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
101	recordlabel: De lite 1578 chartposition: RandB #97, US #46, US AC #1 writtenby: Ed Marshall album: Venus comments: [disco]	Frankie Avalon	Venus	1976	De lite
102	recordlabel: Columbia 10380 chartposition: RandB #81, US #19 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Alan Spenner album: Rise and Shine!	Kokomo	Use Your Imagination	1976	Columbia
103	recordlabel: Ode 66118 chartposition: RandB #65, US #80, US AC #46 writtenby: Tom Scott comments: [instrumental]	Tom Scott	Uptown and Country	1976	Ode
104	recordlabel: Gordy 7150 chartposition: RandB #21, US #94 writtenby: Jeffrey Bowen, Jim Ford and Truman Thomas album: Wings of Love comments: [Motown Sound]	The Temptations	Up the Creek (Without a Paddle)	1976	Gordy
---	recordlabel: Goodie Train 061 writtenby: Sam Dees	Ebony Essence	Unsatisfied Man	1976	Goodie Train
1	recordlabel: Blue Note 785 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: Larry Mizell album: Fancy Dancer comments: [instrumental]	Bobbi Humphrey	Uno Esta	1976	Blue Note
2	recordlabel: De lite 1583 chartposition: RandB #71, US #101 writtenby: Ronald Bell (as Khalis Bayyan) and Kool and the Gang album: Love and Understanding	Kool & the Gang	Universal Sound	1976	De lite
3	recordlabel: Asylum 45294 chartposition: RandB #96, US #24, US dance #19 writtenby: Earl Cate & Ernie Cate comments: [disco funk]	The Cate Brothers	Union Man	1976	Asylum
---	recordlabel: Arista 0169 writtenby: Leonard Perry, Robert Bryant	Jeff Perry	Unforgettable Person	1976	Arista
---	recordlabel: Kudu 42544 writtenby: Irving Gordon album: For All We Know	Esther Phillips	Unforgettable	1976	Kudu
1	recordlabel: Fantasy 9518 chartposition: US Dance #14 writtenby: Kevin Toney album: Unfinished Business	The Blackbyrds	Unfinished Business	1976	Fantasy
2	recordlabel: Westbound 5029 chartposition: RandB #30, US #102 writtenby: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins (as William Collins) and Bernie Worrell (as Bernard Worrell) album: Tales of Kidd Funkadelic	Funkadelic	Undisco Kidd	1976	Westbound
3	recordlabel: Bullet 01 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: Peabo Bryson album: Peabo	Peabo Bryson	Underground Music -- It's Just a Matter of Time	1976	Bullet
4	recordlabel: RCA Victor 1057 (UK) chartposition: US dance #7 writtenby: Warren Schatz and Mitch Farber album: Don't Stop Now comments: [disco jazz funk instrumental] [album cut]	The Brothers	Under The Skin	1976	RCA Victor(UK)
5	recordlabel: RCA Victor 10562 chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #73, UK #51, US #10, US AC #43 writtenby: Gerald Jackson & Peter Jackson album: Never Gonna Let You Go comments: [disco]	Vicki Sue Robinson	Turn the Beat Around	1976	RCA Victor
6	recordlabel: Janus 259 chartposition: RandB #98 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Mike Oldfield comments: [instrumental]	The Champs Boys Orchestra	Tubular Bells	1976	Janus
7	recordlabel: Mercury 73839 chartposition: RandB #1, US #10 writtenby: Paul Mitchell & William Bell album: Coming Back for More	William Bell	Tryin' to Love Two	1976	Mercury
8	recordlabel: Scepter 12417 chartposition: RandB #94 writtenby: Harold Beatty, Sharlene Tobin	Bobby Moore	Try to Hold On	1976	Scepter
9	recordlabel: Oasis 406 chartposition: RandB #35, US #80, US dance #1 writtenby: Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer album: A Love Trilogy	Donna Summer	Try Me, I Know We Can Make It	1976	Oasis
10	recordlabel: Oasis 407 chartposition: US Dance #1 writtenby: Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte album: Trouble Maker	Roberta Kelly	Trouble Maker	1976	Oasis
11	recordlabel: Warner 8286 chartposition: RandB #52, US dance #34 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson album: So So Satisfied	Ashford & Simpson	Tried, Tested and Found True	1976	Warner
12	recordlabel: ABC 12180 chartposition: RandB #49 writtenby: Michael Henderson album: Drama V	The Dramatics	Treat Me Like a Man	1976	ABC
13	recordlabel: Wand 11294 chartposition: RandB #35, US #86 writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Ron Tyson (as Ronnie Tyson)	South Shore Commission	Train Called Freedom	1976	Wand
14	recordlabel: Roulette 7182 chartposition: RandB #71, US #98, US Dance #4 writtenby: Allan Felder, Bunny Sigler and Norman Harris album: Good Things comments: [philly sound]	Ecstasy Passion & Pain featuring Barbara Roy	Touch and Go	1976	Roulette
---	recordlabel: Soul 35117 writtenby: Pam Sawyer, Frank Wilson album: Communique comments: [Motown Sound]	The Originals	Touch	1976	Soul
---	recordlabel: Malaco 6351 writtenby: Carson Whitsett, Eddie Floyd album: Misty Blue comments: [album cut] mpcode: aHR6mzFENKA	Dorothy Moore	Too Much Love	1976	Malaco
---	recordlabel: Norfolk Int. 10003 writtenby: Guida and Guess album: Too Many Nites	The Soul Cop	Too Many Nites	1976	Norfolk Int.
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 18181 writtenby: B. Hawes, C. Simmons, J.B. Jefferson album: Happiness Is Being With The Spinners comments: [philly sound album cut] mpcode: Ih3Micfydt8	The Spinners	Toni My Love	1976	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3611 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #74 writtenby: D. Wansel, V. Barrett album: Life on Mars comments: [ballad]	Dexter Wansel ft. Terri Wells	Together Once Again	1976	P.I.R.
---	recordlabel: P.I.P. 6528 writtenby: Janet Moffet, Earl Singleton album: Together comments: [sweet soul ballad]	The Individuals	Together (We Can Make Something Happen)	1976	P.I.P.
1	recordlabel: ABC 12156 chartposition: RandB #34, US #103 writtenby: Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens album: Get On Down with Bobby Bland	Bobby Bland	Today I Started Loving You Again	1976	ABC
2	recordlabel: Epic 4215(UK) chartposition: UK #36 writtenby: Sheila Ferguson and Tatsushi Umegaki	The Three Degrees	Toast of Love	1976	Epic (UK)
3	recordlabel: Claridge 421 chartposition: RandB #77 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Bo Kirkland, R. L. Kirkland, C. Gentry album: Bo and Ruth	Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis	To Make You Love Me	1976	Claridge
4	recordlabel: Ode 66121 chartposition: RandB #100 writtenby: Ralph MacDonald and William Slater comments: [instrumental]	Tom Scott	Time and Love	1976	Ode
---	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3614 writtenby: J. Whitehead, G. McFadden, C. Carstarphen album: Jean Carn	Jean Carn	Time Waits For No One	1976	P.I.R.
---	recordlabel: Brunswick 35 (UK) writtenby: Ziegler album: Time Moves On	Strutt	Time Moves On	1976	Brunswick(UK)
---	recordlabel: P.I.R. 33957 writtenby: J. Davis, A. Felder, F, Fioravanti album: All Things In Time comments: [ballad album cut] mpcode: FtXLGQiQMnw	Lou Rawls	Time	1976	P.I.R.
---	recordlabel: DuVern 4176 writtenby: B. Lewis	Brand New	Thousand Years	1976	DuVern
---	recordlabel: Juana 3410 writtenby: Frederick Knight album: In Control	The Controllers	This Train	1976	Juana
1	recordlabel: Arista 65 chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Gwen Guthrie, Pat Grant album: Not a Little Girl Anymore	Linda Lewis	This Time I'll Be Sweeter	1976	Arista
2	recordlabel: Warner 8209 chartposition: RandB #3, US #10, US AC #6 writtenby: Leon Russell album: This Masquerade comments: [smooth jazz ballad]	George Benson	This Masquerade	1976	Warner
3	recordlabel: Artists of America 115 writtenby: Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman	Richard Roundtree	This Magic Moment	1976	Artists of America
4	recordlabel: Buddah 443 chartposition: RandB #18, US #91, UK #9, US dance #10 writtenby: Van McCoy album: This Is It comments: [disco dance]	Melba Moore	This Is it	1976	Buddah
---	recordlabel: Hi 2306 writtenby: W. Mitchell, E. Randle album: Full of Fire comments: [southern soul ballad]	Al Green	There's No Way	1976	Hi
1	recordlabel: Spring 164 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #20 writtenby: Millie Jackson, K. Sterling album: Free and in Love comments: (ballad]	Millie Jackson	There You Are	1976	Spring
2	recordlabel: Brunswick 55383 chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: James Brown and Bud Hobgood (as Buddy Hobgood)	Gene Chandler	There Was a Time	1976	Brunswick
---	recordlabel: Hi 2319 writtenby: Willie Mitchell, Yvonne Mitchell album: Al Green is Love	Al Green	There Is Love	1976	Hi
1	recordlabel: State 21 (UK) chartposition: UK #46 writtenby: Tony Waddington and Wayne Bickerton album: The Two of Us	Mac & Katie Kissoon	The Two of Us	1976	State(UK)
2	recordlabel: CBS 4735 writtenby: Leon Haywood , Bill Williams Jr., Marshall McQueen Jr. and Jessie C. Roberts album: Intimate	Leon Haywood	The Streets Will Love You to Death (Part I)	1976	CBS
---	recordlabel: Piedmont 078 writtenby: Moses Dillard, Bob Holmes	Bill Brandon	The Streets Got My Lady	1976	Piedmont
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 453355 chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #16, US dance #14 writtenby: Thom Bell & Linda Creed album: Happiness Is Being With The Spinners comments: [disco dance]	The Spinners	The Rubberband Man	1976	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Mercury 73759 chartposition: RandB #58, US #106 writtenby: Lawton Williams	The Dells	The Power of Love	1976	Mercury
3	recordlabel: Juana 3406 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: Mary Holland Bryant album: In Control	The Controllers	The People Want Music	1976	Juana
---	recordlabel: Malaco 6351 writtenby: Phillip Mitchell album: Misty Blue comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]	Dorothy Moore	The Only Time You Ever Say You Love Me	1976	Malaco
1	recordlabel: Columbia 10356 chartposition: RandB #6, US #62 writtenby: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy album: The More You Do It	Ronnie Dyson	The More You Do It (The More I Like It Done to Me)	1976	Columbia
2	recordlabel: Mercury 73849 chartposition: US Dance #40 writtenby: Jimmy Roach and Michael Henderson	Five Special	The More I Get to Know You	1976	Mercury
3	recordlabel: H and L 6299 024 (UK) chartposition: UK #24 writtenby: Hugo and Luigi, George D. Weiss, Bacarach and David comments: [sweet soul ballad] EP	The Stylistics	The Miracle -- You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Break My Heart)	1976	H and L (UK)
---	recordlabel: Trojan 9061 (UK) writtenby: Bob Dylan comments: [reggae]	Matumbi	The Man in Me	1976	Trojan(UK)
1	recordlabel: Capitol 4221 chartposition: RandB #11 writtenby: Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter album: In the City	Tavares	The Love I Never Had	1976	Capitol
2	recordlabel: Warner 8217 chartposition: RandB #91 writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney album: Love Potion	New Birth	The Long and Winding Road	1976	Warner
3	recordlabel: Mainstream 5583 chartposition: RandB #11, US #75 writtenby: Terry Huff album: The Lonely One	Terry Huff & Special Delivery	The Lonely One	1976	Mainstream
4	recordlabel: Warner 8175 chartposition: RandB #15, US #63 writtenby: Larry Graham album: Ain't No 'Bout A Doubt It	Graham Central Station	The Jam	1976	Warner
5	recordlabel: Polydor 6070 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Roy Ayers album: Everybody Loves the Sunshine	Roy Ayers Ubiquity	The Golden Rod	1976	Polydor
---	recordlabel: Buddah 523 writtenby: Jim Weatherly album: I Feel A Song	Gladys Knight & the Pips	The Going Ups And The Coming Downs	1976	Buddah
1	recordlabel: Capitol 4198 chartposition: US #79 writtenby: Vincent Montana Jr. and Ronnie Walker	Brown Sugar	The Game Is Over (What's the Matter with You)	1976	Capitol
2	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 1039 chartposition: RandB #55 writtenby: Michael Smith album: Love's on the Menu comments: [Motown Sound]	Jerry Butler	The Devil in Mrs. Jones	1976	Tamla Motown
3	recordlabel: Brunswick 55525 chartposition: RandB #32 writtenby: Quinton Joseph and Eugene Record	The Chi-Lites	The Devil Is Doing His Work	1976	Brunswick
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 18181 writtenby: M. Burton album: Happiness Is Being With The Spinners comments: [philly sound album cut] mpcode: 41qe-eTPeQE	The Spinners	The Clown	1976	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Spring 168 chartposition: RandB #32 writtenby: Bill Curtis and M. Irby Jr. album: Night Fever	Fatback Band	The Booty	1976	Spring
---	recordlabel: ABC 941 writtenby: J. Faragher, D. Faragher, T. Faragher, P. McClure album: Faragher Brothers comments: [album cut] mpcode: SWPTZwydNMM	Faragher Brothers	The Best Years Of My Life	1976	ABC
1	recordlabel: AandM 1858 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Ralph Dino, John Sembello, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	Billy Eckstine	The Best Thing	1976	A&M
---	recordlabel: Carolina 490 writtenby: Charles Wallert	O.C. Smith	The Best Out Of Me	1976	Carolina
1	recordlabel: Marlin 3306 chartposition: RandB #12, US #17, UK #10, US dance #1 writtenby: Jacques Morali, Richard V. DiCicco, Henri Belolo & Phil Hurtt album: African Queens comments: [disco]	The Ritchie Family	The Best Disco in Town	1976	Marlin
2	recordlabel: Cotillion 44205 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: Luther Vandross album: Luther	Luther Vandross	The 2nd Time Around	1976	Cotillion
3	recordlabel: Greedy 103 chartposition: RandB #85 writtenby: David Foster, Jay Graydon and Jack Conrad comments: [instrumental]	The Bottom Line	That's the Way to Go	1976	Greedy
4	recordlabel: Atlantic 10703 chartposition: RandB #12, US #27, UK #35, US dance #1 writtenby: Ronald Baker album: Where the Happy People Go comments: [philly sound] [disco]	The Trammps	That's Where the Happy People Go	1976	Atlantic
5	recordlabel: Mainstream 5585 chartposition: RandB #91 writtenby: Terry Huff album: The Lonely One	Terry Huff & Special Delivery	That's When It Hurts	1976	Mainstream
6	recordlabel: Avco 4663 chartposition: RandB #29, US Dance #2 writtenby: Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer album: Black Magic	The Softones	That Old Black Magic	1976	Avco
7	recordlabel: Cotillion 44202 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: Bobby Eli and Lee Phillips	Sister Sledge	Thank You for Today	1976	Cotillion
8	recordlabel: Don 102 chartposition: RandB #65 writtenby: Leone Thomas	Leone Thomas	Thank You Baby	1976	Don
9	recordlabel: Salsoul 2008 chartposition: RandB #63, UK #54, US Dance #2 writtenby: Allan Felder (as Alan Felder) and T.G. Conway album: Ten Percent	Double Exposure	Ten Percent	1976	Salsoul
10	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3588 chartposition: RandB #7, US #94, US Dance #6 writtenby: Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden and John Whitehead album: Wake Up Everybody	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	Tell the World How I Feel About 'Cha Baby	1976	P.I.R.
11	recordlabel: Dark Horse 10009 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #88, US #106 writtenby: Keni Burke album: 2nd Resurrection	The Stairsteps	Tell Me Why	1976	Dark Horse
---	recordlabel: Marsel 501 writtenby: J. Thompson	Gene Chandler	Tell It Like It Is	1976	Marsel
1	recordlabel: Casablanca 856 chartposition: RandB #5, US #15 writtenby: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins & Jerome Brailey album: Mothership Connection comments: [funk]	Parliament	Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)	1976	Casablanca
2	recordlabel: Atco/WMOT 7061 chartposition: RandB #48 writtenby: Keith Barrow	Blue Magic	Teach Me (It's Something About Love)	1976	Atco/WMOT
3	recordlabel: Salsoul 2004 chartposition: RandB #36, US #18, US AC #11, US dance #6 writtenby: Victor Schertzinger & Johnny Mercer album: Salsoul Orchestra comments: [disco]	The Salsoul Orchestra	Tangerine	1976	Salsoul
4	recordlabel: Warner 8196 chartposition: RandB #57, US #13 writtenby: Michael McDonald album: Takin' It to the Streets	The Doobie Brothers	Takin' It to the Streets	1976	Warner
---	recordlabel: Chi Sound 849 writtenby: Bettye Crutcher	Margie Alexander	Take My Body	1976	Chi Sound
---	recordlabel: Columbia 33820 writtenby: B. Weisman, E. Sands, R. Germinaro album: The Manhattans featuring Kiss and Say Goodbye comments: [philly sound ballad album cut] mpcode: KRdgTsHKlIM	The Manhattans	Take It Or Leave It	1976	Columbia
---	recordlabel: Piedmont 078 writtenby: Sam Dees	Bill Brandon	Tag Tag	1976	Piedmont
---	recordlabel: Glades 1739 writtenby: B. Latimore album: It Ain't Where You Been / Sweet Vibrations - The Best Of mpcode: urwWqZ51GNk	Latimore	Sweet Vibrations	1976	Glades
1	recordlabel: ABC 12149 chartposition: RandB #1, US #5 writtenby: Chaka Khan & Tony Maiden album: Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan comments: [ballad]	Rufus (and Chaka Khan)	Sweet Thing	1976	ABC
2	recordlabel: Dark Horse 10011 chartposition: RandB #43 writtenby: Chuck Higgins, Gilbert Bottiglier and Paul Stallworth album: Good News	Attitudes	Sweet Summer Music	1976	Dark Horse
---	recordlabel: Cream 7605 writtenby: K. Williams, M. Kent, J.R. Bailey	Ken Williams	Sweet Music, Soft Lights And You	1976	Cream
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 3316 chartposition: RandB #42 writtenby: Jimmy Castor and John Pruitt album: Supersound	The Jimmy Castor Bunch	Supersound	1976	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: DJM 1019 writtenby: Johnny Guitar Watson and Renaldo Rey	Johnny Guitar Watson	Superman Lover	1976	DJM
3	recordlabel: Stang 5067 chartposition: RandB #49 writtenby: Tommy Keith comments: [instrumental]	The Rimshots	Super Disco	1976	Stang
4	recordlabel: United Artists 861 chartposition: RandB #85 writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar comments: [instrumental]	Lee Oskar	Sunshine Keri	1976	United Artists
5	recordlabel: Bronze 20 chartposition: UK #17, RandB #61, US #108 writtenby: Mac Tontoh, Sol Amarfio and Teddy Osei album: Welcome Home	Osibisa	Sunshine Day	1976	Bronze

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