| 1 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4991
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: David Lasley and Luther Vandross
album: Going for the Glow
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| 2 |
recordlabel: T Neck 2293
chartposition: US dance #71
writtenby: E. Isley, M. Isley, C. Jasper, R. Isley, O. Isley, R. Isley
album: Winner Takes All
comments: [disco funk]
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recordlabel: Polydor 263 (UK)
writtenby: Second Image
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Pavillion 975
chartposition: R&B #51
writtenby: Tony Valor
album: Fantasy
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 502618
chartposition: RandB #20
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Get as Much Love as You Can
comments: [disco dance]
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recordlabel: Salsoul 354
writtenby: B. Matthes, S. Lucas
album: Inner Life
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Ensign 201(UK)
chartposition: UK #15
writtenby: Breeze McKrieth, David Baptiste and Kenny Wellington
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Buddah 629
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Curtiss Boone, Everett Boone, Herschel Boone and Timothy McGhee
album: Slingshot
comments: [disco funk]
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recordlabel: Groove 109 (UK)
writtenby: R. Ahwai
album: Taylor Made
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 553
chartposition: RandB #15, US dance #38, US #82
writtenby: Cheryl Cook & Ronald LaPread
album: 8th Wonder
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: RCA 12285
chartposition: RandB #76, US dance #22
writtenby: Rudy Martinez
album: Never Gonna Be Another One
comments: [disco dance]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Epic 37451
writtenby: Burt Bacharach And Hal David
album: Never Too Much
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: CGib6okEeZ4
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Prelude 8034
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #35
writtenby: Andy Gierus & Nicholas Bailey
album: The Nick Straker Band
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Arista 0592
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, AC #11
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr
album: A Woman Needs Love
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| 3 |
recordlabel: AandM 2309
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #14, US #28, US dance #3
writtenby: Chas Jankel & Kenny Young
album: The Dude
comments: [disco jazz]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7208
chartposition: RandB #36, US #67
writtenby: Charles Simmons, Joe Jefferson and Richard Roebuck
album: The Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: EMI America 8070
writtenby: J. Lane, W. Pickett, M. Waleck
album: Right Track
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Salsoul 2145
chartposition: US Dance #20
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Inner Life
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Creole 9 (UK)
chartposition: UK #11
album: Ain't No Stoppin'
comments: [disco]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4998
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Ronnie McNeir
album: L.J. Reynolds
comments: [ballad]
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| --- |
recordlabel: Sabrina 106
writtenby: J. Simmons, R. Ballou, D. Nathan
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 46007
chartposition: RandB #3, US dance #6, UK #41, US #79
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden (as Narada Walden), Lisa Walden, Allee Willis & Joni Sledge
album: All American Girls
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Elektra 11539
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Carla Vaughn
album: Just Like Dreamin'
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Casablanca
chartposition: US dance #1
writtenby: S. Greenberg
album: Mouth to Mouth
comments: [disco dance]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Sky Hero 133
writtenby: W. Johnson, M. Moore
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 46009
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: Alvin Fields and Michael Zager
album: All Toys Break
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Liberty 1403
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Phil Perry and Artis Philips Jr.
album: All My Reasons
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: TSOP 4798
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Raymond Johnson and Russell Thompkins Jr.
album: Hurry Up This Way Again
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: ARC 11434
chartposition: RandB #15, US dance #57, US #59
writtenby: Larry Dunn, David Foster, Brenda Russell, Maurice White & Verdine White
album: Faces
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Spring 3016
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Gerry Thomas
album: 14 Karat
comments: [ballad]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Epic 1280
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Billy Ocean and Ken Gold
album: Night (Feel Like Getting Down)
comments: [disco, boogie]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: BC 4007
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Deacon Kevin D. Woodley
comments: [rap]
|
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recordlabel: Polydor
writtenby: Skip Scarborough
album: Gonna Tell The World
comments: [album cut]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Beggars Banquet 66
chartposition: UK #76
writtenby: Peter Maas, John Rocca and Freeez
album: Anti-Freeez
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Warner 49804
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Andy Fraser, Danny Ironstone, Alfred McCrary and Linda McCrary
album: What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Becket 1
chartposition: RandB #49, US dance #53
writtenby: T. Price, D. Morris Jr.
album: I Never Had It So Good
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5008
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Anthony Taylor and Michael Winston
album: Ebonee Webb
comments: [funk]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Network 47950
chartposition: US #42
writtenby: Irene Cara and Bruce Roberts
album: Anyone Can See
comments: [ballad]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Posse 5010
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Marcus Mitchell and Anthony Wells
album: Glad You Came My Way
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Marlin 3348
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Timmy Thomas and Inez J. Kitts
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Salsoul 2139
chartposition: RandB #16, US dance #36
writtenby: S. Washington, C. Jones, S. Young, P. Fields, J. Ivory
album: Send Your Love
comments: [disco funk]
|
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recordlabel: Tamla 54328
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Hotter Than July
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Arista 116
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Gil Scott Heron
album: Reflections
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Elektra 47093
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Leon Ware, Marcos Valle, Peter Cetera and Laudir de Oliveira
album: Rockin' You Eternally
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 551
chartposition: RandB #39
writtenby: Moe Moore, Tommy Keith
comments: [sweet soul] (12 inch version)
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Arista 0625
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: John Barnes
album: Spirit of the Street
comments: [disco funk]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Expansion 7006
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
album: Touch
comments: [album cut released in 2015 in the UK on Expansion]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Planet 47928
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Allee Willis, Greg Phillinganes, John McClain and Richard Perry
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 2526
chartposition: US dance #29, RandB #71, UK #32, US #43
writtenby: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: Koo Koo
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3804
chartposition: RandB #36, US Dance #18
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Ullanda McCullough
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76128
chartposition: RandB #19
writtenby: Danny A. Thomas, Felton Pilate and Linda Lou McCall
album: Con Funk Shun 7
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Beggars Banquet 60 (UK)
chartposition: UK #43
writtenby: Mullen, Wonder
album: Badness
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Warner 49623
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Roger Troutman
album: Zapp
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Elektra 47084
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Debra Laws and Nathan East
album: Very Special
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5031
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Live in New Orleans
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4978
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Gene Dunlap , Lenny Hemphill and Gary Praeg
album: It's Just the Way I Feel
comments: [smooth jazz funk]
|
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recordlabel: Sam 12341
writtenby: D. Alexander
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54321
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #1, US #2, US AC #4
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Being with You / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Gordy 1002
writtenby: Rick James
album: Street Songs
comments: [funk album cut]
mpcode: QxNLviG3c8E
|
| --- |
recordlabel: TSOP 36775
writtenby: Phyllis St. James
album: Sweet And Wonderful
comments: [philly sound]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: AandM 12040
chartposition: UK #52, US Dance #3
writtenby: Stevie Wonder and Stephanie Andrews
album: The Dude
comments: [disco jazz funk]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: MCA 52002
chartposition: RandB #66, US dance #56
writtenby: Tony Maiden and Lalomie Washburn
album: Camouflage
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 37176
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Jo Ann Belvin
album: Beware!
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Venture 5017
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Reggie Griffin and Kevin Ferrell
album: Redd Hott #1
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: RCA 12336
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Floyd Bonner, Darryl Williams, George Mitchell, Henry Prejean, Howard Redmon Jr., Isaac Powell
album: Blue Jeans
comments: [funk]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Polydor 2187
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Keni St. Lewis, Freddie Perren
album: Sayin' Something!
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76097
chartposition: RandB #7, US dance #73
writtenby: Allen Jones, Charles Allen, Frank Thompson, Harvey Henderson, James Alexander, Larry Dodson
album: As One
comments: [funk]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Elektra 12569
writtenby: Harmon, Lloyd, Napoleon
album: Pieces of a Dream
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Bonus 5551
chartposition: US Dance #75
writtenby: Reginald Brown
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Prelude 8025
chartposition: RandB #23, US Dance #4
writtenby: Willie Phillips and Carlton Maestro
album: The Strikers
comments: [disco funk]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Groove Production 112 (UK)
writtenby: William Alexander Smith
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Epic 02143
writtenby: M.N. Wright, B. Wright
album: Betty Wright
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Sutra 004
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: R.J. Rice
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: MCA 13956
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Lee John, Ashley Ingram and Errol Kennedy
album: Body Talk
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Mirage 3780
chartposition: RandB #11, US dance #13, UK #63
writtenby: Sandy Linzer & L. Russel Brown
album: House of Music
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Salsoul 2151
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Cameron's in Love
comments: [funk]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Polydor 282(UK)
chartposition: UK #48
writtenby: Bill Sharpe
album: Drivin' Hard
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Warner 49842
chartposition: RandB #25, US #43, US AC #30
writtenby: Tom Canning, Jay Graydon & Al Jarreau
album: Breakin' Away
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: JDC 12 6
chartposition: US Dance #55
writtenby: Jim Callon and Charles Lamont
comments: [disco dance]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Cotillion 46010
writtenby: Redding, Drumgole
album: Brother Luck
comments: [disco funk]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Atlantic 19323
writtenby: Bernard Edwards And Nile Rodgers
album: Take It Off
comments: [funk album cut]
mpcode: D_y-hij_ves
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Island 49741
chartposition: US Dance #2, UK #76
writtenby: Bill Laswell, Fred Maher, Michael Beinhorn, Nona Hendryx, T. Scott and Ronald
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: MCA 51035
writtenby: Chet Catallo
album: Carnaval
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: MCA 689
chartposition: RandB #16, US #103, US AC #21
writtenby: Bill Summers, Kevin Toney and Larry Batiste
album: Call It What You Want
comments: [disco funk]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Gordy 1002
writtenby: Rick James
album: Street Songs
comments: [funk album cut]
mpcode: 6aSPuGXtWZ8
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Polydor 518
writtenby: LaToya Kackson, Janet Jackson
album: My Special Love
|
| --- |
recordlabel: CBS 1381 (UK)
writtenby: D. McLane, G. Mackey
album: How 'Bout Us
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Prelude 8024
chartposition: US dance #5, RandB #57, UK #31
writtenby: Willie Lester & Rodney Brown
album: Sharon Redd
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Ice 4424
chartposition: UK #13
writtenby: Eddie Grant
album: Can't Get Enough
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 2565(UK)
chartposition: UK #55
writtenby: David Grant and Peter Martin [Peter Michael Martin]
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Mirage 3878
chartposition: RandB #35, US #89, US dance #20
writtenby: Stefano Pulga, Luciano Ninzatti, Barbara Addoms and Mamared
album: New York Cake
comments: [disco dance]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Polydor 336 (UK)
writtenby: Grant
album: Second Image
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Arista 9544
chartposition: RandB #9
writtenby: John Lewis Parker and Peter Iver
album: Can't We Fall in Love Again
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Mirage 3812
chartposition: RandB #69, US Dance #13, UK #58
writtenby: Boo Boo Monk, Sandy Linzer and Yvonne Fletcher
album: House of Music
comments: [disco dance]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Headfirst 9708
writtenby: Lesette Wilson
album: Now That I've Got Your Attention
comments: [album cut]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Columbia 18 02238
writtenby: L. Dozier
album: Working On You
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Vanguard 35223
chartposition: RandB #91, US dance #49
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Bobby O, Free Expression, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Columbia 2122 (lax)
chartposition: RandB #90
writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Ron Hammon, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb
album: Outlaw
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Believe In A Dream 1287
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Dexter Redding, Otis Redding III and Mark Lockett
album: Class
comments: [funk]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Liberty 645
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Phil Perry and Artis Philips Jr.
album: All My Reasons
comments: [disco dance]
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