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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
301 recordlabel: Tamla 54095
chartposition: RandB #6, US #15
writtenby: Berry Gordy Jr.
album: How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye Try It Baby 1964 Tamla
302 recordlabel: Kwanza 7703
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Bobby Byrd
Bobby Byrd Try It Again 1973 Kwanza
303 recordlabel: Columbia 03563
chartposition: RandB #2, US #23, US AC #6
writtenby: Dana Walden, Rocky Maffitt & Michael Day
album: Modern Heart
comments: [love ballad]
Champaign Try Again 1983 Columbia
304 recordlabel: Blackground 38722
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #5
writtenby: Static Major (as Steve Garrett) and Timbaland (as Timothy Mosley)
album: Romeo Must Die: The Album
Aaliyah Try Again 2000 Blackground
305 recordlabel: Columbia 4 42520
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #35, US #100
writtenby: Harry M. Woods, James Campbell, And Reginald Connelly
album: The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin Try A Little Tenderness 1962 Columbia
306 recordlabel: Elektra 69539
chartposition: UK #60
writtenby: Shirley Murdock , Gregory Jackson and Roger (as Roger Troutman)
Shirley Murdock Truth or Dare 1986 Elektra
307 recordlabel: Capitol 4394
chartposition: RandB #100
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Fonce Mizell, Larry Mizell and Mizell
Rance Allen Truth Is Marching On 1977 Capitol
308 recordlabel: RCA Victor 11227
chartposition: US Dance #16
writtenby: Warren Schatz, Carlotta McKee and Gordon Grody
album: Half and Half
Vicki Sue Robinson Trust in Me 1978 RCA Victor
309 recordlabel: Argo 5385
chartposition: RandB #4, US #30
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Ned Wever, Milton Ager & Jean Schwartz
album: At Last!
comments: [ballad]
Etta James Trust in Me 1961 Argo
310 recordlabel: Columbia 10672
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: B. Womack, D. Davis, L. Ware
album: Pieces
Bobby Womack Trust Your Heart 1978 Columbia
311 recordlabel: HandL 4692
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: Milt Matthews
album: Milt Matthews
Milt Matthews Trust Me 1978 HandL
312 recordlabel: Chrysalis 58081
chartposition: RandB #50, UK #34, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Guru, N'Dea Davenport
album: Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1
Guru featuring N'Dea Davenport Trust Me 1993 Chrysalis
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 3281
writtenby: Edmund Simmons, John Simmons
album: Low Rent Rendezvous
Ace Spectrum Trust Me 1975 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: ARC 10963
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: D.J. Rogers
album: Trust Me
D.J. Rogers Trust Me 1979 ARC
-- recordlabel: United Artists 763
writtenby: Bobby Womack
album: Safety Zone
Bobby Womack Trust In Me 1975 United Artists
1 recordlabel: Imani
chartposition: RandB #5, US #70
writtenby: Keyshia Cole and Frederick Taylor
album: A Different Me
comments: [album cut] [slow jam]
Keyshia Cole with Monica Trust 2009 Imani
2 recordlabel: CBS Assoc. 4142
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Ron Banks and Raymond Johnson
album: Truly Bad
comments: [disco funk]
Ron Banks Truly Bad 1983 CBS Assoc.
3 recordlabel: Blue (Island) 4
chartposition: UK #55
writtenby: Peshay, Kym Mazelle and Lasse Jensen
Kym Mazelle with Peshay Truly 2000 Blue (Island)
4 recordlabel: Island 572 446-2
chartposition: UK #31
writtenby: Kevin Deane and Les Whitaker
album: Hinda
mpcode: PDD9_wZBjB8
Hinda Hicks Truly 1998 Island
5 recordlabel: Specialty 633
chartposition: RandB #15, US #68
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Dorothy LaBostrie (as Dorothy La Bostrie), Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: Here's Little Richard
Little Richard True, Fine Mama 1958 Specialty
6 recordlabel: Walt Disney/Hollywood/Motown 0332800
chartposition: UK #51
writtenby: David Zippel and Matthew Wilder
album: 98 Degrees and Rising
98 Degrees featuring Stevie Wonder True to Your Heart 1998 Walt Disney/Hollywoo
7 recordlabel: Warner 17328
chartposition: RandB #43, US #122, UK #83
writtenby: Eric Benét and George Nash Jr.
album: True to Myself
Eric Benét True to Myself 1997 Warner
-- recordlabel: Dakar 4526
writtenby: L.V. Johnson, Tyrone Davis
album: Without You in My Life
Tyrone Davis True Love Is Hard To Find 1973 Dakar
-- recordlabel: Coral 961756
writtenby: Hollowell Brothers, J. Thomas, G. Wade
The Enchanters True Love Gone (Come On Home) 1956 Coral
1 recordlabel: United Artists 36400
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: E. Kaz
Betty Everett True Love (You Took My Heart) 1978 United Artists
2 recordlabel: Universal 440 060 084
chartposition: RandB #116
album: Game Time
Lil Romeo True Love 2003 Universal
-- recordlabel: AandM 302
writtenby: Al Green, Willie Mitchell
album: He Is The Light
Al Green True Love 1985 A&M
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 84869
chartposition: RandB #52, US #107
writtenby: Devan, Marc Gordon, Gerald Levert, Lisa Stansfield, Queen Pen and Yolanda Whitaker
album: The Whole Scenario
LeVert, Yo Yo & Queen Pen True Dat 1997 Atlantic
2 recordlabel: Warner 28446
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers
album: Private Passion
Jeff Lorber & Karyn White True Confessions 1987 Warner
-- recordlabel: RCA 43140 (UK)
writtenby: Sam Dees
album: Secret Admirer
comments: [ballad]
Sam Dees True Believer in Love 1989 RCA(UK)
1 recordlabel: Chrysalis 42720
chartposition: RandB #76, UK #1, US #4, US AC #1, US rock #34
writtenby: Gary Kemp
album: True
Spandau Ballet True 1983 Chrysalis
2 recordlabel: Capitol 094634078825
chartposition: RandB #27, US #105
writtenby: Johnta Austin, Bryan Michael Cox, Jermaine Dupri and Faith Evans
album: The First Lady
comments: [slow jam]
Faith Evans Tru Love 2006 Capitol
3 recordlabel: WEA 9871 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #66, UK #36, US #63, US AC #10
writtenby: Jay Graydon, Trevor Veitch & Greg Mathieson
album: Jarreau
Al Jarreau Trouble in Paradise 1983 WEA(UK)
-- recordlabel: Sansui 480
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
album: Soul Perfection
comments: [southern soul]
mpcode: oO-RXCP8qag
Betty Harris Trouble With My Lover 1968 Sansui
1 recordlabel: Capitol
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Corinne Bailey Rae, John Beck and Steve Chrisanthou
album: Corinne Bailey Rae
comments: [neo soul]
mpcode: 18eAUVnjrgc
Corinne Bailey Rae Trouble Sleeping 2006 Capitol
-- recordlabel: Tamla 322
writtenby: Written and Produced by Marvin Gaye
album: Trouble Man Soundtrack
comments: (Full Album)
mpcode: dRi4N_4EqWM
Marvin Gaye Trouble Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 1972 Tamla
1 recordlabel: Tamla 54228
chartposition: RandB #4, US #7
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
album: Trouble Man Original Motion Picture Score
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye Trouble Man 1972 Tamla
2 recordlabel: ABC 11128
chartposition: US #118
writtenby: Ray Whitley
album: A Portrait of the Tams
The Tams Trouble Maker 1968 ABC
3 recordlabel: Oasis 407
chartposition: US Dance #1
writtenby: Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte
album: Trouble Maker
Roberta Kelly Trouble Maker 1976 Oasis
4 recordlabel: Columbia 42625
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #86
writtenby: Richard M. Jones
Aretha Franklin Trouble In Mind 1962 Columbia
5 recordlabel: Capitol 5824
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #36, US #92
writtenby: John Anderson
album: Lou Rawls Carryin' On!
Lou Rawls Trouble Down Here Below 1967 Capitol
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 2991
writtenby: Al Gardner, David Camon
album: The Show Must Go On
comments: [deep soul ballad]
mpcode: -KVeVdjxXD8
Sam Dees Trouble Child 1975 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Island 99406
chartposition: UK #95
writtenby: Bootsy Collins, Mico Wave and Robert Reed
album: Trouble Over Here Trouble Over There
Trouble Funk Trouble 1987 Island
2 recordlabel: Stax 0139
chartposition: US #102
writtenby: Frederick Knight and Arron Varnell
Frederick Knight Trouble 1972 Stax
3 recordlabel: Bungalo 2001
chartposition: RandB #55
album: Under tha Influence
DJ Quik Trouble 2002 Bungalo
4 recordlabel: RCA 2226
chartposition: RandB #4, US #6
writtenby: Harry Jensen, Gerald Thomas, Douglas Gibson, Robert Manigault, Jimmy Castor & Langdon Fridie Jr.
album: It's Just Began
comments: [novelty]
The Jimmy Castor Bunch Troglodyte (Cave Man) 1972 RCA
5 recordlabel: Bad Magic 24
chartposition: UK #54
writtenby: Tony Rotton and Estelle (as Estelle Swaray)
Blak Twang featuring Estelle Trixstar 2002 Bad Magic
6 recordlabel: Columbia 74380
chartposition: RandB #25, US dance #32
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Damon Johnson, Prince Markie Dee and Cory Rooney
album: Free
comments: [hip hop]
Prince Markie Dee & the Soul Convention Trippin' Out 1992 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Stax 8511
album: This Time Around
The Staple Singers Featuring Mavis Staples Trippin' On Your Love 1981 Stax
1 recordlabel: Blackground
chartposition: RandB #67, US #120
writtenby: Bryan Michael Cox, Kendrick Dean, Johnta Austin and Toni Braxton
album: Libra
comments: [slow jam]
Toni Braxton Trippin' (That's the Way Love Works) 2005 Blackground
2 recordlabel: Bad Boy 9180
chartposition: RandB #3, US #7
writtenby: Missy Elliott, D. Pearson, Timbaland (as Tim Mosley), K. Spivey and J. Raynor
album: Kima, Keisha, and Pam
Total featuring Missy Elliott Trippin' 1998 Bad Boy
3 recordlabel: Eternal 1926
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: Mark Morrison
album: Return of the Mack
comments: [slow jam]
Mark Morrison Trippin' 1996 Eternal
4 recordlabel: Personal 19808
chartposition: US Dance #24
Claudja Barry Trippin on the Moon 1984 Personal
5 recordlabel: Gasoline Alley 3279
weeksinr&bchart: RandB #104
album: Good Life
comments: [slow jam]
mpcode: KWbh9iQJBiM
E.V.E. (Ebony Vibe Everlasting) Trip Around Your Body 1995 Gasoline Alley
6 recordlabel: Rap A Lot
chartposition: RandB #77
writtenby: Bun B, T Pain, Kevin Crowe, Erik Ortiz and Marcel Primous
album: Trill OG
Bun-B featuring T-Pain Trillionaire 2010 Rap A Lot
7 recordlabel: RCA
chartposition: RandB #69
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Bink, Trina Powell, Tamara Powell, Brian Alexander Morgan, Angela Slates and Eve
album: Hot Coko
Coko featuring Eve Triflin' 1999 RCA
8 recordlabel: Warner 8286
chartposition: RandB #52, US dance #34
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: So So Satisfied
Ashford & Simpson Tried, Tested and Found True 1976 Warner
9 recordlabel: Flash 115
chartposition: RandB #2, US #79
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Gus Jenkins
comments: [instrumental]
Gus Jenkins Tricky 1956 Flash
-- recordlabel: Casino 102
writtenby: Henderson, Videos
mpcode: ceb002F3kPs
The Videos Trickle Trickle 1958 Casino
1 recordlabel: Imperial 5811
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48
writtenby: E. King
Earl King Trick Bag 1962 Imperial
2 recordlabel: Columbia 68575
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #5, US #52, US dance #27
writtenby: The Pasadenas & Pete Wingfield
album: To Whom It May Concern
The Pasadenas Tribute (Right On) 1988 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Malaco 7461
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Michael Day, Rocky Maffitt and Thom Bishop
album: Champaign IV
Champaign Trials of the Heart 1991 Malaco
4 recordlabel: Compass 7015
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Ohio Players
Ohio Players Trespassin' 1968 Compass
5 recordlabel: RCA 64581
chartposition: RandB #61, US #35
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Ives, Kemo, O.G. Style and Sol Lake (sample)
album: Delinquent Habits
comments: [hip hop]
Delinquent Habits Tres Delinquentes 1996 RCA
6 recordlabel: MCA 4398
chartposition: RandB #61
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Les Pierce and Rahsaan Patterson
album: Love in Stereo
comments: [slow jam]
Rahsaan Patterson Treat You Like a Queen 1999 MCA
7 recordlabel: Elektra 66238
chartposition: RandB #6, US #117
writtenby: Angela Winbush
album: Angela Winbush
Angela Winbush Treat U Rite 1994 Elektra
8 recordlabel: Atlantic/Slip N Slide 2546
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: The Bab's Boyz
album: My Soul, My Life
comments: [slow jam]
J-Shin Treat U Better 2000 Atlantic/Slip N Slid
9 recordlabel: Capitol 5140
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Raymond Johnson and Ron Banks
album: New Dimension
comments: [beat ballad]
The Dramatics Treat Me Right 1982 Capitol
10 recordlabel: ABC 12180
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Michael Henderson
album: Drama V
The Dramatics Treat Me Like a Man 1976 ABC
11 recordlabel: Back Beat 546
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, UK #30
writtenby: Roy Head
album: Roy Head and The Traits
Roy Head Treat Her Right 1965 Back Beat
12 recordlabel: United Artists 50721
chartposition: RandB #20, US #3
writtenby: Eddie Cornelius
album: Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
comments: [northern soul]
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose Treat Her Like a Lady 1971 United Artists
13 recordlabel: Atlantic 1092
chartposition: RandB #1, US #16, UK #27
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Joe Shapiro, Lou Stallman
album: Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters
Clyde McPhatter Treasure of Love 1956 Atlantic
14 recordlabel: AandM 7561
chartposition: RandB #36, US #73
writtenby: Rod Temperton
album: Light Up the Night
The Brothers Johnson Treasure 1980 A&M
15 recordlabel: Tamla 54147
chartposition: RandB #31, US #32
writtenby: Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller) and Bryan Wells
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Travlin' Man 1967 Tamla
16 recordlabel: Relativity 1734
chartposition: RandB #76, US #113
weeksinr&bchart: 4
album: HII
DJ Honda featuring Mos Def Travellin' Man 1998 Relativity
-- recordlabel: Tamla 367
writtenby: Rose Ella Jones
album: Warm Thoughts
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: rd3sA7obB_Y
Smokey Robinson Travelin' Through 1980 Tamla
1 recordlabel: Capitol 16017
chartposition: RandB #39
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Golden Time of Day
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Travelin' Man 1978 Capitol
-- recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2577
writtenby: J. Simon
album: No Sad Songs
mpcode: UCvpFVrbKMQ
Joe Simon Travelin' Man 1966 Sound Stage Seven
1 recordlabel: Capitol 44147
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Jesse Johnson and Bryan Tate
album: Da'Krash
Da'Krash Trapped in Phases 1988 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Columbia 04241
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Philip Bailey,Tony Haynes and Robert Brookins
album: Continuation
comments: [mid-tempo ballad]
Philip Bailey Trapped 1983 Columbia
3 recordlabel: MCA 52638
chartposition: RandB #20, UK #3, US dance #1
writtenby: Colonel Abrams & Marston Freeman
album: Colonel Abrams
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
Colonel Abrams Trapped 1985 MCA
4 recordlabel: Def Jam
chartposition: RandB #50
comments: [hip hop]
Young Jeezy Trap Star 2006 Def Jam
5 recordlabel: Def Jam 16294 1
album: Let's Get It
Young Jeezy featuring Bun B Trap Or Die 2006 Def Jam
6 recordlabel: RCA 13559
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: Kevan Staples, Nona Hendryx and Carole Pope
album: Nona
comments: [electro funk]
Nona Hendryx Transformation 1983 RCA
7 recordlabel: Arista 15046
chartposition: RandB #80
weeksinr&bchart: 15
album: Even in Darkness
Dungeon Family Trans DF Express 2001 Arista
-- recordlabel: Concord Jazz 175
album: Taurus
Tania Maria Tranquility 1982 Concord Jazz
1 recordlabel: Stax 216
chartposition: RandB #2, US #26, UK #18
writtenby: Lowell Fulson & Jimmy McCracklin
album: King & Queen / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
Otis Redding & Carla Thomas Tramp 1967 Stax
2 recordlabel: Next Plateau 50063
chartposition: UK #2, RandB #21, US dance #18
writtenby: Lowell Fulson (as Lowell Fulsom) & Jimmy McCracklin
album: Hot, Cool & Vicious
comments: [hip hop]
Salt-N-Pepa Tramp 1988 Next Plateau
3 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: UK #20
writtenby: Rob Fusari, Tiaa Wells, Balewa Muhammad and Sylvester Jordan
album: Simply Deep
mpcode: C3Sj8Z1pb3k
Kelly Rowland Train On A Track 2003 Columbia
4 recordlabel: Wand 11294
chartposition: RandB #35, US #86
writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Ron Tyson (as Ronnie Tyson)
South Shore Commission Train Called Freedom 1976 Wand
5 recordlabel: LaFace Digital
chartposition: RandB #4, US #45
writtenby: Usher, Carlos McKinney and The Dream
album: Here I Stand
Usher Trading Places 2008 LaFace Digital
6 recordlabel: Atlantic 2603
chartposition: RandB #21, US #71
writtenby: Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore (as Warren Moore) & Marv Tarplin (as Marvin Tarplin)
album: Soul '69
Aretha Franklin Tracks of My Tears 1969 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 2893
writtenby: Linda Creed, Thom Bell
album: Track Of The Cat
mpcode: BN57RZAsWtI
Dionne Warwick Track Of The Cat 1975 Warner Bros.
-- recordlabel: Capitol 270
writtenby: B. Buie, E. Gordy, J. Cobb
album: Don\'t You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me?
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: VwxeQlkiLT0
Bettye Swann Traces 1969 Capitol
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 1116
chartposition: US #94
writtenby: Johnny Parker
album: LaVern Baker
LaVern Baker & The Gliders Tra La La 1956 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Crackerjack 4015
writtenby: H. Gates, F. Brown, J. Hunter
The Dramatics Toy Soldier 1968 Crackerjack
1 recordlabel: Warner 28138
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: Brown Marc
album: Let's Get Busy
Teen Dream Toy 1988 Warner
2 recordlabel: Quality 7052
chartposition: RandB #84
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Karl Bartos and Maxime Schmitt
comments: [instrumental]
10-Speed Tour De France 1984 Quality
3 recordlabel: Pyramid 6010 (UK)
chartposition: UK #54
writtenby: Derek Morgan and Leslie Kong
comments: [reggae]
Derek Morgan & The Aces Tougher Than Tough (Rudie in Court) 1967 Pyramid(UK)
4 recordlabel: Elektra 5356
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips
album: Hot to the Touch
comments: [slow jam]
Starpoint Tough Act to Follow 1989 Elektra

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