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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: Slot A Lot 69129
chartposition: RandB #1, US #9, UK #44
writtenby: Jermaine Dupri, LRoc, Chingy, Brian Morgan and Jaco Pastorius
album: Hoodstar
Chingy featuring Tyrese Pullin' Me Back 2006 Slot A Lot
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 2787
writtenby: Aretha Franklin
album: Spirit in the Dark
Aretha Franklin Pullin' 1971 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Columbia 10089
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Shedrack Anderson
album: All the Faces of Buddy Miles
Buddy Miles Pull Yourself Together 1975 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Island 49697
chartposition: US dance #2 RandB #5, UK #53, US #101
writtenby: Koo Koo Baya, Grace Jones & Dana Mano
album: Nightclubbing
Grace Jones Pull Up to the Bumper 1981 Island
3 recordlabel: Simba 103
chartposition: UK #99
album: To The Top
comments: [reggae]
Aswad Pull Up 1986 Simba
4 recordlabel: Atlantic 88987
chartposition: RandB #2
writtenby: Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon
album: Just Coolin'
LeVert Pull Over 1988 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Pegasus 82
writtenby: C. Otway, A. Petraglia, C. Harvey
comments: [disco, boogie]
Sweet Ecstasy Pull Our Love Together 1983 Pegasus
1 recordlabel: Solar 11745
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Fred Lewis
album: Rough Riders
Lakeside Pull My Strings 1980 Solar
2 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 596
chartposition: RandB #11, US #31
writtenby: Danny Coggins, Harvey Fuqua & Johnny Bristol
album: Road Runner
comments: [Motown Sound]
Jr. Walker & the All Stars Pucker Up Buttercup 1967 Tamla Motown
3 recordlabel: RCA 62257
chartposition: RandB #74
writtenby: Me Phi Me, Cee Cee Tee and Sly Stone (sample)
album: One
comments: [hip hop]
Me Phi Me Pu Sho Hands 2Getha 1992 RCA
4 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 179
chartposition: RandB #93
weeksinr&bchart: 4
album: New Funky Nation
comments: [hip hop, funk]
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. Psyko Funk 1990 th and Bway
5 recordlabel: Warner 8291
chartposition: RandB #69, US #104
writtenby: Bootsy Collins (as William Collins) , George Clinton, Bernie Worrell (as Bernard Worrell) and Phelps C
album: Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band
Bootsy's Rubber Band Psychoticbumpschool 1976 Warner
6 recordlabel: Atlantic 89352
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Allan Rich, Dorothy Csea Gazeley and Jeffrey Pescetto
album: Love Goes All the Way
Shannon Prove Me Right 1986 Atlantic
7 recordlabel: Atlantic 89308
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Gordon Worthy (as Gordon
album: Boy Crazy
Picture Perfect Prove It, Boy 1987 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: United Artists 995
writtenby: J. Ragovoy, E. Marshall
comments: [northern soul]
Garnet Mimms Prove It To Me 1966 United Artists
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 2464
writtenby: Randy Evretts, Horace Ott
album: Aretha Arrives
Aretha Franklin Prove It 1967 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Buddah 623
chartposition: RandB #27
writtenby: Michael Henderson
album: Wide Receiver
Michael Henderson Prove It 1980 Buddah
2 recordlabel: AandM 3335
chartposition: UK #30
writtenby: John Fogerty
album: Love Is All I Have to Give
Checkmates, Ltd. Proud Mary 1969 A&M
3 recordlabel: Arista (UK)
chartposition: UK #33
writtenby: Heather Small and John Vetesse
album: Proud
comments: re release
Heather Small Proud 2005 Arista (UK)
4 recordlabel: Arista 79299 (UK)
chartposition: UK #16, US AC #34
album: Proud
Heather Small Proud 2000 Arista(UK)
5 recordlabel: Arista 82876655301
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Andre 3000 (as Andre Benjamin)
album: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
comments: [neo soul]
OutKast Prototype 2004 Arista
6 recordlabel: Atco 105
chartposition: US Dance #7
writtenby: Gwen Guthrie and Haras Fyre (as Patrick Grant)
Sister Sledge Protect Our Love 1975 Atco
7 recordlabel: Columbia 88697 10342
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Balewa Muhammad, Brian Reid, Candice Nelson
Tiffany Evans featuring Ciara Promise Ring 2007 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Capitol 5375
writtenby: Promise Me
album: Feel The Music
Dayton Promise Me 1983 Capitol
1 recordlabel: EastWest 98535
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Debra Killings, James Killings, Kenny Wright, Martin Blockson and Wesley Allen
album: Love or the Single Life
comments: [new jack swing]
Modest Fok Promise Me 1992 EastWest
2 recordlabel: LaFace 02432
chartposition: RandB #1, US #11
writtenby: Ciara, Jasper Cameron, Polow da Don and Blac Elvis
album: Ciara: The Evolution
Ciara Promise 2006 LaFace
3 recordlabel: Cash Money 860919
chartposition: RandB #17, US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Birdman, Mannie Fresh, Lil Wayne and Juvenile
comments: [hip hop]
Cash Money Millionaires Project Chick 2000 Cash Money
4 recordlabel: Columbia 05874
chartposition: RandB #62
album: You Might Be Surprised
Roy Ayers Programmed for Love 1986 Columbia
5 recordlabel: Richcraft
chartposition: RandB #81
comments: [hip hop]
Young Steff Professional 2008 Richcraft
6 recordlabel: MCA 22004
chartposition: RandB #79, US #123
album: Do You Want More?!!!??!
The Roots Proceed I 1995 MCA
-- recordlabel: ABC 12289
writtenby: David Stallings, Lenny Williams
album: Choosing You
Lenny Williams Problem Solver 1977 ABC
1 recordlabel: Dreamworks
chartposition: RandB #122
album: Body Kiss
mpcode: w7NkmCE2lzA
The Isley Brothers Prize Possession 2003 Dreamworks
2 recordlabel: Casablanca 880 949
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Allen Jones
album: Private Property
Carl Carlton Private Property 1985 Casablanca
3 recordlabel: Vibration 528
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Sylvia Robinson and Michael Burton
Sylvia Private Performance 1974 Vibration
4 recordlabel: MCA 18511
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Cheryl Cooley, Lorena Hardimon and Mark Anthony Silva
album: The Maxx Is Back
Klymaxx Private Party 1990 MCA
5 recordlabel: AandM 624
chartposition: UK #57, US Dance #39
writtenby: Arthur Baker and Richard Scher
album: Don't Push Your Luck
Wally Jump, Jr. & the Criminal Element Private Party 1988 A&M
6 recordlabel: Stax 0005
chartposition: UK #8, RandB #17, US #75
writtenby: William Bell & Booker T. Jones
album: Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
William Bell & Judy Clay Private Number 1968 Stax
7 recordlabel: MCA 52846
chartposition: RandB #28, US #47
writtenby: Jerry Knight and Aaron Zigman
album: The Jets
The Jets Private Number 1986 MCA
8 recordlabel: EastWest 91777
chartposition: RandB #1
writtenby: Gerald Levert
album: Private Line
Gerald Levert Private Line 1991 EastWest
9 recordlabel: Island 6629 (UK)
chartposition: UK #17
writtenby: Chrissie Hynde
album: Warm Leatherette
Grace Jones Private Life 1980 Island(UK)
-- recordlabel: Fantasy 9624
writtenby: Richardson, Batiste
album: Private Eye
comments: [disco, boogie album cut]
mpcode: PeeLImZJCso
Private Eye Private Eye 1983 Fantasy
1 recordlabel: Capitol 5433
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #26, US #7, US AC #30
writtenby: Mark Knopfler
album: Private Dancer
Tina Turner Private Dancer 1984 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Amherst 312
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Rick James
album: Private Conversations
Val Young Private Conversations 1987 Amherst
3 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 45
chartposition: RandB #78, US Dance #13
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Bruce Nazarian, Duane Bradley and Cary Eatmon
album: Love Me Right
Millie Scott Prisoner of Love 1986 th and Bway
4 recordlabel: Royal Roost 621
chartposition: US #20
writtenby: Cooley
Eddie Cooley & the Dimples Priscilla 1956 Royal Roost
-- recordlabel: Solar 74507
writtenby: W. Raglin, G. Thornton
album: Save The Children
Bobby Womack Priorities 1989 Solar
1 recordlabel: Columbia 45160
chartposition: US #86, US AC #4
writtenby: George Callender and Wayne Shanklin
album: O.C. Smith's Greatest Hits
O.C. Smith Primrose Lane 1970 Columbia
2 recordlabel: Tamla 54079
chartposition: RandB #2 (3 weeks), US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Norman Whitfield, Marvin Gaye & William Stevenson
album: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye Pride and Joy 1963 Tamla
3 recordlabel: Columbia 4468
chartposition: RandB #83, UK #15, US dance #6, US #54
writtenby: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr.
album: Greatest Remixes Vol. I
C plus C Music Factory Pride (In the Name of Love) 1992 Columbia
4 recordlabel: Columbia 88697 54194 2
chartposition: RandB #1, US #33
writtenby: Maxwell and Hod David
album: BLACKsummers'night
Maxwell Pretty Wings 2009 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Toast 506 (UK)
writtenby: Billy Page
Rosetta Hightower Pretty Red Balloons 1968 Toast(UK)
1 recordlabel: Atlantic
chartposition: UK #103
writtenby: Estelle, J. Splash, Cee Lo Green, John Legend and Drew Dixon
album: Shine
Estelle featuring Cee Lo Green Pretty Please (Love Me) 2008 Atlantic
-- recordlabel: Constellation 110
writtenby: George Smith, Eugene Dixon
Gene Chandler Pretty Little Girl 1963 Constellation
1 recordlabel: Tamla 54117
chartposition: RandB #16, US #25
writtenby: Marvin Gaye, David Hamilton & Clarence Paul
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye Pretty Little Baby 1965 Tamla
-- recordlabel: Tamla 54108
writtenby: Paul, Wonder, Valvano
album: Up Tight
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder Pretty Little Angel 1964 Tamla
-- recordlabel: Private Music
writtenby: Gloria Stewart, Mark Williamson, Tom Coster Jr.
album: One Heart One Love
comments: [slow jam] [album cut]
Phil Perry & the Whispers Pretty Lady 1998 Private Music
1 recordlabel: RCA 13517
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Eugene Church and Thomas Williams
album: Pretty Girls, Everywhere
Wynd Chymes Pretty Girls, Everywhere 1983 RCA
2 recordlabel: Class 235
chartposition: RandB #6, US #36
weeksinr&bchart: 19
writtenby: Eugene Church, Thomas Williams
Eugene Church & the Fellows Pretty Girls Everywhere 1958 Class
3 recordlabel: Atlanta Artists 874 050
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Gregory Mangus and Larry Blackmon
album: Machismo
Cameo Pretty Girls 1989 Atlanta Artists
4 recordlabel: LaFace
chartposition: RandB #90
comments: [hip hop]
Ciara Pretty Girl Swag 2010 LaFace
5 recordlabel: Upstairs 162 1
album: NbRidaz.com
comments: [hip hop]
NB Ridaz Pretty Girl 2005 Upstairs
6 recordlabel: Def Jam
chartposition: RandB #78
album: In Love and War
comments: [album cut]
Amerie featuring Trey Songz Pretty Brown 2009 Def Jam
7 recordlabel: ColliPark
chartposition: RandB #6, US #34
writtenby: Soulja Boy Tell 'Em and Joshua Murphy
album: The DeAndre Way
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em Pretty Boy Swag 2010 ColliPark
-- recordlabel: Sugar Hill 592
writtenby: Eddison Sainsbury, Sekou Bunch
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
Sekou Bunch Pretty Baby 1982 Sugar Hill
1 recordlabel: Friday
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Eric Benét, George Nash Jr. and Demonté Posey
album: Hurricane
comments: [slow jam]
Eric Benét Pretty Baby 2006 Friday
2 recordlabel: Bad Boy
chartposition: RandB #116
album: In and out of Love
comments: [album cut]
Cheri Dennis featuring Maino Pretend 2008 Bad Boy
3 recordlabel: Mango 25 (UK)
chartposition: UK #86
writtenby: F. Hibbert
album: Slatyam Stoot
comments: [reggae] re release from 1970
Toots & The Maytals Pressure Drop 1989 Mango(UK)
4 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 264
chartposition: UK #33
writtenby: Vince Garcia and Billy April
album: Conspiracy
Drizabone Pressure 1994 th and Bway
5 recordlabel: LaFace 71217
chartposition: RandB #26, US #81
album: Ev'rybody Know Me
comments: [hip hop]
Youngbloodz Presidential 2005 LaFace
6 recordlabel: Boardwalk 99901
chartposition: RandB #39, US #105
writtenby: L. Jordan, S. Allen, R. Hammon, H. Scott and L. Rabb
comments: [comedy]
Rich Little President's Rap 1982 Boardwalk
7 recordlabel: Columbia 04153
chartposition: RandB #85
writtenby: Cheryl Lynn and M. McGloiry
album: Preppie
Cheryl Lynn Preppie 1983 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Magic City 6
writtenby: Thornton, Campbell, McKalpain
comments: [northern soul]
Thelma Lindsey Prepared To Love You 1967 Magic City
1 recordlabel: Private I 4905117
chartposition: RandB #84
album: If the Price Is Right
Bonnie Pointer Premonition 1984 Private I
2 recordlabel: Paula 382
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Phil Perry
album: Dreaming Out of Season
The Montclairs Prelude to a Heartbreak 1973 Paula
3 recordlabel: Atlantic 452681
chartposition: RandB #12, US #30
writtenby: Dave Crawford & Jackie Moore
comments: [southern soul]
Jackie Moore Precious, Precious 1970 Atlantic
4 recordlabel: Mark II 101
chartposition: RandB #31, US #67, US AC #39
writtenby: Trade Martin
comments: [instrumental]
The Romeos Precious Memories 1967 Mark II
5 recordlabel: MCA 53790
chartposition: RandB #51, US #87, UK #97
writtenby: André Cymone and Jody Watley
album: Larger Than Life
Jody Watley Precious Love 1990 MCA
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 1025
writtenby: Thomas A. Dorsey, Carole King
album: Amazing Grace
comments: [gospel]
Aretha Franklin Precious Lord Take My Hand -- You've Got A Friend 1972 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Gamble 4014
chartposition: RandB #25, US #105
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Intruders Pray for Me 1971 Gamble
2 recordlabel: Buddah 339
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Norman Harris and Ronald Baker
album: The Legendary Zing Album
The Trammps Pray All You Sinners 1973 Buddah
3 recordlabel: Capitol 599
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, UK #8, US dance #3
writtenby: MC Hammer & Prince
album: Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
MC Hammer Pray 1990 Capitol
4 recordlabel: Capitol 16015
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: J. Mtume
album: Mahal
comments: [disco jazz funk instrumental]
Eddie Henderson Prance On 1978 Capitol
5 recordlabel: Tamla 54322
chartposition: RandB #18, US #101
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
album: In Our Lifetime
comments: [Motown Sound]
Marvin Gaye Praise 1981 Tamla
6 recordlabel: AandM 540 280
chartposition: RandB #1, US #18
writtenby: Barry White , Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas
album: The Icon Is Love
comments: [slow jam]
Barry White Practice What You Preach 1994 A&M
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 3881
writtenby: Kenton Nix
album: Gwen McCrae
comments: [disco funk]
Gwen McCrae Poyson 1981 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Elektra 208
chartposition: UK #188, US dance #13
writtenby: Ziggy Marley
album: Free Like We Want 2 B
Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers Power to Move Ya 1995 Elektra
2 recordlabel: MCA 40194
chartposition: RandB #27, US #76
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Joe Simon
album: Martha Reeves
Martha Reeves Power of Love 1974 MCA
3 recordlabel: Elektra 64912
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #54, UK #25, US #47
writtenby: Lady Miss Kier, Super DJ Dmitri & Towa Tei
album: World Clique
comments: [disco dance]
Deee-Lite Power of Love 1990 Elektra
4 recordlabel: Wildcard 3 (UK)
chartposition: UK #64
writtenby: Monie Love, Ian Green, Laurence Johnson and Fay Simpson
album: Unlimited
Nu Colours Power 1992 Wildcard(UK)
5 recordlabel: Roc A Fella
chartposition: RandB #22, US #22, UK #36
writtenby: Kanye West, Larry Griffin, Dwele, Ken Lewis, François Bernheim, Jean Pierre Lang and Boris Bergman
album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West featuring Dwele Power 2010 Roc A Fella
6 recordlabel: Goldwax 311
chartposition: RandB #23, US #85
writtenby: Drew Baker and Danny McCormick
album: You Got My Mind Messed Up
comments: [deep soul]
James Carr Pouring Water on a Drowning Man 1966 Goldwax
7 recordlabel: Elektra 66795
chartposition: RandB #73, US Dance #19
writtenby: Kae Williams (as Kae Williams Jr.) and Tony Mason
album: Livin' on the Edge
Mason Pour It On 1987 Elektra
-- recordlabel: Smash 2111
writtenby: R. Taylor
comments: [northern soul]
The Ambers Potion Of Love 1967 Smash
1 recordlabel: Atlantic 3270
chartposition: RandB #25
writtenby: Ellwood Henderson
album: Butt of Course
The Jimmy Castor Bunch Potential 1975 Atlantic
2 recordlabel: Chocolate City 010
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Larry Blackmon and Greg
album: Cardiac Arrest
Cameo Post Mortem 1977 Chocolate City
3 recordlabel: RCA 14098
chartposition: US dance #20, RandB #69, US #30, US AC #8
writtenby: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen & Janna Allen
album: Big Bam Boom
Hall & Oates Possession Obsession 1985 RCA
4 recordlabel: Nastymix 76974
chartposition: RandB #44, US #70
writtenby: Sir Mix a Lot
album: Swass
Sir Mix a Lot Posse on Broadway 1988 Nastymix
5 recordlabel: Def Jam 73918
chartposition: RandB #67
album: Derelicts of Dialect
comments: [hip hop]
3rd Bass Portrait of the Artist As a Hood 1991 Def Jam
6 recordlabel: Bad Boy
chartposition: RandB #55
album: In and Out of Love
Cheri Dennis ft. Yung Joc & Gorilla Joe Portrait of Love 2006 Bad Boy
7 recordlabel: Columbia
chartposition: RandB #90
writtenby: Malice, Pusha T, Pharrell Williams, Cam'ron
album: Til The Casket Drops
Clipse featuring Cam'ron & Pharrell Popular Demand (Popeyes) 2009 Columbia

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