| 1 |
recordlabel: Motown 1976
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: John Barnes III and Kymberli Armstrong
album: All for Your Love
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recordlabel: Malaco 2154
writtenby: Larry Addison
album: Midnight Run
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: 7iIafOiHXJA
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| 1 |
recordlabel: Vendetta 1433
chartposition: US dance #3, RandB #56, US #23
writtenby: Robert Clivillas, David Cole & Freedom Williams
album: Nothing Matters Without Love
comments: [dance, boogie]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Warner 22748
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Angela Winbush
album: Spend the Night
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Fontana 6 (UK)
chartposition: UK #28, US AC #23
writtenby: Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery and Paul Staveley O'Duffy
album: Kaleidoscope World
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Epic 1454
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: Ed Howard, Fred Sawyers and Keith Rawls
album: Jamm
comments: [sweet soul]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Capitol 44283
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: Amir Bayyan, Gregg Willis and Jeanette
album: Don't Let Love Slip Away
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Manhattan 44476
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Liz Jackson and Narada Michael Walden
album: D'atra Hicks
comments: [ballad]
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Motown 1957
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Gerald Alston, James Varner and Stan Sheppard
album: Gerald Alston
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recordlabel: White Enterprises 109
writtenby: F and J Monroe, C. Colbert
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Virgin 96545
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Gene Griffin, Bernard Belle and Preston Middleton
album: Big Hat
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Island 99239
chartposition: RandB #94
writtenby: James Varner (as Jimmy Varner), Lynn Roderick and Stan Sheppard
album: By All Means
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: MCA 53673
chartposition: RandB #73, US #59, US Dance #28
writtenby: Michael Jonzun
album: Believe
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Warner 22946
chartposition: US #91, US Dance #26
writtenby: David Gaskins and Keath Lowry
album: Louder Than Love
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: KMA 019
chartposition: RandB #80
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Michael Henderson
album: Luv's Invitation
comments: [ballad]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Columbia 69016
chartposition: RandB #1, US #84
writtenby: David Conley, Everett Collins, Derrick Culler & David Townsend
album: 2nd Wave
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: MCA 53728
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Prince
album: Be Yourself
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Orpheus 72698
chartposition: RandB #85
writtenby: Oliver Scott and Ronnie Wilson
album: Love Season
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Champion 91
chartposition: UK #35, US Dance #36
writtenby: Todd Terry
album: Can You Party
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: WTG 68491
chartposition: UK #90
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Motown 17838
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #32, US dance #11
writtenby: Nile Rodgers & Christopher Max
album: Workin' Overtime
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| 12 |
recordlabel: Tent 42693 (UK)
chartposition: UK #49
writtenby: Wayne Braithwaite
album: Greatest Hits
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| 13 |
recordlabel: Motown 1953
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Characters
comments: [ballad]
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recordlabel: Jive 1246
writtenby: C. King, G. Goffin
album: Back To The S..t!
comments: [ballad]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Valley Vue 72946
chartposition: RandB #62
album: Sweet Talk
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Tabu 68915
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Dezi Phillips (as Grover Phillips), Bernard Terry and John Lee
album: Kickin' It
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Jive 210
chartposition: RandB #48
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: KRS One (as Lawrence Krisna Parker)
album: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Rhythm King 31
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: Paul Carter, Richard Walmsley, Amanda Glanfield and Justin
album: Anywayawanna
comments: [house, hip hop]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Fontana 7 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Andy Connell and Corinne Drewery
album: Kaleidoscope World
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: 4th and Bway 122 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #24, UK #19
writtenby: R. McDonald & W. Salter
album: So Good
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 86409
chartposition: RandB #34, UK #60, US Dance #28
writtenby: Byron Stingily and Guy Vaughn
album: Foundation
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recordlabel: Elektra 755964968
album: Cry Like A Rainstorm
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Warner 7361
chartposition: UK #72
album: Another Place and Time
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Virgin 99142
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Cheryl Lynn, Keith Lewis and Kim Cage
album: Whatever It Takes
comments: [ballad]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: RCA 9094
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Phillip Gordy and Tyler Collins
album: Girls Nite Out
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Ten Records 290
chartposition: UK #12, US dance #8, RandB #30, US #76
writtenby: James Mtume & Reggie Lucas
album: Big Fun
comments: [dance, boogie]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Columbia 45151
chartposition: RandB #92
writtenby: Cornelius Mims
album: Don't Rush It
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Motown 1978
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Gordon Williams and Nicki Richards
album: What You Need
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Arista 9836
chartposition: US Dance #2, US #8, UK #99
writtenby: Lewis Martineé
album: What You Don't Know
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Tabu 68904
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Affair
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Arista 9785
chartposition: RandB #18, US #47, US AC #4
writtenby: Dennis Matkosky, Lou Pardini & Paul Gordon
album: Silhouette
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: MCA 53628
chartposition: US dance #5, RandB #10, UK #69
writtenby: Cornelius Brown Jr., Wellington, Charles Clark, Constance Durden, Curtis Durden, Dennis Coffey
album: Big Tyme
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 2298
chartposition: UK #17, US dance #4
writtenby: Debbie Parkin, Rico Tyler & Roderick Goode
album: Adeva!
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Cooltempo 181 (UK)
chartposition: UK #94
writtenby: Jolly, Harris, Jolly
comments: [dance, garage house]
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Jive 237
chartposition: UK #95
writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
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| 14 |
recordlabel: Fontana 874 190
chartposition: US #86, US Dance #33, US AC #6
writtenby: Andy Connell and Corinne Drewery
album: Kaleidoscope World
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: RCA 42596 (UK)
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: Robert Howard
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 86453
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #37, UK #72
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Oasis
comments: [dance]
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 88882
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: Vendetta 1464
chartposition: US #2, US Dance #1
writtenby: David Cole
album: Nothing Matters without Love
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: Geffen 27518
chartposition: RandB #3
writtenby: Ralph Hawkins Jr. and David Jones [David Allen Jones]
album: Introducing...
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recordlabel: Waylo 3023
writtenby: Billy Always
album: Watch Me Now
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 88917
chartposition: RandB #1, US #42
writtenby: Chuckii Booker & D. Spencer Jr.
album: Chuckii
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Polydor 49 (UK)
chartposition: UK #83
album: Turn The Music Up
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Capitol 44290
chartposition: RandB #12, US dance #34
writtenby: MC Hammer
album: Let's Get It Started
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Profile 5275
chartposition: RandB #16, US dance #23, UK #88
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Rob Base (as Robert Ginyard)
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Mega Jam 7277
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Lloyd E. Smith and Leon Hitchens
album: A Woman's Touch
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Virgin 99243
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy and Lia
album: Lia
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recordlabel: RCA 43140 (UK)
writtenby: Sam Dees
album: Secret Admirer
comments: [ballad]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Ten Records 292 (UK)
chartposition: UK #97
writtenby: Jermaine Stewart, Ian Curnow and Phil Harding
album: What Becomes a Legend Most
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Elektra 5356
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips
album: Hot to the Touch
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: City Beat 737 (UK)
chartposition: UK #86
writtenby: B. Smith, D. Payne
comments: [dance, garage house]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: RCA 42824
chartposition: UK #78
writtenby: Paul Witts and Robert Manley
mpcode: xcHgvAZhWs8
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: 4th and B\'way
chartposition: US dance #1, UK #3
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden, Preston Glass, Gianfranco Bortolotti, Pieradis Rossini, Paul Witts
album: 49ers
comments: [dance, house]
mpcode: tanoNZsIh40
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 88841
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Chuckii Booker
album: Chuckii
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| 7 |
recordlabel: Luke Skyywalker 205
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Barbara Acklin and Eugene Record
album: Gentle
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Fresh 80129
chartposition: US Dance #39
writtenby: Stezo (as Steve Williams)
album: Crazy Noise
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Columbia 73018
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: Eddie Murphy , Narada Michael Walden and Skyler Jett
album: So Happy
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Columbia 68748
chartposition: RandB #70, US Dance #35
writtenby: Dean Pitchford and Rhett Lawrence
album: June Pointer
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Arista 112 185
chartposition: RandB #17, UK #41, US #16, US AC #3
writtenby: Albert Hammond & Diane Warren
album: Through The Storm
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Veteran 9308
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Andre Miller, Cornell Ward, Harold Currington and Otis Leavil
album: The Second Time
comments: [ballad]
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 88899
chartposition: UK #3, US #7, US dance #5, US AC #2
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman and Donna Summer
album: Another Place and Time
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Arista 9772
chartposition: RandB #2, US #78, UK #81
writtenby: Charlie Singleton
album: Wait So Long
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Columbia 73064
chartposition: RandB #55, UK #9, US #7, US AC #27
writtenby: Maurice Starr
album: Merry, Merry Christmas
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Warner 27763
chartposition: RandB #74
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: Sedona 7512
chartposition: RandB #80
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: Egyptian Empire 00882
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Rodney Oliver, Joe Cooley and Jeff Page
album: Me and Joe
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: RCA 42149
chartposition: UK #32
writtenby: Dr. Robert
album: Whoops! There Goes The Neighbourhood
|
| 20 |
recordlabel: Columbia 08507
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Ron Boustead and Gregg Karukas
album: As Good As It Gets
comments: [ballad]
|
| 21 |
recordlabel: EMI 118
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Nile Rodgers
album: Workin' Overtime
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 22 |
recordlabel: Profile 266
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Special Ed and Howie Tee
album: Youngest in Charge
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 23 |
recordlabel: Jive 1217
chartposition: RandB #3
writtenby: Kool Moe Dee (as Moe DeWese) and Teddy Rile
album: Knowledge Is King
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 24 |
recordlabel: RCA 8926
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Troy Johnson
album: The Way It Is
comments: [new jack swing]
|
| 25 |
recordlabel: Arista 612252 (UK)
chartposition: UK #84
writtenby: Albert Hammond and Diane Warren
album: Indestructible
|
| 26 |
recordlabel: MCA 53734
chartposition: US #87, US AC #15
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Believe
comments: [love ballad]
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recordlabel: Tabu 655050
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: AandM 668
chartposition: RandB #84, UK #38, US Dance #39
writtenby: Arthur Baker and Richard Scher
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 1285
chartposition: RandB #33
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Heeme
album: Kwame the Boy Genius featuring a New Beginning
comments: [novelty]
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Big Life 14
chartposition: RandB #18, UK #7
writtenby: Paul Huston, Posdnuos , David Jolicoeur, Maseo , Mike Gee ,Africa Baby Bam & J. Davis
album: 3 Feet High and Rising
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Gold City 68947
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Chris Jasper and M. Jasper
album: Time Bomb
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Aegis 08517
chartposition: RandB #32, US Dance #11
writtenby: Marcus Lewis and G. Thomas
album: Sing Me a Song
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Luke Skyywalker 110
chartposition: RandB #92
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: EMI 16 (UK)
chartposition: UK #79
writtenby: Derek Bramble and Jimmy Scott
album: From Now On
comments: [ballad]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Warner 2757
chartposition: US #36, UK #27, US AC #21
writtenby: Prince and Sheena Easton
album: Batman
comments: [ballad]
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 8963
chartposition: RandB #12, UK #8, US dance #1
writtenby: Herb Lawson (as Herbert Lawson), Byron Burke & Byron Stingily
album: Foundation
comments: [disco, boogie]
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| 10 |
recordlabel: MCA 53465
chartposition: RandB #70
album: Mac Band
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Island 99175
chartposition: RandB #35, UK #67
writtenby: Kenny Harris and Mark Holden
album: Come Together As One
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Solar 74003
chartposition: RandB #1, US #14
writtenby: Babyface & L.A. Reid
album: Tender Lover
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Capitol 79530
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Donnell Spencer
album: Just in Time
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recordlabel: London 874 716
album: The Real Deal
comments: [southern soul]
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