Soul R&B Music Charts of 1973 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1973 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 1973, 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 1973, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1973 . . .

The following songs were released in 1973 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 1973 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
501	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 866(UK) chartposition: UK #41 writtenby: Norman Whitfield album: Masterpiece... / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8 comments: [Motown Sound]	The Temptations	Law of the Land	1973	Tamla Motown (UK)
502	recordlabel: Stang 5050 chartposition: RandB #16, US #68 writtenby: Billy Terrell and Ray Dahrouge comments: [Sweet Soul]	The Moments	Gotta Find a Way	1973	Stang
503	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3518 chartposition: RandB #12, US #78 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff	Johnny Williams	Slow Motion	1973	P.I.R.
504	recordlabel: Gamble 2508 chartposition: RandB #9, US #60 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: Save the Children	The Intruders	I Wanna Know Your Name	1973	Gamble
505	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3525 chartposition: RandB #12, US #63 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: I Miss You	Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes	Yesterday I Had the Blues	1973	P.I.R.
506	recordlabel: Crossover 973 chartposition: RandB #30,US #82, UK #54, US AC #20 writtenby: Felice Bryant and Boudleaux Bryant	Ray Charles	Come Live with Me	1973	Crossover
507	recordlabel: KoKo 2115 chartposition: RandB #11, US #64 writtenby: Johnny Baylor and Luther Ingram album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right	Luther Ingram	Always	1973	KoKo
508	recordlabel: Pride 1019 chartposition: RandB #10, US #77 writtenby: Leon Sylvers III album: The Sylvers	The Sylvers	Wish That I Could Talk to You	1973	Pride
509	recordlabel: Spring 141 chartposition: RandB #6, US #62 writtenby: Gene McDaniels (as Eugene McDaniels)	Joe Simon	River	1973	Spring
510	recordlabel: GRC 1004 chartposition: RandB #11, US #67 writtenby: Robert Beavers, Jack Hill, Peter Joyner and Dennis Taylor album: Ripple	Ripple	I Don't Know What It Is but It Sure Is Funky	1973	GRC
511	recordlabel: ABC 11406 chartposition: RandB #6, US #28 writtenby: Dave Crawford and Charles Mann	B.B. King	I Like to Live the Love	1973	ABC
512	recordlabel: Polydor 14194 chartposition: RandB #6, US #50 writtenby: James Brown album: Slaughter's Big Rip off	James Brown	Sexy, Sexy, Sexy	1973	Polydor
513	recordlabel: Raft 18502 chartposition: UK #15 writtenby: Linda Lewis album: Lark	Linda Lewis	Rock A Doodle Doo	1973	Raft
514	recordlabel: Stax 0152 chartposition: RandB #11, US #105 writtenby: Carl Hampton, Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson	The Soul Children	It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It)	1973	Stax
515	recordlabel: Westbound 213 chartposition: RandB #10, US #101 writtenby: Abrim Tilmon album: Abe, James and Ivory / I'm in Love with You	The Detroit Emeralds	You're Gettin' a Little Too Smart	1973	Westbound
516	recordlabel: Bell 45338 chartposition: US #70, US AC #18 writtenby: Paul Anka album: Living Together, Growing Together	The 5th Dimension	Everything's Been Changed	1973	Bell
517	recordlabel: Atco 6949 chartposition: RandB #14, US #74 writtenby: Jimmy Grant and Allan Felder (as Al Felder) album: Blue Magic comments: [sweet soul] [philly sound]	Blue Magic	Stop to Start	1973	Atco
518	recordlabel: Tamla 844(UK) chartposition: UK #21 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David album: Silk N' Soul / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8 comments: [Motown Sound]	Gladys Knight & the Pips	The Look of Love	1973	Tamla (UK)
519	recordlabel: Westbound 6146104(UK) chartposition: UK #27 writtenby: Abrim Tilmon and James Mitchell album: Abe, James and Ivory / I'm in Love with You	The Detroit Emeralds	I Think of You	1973	Westbound (UK)
520	recordlabel: Roadshow 7004 chartposition: RandB #65, UK #32 writtenby: Don Downing album: Doctor Boogie	Don Downing	Lonely Days, Lonely Nights	1973	Roadshow
521	recordlabel: Rainy Wednesday 201 chartposition: RandB #17, US #31 writtenby: Dickie Goodman and James Passantino comments: [novelty]	John & Ernest	Superfly Meets Shaft	1973	Rainy Wednesday
522	recordlabel: Avco 6105025 (UK) chartposition: UK #31 writtenby: Sandy Linzer	Limmie & the Family Cookin	Dreamboat	1973	Avco(UK)
523	recordlabel: Bell 45425 chartposition: RandB #75, US #82, US AC #30 writtenby: Alan O'Day and Artie Wayne	The 5th Dimension	Flashback	1973	Bell
524	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3529 chartposition: RandB #14, US #68 writtenby: Leon Huff album: The Ebonys / The Best Of Philadelphia	The Ebonys	It's Forever	1973	P.I.R.
525	recordlabel: Tamla 54230 chartposition: RandB #13, US #87 writtenby: Leonard Caston and Anita Poree album: People... Hold On comments: [Motown Sound]	Eddie Kendricks	Girl You Need a Change of Mind (Part 1)	1973	Tamla
526	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 865 chartposition: UK #25 writtenby: Gene Marcellino and Jerry Marcellino album: Skywriter / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8 comments: [Motown Sound]	The Jackson 5	Skywriter	1973	Tamla Motown
527	recordlabel: Wand 11263 chartposition: RandB #12, US #65 writtenby: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy album: Chuck, Helen, Eric, Maurice	The Independents	It's All Over	1973	Wand
528	recordlabel: Volt 4099 chartposition: RandB #12, US #45 writtenby: Tony Hester album: A Dramatic Experience / The Best of The Dramatics	The Dramatics	Fell for You	1973	Volt
529	recordlabel: Wand 11251 chartposition: RandB #14, US #61 writtenby: Jimmy Van Leer and Bobby Rush album: Southside Movement	The South Side Movement	I Been Watchin' You	1973	Wand
530	recordlabel: Horse chartposition: UK #26 writtenby: Mulby, Thompson album: Dandy Livingstone comments: [reggae] Double A Side	Dandy Livingstone	Big City -- Think About That	1973	Horse
531	recordlabel: Mainstream 5542 chartposition: RandB #33, US #47 writtenby: Manu Dibango album: Soul Makossa comments: [instrumental]	Afrique	Soul Makossa	1973	Mainstream
532	recordlabel: Atlantic 452971 chartposition: RandB #121, US #35, US AC #29 writtenby: Manu Dibango album: Soul Makossa	Manu Dibango	Soul Makossa	1973	Atlantic
533	recordlabel: Blue Thumb 243 chartposition: RandB #24, US #61 writtenby: Willie Dixon album: The Pointer Sisters	The Pointer Sisters	Wang Dang Doodle	1973	Blue Thumb
534	recordlabel: Warner 7733 chartposition: RandB #27, US #65, US AC #46 writtenby: David Bartlett, Emilio Castillo and Stephen Kupka (as Stephen album: Tower of Power	Tower of Power	This Time it's Real	1973	Warner
535	recordlabel: Tamla 54236 chartposition: RandB #26, US #67 writtenby: King Errisson, Kathy Wakefield and Frank Wilson album: Eddie Kendricks comments: [Motown Sound]	Eddie Kendricks	Darling Come Back Home	1973	Tamla
536	recordlabel: Stax 0124 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #20 writtenby: Sandy Jones comments: [soul blues]	Little Milton	Walking The Back Streets And Crying	1973	Stax
537	recordlabel: Soul 35107 chartposition: RandB #28, US #61 writtenby: Bud Reneau album: All I Need Is Time comments: [Motown Sound]	Gladys Knight & the Pips	All I Need Is Time	1973	Soul
538	recordlabel: People 627 chartposition: RandB #24, US #104 writtenby: James Brown album: Damn Right I Am Somebody	Fred Wesley & the J.B.s	If You Don't Get It the First Time, Back Up and Try It Again, Party	1973	People
539	recordlabel: Epic 11003 chartposition: US #77, UK #58, US AC #34 writtenby: Johnny Nash, D. Rogers and D.D. Brodsky album: My Merry Go Round	Johnny Nash	My Merry-Go-Round	1973	Epic
540	recordlabel: MGM 14588 chartposition: RandB #42, US #57, US AC #35 writtenby: Preston Epps and Arthur Egnoian album: Bongo Rock comments: [instrumental]	The Incredible Bongo Band	Bongo Rock	1973	MGM
541	recordlabel: Tamla 54237 chartposition: RandB #26, US #56 writtenby: Freddie Perren and Christine Perren album: Renaissance comments: [Motown Sound]	The Miracles	Don't Let It End ('Til You Let It Begin)	1973	Tamla
542	recordlabel: Glades 1709 chartposition: RandB #23, US #75 writtenby: Timmy Thomas	Timmy Thomas	People Are Changin'	1973	Glades
543	recordlabel: Motown 1222 chartposition: RandB #18, US #67 writtenby: Willie Hutch album: The Mack / In And Out (UK compilation) comments: [Motown Sound]	Willie Hutch	Brother's Gonna Work It Out	1973	Motown
544	recordlabel: Motown 1252 chartposition: RandB #18, US #65 writtenby: Willie Hutch album: The Mack / In And Out (UK compilation) comments: [Motown Sound]	Willie Hutch	Slick	1973	Motown
545	recordlabel: Dakar 4526 chartposition: RandB #19 writtenby: Richard Parker and Carl H. Davis album: Without You in My Life	Tyrone Davis	Wrapped Up in Your Warm and Tender Love	1973	Dakar
546	recordlabel: Epic 11034 chartposition: UK #52, US #103, US AC #38 writtenby: Johnny Nash album: My Merry Go Round	Johnny Nash	Ooh What a Feeling	1973	Epic
547	recordlabel: MCA 40104 chartposition: RandB #98, US #40, US AC #22 writtenby: David Batteau album: El Chicano	El Chicano	Tell Her She's Lovely	1973	MCA
548	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 875 chartposition: RandB #40, UK #54 writtenby: Norman Whitfield comments: [Motown Sound]	Edwin Starr	You've Got My Soul on Fire	1973	Tamla Motown
549	recordlabel: Polydor 14187 chartposition: RandB #25, US #83 writtenby: Mandrill album: Composite Truth comments: [instrumental]	Mandrill	Hang Loose	1973	Polydor
550	recordlabel: Island 6235 (UK) chartposition: UK #69 writtenby: B. Marley, Rondor album: Burnin' comments: [Reggae]	Bob Marley & the Wailers	I Shot The Sheriff	1973	Island(UK)
551	recordlabel: Ko Ko 2116 chartposition: RandB #23 writtenby: Johnny Baylor album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right comments: [ballad]	Luther Ingram	Love Ain't Gonna Run Me Away	1973	Ko Ko
552	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3526 chartposition: RandB #29, US #79 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: 360 Degrees of Billy Paul	Billy Paul	Am I Black Enough for You	1973	P.I.R.
553	recordlabel: GSF 6897 chartposition: RandB #23 writtenby: Wesaline Kerr	The Whatnauts	Instigating (Trouble Making Fool)	1973	GSF
554	recordlabel: Lion 140 chartposition: RandB #26, US #107 writtenby: Hal Davis and Herman Griffith	Vee Allen	Can I	1973	Lion
555	recordlabel: Hi 2229 chartposition: RandB #23, US #95 writtenby: Johnny Moore album: Back For A Taste Of Your Love	Syl Johnson	We Did It	1973	Hi
556	recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11351 chartposition: RandB #21, US #81 writtenby: Ray Charles , Ruth Robinson and Dee Ervin album: Through the Eyes of Love	Ray Charles	I Can Make It Thru the Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)	1973	ABC/TRC
557	recordlabel: People 624 chartposition: RandB #24, US #71 writtenby: James Brown album: Us!!	Maceo & the Macks	Parrty	1973	People
558	recordlabel: Sussex 257 chartposition: RandB #25, US #80 writtenby: Bill Withers album: Bill Withers Live at Carnegie Hall!	Bill Withers	Friend of Mine	1973	Sussex
559	recordlabel: Spring 132 chartposition: RandB #22, US #101 writtenby: Raeford Gerald album: Act 1	Act 1	Friends or Lovers	1973	Spring
560	recordlabel: Curtom 1991 chartposition: RandB #22, US #71 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: Back to the World	Curtis Mayfield	If I Were Only a Child Again	1973	Curtom
561	recordlabel: Atco 6930 chartposition: RandB #36, UK #51 writtenby: Norman Harris and Allan Felder (as Al Felder) album: Blue Magic comments: [philly sound]	Blue Magic	Look Me Up	1973	Atco
562	recordlabel: Philly Groove 176 chartposition: RandB #22, US #91 writtenby: William Hart album: Alive and Kicking	The Delfonics	I Don't Want to Make You Wait	1973	Philly Groove
563	recordlabel: Hi 2250 chartposition: RandB #16, US #72 writtenby: Darryl Carter, Syl Johnson and Brenda Johnson album: Back For A Taste Of Your Love	Syl Johnson	Back for a Taste of Your Love	1973	Hi
564	recordlabel: Stax 0157 chartposition: RandB #22, US #101 writtenby: Homer Banks, Joe Shamwell and William Bell album: Relating	William Bell	Lovin' on Borrowed Time	1973	Stax
565	recordlabel: DeLuxe 144 chartposition: RandB #19, US #107 writtenby: Kenneth Kelley album: A Million To One	The Manhattans	Back Up	1973	DeLuxe
566	recordlabel: Stone 200 chartposition: RandB #22, US #58 writtenby: Al Green and Mabon Hodges	Earnest Jackson	Love and Happiness	1973	Stone
567	recordlabel: Atco 7092 chartposition: RandB #16, US #44 writtenby: Donny Hathaway album: Extension Of A Man / The Best of Donny Hathaway	Donny Hathaway	Someday We'll All Be Free	1973	Atco
568	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3523 chartposition: RandB #38, US #97 writtenby: Ritchie Adams and Malou Rene	Bunny Sigler	Tossin' and Turnin'	1973	P.I.R.
569	recordlabel: Fame 330 chartposition: RandB #15, US #101 writtenby: G. Jackson, R. Moore, L. Chambers and A. Mitchell	Clarence Carter	I'm the Midnight Special	1973	Fame
570	recordlabel: Vibration 524 chartposition: RandB #21, US #70 writtenby: Al Goodman, Billy Brown, Michael Burton and Sylvia Robinson album: Pillow Talk	Sylvia	Didn't I	1973	Vibration
571	recordlabel: Atco 6910 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Ted Mills album: Blue Magic	Blue Magic	Spell	1973	Atco
572	recordlabel: Dial 1023 chartposition: RandB #19, US #102 writtenby: Paul Kelly	Annette Snell	You Oughta' Be Here with Me	1973	Dial
573	recordlabel: Mercury 73443 chartposition: RandB #15 writtenby: Jerry Butler and Johnny Bristol album: Power of Love	Jerry Butler	Power of Love	1973	Mercury
574	recordlabel: Glades 1717 chartposition: RandB #19, US #102 writtenby: Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke and Brad Shapiro album: You're the Song I've Always Wanted to Sing	Timmy Thomas	What Can I Tell Her	1973	Glades
575	recordlabel: Gordy 7124 chartposition: RandB #46, US #46 writtenby: Norman Whitfield album: Law of the Land comments: [Motown Sound]	The Undisputed Truth	Mama I Got a Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)	1973	Gordy
576	recordlabel: RCA Victor 0174 chartposition: RandB #20, US #103 writtenby: Don Goodman, Troy Seals and Will Jennings album: Miz Lena's Boy	Wilson Pickett	Soft Soul Boogie Woogie	1973	RCA Victor
577	recordlabel: Curtom 1993 chartposition: RandB #16, US #88 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: Back to the World	Curtis Mayfield	Can't Say Nothin'	1973	Curtom
578	recordlabel: Young Blood 1060 (UK) chartposition: UK #52 writtenby: Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield album: Love Will Keep Us Together	Mac & Katie Kissoon	Love Will Keep Us Together	1973	Young Blood(UK)
579	recordlabel: Enterprise 9065 chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Homer Banks, Carl Hampton and Raymond Jackson	Isaac Hayes	If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)	1973	Enterprise
580	recordlabel: Rhino 115 chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Desmond Dekker (as Desmond Dacres) comments: [Reggae]	Desmond Dekker & the Aces	Sing a Little Song	1973	Rhino
581	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 843 chartposition: UK #52 writtenby: Anette Minor, Jack Alan Goga, Johnny Bristol and Peter Green [producer] comments: [Motown Sound]	Martha Reeves	No One There	1973	Tamla Motown
582	recordlabel: RCA Victor 74 0900 chartposition: US #63, US AC #9 writtenby: Allen Toussaint album: Freedom for the Stallion	The Hues Corporation	Freedom for the Stallion	1973	RCA Victor
583	recordlabel: Columbia 45953 chartposition: RandB #23, US #52 writtenby: Maurice White album: Head to the Sky	Earth, Wind & Fire	Keep Your Head to the Sky	1973	Columbia
584	recordlabel: Blue Mountain 1023 (UK) chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Elliot Francis album: Leave The Reggae To Us comments: [reggae]	Greyhound	Only Love Can Win	1973	Blue Mountain(UK)
585	recordlabel: RCA 0003 chartposition: RandB #21, US #97 writtenby: Buffy Sainte Marie album: Birth Day	New Birth	Until It's Time for You to Go	1973	RCA
586	recordlabel: Atco 6928 chartposition: RandB #16, US #44 writtenby: J.R. Bailey and Ken Williams album: Extension Of A Man / The Best of Donny Hathaway	Donny Hathaway	Love, Love, Love	1973	Atco
587	recordlabel: Raft 18505 (UK) chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Linda Lewis album: Fathoms Deep	Linda Lewis	Play Around	1973	Raft(UK)
588	recordlabel: Vertigo 109 chartposition: UK #53 writtenby: Hunt, Burns, Rowland	Marsha Hunt's 22	(Oh No! Not) The Beast Day	1973	Vertigo
589	recordlabel: Cat 1989 chartposition: RandB #17 writtenby: Ed Townsend album: Gwen McCrae	Gwen McCrae	For Your Love	1973	Cat
590	recordlabel: Polydor 14177 chartposition: RandB #15, US #77, UK #51 writtenby: Lowman Pauling	James Brown	Think	1973	Polydor
591	recordlabel: Santa Ponsa 4 (UK) chartposition: UK #12 writtenby: R. Whitley album: I've Been Hurt comments: [northern soul]	Guy Darrell	I've Been Hurt	1973	Santa Ponsa(UK)
592	recordlabel: Atlantic 2962 chartposition: RandB #1, US #11, US AC #19 writtenby: Joe Jefferson album: The Spinners (Detroit) comments: [philly sound]	The Spinners	One of a Kind (Love Affair)	1973	Atlantic
593	recordlabel: United Artists 281 chartposition: RandB #6, US #8 writtenby: Howard Scott, B.B. Dickerson , Harold Brown, Charles Miller,Lercy Jordan album: Deliver the Word comments: [funk jazz]	War	Gypsy Man	1973	United Artists
594	recordlabel: Stax 0161 chartposition: RandB #1, US #11 writtenby: Don Davis album: Taylored in Silk comments: [southern soul]	Johnnie Taylor	I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)	1973	Stax
595	recordlabel: Hi 2235 chartposition: RandB #2, US #10 writtenby: Al Green, Al Jackson Jr. & Willie Mitchell album: Call Me... comments: [southern soul]	Al Green	Call Me (Come Back Home)	1973	Hi
596	recordlabel: Motown 1280 chartposition: RandB #4 , US #12, UK #51, US AC #43 writtenby: Harold Johnson, Andrew Porter & Gregg Wright album: Diana and Marvin comments: [Motown Sound]	Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye	You're a Special Part of Me	1973	Motown
597	recordlabel: Epic 5 11017 chartposition: RandB #3, US #12 writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart) album: Fresh comments: [funk]	Sly & the Family Stone	If You Want Me to Stay	1973	Epic
598	recordlabel: Atlantic 2973 chartposition: RandB #4, US #29, UK 7, US AC #20 writtenby: Thom Bell & Linda Creed album: The Spinners (Detroit) comments: [philly sound]	The Spinners	Ghetto Child	1973	Atlantic
599	recordlabel: Hi 2247 chartposition: RandB #2, US #10 writtenby: A. Green, M. Hodges album: Call Me... comments: [southern soul]	Al Green	Here I Am (Come and Take Me)	1973	Hi
600	recordlabel: Atco 6914 chartposition: RandB #19, US #9, UK #54 writtenby: Mac Rebennock album: In the Right Place comments: [funk]	Dr. John	Right Place, Wrong Time	1973	Atco

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