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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
401 recordlabel: Digital
chartposition: RandB #50
comments: [hip hop]
Tre (Trevante) Baby Girl 2005 Digital
402 recordlabel: Diplomats 5843
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Jim Jones and Max B
album: Harlem: Diary of a Summer
comments: [rap]
Jim Jones featuring Max B Baby Girl 2005 Diplomats
403 recordlabel: RCA 13413
chartposition: RandB #49, US #104, US dance #6
writtenby: Peter Brown
album: Back To The Front
comments: [disco funk]
Peter Brown Baby Gets High 1983 RCA
-- recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2556
writtenby: Elizabeth A. Barton
Arthur Alexander Baby For You 1966 Sound Stage Seven
1 recordlabel: Specialty 645
chartposition: RandB #12, UK #2, US #41
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Harry Akst, Benny Davis
album: Little Richard
Little Richard Baby Face 1958 Specialty
2 recordlabel: Wing and a Prayer 103
chartposition: RandB #32, US #14, UK #12, US AC #6, US dance #2
writtenby: Edward Buzzell, Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby
Wing & a Prayer Fife & Drum Corps Baby Face 1975 Wing and a Prayer
3 recordlabel: Manhattan 3
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Eric Mercury, Thelonious Monk Jr. (as Thelonious Monk III) and Peggy Taft
album: Merc and Monk
Merc & Monk Baby Face 1985 Manhattan
4 recordlabel: United Artists 658
chartposition: RandB #11, US #30
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Norman Meade
album: Cry Baby And 11 Other Hits
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters Baby Don't You Weep 1963 United Artists
-- recordlabel: Alaska 14
writtenby: John Schroeder, Anthony King
Joey Dee Baby Don't You Know (I Need You) 1973 Alaska
1 recordlabel: Tamla 54101
chartposition: RandB #14, US #27
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye Baby Don't You Do It 1964 Tamla
2 recordlabel: Elektra 47093
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Leon Ware, Marcos Valle, Peter Cetera and Laudir de Oliveira
album: Rockin' You Eternally
Leon Ware Baby Don't Stop Me 1981 Elektra
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 9565
writtenby: Yosef Johnson
Bridge Baby Don't Hold Your Love Back 1985 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Columbia 1 11373
writtenby: A. Brown
album: A New Day
Johnnie Taylor Baby Don't Hesitate 1980 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Def Jam Digital
chartposition: RandB #23, US #23
writtenby: Fabolous, Jermaine Dupri, T Pain and Vincent F. Bell
album: From Nothin' to Somethin'
Fabolous ft. Jermaine Dupri Baby Don't Go 2007 Def Jam Digital
2 recordlabel: Arista 9832
chartposition: RandB #9, US #1, UK #16, US dance #10
writtenby: Frank Farian & B. Nail
album: All or Nothing
Milli Vanilli Baby Don't Forget My Number 1988 Arista
3 recordlabel: Sedona 7611
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Cardell (as Cardell Harrington)
Cardell Baby Don't Fool Around 1989 Sedona
4 recordlabel: Buddah 569
chartposition: RandB #10, US #52, UK #4
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: Still Together
comments: [disco dance]
Gladys Knight & the Pips Baby Don't Change Your Mind 1977 Buddah
5 recordlabel: Arista 9200
chartposition: RandB #6, US dance #40, US #108
writtenby: Kashif
album: Send Me Your Love
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
mpcode: il2ZiPEHhWI
Kashif Baby Don't Break Your Baby's Heart 1984 Arista
6 recordlabel: Columbia 68969
chartposition: RandB #1, US #60
writtenby: Narada Michael Walden & Jeffrey Cohen
album: Stay with Me
Regina Belle Baby Come to Me 1989 Columbia
7 recordlabel: Planet 49983
chartposition: RandB #24, US #44, UK #76, US dance #8
writtenby: James Ingram, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
album: Break Out
The Pointer Sisters Baby Come and Get It 1985 Planet
8 recordlabel: Atlantic 2217
chartposition: US #125
writtenby: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)
Hoagy Lands Baby Come On Home 1964 Atlantic
9 recordlabel: SAR Records 1001
chartposition: RandB #80
album: It's Time
comments: [slow jam]
Glenn Jones Baby Come Home 1999 SAR Records
10 recordlabel: Kapp 601
chartposition: RandB #28, US #75
writtenby: Hilliard, Garson
album: Greatest Hits Album
comments: [beat ballad]
mpcode: 2G2yRDDVczo
Ruby & The Romantics Baby Come Home 1964 Kapp
11 recordlabel: Tamla 54239
chartposition: RandB #7, US #27
writtenby: Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin & Pamela Young
album: Smokey...
comments: [love ballad]
Smokey Robinson Baby Come Close 1973 Tamla
-- recordlabel: Family Records 6000
writtenby: J.C. Crowley, Peter Beckett
O.C. Smith Baby Come Back 1984 Family Records
1 recordlabel: Relativity 0519
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: Alonzo Jackson and Dru Down (as Darnel Robinson)
album: Can You Feel Me
Dru Down featuring Bootsy Collins Baby Bubba 1997 Relativity
2 recordlabel: Columbia 76867
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US dance #2
writtenby: Beyoncé, Scott Storch, Sean Paul, EST and Jay Z
album: Dangerously in Love / Dutty Rock
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul Baby Boy 2003 Columbia
3 recordlabel: MCA 1772
chartposition: RandB #17, US #113, UK #37
writtenby: Iverson, Teddy Riley, Joseph Stonestreet and Williams
album: BLACKstreet
BLACKstreet featuring Teddy Riley Baby Be Mine 1993 MCA
4 recordlabel: Atlantic 89165
chartposition: RandB #5
writtenby: Ashley Ingram and Jackie Rawe
album: Love Confessions
comments: [ballad]
Miki Howard Baby Be Mine 1987 Atlantic
5 recordlabel: Buddah 19
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Roy Lewis, Robert Poindexter and Richard Poindexter
Timothy Wilson Baby Baby Please 1967 Buddah
6 recordlabel: Columbia 310648
chartposition: RandB #13, UK #32
writtenby: Verdine White and Robert Wright
album: Song Bird
Deniece Williams Baby Baby My Love's All for You 1977 Columbia
7 recordlabel: Smash 1884
chartposition: RandB #15, US #52
writtenby: Jim Jam
album: Back To Soul
Anna King & Bobby Byrd Baby Baby Baby 1964 Smash
8 recordlabel: Columbia 3878 (UK)
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Glen Moore, Milton Subotsky
album: The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers Baby Baby 1957 Columbia(UK)
9 recordlabel: Paula 409
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Phil Perry
The Montclairs Baby (You Know I'm Gonna Miss You) (Part 1) 1975 Paula
10 recordlabel: MCA 41203
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Tom Saviano & Jean Marie Arnold
album: Heat
comments: Slow Jam
Heat Baby (This Love That We've Found) 1980 MCA
11 recordlabel: RCA 65761
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Kevin Briggs, Tricky Stewart, Tab and Turman
album: Daydreamin'
Before Dark Baby 1999 RCA
12 recordlabel: Stax
chartposition: RandB #22, US #103, US dance #3
writtenby: Angie Stone, Corey Tatum, K. Norton and Curtis Mayfield
album: The Art of Love and War
Angie Stone featuring Betty Wright Baby 2007 Stax
13 recordlabel: Atlantic 2195
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #174
writtenby: Keith Crouch, Kipper Jones and Rahsaan Patterson
album: Brandy
Brandy Baby 1995 Atlantic
14 recordlabel: Def Jam 011659
chartposition: RandB #22, US #52, UK #56
writtenby: LL Cool J, Tricky Stewart and The Dream
album: Exit 13
LL Cool J featuring The-Dream Baby 2008 Def Jam
15 recordlabel: Atlantic 88814
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Paul Kyser, Robert Youngblood and Terry Tate
album: Terry Tate
comments: [beat ballad]
Terry Tate Babies Having Babies 1989 Atlantic
16 recordlabel: Capitol 5468
chartposition: RandB #29, US #102, UK #56
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Solid
Ashford & Simpson Babies 1985 Capitol
17 recordlabel: United Artists 807
chartposition: RandB #23, US #59
writtenby: Greg Errico and Lee Oskar
album: [instrumental]
Lee Oskar BLT 1976 United Artists
18 recordlabel: Portrait 07368
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Michael Garvin and Tom Shapiro
album: This Is Love
Angela Clemmons B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Baby) 1987 Portrait
19 recordlabel: Atlantic 89998
chartposition: RandB #2, US #36
writtenby: Musiq Soulchild, Carvin Haggins, Cornelius Church, Earl Guinn and Kenton Nix
album: Luvanmusiq
Musiq Soulchild B.U.D.D.Y. 2007 Atlantic
20 recordlabel: Global Village 7777
chartposition: RandB #78
comments: [hip hop]
Donni Rai B.P. 2006 Global Village
21 recordlabel: LaFace 4466
chartposition: RandB #69, UK #61
writtenby: Big Boi and André 3000
album: Stankonia
comments: [hip hop]
OutKast B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad) 2000 LaFace
22 recordlabel: Maybach
chartposition: RandB #6, US #60
writtenby: Rick Ross, Lex Luger and Styles P
album: Teflon Don
Rick Ross featuring Styles P B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast) 2010 Maybach
23 recordlabel: Def Jam 152911
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Def Jam 572836
album: Broken Silence
Foxy Brown B.K. Anthem 2001 Def Jam
24 recordlabel: MCA 53897
chartposition: RandB #1, US #26, UK #86, US dance #16
writtenby: Roney Hooks, Eric Sadler, Keith Shocklee, Durant & Alton Stewart
album: Poison
Bell Biv DeVoe B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me) 1990 MCA
25 recordlabel: RCA Victor 13644
chartposition: US Dance #25
writtenby: Nona Hendryx, Maciel, Ronnie Drayton, Carmine Rojas and Trevor Gale
album: Nona
comments: [disco, funk, soul]
Nona Hendryx B-Boys 1983 RCA Victor
26 recordlabel: Rawkus 53498
chartposition: RandB #63
weeksinr&bchart: 8
The High & Mighty featuring Mos Def & Mad Skillz B-Boy Document 99 1999 Rawkus
27 recordlabel: Stax 195
chartposition: RandB #3, US #14
writtenby: Isaac Hayes & David Porter
album: Carla / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
Carla Thomas B-A-B-Y 1966 Stax
28 recordlabel: Telstar
chartposition: UK #5
writtenby: Alesha Dixon, Su-Elise Nash, Sabrina Washington and Mushtaq
album: Lickin\' on Both Sides
mpcode: XZlsIaFLNEU
Mis-Teeq B with Me 2002 Telstar
29 recordlabel: Manifesto 62 (UK)
chartposition: UK #31, US dance #10
writtenby: Ed Matthews, Junior Sanchez and Dajae
comments: [dance, house]
Junior Sanchez featuring Dajae B With U 1999 Manifesto(UK)
30 recordlabel: Arista 116
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Gil Scott Heron
album: Reflections
comments: [jazz funk]
Gil Scott-Heron B Movie 1981 Arista
31 recordlabel: Pandisc 10056
chartposition: RandB #58, US #54
writtenby: Charles Trahan and Leonerist Johnson
album: Something to Get You Hyped
Young & Restless B Girls 1990 Pandisc
32 recordlabel: Shady
chartposition: RandB #41, US #5, UK #2
writtenby: 50 Cent, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Danja
album: Curtis
50 Cent ft. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland Ayo Technology 2007 Shady
33 recordlabel: Universal Motown 217061
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Christopher
album: Liberation
Mya Ayo 2006 Universal Motown
34 recordlabel: MCA 52536
chartposition: RandB #13, UK #2, US #3, US AC #1, US dance #1
writtenby: Harold Faltermeyer
album: Beverly Hills Cop: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [instrumental]
Harold Faltermeyer Axel F 1985 MCA
35 recordlabel: Atlantic 85222
chartposition: RandB #18, US #51, UK #89
writtenby: Fish Scales, R. Prophet, James Chambers, Skinny DeVille and Big V
album: Watermelon, Chicken and Gritz
Nappy Roots Awnaw 2002 Atlantic
36 recordlabel: Big Gates
chartposition: RandB #73
album: Goon Affiliated
comments: [hip hop]
Plies Awesome 2010 Big Gates
37 recordlabel: Vee Jay 405
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45, US #105
writtenby: Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield
Jerry Butler Aware of Love 1961 Vee Jay
38 recordlabel: Vee Jay 425
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #22
writtenby: Jimmy Reed
album: Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall
comments: [blues]
Jimmy Reed Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth 1962 Vee Jay
39 recordlabel: Arista 13411
chartposition: RandB #28, US #35
weeksinr&bchart: 20
Refugee Camp All-Stars featuring Pras & Ky-Mani Marley Avenues 1997 Arista
-- recordlabel: AandM 865
album: Warm Your Heart
Aaron Neville Ave Maria 1991 A&M
-- recordlabel: Island 6462 (UK)
writtenby: David Joseph, Kenneth Joseph
album: Hi Tension
Hi-Tension Autumn Love 1978 Island(UK)
1 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 821(UK)
chartposition: UK #10, RandB #21, US #37, US AC #17
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Floy Joy / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Supremes Automatically Sunshine 1972 Tamla Motown (UK)
2 recordlabel: Vibration 576
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Gary Unwin and Patty Unwin
Sylvia Automatic Lover 1978 Vibration
3 recordlabel: Total Experience 2636
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: Anthony Walker, Charlie Wilson and Billy Young
album: Gap Band VII
The Gap Band Automatic Brain 1986 Total Experience
4 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 51
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Bruce Nazarian and Ronn Matlock
album: Love Me Right
Millie Scott Automatic 1987 th and Bway
5 recordlabel: Planet 105 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #2, US #5, US dance #2, US AC #36
writtenby: Mark Goldenberg & Brock Walsh
album: Break Out
The Pointer Sisters Automatic 1984 Planet(UK)
6 recordlabel: Hoo Bangin' 53480
chartposition: RandB #62
weeksinr&bchart: 7
comments: [hip hop]
MC Eiht Automatic 1999 Hoo Bangin'
7 recordlabel: Columbia 04200
chartposition: RandB #26, UK #33, US Dance #36
writtenby: Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell and Michael Beinhorn
album: Future Shock
comments: [disco funk instrumental]
Herbie Hancock Auto Drive 1983 Columbia
8 recordlabel: Atco 6622
chartposition: RandB #41, US #85
writtenby: Arthur Conley , Earl Simms, Jackie Avery & Ronald Grier
album: Best Of Arthur Conley
Arthur Conley Aunt Dora's Love Soul Shack 1968 Atco
9 recordlabel: Arista 15215
chartposition: RandB #57, US #7, US AC #3, US country #49
writtenby: Traditional
album: Faith: A Holiday Album
Kenny G Auld Lang Syne (The Millennium Mix) 1999 Arista
10 recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 880 744
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #15, US dance #26
writtenby: Larry Blackmon and Kevin Kendricks
album: Single Life
comments: [ballad]
Cameo Attack Me with Your Love 1985 Atlanta Artists
11 recordlabel: Capitol 58 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #1, US #101, UK #94, US Dance #38
writtenby: George Clinton , Garry Shider and David Spradley
album: Computer Games
George Clinton Atomic Dog 1983 Capitol(UK)
-- recordlabel: PandP 111
writtenby: Patrick Adams
album: Atmosphere Strutt
Cloud One Atmosphere Strutt 1976 PandP
-- recordlabel: RCA Victor 1061 (UK)
writtenby: A. Gorrie, S. Ferrone
album: Feel No Fret
Average White Band Atlantic Avenue 1979 RCA Victor(UK)
1 recordlabel: Barry! 1011
chartposition: RandB #26, US #104
writtenby: Hector Rivera
Hector Rivera At the Party 1966 Barry!
2 recordlabel: MCA 52027
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Bill Summers, Kevin Toney and William Kennedy
album: Jam the Box
Bill Summers & Summers Heat At the Concert 1982 MCA
3 recordlabel: Atlantic 10148 (UK)
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
album: Saturday Night At The Club
comments: (re release) [pop soul]
The Drifters At the Club -- Saturday Night At The Movies 1972 Atlantic(UK)
4 recordlabel: Atlantic 2268
chartposition: RandB #10, US #43, UK #35
writtenby: Gerry Goffin & Carole King
album: I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing
comments: [pop soul]
The Drifters At the Club 1965 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Kedar
album: Purpose
comments: [neo soul]
mpcode: HpQrQPib7Es
Algebra At This Time 2006 Kedar
-- recordlabel: Mod Art 601
writtenby: Eunice Collins
Eunice Collins At The Hotel 1974 Mod Art
-- recordlabel: Parkway 949
writtenby: Feldman, Goldstein, Gottehrer
comments: [northern soul]
Chubby Checker At The Discotheque 1965 Parkway
1 recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10314
chartposition: RandB #7, US #44
writtenby: Percy Mayfield
Ray Charles At The Club 1962 ABC Paramount
2 recordlabel: Abner 1037
chartposition: US #56
writtenby: John Moore (as John C. Moore) and Ewart Abner (as Ewart G. Abner)
Dee Clark At My Front Door 1960 Abner
3 recordlabel: ABC 12239
chartposition: RandB #1, US #30, US dance #37
writtenby: Tony Maiden & Lalomie Washburn
album: Ask Rufus
comments: [disco funk]
Rufus (and Chaka Khan) At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up) 1977 ABC
4 recordlabel: Private I 04736
chartposition: RandB #34, US Dance #39
writtenby: Michael Bolton and Doug James
album: Heavenly Bodies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [ballad]
Cheryl Lynn At Last You're Mine 1985 Private I
-- recordlabel: Hot Wax 714
writtenby: H. Warren, M. Gordon
album: Two Sides of Laura Lee / The Best of Laura Lee
comments: [ballad album cut]
mpcode: cmk2RhgzVTo
Laura Lee At Last (My Love Has Come Along) 1972 Hot Wax
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54170
writtenby: Gaye, Gaye, Stover
album: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye At Last (I Found a Love) 1968 Tamla
1 recordlabel: ZAY 30002
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
Jesse James At Last 1972 ZAY
2 recordlabel: Argo 5380
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
album: At Last!
comments: [ballad]
Etta James At Last 1961 Argo
3 recordlabel: Grand Royal 194 (UK)
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield, Gary McKenzie, James DiSalvio
album: Discosis
comments: [dance, house]
Bran Van 3000 featuring Curtis Mayfield Astounded 2001 Grand Royal(UK)
4 recordlabel: Maybach
chartposition: RandB #30, US #30
writtenby: Rick Ross, Drake, Chrisette Michele, Kevin Crowe and Erik Ortiz
album: Teflon Don
comments: [hip hop]
Rick Ross ft. Drake & Chrisette Michele Aston Martin Music 2010 Maybach
5 recordlabel: Shady
chartposition: RandB #93, US #60, UK #4
writtenby: Eminem, Dr. Dre, Mike Elizondo, Mark Batson and Chris Pope
album: Encore
comments: [hip hop]
Eminem Ass Like That 2005 Shady
-- recordlabel: Alarm 107
writtenby: Jerry Strickland, Reuben Bell
Reuben Bell Asking For The Truth 1975 Alarm
1 recordlabel: RCA 10889
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: Millie Jackson, Billy Nichols
Garland Green Ask Me for What You Want 1977 RCA
2 recordlabel: ABC 11268
chartposition: RandB #18, US #40
writtenby: B.B. King
album: Indianola Mississippi Seeds
B.B. King Ask Me No Questions 1971 ABC

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