Soul R&B Music Charts of 1972 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1972 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 1972, 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 1972, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1972 . . .

The following songs were released in 1972 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 1972 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: Malaco 1018	Jewel Bass	I Tried It And I Like It	1972	Malaco
---	recordlabel: Dash 5004 writtenby: Clarence Reid	Helene Smith	I Tried Hard To Be Good To You	1972	Dash
1	recordlabel: Curtom 1971 chartposition: RandB #41, US #94 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield comments: (reissue)	Donny Hathaway & June Conquest	I Thank You	1972	Curtom
---	recordlabel: Seventy Seven 114 writtenby: M. Burton, A. Burton album: Loving You, Loving Me	Ann Sexton	I Still Love You	1972	Seventy Seven
---	recordlabel: KoKo 2202 writtenby: Johnny Baylor, Tommy Tate album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don\'t Want to Be Right mpcode: SUSAr_l-xXA	Luther Ingram	I Remember	1972	KoKo
---	recordlabel: Shout 253 writtenby: M. Dillard, R. Bryson comments: [ballad]	Moses Dillard & The Tex Town Display	I Promise To Love You	1972	Shout
1	recordlabel: Janus 184 chartposition: RandB #27 writtenby: D. Daniels and Terri McFaddin album: The Whispers' Love Story comments: [sweet soul]	The Whispers	I Only Meant to Wet My Feet	1972	Janus
2	recordlabel: Mercury 73290 chartposition: RandB #20, US #85 writtenby: Harry Warren and Al Dubin album: The Spice of Life	Jerry Butler	I Only Have Eyes for You	1972	Mercury
---	recordlabel: Hi 2233 writtenby: Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson	Quiet Elegance	I Need Love	1972	Hi
1	recordlabel: Spring 131 chartposition: RandB #22, US #95 writtenby: Raeford Gerald album: Millie Jackson	Millie Jackson	I Miss You Baby	1972	Spring
2	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3516 chartposition: RandB #7, US #58 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: I Miss You / The Best Of Philadelphia comments: [philly sound ballad]	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	I Miss You	1972	P.I.R.
3	recordlabel: Warner Bros. 7662 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #58 writtenby: E. Shelby, P. Mitchell	Bobby Sheen	I May Not Be What You Want	1972	Warner Bros.
4	recordlabel: Alston 4594 chartposition: RandB #44, US #109 album: I Love the Way You Love	Betty Wright	I Love the Way You Love	1972	Alston
---	recordlabel: Wand 11252 writtenby: M. Barge, J. Jiles album: The First Time We Met / Discs of Gold comments: [northern soul]	The Independents	I Love You, Yes I Do	1972	Wand
---	recordlabel: Turbo 7004 writtenby: N. Edmonds, S. Seiger album: A Portrait Of Linda Jones / Linda Jones Greatest Hits comments: [deep soul ballad] mpcode: b8vGtg9mfPg	Linda Jones	I Love You, I Need You	1972	Turbo
1	recordlabel: Atco 6903 chartposition: RandB #20, US #60 writtenby: Al Kooper album: Extension of a Man	Donny Hathaway	I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know	1972	Atco
2	recordlabel: Buddah 277 chartposition: RandB #40, US #115 writtenby: Bobby Flax and Lanny Lambert album: The Stairsteps	The Stairsteps	I Love You - Stop	1972	Buddah
---	recordlabel: MoWest 5016 writtenby: S. Wonder album: Syreeta	Syreeta	I Love Every Little Thing About You	1972	MoWest
---	recordlabel: Tamla 54216 writtenby: S. Wonder album: Music of My Mind comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	I Love Every Little Thing About You	1972	Tamla
---	recordlabel: Stax 0143 writtenby: Jerry Masters, Larry Robinson	Veda Brown	I Know It's Not Right (To Be In Love With A Married Man)	1972	Stax
---	recordlabel: Mainstream 5520 writtenby: Jimmy Webb album: Alice Clark	Alice Clark	I Keep It Hid	1972	Mainstream
1	recordlabel: Wand 11249 chartposition: RandB #38, US #113 writtenby: Maurice Barge and Jimmie Jiles album: The First Time We Met / Discs of Gold	The Independents	I Just Want to Be There	1972	Wand
---	recordlabel: Westbound 194 writtenby: Calvin Owens, Reginald T. Forch	Houston Outlaws	I Just Got To Be Loving You	1972	Westbound
---	recordlabel: Janus 196 writtenby: Norris Davis	Freddie Hughes And The Chevelles	I Just Found Out	1972	Janus
---	recordlabel: Sky Disc 644 writtenby: Charles Simmons Jr. album: Family Circle	The Family Circle	I Hope You Really Love Me	1972	Sky Disc
1	recordlabel: Deluxe 140 chartposition: RandB #38 comments: [deep soul]	Reuben Bell	I Hear You Knocking (It's Too Late)	1972	Deluxe
2	recordlabel: Dakar 4501 chartposition: RandB #5, US #61 writtenby: Richard Parker & Willie Henderson album: I Had It All The Time / Tyrone Davis Greatest Hits	Tyrone Davis	I Had It All the Time	1972	Dakar
3	recordlabel: Motown 1213 chartposition: US #85, US AC #17 writtenby: Stephen Schwartz album: The Supremes Produced and Arranged by Jimmy Webb comments: [Motown Sound]	The Supremes	I Guess I'll Miss the Man	1972	Motown
4	recordlabel: Dial 1010 chartposition: RandB #1, US #2 writtenby: Joe Tex album: I Gotcha	Joe Tex	I Gotcha	1972	Dial
5	recordlabel: Polydor 14153 chartposition: RandB #3, US #44 writtenby: James Brown album: Get on the Good Foot comments: [funk]	James Brown	I Got a Bag of My Own	1972	Polydor
6	recordlabel: ABC 11321 chartposition: RandB #28, US #92 writtenby: B.B. King and Dave Clark album: L.A. Midnight	B.B. King	I Got Some Help I Don't Need	1972	ABC
7	recordlabel: MCA 1160 (UK) chartposition: UK #9 writtenby: Van McCoy & Alicia Evelyn album: I Get the Sweetest Feeling comments: [northern soul]	Jackie Wilson	I Get the Sweetest Feeling	1972	MCA(UK)
8	recordlabel: Chess 2125 chartposition: RandB #31, US #108 writtenby: Wilson Pickett, Willie Schofield and Robert West	Etta James	I Found a Love	1972	Chess
9	recordlabel: Spring 130 chartposition: RandB #15, US #50 writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Phil Hurtt album: Drowning in the Sea of Love	Joe Simon	I Found My Dad	1972	Spring
---	recordlabel: Luna 804 writtenby: Geater Davis comments: [southern soul] mpcode: ChLKaVTVMKg	Geater Davis	I Don't Worry (About Jody)	1972	Luna
1	recordlabel: RCA Victor 5756 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Johnny Bristol, William Guest, Katherine Schaffner, Merald album: Coming Together	New Birth	I Don't Want to Do Wrong	1972	RCA Victor
---	recordlabel: Sussex 7014 writtenby: Bill Withers album: Still Bill comments: [album cut] mpcode: B8b0KMO-StM	Bill Withers	I Don't Want You On My Mind	1972	Sussex
---	recordlabel: Kudu 09 writtenby: Bristol, Knight, Shaffner, Guest album: Alone Again, Naturally comments: [album cut]	Esther Phillips	I Don't Want To Do Wrong	1972	Kudu
1	recordlabel: RCA 740740 chartposition: RandB #41 weeksinr&bchart: 3	Love, Peace & Happiness	I Don't Want To Do Wrong	1972	RCA
---	recordlabel: Invictus 9120 writtenby: D. Dumas, E. Wayne, R. Dunbar	Ty Hunter	I Don't See Me In Your Eyes	1972	Invictus
---	recordlabel: Mankind 12013 album: A Legend In Her Own Time comments: [southern soul]	Doris Duke	I Don't Know How To Fall Out Of Love With You	1972	Mankind
---	recordlabel: Mankind 12011 writtenby: C. Whitehead, J. Williams, Jr., T. Davis album: Friend... comments: [southern soul album cut] mpcode: QRy9j483afw	Freddie North	I Did The Woman Wrong	1972	Mankind
---	recordlabel: Volt 4084 writtenby: Roger Hatcher, Bob Holmes	Roger Hatcher	I Dedicate My Life To You	1972	Volt
1	recordlabel: Volt 4083 chartposition: RandB #23, US #93 writtenby: Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson and Carl Hampton	The Emotions	I Could Never Be Happy	1972	Volt
---	recordlabel: Alaga 1013 writtenby: R. Hammond comments: [southern soul]	Roy C	I Caught You In The Act (Neighbourhood Scandal)	1972	Alaga
---	recordlabel: KoKo 2202 writtenby: Luther Ingram album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don\'t Want to Be Right comments: [album cut] mpcode: vc2XxwA3C44	Luther Ingram	I Can't Stop	1972	KoKo
1	recordlabel: Tamla 54225 chartposition: RandB #21, US #45 writtenby: Wade Brown Jr. (as Wade Brown), David Jones Jr. and Johnny Bristol album: Flying High Together comments: [Motown Sound]	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	I Can't Stand to See You Cry	1972	Tamla
2	recordlabel: Calla 181 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Charles White	The Naturals	I Can't Share You	1972	Calla
3	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 858 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Kathy Wakefield and Leonard Caston album: Nature Planned It comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	I Can't Quit Your Love	1972	Tamla Motown
4	recordlabel: Avco 4587 chartposition: RandB #14, US #22, UK #11 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr. comments: [northern soul]	Donnie Elbert	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)	1972	Avco
---	recordlabel: United Artists 35456 (UK) writtenby: Bobby Womack, Joe Hicks, Muscle Shoals Sound album: Understanding... mpcode: hOcmdyf2PNI	Bobby Womack	I Can Understand It	1972	United Artists(UK)
---	recordlabel: Soul 35099 writtenby: G. Knight, G. Allen comments: [Motown Sound] mpcode: EPsjHg6K1qo	Billy Proctor	I Can Take It All	1972	Soul
---	recordlabel: Enterprise 9041 writtenby: Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Mack Rice	Eric Mercury	I Can Smell That Funky Music	1972	Enterprise
1	recordlabel: Epic 10902 chartposition: RandB #38, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1 writtenby: Johnny Nash album: I Can See Clearly Now comments: [reggae]	Johnny Nash	I Can See Clearly Now	1972	Epic
2	recordlabel: Brunswick 55501 chartposition: RandB #49 writtenby: Barbara Acklin & Eugene Record album: I Call It Trouble	Barbara Acklin	I Call It Trouble	1972	Brunswick
---	recordlabel: Tamla 319 writtenby: Yvonne Wright, Stevie Wonder album: Talking Book comments: [album cut] mpcode: H--_-gPX3Nw	Stevie Wonder	I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)	1972	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Trojan 7853 (UK) chartposition: UK #20 writtenby: Richard Kerr, Scott English comments: [reggae]	Greyhound	I Am What I Am	1972	Trojan(UK)
---	recordlabel: Mainstream 377 writtenby: Jimmy Briggs album: Ellerine comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: 4NLBAhN9jnw	Ellerine Harding	I Ain't Got Much (But Whatever I Got It's Yours Baby)	1972	Mainstream
---	recordlabel: KoKo 2114	Tommy Tate	I Ain't Gonna Worry	1972	KoKo
---	recordlabel: Abet 9444 writtenby: J. Ross, P. Westmoreland	Shirley Brown	I Ain't Gonna Tell	1972	Abet
---	recordlabel: Frontiersman 5665 writtenby: L. Barbour, R. Logan	Leroy Barbour	I Ain't Going Nowhere	1972	Frontiersman
1	recordlabel: Blue Horizon 304 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #52 writtenby: O. Spann album: Fleetwood Mac in Chicago comments: [soul blues]	Otis Spann with Fleetwood Mac	Hungry Country Girl	1972	Blue Horizon
---	recordlabel: Westbound 162 writtenby: O. Denise Jones album: Trapped By A Thing Called Love / Doin' It Right comments: [southern soul ballad] mpcode: xoStuglPv64	Denise LaSalle	Hung Up, Strung Out	1972	Westbound
---	recordlabel: Paula 362 album: It's Just A Matter Of Time	Bobby Patterson	How Do You Spell Love	1972	Paula
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 452904 chartposition: RandB #14, US #77 writtenby: Yvette Davis album: The Spinners (Detroit)	The Spinners	How Could I Let You Get Away	1972	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Stang 5043 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb	Spoonbread	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	1972	Stang
---	recordlabel: Hi 32070 writtenby: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb album: Let's Stay Together comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: PTY6Kv0nPr8	Al Green	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	1972	Hi
1	recordlabel: Sussex 230 chartposition: RandB #39, US #104 writtenby: Eddy Senay (as Edward James Harris) album: Hot Thang comments: [instrumental]	Eddy Senay	Hot Thang	1972	Sussex
2	recordlabel: Ode 66025 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #47, US #104 writtenby: Sly Stone album: David T. Walker	David T. Walker	Hot Fun in the Summertime	1972	Ode
---	recordlabel: Sounds Of Memphis 712 album: Hooked On A Feeling	The Ovations	Hooked On A Feeling	1972	Sounds Of Memphis
1	recordlabel: Polydor 14129 chartposition: RandB #7, US #44 writtenby: Bill Doggett, Henry Glover, Billy Butler, Shape Sheppard & Clifford Scott comments: [instrumental with very few words]	James Brown	Honky Tonk	1972	Polydor
2	recordlabel: Mercury 73319 chartposition: RandB #13 writtenby: Roy C (as Roy C. Hammond) album: Mark IV	Mark IV	Honey I Still Love You	1972	Mercury
---	recordlabel: EMI 507 (UK) writtenby: Biddu comments: [northern soul]	Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon	Honey Bee	1972	EMI(UK)
1	recordlabel: Kudu 904 chartposition: RandB #40, US #122 writtenby: Gil Scott Heron album: From a Whisper to a Scream comments: [jazz soul]	Esther Phillips	Home Is Where the Hatred Is	1972	Kudu
---	recordlabel: Paula writtenby: H. Banks, B. Davis, R. Jackson album: Free comments: [southern soul album cut] mpcode: KlrrPfQYLQ8	Fontella Bass	Hold On This Time	1972	Paula
---	recordlabel: Hi 2225 writtenby: Phillip Mitchell comments: [southern soul] mpcode: S-o_34oBiXo	Bobo Mr. Soul (aka Beau Williams )	Hitchhike To Heartbreak Road	1972	Hi
---	recordlabel: Soul Power 110 writtenby: Bobby Patterson, Jerry Strickland album: Do You Still Feel The Same Way	Tommie Young	Hit And Run Lover	1972	Soul Power
1	recordlabel: MGM 14349 chartposition: RandB #44, US #105 writtenby: Bobby Hebb and Sandy Baron album: Silk and Soul	Lou Rawls	His Song Shall Be Sung	1972	MGM
---	recordlabel: Janus 3041 writtenby: Linda Perhaps, Oliver Nelson album: The Whispers' Love Story comments: [album cut ballad] mpcode: BWk-sE93WkA	The Whispers	Hey, Who Really Cares?	1972	Janus
1	recordlabel: Pip 8928 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Bill Dean album: It's Been a Long Time a'Comin'	Street Christians	Hey, Did You Give Some Love Today?	1972	Pip
2	recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11337 chartposition: RandB #47, US #115 writtenby: Betty Lapcevic album: A Message from the People	Ray Charles	Hey Mister	1972	ABC/TRC
3	recordlabel: Atlantic 2693 chartposition: UK #11 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: Here I Go Again comments: [philly sound] [re release]	Archie Bell & the Drells	Here I Go Again	1972	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Wand 694 writtenby: C. Jackson, M. Yancy album: The First Time We Met comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: i5M3H6B__WI	The Independents	Here I Am	1972	Wand
---	recordlabel: Stax 136 writtenby: J. Harris, V. Williams	Jean Knight	Helping Man	1972	Stax
---	recordlabel: Dash 5004 writtenby: Clarence Reid	Helene Smith	Help Me To Keep What I've Got	1972	Dash
1	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 830(UK) chartposition: RandB #13, US #33, UK #11, US AC #25 writtenby: Kris Kristofferson album: Standing Ovation / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8 comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]	Gladys Knight & the Pips	Help Me Make It Through the Night	1972	Tamla Motown (UK)
---	recordlabel: KoKo 2202 writtenby: Johnny Baylor, Luther Ingram, Mickey Gregory, Tommy Tate album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don\'t Want to Be Right comments: [southern soul ballad album cut] mpcode: 5-Om6VNbfiw	Luther Ingram	Help Me Love	1972	KoKo
1	recordlabel: Atco 6891 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #48	Bettye LaVette	Heart Of Gold	1972	Atco
2	recordlabel: Stax 0119 chartposition: RandB #5, US #44 writtenby: John Colbert & Norman West album: Genesis / Stax Greatest Hits comments: [southern soul]	The Soul Children	Hearsay	1972	Stax
---	recordlabel: Columbia 45578 writtenby: T. Wine, I. Levine	Gwen McCrae	He's Not You	1972	Columbia
1	recordlabel: United Artists 50946 chartposition: RandB #8, US #31 writtenby: Jim Ford album: Understanding... comments: [southern soul ballad]	Bobby Womack	Harry Hippie	1972	United Artists
---	recordlabel: Motown 1198 writtenby: F. Wilson, P. Sawyer album: Nature Planned It comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	Happy (Is A Bumpy Road)	1972	Motown
---	recordlabel: Tamla 314 writtenby: S. Wonder album: Music Of My Mind comments: [album cut] mpcode: jOlycEMViWU	Stevie Wonder	Happier Than The Morning Sun	1972	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Bell 45258 chartposition: RandB #29, US #69 writtenby: R. Williams album: Al Green	Al Green	Guilty	1972	Bell
---	recordlabel: Hot Wax 714 writtenby: E. Boyd, M. Grand album: Two Sides of Laura Lee / The Best of Laura Lee comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: n7-_s3qK91Y	Laura Lee	Guess Who I Saw Today	1972	Hot Wax
---	recordlabel: Atco 6910 writtenby: T. Mills	Blue Magic	Guess Who	1972	Atco
1	recordlabel: ABC 11330 chartposition: RandB #21, US #38 writtenby: Jesse Belvin & Jo Ann Belvin album: Guess Who	B.B. King	Guess Who	1972	ABC
2	recordlabel: Soul 35097 chartposition: RandB #46 writtenby: Johnny Bristol album: Moody Jr. comments: [Motown Sound]	Jr. Walker & the All Stars	Groove Thang	1972	Soul
---	recordlabel: North Bay 306 writtenby: B. Sigler, P. Hurtt	Soul Devalents	Grasshopper	1972	North Bay
1	recordlabel: United Artists 50897 chartposition: RandB #22, US #105 writtenby: Monk Higgins and Alex Brown album: Heavyweight comments: [jazz funk]	Monk Higgins & the Specialties	Gotta Be Funky	1972	United Artists

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