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Soul R&B Music Charts of 1975 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1975 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 1975, 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 1975, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1975 . . .

The following songs were released in 1975 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 1975 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
801 recordlabel: Casablanca 831
chartposition: RandB #24, US #94
writtenby: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell
album: Chocolate City
Parliament Chocolate City 1975 Casablanca
802 recordlabel: HBS 12118
chartposition: RandB #13, US #92
writtenby: Isaac Hayes
album: Chocolate Chip
Isaac Hayes Chocolate Chip 1975 HBS
803 recordlabel: Contempo 2068
chartposition: RandB #81, US #98, UK #51, US Dance #7
writtenby: Subway
comments: [instrumental]
Banzai Chinese Kung Fu 1975 Contempo
--- recordlabel: Atlantic 3243
writtenby: Sam Dees
album: The Show Must Go On
Sam Dees Child Of The Streets 1975 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: RCA Victor 10364
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Marvin Smith
album: Ahead of Our Time
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
21st Century Child 1975 RCA Victor
2 recordlabel: Mainstream 5574
chartposition: US dance #12
writtenby: Jean Kluger, Daniel Vangarde and Steve Banda Kalenga
Black Blood Chicano 1975 Mainstream
3 recordlabel: Atco 7036
chartposition: US dance #14
writtenby: Fernando Arbex
album: Heart of the City
comments: [disco dance]
Barrabas Checkmate 1975 Atco
4 recordlabel: United Artists 621
chartposition: RandB #6, US #91
writtenby: Floyd Butler and Billy Osborne
album: I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To
Bobby Womack Check It Out 1975 United Artists
5 recordlabel: Atco/WMOT 7031
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Ted Mills
album: Thirteen Blue Magic Lane
Blue Magic Chasing Rainbows 1975 Atco/WMOT
6 recordlabel: United Artists 587
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Vernon Burch
Vernon Burch Changes (Messin' with My Mind) 1975 United Artists
7 recordlabel: Avco 4660
chartposition: RandB #6, US #46, UK #36, US dance #15
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: The Disco Kid
comments: [disco dance]
Van McCoy Change with the Times 1975 Avco
8 recordlabel: Blue Note 726
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Larry Mizell
album: Places and Spaces
comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]
Donald Byrd Change (Makes You Want to Hustle) (Part 1) 1975 Blue Note
9 recordlabel: Buddah 462
chartposition: US Dance #16
album: Castles In The Sky
The Futures Castles 1975 Buddah
10 recordlabel: De lite 1573
chartposition: RandB #6, US #55
writtenby: Ronald Bell (as Khalis Bayyan) and Kool and the Gang
album: Spirit of the Boogie
Kool & the Gang Caribbean Festival 1975 De lite
11 recordlabel: 20th Century 2241
chartposition: US #108
writtenby: Bob Crewe. Bob Gaudio
Gerri Granger Can't Take My Eyes Off You 1975 20th Century
--- recordlabel: Chelsea 3031
writtenby: Joseph B. Jefferson, Bruce Hawes, Charles Simmons
album: Soulful Road
New York City Can't Survive Without My Sweets 1975 Chelsea
1 recordlabel: Curtom 107
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Michael Hawkins and Leroy Hutson
album: Hutson
Leroy Hutson Can't Stay Away 1975 Curtom
2 recordlabel: Avco 6105 039
chartposition: RandB #18, US #51, UK #1, US AC #34, US dance #13
writtenby: Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss
album: Thank You Baby
comments: [love song]
The Stylistics Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) 1975 Avco
--- recordlabel: Chimneyville 10206
writtenby: K. Floyd, T. Royal
album: Well Done
King Floyd Can't Give It Up 1975 Chimneyville
1 recordlabel: Master Five 3500
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Donnie Elbert
Baby Washington Can't Get Over Losing You 1975 Master Five
2 recordlabel: Bell 1462(UK)
chartposition: UK #10
writtenby: Barry Mason and Roger Greenaway
album: There Goes My First Love
comments: [pop soul]
The Drifters Can I Take You Home Little Girl 1975 Bell (UK)
3 recordlabel: Spring 158
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Garland Green , James Fuller, Marshall Jones, Morris Williams and Raeford Gerald
Garland Green Bumpin' and Stompin 1975 Spring
4 recordlabel: Cotton 636
chartposition: RandB #20, US #80
writtenby: Sonny Casella
album: Dooley Silverspoon
Dooley Silverspoon Bump Me Baby (Part 1) 1975 Cotton
5 recordlabel: 20th Century 2218
chartposition: RandB #13, US #11, UK #41, US AC #5, US dance #1
writtenby: Ary Barroso
album: Brazil
comments: [disco]
The Ritchie Family Brazil 1975 20th Century
6 recordlabel: Creole 109 (UK)
chartposition: UK #26
writtenby: Ary Barruso
album: Funky Flavoured
Crispy & Company Brazil 1975 Creole(UK)
7 recordlabel: Abet 9458
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: Oliver Sain
album: Bus Stop
comments: [instrumental]
Oliver Sain Booty Bumpin' (The Double Bump) 1975 Abet
--- recordlabel: Respect 2508
writtenby: Frederick Knight, Sam Dees
comments: [southern soul ballad]
The Dynamic Soul Machine Boom-A-Rang 1975 Respect
1 recordlabel: Polydor 14277
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: Sam Johnson
The Soul Searchers Boogie Up the Nation (Part I) 1975 Polydor
2 recordlabel: Avco 4648
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston and Anita Poree
Van McCoy Boogie Down 1975 Avco
3 recordlabel: AandM 1663
chartposition: RandB #85
writtenby: Bruce Fisher, Quincy Jones, Stan Richardson and Leon Ware
album: Body Heat
Quincy Jones Body Heat 1975 A&M
--- recordlabel: Prodigal 617
writtenby: W. Crawford, L. Chandler, J. Ashford
Eddie Parker Body Chains 1975 Prodigal
1 recordlabel: Black Magic 101 (UK)
chartposition: UK #51
writtenby: Lou Barretto
comments: [northern soul]
Bob Relf Blowing My Mind to Pieces 1975 Black Magic(UK)
2 recordlabel: Gold Plate 1947
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Chris McCants and Sam McCants
album: Blind Over You
Chicago Gangsters Blind Over You 1975 Gold Plate
3 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3563
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Dexter Wansel
album: Got My Head On Straight
Billy Paul Billy's Back Home 1975 P.I.R.
4 recordlabel: Hi 2284
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Earl Randle and Darryl Carter
album: Tellin' It / Ann Peebles Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
Ann Peebles Beware 1975 Hi
5 recordlabel: Westbound 5014
chartposition: US #99
writtenby: George Clinton and Grace Cook
album: Let's Take It to the Stage
Funkadelic Better by the Pound 1975 Westbound
--- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8144
writtenby: Todd, Graham, Winn
mpcode: gsL4HW-k5k
Brenton Wood Better Believe It 1975 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: Mainstream 5569
chartposition: RandB #97
writtenby: Calvin Arnold
comments: [novelty]
Prophecy Betcha Can't Guess My Sign 1975 Mainstream
2 recordlabel: Warner 8070
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Gimme Something Real
Ashford & Simpson Bend Me 1975 Warner
3 recordlabel: 20th Century 2146
chartposition: RandB #21, US #94
writtenby: Leon Haywood
album: Come and Get Yourself Some
comments: [southern soul]
Leon Haywood Believe Half of What You See (And None of What You Hear) 1975 20th Century
4 recordlabel: Ariola America 102
chartposition: RandB #38 US #94, US Dance #6
writtenby: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead and Victor Carstarphen
album: Bad Luck
comments: [instrumental]
The Atlanta Disco Band Bad Luck 1975 Ariola America
5 recordlabel: P.I.R. 3202
chartposition: RandB #4, US #15, UK #51, US dance #1
writtenby: Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead
album: To Be True / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound disco]
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Bad Luck 1975 P.I.R.
6 recordlabel: Int'l. Bros. 901
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Clarence Reid and Willie Clark
comments: [funk]
Bobby Byrd Back from the Dead 1975 Int'l. Bros.
--- recordlabel: Belmont (JA)
writtenby: E. Thompson, Joe Gibbs
comments: [reggae]
Gregory Isaacs Babylon Too Rough 1975 Belmont (JA)
1 recordlabel: United Artists 35766
chartposition: RandB #31, US #88
weeksinr&bchart: 10
Ike & Tina Turner Baby-Get It On 1975 United Artists
--- recordlabel: Arista 103
writtenby: G. Williams, J. Barry
album: She\'s Gone
mpcode: BWtTXc7Nbic
Lou Rawls Baby You Don't Know How Good You Are 1975 Arista
1 recordlabel: Tamla 54258
chartposition: RandB #1, US #26
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: A Quiet Storm
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson Baby That's Backatcha 1975 Tamla
2 recordlabel: HBS 12141
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Burt Bacharach, Luther Dixon (as Barney Williams) and Mack David
album: Everybody Wanna Live On
comments: [Soul Ballad]
The Masqueraders Baby It's You 1975 HBS
3 recordlabel: Wing and a Prayer 103
chartposition: RandB #32, US #14, UK #12, US AC #6, US dance #2
writtenby: Edward Buzzell, Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby
Wing & a Prayer Fife & Drum Corps Baby Face 1975 Wing and a Prayer
4 recordlabel: Paula 409
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Phil Perry
The Montclairs Baby (You Know I'm Gonna Miss You) (Part 1) 1975 Paula
--- recordlabel: Alarm 107
writtenby: Jerry Strickland, Reuben Bell
Reuben Bell Asking For The Truth 1975 Alarm
--- recordlabel: Stax 2031 (UK)
writtenby: Bettye Crutcher
album: As Long As You Love Me
Bettye Crutcher As Long As You Love Me 1975 Stax(UK)
1 recordlabel: President 1015
chartposition: UK #52
writtenby: Sonny Casella
album: Dooley Silverspoon
Dooley Silverspoon As Long As You Know (Who You Are) (Part 1) 1975 President
--- recordlabel: Atlantic 3289
writtenby: Carolyn Franklin
album: You
Aretha Franklin As Long As You Are There 1975 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: RCA 10243
chartposition: US dance #13
writtenby: Bhen Lanzaroni and Warren Schatz
album: Disco Soul
comments: [disco dance]
The Brothers Are You Ready For This 1975 RCA
2 recordlabel: Kudu 927
chartposition: US dance #8
writtenby: Cole Porter
album: Anything Goes
comments: [disco jazz funk instrumental]
Ron Carter Anything Goes 1975 Kudu
3 recordlabel: United Artists 35858
chartposition: US Dance #12
writtenby: Vernon Burch
album: I'll Be Your Sunshine
Vernon Burch And You Call That Love 1975 United Artists
--- recordlabel: RCA Victor 10520
writtenby: Van McCoy
Bill Harris Am I Cold, Am I Hot 1975 RCA Victor
1 recordlabel: Blue Note 738
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Ronnie Laws and William Jeffery
album: Pressure Sensitive
comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]
Ronnie Laws & Pressure Always There 1975 Blue Note
2 recordlabel: Westbound 5009
chartposition: RandB #24, US #74
writtenby: Al Kent and Calvin Colbert
album: Alvin Stone (The Birth and Death of a Gangster)
The Fantastic Four Alvin Stone (The Birth and Death of a Gangster) 1975 Westbound
3 recordlabel: RCA Victor 10436
chartposition: RandB #98
writtenby: John Oates
album: Daryl Hall and John Oates
Hall & Oates Alone Too Long 1975 RCA Victor
--- recordlabel: Blue Soul 1010
writtenby: G. Marshall
Ernest Baker Alone Again 1975 Blue Soul
--- recordlabel: Mercury 73713
writtenby: W. Beck, C. Satchell, J. Williams, L. Bonner, M. Jones, M. Pierce, R. Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
mpcode: J3ioEhSjkMY
Ohio Players Alone 1975 Mercury
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 3247
chartposition: US #104, US AC #37
writtenby: Gene Page
album: Hot City
comments: [instrumental]
Gene Page All of Our Dreams Are Coming True 1975 Atlantic
--- recordlabel: Buddah 471
writtenby: Isaac Bolden
Tony Owens All That Matters 1975 Buddah
--- recordlabel: Atlantic 18141
writtenby: P. Terry, T. Conway, T. Life
album: Pick Of The Litter
comments: [philly sound album cut]
mpcode: AT4pj2z77bA
The Spinners All That Glitters Ain't Gold 1975 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: United Artists 626
chartposition: RandB #54, US #92
writtenby: Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers
Lea Roberts All Right Now 1975 United Artists
2 recordlabel: MGM 2006531
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Bobby Flax and Lanny Lambert
album: Never Can Say Goodbye
Gloria Gaynor All I Need Is Your Sweet Lovin' 1975 MGM
3 recordlabel: Motown 1356
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Donald Fenceton, Mel Larson, Gerald Marcellino and Roderick Rancifer
album: Moving Violation
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Jackson 5 All I Do Is Think of You 1975 Motown
4 recordlabel: ABC 12076
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Lamont Dozier
album: Black Bach
Lamont Dozier All Cried Out 1975 ABC
5 recordlabel: Curtom 100
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Leroy Hutson
album: Hutson
Leroy Hutson All Because of You 1975 Curtom
--- recordlabel: Hi 32092
album: Al Green is Love
Al Green Al Green Is Love (full album) 1975 Hi
1 recordlabel: Truth 3210
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: David Porter
album: Ain't No Need of Crying
Rance Allen Group Ain't No Need of Crying 1975 Truth
--- recordlabel: Mercury 1038
writtenby: W. Beck, C. Satchell, J. Williams, L. Bonner, M. Jones, M. Pierce, R. Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
comments: [funk album cut]
mpcode: QWPz8LaNIhI
Ohio Players Ain't Givin' Up No Ground 1975 Mercury
--- recordlabel: Columbia 3-10163
writtenby: C. Quander, D. Coan, J. Lemley
comments: [disco dance] (Tom Moulton extended mix)
mpcode: 7X6FSHn_ey4
The Intrepids After You've Had Your Fling (Get Down To The Real Thing) 1975 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Groove Merchant 1034
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Lonnie Smith
comments: [instrumental]
Lonnie Smith Afrodesia 1975 Groove Merchant
2 recordlabel: RCA 10463
chartposition: US dance #5, US AC #40
writtenby: Van McCoy
comments: [disco instrumental]
Henry Mancini & His Concert Orchestra African Symphony 1975 RCA
3 recordlabel: RCA 10290
chartposition: RandB #15, US #69
writtenby: Chocolate Milk
album: Action Speaks Louder Than Words
Chocolate Milk Action Speaks Louder Than Words 1975 RCA
4 recordlabel: Dakar 602
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Floyd Smith and Gerald Sims
album: Can I Change My Mind / Home Wrecker
Tyrone Davis A Woman Needs to Be Loved 1975 Dakar
--- recordlabel: Chelsea 2005038 (UK)
writtenby: Kenny Nolan
Marion Jarvis A Penny For Your Thoughts 1975 Chelsea(UK)
--- recordlabel: Epic 850167
writtenby: George Soule
Bill Coday A Man Can't Be A Man 1975 Epic
1 recordlabel: Mainstream 5567
chartposition: RandB #63, UK #52
writtenby: Jean Kluger and Daniel Vangarde
Black Blood A I E (A Mwana) 1975 Mainstream
2 recordlabel: Midland Int. 10229
chartposition: US #81
writtenby: Alan Bernstein (as A. Kenneth Bernstein) and Ed O'Loughlin
album: The Carol Douglas Album
Carol Douglas A Hurricane Is Coming Tonite 1975 Midland Int.
3 recordlabel: Flying Dutchman 10392
chartposition: RandB #91
album: Lonnie Liston Smith
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes A Chance for Peace 1975 Flying Dutchman
4 recordlabel: Epic 3441
chartposition: RandB #5, US #46
writtenby: Roger Cook
album: 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Blow Your Whistle
Gary Toms Empire 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle) 1975 Epic
5 recordlabel: All Platinum 6146304(UK)
chartposition: UK #26
writtenby: Roger Cook
album: Down To Earth / The Best of All Platinum
The Rimshots 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (Blow Your Whistle) 1975 All Platinum (UK)
--- recordlabel: IX Chains 7011
writtenby: T. Royal
Lee Bates (What Am I Gonna Do) What Am I Gonna Say 1975 IX Chains
1 recordlabel: Seville 1010
chartposition: US Dance #17
writtenby: Sonny Casella
comments: as Jeanne Burton
Jenny Burton (Nobody Loves Me) Like You Do 1975 Seville
2 recordlabel: People 655
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: James Brown
Fred & the New J.B.s (It's Not the Express) It's the J.B.'s Monaurail (Part I) 1975 People
3 recordlabel: MGM 14823
chartposition: RandB #24, US #98, UK #53
writtenby: Jack Robinson and James Bolden
album: Experience Gloria Gaynor
comments: MGM 14823
Gloria Gaynor (If You Want it) Do It Yourself 1975 MGM
4 recordlabel: ABC 12125
chartposition: RandB #22, US #81
writtenby: Tony Hester
album: The Dramatic Jackpot
Ron Banks & the Dramatics (I'm Going by) The Stars in Your Eyes 1975 ABC
--- recordlabel: Buddah 5628
writtenby: Barbara Mason, Betty Crutcher
album: Love's The Thing / The Very Best of Barbara Mason
mpcode: wISj4rPlbR4
Barbara Mason (He Wants) The Two Of Us 1975 Buddah
1 recordlabel: Spector 0405
chartposition: RandB #92, US dance #16
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Calhoon
Calhoon (Do You Wanna) Dance Dance Dance 1975 Spector
2 recordlabel: Scepter 12405
chartposition: RandB #78, US #99
writtenby: Harold Beatty
Bobby Moore (Call Me Your) Anything Man 1975 Scepter
3 recordlabel: Rocket 17
chartposition: RandB #65, US #104, US AC #42
writtenby: Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody
Donny Gerrard (Baby) Don't Let It Mess Your Mind 1975 Rocket
4 recordlabel: Polydor 2066 637
chartposition: RandB #37, UK #18, US Dance #15
writtenby: Bill Curtis and Johnny Flippin
album: Raising Hell
Fatback Band (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop 1975 Polydor

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