Soul R&B Music Charts of 1968 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1968 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 1968, 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 1968, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1968 . . .

The following songs were released in 1968 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 1968 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: SSS Int'l 736 chartposition: RandB #8, US #31 writtenby: Bob McRee, Cliff Thomas & Edward S. Thomas Jr.	Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson	Lover's Holiday	1968	SSS Int'l
102	recordlabel: King 6144 chartposition: RandB #3, US #36 writtenby: James Brown & Bud Hobgood	James Brown	There Was a Time	1968	King
103	recordlabel: Cadet 5594 chartposition: RandB #11, US #35, UK #53 writtenby: Otis Redding & Margaret Wessen album: Tell Mama	Etta James	Security	1968	Cadet
104	recordlabel: Tamla 54170 chartposition: RandB #8, US #32 writtenby: Frank Wilson album: I Heard It Through the Grapevine comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye	Chained	1968	Tamla
105	recordlabel: UNI 55101 chartposition: US #3, UK #2 writtenby: Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay album: Build Me Up Buttercup	The Foundations	Build Me Up Buttercup	1968	UNI
106	recordlabel: Stax 0002 chartposition: RandB #2, US #40 writtenby: Booker T. Jones, Eddie Floyd and Al Bell album: Never Found a Girl / Rare Stamps	Eddie Floyd	I've Never Found a Girl (to Love Me Like You Do)	1968	Stax
107	recordlabel: AandM 964 chartposition: US #51, US AC #2 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David album: Warm	Herb Alpert	To Wait for Love	1968	A&M
108	recordlabel: Tamla 54167 chartposition: RandB #9, US #31 writtenby: Smokey Robinson and Al Cleveland album: Special Occasion comments: [Motown Sound]	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Yester Love	1968	Tamla
109	recordlabel: Kapp 957 chartposition: RandB #9, US #36 writtenby: Guy Draper	The Unifics	The Beginning of My End	1968	Kapp
110	recordlabel: Atco 6612 chartposition: RandB #6, US #41 writtenby: Otis Redding and Zelma Redding album: The Immortal Otis Redding	Otis Redding	I've Got Dreams to Remember	1968	Atco
111	recordlabel: Flaming Arrow 35 chartposition: RandB #7, US #60 writtenby: Eugene Davis	Gloria Walker	Talking About My Baby	1968	Flaming Arrow
112	recordlabel: Showtime 101 chartposition: US #87, UK #11 writtenby: Del Sharh and Joseph Thomas	The Show Stoppers	Ain't Nothin' but a House Party	1968	Showtime
113	recordlabel: RCA Victor 1743(UK) chartposition: US #94, UK #2 writtenby: James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot album: Nuff Said!	Nina Simone	Ain't Got No - I Got Life	1968	RCA Victor (UK)
114	recordlabel: Atlantic 2559 chartposition: RandB #17, US #44 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: I Can't Stop Dancing / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Do the Choo Choo	1968	Atlantic
115	recordlabel: Atlantic 452559 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: Archie Bell album: I Can't Stop Dancing / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Love Will Rain on You	1968	Atlantic
116	recordlabel: Stax 0015 chartposition: RandB #10, US #45 writtenby: Booker T. Jones and William Bell album: Bound to Happen	William Bell	I Forgot to Be Your Lover	1968	Stax
117	recordlabel: ABC 11103 chartposition: RandB #9, US #61 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: We're a Winner	The Impressions	I Loved and I Lost	1968	ABC
118	recordlabel: Columbia 44414 chartposition: US #11 writtenby: Willie Chambers and Joseph Chambers	The Chambers Brothers	Time Has Come Today	1968	Columbia
119	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 8402 chartposition: RandB #9, US #40 writtenby: Norman Whitfield and William album: Feelin' Bluesy comments: [Motown Sound]	Gladys Knight & the Pips	It Should Have Been Me	1968	Tamla Motown
120	recordlabel: Mercury 72876 chartposition: RandB #9, US #39 writtenby: Theresa Bell, Jerry Butler and Kenny Gamble album: The Ice Man Cometh	Jerry Butler	Are You Happy	1968	Mercury
121	recordlabel: Bell 733 chartposition: RandB #7, US #57 writtenby: Charlie Moore, Lee Jones and Robert Wrightsil comments: [ballad]	The Masqueraders	I Ain't Got to Love Nobody Else	1968	Bell
122	recordlabel: Toddlin' Town 108 chartposition: RandB #9, US #39 writtenby: Leo Hutton and Andre Williams	Bull & the Matadors	The Funky Judge	1968	Toddlin' Town
123	recordlabel: Motown 1127 chartposition: RandB #31, US #49, UK #23 writtenby: Vernon Bullock, Jack Goga, Ivy Jo Hunter and Pam Sawyer album: Yesterday's Dreams comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	Yesterday's Dreams	1968	Motown
124	recordlabel: Atlantic 2487 chartposition: RandB #11, US #45 writtenby: Eddie Harris album: The Electrifying Eddie Harris comments: [jazz funk instrumental]	Eddie Harris	Listen Here	1968	Atlantic
125	recordlabel: Atlantic 2558 chartposition: RandB #11, US #42 writtenby: Reggie Young and Bobby Womack album: The Midnight Mover	Wilson Pickett	I Found a True Love	1968	Atlantic
126	recordlabel: Date 1603 chartposition: RandB #11, US #46 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: Peaches and Herb's Greatest Hits	Peaches & Herb	United	1968	Date
127	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 918 chartposition: UK #17 writtenby: Eddie Holland Jr., R. Dean Taylor and Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] album: I Think, Therefore I Am / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.2 comments: [Motown Sound]	R. Dean Taylor	Gotta See Jane	1968	Tamla Motown
128	recordlabel: Soul City 768 chartposition: RandB #45, US #13 writtenby: Laura Nyro album: Stoned Soul Picnic	The 5th Dimension	Sweet Blindness	1968	Soul City
129	recordlabel: Duke 440 chartposition: RandB #12, US #58 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) and Vernon Morrison	Bobby Bland	Rockin' in the Same Old Boat	1968	Duke
130	recordlabel: Uni 55058 chartposition: US #59, UK #18 writtenby: Tony Macaulay and John Macleod album: Build Me Up Buttercup	The Foundations	Back on My Feet Again	1968	Uni
131	recordlabel: Gamble 221 chartposition: RandB #12, US #54 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: Intruders Super Hits	The Intruders	Slow Drag	1968	Gamble
132	recordlabel: Stang 5000 chartposition: RandB #13, US #57 writtenby: Larry Roberts and Sylvia Robinson	The Moments	Not on the Outside	1968	Stang
133	recordlabel: Atco 4069 chartposition: RandB #7, US #33 writtenby: Joe Tex	Joe Tex	Men Are Gettin' Scarce	1968	Atco
134	recordlabel: Venture 615 chartposition: RandB #8 writtenby: Billy Butler	The Ballads	God Bless Our Love	1968	Venture
135	recordlabel: Duke 435 chartposition: RandB #16 writtenby: Buddy Johnson	Bobby Bland	Save Your Love for Me	1968	Duke
136	recordlabel: Atlantic 452584 chartposition: RandB #36, US #24 writtenby: Eddie Brigati & Felix Cavaliere album: Freedom Suite	The Rascals	A Ray of Hope	1968	Atlantic
137	recordlabel: Philly Groove 152 chartposition: RandB #12, US #35 writtenby: Thom Bell and William Hart album: La La Means I Love You / Delfonics Super Hits comments: [Sweet Soul]	The Delfonics	Break Your Promise	1968	Philly Groove
138	recordlabel: Philly Groove 154 chartposition: RandB #14, US #35 writtenby: Thom Bell and William Hart album: Sound of Sexy Soul / Delfonics Super Hits comments: [Sweet Soul]	The Delfonics	Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love)	1968	Philly Groove
139	recordlabel: Soul City 770 chartposition: RandB #49, US #25 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson album: Stoned Soul Picnic	The 5th Dimension	California Soul	1968	Soul City
140	recordlabel: Tamla 54166 chartposition: RandB #14, US #44 writtenby: Smokey Robinson album: Sophisticated Soul comments: [Motown Sound]	The Marvelettes	Here I Am Baby	1968	Tamla
141	recordlabel: King 6198 chartposition: RandB #9, US #31 writtenby: James Brown album: Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud	James Brown	Goodbye My Love	1968	King
142	recordlabel: MGM 13899 chartposition: US #83, UK #28 writtenby: Jerry Akines (as Jerry Akins) and Leon Huff	The Formations	At the Top of the Stairs	1968	MGM
143	recordlabel: Philly Groove 151 chartposition: RandB #15, US #42 writtenby: Thom Bell and William Hart album: La La Means I Love You / Delfonics Super Hits	The Delfonics	I'm Sorry	1968	Philly Groove
144	recordlabel: Soul City 762 chartposition: US #29 writtenby: Jimmy Webb album: The Magic Garden	The 5th Dimension	Carpet Man	1968	Soul City
145	recordlabel: Soul 35047 chartposition: RandB #15, US #41 writtenby: Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong and Roger Penzabene album: Silk n' Soul comments: [Motown Sound]	Gladys Knight & the Pips	I Wish It Would Rain	1968	Soul
146	recordlabel: Kapp 899 chartposition: RandB #14, US #42 writtenby: Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion (as Joseph Darion)	The Hesitations	The Impossible Dream	1968	Kapp
147	recordlabel: Atco 6592 chartposition: RandB #15, US #36 writtenby: Otis Redding album: The Immortal Otis Redding	Otis Redding	Amen	1968	Atco
148	recordlabel: Immediate 67(UK) chartposition: UK #29 writtenby: Chip Taylor album: Kafunta	P.P. Arnold	Angel Of The Morning	1968	Immediate (UK)
149	recordlabel: ABC 11071 chartposition: RandB #17, US #59 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	The Impressions	We're Rolling On	1968	ABC
150	recordlabel: Stax 245 chartposition: RandB #16, US #73 writtenby: Booker T. Jones, William Bell and Ollie Nightingale (as Ollie Hoskins)	Ollie & the Nightingales	I Got a Sure Thing	1968	Stax
151	recordlabel: Atco 6562 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #84, US AC #32 writtenby: Otis Redding and Steve Cropper	King Curtis	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay	1968	Atco
152	recordlabel: Stateside 1269 chartposition: RandB #10, US #39 writtenby: B.B. King	B.B. King	Paying the Cost to Be the Boss	1968	Stateside
153	recordlabel: Philips 40517 chartposition: RandB #32, US #26 writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Jerry Williams and Jerry Ross	Madeline Bell	I'm Gonna Make You Love Me	1968	Philips
154	recordlabel: Brunswick 55387 chartposition: RandB #16, US #57 writtenby: Barbara Acklin, Carl Davis and Eugene Record	Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin	From the Teacher to the Preacher	1968	Brunswick
155	recordlabel: Atlantic 2574 chartposition: RandB #10, US #31 writtenby: David Mattis & John Alexander	Aretha Franklin	My Song	1968	Atlantic
156	recordlabel: Gordy 7079 chartposition: RandB #16, US #48 writtenby: Al Cleveland, Smokey Robinson and Terry Johnson album: Bobby Taylor And The Vancouvers comments: [Motown Sound]	Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers	Malinda	1968	Gordy
157	recordlabel: Revue 11004 chartposition: RandB #18, US #45 writtenby: Steve Cropper and Wilson Pickett album: In the Midnight Hour	The Mirettes	In the Midnight Hour	1968	Revue
158	recordlabel: Stax 248 chartposition: RandB #16, US #86, UK #31 writtenby: William Bell and Booker T. Jones album: Atlantic Soul Classics	William Bell	A Tribute to a King	1968	Stax
159	recordlabel: Phil L.A. Of Soul 315 chartposition: RandB #25, US #34 writtenby: Jesse James	The Fantastic Johnny C	Hitch It to the Horse	1968	Phil L.A. Of Soul
160	recordlabel: RCA 9641 chartposition: RandB #44, US #25, US AC #31 writtenby: Tommy Tucker (as Robert Higginbotham) album: Souled	Jose Feliciano	Hi-Heel Sneakers	1968	RCA
161	recordlabel: Brunswick 55381 chartposition: RandB #12, US #34 writtenby: Van McCoy and Alicia Evelyn album: I Get the Sweetest Feeling comments: [northern soul]	Jackie Wilson	I Get the Sweetest Feeling	1968	Brunswick
162	recordlabel: Cadet 5631 chartposition: RandB #15, US #38 writtenby: Bobby Miller album: The Dells Musical Menu/Always Together	The Dells	Does Anybody Know I'm Here	1968	Cadet
163	recordlabel: Minit 32048 chartposition: RandB #16, US #52 writtenby: Bart Howard album: Fly Me to the Moon	Bobby Womack	Fly Me to the Moon	1968	Minit
164	recordlabel: Epic 510353 chartposition: US #93, UK #32 writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart) album: Life comments: B side to Life	Sly & the Family Stone	M'Lady	1968	Epic
165	recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11045 chartposition: RandB #11, US #64 writtenby: Jimmy Holiday and Ray Charles	Ray Charles	That's a Lie	1968	ABC/TRC
166	recordlabel: Heritage 802 chartposition: UK #33 writtenby: Jerry Ross, Ray Bloodworth and Russell Brown	The Show Stoppers	Eeny Meeny	1968	Heritage
167	recordlabel: Duke 432 chartposition: RandB #23, US #96 writtenby: Charles Brown, Johnny Moore and Eddie Williams	Bobby Bland	Driftin' Blues	1968	Duke
168	recordlabel: Pye 17579 (UK) chartposition: UK #36 writtenby: Neil Diamond	Jimmy James And The Vagabonds	Red Red Wine	1968	Pye(UK)
169	recordlabel: Columbia 44679 chartposition: US #37 writtenby: Otis Redding album: A New Time, A New Day	The Chambers Brothers	I Can't Turn You Loose	1968	Columbia
170	recordlabel: Soul 35052 chartposition: RandB #12, US #56 writtenby: Mike Hanks and William Garrett album: Best Of The Fantastic Four / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5	The Fantastic Four	I Love You Madly	1968	Soul
171	recordlabel: Epic 10353 chartposition: RandB #93, US #37 writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)	Sly & the Family Stone	Life	1968	Epic
172	recordlabel: Atlantic 2484 chartposition: RandB #18, US #50 writtenby: Bobby Womack and King Curtis album: I'm in Love	Wilson Pickett	Jealous Love	1968	Atlantic
173	recordlabel: Atco 6907 chartposition: UK #36 writtenby: Robinson, White comments: re release	Otis Redding	My Girl	1968	Atco
174	recordlabel: King 6112 chartposition: RandB #13, US #52 writtenby: James Brown and Hayward E. Moore	James Brown	America Is My Home, Pt. 1	1968	King
175	recordlabel: Atlantic 2540 chartposition: RandB #19, US #54 writtenby: Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson album: The Best of Sam and Dave	Sam & Dave	Can't You Find Another Way (Of Doing It)	1968	Atlantic
176	recordlabel: Dynamo 112 chartposition: RandB #17, US #76 writtenby: Charlie Foxx, Brooks O'Dell and Yvonne Williams	Inez & Charlie Foxx	(1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days	1968	Dynamo
177	recordlabel: Cotillion 44007 chartposition: US #99, US AC #26 writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller album: Do Your Own Thing	Brook Benton	Do Your Own Thing	1968	Cotillion
178	recordlabel: Toddlin' Town 111 chartposition: RandB #13, US #66 writtenby: Alvin Cash , Ira Gates, Howard Scott [Howard Seaphus Scott] and Walter Scott	Alvin Cash	Keep On Dancing	1968	Toddlin' Town
179	recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11090 chartposition: RandB #13, US #46 writtenby: Ray Charles and Jimmy Holiday album: A Portrait of Ray	Ray Charles	Understanding	1968	ABC/TRC
180	recordlabel: Atlantic 2480 chartposition: RandB #36, US #41 writtenby: Chip Taylor, Ted Daryll	Billy Vera & Judy Clay	Country Girl	1968	Atlantic
181	recordlabel: Dial 4083 chartposition: RandB #13, US #52 writtenby: Joe Tex	Joe Tex	Keep the One You Got	1968	Dial
182	recordlabel: Stax 241 chartposition: RandB #20, US #67 writtenby: Albert King and Al Jackson Jr.	Albert King	Cold Feet	1968	Stax
183	recordlabel: Arctic 144 chartposition: RandB #18, US #79 writtenby: Clarence Reid and Jerry Corbitt comments: [southern soul ballad]	Della Humphrey	Don't Make the Good Girls Go Bad	1968	Arctic
184	recordlabel: Atlantic 2517 chartposition: RandB #20, US #48, UK #50 writtenby: Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper album: The Best of Sam and Dave	Sam & Dave	You Don't Know What You Mean to Me	1968	Atlantic
185	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 669 chartposition: RandB #24, US #42 writtenby: Deke Richards and Debbie Dean comments: [Motown Sound]	Martha (Reeves) & the Vandellas	I Can't Dance to That Music You're Playing	1968	Tamla Motown
186	recordlabel: Atlantic 2575 chartposition: RandB #20, US #42 writtenby: George Jackson, Raymond Moore, Roland Chambers and Melvin Leakes album: Hey Jude	Wilson Pickett	A Man and a Half	1968	Atlantic
187	recordlabel: MGM 13959 chartposition: RandB #37, US #43 writtenby: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil album: Bill Medley 100%	Bill Medley	Brown Eyed Woman	1968	MGM
188	recordlabel: Stax 244 chartposition: R&B #21, US #60 writtenby: A. Ertegun, M. Curtis album: King and Queen	Otis Redding And Carla Thomas	Lovey Dovey	1968	Stax
189	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 675 chartposition: RandB #23, US #51, UK #27 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and R. Dean Taylor album: Yesterday's Dreams / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	I'm in a Different World	1968	Tamla Motown
190	recordlabel: King 6141 chartposition: RandB #15, US #55 writtenby: James Brown album: Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud	James Brown	I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry	1968	King
191	recordlabel: King 6196 chartposition: RandB #15 writtenby: Bud Hobgood, Hank Ballard and James Brown	Hank Ballard Along With The Dapps	How You Gonna Get Respect (When You Haven't Cut Your Process Yet)	1968	King
192	recordlabel: Curtom 1931 chartposition: RandB #15, US #59 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: Love's Happening	Five Stairsteps & Cubie	Don't Change Your Love	1968	Curtom
193	recordlabel: Hi 2147 chartposition: RandB #23, US #45 writtenby: Jimmy Smith comments: [instrumental]	Willie Mitchell	Prayer Meetin'	1968	Hi
194	recordlabel: Verve 10573 chartposition: RandB #15, US #76 writtenby: Jerry Ragovoy & Mort Shuman	Howard Tate	Stop	1968	Verve
195	recordlabel: Minit 32055 chartposition: RandB #20, US #43 writtenby: John Phillips and Michelle Phillips album: Fly Me to the Moon	Bobby Womack	California Dreamin'	1968	Minit
196	recordlabel: Tamla 54164 chartposition: RandB #22, US #121, UK #52 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. album: Doin' Their Thing comments: [Motown Sound]	The Isley Brothers	Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)	1968	Tamla
197	recordlabel: King 6151 chartposition: RandB #47, US #47 writtenby: Bobby Byrd, Gene Redd, James Brown and Ron Lenhoff	Bobby Byrd & James Brown	You've Got to Change Your Mind	1968	King
198	recordlabel: Alston 4569 chartposition: RandB #15, US #33 writtenby: Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke album: My First Time Around	Betty Wright	Girls Can't Do What the Guys Do	1968	Alston
199	recordlabel: Marquee 443 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #20, US #88 writtenby: Ron Sherae and Nick Ameno comments: [instrumental]	The Buena Vistas	Here Come Da Judge	1968	Marquee
200	recordlabel: Back Beat 598 chartposition: RandB #19, US #105 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) and Buddy Lamp	Carl Carlton	46 Drums, 1 Guitar	1968	Back Beat

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