| 201 |
recordlabel: Tap 500
chartposition: US #82
writtenby: Robert Hargreaves, Tolchard Evans and Stanley Damerell
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recordlabel: Duke 74
writtenby: Malone
album: Two Steps From The Blues
comments: [soul blues]
mpcode: BSv_ZLy7sqg
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Impulse 202
chartposition: RandB #8, US #66
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Roy Alfred
album: Genius+Soul=Jazz
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recordlabel: Chess 1791
writtenby: Lloyd Reese
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recordlabel: Duke 74
writtenby: Malone, Agee
album: Two Steps From The Blues
comments: [blues soul album cut]
mpcode: Id3hjC_sVfA
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 390
chartposition: RandB #8, US #25
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Jerry Butler & Curtis Mayfield
album: Aware Of Love
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recordlabel: Bandy 1494
writtenby: Naomi Neville
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Federal 12432
chartposition: RandB #5
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Sonny Thompson
album: Freddy King Sings
comments: [blues]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Sue 740
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #43, US #117
writtenby: Turner and Bussong
album: Dynamite!!!
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Impulse 202
chartposition: RandB #25, US #84
writtenby: William Weldon and Roy Jacobs
album: Genius+Soul=Jazz
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55216
chartposition: RandB #9, US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Al Kasha & Horace Ott
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71847
chartposition: RandB #17, US #25, US AC #7
writtenby: Ruth Lowe
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71783
chartposition: US #110
writtenby: Joy Kennedy
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| 7 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71840
chartposition: RandB #15, US #12
writtenby: Ben E. King, Glick, and Ollie Jones
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| 8 |
recordlabel: Vogue Pop 459174(UK)
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Armand Piron
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recordlabel: Tamla 54038
writtenby: B. Holland, F. Gorman
album: Meet the Supremes
comments: [Motown Sound]
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recordlabel: Fairlane 21003
writtenby: Carter And Scott
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Wand 110
chartposition: RandB #13, US #59
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: I Don't Want to Cry! / Chuck Jackson's Greatest Hits
comments: [ballad]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Cub 9085
chartposition: UK #33, US #85
writtenby: Gary Geld and Peter Udell
mpcode: zZVWtjqM-0Y
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Duke 332
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #46
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: Two Steps from the Blues Deep Soul Treasures Vol.4 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71841
chartposition: RandB #17, US #56
writtenby: Jimmy Oliver and Clyde McPhatter
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Seven Arts 705
chartposition: RandB #10, US #93
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Sally Nix and Henry Glover
comments: new version of 1948 hit [R]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Instant 3229
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 17
writtenby: Chris Kenner & Allen Toussaint
album: Land Of 1000 Dances
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Musitron 1072
chartposition: US #96
writtenby: Fawcett
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Imperial 5796
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #35
writtenby: Bartholomew, King, Domino
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recordlabel: Chess 1791
writtenby: Lloyd Reese
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Motown 1011
chartposition: RandB #9, US #33
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Wm. Stevens, and B. Gordy Jr.
album: Bye, Bye Baby, I Don't Want to Take a Chance
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Wand 106
chartposition: RandB #5, US #36
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Luther Dixon and Chuck Jackson
album: I Don't Want to Cry! / Chuck Jackson's Greatest Hits
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recordlabel: Duke 74
writtenby: Robey
album: Two Steps From The Blues
comments: [blues soul album cut]
mpcode: dAjlzda5U8o
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: King 5466
chartposition: RandB #4, US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: James Brown
album: Shout and Shimmy
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Gone 5112
chartposition: US #72
writtenby: Chris Kenner
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Minit 634
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #48, US #69
writtenby: Naomi Neville
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Seg-Way 1001
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48
writtenby: A. Bruno, J. Granham
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Liberty 55343
chartposition: US #72, US AC #19
writtenby: Al Hoffman, Ed Nelson and Al Goodhart
album: Hurt!!!!!!
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Liberty 55343
chartposition: RandB #22, US #4, US AC #2
writtenby: Al Jacobs & Jimmie Crane
album: Hurt!!!!!!
comments: [ballad]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1219
chartposition: RandB #5, US #48
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Luther Dixon
album: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
comments: [ballad]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: King 455438
chartposition: US #109
writtenby: Clifford Scott and Billy Butler
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10244
chartposition: RandB #1 (5 weeks), US #1, UK #6
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Percy Mayfield
album: Ray Charles Greatest Hits
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Federal 12401
chartposition: RandB #5, US #29
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Freddie King, Sonny Thompson & Hound Dog Taylor
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Savoy 1599
chartposition: RandB #26, US #97
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Williams and McPherson
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Atco 6207
chartposition: US # 81
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Hi 2028
chartposition: RandB #22, US #20
writtenby: Ray; Jackson
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Colpix 612
chartposition: RandB #19, US #7
writtenby: Al Hoffman & John Klenner
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Gee 1064
chartposition: RandB #10, US #18
writtenby: Hoagy Carmichael & Frank Loesser
|
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recordlabel: Miracle 1
writtenby: Jimmy Ruffin
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Everest 19409
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #37, US #111
writtenby: Arthur Hamilton
album: He Needs Me
|
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recordlabel: New Breed 502
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10241
chartposition: RandB #2, US #20
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Fury 1052
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #46
album: Letter Full of Tears
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Parkway 822
chartposition: US #43
writtenby: James Brown and Albert Shubert
album: Chubby Checker's Biggest Hits
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Atco 45 6204
chartposition: US #96
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
|
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recordlabel: Minit 625
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Colpix 608
chartposition: US #113
writtenby: Henry Troy and Fletcher Henderson
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Donna 1333
chartposition: US #91
writtenby: Kulaga, Catalano, and Ariotta
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2086
chartposition: RandB #5, US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Carla Thomas
album: Gee Whiz
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Chess 1787
chartposition: RandB #26
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: William Davis and Viola Watkins
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: RCA 7946
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #42, US #22
writtenby: Willie Nelson
comments: [ballad]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Nomar 106
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #25
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: S. W. Taylor & Maxine Brown
album: The Fabulous Sound Of Maxine Brown
comments: [ballad]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71859
chartposition: RandB #14, US #20, US AC #6
writtenby: Brook Benton
album: The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits
comments: Adapted by Brook Benton
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recordlabel: Stax 116
writtenby: Bell
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Gee 1067
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #43, US #60
writtenby: Pat Best (as William Best) and Deek Watson
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71774
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Clyde Otis & Willie Dixon
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Felsted 8624
chartposition: RandB #20, US #25
writtenby: Aaron Collins
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Argo 5390
chartposition: RandB #14, US #50
writtenby: Floyd Hunt
album: The Second Time Around
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: King 5503
chartposition: RandB #17
writtenby: Edmund Anderson and Ted Grouya (as Theodor Grouya)
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 375
chartposition: RandB #10, US #27
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler
album: Aware Of Love
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8751
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #15, US #56
writtenby: Sam Cooke
|
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recordlabel: Orbit 135
writtenby: Otis Redding
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 61 1766
chartposition: RandB #16, US #36
writtenby: Ernest Gold
album: Exodus to Jazz
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54048
chartposition: RandB #11, US #52
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: William Robinson and Ronnie White
album: Cookin' with The Miracles
comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to I Can't Believe
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 386
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #6
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Johnny Otis
album: Letter Full Of Tears
comments: [ballad]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: DeLuxe 45 6190
chartposition: US #113
writtenby: Johnny Otis
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Duke 335
chartposition: RandB #5, US #85
writtenby: Roosevelt Sykes
album: Driving Wheel
comments: [blues]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Argo 5390
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #26, US #55
writtenby: Johnny Mercer
comments: US B side to Fool That I Am
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 409
chartposition: US #104
writtenby: Horace Ott and Calvin Carter
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: King 45 5575
chartposition: RandB #14
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Albert King
album: The Big Blues
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recordlabel: Checker 982
writtenby: J. Johnson, E. Smith
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Phillips 3574
writtenby: Ray Stevens
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Miracle 1
writtenby: Jimmy Ruffin
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Argo 5393
chartposition: RandB #6, US #39
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Stella Unger, Saul Bernie and James Price Johnson
album: The Second Time Around
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Duke 340
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #71
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: Two Steps from the Blues
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1212
chartposition: RandB #28, US #41
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Luther Dixon and Lee Thomas
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Fury 1056
chartposition: RandB #22, US #27
writtenby: King
|
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recordlabel: Eric 7004
writtenby: B. L. Ozen
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1203
chartposition: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Ralph Bass & Lowman Pauling
album: Tonight's The Night
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: King 5453
chartposition: US #81
writtenby: Ralph Bass and Lowman Pauling
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Legrand 1015
chartposition: RandB #5, US #9
writtenby: Frank Guida (as Frank J. Guida)
album: Twist Up Calypso
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 418
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #32
writtenby: C. Draine
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Hull 740
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Sheppard, Bassett, Baskerville
album: Our Anniversary
comments: [ballad]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: RCA 1242
chartposition: UK #7, RandB #20, US #17
writtenby: Sam Cooke
album: The Best of Sam Cooke
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recordlabel: Minit 625
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
album: Irma Thomas Sings
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Musicor 1201
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41
writtenby: Dixon, Foxx, Gaskins
album: Come By Here
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 373
chartposition: RandB #12, US #68
writtenby: Jimmy Reed
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Federal 12439
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Sonny Thompson and R. C. Wilson
comments: [christmas]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Liberty 55405
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #15
writtenby: Barry, Crofford, Resnick
album: Hit After Hit
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Dot 16144
chartposition: RandB #15, US #72
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Bobby Rackep and Bill Ness
comments: [northern soul]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Miracle 12
writtenby: B. Gordy, Jr, O. Williams, M. Franklin, A. Bryant
album: Meet the Temptations
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Prestige 191
chartposition: US #91
writtenby: Eddie Heywood and Norman Gimbel
album: Something Nice
comments: [soul jazz]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: New Breed 501
writtenby: Chuck Bernard
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Motown 1003
chartposition: RandB #8, US #45
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Mary Wells
album: Bye, Bye Baby
comments: [Motown Sound]
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