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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
501 recordlabel: Columbia 10026
chartposition: RandB #23, US #33
writtenby: Philip Bailey and Maurice White
album: Open Our Eyes
Earth, Wind & Fire Devotion 1974 Columbia
502 recordlabel: Smash 1975
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #38, US #114
writtenby: Nat Jones
James Brown Devil's Hideaway 1965 Smash
503 recordlabel: Gamble 203
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: The Intruders Are Together
The Intruders Devil with an Angel's Smile 1966 Gamble
504 recordlabel: Atlantic 1083
chartposition: RandB #3
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Blanche Carter
album: The Clovers
comments: [ballad]
The Clovers Devil or Angel 1956 Atlantic
505 recordlabel: Atlantic 2459
chartposition: RandB #47, US #104
writtenby: Danny Dill and Mel Tillis
Solomon Burke Detroit City 1967 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Tabu 02520
writtenby: J.P. Pennington, L, Lawley
album: Universal Love
Woods Empire Destiny 1981 Tabu
1 recordlabel: Island 572334
chartposition: RandB #14, US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Myron, T. Jones, Herbie Hancock (sample) and A. Willis
album: Destiny
comments: [slow jam] samples 'Come Running To Me' by Herbie Hancock
Myron Destiny 1998 Island
2 recordlabel: Warner 16806
chartposition: US Dance #8
writtenby: Dave Crawford
album: Young Hearts Run Free
comments: charted as Young Hearts Run Free / Run to Me / Destiny in US dance charts
Candi Staton Destiny 1976 Warner
3 recordlabel: Tamla 54171
chartposition: RandB #28, US #63
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Sophisticated Soul
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Marvelettes Destination Anywhere 1968 Tamla
-- recordlabel: Negram International 898
writtenby: R. Whitelaw, N. Bergen
album: The Love Machine (also called Feel The Love)
comments: [disco]
The Love Machine Desperately 1977 Negram International
1 recordlabel: Salsoul 7031
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Cameron All the Way
comments: [disco funk]
Rafael Cameron Desires 1982 Salsoul
2 recordlabel: Wand 1112
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #25, US #132
writtenby: Les Cooper and Clarence Johnson
comments: [northern soul] (new version)
The Charts Desiree 1966 Wand
3 recordlabel: Total Experience 2427
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Jonah Ellis
album: Gap Band VII
The Gap Band Desire 1985 Total Experience
4 recordlabel: Warner 28583
chartposition: RandB #90
writtenby: Reggie Lucas
album: Abstract Emotions
Randy Crawford Desire 1986 Warner
5 recordlabel: Bang 4806
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Lee W. Jones Jr. (as Lee Hatim) and Robert Wrightsil
album: The Masqueraders
The Masqueraders Desire 1980 Bang
6 recordlabel: AM:PM 133 (UK)
chartposition: US dance #1, US #40
album: Stranger Than Fiction
comments: [dance, house]
Ultra Nate Desire 2000 AM:PM(UK)
7 recordlabel: Wildcard 3(UK)
chartposition: UK #31
writtenby: Martin Lascelles, Steve O'Donnell and Taj Wyzgowski
album: Nu Colours
Nu Colours Desire 1996 Wildcard (UK)
8 recordlabel: Casablanca
chartposition: US dance #11
writtenby: Steven Greenberg, Sandy Atlas
album: Designer Music
comments: [disco dance]
Lipps, Inc. Designer Music 1980 Casablanca
9 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: RandB #103
album: OnMyRadio
comments: [Atlantic album cut]
mpcode: wqvRFu8yW2E
Musiq Soulchild Deserveumore 2009 Atlantic
10 recordlabel: Everlast 5001
chartposition: US #88
writtenby: Les Cooper and Clarence Johnson
The Charts Deserie 1957 Everlast
11 recordlabel: Capitol 92078
chartposition: RandB #24
album: Different Lifestyles
BeBe & CeCe Winans Depend on Me 1992 Capitol
12 recordlabel: Atco 6742
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #105
writtenby: Otis Redding and Don Covay
album: Tell The Truth
comments: [northern soul]
Otis Redding Demonstration 1970 Atco
13 recordlabel: EastWest 67182
chartposition: RandB #80
weeksinr&bchart: 10
album: Up Close and Personal
Angie Martinez Dem Thangs (Dem Thangs) 2001 EastWest
14 recordlabel: Columbia 74449
chartposition: RandB #87, US Dance #21
writtenby: Super Cat (as William Maragh) and Heavy D
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Super Cat Dem No Worry We 1992 Columbia
15 recordlabel: Slot A Lot 68911
chartposition: RandB #57, US #59, UK #85
writtenby: Chingy, Jermaine Dupri
album: Hoodstar
Chingy featuring Jermaine Dupri Dem Jeans 2006 Slot A Lot
16 recordlabel: Defiant
chartposition: RandB #92
comments: [hip hop]
T-Weaponz ft. Trae & Shamrock Dem Boyz 2006 Defiant
17 recordlabel: Roundtable 21446 2
chartposition: RandB #86
writtenby: C. Stone, C. Thompson, James Banks, Eddie Marion and Henderson Thigpen
album: Syndicated: The Lil' Mo Hour
Lil Mo Dem Boyz 2005 Roundtable
18 recordlabel: Bad Boy 21347 1
chartposition: RandB #15, US #56
writtenby: Nitty, Young Jeezy, Lee Dixon, Jacoby White
comments: [rap]
Boyz N Da Hood Dem Boyz 2005 Bad Boy
19 recordlabel: Buddah 577
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #64
writtenby: Onaje Allan Gumbs, Rachim, Ausar Sahu
album: Phyllis Hyman
comments: [disco dance]
Phyllis Hyman Deliver The Love 1977 Buddah
20 recordlabel: Warner 29503
chartposition: RandB #18, US #8
writtenby: Prince
album: 1999
Prince Delirious 1983 Warner
21 recordlabel: Atlantic 453385
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden
album: Garden of Love Light
Narada Michael Walden Delightful 1977 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Artistic 1001
writtenby: Robert W. Foster, Anthony R. Shockency
Something Special Delicious Baby 1985 Artistic
-- recordlabel: Malaco 2330
writtenby: Paul Richmond, W. Wells
album: Pleasing You
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Tyrone Davis Delicious 1987 Malaco
1 recordlabel: Columbia 659331
chartposition: US #74, UK #14
writtenby: Terence Trent D'Arby
album: Terence Trent D'Arby's Symphony or Damn
Terence Trent D'Arby featuring Des'ree Delicate 1993 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Columbia 78762
chartposition: RandB #4, US #9, UK #21
writtenby: Walter Becker and Donald Fagen
album: Make It Reign
comments: [hip hop]
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz Deja Vu (Uptown Baby) 1997 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Arista 0459
chartposition: RandB #25, US #15, US AC #1
writtenby: Isaac Hayes & Adrienne Anderson
album: Dionne [1979 album]
Dionne Warwick Deja Vu 1979 Arista
4 recordlabel: Streetwave 503 (UK)
chartposition: UK #80
writtenby: Naoki Watanabe, Yoshihiko Ando
album: AB's / Street Sounds Edition 9
comments: [jazz funk] (reached #80 in the UK album charts)
mpcode: S9R5lmRK8Vg
AB's Deja Vu 1984 Streetwave(UK)
5 recordlabel: Columbia 89684
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: John Webb Jr., Beyoncé, Jay Z, Keli Nicole Price, Makeba Riddick and Delisha Thomas
album: B'Day
Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z Deja Vu 2006 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Pablo 312102
writtenby: J. Barnes, V. Cameron, G. Phillinganes
album: Happy People
comments: [jazz funk]
Paulinho Da Costa ft. Philip Bailey Deja Vu 1979 Pablo
1 recordlabel: Rawkus 173
chartposition: RandB #31, US #60
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Mos Def, Talib Kweli and Hi Tek
album: Black Star
Mos Def & Kweli are Black Star Definition 1998 Rawkus
2 recordlabel: Def Jam (UK)
chartposition: UK #185
Jay-Z Def Jam UK Mix Tape 1 2007 Def Jam (UK)
3 recordlabel: RCA 13811
chartposition: RandB #10, US Dance #41
writtenby: Dana Meyers, Dominick Leslie and Wardell Potts
album: Words and Music
comments: [disco funk]
Tavares Deeper in Love 1983 RCA
4 recordlabel: Buddah 449
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: Bobby Wilson and Vernon Bullock
Bobby Wilson Deeper and Deeper 1975 Buddah
-- recordlabel: Zodiac 1019
writtenby: Eaton, Williams
Chuck Bernard Deeper Than The Eyes Can See 1970 Zodiac
1 recordlabel: Capitol 9949
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: The Golden Child
Meli'sa Morgan Deeper Love 1987 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Columbia 74737
chartposition: RandB #28, US #65
writtenby: Boss and Def Jef
album: Born Gangstaz
Bo$$ Deeper 1993 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Warner 8422
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: John Footman, Judy Weider and Frank Wilson
New Birth Deeper 1977 Warner
4 recordlabel: Columbia 445986
chartposition: RandB #96
writtenby: Gloria Whisenhunt, Leonard Taylor and Walter Whisenhunt
Gloria Taylor Deep inside You 1974 Columbia
5 recordlabel: Talkin' Loud 518 260
chartposition: RandB #74
album: Positivity
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts]
Incognito Deep Waters 1995 Talkin' Loud
6 recordlabel: Savage 50015
chartposition: RandB #62
album: Persistence Of Memory
Mocca Soul Deep Sea So Blue 1992 Savage
7 recordlabel: MCA 52561
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Gordon Strozier, Gregory Potts, John Eaton and Melvin Riley
album: Ready for the World
comments: [ballad]
Ready for the World Deep Inside Your Love 1985 MCA
-- recordlabel: Arlen 717
writtenby: J. South, T. South
The Tams Deep Inside Me 1962 Arlen
1 recordlabel: MCA
chartposition: RandB #9,US #63
writtenby: Mary J. Blige, Tara Geter, Kevin Deane, Elton John and Bernie Taupin
album: Mary
Mary J. Blige Deep Inside 1999 MCA
2 recordlabel: DreamWorks
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Teddy Riley and Richard
album: Level II
comments: [slow jam]
BLACKstreet Deep 2002 DreamWorks
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 7256
writtenby: Fred Rose, Walter Hirsch
album: The Genius Of Ray Charles
comments: [jazz soul album cut]
mpcode: ymBTkUr46u0
Ray Charles Deed I Do 1959 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Brilliant! 4 (UK)
chartposition: UK #6
writtenby: Lowman Pauling, Ralph Bass
album: Just To Let You Know...
comments: [reggae]
Bitty Mclean Dedicated To The One I Love 1994 Brilliant!(UK)
-- recordlabel: Arctic 140
writtenby: Pauling, Lowman, Bass
Barbara Mason Dedicated To The One I Love 1968 Arctic
-- recordlabel: Command 1003
album: Dedicated
comments: [gospel soul love ballad] [album cut]
Phil & Brenda Nicholas Dedicated 1985 Command
-- recordlabel: Cat 2007
writtenby: Chris Perkins
album: Raw Soul Express
Raw Soul Express Dedicate All My Love 1977 Cat
-- recordlabel: AL 12.026
writtenby: Anthony Lockett
comments: [disco, boogie]
Anthony Lockett Decisions 1983 AL .
1 recordlabel: Roc A Fella 4164 01
chartposition: RandB #30, US #116
writtenby: Jay Z, Just Blaze and Donald Triggs
album: 534
Memphis Bleek with Jay-Z Dear Summer 2005 Roc A Fella
2 recordlabel: Buddah 165
chartposition: US #66
writtenby: John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Stan Vincent
album: Stairsteps
The Five Stairsteps Dear Prudence 1970 Buddah
3 recordlabel: Atco 6392
chartposition: RandB #6, US #51
writtenby: Gerald Sims & Carl Davis
album: The Two Sides Of Mary Wells
Mary Wells Dear Lover 1966 Atco
4 recordlabel: Capitol 4870
chartposition: RandB #15, UK #37, US #13, US AC #2 UK #37,
writtenby: Bob Halley & Emil Anton
album: Dear Lonely Hearts
Nat King Cole Dear Lonely Hearts 1962 Capitol
5 recordlabel: LaFace 6155
chartposition: RandB #70, US #51, UK #31
writtenby: Babyface and T Boz (as Tionne Watkins)
album: FanMail
comments: [slow jam]
TLC Dear Lie 1999 LaFace
6 recordlabel: Legrand 1015
chartposition: RandB #5, US #9
writtenby: Frank Guida (as Frank J. Guida)
album: Twist Up Calypso
Gary U.S. Bonds Dear Lady Twist 1961 Legrand
-- recordlabel: ABC 12162
writtenby: G. Jackson, C. Carter, C. Wilkins
album: Loneliness and Temptation
mpcode: wQn1kUkx43o
Clarence Carter Dear Abby 1975 ABC
1 recordlabel: Julmar 506
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Zeke Carey
The Flamingos Dealin' (Groovin' with Feelin') 1969 Julmar
2 recordlabel: TVT Soundtrax 821
chartposition: RandB #48, US #79
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Prodigy, Havoc, Nashiem Myrick, Big Noyd and Rodney Price
album: Next Millennium
comments: from the movie Blade starring Wesley Snipes
Bounty Killer featuring Mobb Deep & Rappin Noyd Deadly Zone 1998 TVT Soundtrax
3 recordlabel: MCA 866
chartposition: RandB #34, UK #52
writtenby: Dennis Matkosky, Dan Sembello and Allee Willis
album: The Very Best of Shalamar
Shalamar Deadline USA 1984 MCA
4 recordlabel: Relativity 1568
chartposition: RandB #87
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield, Billy Danze, Lil' Fame and Laze Elliott
album: Firing Squad
M.O.P. Dead and Gone 1996 Relativity
5 recordlabel: Grand Hustle Digital
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, UK #92
writtenby: T.I., Justin Timberlake and Robin Tadross
album: Paper Trail
T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake Dead and Gone 2008 Grand Hustle Digital
6 recordlabel: Bad Boy 9288
chartposition: RandB #39, US #36
writtenby: The Notorious B.I.G. (as Christopher Wallace) and Eminem (as Marshall Mathers)
album: Born Again
The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Eminem Dead Wrong 1999 Bad Boy
7 recordlabel: Roc A Fella 53233
chartposition: RandB #74, US #50
writtenby: Jay Z (as Shawn Carter) , David Willis, Lonnie Liston Smith, Nasand Pete Rock
Jay-Z Dead Presidents 1996 Roc A Fella
8 recordlabel: Solar 9819 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #8, US #22, US dance #18, US rock #41
writtenby: Marquis Dair, Joey Gallo & Leon Sylvers III
album: The Look
Shalamar Dead Giveaway 1983 Solar(UK)
9 recordlabel: Capitol 5869
chartposition: RandB #3, US #29
writtenby: Lou Rawls, David Axelrod & Ben Raleigh
album: Too Much !
Lou Rawls Dead End Street 1967 Capitol
10 recordlabel: MCA 52398
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Joe Sample
album: Ghetto Blaster
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
The Crusaders Dead End 1984 MCA
11 recordlabel: Atlantic 4046
chartposition: RandB #74
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Norman Durham, Woody Cunningham, Richard Lee, Paul Crutchfield, Terry Dolphin & Eric Rohrbaugh
album: Taste The Music
comments: [disco, funk, rap]
Kleeer De Ting Continues 1982 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Atlantic K 11599 (UK)
album: License To Dream
comments: [funk]
Kleeer De Kleeer Ting 1981 Atlantic K(UK)
1 recordlabel: Bang 727
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, US dance #7
writtenby: Eddie Irons, Ray Ransom & Regi Hargis
album: Good High
comments: [disco funk]
Brick Dazz 1976 Bang
2 recordlabel: Wildstar 19 (UK)
chartposition: UK #11
writtenby: K-Gee, Michelle Escoffery and Ali Tennant
album: Right Here Right Now
mpcode: M_y9Foy_234
Fierce Dayz Like That 1999 Wildstar(UK)
3 recordlabel: Yab Yum 6646932 (UK)
chartposition: UK #36
writtenby: Speech and Laurneá (as Laurneá Wilkerson)
album: Betta Listen
Laurnea Days of Youth 1997 Yab Yum(UK)
4 recordlabel: EastWest 5871
chartposition: RandB #11, US #39, UK #37
writtenby: Bizzy Bone (as Bryon McCane), Krayzie Bone , Layzie Bone and Wish Bone
album: The Collection Volume One
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Days of Our Livez 1996 EastWest
5 recordlabel: MCA 53499
chartposition: RandB #35, UK #43
writtenby: L.A. Reid and Daryl Simmons
album: The Lover in Me
Sheena Easton Days Like This 1989 MCA
6 recordlabel: Columbia 4700
chartposition: RandB #84, US dance #26
writtenby: Kenny Lattimore , Tim Motzer and Vidal (as Vidal Davis)
album: From the Soul of Man
Kenny Lattimore Days Like This 1998 Columbia
7 recordlabel: Tamla 54293
chartposition: RandB #9, US #75
writtenby: Smokey Robinson and Rose Ella Jones
album: Love Breeze
comments: [Motown Sound] US b side to Why You Wanna See My Bad Side
Smokey Robinson Daylight and Darkness 1978 Tamla
8 recordlabel: RCA 10775
chartposition: RandB #91, US #63, US dance #9
writtenby: Bobby Womack and Harold Payne
album: Vicki Sue Robinson
comments: charted as Daylight / Should I Stay / How About Me / I Won't Let You Go in US dance charts
Vicki Sue Robinson Daylight 1976 RCA
9 recordlabel: RCA (UK)
chartposition: UK #14, US dance #4
writtenby: Harold Payne and Bobby Womack
album: Ms. Kelly: Diva Deluxe
mpcode: DtfHnIy4OCQ
Kelly Rowland featuring Travis McCoy Daylight 2008 RCA (UK)
10 recordlabel: United Artists 763
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: Harold Payne and Bobby Womack
album: Safety Zone
Bobby Womack Daylight 1976 United Artists
11 recordlabel: Columbia 74891
chartposition: RandB #40, US #117
writtenby: Aretha Franklin
album: Penny Ford
Pennye Ford Daydreaming 1993 Columbia
12 recordlabel: Warner 27917
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Morris Day and Judith Day
album: Daydreaming
Morris Day Daydreaming 1988 Warner
13 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: RandB #63, UK #25
writtenby: Craig Kallman, Lupe Fiasco, David Mackay, Sylvain Vanholme and Raymond Vincent
album: Food and Liquor
Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott Daydreamin' 2006 Atlantic
14 recordlabel: Jay Walking 011
chartposition: RandB #19, US #84
writtenby: Bobby Martin (as Robert L. Martin) and Eugene Lemon
album: Dream World
The Continental IV Day by Day (Every Minute of the Hour) 1971 Jay Walking
15 recordlabel: Def Jam 650499
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: R. L. Martin and R. Lemon
album: The Finer Things in Life
Chuck Stanley Day by Day 1987 Def Jam
16 recordlabel: Capitol 79779
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Michaelangelo Saulsberry, Eric Kirkland, Irving Washington and Phillip Johnson
album: Portrait
comments: [slow jam]
Portrait Day by Day 1993 Capitol
-- recordlabel: Solar 3576
writtenby: Shelby, Potts
album: Adventures In The Land Of Music
comments: [album cut]
Dynasty Day and Night 1980 Solar
1 recordlabel: Arista 15132
chartposition: RandB #52, US #98
album: The Way We Do
Isyss ft. Jadakiss Day and Night 2002 Arista
2 recordlabel: Cadet 5553
chartposition: US #74, US AC #27
writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Wade in the Water
comments: [instrumental]
Ramsey Lewis Day Tripper 1966 Cadet
3 recordlabel: Stax 601005 (UK)
chartposition: UK #43
writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
Otis Redding Day Tripper 1967 Stax(UK)
4 recordlabel: St. Lawrence 1014
chartposition: RandB #7, US #100
writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
The Vontastics Day Tripper 1966 St. Lawrence

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