| 1 |
recordlabel: End 1085
chartposition: US #92
writtenby: Sam Taylor
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Columbia 4 42156
chartposition: RandB #89
writtenby: Ruth Lyons
album: Johnny's Newest Hits
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Josie 45 887
chartposition: US #89
writtenby: Jack Cortes
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| 4 |
recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10242
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #44, US #89
writtenby: Walter Maynard
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| 5 |
recordlabel: ABC-Paramount 10298
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #41, US #91
writtenby: Frank Loesser
album: Ray Charles and Betty Carter
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| 6 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 372
chartposition: RandB #30, US #34
writtenby: Dee Clark and Calvin Carter
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| 7 |
recordlabel: Smash 1712
chartposition: RandB #30
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Rudy Toombs and C. Williams
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| 8 |
recordlabel: Tri Phi 1004
chartposition: US #91
writtenby: Harvey Fuqua and Gwen Gordy
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| 9 |
recordlabel: Beltone 1005
chartposition: US #91
writtenby: Ed Davis and Robert Head
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| 10 |
recordlabel: Reprise 20002
chartposition: RandB #28
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Lincoln Mayorga and Ed Cobb
comments: [instrumental]
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| 11 |
recordlabel: Impulse 202
chartposition: RandB #25, US #84
writtenby: William Weldon and Roy Jacobs
album: Genius+Soul=Jazz
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| 12 |
recordlabel: Challenge 9109
chartposition: US #79
writtenby: Dave Burgess and Jerry Fuller
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| 13 |
recordlabel: Chess 1787
chartposition: RandB #26
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: William Davis and Viola Watkins
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| 14 |
recordlabel: Epic 9443
chartposition: US #80
writtenby: Bob Brass and Irwin Levine
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Federal 12439
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Sonny Thompson and R. C. Wilson
comments: [christmas]
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Hi 2042
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #27
writtenby: Bill Black
album: Let's Twist Her
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: King 5453
chartposition: US #81
writtenby: Ralph Bass and Lowman Pauling
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: Scepter 1218
chartposition: US #84
writtenby: Luther Dixon, Bob Elgin and Rogers
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: Epic 9449
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #27
writtenby: B. Cook
|
| 20 |
recordlabel: Tap 500
chartposition: US #82
writtenby: Robert Hargreaves, Tolchard Evans and Stanley Damerell
|
| 21 |
recordlabel: King 5510
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #30
writtenby: Hank Ballard
album: Dance Along
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| 22 |
recordlabel: Monument 448
chartposition: US #90
writtenby: Roy Orbinson, Joe Melson
mpcode: Y9-JAvVdxwM
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| 23 |
recordlabel: Atco 6207
chartposition: US #66
writtenby: Phil Spector and Mort Shuman
|
| 24 |
recordlabel: Willow 23000
chartposition: US #97
writtenby: Jay Robinson and Sam Gibson
|
| 25 |
recordlabel: Atco 45 6204
chartposition: US #96
writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
|
| 26 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71772
chartposition: US #98
writtenby: Benton, Williams
mpcode: zmPJ0m03vlk
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| 27 |
recordlabel: ABC 10208
chartposition: US #101
writtenby: Edward Ellen and Kenneth W. Seymour
|
| 28 |
recordlabel: Deluxe 6193
chartposition: US #99
writtenby: Thomas Rivera
|
| 29 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 409
chartposition: US #104
writtenby: Horace Ott and Calvin Carter
|
| 30 |
recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10255
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #44, US #103
writtenby: Bobby Stevenson
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| 31 |
recordlabel: Everest 19428
chartposition: US #100
writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard
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| 32 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54044
chartposition: US #97
writtenby: William Robinson
album: Cookin' with The Miracles
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 33 |
recordlabel: Musitron 1072
chartposition: US #96
writtenby: Fawcett
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| 34 |
recordlabel: Prestige 191
chartposition: US #91
writtenby: Eddie Heywood and Norman Gimbel
album: Something Nice
comments: [soul jazz]
|
| 35 |
recordlabel: Donna 1333
chartposition: US #91
writtenby: Kulaga, Catalano, and Ariotta
|
| 36 |
recordlabel: Arnold 1002
chartposition: US #60
writtenby: Don Covay and John Berry
|
| 37 |
recordlabel: Liberty 55375
chartposition: US #93
writtenby: Timi Yuro and Clyde Otis
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| 38 |
recordlabel: King 5516
chartposition: US #93
writtenby: Shirley Wolfe and Sy Soloway
|
| 39 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 418
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #32
writtenby: C. Draine
|
| 40 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 477927
chartposition: US #93
writtenby: Sam Cooke
|
| 41 |
recordlabel: Federal 45 12384
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #48, US #93
writtenby: Freddy King
album: Freddy King Sings
|
| 42 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55216
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #49, US #80
writtenby: Al Kasha and Alan Thomas
|
| 43 |
recordlabel: Warwick 664
chartposition: US #77
writtenby: Arthur Crier
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| 44 |
recordlabel: Willow 23000
chartposition: RandB #27, US #52
writtenby: Tyler, Johnson, Robinson, and Gibson
comments: B side to Lovedrops
|
| 45 |
recordlabel: King 5547
chartposition: RandB #17
writtenby: James Brown
album: The Amazing James Brown
|
| 46 |
recordlabel: King 5503
chartposition: RandB #17
writtenby: Edmund Anderson and Ted Grouya (as Theodor Grouya)
|
| 47 |
recordlabel: Neptune 122
chartposition: RandB #17, US #60
writtenby: Baby Washington
|
| 48 |
recordlabel: Vogue Pop 459174(UK)
chartposition: UK #40
writtenby: Armand Piron
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| 49 |
recordlabel: Argo 5390
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #26, US #55
writtenby: Johnny Mercer
comments: US B side to Fool That I Am
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| 50 |
recordlabel: King 5452
chartposition: US #60
writtenby: Little Willie John , James "Jay" McDougal and Titus Turner
|
| 51 |
recordlabel: King 5545
chartposition: RandB #19
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Eugene Church
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| 52 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55220
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #58
writtenby: Gary Geld and Peter Udell
|
| 53 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71841
chartposition: RandB #17, US #56
writtenby: Jimmy Oliver and Clyde McPhatter
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| 54 |
recordlabel: Everest 19418
chartposition: RandB #16, US #95, US AC #19
writtenby: Bernie Friedman and Ollie Jones
album: This Little Boy of Mine
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| 55 |
recordlabel: Argo 5402
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #19, US #95
writtenby: Billy Davis
album: The Second Time Around
|
| 56 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71859
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #45, US AC #8
writtenby: Teddy Randazzo, Cirino Colacrai, Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
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| 57 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54044
chartposition: RandB #21, US #51
writtenby: William Robinson
comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to Broken Hearted
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| 58 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71840
chartposition: RandB #15, US #12
writtenby: Ben E. King, Glick, and Ollie Jones
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| 59 |
recordlabel: King 5405
chartposition: RandB #21, US #76
writtenby: Brown, Redd
comments: [christmas]
|
| 60 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 7840
chartposition: RandB #16, US #4, UK #1
writtenby: Floyd Cramer
album: On the Rebound
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 61 |
recordlabel: Minit 634
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #21, US #71
writtenby: Naomi Neville
|
| 62 |
recordlabel: Kent 360
chartposition: RandB #16
writtenby: King and Josea
|
| 63 |
recordlabel: King 5458
chartposition: US #61
writtenby: Ray Noble
|
| 64 |
recordlabel: Minit 632
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #40, US #61
writtenby: Norman Johnson
|
| 65 |
recordlabel: Minit 634
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #48, US #69
writtenby: Naomi Neville
|
| 66 |
recordlabel: Columbia 41940
chartposition: RandB #22
writtenby: Julian Cannonball Adderley
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 67 |
recordlabel: Parkway 811
chartposition: US #68
writtenby: Kal Mann
album: Your Twist Party
|
| 68 |
recordlabel: United Artists 294
chartposition: RandB #26, US #61
writtenby: Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.)
|
| 69 |
recordlabel: Beltone 1014
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #29, US #74
writtenby: Eugene Pitt and Rene
|
| 70 |
recordlabel: Gone 5112
chartposition: US #72
writtenby: Chris Kenner
|
| 71 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71760
chartposition: US #75
writtenby: McShann and Bowman
|
| 72 |
recordlabel: Liberty 55320
chartposition: RandB #28, US #80
writtenby: Don Covay and John Berry
|
| 73 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2127
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #45, US #72
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
|
| 74 |
recordlabel: Savoy 1599
chartposition: RandB #26, US #97
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Williams and McPherson
|
| 75 |
recordlabel: Wand 108
chartposition: RandB #22, US #46
writtenby: Ollie Jones and Luther Dixon
|
| 76 |
recordlabel: Argo 5401
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #64
writtenby: Robert Guidry
|
| 77 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55220
chartposition: US #65
writtenby: Dorothy Daniels and Frank Daniels
|
| 78 |
recordlabel: Gee 1067
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #43, US #60
writtenby: Pat Best (as William Best) and Deek Watson
|
| 79 |
recordlabel: Federal 4512428
chartposition: RandB #21
writtenby: Freddie King and Sonny Thompson
album: Freddy King Sings
|
| 80 |
recordlabel: Riverside 45457
chartposition: RandB #21, US #41
writtenby: Galt Macdermott
|
| 81 |
recordlabel: King 45 5535
chartposition: US #66
writtenby: Nathaniel Nathan and Hank Ballard
comments: [B side to Nothin' But Good]
|
| 82 |
recordlabel: Vee Jay 389
chartposition: RandB #21
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Percy Mayfield
|
| 83 |
recordlabel: Coed 550
chartposition: RandB #21, US #5, US AC #5
writtenby: Mark Barkan, Sandy Baron & George Eddy
|
| 84 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71783
chartposition: US #103
writtenby: Gene Pitney
|
| 85 |
recordlabel: Instant 3234
chartposition: US #103
writtenby: Chris Kenner
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recordlabel: Storm 502
writtenby: E. Freeman And J. Jackson
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recordlabel: Abner 7003
writtenby: Don Downing
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recordlabel: Columbia 41793
writtenby: J. Leslie McFarland
album: The First 12 Sides
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recordlabel: King 5588
writtenby: Albert King
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recordlabel: Pompadour 102
writtenby: B. Coefield And C. Pipken
album: Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1
comments: [deep soul]
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recordlabel: Miracle 1
writtenby: Jimmy Ruffin
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recordlabel: Tamla 54038
writtenby: Berry Gordy Jr.
album: Meet the Supremes
comments: [Motown Sound]
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recordlabel: Tamla 54038
writtenby: B. Holland, F. Gorman
album: Meet the Supremes
comments: [Motown Sound]
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recordlabel: Miracle 1
writtenby: Jimmy Ruffin
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recordlabel: Bobbin 143
writtenby: Albert King
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| --- |
recordlabel: Miracle 5
writtenby: Stevenson, Kendrick
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Duke 74
writtenby: Robey
album: Two Steps From The Blues
comments: [blues soul album cut]
mpcode: dAjlzda5U8o
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recordlabel: Duke 74
writtenby: Malone
album: Two Steps From The Blues
comments: [soul blues]
mpcode: BSv_ZLy7sqg
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recordlabel: Duke 74
writtenby: Malone, Brown
album: Two Steps From The Blues
comments: [blues soul album cut]
mpcode: fxapugWr3gk
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recordlabel: Duke 74
writtenby: Malone, Agee
album: Two Steps From The Blues
comments: [blues soul album cut]
mpcode: Id3hjC_sVfA
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