe Cobb	Brenda & the Tabulations	A Child No One Wanted	1971	Top and Bottom
2	recordlabel: Spring 119 chartposition: RandB #22, US #102 writtenby: Millie Jackson and Don French album: Millie Jackson	Millie Jackson	A Child of God (It's Hard to Believe)	1971	Spring
---	recordlabel: USA 104 writtenby: Joe Cato	Walter Jackson	A Fool For You	1971	USA
---	recordlabel: Mankind 200 album: A Legend In Her Own Time comments: [Complete Album] mpcode: JQ9j0BXW938	Doris Duke	A Legend In Her Own Time (full album)	1971	Mankind
1	recordlabel: MGM 14262 chartposition: RandB #17, US #17, US AC #14 writtenby: Bobby Hebb & Sandy Baron album: Natural Man	Lou Rawls	A Natural Man	1971	MGM
2	recordlabel: Back Beat 622 chartposition: RandB #19, US #103 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) album: A Nickel & A Nail & The Ace Of Spades	O.V. Wright	A Nickel and a Nail	1971	Back Beat
3	recordlabel: Top and Bottom 408 chartposition: RandB #14, US #94 writtenby: Van McCoy and Joe Cobb	Brenda & the Tabulations	A Part of You	1971	Top and Bottom
---	recordlabel: Stax 0092 album: Wow...	William Bell	A Penny For Your Thoughts	1971	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stax 110 writtenby: B. Kaye, N. Green, B. Flemister album: I'm Not Blind...I Just Can't See	Calvin Scott	A Sadness For Things	1971	Stax
1	recordlabel: Motown 1196 chartposition: UK #3, RandB #34, US #90 writtenby: Mike Pinder album: Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6 comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	A Simple Game	1971	Motown
---	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 11193 (UK) album: I'm Still Waiting - Surrender comments: [Motown Sound album cut] mpcode: hQ--a0P5TvI	Diana Ross	A Simple Thing Like Cry	1971	Tamla Motown(UK)
---	recordlabel: Atco 6828 writtenby: Leon Russell album: Donny Hathaway / The Best of Donny Hathaway	Donny Hathaway	A Song For You	1971	Atco
1	recordlabel: Calla 175 chartposition: RandB #43 writtenby: Ron Shaab	The Sister & Brothers featuring Sister Geri	Ack-a-Fool	1971	Calla
2	recordlabel: MoWest 5005 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Hal Davis & Willie Hutch	G.C. Cameron	Act Like a Shotgun	1971	MoWest
---	recordlabel: Epic 30986 writtenby: Sly Stone, Sylvester Stewart album: There's A Riot Goin' On comments: [funk instrumental album cut] mpcode: DyQenDEmhe4	Sly & The Family Stone	Africa Talks To You--The Asphalt Jungle	1971	Epic
1	recordlabel: Ode 66020 chartposition: RandB #42, US #71 writtenby: Carole King album: Merry Clayton	Merry Clayton	After All This Time	1971	Ode
2	recordlabel: Curtom 1957 chartposition: RandB #12, US #53 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	The Impressions	Ain't Got Time	1971	Curtom
---	recordlabel: Arctic 160 writtenby: G. Mimms, J. Aikens comments: [philly sound ballad] mpcode: CgzNmGeAiII	The Royal Five	Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)	1971	Arctic
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 2781 writtenby: K. Gamble, L. Huff album: In Philadelphia	Wilson Pickett	Ain't No Doubt About It	1971	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Sussex 219 chartposition: RandB #6, US #3, US AC #2 writtenby: Bill Withers album: Just As I Am comments: [ballad]	Bill Withers	Ain't No Sunshine	1971	Sussex
---	recordlabel: Westbound 179 writtenby: J. Chenevert, J. Reason	Houston Outlaws	Ain't No Telling	1971	Westbound
1	recordlabel: ABC 11316 chartposition: RandB #28, US #46 writtenby: Jerry Ragovoy	B.B. King	Ain't Nobody Home	1971	ABC
2	recordlabel: Fantasy 658 chartposition: RandB #32, US #113 writtenby: Dee Erwin and Lynne Farr	Betty Everett	Ain't Nothing Gonna Change Me	1971	Fantasy
---	recordlabel: Mankind 12004 writtenby: J. Williams, Jr. album: Friend... comments: [southern soul] mpcode: EH8MRCN9JWY	Freddie North	Ain't Nothing In The News (But The Blues)	1971	Mankind
---	recordlabel: Columbia 445448 writtenby: D. Malone	Gwen McCrae	Ain't Nothing You Can Do	1971	Columbia
1	recordlabel: Enterprise 9049 chartposition: RandB #37, US #86 writtenby: Allen Jones and Homer Banks	Isaac Hayes & David Porter	Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)	1971	Enterprise
2	recordlabel: Mercury 73255 chartposition: RandB #3, US #21 writtenby: Homer Talbert & Herscholt Polk album: The Saggitarius Movement comments: [ballad]	Jerry Butler featuring Brenda Lee Eager	Ain't Understanding Mellow	1971	Mercury
3	recordlabel: United Artists 50815 chartposition: RandB #18, US #35, US AC #12 writtenby: Jerry Goldstein, Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller album: All Day Music	War	All Day Music	1971	United Artists
---	recordlabel: Stax 0106 album: Wow	William Bell	All For The Love Of A Woman	1971	Stax
---	recordlabel: Paula 345	The Montclairs	All I Really Care About (Is You)	1971	Paula
---	recordlabel: Cotillion album: Full Time Woman (The Lost Cotillion Album) comments: [southern soul ballad album cut] mpcode: S3r1m8iKdK4	Irma Thomas	All I Wanna Do Is Save You	1971	Cotillion
1	recordlabel: Spring 118 chartposition: RandB #26, US #93 writtenby: Joe South	Joe Simon	All My Hard Times	1971	Spring
---	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 11193 (UK) writtenby: N. Ashford, V. Simpson album: I'm Still Waiting - Surrender comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: U1VgmZ8aUW8	Diana Ross	All The Befores	1971	Tamla Motown(UK)
---	recordlabel: Invictus 9106 writtenby: E. Wayne, R. Dunbar album: Generally Speaking mpcode: YwXDUpFyeUE	General Johnson	All We Need Is Understanding	1971	Invictus
---	recordlabel: Atco 6854 writtenby: Glenn Watts, Donny Hathaway	Duponts	Always Be My Baby	1971	Atco
---	recordlabel: Cotillion 44126 writtenby: D. Hathaway, Glenn Watts	Garland Green	Always Be My Baby	1971	Cotillion
1	recordlabel: Scepter 12326 chartposition: US #83, US AC #15 writtenby: Artie Butler and Mark Lindsay	Dionne Warwick	Amanda	1971	Scepter
---	recordlabel: Motown 723 writtenby: N. Ashford, V. Simpson album: I'm Still Waiting - Surrender comments: [Motown Sound] [album cut]	Diana Ross	And If You See Him	1971	Motown
1	recordlabel: Lava 1002 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #59 writtenby: Al Green	Pep Brown	Are You Leaving Me	1971	Lava
---	recordlabel: Hi 32062 writtenby: Berns album: Al Green Gets Next To You comments: [southern soul album cut] mpcode: eLLi5q2MB9s	Al Green	Are You Lonely For Me Baby	1971	Hi
1	recordlabel: AandM 1259 chartposition: RandB #20, US #108 writtenby: A. Marks and Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon)	The Sisters Love	Are You Lonely?	1971	A&M
2	recordlabel: ABC 11268 chartposition: RandB #18, US #40 writtenby: B.B. King album: Indianola Mississippi Seeds	B.B. King	Ask Me No Questions	1971	ABC
---	recordlabel: Twinight 148 writtenby: Brad Bobo, James Stroud	The Notations	At The Crossroads	1971	Twinight
1	recordlabel: Chimneyville 437 chartposition: RandB #5, US #29 writtenby: King Floyd album: King Floyd comments: [southern soul funk]	King Floyd	Baby Let Me Kiss You	1971	Chimneyville
2	recordlabel: Colossus 136 chartposition: RandB #29, US #116 writtenby: Earl Moss	The Festivals	Baby Show It	1971	Colossus
3	recordlabel: Fame 1477 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #53 writtenby: O.B. McClinton	Willie Hightower	Back Road Into Town	1971	Fame
4	recordlabel: Dial 1001 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #52 writtenby: Joe Tex album: I Gotcha	Joe Tex	Bad Feet	1971	Dial
5	recordlabel: Tangerine 1014 chartposition: RandB #40, US #58 writtenby: Jimmy Holiday, Jackie DeShannon and Randy Myers album: Yesterday...Today...Tomorrow	The Raelettes	Bad Water	1971	Tangerine
6	recordlabel: KoKo 2107 chartposition: RandB #21, US #97 writtenby: Johnny Baylor album: I've Been Here All The Time	Luther Ingram	Be Good to Me Baby	1971	KoKo
7	recordlabel: Janus 145 chartposition: RandB #31, US #92 writtenby: Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry and Phil Spector	Cissy Houston	Be My Baby	1971	Janus
---	recordlabel: Enterprise 5003 album: Black Moses comments: [Complete Album]	Isaac Hayes	Black Moses (full album)	1971	Enterprise
1	recordlabel: RCA 74 0517 chartposition: RandB #15, US #97 writtenby: Don McPherson album: Black Seeds	The Main Ingredient	Black Seeds Keep On Growing	1971	RCA
2	recordlabel: Trojan 7820 (UK) chartposition: UK #6 writtenby: David Arkin, Earl Robinson album: Black and White comments: [reggae]	Greyhound	Black and White	1971	Trojan(UK)
3	recordlabel: Gordy 7110 chartposition: RandB #29, US #53, UK #33 writtenby: Berry Gordy , Freddie Perren, Dake Richards, Force Mizell album: Black Magic / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7 comments: [Motown Sound]	Martha (Reeves) & the Vandellas	Bless You	1971	Gordy
4	recordlabel: Stax 0095 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: Steve Croppe, Eddie Floyd and M. Rice	Eddie Floyd	Blood Is Thicker Than Water	1971	Stax
---	recordlabel: Mister Chand 8009 writtenby: D. Pointer, W. Dixon, S. Simmons, R. Simmons album: Gettin' Over The Hump	Simtec & Wylie	Bootleggin'	1971	Mister Chand
1	recordlabel: Tangerine 1015 chartposition: RandB #13, US #36 writtenby: Ray Charles album: My Kind of Jazz comments: [instrumental]	Ray Charles	Booty Butt	1971	Tangerine
---	recordlabel: Epic 10829 writtenby: Sly Stone, Sylvester Stewart album: There's A Riot Goin' On comments: [funk] mpcode: DD7443z6Xog	Sly & The Family Stone	Brave and Strong	1971	Epic
1	recordlabel: Invictus 9095 chartposition: RandB #30, US #107 writtenby: Ruth Copeland, Clyde Wilson and George Clinton	Parliament	Breakdown	1971	Invictus
2	recordlabel: Blue Thumb 200 chartposition: RandB #43 writtenby: Bobby Womack comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]	Gabor Szabo & Bobby Womack	Breezin'	1971	Blue Thumb
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 2796 chartposition: RandB #1, US #6, US AC #40 writtenby: Paul Simon album: Live At Fillmore West comments: [ballad]	Aretha Franklin	Bridge Over Troubled Water	1971	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Galaxy 780 writtenby: F. Smith, C. Wolfolk	Loleatta Holloway	Bring It On Up	1971	Galaxy
1	recordlabel: Invictus 9092 chartposition: RandB #3, US #12 writtenby: General Johnson (as Norman Johnson), Greg Perry & Angelo Bond album: Contact	Freda Payne	Bring the Boys Home	1971	Invictus
2	recordlabel: Lovelite 02 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #43 writtenby: Eddie Sullivan	The Lovelites	Bumpy Road Ahead	1971	Lovelite
---	recordlabel: Theoda 518 writtenby: T. Moore comments: [northern soul] mpcode: CtoxgvWSWb4	J.E. Morgan	By My Side	1971	Theoda
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 2824 chartposition: RandB #10, US #52 writtenby: Bill Martin (as William Martin), Brad Shapiro and Dave Crawford album: Don't Knock My Love	Wilson Pickett	Call My Name, I'll Be There	1971	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Cotillion 44125 writtenby: C. Washington, J. Broussard, R. Williams	The Enticers	Calling For Your Love	1971	Cotillion
1	recordlabel: Tamla 54210 chartposition: RandB #37, US #101 writtenby: Hal Davis and Herman Griffith album: All By Myself comments: [Motown Sound]	Eddie Kendricks	Can I	1971	Tamla
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 2828	Margie Alexander	Can I Be Your Main Thing	1971	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Chess 2109	Sam Dees	Can You Be A One Man Woman	1971	Chess
1	recordlabel: Westbound 185 chartposition: RandB #44, US #93 writtenby: George Clinton and Ernie Harris album: Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	Can You Get to That	1971	Westbound
---	recordlabel: Lava 1001 writtenby: Johnny Williams	Pep Brown	Can You Handle It	1971	Lava
---	recordlabel: United Artists 7617 writtenby: J. Briggs	Lea Roberts	Can't Get Enough of You	1971	United Artists
1	recordlabel: Soul 35081 chartposition: RandB #50, US #117 writtenby: Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol and Robert Beavers album: A Gassssss comments: [Motown Sound]	Jr. Walker & the All Stars	Carry Your Own Load	1971	Soul
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 2783 writtenby: George Soule, Terry Woodford	Esther Phillips with the Dixie Flyers	Catch Me I'm Falling	1971	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: ClinTone 006 writtenby: Sam Dees	Rozetta Johnson	Chained and Bound	1971	ClinTone
1	recordlabel: Invictus 9086 chartposition: RandB #10, US #42, UK #48 writtenby: Brian Holland & Lamont Dozier album: In Session / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits	Chairmen of the Board	Chairman of the Board	1971	Invictus
2	recordlabel: Invictus 9085 chartposition: RandB #11, US #44, UK #46 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Angelo Bond album: Contact	Freda Payne	Cherish What Is Dear to You (While It's Near to You)	1971	Invictus
3	recordlabel: Galaxy 778 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: Calvin Carter and Bobby Rush	Bobby Rush	Chicken Heads	1971	Galaxy
4	recordlabel: Alston 4601 chartposition: RandB #2, US #6 writtenby: Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke album: I Love the Way You Love comments: (southern soul)	Betty Wright	Clean Up Woman	1971	Alston
5	recordlabel: Atco 6796 chartposition: RandB #44 writtenby: Willie Martin and Dave Crawford	Dee Dee Warwick	Cold Night in Georgia	1971	Atco
6	recordlabel: United Artists 50816 chartposition: RandB #40 writtenby: Bobby Womack album: Communication...	Bobby Womack	Communication	1971	United Artists
---	recordlabel: Bad Boys 1001 writtenby: Isaac Bolden	Sly, Slick And Wicked	Confessin' A Feeling	1971	Bad Boys
1	recordlabel: Cotillion 44103 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Isaac Bolden	Tony Owens	Confessin' a Feeling	1971	Cotillion

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