Soul R&B Music Charts of 1970 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1970 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 1970, 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 1970, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1970 . . .

The following songs were released in 1970 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 1970 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
601	recordlabel: Hot Wax 6907 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #88 writtenby: Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. album: Westbound #9	The Flaming Ember	Shades of Green	1970	Hot Wax
602	recordlabel: Twinight 129 chartposition: RandB #29 writtenby: Jimmy Jones album: Is It Because I'm Black?	Syl Johnson	Concrete Reservation	1970	Twinight
603	recordlabel: Columbia 45214 chartposition: RandB #32, US #102 writtenby: D. Malone comments: [southern soul]	Gwen McCrae	Lead Me On	1970	Columbia
604	recordlabel: Invictus 9076 chartposition: RandB #33, US #90 writtenby: General Johnson, Greg Perry and Ronald Dunbar album: Crumbs Off The Table (1992 UK compilation)	The Glass House	I Can't Be You (You Can't Be Me)	1970	Invictus
605	recordlabel: AandM 1167 chartposition: US #89 writtenby: Jimmy Cliff album: Wonderful World, Beautiful People comments: [Reggae]	Jimmy Cliff	Come into My Life	1970	A&M
606	recordlabel: Liberty 56186 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Sam Cooke album: My Prescription comments: [southern soul]	Bobby Womack	I'm Gonna Forget About You	1970	Liberty
607	recordlabel: Atlantic 2731 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #30 writtenby: Art Benson, Gail Petite album: Spirit in the Dark	Aretha Franklin	The Thrill Is Gone	1970	Atlantic
608	recordlabel: CBS 5204 chartposition: US #93 writtenby: Bill Soden	Pacific Gas & Electric	Father Come On Home	1970	CBS
609	recordlabel: Thomas 805 chartposition: RandB #35, US #95 writtenby: Gene Barge and Jesse Anderson	Jesse Anderson	I Got a Problem	1970	Thomas
610	recordlabel: Turntable 1018 chartposition: RandB #31, US #100 writtenby: Titus Turner album: Howard Tate's Reaction	Howard Tate	My Soul's Got a Hole in it	1970	Turntable
611	recordlabel: Uni 55186 chartposition: RandB #31 writtenby: Andre Williams and Johnny Thompson	The Green Berets	(Lord) Send Me Somebody	1970	Uni
612	recordlabel: Zodiac 1017 chartposition: RandB #34, US #118 writtenby: B. Neeko and Ric Williams album: Everybody Saw You	Ruby Andrews	Everybody Saw You	1970	Zodiac
613	recordlabel: Atlantic 452694 chartposition: RandB #35, US #85 writtenby: Gene McDaniels album: Swiss Movement comments: [jazz soul]	Les McCann & Eddie Harris	Compared to What	1970	Atlantic
614	recordlabel: Columbia 45263 chartposition: US AC #30 writtenby: Clarence Henry album: Close to You	Johnny Mathis	Evil Ways	1970	Columbia
615	recordlabel: Spring 106 chartposition: RandB #34, US #103 writtenby: Bob Feldman and Richard Gotteher	The Boys in the Band featuring Herman Griffin	Money Music	1970	Spring
616	recordlabel: Chisa 8010 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #44, US #90 writtenby: Wilton Felder album: Old Socks, New ShoesÃ¢â‚¬Â¦New Socks, Old Shoes comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]	The Jazz Crusaders	Way Back Home	1970	Chisa
617	recordlabel: United Artists 50720 chartposition: RandB #32, US #92 writtenby: Thom Bell and Linda Creed comments: [philly sound love ballad]	Little Anthony & the Imperials	Help Me Find a Way (To Say I Love You)	1970	United Artists
618	recordlabel: Cotillion 44092 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #49, US #106, US AC #18 writtenby: Isaac Holt and Marylean Holt	Young-Holt Unlimited	Mellow Dreaming	1970	Cotillion
619	recordlabel: Liberty 56207 chartposition: RandB #41, US #105 writtenby: Eki Renrut album: Workin' Together	Ike & Tina Turner	Workin' Together	1970	Liberty
620	recordlabel: Probe 481 chartposition: RandB #40 writtenby: Bob Dylan album: I Shall Be Released	Freddie Scott	I Shall Be Released	1970	Probe
621	recordlabel: Neptune 167 chartposition: RandB #40 writtenby: Vernon Harrell	Linda Jones	That's When I'll Stop Loving You	1970	Neptune
622	recordlabel: Atlantic 2697 chartposition: RandB #45, US #122 writtenby: Allen Toussaint	Judy Clay	Greatest Love	1970	Atlantic
623	recordlabel: Stax 1007 chartposition: RandB #40, writtenby: Isaac Hayes, David Porter	The Emotions	Stealing Love	1970	Stax
624	recordlabel: Spring 104 chartposition: RandB #40 writtenby: Dock Price Jr. and Raeford Gerald	Ray Godfrey	I Gotta Get Away (From My Own Self)	1970	Spring
625	recordlabel: Zea 50001 chartposition: RandB #40, US #123 writtenby: Richard Fields	The Younghearts	The Young Hearts Get Lonely Too	1970	Zea
626	recordlabel: Gordy 7097 chartposition: RandB #39, US #117 writtenby: Edwin Starr and Richard album: War and Peace comments: [Motown Sound]	Edwin Starr	Time	1970	Gordy
627	recordlabel: Buddah 188 chartposition: US #80 writtenby: A.J. Edmonton, J. Kay, N. St. Nicholas, L. Byrom, S. Vincent and Clarence Burke album: Stairsteps	The Five Stairsteps	Because I Love You	1970	Buddah
628	recordlabel: Dial 4096 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40 writtenby: Joe Tex album: Joe Tex Sings With Strings and Things	Joe Tex	You're Right, Ray Charles	1970	Dial
629	recordlabel: Blue Fox 100 chartposition: RandB #40 writtenby: Bill Cole	Calvin Leavy	Cummins Prison Farm	1970	Blue Fox
630	recordlabel: Alston 4587 chartposition: RandB #40 writtenby: Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke album: I Love the Way You Love	Betty Wright	Pure Love	1970	Alston
631	recordlabel: T Neck 917 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: William	The Young Vandals	I've Been Good to You	1970	T Neck
632	recordlabel: House of Fox 1 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Maceo And All The King's Men	Maceo & All the King's Men	Got to Get'cha	1970	House of Fox
633	recordlabel: Stax 0069 chartposition: RandB #50, US #127 writtenby: Albert King	Albert King	Can't You See What You're Doing to Me	1970	Stax
634	recordlabel: Stax 0071 chartposition: RandB #42 writtenby: Billy Ward, Rose Marks, traditional and Rufus Thomas (arrangement) album: Do the Funky Chicken	Rufus Thomas	Sixty Minute Man (Part II) -- The Preacher and the Bear	1970	Stax
635	recordlabel: Invictus 9082 chartposition: RandB #42 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. and Ronald Dunbar comments: US B side to Stealing Moments From Another Woman's Life	The Glass House	If It Ain't Love, It Don't Matter	1970	Invictus
636	recordlabel: Zodiac 1017 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: B. Neeko and Ric Williams album: Everybody Saw You	Ruby Andrews	Can You Get Away	1970	Zodiac
637	recordlabel: RCA 740307 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Percy Mayfield	Percy Mayfield	To Live the Past	1970	RCA
638	recordlabel: Capitol 2856 chartposition: RandB #45, US #96 writtenby: Sam Cooke	Lou Rawls	Bring It On Home	1970	Capitol
639	recordlabel: SSS Int'l 809 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: Dorothy La Bostrie and Joe Ruffino album: Heart and Soul	Johnny Adams	I Won't Cry	1970	SSS Int'l
640	recordlabel: Westbound 161 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: William Garrett and Abrim Tilmon	The Detroit Emeralds	I Can't See Myself Doing without You	1970	Westbound
641	recordlabel: Common United 3010 chartposition: RandB #45, US #125 writtenby: Bobby Darin (as Bob Darin)	Cissy Houston	I'll Be There	1970	Common United
642	recordlabel: Hot Wax 7005 chartposition: US #117 writtenby: Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland Jr. album: Sweet Replies	The Honey Cone	When Will It End	1970	Hot Wax
643	recordlabel: Alston 4583 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke and Brad Shapiro	J.P. Robinson	What Can I Tell Her	1970	Alston
644	recordlabel: Clintone 001 chartposition: RandB #39, US #94 writtenby: Lillian Dees	Rozetta Johnson	A Woman's Way	1970	Clintone
645	recordlabel: Ode 66003 chartposition: US #73 writtenby: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards album: Gimme Shelter	Merry Clayton	Gimme Shelter	1970	Ode
646	recordlabel: Hot Wax 7007 chartposition: RandB #37 writtenby: Angelo Bond, General Johnson and Greg Perry album: Women's Love Rights	Laura Lee	Wedlock Is a Padlock	1970	Hot Wax
647	recordlabel: Thomas 808 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #37 writtenby: Z. Sago comments: [funk]	Jodi Gales	You Gotta Push	1970	Thomas
648	recordlabel: Atlantic 452693 chartposition: US #112 writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff album: There's Gonna Be a Showdown	Archie Bell & the Drells	Here I Go Again	1970	Atlantic
649	recordlabel: Mercury 73072 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #39, US #111 writtenby: Gary Geld and Peter Udell album: I Got Love	Melba Moore	I Got Love	1970	Mercury
650	recordlabel: DeLuxe 45115 chartposition: RandB #36 writtenby: Daisy Holland and Richard Poindexter album: With These Hands	The Manhattans	It's Gonna Take a Lot to Bring Me Back	1970	DeLuxe
651	recordlabel: Atlantic 2745 chartposition: RandB #39, US #118 writtenby: Curly Putman (as Curly Putman Jr.)	Esther Phillips with the Dixie Flyers	Set Me Free	1970	Atlantic
652	recordlabel: Canyon 35 chartposition: RandB #36, US #109 writtenby: Gary U.S. Bonds (as Gary Bonds) and Jerry Williams (as Jerry Williams Jr.) album: I'm A Loser comments: [deep soul]	Doris Duke	Feet Start Walking	1970	Canyon
653	recordlabel: Date 1669 chartposition: RandB #50, US #110 writtenby: D. Thomas, D. Marchand	Peaches & Herb	Satisfy My Hunger	1970	Date
654	recordlabel: Down to Earth 74 chartposition: RandB #37 writtenby: General Crook and Burgess Gardner	General Crook	Do It for Me	1970	Down to Earth
655	recordlabel: Top and Bottom 402 chartposition: RandB #37 writtenby: Van McCoy	Oscar Weathers	Your Fool Still Loves You	1970	Top and Bottom
656	recordlabel: Today 1001 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Larry Butler, Wanda Butler and James Grant	Odds & Ends	Let Me Try	1970	Today
657	recordlabel: Uptite 20 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #38 writtenby: P. Upton	125th Street Candy Store	More Today Than Yesterday	1970	Uptite
658	recordlabel: National General 5 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: J. Bishop album: If You Knew Him Like I Do	Barbara Mason	If You Knew Him Like I Do	1970	National General
659	recordlabel: Stax 0072 chartposition: RandB #43, US #116 writtenby: Smokey Robinson and Ronald White	Eddie Floyd	My Girl	1970	Stax
660	recordlabel: Buddah 184 chartposition: RandB #43, US #114 writtenby: Elton John and Bernie Taupin	Dorothy Morrison	Border Song (Holy Moses)	1970	Buddah
661	recordlabel: Silver Fox 21 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Ronnie Shannon	Bettye LaVette	Do Your Duty	1970	Silver Fox
662	recordlabel: Columbia 45098 chartposition: US #114, US AC #38 writtenby: Anna Mitchell and Ekundayo Paris	O.C. Smith	Moody	1970	Columbia
663	recordlabel: Stax 0056 chartposition: RandB #41, US #107 writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter	Carla Thomas	Guide Me Well	1970	Stax
664	recordlabel: Invictus 9082 chartposition: RandB #42, US #121 writtenby: Holland, Dozier	The Glass House	Stealing Moments from Another Woman's Life	1970	Invictus
665	recordlabel: Enterprise 9014 chartposition: RandB #29, US #105 writtenby: Ed Lee & David Porter album: Gritty, Groovy, & Gettin' It comments: [ballad]	David Porter	Can't See You When I Want To	1970	Enterprise
666	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
667	recordlabel: Soul 35074 chartposition: RandB #20 writtenby: Pam Sawyer, Frank Gorman, Henry Dixon, Crathman Spencer and Walter Gaines album: Portrait of the Originals comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to We Can Make It Baby	The Originals	I Like Your Style	1970	Soul
668	recordlabel: RCA Victor 385 chartposition: RandB #37, US #60 writtenby: Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield album: Whatever / The Best of Friends comments: [pop soul]	The Friends of Distinction	Time Waits for No One	1970	RCA Victor
669	recordlabel: RCA 74 0340 chartposition: RandB #25, US #64 writtenby: Tony Sylvester, Luther Simmons and Donald McPherson album: The Main Ingredient L.T.D. comments: [sweet soul ballad]	The Main Ingredient	You've Been My Inspiration	1970	RCA
670	recordlabel: Gamble 4001 chartposition: RandB #25, US #119 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: When We Get Married comments: [philly sound ballad]	The Intruders	Tender (Was the Love We Knew)	1970	Gamble
671	recordlabel: Minit 32087 chartposition: RandB #21, US #57 writtenby: John Lennon and Paul McCartney album: Come Together	Ike & Tina Turner	Come Together	1970	Minit
672	recordlabel: World Pacific 88155 chartposition: RandB #29, US #56, US AC #32 writtenby: Monk Higgins album: Black Fox comments: [instrumental]	Freddy Robinson	Black Fox	1970	World Pacific
673	recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11259 chartposition: RandB #18, US #98 writtenby: Sam Cooke album: Singular Genius - The Complete ABC Singles (2011 compilation) comments: [soul blues]	Ray Charles	Laughin' and Clownin'	1970	ABC/TRC
674	recordlabel: Dakar 620 chartposition: RandB #19, US #72 writtenby: Eugene Record	Otis Leavill	Love Uprising	1970	Dakar
675	recordlabel: De lite 529 chartposition: RandB #19, US #78 writtenby: Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert Mickens, Gene Redd, Claydes Charles Smith album: Kool and the Gang comments: [funk]	Kool & the Gang	Let the Music Take Your Mind	1970	De lite
676	recordlabel: KoKo 2106 chartposition: RandB #22, US #110 writtenby: Luther Ingram, Johnny Baylor, Randall Stewart and Johnny Northern album: I've Been Here All The Time comments: [southern soul ballad]	Luther Ingram	To the Other Man	1970	KoKo
677	recordlabel: ABC 11261 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #21 writtenby: E. Holman, J. Soloman album: I Love You comments: [ballad] (re-recording)	Eddie Holman	Don't Stop Now	1970	ABC
678	recordlabel: T Neck 924 chartposition: RandB #25, US #89 writtenby: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley and Rudolph Isley album: Get into Something comments: [funk]	The Isley Brothers	Get Into Something	1970	T Neck
679	recordlabel: Josie 1021 chartposition: RandB #26, US #89 writtenby: Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr. and Allen Toussaint album: Struttin' comments: [funky soul]	The Meters	Hand Clapping Song	1970	Josie
680	recordlabel: Checker 1231 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: G. Jackson, W. Henderson, B. Despenza and M Campbell comments: [southern soul]	Little Milton	Somebody's Changin' My Sweet Baby's Mind	1970	Checker
681	recordlabel: Cadet 5676 chartposition: RandB #26, US #94 writtenby: L.D. Bonds album: Losers, Weepers comments: [southern soul ballad]	Etta James	Losers, Weepers (Part I)	1970	Cadet
682	recordlabel: Westbound 167 chartposition: RandB #27, US #81 writtenby: Billy Nelson, Eddie Hazel, Fuzzy Haskins and George Clinton album: Free Your Mind...And Your Ass Will Follow comments: [rock funk]	Funkadelic	I Wanna Know if it's Good to You	1970	Westbound
683	recordlabel: Scepter 12300 chartposition: US #43, US AC #2 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David album: Very Dionne comments: [pop soul]	Dionne Warwick	The Green Grass Starts to Grow	1970	Scepter
684	recordlabel: Scepter 12285 chartposition: US #43, US AC #6 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David album: I'll Never Fall in Love Again comments: [pop soul]	Dionne Warwick	Paper Mache	1970	Scepter
685	recordlabel: Josie 1024 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Leo Nocentelli album: The Original Funkmasters (1992 compilation) comments: [funk]	The Meters	A Message from the Meters	1970	Josie
686	recordlabel: Tamla 54190 chartposition: RandB #26, US #67 writtenby: Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong album: That's the Way Love Is comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye	Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got	1970	Tamla
687	recordlabel: Fontana 6430 049 chartposition: US #68 writtenby: Neil Young album: Them Changes comments: [rock soul ballad]	Buddy Miles & Freedom Express	Down by the River	1970	Fontana
688	recordlabel: Down to Earth 73 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: General Crook and Burgess Gardner comments: [funk]	General Crook	Gimme Some (Part I)	1970	Down to Earth
689	recordlabel: Gamble 4007 chartposition: RandB #22, US #85 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: When We Get Married comments: [philly sound ballad]	The Intruders	This Is My Love Song	1970	Gamble
690	recordlabel: Soul 35076 chartposition: RandB #24, US Dance #61 writtenby: Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller album: I Am My Brother's Keeper / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) comments: [Motown Sound]	David & Jimmy Ruffin	Stand by Me	1970	Soul
691	recordlabel: DeLuxe 122 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #16 writtenby: Winfred Lovett album: With These Hands	The Manhattans	Loneliness	1970	DeLuxe
692	recordlabel: Spring 103 chartposition: US #48 writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller comments: [from the movie The Phinx	The Boys in the Band	(How Bout a Little Hand For) The Boys in the Band	1970	Spring
693	recordlabel: Stax 0073 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #52, US #76, US AC #38 writtenby: George Harrison album: McLemore Avenue comments: [instrumental]	Booker T. & the MGs	Something	1970	Stax
694	recordlabel: King 6290 chartposition: RandB #20, US #51 writtenby: James Brown album: In The Jungle Groove (1986 compilation) comments: [funk]	James Brown	Funky Drummer (Part 1)	1970	King
695	recordlabel: MGM 14196 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #49, US #50 writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller album: The Black Man's Burdon	Eric Burdon & War	They Can't Take Away Our Music	1970	MGM
696	recordlabel: De lite 534 chartposition: RandB #16, US #87 writtenby: Kool and the Gang and Gene Redd album: Live at the Sex Machine comments: [funk]	Kool & the Gang	Funky Man	1970	De lite
697	recordlabel: Neptune 22 chartposition: RandB #21, US#64 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: In Philadelphia comments: [philly sound dancer]	The O'Jays	Deeper (In Love With You)	1970	Neptune
698	recordlabel: A & I 001 chartposition: RandB #19, US #99 writtenby: Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong album: Introducing the Whatnauts	The Whatnauts	Message from a Black Man	1970	A & I
699	recordlabel: Trojan 7711 (UK) chartposition: UK #47 writtenby: F. Hibbert album: Monkey Man comments: [reggae]	Toots & The Maytals	Monkey Man	1970	Trojan(UK)
700	recordlabel: Crab 32 (UK) chartposition: UK #49 writtenby: Derrick Morgan album: Moon Hop comments: [reggae]	Derrick Morgan	Moon Hop	1970	Crab(UK)

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