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Soul R&B Music Charts of 1966 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1966 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 1966, 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 1966, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

(Search on '1966' returned 753 results)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
1 recordlabel: Galaxy 748
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Little Johnny Taylor
Little Johnny Taylor Zig Zag Lightning 1966 Galaxy
--- recordlabel: Mercury 72638
writtenby: Goffin King
album: I Want To Be With You / I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Dee Dee Warwick Yours Until Tomorrow 1966 Mercury
--- recordlabel: Midas 9003
writtenby: V. Rice
comments: [northern soul]
The Inspirations Your Wish Is My Command 1966 Midas
1 recordlabel: Okeh 7261
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #47
writtenby: R. Pennington
Otis Williams & The Charms Your Sweet Love (Rained All Over Me) 1966 Okeh
2 recordlabel: Mirwood 5509
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #30, US #111
writtenby: Fred Smith, Earl Nelson and Sherlie Matthews
Jackie Lee Your P E R S O N A L l T Y 1966 Mirwood
3 recordlabel: Stax 192
chartposition: RandB #6, US #95
writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
comments: [deep soul]
Mable John Your Good Thing (Is About to End) 1966 Stax
--- recordlabel: MGM 13509
writtenby: Spector. Weil, Mann
Freda Payne You've Lost That Loving Feeling 1966 MGM
1 recordlabel: Capitol 5673
chartposition: RandB #48, US AC #20
writtenby: Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook
album: A Touch of Today
Nancy Wilson You've Got Your Troubles 1966 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Goldwax 302
chartposition: RandB #7, US #63
writtenby: O.B. McClinton
album: You Got My Mind Messed Up
James Carr You've Got My Mind Messed Up 1966 Goldwax
--- recordlabel: Oliver 2002
writtenby: Bob Rand
comments: [northern soul]
The Steinways You've Been Leading Me On 1966 Oliver
1 recordlabel: Tamla 54131
chartposition: RandB #20, US #48
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Sophisticated Soul
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Marvelettes You're the One 1966 Tamla
2 recordlabel: Stax 205
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #38
writtenby: Hayes, Porter
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Mable John You're Taking Up Another Man's Place 1966 Stax
--- recordlabel: Stax 212
writtenby: Jones, Bell, Shamwell
album: The Soul of a Bell
mpcode: 5sbX_uKrAfU
William Bell You're Such A Sweet Thang 1966 Stax
--- recordlabel: Volt 415
writtenby: Willis
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
mpcode: 73sZ3_GQKcI
Otis Redding You're Still My Baby 1966 Volt
--- recordlabel: Atlantic 8129
writtenby: Finney, West, Schofield
album: The Exciting Wilson Pickett
mpcode: jDurLIXSzec
Wilson Pickett You're So Fine 1966 Atlantic
--- recordlabel: Gordy 7055
writtenby: Robinson, Tarplin, Rogers, Moore, Whitehead
album: Gettin' Ready
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations You're Not An Ordinary Girl 1966 Gordy
1 recordlabel: ABC 10785
chartposition: US #91
writtenby: Johnny MacRae
album: Crying Time
Ray Charles You're Just About to Lose Your Clown 1966 ABC
--- recordlabel: Shout 204
writtenby: Donald Height and Richard Montague
Donald Height You're Gonna Miss Me 1966 Shout
--- recordlabel: Stateside 1043 (UK)
writtenby: Bobby Robinson
Lee Dorsey You're Breaking Me Up 1966 Stateside(UK)
1 recordlabel: Checker 1147
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Oliver Sain
Fontella Bass You'll Never Know 1966 Checker
--- recordlabel: Gordy 7054
writtenby: Wm. Robinson
album: The Temptations Sing Smokey
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations You'll Lose A Precious Love 1966 Gordy
--- recordlabel: Minit 32002
writtenby: Jimmy Holiday, Steve Guillary
album: Spread Your Love
Jimmy Holiday You Won't Get Away 1966 Minit
--- recordlabel: Loma 2035
writtenby: Bell, Ellison
comments: [northern soul]
The Enchanters You Were Meant To Be My Baby 1966 Loma
1 recordlabel: Windy C 601
chartposition: RandB #16, US #94
writtenby: Clarence Burke (as Clarence N. Burke) and Gregory Fowler (as Greg K. Fowler
album: The Five Stairsteps
The Five Stairsteps You Waited Too Long 1966 Windy C
--- recordlabel: Atlantic 2340
writtenby: Covay
comments: [southern soul ballad]
mpcode: EcHgdBqfJjc
Don Covay & The Goodtimers You Put Something On Me 1966 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Tribe 8319
chartposition: RandB #42, US #110
writtenby: Rick Hall, Dan Penn and Oscar Frank
Barbara Lynn You Left the Water Running 1966 Tribe
2 recordlabel: Motown 1101
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Supremes Sing Holland Dozier Holland / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Supremes (with Diana Ross) You Keep Me Hangin' On 1966 Motown
3 recordlabel: Brunswick 55304
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49
writtenby: John J. Myers
The Four Pennies You Have No Time To Lose 1966 Brunswick
4 recordlabel: Stax 204
chartposition: RandB #7, US #77
writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
album: Double Dynamite
Sam & Dave You Got Me Hummin' 1966 Stax
5 recordlabel: Stax 180
chartposition: RandB #7, US #90
writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
album: Hold On, I'm Comin'
Sam & Dave You Don't Know Like I Know 1966 Stax
6 recordlabel: Philips 40371
chartposition: UK #1, US #4, US AC #8
writtenby: Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham and Simon Napier Bell
album: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
comments: [pop soul ballad]
Dusty Springfield You Don't Have to Say You Love Me 1966 Philips
7 recordlabel: Sue 4005
chartposition: UK #39
writtenby: Dee Clark, Kal Mann and Cornell Muldrow
comments: [re release]
Phil Upchurch Combo You Can't Sit Down 1966 Sue
8 recordlabel: Atlantic 2336
chartposition: US #127
writtenby: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns), Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Ahmet Ertegun (as Nugetre)
The Drifters You Can't Love Them All 1966 Atlantic
9 recordlabel: Motown 1097
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Supremes A Go Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Supremes (with Diana Ross) You Can't Hurry Love 1966 Motown
--- recordlabel: Kent 453
writtenby: F. Hughes, F. King
Z.Z. Hill You Can't Hide A Heartache 1966 Kent
--- recordlabel: RCA Victor 478947
writtenby: J. Hunter, W. Kendrick
comments: [northern soul]
Willie Kendrick You Can't By Pass Love 1966 RCA Victor
1 recordlabel: Capitol 5790
chartposition: RandB #35, US #55
writtenby: Ben Raleigh and H. B. Barnum
album: Lou Rawls Carryin' On!
Lou Rawls You Can Bring Me All Your Heartaches 1966 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Scepter 12157
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45
writtenby: Tommy Kaye
Judy Clay You Busted My Mind 1966 Scepter
3 recordlabel: MGM 13451
chartposition: US #116
writtenby: Teddy Randazzo and Bob Weinstein
album: It's Gonna Take A Miracle
The Royalettes You Bring Me Down 1966 MGM
4 recordlabel: Veep 1233
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #40, US #125
writtenby: Teddy Randazzo and Victoria Pike
Little Anthony & the Imperials You Better Take It Easy Baby 1966 Veep
--- recordlabel: Carla 2527
writtenby: A. Jones
mpcode: qHXblznMS_c
The Gambrells You Better Move 1966 Carla
--- recordlabel: Mica 501
writtenby: R. Caldwell, J. Dobbins, B. Lee
Ray & Dave Wrong Wrong Wrong 1966 Mica
1 recordlabel: Windy C 602
chartposition: RandB #12, US #49
writtenby: Clarence Burke (as Clarence N. Burke) and Gregory Fowler
album: The Five Stairsteps
The Five Stairsteps World of Fantasy 1966 Windy C
2 recordlabel: Amy 958
chartposition: RandB #5, US #8, UK #8
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
album: The New Lee Jersey
Lee Dorsey Working in the Coal Mine 1966 Amy
--- recordlabel: Nosnibor 1004
writtenby: N. Adderly, O. Brown Jr.
Cleveland Robinson Work Song 1966 Nosnibor
--- recordlabel: Atco 2091 020 (UK)
writtenby: Campbell, Alpert, Adler
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [southern soul]
Otis Redding Wonderful World 1966 Atco (UK)
1 recordlabel: Savoy 4269
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #18
album: He Leadeth Me
comments: [gospel ballad]
James Cleveland & the Cleveland Singers Without A Song 1966 Savoy
--- recordlabel: Hi 2109
writtenby: Don Bryant
comments: [deep soul]
Janit & The Jays Without A Reason 1966 Hi
1 recordlabel: Tamla 54130
chartposition: RandB #8, US #131
writtenby: Vicki Basemore, Henry Cosby and Sylvia Moy
album: Up tight Everything's Alright
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder With a Child's Heart 1966 Tamla
--- recordlabel: ABC 10860
writtenby: Tom Dorsey
comments: [southern soul ballad]
mpcode: LlECB_TLgvI
Willie Williams With All Of My Soul 1966 ABC
--- recordlabel: Sonic 117
writtenby: Phillips, Thompson
The Rhythm Rascals With Bebbie Boy Butch Why Do You Have To Go 1966 Sonic
1 recordlabel: Tamla 54134
chartposition: RandB #20, US #46
writtenby: Frank Wilson
album: Away We a Go Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Whole Lot of Shakin' in My Heart (Since I Met You) 1966 Tamla
2 recordlabel: St. Lawrence 1013
chartposition: RandB #30, US #117
writtenby: Monk Higgins
comments: [instrumental]
Monk Higgins Who-Dun-It? 1966 St. Lawrence
--- recordlabel: Jotis 472
writtenby: Conley
album: Sweet Soul Music
comments: [northern soul]
mpcode: tzlUgjZxqaE
Arthur Conley Who's Fooling Who 1966 Jotis
1 recordlabel: Brunswick 55300
chartposition: RandB #5, US #11
writtenby: Barbara Acklin & David Scott
album: Whispers
comments: [northern soul]
Jackie Wilson Whispers (Gettin' Louder) 1966 Brunswick
--- recordlabel: Mirwood 5528
writtenby: Relf, Nelson
Jackie Lee And Delores Hall Whether It's Right Or Wrong 1966 Mirwood
1 recordlabel: Shout 207
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #46
writtenby: Freddie Scott
album: Are You Lonely for Me?
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Freddie Scott Where Were You 1966 Shout
--- recordlabel: Okeh 4 7229
writtenby: P. Seeger
album: Welcome Home
Walter Jackson Where Have All The Flowers Gone 1966 Okeh
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 2335
chartposition: RandB #26, US #73
writtenby: Andrew Wright and Calvin Lewis
Esther Phillips When a Woman Loves a Man 1966 Atlantic
2 recordlabel: Atlantic 2326
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
writtenby: Percy Sledge
album: When A Man Loves A Woman / The Best Of Percy Sledge / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Percy Sledge When a Man Loves a Woman 1966 Atlantic
3 recordlabel: Thomas 307
chartposition: RandB #19, US #102
writtenby: Monk Higgins and Cash McCall (as Maurice Dollison)
Cash McCall When You Wake Up 1966 Thomas
4 recordlabel: Bragg 227
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49
writtenby: Carolyn Varga
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Rodge Martin When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters) 1966 Bragg
5 recordlabel: Double R 248
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #42
writtenby: G. Jackson
comments: [ballad]
George Jackson When I Stop Lovin' You 1966 Double R
--- recordlabel: Tamla 54129
writtenby: Rogers, Robinson, Moore
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye When I Had Your Love 1966 Tamla
1 recordlabel: Checker 1138
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #25
writtenby: Caston, Anderson and Campbell
comments: [ballad]
Little Milton When Does Heartache End 1966 Checker
--- recordlabel: Joe Jones 1
writtenby: Joe Jones, Marylin Jones
Alvin Robinson Whatever You Had You Ain't Got It No More 1966 Joe Jones
1 recordlabel: Arctic 120
chartposition: RandB #25, US #98
writtenby: Barbara Mason & Jimmy Bishop
album: Oh How It Hurts
Barbara Mason What the World Needs Now Is Love 1966 Arctic
--- recordlabel: MGM 13631
writtenby: Bell
comments: [northern soul]
The Tymes What Would I Do 1966 MGM
1 recordlabel: Prestige 427
chartposition: US #96
writtenby: Gilbert Becaud
album: Misty
comments: [instrumental]
Richard Groove Holmes What Now, My Love 1966 Prestige
--- recordlabel: Simco 30000
writtenby: J. Steward, R. Mosley
comments: [northern soul]
Gene Toones What More Do You Want 1966 Simco
--- recordlabel: Keymen 102
writtenby: B. Womack
comments: [northern soul]
Bobby Womack What Is This? 1966 Keymen
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 6454
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Bob Gallo and Ben E. King
album: What Is Soul
Ben E. King What Is Soul? 1966 Atlantic
--- recordlabel: Jacklyn 1002
writtenby: Maurice Simpkins
Darrow Fletcher What Have I Got Now 1966 Jacklyn
1 recordlabel: St. Lawrence 1022
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40
writtenby: Monk Higgins
comments: [instrumental]
Monk Higgins What Fah 1966 St. Lawrence
--- recordlabel: ERA 3158
writtenby: J. Lewis
Jimmy Lewis What Can I Do Now 1966 ERA
1 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 577
chartposition: RandB #6, US #7, UK #8
writtenby: William Weatherspoon, Paul Riser & James Dean
album: Jimmy Ruffin Sings Top Ten / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
Jimmy Ruffin What Becomes of the Brokenhearted? 1966 Tamla Motown
2 recordlabel: Gordy 7053
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #25, US #71
writtenby: Sylvia Moy and William
album: Watchout!
comments: [Motown Sound]
Martha (Reeves) & the Vandellas What Am I Going to Do without Your Love 1966 Gordy
--- recordlabel: Strider 0004
writtenby: H.B. Barnum
comments: [northern soul]
Judy Street What 1966 Strider
1 recordlabel: Columbia 43611
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #27
writtenby: S. Feldman, J. Klinger
album: The Magic Of the Spellbinders
The Spellbinders We're Acting Like Lovers 1966 Columbia
--- recordlabel: Chess 1984
writtenby: Eddie Campbell
Eddie & Ernie We Try Harder 1966 Chess
1 recordlabel: Checker 1132
chartposition: US #100
writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] and Shena DeMell
Little Milton We Got the Winning Hand 1966 Checker
2 recordlabel: Karen 1526
chartposition: RandB #26, US #65
writtenby: Don Storball
album: We Got a Thing
The Capitols We Got a Thing That's in the Groove 1966 Karen
--- recordlabel: MGM 13577
writtenby: R. Baskerville, P. Baskerville
comments: [northern soul]
The Jewels We Got Togetherness 1966 MGM
1 recordlabel: Kapp 759
chartposition: US #120
writtenby: Farrell, Kusik, Adams
album: Ruby and The Romantics
comments: [mid-tempo ballad]
mpcode: 0yfAO_kTKU4
Ruby & The Romantics We Can Make It 1966 Kapp
2 recordlabel: Shurfine 14
chartposition: RandB #45
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Walter D. Brown
Dee Brown & Lola Grant We Belong Together 1966 Shurfine
3 recordlabel: Piccadilly 35312(UK)
chartposition: UK #39
writtenby: Helen Miller and Roger Atkins
Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band Water 1966 Piccadilly (UK)
4 recordlabel: Atlantic 4078
chartposition: US #101
writtenby: Don Covay
Don Covay Watching the Late Late Show 1966 Atlantic
5 recordlabel: Atlantic 2342
chartposition: RandB #5, US #17, UK #34
writtenby: Bobby Robinson, Dan Quinvy & Pronto Bob
album: Warm & Tender Soul / The Best Of Percy Sledge
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Percy Sledge Warm and Tender Love 1966 Atlantic
6 recordlabel: Checker 1135
chartposition: RandB #4, US #58
writtenby: Willie Dixon
album: Koko Taylor
comments: [blues soul]
KoKo Taylor Wang Dang Doodle 1966 Checker
--- recordlabel: Goldwax 312
writtenby: G. Jackson
Spencer Wiggins Walking Out On You 1966 Goldwax
--- recordlabel: Chess 1953
writtenby: Oliver Sain
Mitty Collier Walk Away 1966 Chess
1 recordlabel: Cadet 5541
chartposition: RandB #3, US #19, US AC #11
writtenby: Traditional
album: Wade in the Water
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis Wade in the Water 1966 Cadet
2 recordlabel: Brunswick 55305
chartposition: RandB #12, US #40, US AC #35
writtenby: Eldee Young , Isaac Holt & Don Walker
album: Wack Wack
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Young-Holt Unlimited Wack Wack 1966 Brunswick
--- recordlabel: Stax 2005
writtenby: Hayes and Porter
album: Double Dynamite
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: UfGX9t6yNRY
Sam & Dave Use Me 1966 Stax
1 recordlabel: Capitol 5673
chartposition: US #84, US AC #10
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy and Henry Cosby
album: A Touch of Today
Nancy Wilson Uptight (Everything's Alright) 1966 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Cadet 5547
chartposition: RandB #30, US #49, US AC #37
writtenby: Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder and Henry Cosby
album: Wade in the Water
comments: [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis Uptight 1966 Cadet
3 recordlabel: Atlantic 2336
chartposition: UK #52
writtenby: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)
The Drifters Up in the Streets of Harlem 1966 Atlantic
--- recordlabel: Motown 1098
writtenby: Holland, Dozier, Holland
album: Four Tops
comments: [Motown Sound]
Four Tops Until You Love Someone 1966 Motown
1 recordlabel: Mercury 72628
chartposition: US AC #37
writtenby: Ben Peters
Timi Yuro Turn the World Around the Other Way 1966 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Volt 141
chartposition: RandB #4, US #25, UK #46
writtenby: James Campbel, Reginald Connelly & Harry M. Woods
album: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
comments: [southern soul]
Otis Redding Try a Little Tenderness 1966 Volt

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