Soul R&B Music Charts of 1977 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1977 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 1977, sorted by the most popular or best selling 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 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 1977, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1977 . . .

The following songs were released in 1977 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 1977 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
901	recordlabel: Salsoul 2012 chartposition: RandB #44, US #104, US Dance #15 writtenby: Allan Felder and T.G. Conway album: Ten Percent	Double Exposure	My Love Is Free	1977	Salsoul
902	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3635 chartposition: RandB #68, UK #33 writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Jerry Butler album: Only the Strong Survive / The Best Of Philadelphia	Billy Paul	Only the Strong Survive	1977	P.I.R.
903	recordlabel: Atlantic 3418 chartposition: RandB #16 writtenby: Aretha Franklin	Aretha Franklin	When I Think About You	1977	Atlantic
904	recordlabel: Tamla 54288 chartposition: RandB #38, US Dance #16 writtenby: Smokey Robinson album: Big Time: Original Music Score from the Motion Picture / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10 comments: [Motown Sound]	Smokey Robinson	Theme from Big Time	1977	Tamla
905	recordlabel: Columbia 10541 chartposition: RandB #17 writtenby: Roy Moore Jr. album: Rated Extraordinaire	Johnnie Taylor	Your Love Is Rated X	1977	Columbia
906	recordlabel: Spark 1149 chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: James Hopkins Harrison and Detlef Petersen	Linda Carr & the Funky Boys	Climbing the Steps of Love	1977	Spark
907	recordlabel: Pyramid 8013 chartposition: US Dance #17 writtenby: Nat Adderley and Oscar Brown Jr.	Pat Lundy	Work Song	1977	Pyramid
908	recordlabel: AandM 2015 chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Quincy Jones, Louis Johnson and George Johnson album: Right on Time	The Brothers Johnson	Right on Time	1977	A&M
909	recordlabel: Columbia 10568 chartposition: US #109, UK #33, US Dance #17 writtenby: Brian Carman and Bob Spickard	Bruce Johnston	Pipeline	1977	Columbia
910	recordlabel: Epic 4931(UK) chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Joe South	Johnny Nash	Birds of a Feather	1977	Epic (UK)
911	recordlabel: Cotillion 44217 chartposition: RandB #17 writtenby: Philippé Wynne album: Starting All Over	Philippé Wynne	Like A Loser Needs A Winner (You're All I Need)	1977	Cotillion
912	recordlabel: Cotillion 44217 chartposition: RandB #17 writtenby: Philippé Wynne album: Starting All Over	Philippé Wynne	Hats Off to Mama	1977	Cotillion
913	recordlabel: Contempo 2110 chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Alvin Cash and Willie Henderson	Alvin Cash	Ali Shuffle	1977	Contempo
914	recordlabel: Buddah 578 chartposition: RandB #22, US #103 writtenby: Michael Henderson album: Goin' Places	Michael Henderson	I Can't Help It	1977	Buddah
915	recordlabel: Alston 3729 chartposition: RandB #46, US Dance #17 writtenby: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch album: Dance Across the Floor	Jimmy Bo Horne	Get Happy	1977	Alston
916	recordlabel: AandM 1980 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: Billy Preston album: A Whole New Thing	Billy Preston	Wide Stride	1977	A&M
917	recordlabel: Midland Int. 10972 chartposition: US #103, UK #51 writtenby: Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze	Silver Convention	Telegram	1977	Midland Int.
918	recordlabel: ABC 12296 chartposition: RandB #17 writtenby: Dennis Belfield, Kevin Murphy and David Wolinski album: Ask Rufus	Rufus (and Chaka Khan)	Everlasting Love	1977	ABC
919	recordlabel: Contempo 1001 chartposition: RandB #17, US #101, UK #53 writtenby: Kool and the Gang album: Open Sesame	Kool & the Gang	Super Band	1977	Contempo
920	recordlabel: No Limit 53273 chartposition: RandB #31, US #60 writtenby: Master P and Steady Mobb'n album: I'm Bout It: From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Master P featuring Steady Mobb' n, Mia X, Mo B. Dick & O' Dell	If I Could Change	1977	No Limit
921	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3632 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead and Jerry Cohen album: Hard Not To Like It / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Glad You Could Make It	1977	P.I.R.
922	recordlabel: RCA Victor 11094 chartposition: US Dance #26 writtenby: Van McCoy album: On Top Of Clear	The Choice Four	Two Different Worlds	1977	RCA Victor
923	recordlabel: RCA Victor 10714 chartposition: US Dance #26 writtenby: Van McCoy album: On Top Of Clear	The Choice Four	Come Down to Earth	1977	RCA Victor
924	recordlabel: Warner 8337 chartposition: RandB #27 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson album: So Satisfied	Ashford & Simpson	So So Satisfied	1977	Warner
925	recordlabel: Bullet 02 chartposition: RandB #27 writtenby: Peabo Bryson album: Peabo	Peabo Bryson	Just Another Day	1977	Bullet
926	recordlabel: Tabu 10811 chartposition: RandB #48, US #86 writtenby: Gerald Kent album: Stormin'	Brainstorm	Wake Up and Be Somebody	1977	Tabu
927	recordlabel: Salsoul 2027 chartposition: US Dance #18 writtenby: Norman Bergen and Reid Whitelaw album: The Moment of Truth	The Moment of Truth	Lovin' You Is Killin' Me	1977	Salsoul
928	recordlabel: Warner 8434 chartposition: RandB #78, US #78 writtenby: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Cyril Neville and George Porter Jr. album: New Directions	The Meters	Be My Lady	1977	Warner
929	recordlabel: Atlantic 3397 chartposition: US #80 writtenby: Daryl Hall album: No Goodbyes	Hall & Oates	It's Uncanny	1977	Atlantic
930	recordlabel: Curtom 689 chartposition: US Dance #25 writtenby: Joel Freedman and Theodore Life album: Locked in This Position	Barbara Mason & Bunny Sigler	Locked in This Position	1977	Curtom
931	recordlabel: State 55(UK) chartposition: UK #49 writtenby: Ken Gold and Michael Denne (as Mickey Denne) album: The Promise of Love	Delegation	You've Been Doing Me Wrong	1977	State (UK)
932	recordlabel: Mercury 73881 chartposition: RandB #31, US #61 writtenby: Billy Beck (as William Beck), Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce album: Gold	Ohio Players	Feel the Beat (Everybody Disco)	1977	Mercury
933	recordlabel: P.I.R. 83616 chartposition: US Dance #25 writtenby: Dexter Wansel album: What the World Is Coming to	Dexter Wansel	Disco Lights	1977	P.I.R.
934	recordlabel: Atlantic 3427 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: Prince Phillip Mitchell (as Phillip Mitchell) album: Benny and Us	Ben E. King & Average White Band	A Star in the Ghetto	1977	Atlantic
935	recordlabel: Warner 8417 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: Larry Graham album: Now Do U Wanta Dance	Graham Central Station	Stomped Beat-Up and Whooped	1977	Warner
936	recordlabel: Cotillion 44221 chartposition: RandB #60, US Dance #28 writtenby: Ricardo Williams album: Believe	Mass Production	I Believe in Music	1977	Cotillion
937	recordlabel: Curtom 0133 chartposition: RandB #94, US Dance #28 writtenby: Bunny Sigler comments: charted as From Now On / You Can Do It in US dance charts	Linda Clifford	From Now On	1977	Curtom
938	recordlabel: RCA 11007 chartposition: US Dance #29 writtenby: Ralph Graham	Ralph Graham	What Am I to Do	1977	RCA
939	recordlabel: Mercury 73901 chartposition: RandB #29 writtenby: Allan Felder, Norman Harris, Ron Kersey and Ron Tyson (as Ronald Tyson album: They Said It Couldn't Be Done, But We Did It!	The Dells	Betcha Never Been Loved (Like This Before)	1977	Mercury
940	recordlabel: Mercury 73915 chartposition: RandB #29 writtenby: James Banks and Henderson Thigpen album: Too Hot to Stop	The Bar-Kays	Spellbound	1977	Mercury
941	recordlabel: Epic 5805(UK) chartposition: US Dance #29 writtenby: Jeffrey Cohen, Ray Parker Jr, David Rubinson and Armstead Edwards album: Patti LaBelle	Patti LaBelle	Dan Swit Me	1977	Epic (UK)
942	recordlabel: Curtom 0131 chartposition: RandB #29 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: Short Eyes: The Original Picture Sound Track	Curtis Mayfield	Do Do Wap Is Strong in Here	1977	Curtom
943	recordlabel: RCA 11136 chartposition: US Dance #29 writtenby: Billy Jackson album: Diggin' Their Roots	The Tymes	How Am I to Know	1977	RCA
944	recordlabel: ABC 12236 chartposition: RandB #29 writtenby: Dee Dee McNeil, Fred Bridges and Lawrence Payton album: Catfish	Four Tops	Feel Free	1977	ABC
945	recordlabel: Spring 176 chartposition: RandB #28 writtenby: Teddy Randazzo	Joe Simon	One Step at a Time	1977	Spring
946	recordlabel: Ju Par 8002 chartposition: RandB #32, US #101 writtenby: Dick Boyell and Bruce Swedien	Ju-Par Universal Orchestra	Funky Music	1977	Ju Par
947	recordlabel: Mercury 1132 chartposition: US Dance #28 writtenby: Mark Phillips album: Disco Fantasy	Coke Escovedo	Disco Fantasy	1977	Mercury
948	recordlabel: Buddah 567 chartposition: RandB #32, US #106, US Dance #36 writtenby: Leroy Bell & Thom Bell album: Phyllis Hyman	Phyllis Hyman	Loving You - Losing You	1977	Buddah
949	recordlabel: Motown 1421 chartposition: RandB #28, US Dance #39 writtenby: Paul Wilson album: Suite for the Single Girl comments: [Motown Sound] Chalk It Up / Let's Go Get Out of Town in US dance charts	Jerry Butler	Chalk It Up	1977	Motown
950	recordlabel: ABC 12314 chartposition: RandB #28 writtenby: Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham and Simon Napier Bell album: Float On	The Floaters	You Don't Have to Say You Love Me	1977	ABC
951	recordlabel: RCA 1132 chartposition: US #73 writtenby: Sara Allen and Daryl Hall album: Beauty on a Back Street	Hall & Oates	Why Do Lovers (Break Each Other's Heart?)	1977	RCA
952	recordlabel: Atlantic 3375 chartposition: RandB #28, US #101 writtenby: Ellwood Henderson (as Ellwood Henderson Jr.) album: E Man Groovin'	The Jimmy Castor Bunch	Space Age	1977	Atlantic
953	recordlabel: Big Tree 16099 chartposition: RandB #58, US #65, US AC #37 writtenby: Barbara Wyrick and Kevin Lamb	Hot	The Right Feeling at the Wrong Time	1977	Big Tree
954	recordlabel: Soul Train 10995 chartposition: US #92, US Dance #21 writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) and Sylvia Moy	Soul Train Gang	My Cherie Amour	1977	Soul Train
955	recordlabel: Tamla 54287 chartposition: RandB #21, US dance #18 writtenby: B. Sutton, K. Wakefield, M. Sutton album: The Devil in Me comments: [motown sound disco]	Thelma Houston	I'm Here Again	1977	Tamla
956	recordlabel: Casablanca 871 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: George Clinton, Gary Shider and Bernie Worrell album: The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein	Parliament	Do That Stuff	1977	Casablanca
957	recordlabel: Hi 2322 chartposition: RandB #26, US #101 writtenby: Al Green and Willie Mitchell album: Have A Good Time	Al Green	I Tried to Tell Myself	1977	Hi
958	recordlabel: AandM 1925 chartposition: RandB #44 writtenby: Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher	Billy Preston	Girl	1977	A&M
959	recordlabel: Atlantic 3402 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Ned Doheny album: Benny and Us	Ben E. King & Average White Band	Get It Up For Love	1977	Atlantic
960	recordlabel: Columbia 10542 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Marlena Shaw, Gerry Goffin and Ritchie Cordell album: Sweet Beginnings comments: [Soul Ballad]	Marlena Shaw	Yu-Ma -- Go Away Little Boy	1977	Columbia
961	recordlabel: Kudu 940 chartposition: RandB #21, US #102 writtenby: David Matthews and Tony Sarafino album: Turn This Mutha Out	Idris Muhammad	Turn This Mutha Out (Part I)	1977	Kudu
962	recordlabel: United Artists 957 chartposition: RandB #42 writtenby: R. Muller	Brass Construction	The Message (Inspiration)	1977	United Artists
963	recordlabel: AVI 128 chartposition: RandB #87, US Dance #21 writtenby: Clarence Lawton	The Destinations	I've Got to Dance (To Keep from Cryin')	1977	AVI
964	recordlabel: Atlantic 3436 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Ron Baker and Ron Tyson album: Hear to Tempt You	The Temptations	In a Lifetime	1977	Atlantic
965	recordlabel: Millenium 606 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #92, US #63 writtenby: Bruce Sudano, Joe Esposito and Eddie Hokenson	Brooklyn Dreams	Sad Eyes	1977	Millenium
966	recordlabel: Shield 6307 chartposition: RandB #22, US #107 writtenby: George Parker album: Special Delivery	Special Delivery	Oh Let Me Know (Pt. 1)	1977	Shield
967	recordlabel: Epic 850339 chartposition: US Dance #22 writtenby: James Dean, Jimmy Ruffin and John Glover	Jimmy Ruffin	Fallin' in Love with You	1977	Epic
968	recordlabel: Columbia 10610 chartposition: RandB #24, US #86 writtenby: Jackie Avery and Johnnie Taylor album: Disco 9000	Johnnie Taylor	Disco 9000	1977	Columbia
969	recordlabel: Motown 1412 chartposition: RandB #24 writtenby: Harold Beatty, Brian Holland & Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland) album: You're What's Missing in My Life comments: [Motown Sound]	G.C. Cameron	You're What's Missing in My Life	1977	Motown
970	recordlabel: Glades 1742 chartposition: RandB #30, US #104 writtenby: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch album: It Ain't Where You Been / Sweet Vibrations - The Best Of	Latimore	I Get Lifted	1977	Glades
971	recordlabel: MCA 40722 chartposition: RandB #86, US Dance #24 writtenby: Billy Jackson and John Pretlor album: Lifestyle	Lifestyle	Katrina	1977	MCA
972	recordlabel: CBS 5246 chartposition: US Dance #24 writtenby: Mary Holland Bryant album: Sweet Beginnings	Marlena Shaw	Pictures and Memories	1977	CBS
973	recordlabel: Soul Train 12270 chartposition: US Dance #16 writtenby: Malcolm Anthony album: Open Up Your Love comments: [album cut]	The Whispers	I Fell in Love Last Night (at the Disco)	1977	Soul Train
974	recordlabel: Warner 8322 chartposition: RandB #24 writtenby: Eugene Record album: The Eugene Record	Eugene Record	Laying Beside You	1977	Warner
975	recordlabel: AandM 1897 chartposition: RandB #27, US #91 writtenby: Larry Mizell, Fonce Mizell and Rodney Mizell album: Love to the World	L.T.D.	Love to the World	1977	A&M
976	recordlabel: Bullet 03 chartposition: RandB #23 writtenby: Peabo Bryson album: Peabo	Peabo Bryson	I Can Make It Better	1977	Bullet
977	recordlabel: Fantasy 157 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: Wayne Henderson album: What You Need	Side Effect	Keep That Same Old Feeling	1977	Fantasy
978	recordlabel: Casino 077 chartposition: RandB #95, US Dance #23 writtenby: Donna Fitchpatrick, Joanne Spain and Larry Robinson	Joanne Spain	Elevator	1977	Casino
979	recordlabel: AandM 1971 chartposition: RandB #53, US #70 writtenby: Cat Stevens album: Izitso	Cat Stevens	Was Dog a Doughnut	1977	A&M
980	recordlabel: Epic 850337 chartposition: RandB #57, US Dance #23 writtenby: Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph and Stevie Wonder album: Stay in Love	Minnie Riperton	Stick Together	1977	Epic
981	recordlabel: Tamla 54281 chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3, US dance #2 writtenby: Stevie Wonder album: Songs In The Key Of Life comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	Sir Duke	1977	Tamla

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