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Soul R&B singles on the A label...


The Soul Years - 1960-2001
Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the A record label. Click on "A" in the label column on the right below to display the records in order of popularity with the best-selling songs 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 year to list all songs from that year.

More Soul R&B Songs From A . . .

The following songs were released in A 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 A 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: RCA 8112
writtenby: H.B. Barnum
H.B. Barnum It Hurts To Much To Cry 1962 RCA
1 recordlabel: Vee Jay 610
chartposition: US #109
writtenby: Rudy Toomes (as Rudolph Toomes) and Julius Dixon
Betty Everett It Hurts To Be In Love 1964 Vee Jay
-- recordlabel: Cadet 802
writtenby: Chalmers
album: Tell Mama
comments: [deep soul ballad album cut]
mpcode: -CLIbsh2SHQ
Etta James It Hurts Me So Much 1968 Cadet
1 recordlabel: MCA 2449
chartposition: RandB #36, US #109
writtenby: Bobby Wooten and Keith Sweat
album: Jacci McGhee
comments: [ballad]
Jacci McGhee It Hurts Me 1993 MCA
2 recordlabel: Arista 3220
chartposition: RandB #51, US #116
writtenby: Babyface
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
Aretha Franklin It Hurts Like Hell 1996 Arista
-- recordlabel: EastWest 62392
album: If You Only Knew
comments: [album cut] [slow jam]
Gina Thompson It Hurts 1999 EastWest
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54068
writtenby: Gaye, Stevenson, Wallace
album: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye (with The Vandellas) It Hurt Me Too 1962 Tamla
1 recordlabel: Elektra 61394
chartposition: RandB #45, US #109
writtenby: Gary Jenkins, Keith Sweat and Roy Murray
album: Lose Control
comments: [slow jam]
Silk It Had to Be You 1993 Elektra
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 1312
writtenby: Gus Kahn, Isham Jones
album: The Genius Of Ray Charles
comments: [jazz soul album cut]
mpcode: CEoV0ShyvRE
Ray Charles It Had To Be You 1959 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Dream 708
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Jimmy Castor
album: The Best of Jimmy Castor
Jimmy Castor It Gets to Me 1985 Dream
2 recordlabel: Columbia 10495
chartposition: RandB #6, US #66
writtenby: Roger Joyce, Teddy Randazzo & Victoria Pike
album: It Feels So Good
comments: [love ballad]
The Manhattans It Feels So Good to Be Loved So Bad 1977 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Columbia 34450
album: It Feels So Good
comments: [Complete Album]
The Manhattans It Feels So Good (full album) 1977 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Caffeine 156247
chartposition: UK #1, US dance #1, US #8
writtenby: Linus Burdick, Simon Belofsky, Graeme Pleeth and Sonique (as Sonia Clarke)
album: Hear My Cry
comments: [dance, house]
mpcode: zns8Y8phigk
Sonique It Feels So Good 2000 Caffeine
-- recordlabel: Tamla 292
writtenby: Holland, Dozier, Holland
album: M.P.G.
comments: [Motown Sound album cut]
mpcode: pQ0uwo4ae2A
Marvin Gaye It Don't Take Much To Keep Me 1969 Tamla
-- recordlabel: All Platinum 6146 322 (UK)
writtenby: Harry Ray, Tommy Keith
album: Sharp / The Best of All Platinum
The Moments It Don't Rain In My Back Yard 1977 All Platinum (UK)
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 4313
writtenby: Gates
album: Real Friends / The Best of Friends
comments: [pop soul album cut]
mpcode: Ls79QYmChDA
The Friends of Distinction It Don't Matter To Me 1970 RCA Victor
1 recordlabel: Savoy 1551
chartposition: RandB #8, US #89
writtenby: Jackson, Paterno, Herman
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Nappy Brown It Don't Hurt No More 1958 Savoy
2 recordlabel: Warner 8879
chartposition: RandB #41, UK #57
writtenby: Roger (as Roger Troutman) and Larry Troutman
album: The New Zapp IV U
Zapp It Doesn't Really Matter 1986 Warner
-- recordlabel: ABC 10958
writtenby: Johnny Pate
comments: [deep soul ballad]
mpcode: zMxqoT_8Gxc
Willie Williams It Doesn't Pay 1967 ABC
1 recordlabel: RCA 62325
chartposition: RandB #93, US #88
writtenby: Siedah Garrett, Andres Levin and Camus Celli
album: Tyler
Tyler Collins It Doesn't Matter 1992 RCA
2 recordlabel: Maxi 2040
chartposition: US Dance #20
writtenby: Byron Burke and Shay Jones
comments: [dance, house]
Shay Jones It Doesn't Matter 1996 Maxi
3 recordlabel: Columbia 79448
chartposition: RandB #80, UK #3
writtenby: Walters, Desmond Child, John Denver, Taffy Nivert, Bill Danoff, A.Long , Draco Rosa and Wyclef Jean
album: The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book
Wyclef Jean featuring The Rock & Melky Sedeck It Doesn't Matter 2000 Columbia
4 recordlabel: RCA 4 (UK)
chartposition: UK #5
writtenby: Dr. Robert
album: She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter
The Blow Monkeys It Doesn't Have to Be This Way 1987 RCA(UK)
5 recordlabel: Arista 3289
chartposition: US dance #19
writtenby: Deborah Cox and Lascelles Stephens
album: Deborah Cox
Deborah Cox It Could've Been You 1996 Arista
6 recordlabel: Elektra 146
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Kevin Bacon, Ephraim Lewis and Jonathan Quarmby
album: Skin
Ephraim Lewis It Can't Be Forever 1992 Elektra
7 recordlabel: Atlantic 89642
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: Timmy Allen
album: Change of Heart
comments: [disco funk]
Change It Burns Me Up 1984 Atlantic
8 recordlabel: Star Trak 82876 56985 1
chartposition: RandB #68
Snoop Dogg It Blows My Mind 2003 Star Trak
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 9286
writtenby: Waymon
album: Silk and Soul
mpcode: 6MnymOLgmCQ
Nina Simone It Be's That Way Sometime 1967 RCA Victor
1 recordlabel: MCA 2225
chartposition: RandB #80, US AC #48
writtenby: George Lyter, Michael OHara and Denise Rich
album: Affairs of the Heart
comments: [gospel ballad]
Jody Watley It All Begins with You 1992 MCA
2 recordlabel: ABC 12189
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Michael Price and Dan Walsh
album: Reflections in Blue
Bobby Bland It Ain't the Real Thing 1976 ABC
3 recordlabel: Atlantic 2902
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #30
writtenby: Crawford, Shapiro, Moore
Jackie Moore It Ain't Who You Know 1973 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Glades 7509
writtenby: B. Latimore, C. Reid, S. Alaimo
album: It Ain't Where You Been / Sweet Vibrations - The Best Of
comments: [album cut]
Latimore It Ain't Where You Been 1976 Glades
1 recordlabel: Hotlanta 305
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #67
album: Totally Involved
Jimmy Lewis It Ain't What's On The Woman 1974 Hotlanta
2 recordlabel: Atlantic 2454
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Jimmy Hughes
Jimmy Hughes It Ain't What You Got 1968 Atlantic
3 recordlabel: Peak
chartposition: RandB #90
album: Love The Woman
comments: [slow jam]
Chanté Moore It Ain't Supposed to Be This Way 2008 Peak
4 recordlabel: Dial 4094
chartposition: US #117
writtenby: Joe Tex
Joe Tex It Ain't Sanitary 1969 Dial
5 recordlabel: Atlanta Int. 10292
chartposition: RandB #99
album: The Dream
comments: [gospel] [album cut]
Maurette Brown-Clark It Ain't Over (Until God Says It's Over) 2010 Atlanta Int.
6 recordlabel: Mankind 12015
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Jerry Williams (as Jerry Williams Jr.), Don Hollinger and Gary U.S. Bonds
album: The Brand New Z.Z. Hill
Z.Z. Hill It Ain't No Use 1972 Mankind
7 recordlabel: St. Lawrence 1012
chartposition: US #132
writtenby: Council Gay, Jerry Butler and Sylvester Potts
comments: [northern soul]
Mamie Galore It Ain't Necessary 1966 St. Lawrence
-- recordlabel: Stax 26
writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
Judy Clay It Ain't Long Enough 1968 Stax
1 recordlabel: Columbia 2248
chartposition: RandB #57, US #91, UK #64
writtenby: Nas (as Nasir Jones) and W.P. Mitchell
album: Illmatic
Nas It Ain't Hard to Tell 1994 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 2683
writtenby: Ronnie Miller
album: This Girl's in Love with You
Aretha Franklin It Ain't Fair 1969 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Atco 6637
writtenby: Ronnie Miller
Ben E. King It Ain't Fair 1968 Atco
-- recordlabel: Columbia 3 10627
writtenby: B. Withers, M. Jones
album: Menagerie
Bill Withers It Ain't Because Of Me Baby 1977 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Stax 0152
chartposition: RandB #11, US #105
writtenby: Carl Hampton, Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson
The Soul Children It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It) 1973 Stax
2 recordlabel: Rap A Lot
chartposition: RandB #77
album: The Last of a Dying Breed
Scarface It Ain't (Part II) 2000 Rap A Lot
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 10067
writtenby: Jesse Winchester
album: Pickett In The Pocket
Wilson Pickett Isn't That So 1974 RCA Victor
1 recordlabel: Tamla 1
chartposition: US dance #2, US AC #23
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs in the Key of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Isn't She Lovely 1977 Tamla
2 recordlabel: Yab Yum 7638
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Babyface
album: Bonafide
comments: [slow jam]
Jon B Isn't It Scary 1996 Yab Yum
3 recordlabel: Columbia 44705
chartposition: RandB #40, US #63
writtenby: Ray Stevens
album: For One in My Life
O.C. Smith Isn't It Lonely Together 1968 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Marlin 3347
writtenby: C. Reid, F. Stonewall, I.J. Kitts
album: Just Arrived
Lew Kirton Island Girl 1981 Marlin
1 recordlabel: Elektra
chartposition: RandB #42
album: Life's Aquarium
comments: [slow jam]
Mint Condition Is This Pain Our Pleasure 2000 Elektra
2 recordlabel: Capitol
chartposition: RandB #104
writtenby: Bob Marley
album: The Love EP
mpcode: yfVreZc5RKs
Corinne Bailey Rae Is This Love 2010 Capitol
3 recordlabel: Island 099
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Bob Marley
album: Kaya
comments: [Reggae]
Bob Marley & the Wailers Is This Love 1978 Island
4 recordlabel: Arista 0328
chartposition: RandB #20, UK #27
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr.
album: Raydio
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Is This A Love Thing 1978 Arista
-- recordlabel: Arista 9616
writtenby: Angela Bofill, Danny Madden, Eva Lee, Steve Gaboury
album: Too Tough
comments: [disco, boogie album cut]
Angela Bofill Is This A Dream 1983 Arista
1 recordlabel: Phil L.A. Of Soul 327
chartposition: US #130
writtenby: Jesse James
The Fantastic Johnny C Is There Anything Better Than Making Love? 1969 Phil L.A. Of Soul
-- recordlabel: Mardi Gras
album: Love Machine
comments: [album cut] [southern soul ballad]
Sir Charles Jones Is There Anybody Lonely 2001 Mardi Gras
1 recordlabel: Roc A Fella 562865
chartposition: RandB #18, US #68
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Memphis Bleek , Jay Z, Missy Elliott
album: The Understanding
Memphis Bleek featuring Jay-Z & Missy Elliott Is That Your Chick 2000 Roc A Fella
-- recordlabel: Juana 3401
writtenby: F. Knight, B. Crutclter
The Controllers Is That Long Enough For You 1975 Juana
-- recordlabel: Hotlanta 304
album: Totally Involved
Jimmy Lewis Is That Any Way To Treat A Lady 1974 Hotlanta
1 recordlabel: Elektra 47124
chartposition: RandB #27, US #15, US AC #15
writtenby: Lee Ritenour, Eric Tagg & Eric Champlin
comments: (vocal: Eric Tagg)
Lee Ritenour Is It You? 1981 Elektra
2 recordlabel: Alston 4611
chartposition: RandB #18, US #101
writtenby: Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke
Betty Wright Is It You Girl 1972 Alston
3 recordlabel: Capitol 4052
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Barrett Strong
album: Stronghold
Barrett Strong Is It True 1975 Capitol
-- recordlabel: Dance Masters 880.130
writtenby: Vic Faster, Eddie Sierra
album: Is It Too Late
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
Delight Is It Too Late 1983 Dance Masters .
1 recordlabel: Warner 8710
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Is It Still Good to Ya
Ashford & Simpson Is It Still Good to Ya 1978 Warner
2 recordlabel: Dakar 605
chartposition: RandB #5, US #34
writtenby: Barry Despenza & Carl Wolfolk
album: Turn Back The Hands Of Time
comments: [southern soul]
Tyrone Davis Is It Something You've Got 1969 Dakar
-- recordlabel: MCA 1793
writtenby: Kevin McCord
album: I Fooled You This Time
comments: [disco funk]
Alicia Myers Is It Really Real 1982 MCA
1 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: RandB #40
weeksinr&bchart: 14
comments: [slow jam]
Absolute Is It Really Like That? 2000 Atlantic
2 recordlabel: Arctic 116
chartposition: US #97
writtenby: Barbara Mason
album: Oh How It Hurts
Barbara Mason Is It Me? 1966 Arctic
-- recordlabel: Black Top 2001
writtenby: Samuel Campbell
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Black Velvet Is It Me You Really Love 1972 Black Top
1 recordlabel: MCA 3395
chartposition: RandB #32, US #103
weeksinr&bchart: 18
album: Soulschool
comments: [slow jam]
Monteco featuring Immature Is It Me 1995 MCA
2 recordlabel: Eternal 509
chartposition: US dance #45, UK #71
album: Blue Notes in the Basement
comments: [dance, house]
Ultra Nate Is It Love? 1991 Eternal
3 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8665
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Larry Graham
album: My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me
Larry Graham & Graham Central Station Is It Love? 1978 Warner Bros.
4 recordlabel: MCA 1253 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #31, UK #13, US #105
writtenby: Miles Gregory
album: Rainbow Connection IV
comments: [disco dance]
Rose Royce Is It Love You're After 1979 MCA(UK)
5 recordlabel: AandM 1743
chartposition: RandB #18, US #70
writtenby: George Johnson and Debbie Smith
album: Mellow Madness
Quincy Jones featuring the Brothers Johnson Is It Love That We're Missin' 1975 A&M
6 recordlabel: RCA 11942
chartposition: US dance #27
writtenby: Jay Stovall, Kevin Nance, Lonnie Ferguson and Melvin Lee
album: Moving On
comments: [disco funk]
Machine Is It Love 1980 RCA
7 recordlabel: Atlantic 3216
chartposition: RandB #67, US #107
album: Is It In
comments: [instrumental]
Eddie Harris Is It In 1974 Atlantic
8 recordlabel: Capitol 15637
chartposition: RandB #7
writtenby: Tsuyoshi
album: More of the Night
comments: [slow jam]
The Whispers Is It Good to You 1991 Capitol
9 recordlabel: MCA 54201
chartposition: RandB #13, US #32, UK #46, US dance #45
writtenby: Heavy D and Teddy Riley
album: Peaceful Journey
comments: [hip hop]
Heavy D & the Boyz Is It Good to You 1991 MCA
-- recordlabel: Eastern 783
writtenby: Mike Young, Bill Young, B. Hank, J. Thomas, K. Young
comments: [disco, boogie]
Young & Company Is It Good To You 1981 Eastern
1 recordlabel: Monarc
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Mariah Carey , Ice Cube, Quincy Jones III, Theodore Life, Dexter Wansel and Damizz
album: Charmbracelet
Mariah Carey Irresistible (Westside Connection) 2002 Monarc
2 recordlabel: Capitol 471
chartposition: UK #87
writtenby: Glass, Job, Baldurrson, Pessis
album: Let It Be Me
Audrey Wheeler Irresistible 1987 Capitol
3 recordlabel: Island 91235
chartposition: RandB #42
album: Irresistible
Miles Jaye Irresistible 1990 Island
4 recordlabel: Columbia 05024
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #1, US AC #10
writtenby: Beyoncé, Ne Yo, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Espen Lind and Amund Bjørklund
album: B'Day
Beyoncé Irreplaceable 2006 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 2340
writtenby: Jones, Porter, Cropper
album: See Saw
comments: [southern soul]
mpcode: XuTlX_FzCHU
Don Covay & The Goodtimers Iron Out The Rough Spots 1966 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Maxwell 803
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #33
writtenby: Riveria, Foster
comments: [instrumental]
Mickey & the Soul Generation Iron Leg 1969 Maxwell
2 recordlabel: Cactus 38
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Rupie Edwards
comments: Reggae
Rupie Edwards Ire Feelings (Skanga) 1974 Cactus
3 recordlabel: Wanderick 70001
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Paul Kyser
album: Jimmy Briscoe and the Beavers
Jimmy Briscoe & the Beavers Invitation to the World 1977 Wanderick
-- recordlabel: Piccadilly 35292 (UK)
writtenby: M. D\'Abo
comments: [northern soul]
mpcode: Pix-saYzXFM
A Band Of Angels Invitation 1966 Piccadilly(UK)
1 recordlabel: Chrysalis 2500
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: David Grant and Peter Martin [Peter Michael Martin]
album: Intuition
Linx Intuition 1981 Chrysalis
2 recordlabel: U Watch 4801022
chartposition: US dance #40
writtenby: Paul Barry, Billy Mann and Mark Taylor
album: Do It for Love
Hall & Oates Intuition 2003 U Watch
3 recordlabel: MCA 52530
chartposition: RandB #15, US #107
writtenby: Ira Newborn
album: Six Silver Strings
B.B. King Into the Night 1985 MCA
4 recordlabel: Abstract Dance 8 (UK)
chartposition: UK #66
writtenby: Steve McIntosh (as Stephen McIntosh)
The Cool Notes Into the Motion 1986 Abstract Dance(UK)
-- recordlabel: Arista 580
writtenby: A. Gorrie, H. Stuart, R. Ball
album: Shine
Average White Band Into The Night 1980 Arista
-- recordlabel: Salsoul 2092
writtenby: Paul Kyser, Leon Stuckey
album: Jimmy Briscoe And The Beavers
Jimmy Briscoe & the Beavers Into The Milky Way 1979 Salsoul
1 recordlabel: RCA 5219
chartposition: US Dance #9, US #97
writtenby: Mike Leeson (as Mick Leeson) and Peter Vale
album: Nightwalkin'
Alisha Into My Secret 1987 RCA
2 recordlabel: Atco 6643
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #44
writtenby: Bassoline, Coleman, Valvano
comments: [northern soul]
The Precisions Into My Life 1969 Atco
-- recordlabel: Tamla 367
writtenby: William Smokey Robinson
album: Warm Thoughts
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: TpcjyOS4prg
Smokey Robinson Into Each Rain Some Life Must Fall 1980 Tamla
-- recordlabel: All Net 2282
album: Rebirth Of Soul
comments: [slow jam]
Renaizzance Intimate Thoughts 1996 All Net

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