Soul R&B Music Charts of 1972 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1972 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1972, sorted by the most popular or best selling first. Place mouse on

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to play song. . Click on label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1972, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1972 . . .

The following songs were released in 1972 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 1972 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
801	recordlabel: Top and Bottom 412 chartposition: RandB #31 writtenby: Fats Washington and Don Robey	Oscar Weathers	Pledging My Love	1972	Top and Bottom
802	recordlabel: Curtom 1971 chartposition: RandB #41, US #94 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield comments: (reissue)	Donny Hathaway & June Conquest	I Thank You	1972	Curtom
803	recordlabel: Tamla 54217 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #49, US #93 writtenby: Gary Knight and Gene Allan comments: [Motown Sound]	The Courtship	It's the Same Old Love	1972	Tamla
804	recordlabel: Stax 0135 chartposition: RandB #31 writtenby: Jerry Beach album: I'll Play the Blues for You	Albert King	I'll Play the Blues for You (Part I)	1972	Stax
805	recordlabel: Janus 174 chartposition: RandB #35, US #114 writtenby: Michael Gately and Robert John album: The Whispers' Love Story comments: [sweet soul]	The Whispers	Can't Help But Love You	1972	Janus
806	recordlabel: Columbia 45519 chartposition: RandB #50, US #97 writtenby: J. Hill and C. Allen album: PGandE	Pacific Gas & Electric	Thank God for You Baby	1972	Columbia
807	recordlabel: De lite 546 chartposition: RandB #31, US #107 writtenby: Gene Redd and Kool and the Gang album: Music Is the Message	Kool & the Gang	Love the Life You Live (Part I)	1972	De lite
808	recordlabel: Sussex 208 chartposition: RandB #75, US #93 writtenby: Dennis Coffey and Mike Theodore comments: [instrumental] charted as Getting It On / Ride, Sally, Ride in US Hot 100 charts	Dennis Coffey	Getting It On	1972	Sussex
809	recordlabel: Westbound 204 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #30 writtenby: Ohio Players comments: [funk]	Ohio Players	Got Pleasure	1972	Westbound
810	recordlabel: GSF 6879 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Joe Quarterman	Joe Quarterman & Free Soul	(I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind (Pt. 1)	1972	GSF
811	recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 1508 chartposition: RandB #47, US #91 writtenby: Bob Montgomery	Joe Simon	Misty Blue	1972	Sound Stage Seven
812	recordlabel: Volt 4076 chartposition: RandB #35, US #96 writtenby: Na Allen	Hot Sauce	Bring It On Home (And Give It to Me)	1972	Volt
813	recordlabel: Toy 3801 chartposition: RandB #31 writtenby: J.R. Bailey and Ken Williams album: Just Me 'N You	J.R. Bailey	Love, Love, Love	1972	Toy
814	recordlabel: RCA Victor 740763 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Jimmy Castor, Johnny Pruitt and Gerry Thomas album: Phase Two	The Jimmy Castor Bunch	Luther the Anthropoid (Ape Man)	1972	RCA Victor
815	recordlabel: Atlantic 2848 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #32 writtenby: Donny Fritts, Dan Penn comments: [southern soul ballad]	Percy Sledge	Rainbow Road	1972	Atlantic
816	recordlabel: Uni 55342 chartposition: US #101 writtenby: Barry White album: Love Unlimited	Love Unlimited	Is It Really True Boy-Is It Really Me	1972	Uni
817	recordlabel: Warner 7635 chartposition: US #66 writtenby: Stephen Kupka (as Stephen album: Bump City	Tower of Power	Down to the Nightclub	1972	Warner
818	recordlabel: Invictus 9109 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #51, US #100 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Daphne Dumas album: Contact	Freda Payne	The Road We Didn't Take	1972	Invictus
819	recordlabel: Atco 6899 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #52, US #102 writtenby: Donny Hathaway, Quincy Jones and Al Cleveland album: Come Back, Charleston Blue OST	Donny Hathaway ft. Margie Joseph	Come Back Charleston Blue	1972	Atco
820	recordlabel: Hot Wax 7208 chartposition: R&B #37, US #101 writtenby: General Johnson, Greg Perry and Angelo Bond album: Love, Peace and Soul	The Honey Cone	Innocent Til Proven Guilty	1972	Hot Wax
821	recordlabel: Paula 375 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: Phil Perry album: Dreaming Out of Season comments: [Sweet Soul]	The Montclairs	Beggin' Is Hard to Do	1972	Paula
822	recordlabel: Moonsong 9001 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: Al Gardner, Clinton Moon and Sam Dees	Bill Brandon	Stop This Merry Go Round	1972	Moonsong
823	recordlabel: Stang 5033 chartposition: RandB #36, US #107 writtenby: A. Goodman, T. Johnson and S. Sieger	The Moments	To You with Love	1972	Stang
824	recordlabel: Turbo 024 chartposition: RandB #32 writtenby: Sylvia Robinson & Larry Roberts album: Your Precious Love / Linda Jones Greatest Hits comments: [deep soul ballad]	Linda Jones	Not on the Outside	1972	Turbo
825	recordlabel: Turbo 026 chartposition: RandB #32 writtenby: George Kerr comments: [instrumental]	Lonnie Youngblood	Sweet Sweet Tootie	1972	Turbo
826	recordlabel: Hi 2219 chartposition: RandB #32, US #117 writtenby: Earl Randle album: Straight from the Heart / Ann Peebles Greatest Hits comments: [southern soul]	Ann Peebles	Somebody's on Your Case	1972	Hi
827	recordlabel: Curtom 1968 chartposition: RandB #32, US #115 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: Roots...	Curtis Mayfield	We Got to Have Peace	1972	Curtom
828	recordlabel: Gordy 7119 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #46, US #92 writtenby: Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris album: All Directions comments: [Motown Sound]	The Temptations	Mother Nature	1972	Gordy
829	recordlabel: Tamla 54223 chartposition: RandB #36, US #90 writtenby: Stevie Wonder album: Music of My Mind comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	Keep On Running	1972	Tamla
830	recordlabel: Volt 4086 chartposition: RandB #30, US #109 writtenby: Brook Benton and Clyde Otis album: Only for the Lonely	Mavis Staples	Endlessly	1972	Volt
831	recordlabel: Janus 184 chartposition: RandB #27 writtenby: D. Daniels and Terri McFaddin album: The Whispers' Love Story comments: [sweet soul]	The Whispers	I Only Meant to Wet My Feet	1972	Janus
832	recordlabel: Ebony Sounds 175 chartposition: RandB #27, US #115 writtenby: Paul Kyser (as Paul L. Kyser) album: Beyond Body and Soul comments: [sweet soul love ballad]	Soul Generation	That's the Way It's Got to Be (Body and Soul)	1972	Ebony Sounds
833	recordlabel: Chess 2125 chartposition: RandB #31, US #108 writtenby: Wilson Pickett, Willie Schofield and Robert West	Etta James	I Found a Love	1972	Chess
834	recordlabel: RCA Victor 0591 chartposition: RandB #27 writtenby: Harvey Fuqua, Kenny Hawkins (as Kenneth L. Hawkins) and Leroy Taylor album: Morning, Noon and the Nine Liters comments: [instrumental] US B side to Afro Strut	The Nite-Liters	(We've Got to) Pull Together	1972	RCA Victor
835	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 93600 chartposition: RandB #27 writtenby: Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield album: All Directions comments: [Motown Sound]	The Temptations	Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On	1972	Tamla Motown
836	recordlabel: Win Or Lose 222 chartposition: RandB #27 writtenby: Robert Pointdexter, Jackie Members & Stanley Pointdexter album: Thin Line Between Love and Hate	The Persuaders	If This What You Call Love (I Don't Want No Part of It)	1972	Win Or Lose
837	recordlabel: Mankind 12009 chartposition: RandB #26, US #116 writtenby: J. Roach album: Friend	Freddie North	You and Me Together Forever	1972	Mankind
838	recordlabel: Oak 108 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: Bruce Fisher and Doug Gibbs	Doug Gibbs	I'll Always Have You There	1972	Oak
839	recordlabel: Dakar 4507 chartposition: RandB #26 writtenby: Leo Graham, G. Davis and Raymond Haley album: I Had It All The Time / Tyrone Davis Greatest Hits	Tyrone Davis	Was I Just a Fool	1972	Dakar
840	recordlabel: RCA 389 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #26 writtenby: MacColl album: Phase Two comments: [instrumental]	The Jimmy Castor Bunch	The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face	1972	RCA
841	recordlabel: Blue Thumb 208 chartposition: RandB #39, US #52, US AC #35 writtenby: Joe Sample album: Crusaders 1 comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]	The Crusaders	Put It Where You Want it	1972	Blue Thumb
842	recordlabel: Sussex 237 chartposition: RandB #43, US #93 writtenby: Dennis Coffey album: Goin' for Myself	Dennis Coffey	Ride, Sally, Ride	1972	Sussex
843	recordlabel: ABC 11321 chartposition: RandB #28, US #92 writtenby: B.B. King and Dave Clark album: L.A. Midnight	B.B. King	I Got Some Help I Don't Need	1972	ABC
844	recordlabel: Invictus 9122 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Brian Holland, Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland) and Lamont Dozier album: Bittersweet	Chairmen of the Board	Everybody's Got a Song to Sing	1972	Invictus
845	recordlabel: Fame 91001 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #29, US #95 writtenby: George Jackson, Raymond Moore album: Travis Wammack	Travis Wammack	Whatever Turns You On	1972	Fame
846	recordlabel: All Platinum 2336 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Donnie Elbert album: Where Did Our Love Go	Donnie Elbert	If I Can't Have You	1972	All Platinum
847	recordlabel: All Platinum 2333 chartposition: RandB #30, US #90 writtenby: Donnie Elbert album: Where Did Our Love Go	Donnie Elbert	Sweet Baby	1972	All Platinum
848	recordlabel: Hot Wax 7114 chartposition: RandB #33, US #110 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. album: The Politicians featuring McKinley Jackson	The Politicians	Free Your Mind	1972	Hot Wax
849	recordlabel: Hot Wax 7205 chartposition: RandB #33, US #96 writtenby: General Johnson and Greg Perry album: Love, Peace and Soul	The Honey Cone	Sittin' on a Time Bomb (Waitin' for the Hurt to Come)	1972	Hot Wax
850	recordlabel: Today 1508 chartposition: RandB #32, US #111 writtenby: Stuart Bascombe and Leroy Burgess album: Don't Turn Around	Black Ivory	You and I	1972	Today
851	recordlabel: Invictus 9117 chartposition: RandB #29	The 8th Day	Eeny-Meeny-Miny-Mo (Three's a Crowd)	1972	Invictus
852	recordlabel: Warner 7560 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #56, US #84, US AC #37 writtenby: Jacques Brel, Eric Blau and Mort Shuman album: Dionne [1972 album]	Dionne Warwick	If We Only Have Love	1972	Warner
853	recordlabel: Bell 45258 chartposition: RandB #29, US #69 writtenby: R. Williams album: Al Green	Al Green	Guilty	1972	Bell
854	recordlabel: People 615 chartposition: US #88 writtenby: James Brown and Lyn Collins	Lyn Collins	Me and My Baby Got Our Own Thing Going	1972	People
855	recordlabel: Tamla 54218 chartposition: RandB #35, US #77 writtenby: Leonard Caston and Anita Poree album: People... Hold On comments: [Motown Sound]	Eddie Kendricks	Eddie's Love	1972	Tamla
856	recordlabel: Blue Thumb 217 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #37, US #114, US AC #39 writtenby: Carole King album: Crusaders 1 comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]	The Crusaders	So Far Away	1972	Blue Thumb
857	recordlabel: Gordy 7118 chartposition: RandB #37, US #103 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson album: Black Magic comments: [Motown Sound]	Martha (Reeves) & the Vandellas	Tear It on Down	1972	Gordy
858	recordlabel: AandM 1320 chartposition: US #77 writtenby: Billy Preston and Joe Greene album: I Wrote a Simple Song	Billy Preston	I Wrote a Simple Song	1972	A&M
859	recordlabel: Pride 1002 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancey album: Sweet Surrender	Ollie Nightingale	May the Best Man Win	1972	Pride
860	recordlabel: MGM 14349 chartposition: RandB #44, US #105 writtenby: Bobby Hebb and Sandy Baron album: Silk and Soul	Lou Rawls	His Song Shall Be Sung	1972	MGM
861	recordlabel: Mankind 12012 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Jerry Williams Jr., Don Hollinger and Gary U.S. Bonds album: The Brand New Z.Z. Hill	Z.Z. Hill	Second Chance	1972	Mankind
862	recordlabel: Dial 1006 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40 writtenby: J. Tex album: Joe Tex Spills The Beans	Joe Tex	King Thaddeus	1972	Dial
863	recordlabel: Buddah 277 chartposition: RandB #40, US #115 writtenby: Bobby Flax and Lanny Lambert album: The Stairsteps	The Stairsteps	I Love You - Stop	1972	Buddah
864	recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11337 chartposition: RandB #47, US #115 writtenby: Betty Lapcevic album: A Message from the People	Ray Charles	Hey Mister	1972	ABC/TRC
865	recordlabel: Kudu 906 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Marvin Gaye and Anna Gordy Gaye (as Anna Gaye) album: From a Whisper to a Scream comments: [jazz soul ballad]	Esther Phillips	Baby, I'm for Real	1972	Kudu
866	recordlabel: Westbound 205 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: George Clinton and Bernie Worrell album: America Eats Its Young	Funkadelic	A Joyful Process	1972	Westbound
867	recordlabel: Stax 0129 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #44, US #114 writtenby: Randy Stewart album: Did You Heard Me?	Rufus Thomas	Love Trap	1972	Stax
868	recordlabel: Deluxe 140 chartposition: RandB #38 comments: [deep soul]	Reuben Bell	I Hear You Knocking (It's Too Late)	1972	Deluxe
869	recordlabel: Hi 2212 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Eugene Williams and John Harris	George Jackson	Aretha, Sing One for Me	1972	Hi
870	recordlabel: Alston 4603 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Clarence Reid , Willie Clarke and Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey)	Clarence Reid	Good Old Days	1972	Alston
871	recordlabel: Cadet 5691 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40 writtenby: B. Bacharach, H. David album: The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke's Greatest Hits	The Dells	Walk On By	1972	Cadet
872	recordlabel: Sussex 236 chartposition: RandB #40 writtenby: Chuck Brown and John Buchanan album: We the People	The Soul Searchers	We the People (Part I)	1972	Sussex
873	recordlabel: Rampage 1000 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Curtis	The Ramrods	Soultrain (Part 1 and 2)	1972	Rampage
874	recordlabel: Calla 181 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Charles White	The Naturals	I Can't Share You	1972	Calla
875	recordlabel: RCA 740740 chartposition: RandB #41 weeksinr&bchart: 3	Love, Peace & Happiness	I Don't Want To Do Wrong	1972	RCA
876	recordlabel: Stax 0121 chartposition: RandB #42 writtenby: Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson	Albert King	Angel of Mercy	1972	Stax
877	recordlabel: Back Beat 627 chartposition: RandB #42 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) album: Can't Stop a Man in Love	Carl Carlton	I Won't Let That Chump Break Your Heart	1972	Back Beat
878	recordlabel: Stang 5036 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: M. Burton and Sylvia Robinson	The Moments	Thanks a Lot	1972	Stang
879	recordlabel: Atlantic 2875 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41 writtenby: Herbert Carter, Timothy Matthews	Clarence Carter & Candi	If You Can't Beat 'Em	1972	Atlantic
880	recordlabel: RCA Victor 5756 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Johnny Bristol, William Guest, Katherine Schaffner, Merald album: Coming Together	New Birth	I Don't Want to Do Wrong	1972	RCA Victor
881	recordlabel: Bell 1202 (UK) chartposition: Cashbox R&B #44, US #86 writtenby: Tony Macaulay and Roger Greenaway album: The Fantastics	The Fantastics	(Love Me) Love the Life I Lead	1972	Bell(UK)
882	recordlabel: Dial 1010 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Joe Tex	Joe Tex	A Mother's Prayer	1972	Dial
883	recordlabel: Curtom 1970 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Leroy Hutson and Michael Hawkins	The Impressions	This Loves for Real	1972	Curtom
884	recordlabel: Ronn 59 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Miles Grayson and Lermon Horton	Little Johnny Taylor	It's My Fault Darling	1972	Ronn
885	recordlabel: Kudu 904 chartposition: RandB #40, US #122 writtenby: Gil Scott Heron album: From a Whisper to a Scream comments: [jazz soul]	Esther Phillips	Home Is Where the Hatred Is	1972	Kudu
886	recordlabel: Probe 93335 chartposition: RandB #37, US #93 writtenby: Ahmet Ertegun (as Nugetre) album: L.A. Midnight	B.B. King	Sweet Sixteen	1972	Probe
887	recordlabel: Alston 4609 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #35 writtenby: Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke album: I Love The Way You Love	Betty Wright	If You Love Me Like You Say You Love Me	1972	Alston
888	recordlabel: Sussex 230 chartposition: RandB #39, US #104 writtenby: Eddy Senay (as Edward James Harris) album: Hot Thang comments: [instrumental]	Eddy Senay	Hot Thang	1972	Sussex
889	recordlabel: Capitol 3230 chartposition: RandB #39, US #108 writtenby: James Harlee	The Persians	Your Love	1972	Capitol
890	recordlabel: Wand 11249 chartposition: RandB #38, US #113 writtenby: Maurice Barge and Jimmie Jiles album: The First Time We Met / Discs of Gold	The Independents	I Just Want to Be There	1972	Wand
891	recordlabel: Westbound 193 chartposition: RandB #42, US #105 writtenby: Abrim Tilmon	Damon Shawn	Feel the Need	1972	Westbound
892	recordlabel: Columbia 45655 chartposition: US #102, Cashbox R&B #59 writtenby: Gordon Parks album: Shaft's Big Score!: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	O.C. Smith	Don't Misunderstand	1972	Columbia
893	recordlabel: Mankind 12015 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: Jerry Williams (as Jerry Williams Jr.), Don Hollinger and Gary U.S. Bonds album: The Brand New Z.Z. Hill	Z.Z. Hill	It Ain't No Use	1972	Mankind
894	recordlabel: Stax 0140 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: Ronald Hayes and Toby King	Rufus Thomas	Itch and Scratch (Part 1)	1972	Stax
895	recordlabel: Stang 5043 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb	Spoonbread	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	1972	Stang
896	recordlabel: Ode 66025 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #47, US #104 writtenby: Sly Stone album: David T. Walker	David T. Walker	Hot Fun in the Summertime	1972	Ode
897	recordlabel: MGM 14428 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #54, US #106, US AC #34	Lou Rawls	Walk On In	1972	MGM
898	recordlabel: Paula 363 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: Phil Perry album: Dreaming Out of Season	The Montclairs	Dreaming Out of Season	1972	Paula
899	recordlabel: Hot Wax 7210 chartposition: RandB #40, US #107 writtenby: Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr., Ronald Dunbar and Scherrie Payne album: Two Sides of Laura Lee / The Best of Laura Lee	Laura Lee	Crumbs Off the Table	1972	Hot Wax
900	recordlabel: Cadet 5694 chartposition: RandB #35 writtenby: Terry Callier and Larry Wade album: Sweet As Funk Can Be / The Best of The Dells	The Dells	Just As Long As We're in Love	1972	Cadet

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