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Soul R&B singles on the Elektra_ label...


The Soul Years - 1960-2001
Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the Elektra_ record label. Click on "Elektra_" 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 Elektra_ . . .

The following songs were released in Elektra_ 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 Elektra_ 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: Elektra 66354
chartposition: RandB #85, US #110
album: Reel to Reel
Grand Puba featuring Mary J. Blige Check It Out 1993 Elektra
302 recordlabel: Elektra 301849
chartposition: UK #191
writtenby: Tracy Chapman
album: Where You Live
Tracy Chapman Change 2005 Elektra
303 recordlabel: Elektra 69511
chartposition: RandB #6, US #37, UK #51, US AC #9
writtenby: Garry Glenn & Dianne Quander
album: Rapture...
Anita Baker Caught Up in the Rapture 1986 Elektra
304 recordlabel: Elektra 5201
chartposition: RandB #92
writtenby: Peabo Bryson
album: Quiet Storm
comments: [beat ballad]
Peabo Bryson Catch 22 1987 Elektra
305 recordlabel: Elektra 67083
chartposition: RandB #23, US #84
writtenby: Missy Elliott, Bink, Brycyn Evans, Sara Allen, Daryl Hall and John Oates
album: A Nu Day
Tamia Can't Go for That 2000 Elektra
306 recordlabel: Elektra 67231
chartposition: RandB #13, US #25
writtenby: Fabolous (as John David Jackson)
album: Ghetto Fabolous
Fabolous featuring Nate Dogg Can't Deny It 2001 Elektra
307 recordlabel: Elektra 67312
chartposition: RandB #9, US #31, UK #35
writtenby: Tweet and Missy Elliott
album: Southern Hummingbird
Tweet Call Me 2002 Elektra
-- recordlabel: Elektra 45527
writtenby: Terry Callier
album: Fire On Ice
mpcode: aXQsNEr1m-k
Terry Callier Butterfly 1978 Elektra
1 recordlabel: Elektra 066166
chartposition: RandB #40, US #54, US dance #5
writtenby: Ol' Dirty Bastard (as Russell Jones)
album: Return to the 36 Chambers
Ol' Dirty Bastard Brooklyn Zoo 1995 Elektra
2 recordlabel: Elektra 5162
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: George Duke
album: George Duke
George Duke Broken Glass 1986 Elektra
3 recordlabel: Elektra 7559
chartposition: RandB #75, UK #52
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: N'Dea Davenport , Brady Blade, Dallas Austin and Colin Wolfe
N'Dea Davenport Bring It On 1998 Elektra
4 recordlabel: Elektra 067999
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Patrice Rushen and Brenda Russell
album: Straight from the Heart...
Patrice Rushen Breakout! 1982 Elektra
5 recordlabel: Elektra 4980
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips, George Phillips, Ky Adeyemo, Lionel Job, Marvin Ennis and Orlando Phillips
album: It's All Yours
comments: [funk]
Starpoint Breakout 1984 Elektra
6 recordlabel: Elektra 67059
chartposition: RandB #61
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Rashia Fisher
album: Dirty Harriet
comments: [hip hop]
Rah Digga Break Fool 2000 Elektra
7 recordlabel: Elektra 5709
chartposition: RandB #84
weeksinr&bchart: 9
Sista Brand Nu 1994 Elektra
8 recordlabel: Elektra 1438
chartposition: RandB #4, US #36, UK #48, US AC #25
writtenby: Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley
album: Rhythm of Love
Anita Baker Body and Soul 1994 Elektra
-- recordlabel: Elektra 12569
writtenby: Harmon, Lloyd, Napoleon
album: Pieces of a Dream
comments: [instrumental]
Pieces of a Dream Body Magic 1981 Elektra
1 recordlabel: Elektra 47452
chartposition: RandB #30, US #11, US rock #19, UK #25, US dance #62
writtenby: Freddie Mercury
album: Hot Space
Queen Body Language 1982 Elektra
2 recordlabel: Elektra 46627
chartposition: RandB #86
writtenby: Hannon Lane and Ron Smith
album: Love Injection
Trussel Big City Rocker 1980 Elektra
3 recordlabel: Elektra 46597
chartposition: RandB #47
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Lenny White, Denzil Miller and Leslie Rene
Lenny White Best Of Friends 1980 Elektra
4 recordlabel: Elektra 66227
chartposition: RandB #14, US #105
writtenby: Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Teddy Pendergrass, Steve Beckham and Keith Robinson
album: A Little More Magic
Teddy Pendergrass Believe in Love 1994 Elektra
5 recordlabel: Elektra 45538
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Lee Oskar
comments: [instrumental]
Lee Oskar Before the Rain 1978 Elektra
6 recordlabel: Elektra 47451
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Ernest N. Baker, Freebo, Marshall Otwell and Sherwood E. Ball
album: Heartache
Leslie Smith & Merry Clayton Before the Night Is Over 1982 Elektra
-- recordlabel: Elektra 57 (UK)
writtenby: Anita Baker
album: Rapture...
comments: [ballad]
mpcode: FCDiics6SsE
Anita Baker Been So Long 1987 Elektra(UK)
1 recordlabel: Elektra 47084
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Debra Laws and Nathan East
album: Very Special
Debra Laws Be Yourself 1981 Elektra
2 recordlabel: Elektra 47246
chartposition: RandB #13, US #92
writtenby: Ralph MacDonald, William Eaton and William Salter
album: Come Morning
comments: [jazz funk]
Grover Washington, Jr. Be Mine (Tonight) 1982 Elektra
3 recordlabel: Elektra 5242
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Larry Troutman and Roger (as Roger Troutman)
album: Shirley Murdock
Shirley Murdock Be Free 1986 Elektra
4 recordlabel: Elektra 158
chartposition: US #53, US AC #23
writtenby: Joe Cuba and Jimmy Sabater
album: Upfront
comments: [jazz funk]
David Sanborn Bang Bang 1992 Elektra
5 recordlabel: Elektra 46031
chartposition: RandB #37, US Dance #72
writtenby: Deborah Thomas and Charles Veal Jr.
album: Bad for Me
Dee Dee Bridgewater Bad for Me 1979 Elektra
6 recordlabel: Elektra 673870
chartposition: RandB #86
writtenby: Timbaland, Jay Z (as Shawn Carter) and Missy Elliott
album: Under Construction
Missy Elliott featuring Jay-Z Back in the Day 2003 Elektra
7 recordlabel: Elektra 173 (UK)
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Keith Sweat
album: Lose Control
Silk Baby It's You 1993 Elektra(UK)
8 recordlabel: Elektra 4968
chartposition: RandB #25, UK #72, US Dance #4
writtenby: Eddie Noble Jr., Cecil Womack and Linda Womack
album: Love Wars
Womack & Womack Baby I'm Scared of You 1984 Elektra
9 recordlabel: Elektra 47093
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Leon Ware, Marcos Valle, Peter Cetera and Laudir de Oliveira
album: Rockin' You Eternally
Leon Ware Baby Don't Stop Me 1981 Elektra
10 recordlabel: Elektra 69518
chartposition: RandB #5, US #23, US AC #21
writtenby: Roger (as Roger Troutman) & Billy Beck
album: Shirley Murdock!
Shirley Murdock As We Lay 1987 Elektra
11 recordlabel: Elektra 69254
chartposition: US AC #6
writtenby: Robbie Buchanan and Diane Warren
comments: [ballad]
Patti Austin with Sadao Watanabe Any Other Fool 1989 Elektra
12 recordlabel: Elektra 47031
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #7, US dance #2
writtenby: John Deacon
album: The Game
mpcode: rY0WxgSXdEE
Queen Another One Bites the Dust 1980 Elektra
13 recordlabel: Elektra 1546
chartposition: US AC #14
writtenby: Natalie Cole and Richard Marx
album: Love Songs
comments: [ballad] [album cut]
Natalie Cole Angel on My Shoulder 2000 Elektra
14 recordlabel: Elektra 69711
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips
album: It's All Yours
comments: [slow jam]
Starpoint Am I Still the One 1984 Elektra
15 recordlabel: Elektra 11539
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Carla Vaughn
album: Just Like Dreamin'
comments: [beat ballad]
Twennynine featuring Lenny White All I Want 1981 Elektra
16 recordlabel: Elektra 45671
chartposition: US #95
writtenby: Booker T. Jones and William Bell
Dorothy Morrison All God's Children Got Soul 1970 Elektra
17 recordlabel: Elektra 64146
chartposition: US #84, US AC #8, R&B #106
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: A Smile Like Yours: Songs from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Natalie Cole A Smile Like Yours 1997 Elektra
18 recordlabel: Elektra 66106
chartposition: RandB #90, US #109
writtenby: Grand Puba (as Maxwell Dixon) and Anthony Martin
album: 2000
Grand Puba A Little of This 1995 Elektra
19 recordlabel: Elektra 7559672870
chartposition: UK #5, R&B #107
writtenby: Missy Elliott and Timbaland
album: Miss E... So Addictive
Missy Elliott featuring Eve 4 My People 2002 Elektra
20 recordlabel: Elektra 66405
chartposition: RandB #30, US #68
writtenby: Grand Puba (as Maxwell Dixon)
album: Reel to Reel
Grand Puba 360 Degrees (What Goes Around) 1992 Elektra
21 recordlabel: Elektra 69422
chartposition: RandB #3
writtenby: James S. Carter, Kevin Haskins (as Kevin J. Askins) and Marvin Hammett
album: Joy
Teddy Pendergrass 2 A.M. 1988 Elektra
22 recordlabel: Elektra 7 69896
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
comments: [disco, funk]
Dr. America 1990 1982 Elektra
23 recordlabel: Elektra 69514
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Kae Williams
album: Genie
B.B. & Q. Band (Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens) (I'm a) Dreamer 1986 Elektra

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