Soul R&B Music Charts of 1976 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1976 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 1976, 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 1976, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1976 . . .

The following songs were released in 1976 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 1976 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: Glades 1736 writtenby: B. Turner, M. Jones	Otis Clay	All I Need Is You	1976	Glades
---	recordlabel: Tamla writtenby: Stevie Wonder album: Songs In The Key Of Life comments: [album EP cut] mpcode: pz3rrESMnzI	Stevie Wonder	All Day Sucker	1976	Tamla
1	recordlabel: Polydor 14313 chartposition: RandB #96 writtenby: H. B. Barnum and Joyce Ann Clay	Checkmates, Ltd.	All Alone by the Telephone	1976	Polydor
---	recordlabel: Malaco 6351 writtenby: D. Zimmerman, J. Strickland album: Misty comments: [southern soul album cut] mpcode: Vs2Aa9yK3J0	Dorothy Moore	Ain't That A Mother's Luck	1976	Malaco
1	recordlabel: Calla 112 chartposition: RandB #75 writtenby: Rudy Love and The Love Family album: Rudy Love, Denise Love and R. Wilson	Rudy Love & Love Family	Ain't Nuthin' Spooky	1976	Calla
2	recordlabel: Conchillo 1 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #57 writtenby: C.C. Ryder, Jimmy Jones mpcode: DZ3LYMoYTJk	Jimmy Jones	Ain't Nothing Wrong Makin' Love The First Night	1976	Conchillo
3	recordlabel: Conchillo 1 chartposition: RandB #98 writtenby: C.C. Ryder and Jimmy Jones	Jimmie Jones	Ain't Nothing Wrong Makin' Love (The First Night)	1976	Conchillo
4	recordlabel: Soul Int'l. 105 chartposition: RandB #95 writtenby: August Moon and Tyrone Thomas	The Whole Darn Family	Ain't Nothing But Something to Do	1976	Soul Int'l.
5	recordlabel: Pyramid 8001 chartposition: RandB #96 writtenby: Buddy Scott and Phil Medley album: The Lady Has Arrived!	Pat Lundy	Ain't No Pity in the Naked City	1976	Pyramid
---	recordlabel: GTO 59 (UK) writtenby: Rod Temperton album: Too Hot To Handle	Heatwave	Ain't No Half Steppin'	1976	GTO(UK)
1	recordlabel: KoKo 721 chartposition: RandB #44 writtenby: Johnny Baylor album: Do You Love Somebody	Luther Ingram	Ain't Good for Nothing	1976	KoKo
2	recordlabel: ABC 12166 chartposition: RandB #67 writtenby: Bunny Sigler album: I Wanna Be with You	Carl Carlton	Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody (About You)	1976	ABC
3	recordlabel: Tamla 54273 chartposition: RandB #14, US #74 writtenby: Marvin Gaye and Leon Ware album: I Want You comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye	After the Dance	1976	Tamla
4	recordlabel: Epic 50190 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Minnie Riperton , Joe Sample and Richard Rudolph album: Adventures in Paradise	Minnie Riperton	Adventures in Paradise	1976	Epic
5	recordlabel: Granite 532 chartposition: RandB #25, US #98 writtenby: Edwin Starr	Edwin Starr	Abyssinia Jones	1976	Granite
6	recordlabel: RCA 10686 chartposition: US #107 writtenby: Van McCoy album: Life Goes On	Faith, Hope & Charity with the Choice Four	A Time for Celebration	1976	RCA
---	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3610 writtenby: K. Gamble, L. Huff album: Message In The Music	The O'Jays	A Prayer	1976	P.I.R.
1	recordlabel: GRT 070 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #97 writtenby: J. Little, L. Mercedes	Shelbra Deane	A Man's Got Too Much Dog In Him	1976	GRT
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 3363 chartposition: RandB #35, US #101 writtenby: Hamish Stuart and Ned Doheny album: Soul Searching	Average White Band	A Love of Your Own	1976	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Chimneyville 10211 writtenby: Bobby Gosh comments: [southern soul ballad] mpcode: j6Dpnw5oxRs	Chuck Brooks	A Little Bit More	1976	Chimneyville
---	recordlabel: Spring 2066 713 (UK) writtenby: Banks, Hampton album: Free And In Love	Millie Jackson	A House for Sale	1976	Spring (UK)
---	recordlabel: ABC 12224 writtenby: G. Jackson, C. Wilkins album: A Heart Full Of Song comments: [ballad] mpcode: iFnx1LhqbUk	Clarence Carter	A Heart Full Of Song	1976	ABC
1	recordlabel: Private Stock 45073 chartposition: RandB #10, US #1, UK #28, US AC #13 weeksinr&bchart: 15 writtenby: Walter Murphy album: Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track comments: [jazz funk instrumental]	Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band	A Fifth of Beethoven	1976	Private Stock
---	recordlabel: Columbia 3 10493 writtenby: Sam Cooke album: Home Is Where The Heart Is	Bobby Womack	A Change Is Gonna Come	1976	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Dark Horse 22004 writtenby: The Stairsteps album: 2nd Resurrection comments: [Complete Album]	The Stairsteps	2nd Resurrection (full album)	1976	Dark Horse
1	recordlabel: Roulette 7193 chartposition: US Dance #21 writtenby: Johnny Melfi	Gentlemen & Their Ladies featuring Danny Mitchell	...Like Her!	1976	Roulette
2	recordlabel: Arista 0160 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #71 writtenby: C. Smith, G. Jackson, R. Miner album: The Rest Of My Life comments: [disco dance]	Martha Reeves	(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher	1976	Arista
3	recordlabel: Chocolate City 3 chartposition: RandB #96 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Michael W. Fisher	Blacksmoke	(Your Love Has Got Me) Screamin'	1976	Chocolate City
4	recordlabel: Epic 4294 chartposition: RandB #66, UK #25, US #103, US AC #34 writtenby: H. Alpert, L. Adler, S. Cooke	Johnny Nash	(What a) Wonderful World	1976	Epic
---	recordlabel: Sea Bird 300 writtenby: J. Becton comments: [ballad] mpcode: b15vJoCDMkg	James Becton	(Time Will Tell) How Much I Love You	1976	Sea Bird
1	recordlabel: Roadshow 7005 chartposition: RandB #31, US #82 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David album: Non Stop	B.T. Express	(They Long to Be) Close to You	1976	Roadshow
2	recordlabel: T.K. 1019 chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #22 writtenby: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch album: Part 3 comments: [disco funk]	KC And The Sunshine Band	(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty	1976	T.K.
3	recordlabel: IX Chains 7013 chartposition: RandB #79 writtenby: Calvin Arnold and R. Ellen	Calvin Arnold	(I'm Your) Friendly Neighborhood Freak (Part 1)	1976	IX Chains
4	recordlabel: Polydor 14304 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Ivory	James Brown	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons	1976	Polydor
5	recordlabel: Columbia 10441 chartposition: RandB #75 writtenby: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy album: The More You Do It	Ronnie Dyson	(I Like Being) Close to You	1976	Columbia
6	recordlabel: Blue Note 783 chartposition: RandB #61 writtenby: Harold Clayton, Mbaji and Sigidi Abdullah album: Places and Spaces comments: [jazz funk]	Donald Byrd	(Fallin' Like) Dominoes	1976	Blue Note
7	recordlabel: Polydor 2066656 chartposition: RandB #12, UK #10, US dance #5, US #101 writtenby: Gerry Thomas album: Raising Hell comments: [disco jazz funk instrumental]	Fatback Band	(Do the) Spanish Hustle	1976	Polydor
8	recordlabel: HBS 12157 chartposition: RandB #32, US #101 writtenby: The Raders album: Everybody Wanna Live On	The Masqueraders	(Call Me) The Travelling Man	1976	HBS
---	recordlabel: T Neck 33809 writtenby: The Isley Brothers, C. Jasper album: Harvest for the World comments: [love ballad] [album cut]	The Isley Brothers	(At Your Best) You Are Love	1976	T Neck
1	recordlabel: Hi 2308 chartposition: RandB #94 writtenby: Earl Randle album: Total Explosion	Syl Johnson	'Bout to Make Me Leave Home	1976	Hi

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