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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
901 recordlabel: United Artists 50815
chartposition: RandB #18
writtenby: Allen, Brown, Dickerson, Goldstein, Jordan, Miller, Oskar, Scott
album: All Day Music
War Get Down 1971 United Artists
902 recordlabel: Bad Boy 79021
chartposition: RandB #17, US #38, UK #54
writtenby: Craig Mack
album: Project: Funk Da World
comments: [rap]
Craig Mack Get Down 1994 Bad Boy
903 recordlabel: Chelsea 3004
chartposition: RandB #32, US #10, UK #8
writtenby: Bob Crewe & Nolan
album: Disco Tex & His Sex O Lettes
comments: [disco dance]
Disco-Tex & the Sex-O-Lettes Get Dancin' 1974 Chelsea
904 recordlabel: Elektra 67154
chartposition: RandB #38, US #93, UK #95
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Tony Castillo, Toots, Tony Manshino, A. Wallace Jr. and O.T. Young
album: Street Money
comments: [hip hop]
Iconz featuring Tony Manshino Get Crunked Up 2001 Elektra
905 recordlabel: Rawkus 113938
chartposition: RandB #29, US #77
writtenby: Talib Kweli, Kanye West and Nina Simone (sample)
album: Quality
comments: [hip hop]
Talib Kweli Get By 2003 Rawkus
906 recordlabel: Atlantic 88020
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
writtenby: Sean Paul and Steven Marsden
album: Dutty Rock
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Sean Paul Get Busy 2003 Atlantic
907 recordlabel: Wa Records 2 (UK)
chartposition: UK #77
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
Rick Clarke Get Busy 1988 Wa Records(UK)
908 recordlabel: Bonafide 302
chartposition: RandB #92
weeksinr&bchart: 3
album: Scriptures of the King
comments: [rap]
Jovishes Get Buck 2000 Bonafide
909 recordlabel: AandM 7418
chartposition: US # 86
writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Billy Preston Get Back 1978 A&M
910 recordlabel: Def Jam South 003832
chartposition: RandB #9, US #13, UK #30
writtenby: Craig Bazile, Dominic Bazile, Craig Lawson, Odell Vickers and Ludacris
album: The Red Light District
Ludacris Get Back 2004 Def Jam South
911 recordlabel: MCA 54511
chartposition: RandB #3, US #14, US dance #31
writtenby: Teddy Riley, Bernard Belle, T. Haynes, Bobby Brown and Louis Silas Jr.
album: Bobby
Bobby Brown Get Away 1993 MCA
-- recordlabel: Karen 1544
writtenby: Richard Wylie, Tony Hester
Bettye LaVette Get Away 1968 Karen
1 recordlabel: Roc a Fella 002305
chartposition: RandB #99
album: Purple Haze
Cam'ron Get 'Em Girls 2004 Roc a Fella
2 recordlabel: Warner 16958
chartposition: RandB #15, US #55, UK #28
writtenby: David Paich
album: A Day in the Life
comments: [neo soul]
Eric Benét featuring Faith Evans Georgy Porgy 1999 Warner
3 recordlabel: Columbia 10944
chartposition: RandB #18, US #48, US Dance #80, US AC #49
writtenby: David Paich
album: Toto
comments: [featuring Cheryl Lynn)
Toto Georgy Porgy 1979 Columbia
4 recordlabel: Elektra 47007
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: David Paich
album: After the Rain
Side Effect Georgy Porgy 1980 Elektra
5 recordlabel: RCA 464
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: David Paich
comments: [disco funk boogie]
Charme (feat. Luther Vandross) Georgy Porgy 1984 RCA
6 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10135
chartposition: RandB #3 (4 weeks), US #1, UK #24
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell
album: The Genius Hits the Road
Ray Charles Georgia on My Mind 1960 ABC Paramount
7 recordlabel: Atco 6778
chartposition: US #88
writtenby: Jonathan Rowlands
R.B. Greaves Georgia Took Her Back 1970 Atco
-- recordlabel: ABC 12124
writtenby: Dozier. Wylie, Jackson
album: E.S.P.
Richard Popcorn Wylie Georgia After Hours 1974 ABC
1 recordlabel: MCA 23925
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Melvin Riley
album: Ruff 'N' Ready
comments: [slow jam]
Ready for the World Gently 1989 MCA
2 recordlabel: Atlantic 2619
chartposition: RandB #50, US #76
writtenby: John Hartford
Aretha Franklin Gentle on My Mind 1969 Atlantic
3 recordlabel: MCA 52238
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #80
writtenby: Wilton Felder, Sr., Wilton Felder, Jr
album: Gentle Fire
mpcode: ilf1aDXx3vQ
Wilton Felder Gentle Fire 1983 MCA
4 recordlabel: Heat 2022
chartposition: RandB #48, US #108
writtenby: Gerald Mims
comments: [ballad]
Frederick Gentle (Calling Your Name) 1985 Heat
5 recordlabel: Island 6645
chartposition: RandB #31, US #31
writtenby: Gerald Mims
album: Swingin'
comments: [slow jam]
Dino Gentle 1990 Island
6 recordlabel: Elektra 69505
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Kae Williams
album: Genie
B.B. & Q. Band (Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens) Genie 1985 Elektra
7 recordlabel: CBS Associates 04032
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: George Clinton, Garry Shider and David Spradley
album: Urban Dancefloor Guerillas
comments: [disco funk]
P-Funk All Stars Generator Pop 1983 CBS Associates
-- recordlabel: Danceyard 1 (UK)
writtenby: Lambert, Golde
Gwen McCrae Generate Love 1988 Danceyard(UK)
1 recordlabel: MCA 51148
chartposition: RandB #23, US #33
writtenby: Harry King & Lisa Tedesco
album: General Hospi-tale
comments: [disco funk]
The Afternoon Delights General Hospi-Tale 1981 MCA
2 recordlabel: Tamla 54259
chartposition: RandB #43, US #101
writtenby: Freddie Perren, Christine Yarian and Pam St. Cyr
album: Don't Cha Love It
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Miracles Gemini 1975 Tamla
3 recordlabel: Atlantic 2086
chartposition: RandB #5, US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Carla Thomas
album: Gee Whiz
Carla Thomas Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) 1961 Atlantic
4 recordlabel: Star Vision 1103
chartposition: RandB #64
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Rufus Thomas
Interlude featuring Barbara Stroman Gee Whiz (Look at His Eyes) 1980 Star Vision
5 recordlabel: Capitol 3267
chartposition: RandB #14
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Winfield Scott
The Five Keys Gee Whittakers 1956 Capitol
6 recordlabel: Swan 4197
chartposition: US #80
writtenby: Richard Barrett
The Three Degrees Gee Baby (I'm Sorry) 1965 Swan
7 recordlabel: Ace 577
chartposition: RandB #14
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: J. Joseph and Alvin Tyler
album: Great RandB Duets
Joe & Ann Gee Baby 1960 Ace
-- recordlabel: Isom and Isom 103
album: Searchlight
comments: [gospel album cut]
Searchlight Gaze Into Your Eyes 1988 Isom and Isom
1 recordlabel: Chrysalis 1676
chartposition: UK #36
writtenby: Marcus Vere, Richard Darbyshire and Anthony Critchlow
album: Gatecrashing
Living in a Box Gatecrashing 1989 Chrysalis
2 recordlabel: El Cartel 0002
chartposition: RandB #37, US #32, UK #5
writtenby: Daddy Yankee and Eddie Dee
album: Barrio Fino
Daddy Yankee Gasolina 2004 El Cartel
3 recordlabel: Atlantic, RFC 3869
chartposition: US Dance #36
writtenby: Donald Burnside
comments: [disco dance]
Yvonne Gage Garden of Eve 1981 Atlantic, RFC
4 recordlabel: AandM 2562
chartposition: RandB #77, US #81, US AC #14
writtenby: Eythor Gunnarsson
album: Blow Your Own Horn
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Herb Alpert Garden Party 1983 A&M
5 recordlabel: Violator 57710
chartposition: RandB #98
comments: [hip hop]
Mobb Deep Gangstaz Roll 2004 Violator
6 recordlabel: All Around The World
chartposition: UK #67
writtenby: A. Ivey, Snoop Dogg (as Calvin Broadus) and J. Salinas
Coolio Gangsta Walk 2006 All Around The World
7 recordlabel: Def Jam 4808
chartposition: RandB #94
writtenby: Joe Budden, Scott Storch and Nate Dogg
album: The Growth
Joe Budden featuring Nate Dogg Gangsta Party 2005 Def Jam
8 recordlabel: Hoo Bangin' 53289
chartposition: RandB #22, US #33
writtenby: WC, Nate Dogg, Ice Cube, Fredrick Nassar and Mack 10
album: Terrorist Threats
Westside Connection featuring Nate Dogg Gangsta Nation 2003 Hoo Bangin'
9 recordlabel: Capitol 077771649165
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4
writtenby: Chris Jackson, E. Jay Turner and Tracy Carter
album: Gangsta Lean
comments: [slow jam]
DRS Gangsta Lean 1993 Capitol
10 recordlabel: Cash Money 1355
chartposition: RandB #38, US #85
writtenby: R. Kelly and Birdman
album: Big Money Heavyweight
Big Tymers featuring R. Kelly Gangsta Girl 2003 Cash Money
11 recordlabel: Playboy 6011
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Willie Henderson , Lowrell (as Lowrell Simon), A. J. Tribble, Larry Brownlee and T. Takayoshi
Willie Henderson Gangsta Boogie Bump 1974 Playboy
12 recordlabel: Elektra 1693
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Lil' Mo, D. McClary and M. Allen
album: Based on a True Story
Lil Mo Gangsta (Love 4 the Streets) 2001 Elektra
13 recordlabel: MCA 54555
chartposition: RandB #22, US #21
writtenby: Dr. Freeze
Bell Biv DeVoe Gangsta 1992 MCA
14 recordlabel: DJ West/Chaos 77367
chartposition: RandB #63, US #110
album: N Gatz We Truss
comments: [hip hop]
South Central Cartel Gang Stories 1994 DJ West/Chaos
15 recordlabel: Big Beat 95864
chartposition: US #84, UK #67
writtenby: Joe South
album: Reggae Dancer
comments: [reggae]
Inner Circle Games People Play 1994 Big Beat
16 recordlabel: Atco 6664
chartposition: US #116
writtenby: Joe South
album: Instant Groove
King Curtis Games People Play 1969 Atco
17 recordlabel: Muscle Shoals Sound 2206
chartposition: RandB #90
writtenby: Alonzo Jackson, Mel Stewart and Mike Carter
album: Games
Teen Dream Games 1990 Muscle Shoals Sound
18 recordlabel: Solar 70013
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Sid Johnson and Charles Muldrow
album: Circumstantial Evidence
Shalamar Games 1987 Solar
19 recordlabel: Columbia 74255
chartposition: US #58, UK #14
writtenby: Maurice Starr and Donnie Wahlberg
album: No More Games: The Remix Album
NKOTB Games 1991 Columbia
20 recordlabel: Atlantic 4882
chartposition: RandB #1, US #68
writtenby: Chuckii Booker, Gerald Levert and C.J. Anthony
album: Niice 'N Wild
Chuckii Booker Games 1992 Atlantic
21 recordlabel: Columbia 78383
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: Jermaine Dupri and Kino Watson
album: True 2 the Game
Kino Watson Game Recognize Game (Whatcha Want) 1996 Columbia
22 recordlabel: Sucka Free 76689
chartposition: RandB #8, US #15
writtenby: N. "Fury" Loftin and Lil' Flip
album: U Gotta Feel Me
Lil' Flip Game Over (Flip) 2004 Sucka Free
23 recordlabel: Rap A Lot
chartposition: RandB #73, UK #34
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Dr. Dre, Scarface, Ice Cube and Richard Vick
album: The Untouchable
Scarface featuring Dr. Dre, Ice Cube & Too $hort Game Over 1997 Rap A Lot
24 recordlabel: MCA 40820
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #14, US #39, US dance #8
writtenby: Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, B.B. Dickerson & Thomas Allen
album: Galaxy
comments: [disco funk]
War Galaxy 1978 MCA
25 recordlabel: Mango 818
chartposition: UK #20
writtenby: Ossie Hibbert, Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare
album: All She Wrote
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Chaka Demus & Pliers Gal Wine 1994 Mango
26 recordlabel: Fanfare 14 (UK)
chartposition: UK #15
writtenby: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman
album: Sinitta!
Sinitta G.T.O. 1987 Fanfare(UK)
27 recordlabel: Parlophone 6281 (UK)
chartposition: UK #10
writtenby: Kim Appleby , Mel Appleby (as Melanie Appleby) and Craig Logan
album: Kim Appleby
Kim Appleby G.L.A.D. (Good Lovin' and Devotion) 1991 Parlophone(UK)
28 recordlabel: Atlantic 3023
chartposition: RandB #1, US #8, UK #10
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: All Day, All Night
comments: [slow jam]
Changing Faces G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T. 1997 Atlantic
29 recordlabel: Columbia 38814
chartposition: UK #54
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Future Shock
Herbie Hancock Future Shock 1984 Columbia
30 recordlabel: First American 108
chartposition: RandB #92
writtenby: Bob Pritchard
album: Introducing Danny Johnson
Danny Johnson Future Past 1979 First American
31 recordlabel: Fantasy 864
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: Chad Debnam, Marlon McClain and Michael Hepburn
album: Future Now
Pleasure Future Now 1979 Fantasy
-- recordlabel: Genora 122446
writtenby: Andre Lovell
Franklyn Future Love 1987 Genora
1 recordlabel: Universal 40462 (UK)
chartposition: UK #60
writtenby: Prince
album: 3121
Prince Fury 2006 Universal(UK)
2 recordlabel: Salsoul 2144
chartposition: RandB #21, US Dance #55
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Cameron's in Love
comments: [disco funk]
Rafael Cameron Funtown U.S.A. 1981 Salsoul
-- recordlabel: RCA 10605
writtenby: Payul Vance, Glenn Sudo
Dede Schwartz (Dee Dee Warwick) Funny How We Change Places 1974 RCA
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54119
writtenby: Williw Nelson
album: Motortown Revue In Paris
comments: [Motown Sound] With Clarence Paul
Stevie Wonder Funny How Time Slips Away 1965 Tamla
-- recordlabel: MCA 2992
Al Green & Lyle Lovett Funny How Time Slips Away 1994 MCA
-- recordlabel: Malaco 6351
writtenby: Willie Nelson
album: Misty Blue
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: fnmZMDpqu44
Dorothy Moore Funny How Time Slips Away 1976 Malaco
1 recordlabel: RCA 7946
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #42, US #22
writtenby: Willie Nelson
comments: [ballad]
Jimmy Elledge Funny How Time Slips Away 1961 RCA
2 recordlabel: Malaco 1033
chartposition: RandB #7, US #58, UK #38, US AC #46
writtenby: Willie Nelson
album: Misty Blue
comments: [ballad]
Dorothy Moore Funny How Time Slips Away 1976 Malaco
3 recordlabel: Atlantic 7 89922
chartposition: RandB #43, US #67
writtenby: Willie Nelson
album: Grand Slam
comments: [ballad]
The Spinners Funny How Time Slips Away 1982 Atlantic
4 recordlabel: AandM 613 (UK)
chartposition: UK #59
writtenby: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Janet Jackson
album: Control
comments: [ballad]
Janet Jackson Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun) 1987 A&M(UK)
5 recordlabel: Atlantic 2248
chartposition: RandB #25. US #90
writtenby: Kenny Greene
album: New Life
Intro Funny How Time Flies 1995 Atlantic
6 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 27832
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Khayree and Viqui LaZar
album: At Last
New Choice Funny Feeling 1988 Warner Bros.
7 recordlabel: Satellite 2008
chartposition: RandB #36
writtenby: Monk Higgins, Chuck Bernard and Burgess Gardner
Chuck Bernard Funny Changes 1966 Satellite
8 recordlabel: Back Beat 541
chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #13
weeksinr&bchart: 18
writtenby: Willie Nelson
album: Funny (How Time Slips Away)
comments: [ballad]
Joe Hinton Funny (How Time Slips Away) 1964 Back Beat
9 recordlabel: BASF 15151
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: S. Taylor
Priscilla Price Funny 1973 BASF
10 recordlabel: Elektra 6353
chartposition: RandB #37, US #123
album: The G Spot
Gerald Levert Funny 2002 Elektra
11 recordlabel: Nomar 106
chartposition: RandB #3 (1 week), US #25
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: S. W. Taylor & Maxine Brown
album: The Fabulous Sound Of Maxine Brown
comments: [ballad]
Maxine Brown Funny 1961 Nomar
12 recordlabel: RCA Victor 7387
chartposition: RandB #25, US #81
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Larry Holofcener and Ed Scott (as Edward Scott)
Jesse Belvin Funny 1958 RCA Victor
13 recordlabel: Casablanca 2233
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #2, US #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Steven Greenberg
album: Mouth to Mouth
comments: [disco]
Lipps, Inc. Funkytown 1980 Casablanca
14 recordlabel: Chaos 77462
chartposition: RandB #31, US #40
weeksinr&bchart: 31
writtenby: Takesha Hayes
The Puppies Funky Y-2-C 1994 Chaos
-- recordlabel: Mantra Vibes 2055
Express Of Sound Feat. Afrika Bambaataa Funky Weekend 1997 Mantra Vibes
1 recordlabel: Avco 6105 044
chartposition: RandB #23, US #76, UK #10
writtenby: Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss
album: You Are Beautiful
comments: [disco dance]
The Stylistics Funky Weekend 1975 Avco
2 recordlabel: Original Sound 79
chartposition: RandB #22, US #67
writtenby: Arlester Christian
Dyke & the Blazers Funky Walk (Part I East) 1968 Original Sound
3 recordlabel: Atco 6563
chartposition: RandB #5, US #14, UK #46
writtenby: Arthur Conley & Earl Simms
album: Soul Directions / Best Of Arthur Conley
comments: [southern soul funk]
Arthur Conley Funky Street 1968 Atco
4 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 561
chartposition: RandB #39
writtenby: J. Brailey, G. Clinton, W. Collins
album: Sugar Hill Presents The Sequence
comments: [funk rap]
The Sequence Funky Sound (Tear the Roof Off) 1981 Sugar Hill
-- recordlabel: Capitol 4253
writtenby: Bobo, Melvoin, Silverberg
Willie Bobo Funky Sneakers 1976 Capitol
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 3853
chartposition: RandB #22, US Dance #15
writtenby: Kenton Nix
album: Gwen McCrae [1981 album]
comments: [disco funk]
Gwen McCrae Funky Sensation 1981 Atlantic
2 recordlabel: Stax 153
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #63
writtenby: Rufus Thomas, Don Dortch
album: Crown Prince of Dance
Rufus Thomas Funky Robot (Part 1) 1973 Stax
3 recordlabel: Alston 4621
chartposition: RandB #17, US #99
writtenby: Clarence Reid
Clarence Reid Funky Party 1974 Alston
4 recordlabel: Alston 4595
chartposition: RandB #7, US #15
writtenby: Raphael Munnings & Tyrone Fitzgerald
album: Funky Nassau
comments: [disco funk]
The Beginning of the End Funky Nassau 1971 Alston
5 recordlabel: Atlantic 10021 (UK)
chartposition: UK #31
writtenby: R. Munnings, T. Fitzgerald
album: Funky Nassau
comments: [re release]
The Beginning of the End Funky Nassau 1974 Atlantic(UK)
6 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 93600
chartposition: RandB #27
writtenby: Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield
album: All Directions
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On 1972 Tamla Motown

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