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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: Atlantic 2227
chartposition: RandB #26, US #119
writtenby: Eddie Singleton
Barbara Lewis Spend A Little Time 1964 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Stardust 102
writtenby: The Enchanters
The Enchanters Spellbound by the Moon 1956 Stardust
1 recordlabel: Verve Forecast 1059
chartposition: RandB #105
album: 100 Degrees and Rising
mpcode: 55ssaYKaqBQ
Incognito Spellbound and Speechless 1995 Verve Forecast
-- recordlabel: Janus 201
writtenby: Barbara Mason
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
mpcode: 0d8AuXqHSxw
The Image Spellbound 1972 Janus
1 recordlabel: Atco 6910
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Ted Mills
album: Blue Magic
Blue Magic Spell 1973 Atco
2 recordlabel: Mika 835 713
chartposition: RandB #74, US AC 11
album: Spell
Deon Estus Spell 1989 Mika
3 recordlabel: Def Jam 0010430
chartposition: RandB #53, US #121
writtenby: Rick Ross, Andrew Harr, Jermaine Jackson, Kevin Cossom and R. Kelly
album: Trilla
comments: [hip hop]
Rick Ross featuring R. Kelly Speedin' 2008 Def Jam
-- recordlabel: Wand 11202
writtenby: G. Moorer, Space, A. Moorer, B. Sheppard
Betty Moorer Speed Up 1967 Wand
1 recordlabel: Swizz Beatz
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, and Eve
album: Various - Monster Monday Volume One
mpcode: 7tSdACqiZIA
Alicia Keys featuring Eve Speechless 2010 Swizz Beatz
2 recordlabel: MCA 52927
chartposition: US dance #15
writtenby: Colonel Abrams and Marston Freeman
album: Colonel Abrams
Colonel Abrams Speculation 1986 MCA
3 recordlabel: Malaco 1052
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Sam Dees
album: Once More With Feeling
comments: [Soul Ballad]
Dorothy Moore Special Occasion 1978 Malaco
4 recordlabel: Tamla 54172
chartposition: RandB #4, US #26
writtenby: Smokey Robinson & Al Cleveland
album: Special Occasion
comments: [Motown Sound]
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Special Occasion 1968 Tamla
5 recordlabel: Capitol 4013
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Henderson, Joseph and Green
album: A Place in the Sun
Barbara Acklin Special Loving 1975 Capitol
6 recordlabel: MCA 53281
chartposition: RandB #53
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Attala Zane Giles, Debbie Allen and Ray Grady
album: Debbie Allen
Debbie Allen Special Look 1989 MCA
7 recordlabel: MCA 53958
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Vassal Benford and Ron Spearman
album: The Best of The Jets
The Jets Special Kinda Love 1990 MCA
8 recordlabel: Wildcard 1 (UK)
chartposition: UK #38
writtenby: Dinky Bingham, Joel Kipnis and Fay Simpson
Nu Colours Special Kind of Lover 1996 Wildcard(UK)
9 recordlabel: AandM 0088
chartposition: UK #16, US Dance #4, US #103
writtenby: David Cole and Robert Clivillés
album: So Close
comments: [dance]
Dina Carroll Special Kind of Love 1992 A&M
10 recordlabel: Urban Digital
chartposition: RandB #58
album: Gumbo Station
Lil Romeo Featuring Marques Houston Special Girl 2007 Urban Digital
11 recordlabel: MCA 1178 (UK)
chartposition: UK #69
writtenby: Leon Sylvers III and Jeanette Sylvers
album: Just Gets Better with Time
The Whispers Special FX 1987 MCA(UK)
12 recordlabel: Capitol 260 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: M. Calhoun, W. Stegall
album: Travelin'
comments: [disco, boogie]
L.J. Reynolds Special Effects 1982 Capitol(UK)
-- recordlabel: AandM 17190
album: Special Delivery
Alvin Fields Special Delivery 1981 A&M
1 recordlabel: Arista 9156
chartposition: RandB #65, US Dance #34
writtenby: Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden and Preston Glass
album: Teaser
Angela Bofill Special Delivery 1984 Arista
2 recordlabel: Bad Boy 79409
chartposition: RandB #59
weeksinr&bchart: 20
comments: [hip hop]
G. Dep Special Delivery 2001 Bad Boy
3 recordlabel: Ariola America 7603
chartposition: RandB #94
writtenby: Gerry Shury and Phillip Swern
Polly Brown Special Delivery 1975 Ariola America
4 recordlabel: Columbia 03216
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Jimmy Cliff
album: Special
comments: [reggae]
Jimmy Cliff Special 1982 Columbia
5 recordlabel: AandM 395 347
chartposition: RandB #2
writtenby: Attala Zane Giles and Vesta Williams
album: Special
comments: [love ballad]
Vesta Williams Special 1992 A&M
6 recordlabel: Island 659(UK)
chartposition: UK #98
writtenby: Buddy Scott and Jimmy Radcliffe
album: Various Turn On Tune In (The Very Best Soul & Jazz From TV Commercials)
comments: [re release originally released in 1966]
Gloria Lynne Speaking of Happiness 1997 Island (UK)
7 recordlabel: KMA 014
chartposition: RandB #94
writtenby: E. Booker, Lenore Bangs and Thomas Berry
album: Purple Passion
Kopper Speaking Japanese 1987 KMA
8 recordlabel: Diplomatic
chartposition: RandB #82
album: Gunz n' Butta
comments: [album cut]
Cam'ron & Vado Speaking In Tungs 2010 Diplomatic
9 recordlabel: San Francisco 64
chartposition: US #107
Tower of Power Sparkling in the Sand 1973 San Francisco
10 recordlabel: Chocolate City 3202
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Larry Blackmon and Anthony Lockett
album: Secret Omen
Cameo Sparkle 1979 Chocolate City
11 recordlabel: Silas 55256
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Anthony Lockett and Larry Blackmon
album: Sparkle
Twice Sparkle 1997 Silas
12 recordlabel: Capitol 79426
chartposition: RandB #26
album: Take It to the Floor
Special Generation Spark of Love 1991 Capitol
13 recordlabel: Edel America 3875
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Buddha Monk, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Phat Vibe
Buddha Monk Spark Somebody Up 1998 Edel America
14 recordlabel: Parachute 504
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Jerline Shelton and Maurice Commander
Morris Jefferson Spank Your Blank Blank 1978 Parachute
15 recordlabel: Atlantic 2817
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #14, US AC #6
writtenby: Jerry Leiber & Phil Spector
Aretha Franklin Spanish Harlem 1971 Atlantic
16 recordlabel: Atco 6387
chartposition: US #89, US AC #13
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Phil Spector
King Curtis Spanish Harlem 1965 Atco
17 recordlabel: Atco 6185
chartposition: RandB #15, US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Jerry Leiber & Phil Spector
album: Spanish Harlem
comments: [released 1960, charted 1961]
Ben E. King Spanish Harlem 1961 Atco
18 recordlabel: LaFace 24499
chartposition: RandB #75, US dance #1, UK #45, US #98, US AC #20
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: The Heat
comments: [slow jam]
Toni Braxton Spanish Guitar 2000 LaFace
19 recordlabel: Wildstar 49 (UK)
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: Craig David
album: Slicker Than Your Average
Craig David Spanish 2003 Wildstar(UK)
-- recordlabel: Arista 1-9106
writtenby: Maurice Starr
album: Spacey Lady
comments: [electro funk]
mpcode: q86gqkE10G8
Maurice Starr Spacey Lady 1983 Arista
1 recordlabel: Carrere 7209
chartposition: RandB #28, UK #18, US dance #44
writtenby: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: King of the World
Sheila & B. Devotion Spacer 1979 Carrere
-- recordlabel: PandP 1818
writtenby: Delmar Donnell, Patrick Adams
album: Atmosphere Strutt
Cloud One Spaced Out 1977 PandP
1 recordlabel: Castle Com. 003
chartposition: UK #77
writtenby: Gil Scott Heron
album: The Mind Of Gil Scott Heron: A Collection Of Poetry And Music
Gil Scott-Heron Space Shuttle 1990 Castle Com.
2 recordlabel: Capitol 4873
chartposition: RandB #56
writtenby: Byron Byrd and Kym Yancey
album: Sun Over the Universe
Sun Space Ranger (Majic's in the Air) 1980 Capitol
3 recordlabel: AandM 1463
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, US AC #34
writtenby: Billy Preston
album: Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Billy Preston Space Race 1973 A&M
4 recordlabel: Columbia 310903
chartposition: RandB #86
writtenby: Marcus Miller
Lonnie Liston Smith Space Princess 1979 Columbia
5 recordlabel: Magnet 0630 14113 2
chartposition: UK #22
writtenby: Martin King
album: Deadline For My Memories
Billie Ray Martin Space Oasis 1996 Magnet
6 recordlabel: Atlantic 85454
chartposition: RandB #49, US #37, UK #57
writtenby: Jay McGowan, C.C. Orange (as Nathaniel Orange) and Vann Bryant
album: Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
Quad City DJs Space Jam 1996 Atlantic
7 recordlabel: Fantasy 872
chartposition: UK #16
writtenby: Doris James, Ken Barry and Larry James
album: Slick
Slick Space Bass 1979 Fantasy
8 recordlabel: Suave House 1545
chartposition: RandB #58, US #110
weeksinr&bchart: 15
album: On Top of the World
comments: [hip hop]
Eightball & MJG featuring Nina Creque Space Age 1996 Suave House
9 recordlabel: Atlantic 3375
chartposition: RandB #28, US #101
writtenby: Ellwood Henderson (as Ellwood Henderson Jr.)
album: E Man Groovin'
The Jimmy Castor Bunch Space Age 1977 Atlantic
10 recordlabel: Warner 18012
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Prince
album: Come
Prince Space 1994 Warner
11 recordlabel: AandM 2863
chartposition: RandB #18, UK #44, US Dance #11
writtenby: Elizabeth Lamers, Frank Musker and Hamish Stuart
album: Emotional
Jeffrey Osborne Soweto 1986 A&M
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 3839
writtenby: Janet Alhanti, Barrie Palmer
album: Street Tough
Ben E. King Souvenirs Of Love 1981 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Marlin 3330
chartposition: RandB #73, UK #56, US #41
writtenby: Marc Chantereau, Pierre Alain Dahan & Slim Pezin
album: Fly Away
comments: [disco]
Voyage Souvenirs 1978 Marlin
2 recordlabel: Jam Down 482000
chartposition: RandB #55, US #101
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Lil' Keke, Jalil Hutchins, Lawrence Smith
album: Don't Mess wit Texas
comments: samples
Lil Keke Southside 1998 Jam Down
3 recordlabel: LaFace 26010
chartposition: RandB #41, US #74
writtenby: André 3000, Big Boi and Organized Noize
album: Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
comments: [hip hop]
OutKast Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik 1994 LaFace
4 recordlabel: Black Ark 6013
chartposition: RandB #68
Ray Southern Lovin' 2005 Black Ark
5 recordlabel: Playboy 6050
chartposition: US #108
writtenby: Mike Hazlewood (as Michael Hazlewood)
Timi Yuro Southern Lady 1975 Playboy
6 recordlabel: Def Jam South 572749
chartposition: RandB #6, US #23, UK #25
writtenby: Ludacris and Pharrell Williams
album: Back for the First Time
Ludacris Southern Hospitality 2001 Def Jam South
7 recordlabel: Capitol 4891
chartposition: RandB #9
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: Joy and Pain
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Southern Girl 1980 Capitol
8 recordlabel: Beggars Banquet 151.041
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: Andy Stennett, John Rocca and Peter Maas
album: Southern Freeez
comments: [disco funk] feat. Ingrid Mansfield Allman
Freeez Southern Freeez 1981 Beggars Banquet .
9 recordlabel: Alexander St. 010
chartposition: RandB #95
writtenby: Len Barry and Bruce Greenberg
Mason Dixon Dance Band Southern Comfort 1979 Alexander St.
10 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 199
chartposition: RandB #59, UK #50
writtenby: Andres Levin and Camus Celli
album: Contribution
Mica Paris South of the River 1990 th and Bway
11 recordlabel: Cameo 243
chartposition: RandB #4, US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Kal Mann & Dave Appell
album: South Street
The Orlons South Street 1963 Cameo
12 recordlabel: Deram 85048
chartposition: US #111
writtenby: Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington
The Flirtations South Carolina 1969 Deram
13 recordlabel: Dakar 4539
chartposition: RandB #78, UK #22
writtenby: Hamilton Bohannon
album: Keep On Dancing
Hamilton Bohannon South African Man 1974 Dakar
14 recordlabel: RCA 10923
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Stony Browder, Jr., August Darnell
album: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Meets King Penett
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Sour and Sweet -- Lemon in the Honey 1977 RCA
15 recordlabel: Mirage 4032
chartposition: RandB #14, US #80
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
album: Soup for One: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [disco funk]
Chic Soup for One 1982 Mirage
16 recordlabel: Jamie 1174
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #48
writtenby: W. Duckworth, D. Lentz
Titus Turner Sound-Off 1961 Jamie
17 recordlabel: Black Scorpio 59
chartposition: RandB #92, US #118
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Mega Banton
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Mega Banton Sound Boy Killing 1994 Black Scorpio
18 recordlabel: Columbia 43009
chartposition: US #121
writtenby: Henry Glover and Dinah Washington
album: Unforgettable: A Tribute To Dinah Washington
Aretha Franklin Soulville 1964 Columbia
19 recordlabel: Rampage 1000
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Curtis
The Ramrods Soultrain (Part 1 and 2) 1972 Rampage
20 recordlabel: Collipark 010217
chartposition: RandB #13, US #32
writtenby: Soulja Boy Tell 'Em and Mr. Collipark
album: souljaboytellem.com
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em featuring i15 Soulja Girl 2007 Collipark
-- recordlabel: Stax 0040
writtenby: Al Bell, Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson
album: Boy Meets Girl
Johnnie Taylor, Eddie Floyd, William Bell, Pervis Staples, Carla Thomas, Mavis Staples, Cleotha Staples Soul-A-Lujah 1969 Stax
1 recordlabel: Vibration 525
chartposition: RandB #39, US #99
writtenby: Serge Gainsbourg and Sylvia Robinson
Sylvia & Ralfi Pagan Soul je t'aime 1973 Vibration
2 recordlabel: Relativity 88561 1183
chartposition: RandB #108
album: Can I Borrow A Dollar?
comments: [hip hop]
Common Soul by the Pound 1993 Relativity
3 recordlabel: Soul Train 10400
chartposition: RandB #9, US #75
writtenby: Dick Griffey and Don Cornelius
album: Don Cornelius Presents The Soul Train Gang
Soul Train Gang Soul Train 75 1975 Soul Train
-- recordlabel: Columbia 45927
writtenby: Little Harlem, Winfred Lovett
album: There's No Me Without You
comments: [funk]
mpcode: zThWFDUOd7A
The Manhattans Soul Train 1973 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Atco 6913
Bettye LaVette Soul Tambourine 1973 Atco
-- recordlabel: Soul Trax 5001
writtenby: J. Ward, S. Bailey
album: Soul Survivor
comments: [southern soul]
James Carr Soul Survivor 1993 Soul Trax
-- recordlabel: AandM 2962
writtenby: Eban Kelly, Jimi Rudolph
album: Soul Survivor
Al Green Soul Survivor 1987 A&M
1 recordlabel: Def Jam 005290
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #16
writtenby: Young Jeezy and Akon
album: Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101
Young Jeezy featuring Akon Soul Survivor 2005 Def Jam
2 recordlabel: Kapp 790
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Scott, Joe Hunter, Jack Ashford and Lewis
album: Soul Superman
The Hesitations Soul Superman 1967 Kapp
3 recordlabel: Stax 0216
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Eddie Floyd and Carl Smith
album: Soul Street
Eddie Floyd Soul Street 1974 Stax
4 recordlabel: Atlantic 2590
chartposition: RandB #18, UK #15, US #41
writtenby: Isaac Hayes & David Porter
comments: [southern soul]
Sam & Dave Soul Sister, Brown Sugar 1968 Atlantic
5 recordlabel: Atco 6756
chartposition: US #43
writtenby: Margaret Lewis and Myrna Smith
album: To Bonnie From Delaney
Delaney & Bonnie & Friends Soul Shake 1970 Atco
6 recordlabel: MCA 41295
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Joe Sample and Will Jennings
album: Rhapsody And Blues
comments: [jazz funk]
The Crusaders featuring Bill Withers Soul Shadows 1980 MCA
7 recordlabel: RCA Victor 0953
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: King Curtis (as Curtis Ousley) and Luther Dixon
album: Dimension III
comments: [instrumental]
The Jimmy Castor Bunch Soul Serenade 1973 RCA Victor
8 recordlabel: Capitol 5109
chartposition: RandB #20, US #51
writtenby: King Curtis (as Curtis Ousley) and Luther Dixon
comments: [instrumental]
King Curtis Soul Serenade 1964 Capitol
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 8139
writtenby: Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon
album: I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: L7ekVPfCbWE
Aretha Franklin Soul Serenade 1967 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: ABC 11142
writtenby: E. Jackson, J. Pate
comments: [northern soul]
Earl Jackson Soul Self Satisfaction 1968 ABC
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 3345
chartposition: RandB #67, UK #42
writtenby: Leroy Green and Norman Harris
album: Where the Happy People Go
The Trammps Soul Searchin' Time 1976 Atlantic
2 recordlabel: Columbia 68909
chartposition: RandB #71, US #17, US AC #3
writtenby: Michael Bolton & Andrew Goldmark
album: Soul Provider
Michael Bolton Soul Provider 1989 Columbia
3 recordlabel: Rainy Wednesday 203
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: Dickie Goodman and M. Apatow
comments: [novelty]
John & Ernest Soul President Number One 1973 Rainy Wednesday
4 recordlabel: Atlantic 2530
chartposition: RandB #34, US #91
writtenby: Don Covay
The Soul Clan Soul Meeting 1968 Atlantic
5 recordlabel: AandM 364
chartposition: UK #30
writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
Sam Moore & Lou Reed Soul Man 1987 A&M
6 recordlabel: Stax 231
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #24
writtenby: Isaac Hayes & David Porter
album: Soul Men / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
Sam & Dave Soul Man 1967 Stax
7 recordlabel: Cadet 5583
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45, US #49
writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
album: Up Pops Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis Soul Man 1967 Cadet

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