| 101 |
recordlabel: Federal 4512428
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Freddie King and Sonny Thompson
album: Freddy King Sings
|
| 102 |
recordlabel: Legrand 1009
chartposition: RandB #12, US #5
writtenby: Gary U.S. Bonds (as Gary Anderson) & Gene Barge
|
| 103 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2099
chartposition: RandB #17, US #35
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Saved
|
| 104 |
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
|
| 105 |
recordlabel: Columbia 41940
chartposition: RandB #22
writtenby: Julian Cannonball Adderley
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 106 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2127
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45, US #72
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
|
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recordlabel: Miracle 5
writtenby: Stevenson, Kendrick
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Imperial 5779
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40
writtenby: A. Domino, J. Jessup, P. Maddux
album: What A Party!
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Columbia 442157
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #13, US #37
writtenby: Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis, & Jean Schwartz
album: The Electrifying Aretha Franklin
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71903
chartposition: RandB #12, US #15
writtenby: Brook Benton, Oliver Hall & Marnie Ewald
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Hull 742
chartposition: US #42
writtenby: James Sheppard
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Twin 700
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #19, US #21
writtenby: G. Jones, Jr.
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Excello 2194
chartposition: RandB #17, US #34
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: James Moore and Jerry West
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 383
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Dee Clark
album: Hold On....It's Dee Clark
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Legrand 1008
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #1, UK #7
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Gene Barge, Frank Guida & Joseph Royster
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Sue 753
chartposition: RandB #4, US #38
writtenby: Ike Turner
album: Dynamite!
|
| 10 |
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
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Arnold 1002
chartposition: US #60
writtenby: Don Covay and John Berry
|
| 12 |
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]
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55208
chartposition: RandB #11, US #20
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Joyce Lee
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2105
chartposition: RandB #13, US #14
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Bob Hilliard
album: Save The Last Dance For Me
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 389
chartposition: RandB #21
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Percy Mayfield
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: End 1086
chartposition: US #104
writtenby: Donald Hayes
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: King 5405
chartposition: RandB #21, US #76
writtenby: Brown, Redd
comments: [christmas]
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: Roulette 4401
chartposition: RandB #8, US #1, UK #33
writtenby: Joey Dee & Henry Glover
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: Arvee 5027
chartposition: RandB #25, US #20
writtenby: H.B. Barnum, Martin J. Cooper, Cliff Goldsmith & Fred Smith
album: Peanut Butter
|
| 20 |
recordlabel: Kent 360
chartposition: RandB #7, US #119
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Mayfield, King, and Davis
comments: [ballad]
|
| 21 |
recordlabel: Columbia 42157
chartposition: RandB #6
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Al Kasha, Alan Thomas & Curtis Williams
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 22 |
recordlabel: Beltone 1012
chartposition: RandB #8, US #9
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Bobby Lewis & Malou Rene
album: Tossin' & Turnin'
|
| 23 |
recordlabel: Impulse 200
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Rudy Toombs
album: Genius+Soul=Jazz
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 24 |
recordlabel: Swingin 45 623
chartposition: RandB #20, US #26
writtenby: Wyatt and Herderson
|
| 25 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 7840
chartposition: RandB #16, US #4, UK #1
writtenby: Floyd Cramer
album: On the Rebound
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 26 |
recordlabel: Argo 5401
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #64
writtenby: Robert Guidry
|
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recordlabel: Bobbin 143
writtenby: Albert King
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Miracle 5
writtenby: Stevenson, Williams
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: King 5516
chartposition: US #93
writtenby: Shirley Wolfe and Sy Soloway
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: King 5535
chartposition: RandB #9, US #49
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Hank Ballard
album: Dance Along
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Neptune 122
chartposition: RandB #17, US #60
writtenby: Baby Washington
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Deluxe 6191
chartposition: RandB #9, US #41
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Bud Johnson and Elliot Green
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Epic 9449
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #27
writtenby: B. Cook
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Beltone 1014
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #29, US #74
writtenby: Eugene Pitt and Rene
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Tamla 54041
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Jr.
album: The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Tamla 54038
writtenby: Berry Gordy Jr.
album: Meet the Supremes
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Beltone 1006
chartposition: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Eugene Pitt, Oscar Waltzer & Phil Belmonte
|
| --- |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10223
writtenby: Jeanette Baby Washington
comments: [deep soul]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55220
chartposition: US #65
writtenby: Dorothy Daniels and Frank Daniels
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55201
chartposition: RandB #25, US #9
writtenby: Hank Hunter & Al Kasha
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Argo 5391
chartposition: RandB #12, US #54
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Stephen Weiss and Bernie Baum
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Beltone 1005
chartposition: US #91
writtenby: Ed Davis and Robert Head
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: End 1093
chartposition: US #120
writtenby: Laura Webb, Jannie Pought, Reather Dixon, Helen Gathers and Emma Pought
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Rock'n 101
chartposition: US #104
writtenby: Van McCoy
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Minit 623
chartposition: RandB #1 (5 weeks), US #1, UK #29
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
album: Mother in Law
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Stax 112
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #19, US #60
writtenby: Robert Talley and Earl Forest
album: Last Night!
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 405
chartposition: RandB #14, US #11, US AC #3
writtenby: Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer
album: Moon River
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: King 5545
chartposition: RandB #19
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Eugene Church
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54044
chartposition: RandB #21, US #51
writtenby: William Robinson
comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to Broken Hearted
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: United Artists 294
chartposition: RandB #26, US #61
writtenby: Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.)
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1217
chartposition: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Luther Dixon & Willie Denson
album: The Shirelles Sing To Trumpets And Strings
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Willow 23000
chartposition: US #97
writtenby: Jay Robinson and Sam Gibson
|
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recordlabel: Columbia 41793
writtenby: J. Leslie McFarland
album: The First 12 Sides
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Tri Phi 1004
chartposition: US #91
writtenby: Harvey Fuqua and Gwen Gordy
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: King 5573
chartposition: RandB #2, US #48
writtenby: James Brown , Bobby Byrd and Lloyd Eugene Stallworth
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Eldo 111
chartposition: US #35
writtenby: H.B. Barnum
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71744
chartposition: RandB #40 (cashbox)
writtenby: Clyde Otis, Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks
comments: [jazz RnB]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Carlton 555
chartposition: RandB #6, US #14
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Richard Barrett
album: On Tour
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Federal 12415
chartposition: RandB #8, US #88
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Rudy Toombs, Elson Teat and Alan Moore
album: Freddy King Sings
comments: [blues]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Argo 5395
chartposition: RandB #19, US #57, UK #42
writtenby: Joe Bisko
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55216
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #49, US #80
writtenby: Al Kasha and Alan Thomas
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Arvee 5023
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #44
writtenby: Spitalsk, Goldsmith, Smith
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Atco 6192
chartposition: RandB #16, US #23
writtenby: Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Fury 1054
chartposition: RandB #3, US #19
writtenby: Don Covay
album: Letter Full of Tears
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Parkway 824
chartposition: UK #2. RandB #26, US #8
writtenby: Kal Mann & Dave Appel
album: Let's Twist Again
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: King 5459
chartposition: RandB #17, US #39
writtenby: Billy Myles and Hank Ballard
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Imperial 5764
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #15
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) & Dave Bartholomew
album: Let The Four Winds Blow
|
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recordlabel: Tamla 54041
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Jr.
album: The Soulful Moods of Marvin Gaye
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Heritage 104
chartposition: US #102
writtenby: Donald Hogan
mpcode: ZrXYVgXk35w
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Storm 502
writtenby: E. Freeman And J. Jackson
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: King 5452
chartposition: US #60
writtenby: Little Willie John , James "Jay" McDougal and Titus Turner
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Monument 448
chartposition: US #90
writtenby: Roy Orbinson, Joe Melson
mpcode: Y9-JAvVdxwM
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10242
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #44, US #89
writtenby: Walter Maynard
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Satellite 107
chartposition: RandB #2 (3 weeks), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Mar Keys
album: Last Night!!!
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: End 1085
chartposition: US #92
writtenby: Sam Taylor
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71760
chartposition: US #75
writtenby: McShann and Bowman
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: King 45 5535
chartposition: US #66
writtenby: Nathaniel Nathan and Hank Ballard
comments: [B side to Nothin' But Good]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: King 5547
chartposition: RandB #17
writtenby: James Brown
album: The Amazing James Brown
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2114
chartposition: RandB #7, US #24, US AC #6
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Virgil Stewart
album: Rock and Soul
comments: [ballad]
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Art Tone 825
chartposition: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #64
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Jimmy McCracklin
album: I Just Gotta Know
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Argo 5402
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #19, US #54
writtenby: Deborah Chessler
comments: US B side to Seven Day Fool
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Minit 633
writtenby: Deborah Chessler
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71859
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #45, US AC #8
writtenby: Teddy Randazzo, Cirino Colacrai, Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: London 9451
chartposition: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #14
weeksinr&bchart: 21
writtenby: Seneca, Lee
album: Dynamite!!!
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 477927
chartposition: US #93
writtenby: Sam Cooke
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Minit 632
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #40, US #61
writtenby: Norman Johnson
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Ric Records 977
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #36
writtenby: D. Johnson
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Imperial 5753
chartposition: RandB #18, US #23, UK #49
writtenby: Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew & Bobby Charles
album: I Miss You So
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Duke 341
chartposition: RandB #7
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Little Junior Parker
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1218
chartposition: US #84
writtenby: Luther Dixon, Bob Elgin and Rogers
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Everest 19418
chartposition: RandB #16, US #95, US AC #19
writtenby: Bernie Friedman and Ollie Jones
album: This Little Boy of Mine
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Caprice 110
chartposition: RandB #10, US #22
writtenby: Rudy Clark
album: James Ray
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71749
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #46, US #30
writtenby: Jack Lawrence
album: Remember When?
comments: [ballad]
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