Soul R&B Music Charts of 1969 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1969 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 1969, 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 1969, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1969 . . .

The following songs were released in 1969 but never made it into the Top 100 Chart.
Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts
of 1969 or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
---	recordlabel: Calla 159 writtenby: David Spinozza, Jean wells album: World, Here Comes Jean Wells comments: [southern soul ballad] mpcode: d5e2ThrG4Uo	Jean Wells	Our Sweet Love Turned Bitter	1969	Calla
---	recordlabel: Volt 4022 writtenby: A. Jones	The Newcomers	Open Up Your Heart (Let Me In)	1969	Volt
---	recordlabel: Dakar 9005 writtenby: Darrell Eubanks, Donnie Elbert album: Can I Change My Mind comments: [southern soul album cut] mpcode: SqhtecYaj7I	Tyrone Davis	Open The Door To Your Heart	1969	Dakar
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 2637 chartposition: RandB #42 writtenby: Richard Parker	Roscoe Robinson	Oo Wee Baby I Love You	1969	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Mercury 72898 chartposition: RandB #1, US #4 writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Jerry Butler album: The Ice Man Cometh comments: [philly sound]	Jerry Butler	Only the Strong Survive	1969	Mercury
---	recordlabel: Hi 2164 writtenby: C. Chalmers, S. Rhodes album: Green Is Blues comments: [ballad]	Al Green	One Woman	1969	Hi
---	recordlabel: Enterprise 1001 writtenby: Charles Chalmers album: Hot Buttered Soul comments: [album cut] mpcode: jzliSxRMXLg	Isaac Hayes	One Woman	1969	Enterprise
---	recordlabel: Minit 32054 writtenby: Dee Irvin	Clydie King	One Part, Two Parts	1969	Minit
1	recordlabel: Neptune 12 chartposition: RandB #15, US #68 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: In Philadelphia	The O'Jays	One Night Affair	1969	Neptune
2	recordlabel: Dynamo 125 chartposition: RandB #20, US #95 writtenby: Harmon Bethea and Jim Burston comments: [novelty]	The Maskman & the Agents	One Eye Open	1969	Dynamo
3	recordlabel: Cotillion 44033 chartposition: RandB #46 writtenby: J. Williams	C & the Shells	On Your Way Home	1969	Cotillion
4	recordlabel: Gamble 240 chartposition: RandB #35 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff	The Intruders	Old Love	1969	Gamble
5	recordlabel: Sue 9 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #42 writtenby: Harry Whitaker, H. Murray comments: [funk jazz instrumental]	Juggy	Oily	1969	Sue
6	recordlabel: Cadet 5649 chartposition: RandB #1, US #10 writtenby: Marvin Junior & Johnny Funches album: Love Is Blue comments: [ballad]	The Dells	Oh, What a Night	1969	Cadet
7	recordlabel: Gordy 7090 chartposition: US #92 writtenby: Edwin Starr (as Charles Hatcher) album: Just We Two comments: [Motown Sound]	Edwin Starr & Blinky	Oh How Happy	1969	Gordy
8	recordlabel: Calla 165 chartposition: RandB #41, US #115 writtenby: Deek Atkins comments: [instrumental]	The Billy Mitchell Group	Oh Happy Day	1969	Calla
9	recordlabel: Pavilion 20001 chartposition: RandB #2, US #4, UK #2, US AC #22 writtenby: Traditional & Edwin Hawkins album: Let Us Go into the House of the Lord comments: [gospel]	The Edwin Hawkins Singers	Oh Happy Day	1969	Pavilion
10	recordlabel: Scepter 12256 chartposition: US #43, US AC #7 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David	Dionne Warwick	Odds and Ends	1969	Scepter
11	recordlabel: Atco 6640 chartposition: RandB #41, US #51 writtenby: John Lennon & Paul McCartney album: Best Of Arthur Conley	Arthur Conley	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1969	Atco
12	recordlabel: Gamble 230 chartposition: RandB #48 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Lou Lupo	Panic Buttons	O - Wow	1969	Gamble
13	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 694 (UK) chartposition: UK #42 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. comments: [Motown Sound]	Martha (Reeves) & the Vandellas	Nowhere to Run	1969	Tamla Motown(UK)
14	recordlabel: Deram 85038 chartposition: US #34 writtenby: Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington	The Flirtations	Nothing but a Heartache	1969	Deram
15	recordlabel: Cotillion 44034 chartposition: RandB #11, US #74 writtenby: Patrick Robinson and Toussaint Mccall album: Do Your Own Thing	Brook Benton	Nothing Can Take the Place of You	1969	Cotillion
16	recordlabel: Alston 4574 chartposition: RandB #7, US #40 writtenby: Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke album: Nobody But You Babe comments: [southern soul funk]	Clarence Reid	Nobody But You Babe	1969	Alston
---	recordlabel: Roulette 7059 writtenby: F. Smith, G. Sims mpcode: 0i3AGlepp8A	Esther Phillips	Nobody But You	1969	Roulette
1	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 8810 chartposition: RandB #17, UK #37, US #31 writtenby: Berry Gordy & Henry Cosby album: Let the Sunshine In / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 comments: [Motown Sound]	The Supremes (with Diana Ross)	No Matter What Sign You Are	1969	Tamla Motown
---	recordlabel: Philips 7889 (UK) writtenby: Goffin, King album: Dusty in Memphis comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: w_ngDY0KfHw	Dusty Springfield	No Easy Way Down	1969	Philips(UK)
---	recordlabel: Decca 32500 writtenby: Arnold Capitanelly, Robert O'Conner	Aldora Britton	No Cookies In My Bag	1969	Decca
---	recordlabel: Mercury 72940 writtenby: J. Cacavas, Bonnie Becker	Dee Dee Warwick	Next Time (You Fall In Love)	1969	Mercury
1	recordlabel: Metromedia 111 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48 writtenby: D. Hart	Jessie Lee Ferguson & the Outer Limits	New Shoes	1969	Metromedia
2	recordlabel: Stax 0041 chartposition: US #107 writtenby: Eddie Floyd and Booker T. Jones album: Boy Meets Girl	Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples	Never, Never Let You Go	1969	Stax
3	recordlabel: Fame 1459 chartposition: RandB #22, US #124 writtenby: George Jackson and Aaron McKinny	Candi Staton	Never in Public	1969	Fame
4	recordlabel: GWP 501 chartposition: RandB #18, US #86 writtenby: Ray Dahrouge and Billy Terrell	Debbie Taylor	Never Gonna Let Him Know	1969	GWP
5	recordlabel: Jubilee 5718 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Mary Wells (as Mary Wells Womack) and Cecil Womack	Mary Wells	Never Give a Man the World	1969	Jubilee
---	recordlabel: Deram 351 writtenby: Rickerton, Waddington album: Nothing But A Heartache	The Flirtations	Need Your Loving	1969	Deram
---	recordlabel: Dakar 609 writtenby: F. Smith, L. Simmons, W. Henderson	Tyrone Davis	Need Your Lovin' Everyday	1969	Dakar
1	recordlabel: Fontana 1667 chartposition: RandB #20, US #1, UK #9 writtenby: Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo & Dale Frashuer	Steam	Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye	1969	Fontana
2	recordlabel: AandM 1076 chartposition: US #113 writtenby: Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton album: Tell It Like It Is	George Benson	My Woman's Good to Me	1969	A&M
3	recordlabel: Dynamo 131 chartposition: RandB #22, US #91 writtenby: Harmon Bethea and Jim Burston comments: [novelty]	Bethea the Masked Man & the Agents	My Wife, My Dog, My Cat	1969	Dynamo
4	recordlabel: Dynamo 131 chartposition: RandB #22, US #91 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: H. Bethea, J. Burston	The Maskman & the Agents	My Wife, My Dog, My Cat	1969	Dynamo
5	recordlabel: Stax 0032 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Booker T. Jones and William Bell album: Bound to Happen	William Bell	My Whole World Is Falling Down	1969	Stax
6	recordlabel: Motown 1140 chartposition: RandB #2, US #9, UK #51 writtenby: Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Pam Sawyer & James Roach album: My Whole World Ended / David Ruffin At His Best / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 comments: [Motown Sound]	David Ruffin	My Whole World Ended (the Moment You Left Me)	1969	Motown
---	recordlabel: Jetstar 115 writtenby: Bobby Patterson	Bobby Patterson	My Thing Is Your Thing	1969	Jetstar
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 2594 chartposition: RandB #44, US #93 writtenby: Wini Scott album: The Best of Percy Sledge	Percy Sledge	My Special Prayer	1969	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: UNI 55129 writtenby: Dacris, Kong album: hjB8E8auAzs comments: (B-side of 'Israelites') mpcode: hjB8E8auAzs	Desmond Dekker & The Aces	My Precious World (The Man)	1969	UNI
1	recordlabel: Wand 11200 chartposition: US #14 writtenby: Joe Jeffrey (as Joe Stafford Jr.) album: My Pledge Of Love mpcode: dvwSOiVE8Cs	Joe Jeffrey Group	My Pledge Of Love	1969	Wand
---	recordlabel: Philly Groove 156 writtenby: T.Bell, W. Hart album: Sound of Sexy Soul / Delfonics Super Hits	The Delfonics	My New Love	1969	Philly Groove
1	recordlabel: GWP 515 chartposition: RandB #42 writtenby: Zono Sago	Frankie Newsome	My Lucky Day (Part I)	1969	GWP
2	recordlabel: Uni 55137 chartposition: US #99 writtenby: Tony Macaulay and John Macleod album: Digging the Foundations	The Foundations	My Little Chickadee	1969	Uni
---	recordlabel: Stax 0038 writtenby: B. Jones, W. Bell	William Bell	My Kind of Girl	1969	Stax
---	recordlabel: MGM 14050 writtenby: Davis, Berry	Millie Jackson	My Heart Took A Licking (But It Kept On Ticking)	1969	MGM
1	recordlabel: Curtom 1937 chartposition: RandB #23, US #104 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Young Mods' Forgotten Story Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: [deep soul]	The Impressions	My Deceiving Heart	1969	Curtom
2	recordlabel: Tamla 54180 chartposition: RandB #4, US #4, UK #4, US AC #3 writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) & Sylvia Moy album: My Cherie Amor / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	My Cherie Amour	1969	Tamla
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 2663 chartposition: RandB #36, US #87 writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff album: There's Gonna Be A Showdown / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	My Balloon's Going Up	1969	Atlantic
4	recordlabel: Virtue 2512 chartposition: RandB #48 writtenby: Gene Faith	Gene Faith	My Baby's Missing	1969	Virtue
---	recordlabel: Jetstar 116 writtenby: Bobby Patterson comments: [northern soul]	Bobby Patterson	My Baby's Coming Back To Me	1969	Jetstar
1	recordlabel: Revue 11060 chartposition: RandB #46, US #128 writtenby: William album: Going Up! comments: [instrumental]	David T. Walker	My Baby Loves Me	1969	Revue
2	recordlabel: Hi 2167 chartposition: RandB #37, US #115 writtenby: Willie Dixon comments: [instrumental]	Willie Mitchell	My Babe	1969	Hi
3	recordlabel: Warner/Seven Arts 7338 chartposition: RandB #35, US #103 writtenby: Charles Wright and Isaac Hayes album: In the Jungle, Babe	Charles Wright & Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band	Must Be Your Thing	1969	Warner/Seven Arts
4	recordlabel: Westbound 148 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Billy Nelson, Eddie Hazel and George Clinton	Funkadelic	Music for My Mother	1969	Westbound
5	recordlabel: Stax 0037 chartposition: RandB #35, US #37, US AC #20 writtenby: Paul Simon album: The Booker T. Set comments: instrumental	Booker T. & the MGs	Mrs. Robinson	1969	Stax
---	recordlabel: Stax 0055 writtenby: H.Banks, D. Davis, R. Jackson album: Who's Making Love comments: [southern soul ballad] mpcode: YZ25reWfVEY	Johnnie Taylor	Mr. Nobody Is Somebody	1969	Stax
1	recordlabel: King 6245 chartposition: RandB #1, US #11 writtenby: James Brown & Pee Wee Ellis (as Alfred Ellis) album: It's A Mother comments: [funk]	James Brown	Mother Popcorn	1969	King
2	recordlabel: Mercury 72929 chartposition: RandB #3, US #24 writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Thom Bell & Jerry Butler album: Ice on Ice comments: [philly sound]	Jerry Butler	Moody Woman	1969	Mercury
---	recordlabel: GWP 512 writtenby: Sherman Edwards comments: From the Broadway comedy '1776'	Debbie Taylor & The Hesitations	Momma, Look Sharp	1969	GWP
1	recordlabel: United Artists 35657 (UK) chartposition: UK #33 writtenby: Inez Foxx and Charlie Foxx album: Mockingbird comments: re release	Inez & Charlie Foxx	Mockingbird	1969	United Artists(UK)
---	recordlabel: Minit 32066 writtenby: E. Garner, J. Burke album: Sweet Soul Shakin'	The Younghearts	Misty -- Count Down (Here I Come)	1969	Minit
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 2611 chartposition: RandB #19, US #50 writtenby: Lindell Hill, George Jackson and Earl Cage	Wilson Pickett	Mini-Skirt Minnie	1969	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Hot Wax 6902 chartposition: US #26 writtenby: Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland (as part of Edythe Wayne), Lamont Dozier (as part of Edythe Wayne) album: Westbound #9	The Flaming Ember	Mind, Body and Soul	1969	Hot Wax
---	recordlabel: Curtom 1943 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Young Mods' Forgotten Story / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred mpcode: VyOC4OhgQw4	The Impressions	Mighty Mighty Spade and Whitey	1969	Curtom
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 2621 chartposition: RandB #42, US #44, US AC #37 writtenby: Herbie Mann album: Memphis Underground comments: [instrumental]	Herbie Mann	Memphis Underground	1969	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Philips 334701 chartposition: UK #3 writtenby: Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway album: Melting Pot comments: [pop soul]	Blue Mink	Melting Pot	1969	Philips
---	recordlabel: Silver Fox 11 writtenby: Holland, Dozier, Holland	Big Al Downing	Medley Of Soul	1969	Silver Fox
1	recordlabel: Columbia 4657 chartposition: RandB #38, US #103 writtenby: Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio album: O.C. Smith's Greatest Hits	O.C. Smith	Me and You	1969	Columbia
2	recordlabel: Gamble 225 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: Intruders Super Hits	The Intruders	Me Tarzan, You Jane	1969	Gamble
3	recordlabel: Uni 55141 chartposition: US #116 writtenby: Lee Simmons and Floyd Smith	Betty Everett	Maybe	1969	Uni
---	recordlabel: Stax 0099 writtenby: Allen Jones, Marshall Jones	The Newcomers	Mannish Boy	1969	Stax
1	recordlabel: Atco 6650 chartposition: US #115 writtenby: Charles Ingui and Richard Ingui	The Soul Survivors	Mama Soul	1969	Atco
---	recordlabel: Peachtree 128 writtenby: Charles Singleton, Herb Lance, Johnny Wallace album: Atlanta Sessions	Mitty Collier	Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean	1969	Peachtree
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 2605 writtenby: Chips Moman, Dan Penn album: Testifyin\' / The Best of Clarence Carter comments: [southern soul ballad] mpcode: MTSBt3tZa48	Clarence Carter	Making Love (At The Dark End Of The Street)	1969	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Action 4532 (UK) writtenby: Bettye Swann album: A Whole Lot Of Soul	Z.Z. Hill	Make Me Yours	1969	Action(UK)
1	recordlabel: Curtom 1944 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	Five Stairsteps & Cubie	Madame Mary	1969	Curtom
2	recordlabel: King 6250 chartposition: RandB #16, US #41 writtenby: James Brown album: Sex Machine	James Brown	Lowdown Popcorn	1969	King
3	recordlabel: Philly Groove 157 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #37 writtenby: T. Bell, W. Hart album: Sound of Sexy Soul / Delfonics Super Hits	The Delfonics	Loving Him	1969	Philly Groove
4	recordlabel: JAD 214 chartposition: US #130 writtenby: Memphis Edward Curtis and Ahmet Ertegun album: Hold Me Tight	Johnny Nash	Lovey Dovey	1969	JAD
5	recordlabel: Stang 5009 chartposition: RandB #14 writtenby: Billy Brown, Al Goodman and Sylvia Robinson	The Moments	Lovely Way She Loves	1969	Stang
---	recordlabel: Minit 32059 writtenby: B. Womack, J. Holiday album: Fly Me to the Moon	Bobby Womack	Love, The Time Is Now	1969	Minit
---	recordlabel: AGP 122 writtenby: Moore, Sanders, Thomas, Jones, Wrightsil	The Masqueraders	Love, Peace And Understanding	1969	AGP
---	recordlabel: Stax 0043 writtenby: E. Floyd, S. Cropper comments: [northern soul]	William Bell & Mavis Staples	Love's Sweet Sensation	1969	Stax
---	recordlabel: Curtom 8003 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Young Mods\' Forgotten Story comments: [album cut] mpcode: nXZRN307WdA	The Impressions	Love's Miracle	1969	Curtom
1	recordlabel: Metromedia 142 chartposition: US #54, AC #19 writtenby: John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins	The Winstons	Love of the Common People	1969	Metromedia
2	recordlabel: JAD 218 chartposition: US #132 writtenby: Arthur Adams	Johnny Nash	Love and Peace	1969	JAD
---	recordlabel: Silver Fox 15 writtenby: Dave Smith	Willie Hobbs	Love Them and Leave Them	1969	Silver Fox
1	recordlabel: Atco 6677 chartposition: RandB #17, UK #43, US #72 writtenby: Otis Redding album: Love Man	Otis Redding	Love Man	1969	Atco
---	recordlabel: ABC 11228 writtenby: Ed Thomas	The Tams	Love Maker	1969	ABC
---	recordlabel: Mothers and Snarf 1310 writtenby: Ed Townsend album: Doin' It	Spanky Wilson	Love Land	1969	Mothers and Snarf
---	recordlabel: Carnival 542 writtenby: E. Bivins, J. Evans	The Manhattans	Love Is Breakin' Out (All Over)	1969	Carnival
1	recordlabel: AandM 1039 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #50, US #65 writtenby: Phil Spector and Bobby Stevens album: Love Is All We Have to Give	Checkmates, Ltd.	Love Is All I Have to Give	1969	A&M
---	recordlabel: Gordy 939 writtenby: B. Raleigh, D. Linden album: Cloud Nine comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: udT5v6QE2uo	The Temptations	Love Is A Hurtin' Thing	1969	Gordy
1	recordlabel: Epic 10424 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #36 writtenby: K. Gambel, L. Huff, R. Chambers	Maxine Brown	Love In Them There Hills	1969	Epic

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