Soul R&B Music Charts of 1964 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1964 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 1964, 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 1964, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1964 . . .

The following songs were released in 1964 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 1964 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
101	recordlabel: Autumn 2 chartposition: US #5 writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart) and Thomas Coman album: C'mon and Swim	Bobby Freeman	C'mon and Swim	1964	Autumn
102	recordlabel: Wand 146 chartposition: RandB #9, US #41 writtenby: Johnnie Mae Matthews and Jake Hammond Jr.	Timmy Shaw	Gonna Send You Back To Georgia (A City Slick)	1964	Wand
103	recordlabel: Sue 799 chartposition: RandB #8, US #46 writtenby: Smokey McAllister	The Soul Sisters	I Can't Stand It	1964	Sue
104	recordlabel: Philips 40207 chartposition: US #6, US AC #4 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David album: A Girl Called Dusty	Dusty Springfield	Wishin' and Hopin'	1964	Philips
105	recordlabel: Philips 1369 UK chartposition: UK #9, US #91 writtenby: Tom Springfield and Clive Westlake album: Ooooooweeee!!!	Dusty Springfield	Losing You	1964	PhilipsUK
106	recordlabel: Atlantic 2259 chartposition: RandB #10, US #57 writtenby: Solomon Burke, Solomon Burke Jr. and J.B. Moore comments: [deep soul]	Solomon Burke	The Price	1964	Atlantic
107	recordlabel: Philips 40180 chartposition: UK #13, US #38 writtenby: Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde	Dusty Springfield	Stay Awhile	1964	Philips
108	recordlabel: Argo 5465 chartposition: RandB #7, US #65 writtenby: Ronny Mitchell album: The Queen Of Soul	Etta James	Loving You More Every Day	1964	Argo
109	recordlabel: Mercury 72303 chartposition: RandB #6, US #75, US AC #13 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David	Brook Benton	A House Is Not A Home	1964	Mercury
110	recordlabel: Duke 383 chartposition: RandB #5, US #42 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)	Bobby Bland	Ain't Doing Too Bad (Part 1)	1964	Duke
111	recordlabel: Atlantic 2216 chartposition: RandB #10, US #43 writtenby: Larry Russell, Inez James and Buddy Pepper album: Our Biggest Hits	The Drifters	Vaya Con Dios	1964	Atlantic
112	recordlabel: Smash 1858 chartposition: RandB #10, US #67 writtenby: Jim Jam album: Back To Soul	Anna King	If Somebody Told You	1964	Smash
113	recordlabel: Scepter 1264 chartposition: RandB #4, US #57 writtenby: Toni Wine and Artie Kornfeld	The Shirelles	Tonight You're Gonna Fall In Love With Me	1964	Scepter
114	recordlabel: Chess 1904 chartposition: RandB #10, US #51 writtenby: Maurice McAlister and Gerald Sims	The Radiants	Voice Your Choice	1964	Chess
115	recordlabel: Checker 1073 chartposition: RandB #10, US #48 writtenby: Billy Davis and Robert Higgenbotham	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Slip-In Mules (No High Heel Sneakers)	1964	Checker
116	recordlabel: Atco 6328 chartposition: RandB #11, US #45 writtenby: Ben E. King album: Seven Letters	Ben E. King	Seven Letters	1964	Atco
117	recordlabel: Brunswick 55269 chartposition: RandB #16 writtenby: Alonzo Tucker and Jackie Wilson	Jackie Wilson	Give Me Back My Heart	1964	Brunswick
118	recordlabel: RCA Victor 47 8426 chartposition: RandB #8, US #93 writtenby: Sam Cooke and James W. Alexander	Sam Cooke	That's Where It's At	1964	RCA Victor
119	recordlabel: Gordy 7027 chartposition: RandB #11, US #42 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. comments: [Motown Sound]	Martha (Reeves) & The Vandellas	Live Wire	1964	Gordy
120	recordlabel: Vee Jay 609 chartposition: RandB #8, US #102 writtenby: Irral Berger and Clara Thompson	Joe Simon	My Adorable One	1964	Vee Jay
121	recordlabel: Stax 157 chartposition: RandB #6, US #49 writtenby: Rufus Thomas	Rufus Thomas	Jump Back	1964	Stax
122	recordlabel: Tiger 104 chartposition: RandB #6, US #52 writtenby: Chris Kenner	Alvin Robinson	Something You Got	1964	Tiger
123	recordlabel: Tamla 54090 chartposition: RandB #6, US #52 writtenby: Frank Wilson, Hal Davis, Mary O'Brien and Marc Gordon album: Stevie At The Beach comments: [Motown Sound]	Stevie Wonder	Castles In The Sand	1964	Tamla
124	recordlabel: Kapp 578 chartposition: RandB #12, US #64, US AC #14 writtenby: Shuman and Carr	Ruby & The Romantics	Our Everlasting Love	1964	Kapp
125	recordlabel: Tamla 54092 chartposition: RandB #12, US #59 writtenby: Smokey Robinson comments: [Motown Sound]	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	(You Can't Let The Boy Overpower) The Man In You	1964	Tamla
126	recordlabel: 20th Century 544 chartposition: RandB #6, US #45 writtenby: Louis R. Pegues album: Mary Wells	Mary Wells	Ain't It The Truth	1964	20th Century
127	recordlabel: Big Hill 552 chartposition: RandB #12, US #49 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David	Lou Johnson	(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me	1964	Big Hill
128	recordlabel: Mercury 72333 chartposition: RandB #11, US #53, US AC #15 writtenby: Charles Arrington	Brook Benton	Lumberjack	1964	Mercury
129	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10530 chartposition: RandB #7, US #39 writtenby: Woodrow Buddy Johnson album: Sweet and Sour Tears	Ray Charles	Baby, Don't You Cry (The New Swingova Rhythm)	1964	ABC Paramount
130	recordlabel: Parkway 920 chartposition: RandB #7, US #40 writtenby: Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart and Roberta Harris	Chubby Checker	Lazy Elsie Molly	1964	Parkway
131	recordlabel: Chess 1906 chartposition: US #14, UK #23 writtenby: Chuck Berry album: St. Louis To Liverpool	Chuck Berry	You Never Can Tell	1964	Chess
132	recordlabel: Atlantic 45 2225 chartposition: RandB #12, US #56 writtenby: Bert Russell and Jerry Ragavoy album: Under The Boardwalk / Our Biggest Hits	The Drifters	One Way Love	1964	Atlantic
133	recordlabel: Stateside 297 (UK) chartposition: UK #23 writtenby: John Lee Hooker	John Lee Hooker	Dimples	1964	Stateside(UK)
134	recordlabel: Smash 1884 chartposition: RandB #15, US #52 writtenby: Jim Jam album: Back To Soul	Anna King & Bobby Byrd	Baby Baby Baby	1964	Smash
135	recordlabel: Atlantic 2238 chartposition: RandB #13, US #67 writtenby: Willia Parker and Steve Cropper	Carla Thomas	I've Got No Time To Lose	1964	Atlantic
136	recordlabel: Vee Jay 633 chartposition: RandB #16, US #42 writtenby: Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons and Phillips	Betty Everett & Jerry Butler	Smile	1964	Vee Jay
137	recordlabel: Duke 386 chartposition: RandB #18, US #78 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) and Joe Scott album: Ain't Nothing You Can Do	Bobby Bland	Blind Man	1964	Duke
138	recordlabel: Atco 6288 chartposition: RandB #17, US #63 writtenby: Jerry Wexler and Bert Russell (as Bert Berns) album: Ben E. King's Greatest Hits	Ben E. King	That's When It Hurts	1964	Atco
139	recordlabel: Capitol 5254 chartposition: US #57, US AC #9 writtenby: Charles Strouse and Lee Adams album: How Glad I Am	Nancy Wilson	I Wanna Be With You	1964	Capitol
140	recordlabel: Mercury 72220 chartposition: RandB #10, US #90 writtenby: Jimmy Radcliffe and Carl Spencer album: Songs Of The Big City	Clyde McPhatter	Deep In The Heart Of Harlem	1964	Mercury
141	recordlabel: ABC 4020 chartposition: RandB #10, US #41 writtenby: Ray Whitley album: Hey Girl Don't Bother Me!	The Tams	Hey Girl Don't Bother Me	1964	ABC
142	recordlabel: United Artists 773 chartposition: RandB #14, US #73 writtenby: Norman Meade and Bert Russell	Garnet Mimms	Look Away	1964	United Artists
143	recordlabel: Tamla 54097 chartposition: RandB #16, US #48 writtenby: Smokey Robinson album: The Marvelettes Greatest Hits comments: [Motown Sound]	The Marvelettes	You're My Remedy	1964	Tamla
144	recordlabel: Okeh 7204 chartposition: RandB #10, US #67 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: It's All Over / Greatest OKeh Hits	Walter Jackson	It's All Over	1964	Okeh
145	recordlabel: Atlantic 2218 chartposition: RandB #17, US #51, US AC #16 writtenby: Joe Allison and Audrey Allison album: Rock and Soul	Solomon Burke	He'll Have To Go	1964	Atlantic
146	recordlabel: Gordy 7029 chartposition: RandB #16, US #41 writtenby: Richard Street and Thelma Coleman Gordy comments: [Motown Sound]	The Contours	Can You Do It	1964	Gordy
147	recordlabel: Gordy 7037 chartposition: RandB #15, US #47 writtenby: William Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter comments: [Motown Sound] US B Side To That Day When She Needed Me	The Contours	Can You Jerk Like Me	1964	Gordy
148	recordlabel: Okeh 7209 chartposition: RandB #13, US #64 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: Major's Greatest Hits	Major Lance	Sometimes I Wonder	1964	Okeh
149	recordlabel: Parkway 896 chartposition: RandB #32, US #34 writtenby: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo	Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles	You'll Never Walk Alone	1964	Parkway
150	recordlabel: Vee Jay 588 chartposition: RandB #17, US #56 writtenby: Richard Gottehrer, Jerry Goldstein and Bob Feldman album: Need To Belong	Jerry Butler	Giving Up On Love	1964	Vee Jay
151	recordlabel: Federal 12508 chartposition: RandB #15, US #101 writtenby: Hank Marr and Gene Redd comments: [instrumental]	Hank Marr	The Greasy Spoon	1964	Federal
152	recordlabel: Stax 144 chartposition: RandB #12, US #48 writtenby: Steve Cropper and Rufus Thomas album: Walking The Dog	Rufus Thomas	Can Your Monkey Do The Dog	1964	Stax
153	recordlabel: London 9852 (UK) chartposition: UK #36 writtenby: Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry	The Crystals	I Wonder	1964	London(UK)
154	recordlabel: Tamla 54091 chartposition: RandB #18, US #55 writtenby: Smokey Robinson album: The Marvelettes Anthology comments: [Motown Sound]	The Marvelettes	He's A Good Guy (Yes He Is)	1964	Tamla
155	recordlabel: Big Hill 553 chartposition: US #104, UK #36 writtenby: Hal David and Burt Bacharach	Lou Johnson	Kentucky Bluebird (Send A Message To Martha)	1964	Big Hill
156	recordlabel: Vee Jay 613 chartposition: RandB #24, US #108 writtenby: Jimmy Reed album: Delicious Together	Betty Everett & Jerry Butler	Ain't That Loving You Baby	1964	Vee Jay
157	recordlabel: Dimension 1034 chartposition: RandB #18, US #64 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Ray Evans and Randy Stewart	The Jewels	Opportunity	1964	Dimension
158	recordlabel: Wand 169 chartposition: RandB #13, US #92 writtenby: Robert Mosley comments: [northern soul]	Chuck Jackson	Hand It Over	1964	Wand
159	recordlabel: Constellation 141 chartposition: RandB #18, US #40 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Duke of Soul	Gene Chandler	What Now	1964	Constellation
160	recordlabel: Philips 40229 chartposition: US #41 writtenby: Buddy Kaye and Phil Springer album: A Girl Called Dusty	Dusty Springfield	All Cried Out	1964	Philips
161	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10557 chartposition: RandB #13, US #51 writtenby: Percy Mayfield	Ray Charles	My Baby Don't Dig Me	1964	ABC Paramount
162	recordlabel: Sue 10 001 chartposition: RandB #19, US #79 writtenby: Jimmy McGriff comments: [instrumental]	Jimmy McGriff	Kiko	1964	Sue
163	recordlabel: Atlantic 2214 chartposition: RandB #14, US #38 writtenby: Barbara Lewis album: Hello Stranger / The Best of Barbara Lewis	Barbara Lewis	Puppy Love	1964	Atlantic
164	recordlabel: D Town 1035 chartposition: RandB #17, US #114 writtenby: Mike Hanks and Clara Bell	Lee Rogers	I Want You To Have Everything	1964	D Town
165	recordlabel: Congress 208 chartposition: RandB #14, US #72 writtenby: Lincoln Chase	Shirley Ellis	(That's) What The Nitty Gritty Is	1964	Congress
166	recordlabel: Cameo 336 chartposition: RandB #19, US #51 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Jerry Ross	Candy & the Kisses	The 81	1964	Cameo
167	recordlabel: Atco 6287 chartposition: RandB #20, US #64 writtenby: Pat Patterson	The Coasters	T'Ain't Nothin' To Me	1964	Atco
168	recordlabel: Kent 396 chartposition: RandB #15 writtenby: B.B. King and Ling	B.B. King	Let Me Love You	1964	Kent
169	recordlabel: Kent 403 chartposition: RandB #15, US #82 writtenby: B.B. King (as Riley "B.B." King) and Jules Taub	B.B. King	Beautician Blues	1964	Kent
170	recordlabel: Back Beat 532 chartposition: RandB #19, US #111 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)	Joe Hinton	A Thousand Cups Of Happiness	1964	Back Beat
171	recordlabel: Kapp 615 chartposition: US #48, AC #15 writtenby: Van McCoy album: Greatest Hits Album comments: [ballad] mpcode: rJQ-Bk5fkoM	Ruby & The Romantics	When You're Young And In Love	1964	Kapp
172	recordlabel: Jubilee 5465 chartposition: RandB #15, US #89 writtenby: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns) and Mike Stoller	Betty Harris	His Kiss	1964	Jubilee
173	recordlabel: Scepter 1267 chartposition: RandB #15, US #69 writtenby: Robert Taylor and Robert Mosely	The Shirelles	Sha-La-La	1964	Scepter
174	recordlabel: Sue 795 chartposition: RandB #19, US #91 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Kent Harris and Hank Jacobs comments: [instrumental]	Hank Jacobs	So Far Away	1964	Sue
175	recordlabel: M and H 200 chartposition: RandB #20, US #100 writtenby: Z.Z. Hill	Z.Z. Hill	You Were Wrong	1964	M and H
176	recordlabel: United Artists 694 chartposition: RandB #16 writtenby: Carl Spencer and Bob Halley	Garnet Mimms	Tell Me Baby	1964	United Artists
177	recordlabel: Tamla 54109 chartposition: RandB #22, US #50 writtenby: Whited, Moore, Rogers and Robinson comments: [Motown Sound]	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Come On Do The Jerk	1964	Tamla
178	recordlabel: Everest 2044 chartposition: US #76, US AC #16 writtenby: Harry Nemo album: Gloria, Marty and Strings	Gloria Lynne	Don't Take Your Love From Me	1964	Everest
179	recordlabel: Motown 1069 chartposition: RandB #17, US #43 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. album: The Four Tops comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	Without The One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)	1964	Motown
180	recordlabel: Mercury 72365 chartposition: RandB #33, US #67 writtenby: Rudy Clark	Brook Benton	Do It Right	1964	Mercury
181	recordlabel: Capitol 5109 chartposition: RandB #20, US #51 writtenby: King Curtis (as Curtis Ousley) and Luther Dixon comments: [instrumental]	King Curtis	Soul Serenade	1964	Capitol
182	recordlabel: Cameo 295 chartposition: RandB #17, US #66 writtenby: Bill Massey and Albert Shubert	The Orlons	Shimmy Shimmy	1964	Cameo
183	recordlabel: Mercury 72229 chartposition: RandB #45, US #53, US AC #17 writtenby: Jack Segal and Paul Vance	Johnny Mathis	Bye Bye Barbara	1964	Mercury
184	recordlabel: ABC Paramount 10588 chartposition: RandB #19, US #52, US AC #13 writtenby: Charles E. Calhoun album: Have A Smile With Me	Ray Charles	Smack Dab In The Middle	1964	ABC Paramount
185	recordlabel: Glover 300 chartposition: US #117 writtenby: Valerie Simpson and Nickolas Ashford	Valerie & Nick (Ashford & Simpson)	I'll Find You	1964	Glover
186	recordlabel: Columbia 43113 chartposition: RandB #30, US #57 writtenby: Eddie Snyder and Richard Ahlert album: Runnin' Out Of Fools	Aretha Franklin	Runnin' Out Of Fools	1964	Columbia
187	recordlabel: Galaxy 725 chartposition: RandB #22, US #78 writtenby: Little Johnny Taylor album: Little Johnny Taylor	Little Johnny Taylor	Since I Found A New Love	1964	Galaxy
188	recordlabel: Wand 169 chartposition: RandB #18, US #47 writtenby: Joe Rock and The Skyliners album: Chuck Jackson's Greatest Hits	Chuck Jackson	Since I Don't Have You	1964	Wand
189	recordlabel: Sar Records 152 chartposition: RandB #21, US #94 writtenby: Bobby Womack and Shirley Womack	The Valentinos	It's All Over Now	1964	Sar Records
190	recordlabel: Motown 1054 chartposition: RandB #22, US #93 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. album: Where Did Our Love Go comments: [Motown Sound]	The Supremes (with Diana Ross)	Run, Run, Run	1964	Motown
191	recordlabel: Atco 6303 chartposition: RandB #39, US #113 writtenby: Clark	Ben E. King	What Can A Man Do?	1964	Atco
192	recordlabel: Jamie 1277 chartposition: RandB #19, US #69 writtenby: Barbara Lynn (as Barbara Lynn Ozen)	Barbara Lynn	Oh! Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin')	1964	Jamie
193	recordlabel: Constellation 114 chartposition: RandB #23, US #92 writtenby: Jimmy Reed and Luther Dixon	Gene Chandler	Soul Hootenanny (Pt. I)	1964	Constellation
194	recordlabel: United Artists 715 chartposition: RandB #25, US #78 writtenby: Jerry Ragovoy (as Norman Meade) and Samuel Bell album: Cry Baby And 11 Other Hits	Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters	A Quiet Place	1964	United Artists
195	recordlabel: Volt 116 chartposition: RandB #26, US #69 writtenby: Phil Walden and Otis Redding album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads	Otis Redding	Come To Me	1964	Volt
196	recordlabel: Volt 117 chartposition: RandB #23, US #97 writtenby: Otis Redding album: Pain In My Heart	Otis Redding	Security	1964	Volt
197	recordlabel: Checker 1082 chartposition: RandB #19 writtenby: Maurice McAlister	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Soulful Dress	1964	Checker
198	recordlabel: Atco 6315 chartposition: RandB #40, US #72 writtenby: Bert Russell and Mike Leander album: Seven Letters Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 comments: [deep soul]	Ben E. King	It's All Over	1964	Atco
199	recordlabel: Rayco 526 chartposition: RandB #20 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Len Johnson	Nathan McKinney	Weep No More	1964	Rayco
200	recordlabel: Laurie 3262 chartposition: RandB #24, US #81 writtenby: Gerry Goffin and Russ Titelman album: Boys! Boys! Boys!	The Chiffons	Sailor Boy	1964	Laurie

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