| 1 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5415
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: LaLa, Lillo Thomas and Paul Laurence
album: All of You
comments: [love ballad]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Quality 7053
chartposition: RandB #53, US dance #25
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: West Phillips
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Columbia 05102
chartposition: US dance #2
writtenby: Peter Brown and Robert Rans
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recordlabel: Atlantic 89648
writtenby: Dana Marshal, Dana Meyers, William Zimmerman, Wilmer Raglin
album: Cross Fire
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: De lite 17 (UK)
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: Robert Bell, James
album: In the Heart
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1737
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Dennis Lambert, Sam Dees and J.C. Crowley
album: Don't Look Any Further
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Mercury 814 959
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Jimmy Haslip and Marilyn Scott
album: Without Warning!
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 89688
chartposition: RandB #85
writtenby: Steve Arrington
album: Steve Arrington's Hall Of Fame ‎ Positive Power
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Gordy 1730
chartposition: RandB #6, US #36, US dance #60
writtenby: Rick James
album: Reflections
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Warner 9120
chartposition: RandB #15, UK #29, US #48, US AC #15
writtenby: Randy Goodrum & Steve Kipner
album: 20/20
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Profile 7051
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: Steve Mac and Autumn Rowe
album: Run DMC
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Park Place 104
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Frederick Knight
album: C.L. Blast
comments: [ballad]
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Island 170 (UK)
chartposition: UK #70
album: Rebel Souls
comments: [reggae]
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Mercury 880 170
chartposition: RandB #45
album: Ego Trip
comments: [hip hop] (featuring Run D.M.C.)
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Polydor 881 008
chartposition: RandB 22, US #77, UK #47, US Dance #9
writtenby: John Footman and Maxi Anderson
album: Breakin' OST
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| 12 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04765
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore and Ronald White
album: Centipede
comments: [ballad]
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: MCA 52477
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: Glen Burris and Randy Hall
album: I Belong to You
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recordlabel: Echo 203
writtenby: Deadrie Malonel, Vernon Morris
album: Live Again! Otis Clay
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: EMI America 8184
chartposition: RandB #82, US dance #24, UK #33
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Debbie Clarkin and Ron Rogers [Ronald Bruce Rogers]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Red Label 7000
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Bob Garrett and Marsha Malamet
album: Sneakin' Out
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Virgin 703 (UK)
chartposition: UK #88
writtenby: Booth, Stabbins
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: RCA 13682
chartposition: RandB #16, US #75, UK #45, US dance #45
writtenby: Dana Meyers and Leon Sylvers III
album: Face to Face
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| 5 |
recordlabel: RCA 13714
chartposition: US dance #21, RandB #50, US rock #23, UK #63, US #8
writtenby: Daryl Hall, John Oates & Sara Allen
album: Rock 'n' Soul: Part 1
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Warner 29262
chartposition: RandB #26, US #69, US AC #6
writtenby: Jay Graydon, Al Jarreau and David Foster
album: High Crime
comments: [ballad]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Epic 05084
chartposition: US Dance #40
writtenby: Pamela Phillips Oland, William Zimmerman and Wilmer Raglin
album: Gettin' Ready
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04689
chartposition: RandB #89
writtenby: Nick Mundy and Patricia Butler
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Sutra 021
chartposition: UK #81
writtenby: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead and Jerry Cohen
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Prism 600
chartposition: US Dance #17
writtenby: Jeffrey Steinberg
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Qwest 29136
chartposition: US AC #37
album: Patti Austin
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Nuance 1245
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Lonnie Reaves
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Vanguard 35244
chartposition: RandB #84, US #103, US Dance #4
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Rick Tarbox
album: Alisha
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Epic 4758
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: David Porter, Donald O'Conner
album: Close Company
|
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recordlabel: Atlantic 89648
writtenby: Dana Marshal, James Sylvers
album: Cross Fire
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04507
chartposition: RandB #38, UK #43, US #19, US AC #2
writtenby: Cynthia Weil, Tony Renis & Julio Iglesias
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Rocshire 95056
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Jessie Barrish
album: Changing
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Elektra 69711
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips
album: It's All Yours
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Dream 0360
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: Jimmy Castor
|
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recordlabel: Beverly Glen 10003
writtenby: Bobby Womack, Jim Ford
album: The Poet II
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: nTW6BMTuMeM
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Solar 69682
chartposition: RandB #49, US #73, UK #61
writtenby: George Duke and Howard Hewett
album: Heartbreak
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Tamla 1735
chartposition: RandB #33, US #106, UK #90
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Essar
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: West End 1264
chartposition: RandB #68, UK #45, US Dance #33
writtenby: Butch Ingram and Len Barry
album: Another Man
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Polydor 728 (UK)
chartposition: UK #67
writtenby: P. Quinton
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: MCA 52490
chartposition: RandB #38, US Dance #29
writtenby: Kevin McCord and Ralph Ernest
album: I Appreciate
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Record Shack 24
chartposition: UK #27
writtenby: Jacques Moralli, Frederick Zarr, Henri Belolo and Keith Rodgers
album: Break Dance Party
comments: [electro, dance]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Red Label 001
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Danni Johnson, Keg Johnson, Marlo Henderson and Pat Henderson
album: Sincerely
comments: [ballad]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Arista 9263
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Kashif
album: Send Me Your Love
comments: [beat ballad]
|
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recordlabel: Soundtown 10
writtenby: H. Banks, C. Brooks
comments: [christmas]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Planet 105 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #2, US #5, US dance #2, US AC #36
writtenby: Mark Goldenberg & Brock Walsh
album: Break Out
|
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recordlabel: Family Records 6000
writtenby: J.C. Crowley, Peter Beckett
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Arista 9200
chartposition: RandB #6, US dance #40, US #108
writtenby: Kashif
album: Send Me Your Love
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
mpcode: il2ZiPEHhWI
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Elektra 4968
chartposition: RandB #25, UK #72, US Dance #4
writtenby: Eddie Noble Jr., Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
album: Love Wars
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 99750
chartposition: RandB #37, US #102
writtenby: Burt Bacharach, Mack David and Luther Dixon (as Barney Williams)
album: Perfect Combination
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Motown 1733
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Recco Philmore and Eric O'Neal
album: KoKo Pop
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: RCA 13727
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Larry Graham and Robert Wright
album: Be Yourself
comments: [ballad]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 2403
chartposition: RandB #20
writtenby: Cavin Yarbrough and Alisa Peoples
album: Be a Winner
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Island 99782
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #92, US Dance #1
writtenby: Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J. J. Jeczalik, Gary Langan and Paul Morley
album: Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Island 99727
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: .18, .22, .28, .33 and .69
album: Hear on Earth
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 9659
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #42
album: Beat Street
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 9655
chartposition: RandB #76, US #107, US Dance #27
writtenby: Jerry Barnes, Katreese Barnes, Alan Palanker and Eumir Deodato
album: Beat Street (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Volume 1
comments: [disco, dance]
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Total Experience 2406
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Cavin Yarbrough and Alisa Peoples
album: I Wanna Be Your Man
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: TSR 832
chartposition: US Dance #44
writtenby: Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench
album: Manpower
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: LARC 81025
chartposition: RandB #22, US Dance #55
writtenby: Amir Bayyan, Cynthia Huggins and Kelly Barreto
album: Heart Don't Lie
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5387
chartposition: RandB #6, US #5, UK #45, US dance #16, US rock #32
writtenby: Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman & Holly Knight
album: Private Dancer
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04641
chartposition: RandB #22
writtenby: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
album: Let's Hear It for the Boy
comments: [ballad]
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Record Shack 27 (UK)
chartposition: UK #85
writtenby: Ian Levine, Fiachra Trench
album: Close To Perfection
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 99725
chartposition: RandB #63, US Dance #48
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden and Preston Glass
album: Perfect Combination
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: T Neck 05085
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Ronald Wilson
album: Party
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: Epic 1954
chartposition: RandB #39, US #47, UK #94, US Dance#73
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Victory
|
| 20 |
recordlabel: Solar 69785
chartposition: RandB #3, US #77
writtenby: Stanley Burke, Melvin Gentry, Carl Greene, L.A. Reid (as Antonio Reid) and Bo Watson
album: Street Beat
|
| 21 |
recordlabel: Polydor 642
chartposition: US Dance #6
writtenby: Curtis Hudson
comments: [dance]
|
| 22 |
recordlabel: Streetwise 2227
chartposition: US Dance #19
writtenby: Bruce Nazarian and Duane Bradley
comments: [electro dance]
|
| 23 |
recordlabel: Portrait 04620
chartposition: UK #78
writtenby: Eddy Grant
album: Going for Broke
|
| 24 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 104278
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Jacques Morali, Frederick Zarr, Henri Belolo and Keith Rodgers
|
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recordlabel: Tabu 05240 (UK)
writtenby: T. Lewis, J. Harris III
album: Just The Way You Like It
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Geffen 29328
chartposition: RandB #23, US #8, US dance #13, UK #88,
writtenby: Irene Cara, Giorgio Moroder & Bunny Hull
album: What a Feelin'
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: District Of Columbia 1
chartposition: UK #15
writtenby: Julia McGirt and David Ylvisaker
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5376
chartposition: RandB #32
writtenby: O'Bryan (as O'Bryan Burnette II) and Don Cornelius
album: Be My Lover
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Polydor 690
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #5, US #9, US dance #1
writtenby: Ollie E. Brown & Jerry Knight
album: Breakin': Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Elektra 4980
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips, George Phillips, Ky Adeyemo, Lionel Job, Marvin Ennis and Orlando Phillips
album: It's All Yours
comments: [funk]
|
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recordlabel: 12 Inch Grooves 4507
writtenby: L. Troutman, R. Troutman
album: Bad Bobby Glover
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: AandM 2655
chartposition: RandB #52, US #90, US Dance #54, US AC #22
writtenby: John Barnes and Jimmie Cameron
album: Bullish
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Epic 4887
chartposition: RandB #20, US #104
writtenby: James Mtume and Tawatha
album: You, Me and He
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 99749
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Deborah Street, Johnny Flippin and Michael Walker
album: Phoenix
comments: [ballad]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Music Power 1 (UK)
writtenby: Intrigue
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: 4th and Bway 19
chartposition: RandB #48, UK #29
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Donald Robinson, McKinley Horton and Michael Forte
album: Cashmere
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Epic 34 04713
chartposition: RandB #89, US rock #5, UK #16, US #1, US AC #3
writtenby: Kevin Cronin
album: Wheels Are Turnin'
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Arista 9270
chartposition: RandB #59, US Dance #15
writtenby: David Frank and Mic Murphy
album: Let Me Be the One
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Motown 1758
writtenby: P. St. James
album: Ain't No Turnin' Back
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Epic 976
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley
album: Make It Big
comments: [ballad]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Jive 9199
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US dance #1, US AC #7
writtenby: Billy Ocean & Keith Diamond
album: Suddenly
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Tuckwood 102
writtenby: James Cobbin, Steve Richards
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Columbia 04547
chartposition: RandB #4, US #24, US dance #29
writtenby: Michael Jackson
album: Centipede
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: RFC/Atlantic 89684
chartposition: RandB #7, UK #17, US dance #17
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis
album: Change of Heart
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Specific Records 229
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Michael Dowling and Richard Dowling
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Island 160 (UK)
chartposition: UK #51
writtenby: Brinsley Forde, Angus Gaye and Tony Robinson
album: Rebel Souls
comments: [reggae]
|
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recordlabel: World 004
writtenby: Avaresse, Burton
album: Checking Out
comments: [disco, boogie]
mpcode: nbhxvpRK5l4
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 9604 (UK)
chartposition: UK #81
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
comments: (remix) [disco, dance, funk]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: MCA 52637
chartposition: RandB #47, UK #59, US Dance #25
writtenby: Carl McIntosh, Steve Nichol and Eugene
album: A Little Spice
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Easy Street 4508
chartposition: RandB #65, US Dance #43
writtenby: Duane Jones, George Kerr and Reggie Griffin
comments: [hip hop, funk]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Island 99754
chartposition: UK #8, US dance #4, RandB #23, US #102
writtenby: Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J. J. Jeczalik, Paul Morley & Trevor Horn
album: Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?
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