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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: Bad Boy
chartposition: RandB #115
album: Emotional
mpcode: bgm2RSRf264
Carl Thomas Cold, Cold World 2001 Bad Boy
-- recordlabel: Urban Sound 778
comments: [christmas]
Lonnie Hill Cold Winter In The Ghetto 1984 Urban Sound
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 89581
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Sam Bostic
album: Circuitry starring Sam Bostic
Sam Bostic & Circuitry Cold Tears 1985 Atlantic
2 recordlabel: Columbia 44502
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis (as Alfred Ellis)
comments: [instrumental]
Mongo Santamaria Cold Sweat 1968 Columbia
3 recordlabel: RCA 5290
chartposition: RandB #69
writtenby: Khayree
comments: [from the movie Penitentiary III]
New Choice Cold Stupid 1987 RCA
4 recordlabel: Def Jam 06960
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: F. Gordon, O.J. Jones, R. Simmons, V.F. Bell
album: GTO: Gangsters Takin' Over
Oran Juice Jones Cold Spending My Money 1987 Def Jam
5 recordlabel: Record Shack 60 (UK)
chartposition: UK #81
writtenby: Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench
album: Standing at the Crossroads
Evelyn Thomas Cold Shoulder 1986 Record Shack(UK)
6 recordlabel: Elektra 63974
chartposition: RandB #5, US #11, UK #15
writtenby: MC Lyte (as Lana Moore) and Rashad Smith
album: Bad as I Wanna B
comments: [hip hop]
MC Lyte Cold Rock a Party 1996 Elektra
7 recordlabel: Atco 6796
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Willie Martin and Dave Crawford
Dee Dee Warwick Cold Night in Georgia 1971 Atco
8 recordlabel: Stax 241
chartposition: RandB #20, US #67
writtenby: Albert King and Al Jackson Jr.
Albert King Cold Feet 1968 Stax
9 recordlabel: Atlantic 2694
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Eddie Harris
album: Swiss Movement
comments: [instrumental]
Les McCann & Eddie Harris Cold Duck 1970 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 2869
writtenby: Clayton Ivey, Mickey Buckins
Bettye Swann Cold Day (In Hell) 1972 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Maxwell (as Musze) and Hod David
album: BLACKsummers'night
Maxwell Cold 2009 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Tamla 337S1
writtenby: W. Robinson
album: A Quiet Storm
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: ItO4EUa0wTQ
Smokey Robinson Coincidentally 1975 Tamla S
1 recordlabel: Bad Boy 207868
chartposition: RandB #39, US #78
album: Hustlenomics
comments: [hip hop]
Yung Joc ft. Gorilla Zoe Coffee Shop 2007 Bad Boy
2 recordlabel: Chrysalis 58147
chartposition: RandB #83, US #123
writtenby: DJ Premier (as Christopher Martin) and Guru (as Keith Elam)
album: Hard to Earn
Gang Starr Code of the Streets 1994 Chrysalis
3 recordlabel: AVI 147
chartposition: RandB #22, US #44, UK #31, US dance #6
writtenby: W. Michael Lewis, Laurin Rinder & Merria Ross
album: Cocomotion
comments: [disco]
El Coco Cocomotion 1977 AVI
-- recordlabel: Stax 0058
writtenby: B. Crutcher, D. Parker
album: Years Gone By
comments: [blues]
Albert King Cockroach 1969 Stax
1 recordlabel: All Net 2286
chartposition: RandB #82
weeksinr&bchart: 2
album: Now... Feel Me!
D'Meka Coast to Coast 1997 All Net
2 recordlabel: Atco 6645
chartposition: RandB #48, US #135
writtenby: Mack Rice
Mack Rice Coal Man 1969 Atco
3 recordlabel: will.i.am
chartposition: RandB #89, US #5, UK #62
writtenby: will.i.am, Fergie and Bobby Troup
album: The Dutchess
Fergie Clumsy 2007 will.i.am
-- recordlabel: Hit and Run 1523 (UK)
writtenby: R. Scott, J. Coleman, H. Gates
comments: [deep soul ballad] (unreleased until 2020)
mpcode: z2PyHW-rw6M
Don Bryant Cloudy Days 1967 Hit and Run(UK)
1 recordlabel: Atlantis 716
chartposition: RandB #92
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Alan Gorrie and Hamish Stuart
album: Cloudy
Tamiko Jones Cloudy 1977 Atlantis
2 recordlabel: Atlantic 3388
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley
Average White Band Cloudy 1977 Atlantic
3 recordlabel: RCA 40025
chartposition: UK #6
writtenby: Richard Hewson
album: Mystery
comments: [pop soul]
The RAH Band Clouds Across the Moon 1985 RCA
4 recordlabel: Warner 17617
chartposition: RandB #10, US #103, US Dance #31
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Naughty
Chaka Khan Clouds 1980 Warner
5 recordlabel: Columbia 44740
chartposition: RandB #33, US #32, US AC #30
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
Mongo Santamaria Cloud Nine 1969 Columbia
6 recordlabel: Elektra 18432
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Gerald Levert, Randall Bowland and Niles McKinney
album: The G Spot
comments: [slow jam]
Gerald Levert Closure 2003 Elektra
7 recordlabel: Arista 15086
chartposition: RandB #56, US #98
writtenby: Cee Lo Green
album: Cee Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections
Cee Lo Closet Freak 2002 Arista
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 17876
writtenby: Al Jarreau, Jay Graydon, Tom Canning
album: Breakin' Away
Al Jarreau Closer To Your Love 1981 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: Columbia 08537
chartposition: RandB #1, US #57
writtenby: Bernard Jackson & David Townsend
album: 2nd Wave
Surface Closer Than Friends 1989 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Ichiban 446
chartposition: RandB #91
weeksinr&bchart: 2
Ms. Lydia featuring Surface Closer Than Friends 1997 Ichiban
3 recordlabel: Columbia 467857
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
album: Can You Stop the Rain
comments: [slow jam]
Peabo Bryson Closer Than Close 1991 Columbia
4 recordlabel: Bigbang 1
chartposition: UK #4, US dance #6
writtenby: Rosie Gaines , Francis Jules and Dana Bailey
album: Closer Than Close
comments: [house]
Rosie Gaines Closer Than Close 1997 Bigbang
5 recordlabel: Penalty 7214
chartposition: RandB #63, US #111
weeksinr&bchart: 18
album: The War Report
comments: [hip hop] samples 'Promise Me' by Luther Vandross and 'A Little Bit Of Love ' by New Edition
Capone-N-Noreaga Closer 1997 Penalty
6 recordlabel: Capitol
chartposition: RandB #31
Corinne Bailey Rae Closer 2010 Capitol
7 recordlabel: Skyblaze 008
chartposition: RandB #83
album: Even Closer
comments: [neo soul]
Goapele Closer 2003 Skyblaze
8 recordlabel: Def Jam Digital
chartposition: RandB #21, US #7, UK #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Ne Yo, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Magnus Beite and Bernt Rune Stray
album: Year of the Gentleman
Ne-Yo Closer 2008 Def Jam Digital
9 recordlabel: Columbia 310457
chartposition: RandB #33
writtenby: Leo Graham and Melvin Koen
album: Love and Touch
Tyrone Davis Close to You 1977 Columbia
10 recordlabel: Columbia 310459
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Naked and Warm
Bill Withers Close to Me 1977 Columbia
11 recordlabel: Date 1549
chartposition: RandB #4, US #8
writtenby: Chuck Willis
comments: [love ballad]
Peaches & Herb Close Your Eyes 1967 Date
-- recordlabel: Cadet 804
writtenby: Willis
album: There Is...
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: cnGb_H-cOgw
The Dells Close Your Eyes 1968 Cadet
-- recordlabel: AandM 835
album: Warm Your Heart
Aaron Neville Close Your Eyes 1991 A&M
1 recordlabel: Maverick 1210
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: John Clay and John Powe
album: Something's Goin' On
comments: [slow jam]
U.N.V. Close Tonight 1994 Maverick
2 recordlabel: Vee Jay 373
chartposition: RandB #12, US #68
writtenby: Jimmy Reed
Jimmy Reed Close Together 1961 Vee Jay
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 36 (UK)
album: Winners
Kleeer Close To You 1980 Atlantic(UK)
1 recordlabel: Record Shack 48 (UK)
chartposition: UK #63
writtenby: Ian Levine, Fiachra Trench
album: Close to Perfection
comments: [disco, dance]
Miquel Brown Close To Perfection 1985 Record Shack(UK)
-- recordlabel: Arlen 711
writtenby: D. Penn
The Tams Close To Me 1962 Arlen
1 recordlabel: Private and Confidential
chartposition: UK #117
writtenby: Heather Small, Paul Meeham, Tim Woodcock
album: Close To A Miracle
Heather Small Close To A Miracle 2006 Private and Confiden
2 recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 878 198
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Larry Blackmon, Robert Smith and Billy Allen
album: Real Men ... Wear Black
comments: [funk]
Cameo Close Quarters 1990 Atlanta Artists
3 recordlabel: Arista 0302
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: John Williams [composer]
comments: [instrumental]
Gene Page Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1978 Arista
4 recordlabel: Island 99754
chartposition: UK #8, US dance #4, RandB #23, US #102
writtenby: Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, J. J. Jeczalik, Paul Morley & Trevor Horn
album: Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?
The Art of Noise Close (To the Edit) 1984 Island
5 recordlabel: Diplomats 006717
chartposition: RandB #68
album: What The Game's Been Missing!
comments: [hip hop]
Juelz Santana Clockwork 2006 Diplomats
6 recordlabel: Blackground 97995
chartposition: RandB #24, US #37
writtenby: Magoo (as Melvin Barcliff) and Timbaland (as Tim Mosley)
album: Welcome to Our World
Timbaland & Magoo Clock Strikes 1998 Blackground
7 recordlabel: Spark 1149
chartposition: UK #51
writtenby: James Hopkins Harrison and Detlef Petersen
Linda Carr & the Funky Boys Climbing the Steps of Love 1977 Spark
8 recordlabel: Superstat Int. 51
chartposition: RandB #71
Mes'ay Climb the Walls 1987 Superstat Int.
9 recordlabel: Kapp 911
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #40, US #90
writtenby: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
The Hesitations Climb Every Mountain 1968 Kapp
10 recordlabel: Truck Back 4567
chartposition: RandB #69
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Erup Click Mi Fingers 2008 Truck Back
11 recordlabel: Maverick 9385
chartposition: UK #3, RandB #51, US #26
writtenby: Cleopatra Madonna Higgins, Zainam Higgins, Yonah Higgins, Tim Scrafton and Kenny Hayes
album: Comin' Atcha!
Cleopatra Cleopatra's Theme 1998 Maverick
-- recordlabel: Harvey 117
writtenby: Walker, Woods
Jr. Walker & the All Stars Cleo's Mood 1962 Harvey
1 recordlabel: Fantasy 939
chartposition: RandB #52
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Juan Atkins and Richard Davis
album: Clear
Cybotron Clear 1983 Fantasy
-- recordlabel: Malaco 2120
writtenby: C.R. Cason, Jimmy Lewis
album: Determination
comments: [southern soul]
Formula 5 featuring Esther Jones Cleaning House 1985 Malaco
1 recordlabel: Aftermath
chartposition: RandB #11, US #4, UK #4
writtenby: Eminem and Jeff Bass
album: The Eminem Show
Eminem Cleanin' Out My Closet 2002 Aftermath
-- recordlabel: Mirage 99843
writtenby: John Ingram
album: Magic
Blue Magic Clean Up Your Act 1983 Mirage
1 recordlabel: Alston 4601
chartposition: RandB #2, US #6
writtenby: Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke
album: I Love the Way You Love
comments: (southern soul)
Betty Wright Clean Up Woman 1971 Alston
2 recordlabel: Rap a Lot 53806
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Willie D
album: I'm Goin' Out Lika Soldier
comments: [hip hop]
Willie D Clean Up Man 1992 Rap a Lot
3 recordlabel: ABC 11251
chartposition: US #111
writtenby: Jimmy Holiday
Ray Charles Claudie Mae 1969 ABC
4 recordlabel: Believe In A Dream 1287
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Dexter Redding, Otis Redding III and Mark Lockett
album: Class
comments: [funk]
The Reddings Class (Is What You Got) 1981 Believe In A Dream
5 recordlabel: Bad Boy 161276
chartposition: RandB #98
writtenby: Gorilla Joe, MJG, Yung Joc, 8Ball
album: Ridin High
Eightball & MJG featuring Yung Joc Clap On 2007 Bad Boy
6 recordlabel: Stax 0215
chartposition: RandB #4, US #79, UK #54
writtenby: Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes and Sandra Chalmers
album: City in the Sky / The Best of The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers City in the Sky 1974 Stax
7 recordlabel: Easy Street 4508
chartposition: RandB #65, US Dance #43
writtenby: Duane Jones, George Kerr and Reggie Griffin
comments: [hip hop, funk]
Hassan & 7-11 City Life 1984 Easy Street
-- recordlabel: MCA 52274
writtenby: Tom Schuman
album: City Kids
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
Spyro Gyra City Kids 1983 MCA
1 recordlabel: Capitol 5421
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Ronnie Laws
comments: [jazz funk]
Ronnie Laws City Girl 1985 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Gigantic 7052
chartposition: RandB #80
comments: [hip hop]
Tom.G City Boy Wit It 2005 Gigantic
3 recordlabel: Playboy 6093
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: Charles Franklin, Randy Hardy and Finis Henderson Jr.
album: Weapons of Peace
Weapons of Peace City 1977 Playboy
4 recordlabel: Arista 0471
chartposition: RandB #38, US Dance #55
writtenby: Chuck Cissel
album: Just for You
Chuck Cissel Cisselin' Hot 1979 Arista
5 recordlabel: Solar 70008
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Babyface and L.A. Reid
album: Circumstantial Evidence
Shalamar Circumstantial Evidence 1987 Solar
6 recordlabel: Almost Records 010
chartposition: UK #180
writtenby: Alex Brown, Ron Kersey and Funky DL (as Naphta Newman)
album: Classic Was the Day
comments: [hip hop]
Funky DL featuring M & Em Circles (Going Round) 1997 Almost Records
7 recordlabel: AandM 2392
chartposition: RandB #2, US #38, US dance #9
writtenby: David Lewis & Wayne Lewis
album: Brilliance
Atlantic Starr Circles 1982 A&M
8 recordlabel: Fontana 2
chartposition: UK #95
writtenby: Oleta Adams
album: Circle of One
Oleta Adams Circle of One 1990 Fontana
9 recordlabel: Atlantic 89060
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: James Hawkins, Simon Stirling, Stephen John Warwick and Geoffrey Williams
album: Heroes, Spies And Gypsies
Geoffrey Williams Cinderella 1988 Atlantic
10 recordlabel: Columbia 2122 (lax)
chartposition: RandB #90
writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein, Ron Hammon, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, Luther Rabb
album: Outlaw
comments: [disco funk]
War Cinco De Mayo 1981 Columbia(lax)
11 recordlabel: Warner 4364
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Barry Coffing and Ruth McCartney
album: Rich and Poor
comments: [beat ballad]
Randy Crawford Cigarette in the Rain 1990 Warner
12 recordlabel: LaFace
chartposition: US #104
writtenby: Brandon Bowles, Tricky Stewart (as Christopher Stewart, Ciara, Jasper Cameron and Rodney Richard
album: Fantasy Ride
mpcode: SVYT43Io-O4
Ciara Ciara to the Stage 2009 LaFace
13 recordlabel: Melba 102
chartposition: RandB #11, US #62
writtenby: The Willows and Morty Craft
Willows Church Bells May Ring 1956 Melba
14 recordlabel: Tomato 10002
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Barry Murphy and Eric Morgeson
album: King Albert
Albert King Chump Change 1978 Tomato
15 recordlabel: Warner 8825
chartposition: RandB #79, UK #18, US #4, US AC #20
writtenby: Rickie Lee Jones
album: Rickie Lee Jones
Rickie Lee Jones Chuck E.'s in Love 1979 Warner
16 recordlabel: Federal 12439
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Sonny Thompson and R. C. Wilson
comments: [christmas]
Freddy King Christmas Tears 1961 Federal
17 recordlabel: MCA
chartposition: RandB #111
album: Various - My Christmas Album
comments: [christmas album cut]
mpcode: TzQx-MC4SPM
Avant Christmas Came to The Ghetto 2000 MCA
18 recordlabel: Jive Digital
chartposition: RandB #3, US #27
writtenby: T Pain, Ludacris and David Balfour
album: Thr33 Ringz
T-Pain featuring Ludacris Chopped and Skrewed 2008 Jive Digital
19 recordlabel: Laface 82876 78797 2
chartposition: RandB #80
album: Ev`rybody Know Me
comments: [hip hop]
YoungBloodZ Chop Chop 2006 Laface
20 recordlabel: ABC 12289
chartposition: RandB #62, US #108, UK #52, US Dance #10
writtenby: Lenny Williams
album: Choosing You
comments: Choosing You / Shoo Doo Fu Fu Ooh! in US dance charts
Lenny Williams Choosing You 1978 ABC
21 recordlabel: Cadet 5704
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Tony Hester
album: The Dells vs. the Dramatics
The Dramatics Choosing Up on You 1974 Cadet
22 recordlabel: Tamla 54127
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore
album: Going To A Go-Go
comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to Going to a Go Go
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Choosey Beggar 1965 Tamla
23 recordlabel: MCA 52637
chartposition: RandB #47, UK #59, US Dance #25
writtenby: Carl McIntosh, Steve Nichol and Eugene
album: A Little Spice
Loose Ends Choose Me (Rescue Me) 1984 MCA
24 recordlabel: Giant 18270
chartposition: US #23, UK #65
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis, Bryan Abrams, Kevin Thornton, Mark Calderon and Sam Watt
album: Time and Chance
Color Me Badd Choose 1994 Giant
-- recordlabel: Federal 12290
writtenby: Brown, Scott, Byrd, Smith
James Brown Chonnie-On-Chon 1957 Federal
1 recordlabel: Warner 8735
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: George Clinton, Junie Morrison and Bootsy Collins (as William Earl Collins)
Funkadelic Cholly (Funk Getting Ready to Roll!) 1979 Warner
2 recordlabel: RCA 42958
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Dr. Robert
album: Choices The Singles Collection
The Blow Monkeys ft. Sylvia Tella Choice 1989 RCA
3 recordlabel: After Five 1210
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Donald Burnside and Donnell Pitman
Donnell Pitman Chocolate Lover 1986 After Five

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