| 1 |
recordlabel: Pavillion 02455
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #60
writtenby: Colin Campsie & George McFarlane
album: Fascinating Rhythm
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Solar 12189
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Stephen Shockley and Fred Alexander
album: Fantastic Voyage
comments: [disco funk]
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Destiny 2001
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Chauncey Matthews
album: Skool Boyz [1981 album]
comments: [love ballad]
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recordlabel: Dash 6001
writtenby: Robert Mizell, Willie Clarke
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7194
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Teena Marie
album: Irons in the Fire
comments: [ballad]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Prism 415
chartposition: US Dance #65
writtenby: Curtis Hudson
album: Pure Energy
comments: [disco funk]
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Believe In A Dream 991
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Dexter Redding, Otis Redding III and Mark Lockett
album: Class
comments: [disco funk]
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| 4 |
recordlabel: MCA 51041
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Deborah Dennard and Jakki Milligan
album: The Dramatic Way
comments: [love ballad]
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Pavillion 6407
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #28, US #104
writtenby: Tony Valor
album: Fantasy
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recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 2419
writtenby: Barry White, Vella M. Cameron
album: Barry and Glodean
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recordlabel: Warner Bros. 3503
writtenby: H. King, E. Moore
album: One-Way Love Affair
comments: [disco funk album cut]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Moby Dick 242
chartposition: US dance #6
writtenby: Sylvester Stewart and Perry Botkin
album: Disc Charge
comments: [disco, dance]
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recordlabel: EMI America 17048
writtenby: Allen A. Jones
album: To The Point
comments: [album cut]
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recordlabel: RCA 12291
writtenby: Grant, D. Burke, Chancelor
album: You're The Best
comments: [disco dance]
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recordlabel: AandM 2374
writtenby: Booker T. Jones, Jay Kessler
album: I Want You
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Airwave Records 94963
chartposition: RandB #94, US Dance #40
writtenby: Greg Scelsa
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Prelude 8031
chartposition: UK #12, US Dance #31
writtenby: Guiliano Salerni and Phil Hurtt
album: Hi Gloss
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5026
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Sheree Brown
album: Straight Ahead
comments: [dance]
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| 4 |
recordlabel: MCA 51068
chartposition: RandB #92
writtenby: Bobby Bland, Vee Pea and Margie Evans
album: Sweet Vibrations
comments: [soul blues]
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| 5 |
recordlabel: Capitol 551
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Gary Goetzman and Mike Piccirillo
album: Happy Love
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Arista 424 (UK)
chartposition: UK #56, RandB #76
writtenby: Rick Cordera and Brian Potter
album: Can't We Fall in Love Again
comments: [disco dance]
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| 7 |
recordlabel: MCA 51126
chartposition: RandB #32, US #108
writtenby: Luther Vandross
album: Bustin' Loose: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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recordlabel: Epic 37451
writtenby: Luther Vandross
album: Never Too Much
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: CUNlpwqAYBw
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| --- |
recordlabel: Cotillion 47002
writtenby: Bobby Eli, Ron Tyson
album: Keep It Comin'
comments: [disco dance]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Motown 1257
writtenby: S. Lorber, T. Dubois
album: Tell Me A Lie
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| --- |
recordlabel: MandM 104
writtenby: L.Dozier
album: Lamont
comments: [album cut]
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Mirage 3834
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Carl Weathers and Dwight Emile
comments: [ballad]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Warner 49857
chartposition: UK #11
writtenby: Tom Snow and Nan O'Byrne
album: Secret Combination
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Boardwalk 33239
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Love Is The Place
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| --- |
recordlabel: Columbia 37129
writtenby: Lamont Dozier
album: Working On You
comments: [disco funk album cut]
mpcode: DVR3ZZ_dw4Q
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Motown 1503
chartposition: RandB #13, UK #41, US #50
writtenby: Jermaine Jackson
album: Jermaine [1980 album] / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
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recordlabel: Soulin' 1948
writtenby: M. Stokes, R. Matlock
comments: [ballad]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Momisey 280
writtenby: Lee B. Holloway Jr.
album: Into New Dimensions
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: 20th Century 2482
chartposition: RandB #66
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Gary Taylor
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 46020
chartposition: RandB #56
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Isaac Bolden and Jean Harris
album: Keep It Comin'
comments: [ballad]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: RCA 146 (UK)
chartposition: UK #38
writtenby: Arthur Adams, Bernie Hamilton and Sam Carlos Smith
comments: [disco dance]
|
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recordlabel: Prelude 611
writtenby: W. Lester, R. Brown
album: Sharon Redd
|
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recordlabel: Becket 505
writtenby: D. Morris, Jr., R. Meltzer
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3865
chartposition: RandB #39, US #110
writtenby: Tawatha
album: Can't Shake This Feeling
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Boardwalk 11 122
writtenby: Dino Fekaris
album: Love is the Place
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Epic 1025 (UK)
writtenby: J. Mtume, R. Lucas
album: In Search of the Rainbow Seekers
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Kari 115
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Ted Jarrett
comments: [ballad]
|
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recordlabel: Warner Bros. 49767
writtenby: Sample, Jennings
album: Secret Combination
comments: [ballad]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54327
chartposition: RandB #31, UK #76, US #59
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Being with You
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Liberty 1399
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Linda Creed and Thom Bell
album: Eloise Laws
comments: [ballad]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Ariola America 814
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Brad Cole and Mark Craney
album: You Are
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Tabu 2569
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #62
writtenby: A. Simpson, J. Simpson, B. Speight, Sigidi
album: The S.O.S. Band Too
|
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recordlabel: Capitol 5072
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly Live In New Orleans
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3798
chartposition: RandB #32, US #52, US dance #22, US AC #45
writtenby: Richard Carpenter, John Bettis, Michael Zager
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76101
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #47, US #60
writtenby: Oliver Scott & Ronnie Wilson
album: Gap Band III
|
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recordlabel: Fantasy 20267
writtenby: J. Skeehan, R. Monroe, J. Hall
album: Better Days
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: LA 0080
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: Dave Crawford
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Atlantic RFC 4002
chartposition: US Dance #12
writtenby: Johnny Dorazio (as Giovanni D'Orazio) and Sergio Panzera
album: Get On Up Do It Again
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Columbia 11419
chartposition: RandB #89
writtenby: Tom Washington
album: Rodney Franklin
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Buddah 625
chartposition: RandB #59, US Dance #21
writtenby: R.J. Rice
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: SAM 5020
chartposition: US dance #19 RandB #20, UK #20
writtenby: Adrian Sear
comments: [novelty]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Bang 02599
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Ray Ransom, Jimmy Brown, Eddie Irons, Regi Hickman and Ray Parker Jr.
album: Summer Heat
comments: [funk]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Dynamic Sounds 12 10 (UK)
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Leroy
album: Wide Awake
comments: [reggae]
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recordlabel: Handshake 02438
writtenby: Len Boone, Larry LaFalce
album: Images
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: RCA 13479
chartposition: RandB #6, UK #4, US #7, AC #2
writtenby: Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago (uncredited), George Goldner (uncredited) & Morris Levy
album: Why Do Fools Fall in Love
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54332
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Gary Goetzman and Mike Piccirillo
album: Being with You
comments: [ballad]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Prelude 8035
chartposition: RandB #53, US Dance #31
writtenby: Biddu, Winston Sela and Ron Roker
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: T Neck 2293
chartposition: RandB #20, US Dance #71
writtenby: E. Isley, M. Isley, C. Jasper, R. Isley, O. Isley, R. Isley
album: Grand Slam
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Geffen 49664
chartposition: US #40, US dance #8
writtenby: Pete Bellotte, Sylvester Levay and Jerry Rix
album: The Wanderer
comments: [disco pop soul]
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recordlabel: Capitol 5024
writtenby: Mills Sawyer, Sawyer, Beaton
album: Welcome Back
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Alantic 11580
album: Images
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Epic 51005
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Linda Phillips and Tommy Gilliard
album: Candles
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Prism 407
chartposition: US Dance #35
writtenby: Curtis Hudson
album: Pure Energy
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Buddah 627
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Robert Winters, Tony Saunders and Walter Turner
album: Magic Man
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 2338
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #11, US AC #9
writtenby: Marc Blatte & Larry Gottlieb
album: Tonight!
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: AandM 2312
chartposition: RandB #5, US #101, US dance #80
writtenby: David Lewis and Wayne Lewis
album: Radiant
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: WMOT 02244
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Tony Deluca Jr.
comments: [love song]
|
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recordlabel: Columbia 11 02037
writtenby: K. Echols, M. Titus, A. Sanderson
album: Tell Me Where It Hurts
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Warner 49709
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Turley Richards
album: Secret Combination
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 17748
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Kerry Chater and Glen Ballard
album: Give Me the Night
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: TSOP 02195
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Cynthia Biggs and Dexter Wansel
album: Closer Than Close
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Planet 47937
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Anita Pointer, June Pointer and Trevor Lawrence
album: Black and White
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Columbia 60504
chartposition: RandB #17
writtenby: Thom Bell and Deniece Williams
album: My Melody
|
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recordlabel: Columbia 18 02294
writtenby: M. Zager
album: Tell Me Where It Hurts
|
| --- |
recordlabel: WMOT 492
writtenby: T. Price, B. Wells, N. Martinelli, C. Davis
album: Watch Out
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Warner 49692
chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #22, US #53
writtenby: Ned Doheny & Hamish Stuart
album: What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Epic 51009
chartposition: RandB #42, US dance #61
writtenby: Betty Wright and Stevie Wonder
album: Betty Wright
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Malaco 2072
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Lyn Chambers
album: Tonite
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 02479
chartposition: US Dance #59
writtenby: Barry White, Elwin Rutledge and Jack Perry
album: The Love Unlimited Orchestra Presents Mr. Webster Lewis
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: EMI 5225
chartposition: UK #76
writtenby: David Joseph, Jeffrey Guishard, Ken Joseph
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Warner 49746
chartposition: RandB #6, US #15, UK #55, US AC #6
writtenby: Roger Murrah & Keith Stegall
album: Breakin' Away
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Sam 12342
chartposition: RandB #45, US Dance #49
writtenby: Mike Sutton and Brenda Sutton
album: Don't Hold Back
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Solar 2334
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Fred Lewis
album: Keep On Moving Straight Ahead
comments: [disco dance]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: TAP 705
writtenby: Arnie Love, Dave Parker, Linda Green
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Juana 1950
writtenby: Joe Shamwell, Tommy Tate
album: Tommy Tate
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Warner 49759
chartposition: RandB #34. US dance #22
writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Arista 0593
chartposition: RandB #55, US Dance #94
writtenby: Harvey Mason , Kenny Mason and Deon Estus
album: M.V.P.
comments: [disco funk]
|
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recordlabel: Phono 101
writtenby: L.V. Johnson
album: We Belong Together
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 46006
chartposition: RandB #11, UK #50, US #67
writtenby: Mark Adams, Steve Arrington, Raye Turner (as Ray Turner), Steve Washington & Danny Webster
album: Stone Jam
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Arista 0574
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Dan Kuramoto, Peter Hata and Richard Mathews
album: Odori
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Elektra 12569
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Cynthia Biggs and Dexter Wansel
album: Pieces of a Dream
comments: [smooth jazz funk ballad]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Chocolate City 3229
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Ky Adeyemo and Ernesto Phillips
album: Wanting You
comments: [disco funk]
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recordlabel: ARC 02222
chartposition: http
writtenby: Taylor, Carroll, Brookins
album: Matinee
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Capitol 12161
chartposition: US dance #31
writtenby: R. Moore, A. Winbush
album: Wall to Wall
comments: [album cut]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5052
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Rene Moore and Angela Winbush
album: Wall to Wall
comments: [disco funk]
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