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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
701 recordlabel: Capitol 5044
chartposition: RandB #16, US Dance #54
writtenby: Allen Jones
album: Ebonee Webb
comments: [funk]
Ebonee Webb Something About You 1981 Capitol
702 recordlabel: MCA 83913
chartposition: UK #16
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Samuel Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: Home Again
New Edition Something About You 1997 MCA
703 recordlabel: Arista 0636
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: John Lewis Parker, Allee Willis, Robert Wright
album: Something About You
comments: [disco funk]
Angela Bofill Something About You 1981 Arista
-- recordlabel: MCA 52198
writtenby: Oliver Cheatham, Kevin McCord
album: Saturday Night
comments: [disco, boogie]
Oliver Cheatham Something About You 1983 MCA
1 recordlabel: AandM 12221
chartposition: RandB #46, US Dance #21
writtenby: Bryan Loren
album: Vesta
Vesta Williams Something About You 1987 A&M
2 recordlabel: Casablanca 2274
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Allee Willis, John Lewis Parker (as John L. Parker) and Robert Wright
Bobbi Walker Something About You 1980 Casablanca
3 recordlabel: Solar 48009
chartposition: RandB #25, US #110
writtenby: Lakeside
album: Your Wish Is My Command
comments: [funk]
Lakeside Something About That Woman 1982 Solar
4 recordlabel: Stax 0073
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #52, US #76, US AC #38
writtenby: George Harrison
album: McLemore Avenue
comments: [instrumental]
Booker T. & the MGs Something 1970 Stax
5 recordlabel: Scarface 7036
chartposition: RandB #41, US #42
weeksinr&bchart: 17
album: Ear to the Street
The Conscious Daughters Somethin' to Ride to (Fonky Expedition) 1994 Scarface
-- recordlabel: Arista 710
writtenby: George Tindley, Nat Lee
album: Somethin' That You Do To Me
comments: [disco dance]
T. Life Somethin' That You Do to Me (keeps Turning Me On) 1981 Arista
1 recordlabel: RAL 314 579 580
chartposition: RandB #18, US #21, UK #15
writtenby: Oji Pierce and Montell Jordan
album: This Is How We Do It
Montell Jordan Somethin' 4 Da Honeyz 1995 RAL
2 recordlabel: Glades 1739
chartposition: RandB #7, US #37
writtenby: Latimore (as Benjamin Latimore)
album: It Ain't Where You Been / Sweet Vibrations - The Best Of
Latimore Somethin' 'Bout 'Cha 1977 Glades
3 recordlabel: RCA 8711
chartposition: RandB #36
writtenby: Doris Pearson and Delroy Pearson
album: Rock the World
Five Star Someone's in Love 1988 RCA
4 recordlabel: Columbia 07619
chartposition: RandB #7, US #78
writtenby: Full Force and Lisa Lisa
album: Spanish Fly
comments: [ballad]
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam Someone to Love Me for Me 1987 Columbia
5 recordlabel: MCA 79033
chartposition: RandB #27
writtenby: Charles McCampbell, Ellis Jay, Keith Andes and Larry Hatcher
album: Love U 2 the Limit
Mac Band Someone to Love 1990 MCA
6 recordlabel: Yab Yum 77895
chartposition: RandB #7, UK #112, US AC #32
writtenby: Babyface
album: Bonafide
comments: [love ballad]
Jon B featuring Babyface Someone to Love 1996 Yab Yum
7 recordlabel: H.O.L.A. 41082
chartposition: US dance #2, RandB #101
writtenby: Harvey L. Frierson Jr., Richard Frierson and Veronica Vazquez
album: Rise
mpcode: S6kFHKhMld8
Veronica ft. Big Punisher & Cuban Link Someone to Hold 1998 H.O.L.A.
-- recordlabel: Fame 4201
writtenby: Carter, Inglese, Mann, Stough
album: I'm Just A Prisoner
comments: [southern soul album cut]
mpcode: ciP8N9cnFqw
Candi Staton Someone You Use 1970 Fame
1 recordlabel: Elektra
chartposition: RandB #57
album: Day by Day
comments: [slow jam]
Yolanda Adams Someone Watching Over You 2005 Elektra
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 8096
writtenby: Solomon Burke
album: Rock and Soul
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: UpACEDc_V4Q
Solomon Burke Someone To Love Me 1964 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Capitol 4869
chartposition: RandB #21, US #21, US AC #3
writtenby: Gerry Goffin & Michael Masser
album: Don't Look Back
comments: [ballad]
Natalie Cole Someone That I Used to Love 1980 Capitol
-- recordlabel: Deram 195 (UK)
writtenby: Clark, Bailey
album: Nothing But A Heartache
The Flirtations Someone Out There 1968 Deram(UK)
1 recordlabel: Shadybrook 1047
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Ken Gold and Michael Denne
album: The Promise of Love
Delegation Someone Oughta Write a Song (About You Baby) 1979 Shadybrook
2 recordlabel: MCA 84089
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and James Wright
album: Flame
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts] [MCA album cut]
Patti LaBelle Someone Like You 1998 MCA
3 recordlabel: Warner 28572
chartposition: RandB #19, US dance #1
writtenby: Len Barry and McKinley Horton
album: Mutual Attraction
Sylvester Someone Like You 1987 Warner
4 recordlabel: Warner 6133
chartposition: US AC #34. R&B #117
writtenby: James Ingram and Keith Thomas
album: Always You
comments: [ballad]
James Ingram Someone Like You 1993 Warner
5 recordlabel: MCA 79048
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Darlene Perry and David Swanson
album: Tradewinds
Perri Someone Like You 1990 MCA
6 recordlabel: Atlantic 4044
chartposition: RandB #24, US #89
writtenby: Solomon Burke, Eddie Floyd and Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)
Solomon Burke Someone Is Watching 1965 Atlantic
7 recordlabel: All Platinum 2343
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: All Platinum 2343
Dave Baby Cortez Someone Has Taken Your Place 1973 All Platinum
-- recordlabel: Arista 104503
writtenby: Raymond Jones, Freddie Washington
album: Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston Someone For Me 1985 Arista
1 recordlabel: Privaye 5630
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: R. Dixon, B. Wright, V. Thomas
Legacy Someone Else's Girl 1985 Privaye
2 recordlabel: Arista 211 724
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager & Bruce Roberts
album: What You See Is What You Sweat
comments: [ballad]
Aretha Franklin Someone Else's Eyes 1991 Arista
3 recordlabel: RCA 64893
chartposition: RandB #5, US #19, UK #34
writtenby: Diddy (as Sean Combs), J. Walker, J. Graham, Harve Pierre, R. Price, C. Wallace, C. Martin and T. Shaw
album: Release Some Tension
comments: [hip hop]
SWV Someone 1997 RCA
-- recordlabel: Salsoul 2043
writtenby: Bruce Gray, T.G. Conway
album: A Night To Remember
Eddie Holman Somehow You Make Me Feel 1977 Salsoul
1 recordlabel: H.O.L.A. 341015
chartposition: RandB #95
album: Voices of Theory
comments: [ballad]
Voices of Theory Somehow 1997 H.O.L.A.
2 recordlabel: Tamla 54065
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Freddie Gorman
album: Playboy
comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to Beechwood 4 5789
The Marvelettes Someday, Someway 1962 Tamla
3 recordlabel: MCA
chartposition: RandB #87
album: My Christmas Album
comments: [christmas]
Mary J. Blige Someday at Christmas 2000 MCA
4 recordlabel: Atco 7092
chartposition: RandB #16, US #44
writtenby: Donny Hathaway
album: Extension Of A Man / The Best of Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway Someday We'll All Be Free 1973 Atco
5 recordlabel: Arista 74321 123561 (UK)
chartposition: UK #10
writtenby: Andy Morris, Ian Devaney and Lisa Stansfield
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
Lisa Stansfield Someday (I'll Come Back) 1992 Arista (UK)
6 recordlabel: Walt Disney 10882
chartposition: RandB #83, US #30, US AC #14
writtenby: Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
album: The Hunchback of Notre Dame: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
comments: [ballad]
All-4-One Someday 1996 Walt Disney
7 recordlabel: Columbia 73561
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, US AC #5, US dance #1, UK #38
writtenby: Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies
album: Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey Someday 1991 Columbia
8 recordlabel: Total Experience 5 (UK)
chartposition: UK #17
writtenby: Ronnie Wilson and Billy Young
album: Gap Band V
comments: (featuring Stevie Wonder)
The Gap Band Someday 1984 Total Experience(U
9 recordlabel: Stax 235
chartposition: RandB #33, US #95
writtenby: Betty Crutcher and Allen Jones
Johnnie Taylor Somebody's Sleeping in My Bed 1967 Stax
-- recordlabel: Columbia 38959
writtenby: D. Erving, E. Johnson, J. Thomas, L. Stokes, M. Stokes
album: Utopia
comments: [album cut]
Enchantment Somebody's Loving You 1983 Columbia
1 recordlabel: Juana 3414
chartposition: RandB #8, US #108
writtenby: David Camon
album: In Control
comments: [deep soul]
The Controllers Somebody's Gotta Win, Somebody's Gotta Lose 1977 Juana
2 recordlabel: Atlantic 2357
chartposition: US #101
writtenby: Don Covay
Don Covay Somebody's Got to Love You 1966 Atlantic
3 recordlabel: Roc A Fella
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Jay Z, R. Kelly, Sam Barnes and Jean Claude Olivier
album: The Best Of Both Worlds
R. Kelly & Jay-Z Somebody's Girl 2002 Roc A Fella
4 recordlabel: Columbia 10334
chartposition: RandB #5, US #33
writtenby: Clarence Coulter, Don Davis & Chico Jones
album: Eargasm
Johnnie Taylor Somebody's Gettin' it 1976 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Alarm 112
writtenby: Chico Jones, Clarence Colter, Don Davis
album: Ted Taylor 1976
Ted Taylor Somebody's Gettin' It 1976 Alarm
1 recordlabel: Hot Wax 7004
chartposition: RandB #6, US #8
writtenby: General Johnson (as Norman Johnson), Greg Perry & Angelo Bond
album: Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed
100 Proof (Aged in Soul) Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed 1970 Hot Wax
2 recordlabel: Capitol 15839
chartposition: RandB #20
writtenby: Gary Brown and D. Blake
album: Rhythm or Romance
Gary Brown Somebody's Been Sleepin' in My Bed 1992 Capitol
3 recordlabel: RCA 65991
chartposition: RandB #96
weeksinr&bchart: 5
Keesha featuring Sporty Thievz Somebody's Baby 2000 RCA
4 recordlabel: MCA 53788
chartposition: RandB #89
writtenby: Nan Sudduth
album: Believe
comments: [love ballad]
The Jets Somebody to Love Me 1990 MCA
5 recordlabel: White Label 85101
chartposition: RandB #43, US #107
weeksinr&bchart: 14
album: Soul Connection
Levi Little Somebody to Love 1998 White Label
-- recordlabel: Dancing Room Only 001
writtenby: D. Morris, R. Meltzer
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
David Morris Somebody You'd Love To Love 1983 Dancing Room Only
1 recordlabel: Island 9870
chartposition: RandB #25, US AC #30
writtenby: David Pomeranz and Richard Marx
album: Durell Coleman
comments: [new jack swing]
Durell Coleman Somebody Took My Love 1985 Island
2 recordlabel: Warner 8216
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Come as You Are
Ashford & Simpson Somebody Told a Lie 1976 Warner
-- recordlabel: Dade 1853
writtenby: J. Pearsall, W. Clarke
Helene Smith Somebody Tell Me 1964 Dade
-- recordlabel: Ultra
writtenby: Frankie Zhivago Young
album: The Age Of Flying High
Frankie Zhivago Young Somebody Stole My Love 1976 Ultra
1 recordlabel: Stax 149
chartposition: US #86
writtenby: Steve Cropper and Rufus Thomas
Rufus Thomas Somebody Stole My Dog 1964 Stax
2 recordlabel: ABC 10938
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Cliff Chambers, Jimmy Holiday and Jimmy Lewis
Ray Charles Somebody Ought to Write a Book About It 1967 ABC
3 recordlabel: Wand 161
chartposition: US #93
writtenby: Luther Dixon
Chuck Jackson Somebody New 1964 Wand
-- recordlabel: Stax 138
writtenby: Jones, Moman
William Bell Somebody Mentioned Your Name 1963 Stax
1 recordlabel: MCA 2074
chartposition: RandB #2
writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Eugene Lambchops Curry
album: Burnin'
comments: [ballad]
Patti LaBelle Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is) 1991 MCA
2 recordlabel: Janus 200
chartposition: RandB #45, US #94
writtenby: Terri McFaddin and Warren Sams
album: Life and Breath
The Whispers Somebody Loves You 1973 Janus
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54191
writtenby: Hardaway, Cosby, Moy, Wonder
album: My Cherie Amour
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Somebody Knows, Somebody Cares 1970 Tamla
-- recordlabel: Chanson 1181
writtenby: J. E. Young, M. Harrison
Unlimited Four Somebody Help, Please 1970 Chanson
1 recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8088
chartposition: RandB #3, US #70
writtenby: Sam Cooke
album: Twistin' The Night Away
Sam Cooke Somebody Have Mercy 1962 RCA Victor
2 recordlabel: AM:PM 5885001(UK)
chartposition: UK #13
writtenby: Jocelyn Brown
album: I'm Movin' On
CeCe Peniston Somebody Else's Guy 1998 AM:PM (UK)
3 recordlabel: Vinyl Dreams 71
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #13, US #75, US dance #13
writtenby: Jocelyn Brown & Annette Brown
album: Somebody Else's Guy
Jocelyn Brown Somebody Else's Guy 1984 Vinyl Dreams
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 2360
writtenby: Howard, Ellsworth, Morgan
Esther Phillips Somebody Else Is Taking My Place 1966 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: H.O.L.A. 341026
chartposition: RandB #54, US #119
weeksinr&bchart: 6
album: All Woman
comments: [hip hop] samples 'You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else' by The Jones Girls
Hurricane G Somebody Else 1997 H.O.L.A.
-- recordlabel: Phil L.A. Of Soul 345
writtenby: Frank Williams
Joey Gilmore Somebody Done Took My Baby And Gone 1971 Phil L.A. Of Soul
1 recordlabel: Island
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Supa Dups, Warren Hoo, Mitchum Chin, Andrea Martin, Melanie Fiona
Melanie Fiona Somebody Come Get Me 2009 Island
2 recordlabel: NAS Music Inc.
chartposition: RandB 111
album: Sacred 4 You / Gotta Have Gospel
comments: [gospel ballad]
Jeff Majors featuring Jean Carn Somebody Bigger 2002 NAS Music Inc.
3 recordlabel: Paramount 10181
chartposition: US #104
writtenby: Phil Spector and Terry Phillips
Johnny Nash Some of Your Lovin' 1961 Paramount
-- recordlabel: Imperial 66095
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: Take A Look
comments: [deep soul]
Irma Thomas Some Things You Never Get Used To 1965 Imperial
1 recordlabel: RCA 14035
chartposition: RandB #85, US #18, US AC #17
writtenby: Daryl Hall
album: Big Bam Boom
Hall & Oates Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid 1985 RCA
2 recordlabel: RCA Victor 8331
chartposition: US #127
writtenby: William Weeks
Ketty Lester Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid 1964 RCA Victor
-- recordlabel: Stax 3226
writtenby: T. Allen, Beyer, P. Allen
album: I Feel Like Going On
Rance Allen Group Some People 1980 Stax
1 recordlabel: AandM 1439
chartposition: US dance #33
writtenby: Lotti Golden and Tommy Faragher
album: Lace Around the Wound
E.G. Daily Some People 1989 A&M
2 recordlabel: Innovation II 8047
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Reginald Simmons and Ronald Simmons
Simtec Simmons Some Other Time 1975 Innovation II
3 recordlabel: Solar 69658
chartposition: RandB #17, US #106, UK #91
writtenby: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds) and Bo Watson
album: So Good
The Whispers Some Kinda Lover 1985 Solar
4 recordlabel: Capitol 4002
chartposition: RandB #85, US #3
writtenby: John Ellison & Ernie Fields
album: All the Girls in the World Beware!!!
Grand Funk Railroad Some Kind of Wonderful 1974 Capitol
5 recordlabel: Atlantic 2096
chartposition: RandB #6, US #32
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Gerry Goffin and Carole King
album: Save The Last Dance For Me
The Drifters Some Kind of Wonderful 1961 Atlantic
6 recordlabel: Atlantic 2406
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: John Ellison and Ernie Fields
Soul Brothers Six Some Kind of Wonderful 1967 Atlantic
7 recordlabel: MCA 53235
chartposition: RandB #3, US #10, US dance #1, UK #81
writtenby: Andre Cymone & Jody Watley
album: Jody Watley
comments: [disco, boogie]
Jody Watley Some Kind of Lover 1988 MCA
8 recordlabel: RCA 7
chartposition: UK #67
writtenby: Dr. Robert
album: She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter
The Blow Monkeys Some Kind Of Wonderful 1987 RCA
9 recordlabel: Atco 6943
chartposition: RandB #7, US #39
writtenby: Jeff Fortgang
album: Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
The Persuaders Some Guys Have All the Luck 1973 Atco
-- recordlabel: Baby 50008
writtenby: B. Kassar
comments: [disco funk]
Michael Heart Some Girls 1983 Baby
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54142
writtenby: Ron Miller, B. Wells
comments: [Motown Sound] [christmas]
Stevie Wonder Some Day At Christmas 1966 Tamla
1 recordlabel: Arista 0602
chartposition: RandB #43, US #65, US AC #23
writtenby: Michael Masser and Carole Bayer Sager
album: Hot! Live and Otherwise
comments: [ballad]
Dionne Warwick Some Changes Are for Good 1981 Arista
2 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 7451
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #51
writtenby: Charles Wright
Charles Wright & Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band Solution For Pollution 1970 Warner Bros.
-- recordlabel: Ichiban 12 PO61
writtenby: A. Watson, P. Childs
album: Just Say You Love Me
comments: [sweet soul love ballad]
The Chi-Lites Solid Love Affair 1990 IchibanPO
1 recordlabel: Capitol 5397
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #3, US #12, US AC #34, US dance #15
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Solid
Ashford & Simpson Solid 1984 Capitol
-- recordlabel: Stax 199
writtenby: Cropper, Bell
William Bell Soldiers Good-Bye 1966 Stax
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54063
writtenby: Stevenson, Gordy, Williams
album: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye Soldier's Plea 1962 Tamla
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 1101
writtenby: Millett
album: Rockin' and Driftin'
The Drifters Soldier of Fortune 1956 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Cameo 355
writtenby: Andreoli, Spector, Poncia, Jr.
Candy & the Kisses Soldier Baby (Of Mine) 1965 Cameo
1 recordlabel: Universal Motown
chartposition: RandB #112
writtenby: Erykah Badu, Karriem Riggins, T. Barlage, W. Ennes, H. Waterman and G. Willemse
album: New Amerykah, Pt. 1 (4th World War)
comments: [neo soul]
mpcode: wzMPaGS4-AY
Erykah Badu Soldier 2008 Universal Motown

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