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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
101 recordlabel: Columbia 45240
chartposition: RandB #9, US #50
writtenby: Luther Dixon and Chuck Jackson
album: (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?
comments: [dance]
Ronnie Dyson I Don't Wanna Cry 1970 Columbia
102 recordlabel: Columbia 73743
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, US AC #1
writtenby: Mariah Carey and Narada Michael Walden
album: Mariah Carey
comments: [ballad]
Mariah Carey I Don't Wanna Cry 1991 Columbia
103 recordlabel: Warner 40748
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Al B. Sure! and Kyle West
album: Sexy Versus
Al B. Sure! I Don't Wanna Cry 1993 Warner
104 recordlabel: Eternal-WEA
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Francesco Bontempi, Antonia Bottari and Spagna
album: The Rhythm of the Night
comments: [dance, house]
mpcode: MP_LAUrIwDk
Corona I Don't Wanna Be a Star 1995 EternalWEA
-- recordlabel: United Artists 439
writtenby: B. Womack, D. Evans
album: Looking For A Love Again
Bobby Womack I Don't Wanna Be Hurt By Ya Love Again 1974 United Artists
1 recordlabel: Gasoline Alley 55178
chartposition: RandB #51, US #89
writtenby: Shai
album: Blackface
comments: [slow jam]
Shai I Don't Wanna Be Alone 1996 Gasoline Alley
2 recordlabel: Upstairs 133
chartposition: RandB #117
mpcode: pB0TediIzxE
Special Generation I Don't Wanna Be Alone 1998 Upstairs
-- recordlabel: RCA 8792
writtenby: Ranni Song
album: Success... Never Ends
Scott White I Don't Understand It 1988 RCA
-- recordlabel: Columbia 1 11199
writtenby: L. Graham, E. Fisher
album: In The Mood
Tyrone Davis I Don't Think You Heard Me 1979 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Up Above 3078 1
album: Back 2 Basics
comments: [hip hop]
Sway & King Tech ft. Kam, Tracy Lane & Rondo I Don't Think So 2005 Up Above
2 recordlabel: Heavenly 2004
chartposition: RandB #79
album: Fresh
comments: Slow Jam
Brandy Moss-Scott I Don't Really Know 2002 Heavenly
3 recordlabel: ICA 027
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: L.V. Johnson
album: We Belong Together
comments: [2 step beat ballad]
L.V. Johnson I Don't Really Care 1981 ICA
4 recordlabel: AandM Digital
chartposition: UK #7, US #93
writtenby: Rich Harrison, Nicole Scherzinger, Kara DioGuardi and VV Brown
album: PCD
The Pussycat Dolls I Don't Need a Man 2006 A&M Digital
5 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 579
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: J. Robinson, Jr., C. Cook, A. Brown
album: The Sequence
comments: [ballad]
The Sequence I Don't Need Your Love 1982 Sugar Hill
6 recordlabel: Partytime 06
chartposition: RandB #67, US Dance #49
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Alan Mitchell, Jerome Montague and Leon Askew
comments: [dance, garage house]
Citispeak featuring Jeanne Harris I Don't Need Your Handouts 1984 Partytime
-- recordlabel: Stax 2005
writtenby: Parker, Catron and Jones
album: Double Dynamite
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: XdjMPNUx_pk
Sam & Dave I Don't Need Nobody (To Tell Me 'Bout My Baby) 1966 Stax
1 recordlabel: ABC/TRC 10865
chartposition: RandB #45, US #72
writtenby: Jo Armstead, Nickolas Ashford (as Nick Ashford) and Valerie Simpson
album: A Man and His Soul
Ray Charles I Don't Need No Doctor 1966 ABC/TRC
2 recordlabel: United Artists 307
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Z.Z. Hill
Z.Z. Hill I Don't Need Half a Love 1973 United Artists
3 recordlabel: Wand 1145
chartposition: US #129
writtenby: Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss
Maxine Brown I Don't Need Anything 1966 Wand
4 recordlabel: Arista 9940
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: Mike Sutton and Brenda Sutton
album: Greatest Hits 1979 1990
Dionne Warwick & the Spinners I Don't Need Another Love 1990 Arista
5 recordlabel: Kongo Dance 5
chartposition: UK #82
album: There's Nothing Like This
Omar I Don't Mind The Waiting 1989 Kongo Dance
6 recordlabel: MCA 12205
chartposition: RandB #47, US #95
writtenby: Roy Pennon and Colin England
album: Playtyme Is Over
comments: [love ballad]
Immature I Don't Mind 1995 MCA
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8774
writtenby: Eugene Record, Patrick Henderson
Eugene Record I Don't Mind 1979 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: EastWest 96129
chartposition: RandB #20
writtenby: David 'Redhead' Guppy & Big Bub
album: Comin' at Cha
Big Bub I Don't Mind 1992 EastWest
2 recordlabel: Little Star 113
chartposition: RandB #21, US #47
writtenby: H. B. Barnum
Jimmy Norman I Don't Love You No More (I Don't Care About You) 1962 Little Star
3 recordlabel: Tamla 54180
chartposition: RandB #16, US #39, UK #14
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Paul Riser, Don Hunter & Lula Hardaway
album: For Once In My Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder I Don't Know Why (I Love You) 1969 Tamla
4 recordlabel: Pi Kappa 500
chartposition: RandB #100
writtenby: D. Lee, P. Kyser
Storm I Don't Know Why (I Love You The Way I Do) 1974 Pi Kappa
5 recordlabel: Fantasy 789
chartposition: US Dance #21
writtenby: Billy Nichols
album: I Don't Know What's on Your Mind
Spiders Webb I Don't Know What's on Your Mind 1976 Fantasy
-- recordlabel: Avco 4644
writtenby: Ralph MacDonald, William Salter
comments: [mid-tempo ballad]
mpcode: 3DVZEiZeB88
The Prolifics I Don't Know What's The Matter With My Baby 1974 Avco
1 recordlabel: Fontana 652
chartposition: RandB #12, US #92
writtenby: Don Covay
comments: [deep soul]
Little Richard I Don't Know What You've Got but It's Got Me 1965 Fontana
2 recordlabel: Bareback 538
chartposition: RandB #41, US dance #9
writtenby: Ray Barnes (as Robert Ray Barnes) and Victor Hall
Sweet Cream I Don't Know What I'd Do (If You Ever Left Me) 1978 Bareback
3 recordlabel: RCA Victor 1386
chartposition: RandB #7, UK #67, US #23, US dance #25
writtenby: John Fitch & Reuben Cross
album: Smooth Talk
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) I Don't Know If It's Right 1979 RCA Victor
-- recordlabel: Mankind 12013
album: A Legend In Her Own Time
comments: [southern soul]
Doris Duke I Don't Know How To Fall Out Of Love With You 1972 Mankind
1 recordlabel: RCA 2735
chartposition: RandB #10, US #23, UK #4, US dance #1
writtenby: Mirko Limoni, DJ Lelewel & Valerio Semplici
album: Dreamland
comments: [disco dance]
Black Box I Don't Know Anybody Else 1990 RCA
-- recordlabel: Gemini Star 30008
writtenby: David Henry
comments: [northern soul]
The Constellations I Don't Know About You 1968 Gemini Star
1 recordlabel: Wand 1195
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Edward R. Koerner and Ronnie Barrosse
The Esquires I Don't Know 1969 Wand
2 recordlabel: LaFace 73008245451
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Pharrell Williams and Drayton Goss
album: 8701
comments: [hip hop]
Usher featuring Puff Daddy (P. Diddy) I Don't Know 2001 LaFace
3 recordlabel: United Artists 561
chartposition: RandB #18
writtenby: Bobby Womack
album: I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To
Bobby Womack I Don't Know 1974 United Artists
4 recordlabel: RCA 64807
chartposition: RandB #82
weeksinr&bchart: 9
comments: from the movie Sprung starring Tisha Campbell
Next Level I Don't Know 1997 RCA
5 recordlabel: Atlantic 2035
chartposition: RandB #5, US #64
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Brook Benton and Bobby Stevenson
album: The Best Of Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown I Don't Know 1959 Atlantic
6 recordlabel: Jay Walking 009
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Sandra McGregor
album: Dream World
The Continental IV I Don't Have You 1971 Jay Walking
7 recordlabel: Avco 4645
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #63
writtenby: Bruce Hawes
album: On A New Street
comments: [philly sound[
Little Anthony & The Imperials I Don't Have Time To Worry 1974 Avco
8 recordlabel: Warner 19911
chartposition: RandB #53, US #1, US AC #2
writtenby: Allan Rich & Jud Friedman
album: It's Real
comments: [ballad]
James Ingram I Don't Have The Heart 1990 Warner
9 recordlabel: Warner 4031
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: L.A. Reid and Babyface
album: Rich and Poor
Randy Crawford I Don't Feel Much Like Crying 1990 Warner
-- recordlabel: Expansion 9 (UK)
writtenby: Prince Phillip Mitchell
album: So Sexy/I Enjoy Loving You
Sidney Joe Qualls I Don't Do This -- Run To Me 2002 Expansion(UK)
-- recordlabel: Arista 0308
The Delfonics I Don't Care What People Say 1978 Arista
-- recordlabel: Canyon 28
writtenby: J. Williams Jr., G. Bonds, Maurice Gembel
album: I'm A Loser
comments: [southern soul]
Doris Duke I Don't Care Anymore 1970 Canyon
1 recordlabel: RuffNation 16842
chartposition: RandB #24, US #123
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Damon Core (as Damon Jer'Core), Ricardo Williams
album: No Question
comments: [slow jam]
No Question I Don't Care 2000 RuffNation
2 recordlabel: Tamla 54205
chartposition: RandB #7, US #18, UK #11
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: One Dozen Roses / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles I Don't Blame You At All 1971 Tamla
3 recordlabel: Fanfare 16 (UK)
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Wicked
Sinitta I Don't Believe in Miracles 1988 Fanfare(UK)
-- recordlabel: AJ's 003
writtenby: Anthony Antoine
Roney Canada I Don't Believe It 1987 AJ's
1 recordlabel: Arista 15075
chartposition: RandB #25, US #16
writtenby: Antoine Macon (as BAM), Ryan Bowser, Harold Guy and Toya (as Toya Rodriguez)
album: Toya
Toya I Do!! 2001 Arista
2 recordlabel: MCA 53193
chartposition: RandB #19, US #20
writtenby: Stephen Bray & Rick Kelly
album: Magic
The Jets I Do You 1987 MCA
-- recordlabel: Capitol 341 (UK)
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Conversations
comments: [disco funk]
mpcode: CwNPWiDqFsQ
Brass Construction I Do Love You 1984 Capitol(UK)
1 recordlabel: Arista 0426
chartposition: RandB #5, US #20
writtenby: Billy Stewart
album: Disco Nights
GQ I Do Love You 1979 Arista
2 recordlabel: ASI 202
chartposition: RandB #89
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Willy Thomas, Paul Johnson, Peter Johnson, Soli Hughes, Michael Lopez, Steve Powers and Janelle Green
album: Haze
Haze I Do Love My Lady 1975 ASI
3 recordlabel: featuring Nas and Jay Z
chartposition: RandB #89
writtenby: Ludacris, Nas, Jay Z, Wyatt Coleman and Y. Fowler
album: Theater of the Mind
Ludacris I Do It for Hip-Hop 2008 featuring Nas and Ja
4 recordlabel: Yab Yum 79040
chartposition: RandB #18, US #117
writtenby: Jon B.
album: Cool Relax
comments: [slow jam]
Jon B I Do (Whatcha Say Boo) 1998 Yab Yum
5 recordlabel: Universal 1574
chartposition: US #13, US AC #4
writtenby: Dan Hill and Keith Stegall
album: 98 Degrees and Rising
98 Degrees I Do (Cherish You) 1999 Universal
6 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10629
chartposition: RandB #7, US #37
writtenby: Jesse Smith, Johnny Paden, Frank Paden, Willie Stephenson & Melvin Mason
The Marvelows I Do 1965 ABC Paramount
7 recordlabel: Stang 5005
chartposition: RandB #10, US #62
writtenby: Kenny Ruffin (as Kenneth Ruffin)
The Moments I Do 1969 Stang
8 recordlabel: Panoramic 1219
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Kenny Ruffin and S. Robinson
comments: [Sweet Soul]
Sundance featuring Kevin Stephenson I Do 1988 Panoramic
9 recordlabel: Track Masters
chartposition: RandB #73
album: Blaque
Blaque I Do 2000 Track Masters
-- recordlabel: Arctic 153
writtenby: Ellison, Lambert, Bell
album: Soul Summit
The Ambassadors I Dig You Baby 1969 Arctic
1 recordlabel: Calla 125
chartposition: RandB #19, US #83
writtenby: Earl King
J.J. Jackson I Dig Girls 1966 Calla
2 recordlabel: Tabu 04406
chartposition: RandB #7, US #79, US dance #6
writtenby: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: Fragile
Cherrelle I Didn't Mean to Turn You On 1984 Tabu
3 recordlabel: Warner 8280
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Karen Phillip and Arthur Butler
Dionne Warwick I Didn't Mean to Love You 1976 Warner
4 recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: RandB #66, UK #44
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: I Look to You
comments: [slow jam]
Whitney Houston I Didn't Know My Own Strength 2009 Arista
5 recordlabel: ABC 11193
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #46, US #105
writtenby: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
album: I'm All Yours, Baby!
Ray Charles I Did'nt Know What Time It Was 1969 ABC
-- recordlabel: Mankind 12011
writtenby: C. Whitehead, J. Williams, Jr., T. Davis
album: Friend...
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: QRy9j483afw
Freddie North I Did The Woman Wrong 1972 Mankind
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54210
writtenby: F. Wilson, J. Webb
album: All By Myself
comments: [Motown Sound]
Eddie Kendricks I Did It All for You 1971 Tamla
-- recordlabel: Lasso 503
writtenby: B. Cutchins, J. Edwards
Bobby Cutchins I Did It Again 1977 Lasso
1 recordlabel: Mainstream 5573
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Terry Huff
album: The Lonely One
Terry Huff & Special Delivery I Destroyed Your Love (Part 1) 1975 Mainstream
2 recordlabel: Fantasy 20270
chartposition: US Dance #72
writtenby: Eric Robinson and Victor Orsborn
album: Backatcha
Two Tons o' Fun (aka The Weather Girls) I Depend on You 1981 Fantasy
3 recordlabel: BandM
album: Embrace Me
comments: [slow jam]
Liv Warfield I Decided 2008 BandM
4 recordlabel: Immortal
chartposition: RandB #75
Black Rob I Dare You 1998 Immortal
5 recordlabel: Def Jam 572856
chartposition: RandB #11, US #40
writtenby: Ja Rule, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Irv Gotti , C. Lovin and Robert Mays
album: Rule 3:36
Ja Rule featuring Lil Mo I Cry 2001 Def Jam
6 recordlabel: Big Beat 2083
chartposition: US dance #15
writtenby: Chantay Savage, Cheri Williams, Dewey B., Eric Miller, Joanne Thomas and Renee Washington
album: Nubia Soul
Jomanda I Cried the Tears 1994 Big Beat
7 recordlabel: Atlantic 2007
chartposition: RandB #2, US #6
writtenby: Al Julia
album: Blues Ballads
LaVern Baker I Cried a Tear 1958 Atlantic
8 recordlabel: Savoy 1575
chartposition: RandB #22
writtenby: Herman, Brown, David
Nappy Brown I Cried Like a Baby 1958 Savoy
9 recordlabel: United Artists 631
chartposition: RandB #40, US #109
writtenby: Lamont Dozier
album: Keep On Lovin' You
Z.Z. Hill I Created a Monster 1975 United Artists
10 recordlabel: Solid State 2501
chartposition: US #135
writtenby: Johnny Green and Edward Heyman
Jimmy McGriff I Cover the Waterfront 1966 Solid State
11 recordlabel: Atlantic 452087
chartposition: RandB #6, US #17, UK #28
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
album: Save The Last Dance For Me
The Drifters I Count the Tears 1960 Atlantic
12 recordlabel: RCA 5313
chartposition: RandB #14, US AC #48
writtenby: Renaldo Benson, Crump and Ronnie McNeir
album: Ruffin and Kendrick
David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks I Couldn't Believe It 1987 RCA
13 recordlabel: Elektra 47199
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Marilyn McLeod and Pam Sawyer
album: No Time for Masquerading
comments: [ballad]
Mighty Fire I Could Write a Love Song 1981 Elektra
14 recordlabel: Paisley Park 8288
chartposition: US #10, UK #29, US Dance #4
album: Sign of the Times
comments: charted as I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man / Hot Thing in US dance charts
Prince I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man 1987 Paisley Park
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 3436
writtenby: Norman Harris, Allan Felder, Ron Tyson
album: Hear to Tempt You
The Temptations I Could Never Stop Loving You 1977 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Stax 0046
chartposition: RandB #10, US #48
writtenby: Bettye Crutcher (as part of We Three), Homer Banks (as part of We Three) and Raymond Jackson
album: The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues / Stax Greatest Hits
Johnnie Taylor I Could Never Be President 1969 Stax
-- recordlabel: Atlantic
writtenby: Bruce Hawes
album: The Spinners (Detroit)
comments: [philly sound ballad album cut]
The Spinners I Could Never (Repay Your Love) 1973 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Stang 5075
chartposition: RandB #20
writtenby: Bette Midler, Bruce Roberts and Carol Sager
The Moments I Could Have Loved You 1978 Stang
2 recordlabel: Atco 6275
chartposition: US #72
writtenby: Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
album: Ben E. King's Greatest Hits
Ben E. King I Could Have Danced All Night 1963 Atco
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 29194
writtenby: Marcus Miller
album: Marcus Miller
comments: [disco jazz funk]
Marcus Miller I Could Give You More 1984 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: Capitol 5905
chartposition: US #93
writtenby: David Bupp and Adrian King
album: The World Of Soul
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: sW7Kw9sjciI
The Magnificent Men I Could Be So Happy 1967 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Columbia 07357
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Water Under the Bridge
Deniece Williams I Confess 1987 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Chrysalis/EMI 58437
chartposition: RandB #45, US #109
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Bahamadia, N.O. Joe and Marvin Gaye (sample)
album: Kollage
comments: samples "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye
Bahamadia I Confess 1996 Chrysalis/EMI
4 recordlabel: Elektra 69477
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Howard Hewett and Leon Sylvers III (as Leon Sylvers)
album: I Commit to Love
Howard Hewett I Commit to Love 1987 Elektra
5 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 171
chartposition: RandB #52, US #75, US dance #36, UK #78
writtenby: Young MC, Matt Dike and Michael Ross
album: Stone Cold Rhymin'
comments: [hip hop]
Young MC I Come Off 1990 th and Bway
6 recordlabel: ABC 10840
chartposition: RandB #22, US #32
writtenby: Jimmy Holiday & Ray Charles
album: A Man And His Soul
comments: [northern soul]
Ray Charles I Chose To Sing The Blues 1966 ABC
7 recordlabel: MCA 53747
chartposition: RandB #56
writtenby: Eugene Wilde
album: I Choose You (Tonight)
Eugene Wilde I Choose You (Tonight) 1989 MCA
-- recordlabel: Dakar 4556
writtenby: Willie Hutch
Donald Height I Choose You 1976 Dakar

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