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Soul R&B Music Charts of 1970 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1970 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 1970, 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 1970, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1970 . . .

The following songs were released in 1970 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 1970 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
701 recordlabel: Invictus 9075
chartposition: UK #1, RandB #20, US #3
writtenby: Brian Holand, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Rolland Dunbar
album: Band Of Gold
Freda Payne Band of Gold 1970 Invictus
--- recordlabel: CBS 5291
writtenby: R. Dunbar, R. Wayne
album: (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?
Ronnie Dyson Band Of Gold 1970 CBS
1 recordlabel: Gordy 7099
chartposition: RandB #2, US #3, UK #7
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) 1970 Gordy
2 recordlabel: Atlantic 2714
chartposition: US #117
writtenby: David Porter and Isaac Hayes
Sam & Dave Baby-Baby Don't Stop Now 1970 Atlantic
3 recordlabel: Columbia 45206
chartposition: RandB #30, US #52, US AC #21
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: La La Peace Song
O.C. Smith Baby, I Need Your Loving 1970 Columbia
4 recordlabel: Maxwell 808
chartposition: RandB #36, US #96
writtenby: Van McCoy and Joe Cobb
Faith, Hope & Charity Baby, Don't Take Your Love 1970 Maxwell
5 recordlabel: Pride 2
chartposition: RandB #31, US #91
writtenby: Bobby Sanders
McKinley Travis Baby Is There Something on Your Mind 1970 Pride
6 recordlabel: Mister Chand 8001
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #60
writtenby: Wilson, Huddleston, Dicks, Keyes, Clare
Popular Five Baby I've Got It 1970 Mister Chand
7 recordlabel: Checker 1227
chartposition: RandB #6, US #82
writtenby: Jimmy Holiday and Ronnie Shannon
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Little Milton Baby I Love You 1970 Checker
--- recordlabel: Philly Groove 162
writtenby: T. Bell, W. Hart
album: The Delfonics
The Delfonics Baby I Love You 1970 Philly Groove
--- recordlabel: Minit 32093
writtenby: B. Morrison
album: My Prescription
Bobby Womack Arkansas State Prison 1970 Minit
1 recordlabel: Columbia 45158
chartposition: RandB #49, US #14
writtenby: Charlie Allen & John Hill
album: Are You Ready?
comments: [rock soul]
Pacific Gas & Electric Are You Ready? 1970 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Brunswick 55442
chartposition: RandB #8, US #72
writtenby: Eugene Record
album: I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine) / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
comments: [funky soul]
The Chi-Lites Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So) 1970 Brunswick
--- recordlabel: AandM 1160
writtenby: Arthur Miller
Abaco Dream Another Night Of Love 1970 A&M
--- recordlabel: Fame 4201
writtenby: Penn, Jackson, Green
album: I'm Just A Prisoner
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
mpcode: 8csN6M7AsE0
Candi Staton Another Man's Woman, Another Woman's Man 1970 Fame
--- recordlabel: Evejim 1941
writtenby: Penn, Jackson, Green
comments: [deep soul]
Bobby Boseman Another Man's Woman 1970 Evejim
--- recordlabel: Uni 55213
writtenby: J. Armstead, L. Venson
album: Jealous Kind Of Fella
Garland Green Angel Baby 1970 Uni
1 recordlabel: Top and Bottom 403
chartposition: RandB #12, US #64
writtenby: Joe Cobb and Van McCoy
album: Right on the Tip of My Tongue
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
Brenda & the Tabulations And My Heart Sang (Tra La La) 1970 Top and Bottom
--- recordlabel: Kansu Records 100
writtenby: Charles Brimmer
comments: Deep Soul
Eldridge Holmes An Open Letter (to My Love) 1970 Kansu Records
1 recordlabel: Curtom 1948
writtenby: Jerry Goldsmith
comments: re release
The Impressions Amen (1970) 1970 Curtom
2 recordlabel: Atco 6726
chartposition: RandB #50, US #27, US AC #3
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: R.B. Greaves
R.B. Greaves Always Something There To Remind Me 1970 Atco
3 recordlabel: Apple 1817
chartposition: US #108
writtenby: Billy Preston and Doris Troy
Billy Preston All That I've Got (I'm Gonna Give It to You) 1970 Apple
4 recordlabel: RCA 740373
chartposition: RandB #46, US #108
writtenby: Williams
Carolyn Franklin All I Want to Be Is Your Woman 1970 RCA
--- recordlabel: Stax 0067
writtenby: Boudleaux Bryant
album: Boy Meets Girl
William Bell & Carla Thomas All I Have To Do Is Dream 1970 Stax
1 recordlabel: Stang 5017
chartposition: RandB #9, US #56
writtenby: George Kerr and Sylvia Robinson
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
The Moments All I Have 1970 Stang
2 recordlabel: Elektra 45671
chartposition: US #95
writtenby: Booker T. Jones and William Bell
Dorothy Morrison All God's Children Got Soul 1970 Elektra
--- recordlabel: Hi 2177
writtenby: Al Green, M. Hodges
album: Al Green Gets Next To You
Al Green All Because (I'm A Foolish One) 1970 Hi
--- recordlabel: Capitol 2850
writtenby: W. Robinson, W. Moore, M. Tarplin, R. Rogers
album: Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me?
Bettye Swann Ain't That Peculiar 1970 Capitol
1 recordlabel: KoKo 2105
chartposition: RandB #6, US #45
writtenby: Allen Jones & Homer Banks
album: I've Been Here All The Time
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Luther Ingram Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One) 1970 KoKo
2 recordlabel: Motown 1169
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US AC #6
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Diana Ross / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
Diana Ross Ain't No Mountain High Enough 1970 Motown
--- recordlabel: Pama 797 (UK)
writtenby: Clifford Curry, Rob Galbraith
comments: [northern soul]
Clifford Curry Ain't No Danger 1970 Pama(UK)
1 recordlabel: T.a. 207
chartposition: US #89
writtenby: Terry Woodford and George Soule
Five Flights Up After the Feeling Is Gone 1970 T.a.
--- recordlabel: Nassau 100
writtenby: Paul Kelly
comments: [deep soul]
mpcode: AU3dSAsQpLM
Mary Holmes After I Shed A Tear 1970 Nassau
1 recordlabel: Back Beat 615
chartposition: RandB #11, US #54
writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: A Nickel & A Nail & The Ace Of Spades
comments: [southern soul]
O.V. Wright Ace of Spades 1970 Back Beat
2 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 734 (UK)
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Dick Holler
album: That's The Way Love Is
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye Abraham, Martin and John 1970 Tamla Motown(UK)
3 recordlabel: Motown 1163
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren , Dake Richards, Fonce Mizell
album: ABC / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Jackson 5 ABC 1970 Motown
4 recordlabel: Clintone 001
chartposition: RandB #39, US #94
writtenby: Lillian Dees
Rozetta Johnson A Woman's Way 1970 Clintone
5 recordlabel: Josie 1024
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Leo Nocentelli
album: The Original Funkmasters (1992 compilation)
comments: [funk]
The Meters A Message from the Meters 1970 Josie
--- recordlabel: Soul 35085
writtenby: P. Sawyer, C. McMurray, J. Glover
album: Naturally Together
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Originals A Man Without Love 1970 Soul
--- recordlabel: Peachtree 120
writtenby: H.Beane, W.Bell
comments: [deep soul]
Emory & The Dynamics A Love That's Real 1970 Peachtree
--- recordlabel: Cadet 5672
writtenby: M. McGill
album: Love Is Blue
The Dells A Little Understanding 1970 Cadet
--- recordlabel: Atco 337
writtenby: Jerry Crutchfield
album: Turning Around
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: NtWXONoTTGA
Dee Dee Warwick A Girl Who'll Satisfy Her Man 1970 Atco
--- recordlabel: Stax 0085
writtenby: D. Butler
album: One Step Beyond
Johnnie Taylor A Fool Like Me 1970 Stax
1 recordlabel: Soul 35028
chartposition: UK #51
writtenby: Paul Riser and Thomas Nixon
comments: [instrumental]
Earl Van Dyke & the Motown Brass 6 by 6 1970 Soul
--- recordlabel: Trojan 7808 (UK)
writtenby: F. Hibbert
album: Sweet and Dandy
comments: [reggae]
Toots & The Maytals 54-46 Was My Number 1970 Trojan(UK)
1 recordlabel: Sussex 207
chartposition: RandB #5, US #11
writtenby: Tony Boyd & Archie Powell
album: 5 10 15 20 25 30 Years of Love
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
The Presidents 5-10-15-20 (25-30 Years of Love) 1970 Sussex
2 recordlabel: All Platinum 2316
chartposition: RandB #15, US #124
writtenby: George Kerr, Carole King and Gerry Goffin
album: The Best of All Platinum / All Platinum and Undiscovered Gems (1998 UK compilation)
comments: [ballad]
George Kerr 3 Minutes 2 Hey Girl 1970 All Platinum
3 recordlabel: Brunswick 55426
chartposition: RandB #30, US #119
writtenby: Carl Davis and Eugene Record
album: Give It Away / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
The Chi-Lites 24 Hours of Sadness 1970 Brunswick
4 recordlabel: Invictus 9078
chartposition: UK #5, RandB #19, US #38
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Ronald Dunbar
album: The Chairmen Of The Board / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
Chairmen of the Board (You've Got Me) Dangling on a String 1970 Invictus
5 recordlabel: JAD 223
chartposition: US #102
writtenby: Johnny Nash
Johnny Nash (What a) Groovey Feeling 1970 JAD
6 recordlabel: Uni 55186
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Andre Williams and Johnny Thompson
The Green Berets (Lord) Send Me Somebody 1970 Uni
7 recordlabel: Columbia 45110
chartposition: RandB #9, US #8
writtenby: Charles Courtney & Peter Link
album: (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?
Ronnie Dyson (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? 1970 Columbia
8 recordlabel: Rare Earth 5017
chartposition: RandB #20, US #7
writtenby: Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland Jr. & Cornelius Grant
album: Ecology
comments: [rock soul]
Rare Earth (I Know) I'm Losing You 1970 Rare Earth
9 recordlabel: Brunswick 55443
chartposition: RandB #9, US #56
writtenby: Johnny Moore and Jack Daniels
album: This Love Is Real
comments: [dance]
Jackie Wilson (I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is Real 1970 Brunswick
10 recordlabel: Spring 103
chartposition: US #48
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
comments: [from the movie The Phinx
The Boys in the Band (How Bout a Little Hand For) The Boys in the Band 1970 Spring
--- recordlabel: We Produce 1801
writtenby: Carl Hampton, Tom Nixon
The Temprees (Follow Her) Rules And Regulations 1970 We Produce
1 recordlabel: Curtom 1955
chartposition: RandB #3, US #29
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Curtis
Curtis Mayfield (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go 1970 Curtom
2 recordlabel: Stax 0079
chartposition: RandB #1, US #25
writtenby: Rufus Thomas
album: Did You Heard Me?
comments: (southern soul funk)
Rufus Thomas (Do the) Push and Pull 1970 Stax
3 recordlabel: Bell 1128 (UK)
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway and Tony Macaulay
album: Soul Survivor
comments: [northern soul]
Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon (Blame It) On the Pony Express 1970 Bell(UK)
4 recordlabel: Curtom 1954
chartposition: RandB #6, US #56
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
The Impressions (Baby) Turn On to Me 1970 Curtom

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