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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 5343
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Paul Laurence (as Paul Lawrence Jones III)
album: Never Say Never
Melba Moore Love Me Right 1984 Capitol
-- recordlabel: Warner Bros. 2893
writtenby: Linda Creed, Thom Bell
album: Track Of The Cat
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: -zd8fWiAPZg
Dionne Warwick Love Me One More Time 1975 Warner Bros.
1 recordlabel: Arista 565
chartposition: RandB #36, US Dance #60
writtenby: Leon Sylvers III, Leroy Hall and Dominic Leslie
comments: [disco, boogie]
Real to Reel Love Me Like This 1984 Arista
2 recordlabel: Capitol 15607
chartposition: RandB #8, US #91
writtenby: MC Hammer, Felton Pilate and Special Generation
album: Take It to the Floor
comments: [ballad]
Special Generation Love Me Just for Me 1990 Capitol
-- recordlabel: Arista 0591
writtenby: Kenny Moore, Patrick Henderson
Aretha Franklin Love Me Forever 1980 Arista
1 recordlabel: Capitol 15645
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #95
writtenby: Barry Eastmond and Jolyon Skinner
album: Do Me Again
comments: [slow jam]
Freddie Jackson Love Me Down 1991 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Capitol 56968
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Vassal Benford and A. Tatum
album: Tisha
Tisha Love Me Down 1993 Capitol
3 recordlabel: AandM 2420
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: David Lewis and Wayne Lewis
album: Brilliance
Atlantic Starr Love Me Down 1982 A&M
4 recordlabel: Tamla 54076
chartposition: RandB #24, US #88
writtenby: William Stevenson
comments: [Motown Sound]
Kim Weston Love Me All The Way 1963 Tamla
5 recordlabel: Arista 9680
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Kashif and Greg Phillinganes
album: Love Changes
comments: [ballad]
Kashif Love Me All Over 1988 Arista
6 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 917(UK)
chartposition: UK #38
writtenby: Tom Baird, Dino Fekaris and Nick Zesses
album: Last Time I Saw Him / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [Motown Sound]
Diana Ross Love Me 1974 Tamla Motown (UK)
7 recordlabel: Bad Boy 9181
chartposition: RandB #8, US #17, UK #196
writtenby: Mase (as Mason Betha), Leslie Brathwaite, Daron Jones, Michael Keith, L. Maxwell, Q [Quinnes Parker]
album: Room 112
112 featuring Mase Love Me 1998 Bad Boy
8 recordlabel: Rap A Lot 4 Life
chartposition: RandB #61
Damm-D Love Me 2008 Rap A LotLife
9 recordlabel: Capitol 79172
chartposition: RandB #2, US #48
writtenby: Fil Brown and Tony Robinson
album: Make the Difference
comments: [love ballad]
Tracie Spencer Love Me 1992 Capitol
10 recordlabel: Atco 6677
chartposition: RandB #17, UK #43, US #72
writtenby: Otis Redding
album: Love Man
Otis Redding Love Man 1969 Atco
11 recordlabel: Rare Earth 5025
chartposition: US #87, US AC #16
writtenby: Deon Jackson
Kiki Dee Love Makes the World Go Round 1971 Rare Earth
12 recordlabel: Today 1003
chartposition: RandB #28, US #83
writtenby: Deon Jackson
Odds & Ends Love Makes the World Go Round 1971 Today
13 recordlabel: 4th and Bway 242
chartposition: RandB #32, UK #18
writtenby: Don E (as Donald Mclean)
album: Unbreakable
Don-E Love Makes the World Go Round 1992 th and Bway
14 recordlabel: Carla 2526
chartposition: RandB #3, US #11
writtenby: Deon Jackson
album: Love Makes the World Go Round
comments: [sweet soul]
Deon Jackson Love Makes the World Go Round 1966 Carla
15 recordlabel: Columbia 10654
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Eugene Record, Gerald Simms, Carl Davis and William Sanders
Phoebe Snow Love Makes a Woman 1978 Columbia
16 recordlabel: Sleeping Bag 40134
chartposition: RandB #29, UK #85
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Carl Davis, Eugene Record and William Sanders
album: Come into My Life
Joyce Sims featuring Jimmy Castor Love Makes a Woman 1988 Sleeping Bag
17 recordlabel: MCA 1168
chartposition: RandB #1, US #13, US AC #24
writtenby: Babyface & L.A. Reid
album: Always
comments: [love ballad]
Pebbles featuring Babyface Love Makes Things Happen 1990 MCA
-- recordlabel: Karen 1540
writtenby: Deon Jackson
Bettye LaVette Love Makes The World Go Round 1968 Karen
-- recordlabel: Tabu 03031
writtenby: D. Jackson
Woods Empire Love Makes The World Go 'Round 1982 Tabu
1 recordlabel: Tabu 7708
chartposition: RandB #13, US #108, UK #28, US dance #45
writtenby: Lance Alexander and Tony Tolbert
album: Love Makes No Sense
Alexander O'Neal Love Makes No Sense 1993 Tabu
2 recordlabel: Stax 0218
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Carl Hampton and Homer Banks
album: Friction
The Soul Children Love Makes It Right Pt. I 1974 Stax
-- recordlabel: ABC 11228
writtenby: Ed Thomas
The Tams Love Maker 1969 ABC
1 recordlabel: Capitol 4494
chartposition: RandB #85, US Dance #18
writtenby: Frank Wilson, John Footman and Judy Wieder
album: Stares and Whispers
Freda Payne Love Magnet 1977 Capitol
2 recordlabel: Voyage 1003
chartposition: RandB #96
writtenby: Kurt Hauenstein
Supermax Love Machine 1979 Voyage
-- recordlabel: Fame 1463
writtenby: Joe Reynolds, Spencer Wiggins, Oscar Smith, Earl Cage
Spencer Wiggins Love Machine 1970 Fame
1 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 1015 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #3, US dance #20
writtenby: Billy Griffin & Pete Moore (as Warren Moore)
album: City of Angels / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [disco]
The Miracles Love Machine 1975 Tamla Motown(UK)
2 recordlabel: ABC 11153
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #37, US #76
writtenby: Tom Dorsey
album: Girl Watcher
mpcode: _P44SX7BtXk
The O'Kaysions Love Machine 1968 ABC
3 recordlabel: Kedar
chartposition: RandB #101
album: InDRUpendence Day
comments: [slow jam]
mpcode: 4J-FyMSGYw0
Dru Hill Love MD 2010 Kedar
-- recordlabel: Sansu 474
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
Lee Dorsey And Betty Harris Love Lots Of Lovin' 1967 Sansu
1 recordlabel: Rock A Fella
chartposition: RandB #26, US #3, UK #8
writtenby: Kanye West
album: 808s and Heartbreak
Kanye West Love Lockdown 2008 Rock A Fella
2 recordlabel: Ariola 2206
chartposition: US Dance #58
writtenby: Royal Bayyan and Amir Bayyan
comments: [disco dance]
Forecast Love Line 1981 Ariola
3 recordlabel: Candyman
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Donell Jones
album: Lyrics
Donell Jones Love Like This 2010 Candyman
4 recordlabel: Columbia 469088
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Arnie Roman and Terry Cox
album: Next Exit
comments: [jazz funk]
Grover Washington, Jr. featuring Lalah Hathaway Love Like This 1992 Columbia
5 recordlabel: Bad Boy 9116
chartposition: RandB #2, US #7, UK #24
writtenby: Diddy, Schon Jamel Crawford, Clarence Emery, Faith Evans, R. Lawrence, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edward
album: Keep the Faith
Faith Evans Love Like This 1998 Bad Boy
6 recordlabel: Alfa 7004
chartposition: RandB #61, US #81
writtenby: Yutaka Yokokura and Marti McCall
album: Love Light
comments: [smooth jazz soul ballad]
Yutaka Love Light 1981 Alfa
7 recordlabel: Island 571954
chartposition: RandB #50, US #108, UK #63
writtenby: Peter Lord, Jeff Smith, Wayne Hector and Lorne Tennant
Lorne Alistair Tennant (Ali) Love Letters 1998 Island
8 recordlabel: Era 3068
chartposition: RandB #2, US #5, UK #4
writtenby: Victor Young & Edward Heyman
album: Love Letters
comments: [ballad]
Ketty Lester Love Letters 1962 Era
-- recordlabel: Tamla 337S1
writtenby: W. Robinson, R.E. Jones
album: A Quiet Storm
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: xeGkV0DlkHw
Smokey Robinson Love Letters 1975 Tamla S
-- recordlabel: Mothers and Snarf 1310
writtenby: Ed Townsend
album: Doin' It
Spanky Wilson Love Land 1969 Mothers and Snarf
1 recordlabel: Warner/Seven Arts 7365
chartposition: RandB #23, US #16
writtenby: Charles Wright & Don Trotter
album: In the Jungle, Babe
Charles Wright & Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band Love Land 1970 Warner/Seven Arts
2 recordlabel: Radio Killa
chartposition: RandB #26, US #92
writtenby: The Dream
album: Love King
The-Dream Love King 2010 Radio Killa
3 recordlabel: Capitol 5146
chartposition: RandB #20
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Street Opera
Ashford & Simpson Love It Away 1982 Capitol
4 recordlabel: Elektra 5339
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Reggie Calloway and Vincent Calloway
album: Joy
comments: [slow jam]
Teddy Pendergrass Love Is the Power 1988 Elektra
5 recordlabel: Capitol 5221
chartposition: RandB #5, US #80, UK #88
writtenby: Frankie Beverly
album: We Are One
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly Love Is the Key 1983 Capitol
6 recordlabel: Island 266
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Bryan Ferry and Andy Mackay
album: Island Life
Grace Jones Love Is the Drug 1986 Island
7 recordlabel: Chrysalis 4 (UK)
chartposition: UK #45, US Dance #12
writtenby: Anthony Critchlow, Steve Pigott and Marcus Vere
album: Living in a Box
Living in a Box Love Is the Art 1988 Chrysalis(UK)
8 recordlabel: Avco 4639
chartposition: RandB #77, US AC #22
writtenby: George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore
Van McCoy Love Is the Answer 1974 Avco
9 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 79302
chartposition: RandB #4, US #10, UK #18, US dance #3
writtenby: Quincy Jones, Merria Ross & Rod Temperton
album: Donna Summer
Donna Summer Love Is in Control (Finger on the Trigger) 1982 Warner Bros.
10 recordlabel: RCA 11480
chartposition: US #103
writtenby: Scott Fronsoe
James Walsh Gypsy Band Love Is for the Best in Us 1979 RCA
11 recordlabel: Columbia 07594
chartposition: RandB #11
writtenby: Full Force
album: Guess Who's Comin' to the Crib?
Full Force Love Is for Suckers (Like Me and You) 1987 Columbia
12 recordlabel: Atlantic 3803
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack
album: Love Is a Waiting Game
comments: [disco dance]
Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson Love Is a Waiting Game 1981 Atlantic
13 recordlabel: Stax 0170
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Al Jackson and John Gary Williams
The Soul Children Love Is a Hurtin' Thing 1973 Stax
14 recordlabel: Capitol 5709
chartposition: RandB #1, US #13
writtenby: Ben Raleigh & Dave Linden
album: Soulin'
comments: [ballad]
Lou Rawls Love Is a Hurtin' Thing 1966 Capitol
15 recordlabel: Warner 27831
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Morris Day, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Daydreaming
comments: [ballad]
Morris Day Love Is a Game 1988 Warner
16 recordlabel: Capitol 3998
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Gene Barge
album: Love Is a Five Letter Word
Jimmy Witherspoon Love Is a Five Letter Word 1975 Capitol
17 recordlabel: Stax 223
chartposition: RandB #30, US #97
writtenby: Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper
album: Rare Stamps
Eddie Floyd Love Is a Doggone Good Thing 1967 Stax
18 recordlabel: RCA 1(UK)
chartposition: UK #56
writtenby: Seth Swirsky
album: Don't Look Back
Al Green Love Is a Beautiful Thing 1993 RCA (UK)
19 recordlabel: Argo 5499
chartposition: RandB #12, US #66
writtenby: Gene Barge
James Phelps Love Is a 5-Letter Word 1965 Argo
20 recordlabel: Salsoul 2021
chartposition: US Dance #29
writtenby: Vincent Montana Jr., Carol Williams and Ron Walker
album: 'Lectric Lady
Carol Williams Love Is You -- Come Back 1977 Salsoul
21 recordlabel: Def Jam
chartposition: RandB #90
writtenby: Chrisette Michele and John Legend
album: I Am
comments: [love ballad]
Chrisette Michele Love Is You 2008 Def Jam
22 recordlabel: Chelsea 3008
chartposition: RandB #41, US #104
writtenby: Joe Jefferson (as Joseph B. Jefferson), Bruce Hawes and Charles Simmons
album: Soulful Road / The Best of New York City
New York City Love Is What You Make It 1975 Chelsea
-- recordlabel: WEA 9744
writtenby: Al Jarreau, Tom Canning, Jay Graydon
album: Jarreau
Al Jarreau Love Is Waiting 1983 WEA
-- recordlabel: Rampart 695
writtenby: Joseph Modeliste
mpcode: TVRHlyjZc4w
Tavasco Love Is Trying To Get A Hold Of Me 1980 Rampart
-- recordlabel: Columbia 41793
writtenby: J. Leslie McFarland
album: The First 12 Sides
Aretha Franklin Love Is The Only Thing 1961 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Kayvette 5128
writtenby: Vaughn Harper
album: Sometimes
comments: B side of Sometimes
Facts Of Life Love Is The Final Truth 1976 Kayvette
-- recordlabel: RCA 4024
writtenby: Rundgren
album: You're The Best
comments: [album cut]
Keni Burke Love Is The Answer 1981 RCA
-- recordlabel: Columbia 11269
writtenby: L.L. Smith, J. Gaines
album: Love Is The Answer
Lonnie Liston Smith Love Is The Answer 1980 Columbia
1 recordlabel: All Platinum 2351
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Mickey Baker, Sylvia Robinson (as Sylvia Vanderpool) and Bo Diddley (as Ethel Smith)
Donnie Elbert Love Is Strange 1974 All Platinum
2 recordlabel: Date 1574
chartposition: RandB #16, US #13
writtenby: Mickey Baker, Sylvia Robinson (as Sylvia Vanderpool) & Bo Diddley
album: Golden Duets
comments: [northern soul]
Peaches & Herb Love Is Strange 1967 Date
3 recordlabel: Private Stock 137
chartposition: RandB #97
writtenby: Barbara Soehner and Michael Zager
Cissy Houston Love Is Something That Leads You 1977 Private Stock
-- recordlabel: Cadet 5612
writtenby: B. Miller
album: There Is... / The Best of The Dells
The Dells Love Is So Simple 1968 Cadet
1 recordlabel: Columbia 10552
chartposition: RandB #15, US #102
writtenby: Jimmy Lewis and Frank Johnson
album: Let's Make a Deal
Z.Z. Hill Love Is So Good When You're Stealing It 1977 Columbia
2 recordlabel: MCA 40890
chartposition: RandB #75, UK #45
writtenby: Rochelle Runnells
album: Stargard
Stargard Love Is So Easy 1978 MCA
3 recordlabel: Stax 0083
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #58, UK #31
writtenby: Bettye Crutcher and Bobby Manuel
album: The Staple Swingers / The Best of The Staple Singers
The Staple Singers Love Is Plentiful 1971 Stax
4 recordlabel: AVCO 69001
chartposition: UK #91
writtenby: Maurice Starr and Michael Jonzun
album: Some Things Never Change
The Stylistics Love Is Not the Answer 1985 AVCO
5 recordlabel: Gold Mountain 82008
chartposition: RandB #90
album: Gotta Give a Little Love (Ten Years After)
Timmy Thomas Love Is Never Too Late 1984 Gold Mountain
6 recordlabel: Cadet 5710
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Tony Hester
album: The Dells vs. the Dramatics
The Dells & The Dramatics Love Is Missing from Our Lives 1975 Cadet
-- recordlabel: Casablanca 7009
writtenby: L. Perry, K. Davis, M. Cowart
album: One For The Road
comments: [instrumental album cut]
mpcode: SPTaihse8ro
Greg Perry Love Is Magic 1975 Casablanca
1 recordlabel: Warner 7492
chartposition: RandB #43, US #93
writtenby: Wade Flemons, Maurice White and Don Whitehead
album: Earth, Wind and Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire Love Is Life 1971 Warner
2 recordlabel: Capitol 5565
chartposition: RandB #9
writtenby: Freddie Jackson and Barry Eastmond
album: Rock Me Tonight
comments: [ballad]
Freddie Jackson Love Is Just a Touch Away 1986 Capitol
3 recordlabel: Pirate Records 1201
chartposition: US dance #81
writtenby: Norman Bergen and Reid Whitelaw
album: Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula OST
Gloria Gaynor Love Is Just a Heartbeat Away 1979 Pirate Records
-- recordlabel: Atco 6929
writtenby: B. Eli, V. Barrett
Sons Of Robin Stone Love Is Just Around The Corner 1974 Atco
-- recordlabel: Atlantic 9649
writtenby: P. Phillips Oland, W. Raglin
album: Cross Fire
The Spinners Love Is In Season 1984 Atlantic
1 recordlabel: Tamla Motown 981
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #17
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Supremes Sing Holland Dozier Holland / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Supremes (with Diana Ross) Love Is Here and Now You're Gone 1967 Tamla Motown
-- recordlabel: Arista 4161
writtenby: Norman Connors, Pharoah Sanders, Paul Smith
album: Love Will Find A Way
comments: [smooth jazz album cuts]
Pharoah Sanders ft. Phyllis Hyman Love Is Here -- As You Are 1978 Arista
1 recordlabel: Gamble 2502
chartposition: RandB #47
The Futures Love Is Here 1973 Gamble
2 recordlabel: United Artists 1264
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Ronnie Laws
album: Flame
comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]
Ronnie Laws Love Is Here 1978 United Artists
3 recordlabel: Chaos 77241
chartposition: US Dance #25
writtenby: Cory Rooney, Prince Markie Dee, Anthony Rodriguez and Tashan
album: For the Sake of Love
Tashan Love Is Forever 1994 Chaos
4 recordlabel: Warner Bros 77 647
chartposition: RandB #58, UK #7, US #62, US AC #48
writtenby: Taja Sevelle
album: Taja Sevelle
Taja Sevelle Love Is Contagious 1987 Warner Bros
5 recordlabel: RCA 3159
chartposition: RandB #27
writtenby: Gene Rice, James Varner and Stan Sheppard
album: Just For You
Gene Rice Love Is Calling You 1992 RCA
-- recordlabel: Carnival 542
writtenby: E. Bivins, J. Evans
The Manhattans Love Is Breakin' Out (All Over) 1969 Carnival
1 recordlabel: Columbia 310478
chartposition: RandB 33, US #77
writtenby: Don Davis, Harvey Scales and Melvin Griffin
album: Rated Extraordinaire
Johnnie Taylor Love Is Better in the A.M. 1977 Columbia
-- recordlabel: Parachute 9005
writtenby: Carl Hampton and Homer Banks
album: Welcome To My Room
comments: [album cut]
mpcode: 6BwSNCaLrBI
Randy Brown Love Is All We Need 1978 Parachute
1 recordlabel: MCA 3976
chartposition: RandB #5, US #43, UK #15, US dance #1
writtenby: Mary J. Blige, Jimmy Jam (as Jimmy Jam Harris), Rick James and Terry Lewis
album: Share My World
comments: [hip hop]
Mary J. Blige featuring Nas Love Is All We Need 1997 MCA
2 recordlabel: RCA 11058
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #81
writtenby: D.J. Rogers
album: Love, Music and Life
D.J. Rogers Love Is All I Need 1977 RCA

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