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Soul R&B Music Charts of 1978 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1978 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 1978, 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 1978, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

(Search on '1978' returned 779 results)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
1 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3656
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Jerry Butler
album: Nothing Says I Love You Like I Love You
Jerry Butler (I'm Just Thinking About) Cooling Out 1978 P.I.R.
2 recordlabel: Solar 11246
chartposition: RandB #10, US #101
writtenby: Melvin Ragin, Sonny Burke, Art Posey and Josef Powell
album: Headlights
The Whispers (Let's Go) All the Way 1978 Solar
--- recordlabel: P.I.R. 3667
writtenby: W. Bloom, D. Brown, T. Wallington
album: Happy To Be With You
Jean Carn (No, No) You Can't Come Back Now 1978 P.I.R.
1 recordlabel: Solar 11353
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Malcolm Anthony
album: Headlights
The Whispers (Olivia) Lost and Turned Out 1978 Solar
2 recordlabel: EMI 2859 (UK)
chartposition: UK #43, US #81
writtenby: William Robinson, Ronald White
album: Bush Doctor
comments: [Reggae]
Peter Tosh (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back 1978 EMI(UK)
3 recordlabel: Ariola America 7707
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Michael Burton
album: Eon
Eon (You're the) Biggest Joke in Town 1978 Ariola America
4 recordlabel: ABC 12313
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #95, US Dance #21, US #91
writtenby: Linda Creed
album: Eloise
Eloise Laws 1,000 Laughs 1978 ABC
5 recordlabel: Malaco 1048
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: George Fischoff
album: Dorothy Moore
Dorothy Moore 1-2-3 (You and Me) 1978 Malaco
6 recordlabel: Atlantic 3441
chartposition: RandB #52, US AC #28
writtenby: Gene McDaniels (as Eugene McDaniels)
album: Blue Lights in the Basement
Roberta Flack 25th of Last December 1978 Atlantic
--- recordlabel: Hep' Me 151
writtenby: Ray Charles
album: Explains The Glory Of Love
comments: [deep soul]
Bobby Powell A Fool For You 1978 Hep' Me
--- recordlabel: Big Tree 128
writtenby: Curtis Wilkins
album: Funky Situation
Wilson Pickett A Funky Situation 1978 Big Tree
1 recordlabel: Mercury 1
chartposition: UK #51
writtenby: Brian Holland, Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland) and Lamont Dozier
album: It Begins Again
Dusty Springfield A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day) 1978 Mercury
--- recordlabel: Midtown 106
writtenby: Bill R. Wright
Bill Wright A Man In Love 1978 Midtown
1 recordlabel: Ariola America 7701
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: Conway Twitty
Johnny Adams After All the Good Is Gone 1978 Ariola America
--- recordlabel: Casablanca 927
writtenby: Simon Soussan and Sabrina Soussan
album: Our Ms. Brooks
Pattie Brooks After Dark 1978 Casablanca
1 recordlabel: Arista 0325
chartposition: RandB #13, US Dance #20
writtenby: Dominic Bugatti and Frank Musker
album: Vintage '78
comments: charted as Ain't No Smoking without Fire / Whip in US dance charts
Eddie Kendricks Ain't No Smoking without Fire 1978 Arista
--- recordlabel: P.I.R. 3674
writtenby: J.B. Jefferson, C. B. Simmons
album: Past, Present and The Futures
comments: [gospel soul]
mpcode: ceTM4pzhUdc
The Futures Ain't No Time Fa Nothing 1978 P.I.R.
1 recordlabel: Columbia 10667
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: C. Jackson, M. Yancy
Ronnie Dyson Ain't Nothing Wrong 1978 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Miracle 2
chartposition: RandB #89, US dance #4
writtenby: John Davis [John Edward Davis Jr.]
John Davis & the Monster Orchestra Ain't That Enough for You 1978 Miracle
3 recordlabel: AandM 2098
chartposition: RandB #45, US #102, UK #43
writtenby: Alex Weir, Louis Johnson, Quincy Jones, Tom Bahler and Valerie Johnson
album: Blam!!
The Brothers Johnson Ain't We Funkin' Now 1978 A&M
4 recordlabel: Whitfield 8615
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Norman Whitfield and Willie Hutch
album: In Tune
Willie Hutch All American Funkathon 1978 Whitfield
--- recordlabel: Columbia 35596
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: 'Bout Love
comments: [album cut]
Bill Withers All Because Of You 1978 Columbia
--- recordlabel: Almeria 4002
writtenby: D. Pearson, Jr.
Four Flights All I Want Is You 1978 Almeria
1 recordlabel: Columbia 10836
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: D.J. Rogers
album: Love Brought Me Back
D.J. Rogers All My Love 1978 Columbia
2 recordlabel: P.I.R. 6255
chartposition: UK #59
writtenby: Derrick Graves and Dexter Wansel
album: Voyager
Dexter Wansel All Night Long 1978 P.I.R.
3 recordlabel: Spring 179
chartposition: RandB #12, US #102
writtenby: Latimore (as Benny Latimore)
album: Feelin' Bitchy
Millie Jackson All the Way Lover 1978 Spring
4 recordlabel: Atlantic 3468
chartposition: RandB #12, US #103
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Almighty Fire
Aretha Franklin Almighty Fire (Woman of the Future) 1978 Atlantic
5 recordlabel: EMI America 8004
chartposition: RandB #91, US #32, US AC #4
writtenby: Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner
album: The Michael Johnson Album
Michael Johnson Almost Like Being in Love 1978 EMI America
--- recordlabel: Columbia 310862
writtenby: P. Allen, R. Laws, W. Jefferey
album: Hell Of An Act To Follow
Willie Bobo Always There 1978 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Epic 50490
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #9, US #18, US AC #33
writtenby: Rod Temperton
album: Too Hot to Handle
comments: [love ballad]
Heatwave Always and Forever 1978 Epic
2 recordlabel: Columbia 10674
chartposition: RandB #6, US #101
writtenby: Douglas Stender, Alvin Fields and Barbara Morr
album: There's No Good in Goodbye
The Manhattans Am I Losing You 1978 Columbia
3 recordlabel: RSO 904
chartposition: UK #10, US AC #8, US #5
writtenby: Barry Gibb
album: Shadow Dancing
Andy Gibb An Everlasting Love 1978 RSO
4 recordlabel: Arista 0366
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Gil Scott Heron
Gil Scott-Heron Angel Dust 1978 Arista
--- recordlabel: Mercury 74039
writtenby: Charles Allen, Frank Thompson, Harvey Henderson, James Alexander, Larry Dodson, Lloyd Smith
album: Light of Life
comments: [instrumental]
mpcode: YbKuImYuMGM
The Bar-Kays Angel Eyes 1978 Mercury
--- recordlabel: Tamla 54300
writtenby: M. Gaye, E. Townsend, D. Ashby
album: Here, My Dear
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye Anger 1978 Tamla
1 recordlabel: Capitol 4572
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Natalie Cole
album: Thankful
Natalie Cole Annie Mae 1978 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Creole 159 (UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: Adrian Baker and Paul Da Vinci
album: Liquid Gold
Liquid Gold Any Way You Do 1978 Creole(UK)
3 recordlabel: Mercury 73994
chartposition: RandB #22
writtenby: James Alexander, Larry Dodson, Allen Jones, Winston Stewart, Michael Beard, Charles Allen
album: Flying High on Your Love
The Bar-Kays Attitudes 1978 Mercury
4 recordlabel: Vibration 576
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Gary Unwin and Patty Unwin
Sylvia Automatic Lover 1978 Vibration
--- recordlabel: Island 6462 (UK)
writtenby: David Joseph, Kenneth Joseph
album: Hi Tension
Hi-Tension Autumn Love 1978 Island(UK)
1 recordlabel: Cotillion 44235
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Danny Webster (as Dan Webster), A. Arrington, Mark Adams, Mark Hicks and Steve Washington
album: The Hardness of the World
Slave Baby Sinister 1978 Cotillion
2 recordlabel: Alexander St. 7
chartposition: RandB #89
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: George Gade and Jack Hoffman
Jonelle Allen Baby, I Just Wanna Love You 1978 Alexander St.
3 recordlabel: Fantasy 826
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Booker Newberry III, Charles Buie (as Charles Allen Buie) and Larry James
album: Sweet Thunder
Sweet Thunder Baby, I Need Your Love Today 1978 Fantasy
4 recordlabel: GTO 117
chartposition: UK #29
writtenby: Donna Summer , Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte
album: I Remember Yesterday
Donna Summer Back in Love Again 1978 GTO
5 recordlabel: Shock 10
chartposition: RandB #84
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Randy Newman
Ron Preyer Baltimore 1978 Shock
6 recordlabel: Gull 63(UK)
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Cleveland Eaton Sr.
Cleveland Eaton Bama Boogie Woogie 1978 Gull (UK)
7 recordlabel: Atlantic 3517
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Brian Holland, Harold Beatty and Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland)
album: Bare Back
The Temptations Bare Back 1978 Atlantic
8 recordlabel: ABC/Blue Thumb 278
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: Wilton Felder
album: Images
comments: [jazz funk]
The Crusaders Bayou Bottoms 1978 ABC/Blue Thumb
9 recordlabel: Elektra 45538
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Lee Oskar
comments: [instrumental]
Lee Oskar Before the Rain 1978 Elektra
--- recordlabel: Hi 78518
writtenby: Earl Randle, Willie Mitchell
album: If This Is Heaven / Ann Peebles Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
mpcode: -6kXHP_ocyw
Ann Peebles Being Here With You 1978 Hi
1 recordlabel: Hi 77505
chartposition: RandB #9, US #83
writtenby: Al Green , Fred Jordan & Reuben Fairfax Jr.
album: The Belle Album
comments: [gospel soul]
Al Green Belle 1978 Hi
--- recordlabel: SOS Audio 2
writtenby: T. Randazzo, V. Pike, R. Joyce
album: Fashionably Yours
comments: [album cut]
Society Of Seven Between Hello And Goodbye 1978 SOS Audio
1 recordlabel: Marlin 3328
chartposition: RandB #52, US Dance #21
writtenby: C. Quartz and Max Gazzola
album: Quartz
comments: [instrumental]
Quartz Beyond the Clouds 1978 Marlin
2 recordlabel: Decca 13755
chartposition: UK #51
writtenby: Manu Dibango
Manu Dibango Big Blow 1978 Decca
3 recordlabel: T. K. 1026
chartposition: RandB #75, US dance #28
writtenby: Louis Zillery
The Sunshine Band Black Water Gold 1978 T. K.
4 recordlabel: Epic 50595
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #8, US #54, US dance #20
writtenby: Mick Jackson, David Jackson & Elmar Krohn
album: Destiny
comments: [disco dance]
The Jacksons Blame It on the Boogie 1978 Epic
5 recordlabel: ABC 4209
chartposition: RandB #34 US #105
writtenby: David Wolinski and Richard Calhoun
album: Street Player
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) Blue Love 1978 ABC
--- recordlabel: Fantasy 847
writtenby: Rodgers, Hart
album: Come Away With Me
The Originals Blue Moon 1978 Fantasy
1 recordlabel: RCA 11334
chartposition: US Dance #22
writtenby: Allan Felder, Leroy Green and T.G. Conway
Solar Flare Boogie Fund 1978 RCA
2 recordlabel: Capitol 15988
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Janice Johnson (as Janice Marie Johnson) & Perry Kibble (as Perry L. Kibble)
album: A Taste of Honey
comments: [disco]
A Taste of Honey Boogie Oogie Oogie 1978 Capitol
3 recordlabel: T.K. 1025
chartposition: RandB #29, UK #34, US #35
writtenby: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
album: Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track
comments: [disco funk]
KC And The Sunshine Band Boogie Shoes 1978 T.K.
4 recordlabel: Kudu 943
chartposition: US dance #13
writtenby: Tony Sarafino, David Matthews
album: Boogie to the Top
Idris Muhammad Boogie to the Top 1978 Kudu
5 recordlabel: Warner 8512
chartposition: RandB #1
writtenby: Bootsy Collins (as William Collins) and George Clinton
album: Bootsy? Player of the Year
Bootsy's Rubber Band Bootzilla 1978 Warner
6 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3652
chartposition: RandB #21, UK #21, US#79
writtenby: Joe Jefferson (as Joseph B. Jefferson) and Charles Simmons
album: So Full of Love / The Best Of Philadelphia
The O'Jays Brandy 1978 P.I.R.
7 recordlabel: Island 6446 (UK)
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: David Joseph, Jeffrey Guishard, Ken Joseph, Paul Phillips
album: Hi Tension
Hi-Tension British Hustle -- Peace on Earth 1978 Island(UK)
--- recordlabel: AandM 7410 (UK)
writtenby: D. Grusin, G. Johnson, L. Johnson
album: Blam!
comments: [funk jazz]
The Brothers Johnson Brother Man 1978 A&M(UK)
--- recordlabel: Columbia 3 10773
writtenby: J.L. Mack
album: I Can't Go On This Way
Tyrone Davis Bunky 1978 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Midsong Int. 40945
chartposition: US dance #11
writtenby: Mark Barkan
album: Carol Douglas
Carol Douglas Burnin' 1978 Midsong Int.
2 recordlabel: Source 40967
chartposition: RandB #1, US #34
writtenby: Chuck Brown
album: Bustin' Loose
comments: [funk]
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers Bustin' Loose (Part 1) 1978 Source
--- recordlabel: Elektra 45527
writtenby: Terry Callier
album: Fire On Ice
mpcode: aXQsNEr1m-k
Terry Callier Butterfly 1978 Elektra
1 recordlabel: Warner 8571
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Send It
Ashford & Simpson By Way of Love's Express 1978 Warner
2 recordlabel: Tomato 10001
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Al Perkins
album: King Albert
Albert King Call My Job 1978 Tomato
--- recordlabel: Calgar 0005
writtenby: William Albert Flakes
The Perfections Can This Be Real 1978 Calgar
1 recordlabel: Arista 0304
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Carlos Wilson, Louis Wilson, Ric Wilson, Claude "Coffee" Cave, Joaquin Jessup, Neftali Santiago
album: We Are One
Mandrill Can You Get It (Suzie Caesar) 1978 Arista
2 recordlabel: Stax 503
chartposition: RandB #19
writtenby: Joe Shamwell
album: Open Door Policy
The Soul Children Can't Give Up a Good Thing 1978 Stax
3 recordlabel: Columbia 310773
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Leo Graham
album: I Can't Go On This Way
Tyrone Davis Can't Help But Say 1978 Columbia
4 recordlabel: Arista 0359
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: General Johnson
General Johnson Can't Nobody Love Me Like You Do 1978 Arista
5 recordlabel: Motown 1441
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Michael McGloiry
album: Frontiers
comments: [Motown Sound]
Jermaine Jackson Castles of Sand 1978 Motown
6 recordlabel: Gold Mind 4016
chartposition: RandB #92
writtenby: N. Harris, R. Tyson
album: Queen of the Night
Loleatta Holloway Catch Me on the Rebound 1978 Gold Mind
7 recordlabel: Cotillion 44232
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Dan Daily
album: Closer to You
R.B. Hudmon Cause You're Mine Now 1978 Cotillion
8 recordlabel: United Artists 1204
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: R. Muller
album: Brass Construction III
Brass Construction Celebrate 1978 United Artists
9 recordlabel: LeJoint 34001
chartposition: RandB #46, US Dance #37
writtenby: Zulema (as Zulema Cusseaux)
album: Z licious
Zulema Change 1978 LeJoint
10 recordlabel: MCA 40916
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Dwight White
comments: [instrumental]
Brotherhood Change of Pace 1978 MCA
--- recordlabel: Tabu 5504
writtenby: J. Peters, L. Mack
album: Full Moon
Ms. Sharon Ridley Changin' 1978 Tabu
1 recordlabel: De lite 906
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: Michael Cheek, The Kay Gees and Callie Cheek
The Kay-Gees Cheek to Cheek 1978 De lite
2 recordlabel: Westbound 55413
chartposition: US Dance #29
writtenby: Bobby Miller and Mike Theodore
album: Another Life
Caesar Frazier Child of the Wind 1978 Westbound
3 recordlabel: ABC 12289
chartposition: RandB #62, US #108, UK #52, US Dance #10
writtenby: Lenny Williams
album: Choosing You
comments: Choosing You / Shoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh! in US dance charts
Lenny Williams Choosing You 1978 ABC
4 recordlabel: Tomato 10002
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Barry Murphy and Eric Morgeson
album: King Albert
Albert King Chump Change 1978 Tomato
5 recordlabel: Arista 0302
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: John Williams [composer]
comments: [instrumental]
Gene Page Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1978 Arista
6 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3648
chartposition: RandB #1, US #25, UK #41
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Life Is a Song Worth Singing / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: Soul Ballad [Philly Sound]
Teddy Pendergrass Close the Door 1978 P.I.R.
7 recordlabel: Buddah 473(UK)
chartposition: UK #15
writtenby: Van McCoy and Joe Cobb
album: The One and Only
Gladys Knight & the Pips Come Back and Finish What You Started 1978 Buddah (UK)
8 recordlabel: ABC 12405
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Lydia M. Purifoy and Pearl Smith
album: Come Fly with Me
Bobby Bland Come Fly with Me 1978 ABC
9 recordlabel: Columbia 310632
chartposition: RandB #17, US #84, US Dance #32
writtenby: Al McKinnery, Verdine White and Robert Wright
album: Come Go with Us
The Pockets Come Go with Me 1978 Columbia
10 recordlabel: Atlantic 3445
chartposition: RandB #85
writtenby: Johnny Bristol
album: Feeling My Way
Margie Joseph Come On Back to Me Lover 1978 Atlantic
11 recordlabel: Prelude 71104
chartposition: RandB #70, UK #16, US dance #2
writtenby: Jesse Boyce
Saturday Night Band Come On Dance, Dance 1978 Prelude
12 recordlabel: Creole 153(UK)
chartposition: UK #11
writtenby: Willard Eugene Price (as Gene Price)
album: I Will
comments: [ballad]
Ruby Winters Come to Me 1978 Creole (UK)
13 recordlabel: Mercury 547
chartposition: RandB #31, US #103
writtenby: Michael Cooper
album: Secrets
Con Funk Shun Confunkshunizeya 1978 Mercury
14 recordlabel: Mercury 73986
chartposition: US Dance #31
writtenby: Kennie Delt, Mark Stevens and Myron Mattox
Kennie Delt & Prana Conquer All 1978 Mercury
--- recordlabel: Polydor 18
writtenby: Gregg Diamond
Gregg Diamond Bionic Boogie Ft. Luther Vandross Cream (Always Rises To The Top) 1978 Polydor
1 recordlabel: RCA 11403
chartposition: US #71
writtenby: James Walsh
album: James Walsh Gypsy Band
James Walsh Gypsy Band Cuz it's You Girl 1978 RCA

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