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
301	recordlabel: Back Beat 588 chartposition: RandB #36, US #75 writtenby: William Webb and Louise Hiram	Carl Carlton	Competition Ain't Nothin'	1968	Back Beat
302	recordlabel: Musicor 1305 chartposition: RandB #34, US #119 writtenby: Richie Adams	The Jive Five featuring Eugene Pitt	Sugar (Don't Take Away My Candy)	1968	Musicor
303	recordlabel: Bell 1003 chartposition: RandB #47, US #90 writtenby: Danny Small	Oscar Toney Jr.	Without Love (There Is Nothing)	1968	Bell
304	recordlabel: Hi 2151 chartposition: US #91 writtenby: Art Miller comments: [instrumental]	Willie Mitchell	Up-Hard	1968	Hi
305	recordlabel: Capitol 2342 chartposition: RandB #43, US #91 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Kasandra (as John W.Anderson) album: John W. Anderson Presents Kasandra comments: [spoken]	Kasandra	Don't Pat Me on the Back and Call Me Brother	1968	Capitol
306	recordlabel: Brunswick 55366 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Barbara Acklin, Carl Davis and Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon)	Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin	Show Me the Way to Go	1968	Brunswick
307	recordlabel: ABC 11133 chartposition: US #92 writtenby: Charlie Williams and Glen Garrison	Ray Charles	Listen, They're Playing My Song	1968	ABC
308	recordlabel: Shout 224 chartposition: RandB #40, US #91 writtenby: George Torrence and Charles B. Manley	George Torrence & the Naturals	(Mama Come Quick, and Bring Your) Lickin' Stick	1968	Shout
309	recordlabel: Duo 7449 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: J. Cross, Jackie Ross, Neal and Scott	The Profiles	If I Didn't Love You	1968	Duo
310	recordlabel: Atlantic 2539 chartposition: RandB #41, US #63 writtenby: Bobby Russell album: Take Time to Know Her / The Best Of Percy Sledge	Percy Sledge	Sudden Stop	1968	Atlantic
311	recordlabel: Atlantic 2530 chartposition: RandB #34, US #91 writtenby: Don Covay	The Soul Clan	Soul Meeting	1968	Atlantic
312	recordlabel: Buddah 35 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #47, US #94 writtenby: Ted Daryll	Five Stairsteps & Cubie	The Shadow of Your Love	1968	Buddah
313	recordlabel: Okeh 7311 chartposition: RandB #38, US #93 writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Lester Chambers	The Vibrations	Love in Them There Hills	1968	Okeh
314	recordlabel: Atco 6613 chartposition: US #93 writtenby: Tom T. Hall	King Curtis	Harper Valley P.T.A.	1968	Atco
315	recordlabel: Blue Horizon 3144 chartposition: RandB #31, US #94 writtenby: B.B. King and Joe Josea	B.B. King	The Woman I Love	1968	Blue Horizon
316	recordlabel: Volt 162 chartposition: RandB #31 writtenby: Allen Jones album: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Lads	The Mad Lads	Whatever Hurts You	1968	Volt
317	recordlabel: Capitol 2339 chartposition: RandB #40, US #93 writtenby: Allen Jones, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell) and Otis Redding album: I've Been Here All the Time	Patti Drew	Hard to Handle	1968	Capitol
318	recordlabel: Kapp 926 chartposition: RandB #34, US #112 writtenby: S. Davis and L.E. Avlo	The Hesitations	Who Will Answer	1968	Kapp
319	recordlabel: Shout 227 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #31 writtenby: Scott, Trimachi album: The Best of Freddie Scott - Cry To Me	Freddie Scott	Just Like A Flower	1968	Shout
320	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 762 chartposition: US #93 writtenby: Sylvia Moy and Richard Morris comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to I Promise to Wait My Love	Martha (Reeves) & the Vandellas	Forget Me Not	1968	Tamla Motown
321	recordlabel: Zodiac 1006 chartposition: US #92 writtenby: Bridges, Eaton	Ruby Andrews	Hey Boy (Take a Chance On Love)	1968	Zodiac
322	recordlabel: Stax 251 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #114 writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter	Carla Thomas	A Dime a Dozen	1968	Stax
323	recordlabel: Bell 714 chartposition: US #95 writtenby: Eddie Floyd	Oscar Toney Jr.	Never Get Enough of Your Love	1968	Bell
324	recordlabel: Boo 1004 chartposition: RandB #32 writtenby: Fred Bridges, Richard Knight and Bobby Eaton	Brothers of Soul	I Guess That Don't Make Me a Loser	1968	Boo
325	recordlabel: Atlantic 2450 chartposition: RandB #39, US #65 writtenby: Barbara Lynn (as Barbara Linda Ozen) album: Here Is Barbara Lynn	Barbara Lynn	This Is the Thanks I Get	1968	Atlantic
326	recordlabel: Arctic 142 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #37, US #97 writtenby: Barbara Mason	Barbara Mason	I Can Feel Your Love Slipping Away	1968	Arctic
327	recordlabel: Calla 155 chartposition: US #98 writtenby: Dick Addrisi and Don Addrisi	The Sandpebbles	Never My Love	1968	Calla
328	recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2617 chartposition: US #98 writtenby: Norman Napp album: No Sad Songs	Joe Simon	I Worry About You	1968	Sound Stage Seven
329	recordlabel: Pop Side 4595 chartposition: US #32 writtenby: Robert Bateman and Lou Courtney	The Webs	Give In	1968	Pop Side
330	recordlabel: Cadet 5609 chartposition: US #98 writtenby: Aretha Franklin and Ted White album: Maiden Voyage	Ramsey Lewis	Since You've Been Gone	1968	Cadet
331	recordlabel: Venture 632 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: D. Copper, E. Shelby, D. Carter	Vernon Garrett & Marie Franklin	Second To None	1968	Venture
332	recordlabel: Capitol 2252 chartposition: US #69 writtenby: Lalo Schifrin and Gale Garnett album: Feelin' Good	Lou Rawls	Down Here on the Ground	1968	Capitol
333	recordlabel: Minit 32037 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: Bobby Womack album: Fly Me to the Moon	Bobby Womack	What Is This	1968	Minit
334	recordlabel: Verve 10583 chartposition: US #100 writtenby: Don Covay comments: [instrumental]	Jimmy Smith	Chain of Fools	1968	Verve
335	recordlabel: Kapp 948 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #40, US #100 writtenby: Gary Brooker, Keith Reid and Matthew Fisher (uncredited)	The Hesitations	A Whiter Shade of Pale	1968	Kapp
336	recordlabel: Stax 115 chartposition: RandB #45, US #101 writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter	William Bell & Judy Clay	My Baby Specializes	1968	Stax
337	recordlabel: Stax 237 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: William Bell and Booker T. Jones	William Bell	Everyday Will Be a Holiday	1968	Stax
338	recordlabel: King 6164 chartposition: US #104 writtenby: James Brown and Bud Hobgood	James Brown	Shhhhhhhh (For a Little While)	1968	King
339	recordlabel: Stax 247 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson	Johnnie Taylor	Next Time	1968	Stax
340	recordlabel: Capitol 2172 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: Larry Collins and Mac David	Lou Rawls	You're Good for Me	1968	Capitol
341	recordlabel: Soul City 761 chartposition: RandB #39, US #102 writtenby: Jimmy Webb (as Jim Webb) album: Searching for the Dolphins	Al Wilson	Do What You Gotta Do	1968	Soul City
342	recordlabel: Loma 2085 chartposition: RandB #34, US #93 writtenby: Richard Poindexter, Robert Poindexter and Charles Harper album: Hypnotized	Linda Jones	Give My Love a Try	1968	Loma
343	recordlabel: Crimson 1016 chartposition: US #68 writtenby: Lalo Schifrin	The Soul Survivors	Impossible Mission (Mission Impossible)	1968	Crimson
344	recordlabel: ABC 11035 chartposition: R and B #34 writtenby: George Kerr and Gerald Harris	Jackie Montre El	I Worship the Ground You Walk On	1968	ABC
345	recordlabel: Chess 2059 chartposition: US #103 writtenby: Cash McCall (as Morris Dollison) and Pigmeat Markham (as Dewey Markham) comments: [novelty]	Pigmeat Markham	Sock It to 'Em Judge	1968	Chess
346	recordlabel: Stax 0011 chartposition: RandB #38, US #86 writtenby: Galt MacDermot, James Rado and Gerome Ragni album: Memphis Queen	Carla Thomas	Where Do I Go	1968	Stax
347	recordlabel: Verve 10592 chartposition: US #134 writtenby: Thomas Charnin comments: [ballad]	Arthur Prysock	Mamam	1968	Verve
348	recordlabel: Minit 32040 chartposition: RandB #35 writtenby: Jimmy Holiday	Jimmy Holiday	Spread Your Love	1968	Minit
349	recordlabel: Veep 1279 chartposition: RandB #39, US #120 writtenby: George McGregor	Timmy Willis	Mr. Soul Satisfaction	1968	Veep
350	recordlabel: Bell 700 chartposition: RandB #38, US #73 writtenby: Gary Illingworth, Morris Levy and Richard Grasso	James & Bobby Purify	Do Unto Me	1968	Bell
351	recordlabel: Atlantic 2456 chartposition: US #107 writtenby: Willie Ellison comments: [deep soul]	Soul Brothers Six	What Can You Do When You Ain't Got Nobody	1968	Atlantic
352	recordlabel: Columbia 44637 chartposition: US AC #35 writtenby: Bob Hilliard and Robert Mersey album: Those Were the Days	Johnny Mathis	You Make Me Think About You	1968	Columbia
353	recordlabel: Shout 230 chartposition: US #107 writtenby: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns) and Jerry Ragovoy	Erma Franklin	Open Up Your Soul	1968	Shout
354	recordlabel: Volt 4003 chartposition: RandB #35 writtenby: Bettye Crutcher and Marvell Thomas album: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Lads	The Mad Lads	So Nice	1968	Volt
355	recordlabel: RCA 9532 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #35 writtenby: Billy Taylor album: 'Nuff Said!	Nina Simone	Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)	1968	RCA
356	recordlabel: Revilot 223 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #35 writtenby: The Funkadelics, George Clinton	The Parliaments	Good Old Music	1968	Revilot
357	recordlabel: Atlantic 2515 chartposition: US #107 writtenby: Ted Daryll and Chip Taylor	Billy Vera & Judy Clay	When Do We Go	1968	Atlantic
358	recordlabel: Columbia 44555 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Jerry Fuller and H. B. Barnum album: Hickory Holler Revisited	O.C. Smith	Main Street Mission	1968	Columbia
359	recordlabel: Hi 2144 chartposition: US #110 writtenby: Jimmy Webb comments: [instrumental]	Ace Cannon	By the Time I Get to Phoenix	1968	Hi
360	recordlabel: Twinight 110 chartposition: RandB #36 writtenby: Carl Smith and Syl Johnson album: Dresses Too Short	Syl Johnson	Dresses Too Short	1968	Twinight
361	recordlabel: Bell 721 chartposition: RandB #42, US #51 writtenby: Gary Illingworth, Myrna March and Richard Grasso	James & Bobby Purify	I Can Remember	1968	Bell
362	recordlabel: Atlantic 2568 chartposition: US #73 writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter	Sam & Dave	Everybody Got to Believe in Somebody	1968	Atlantic
363	recordlabel: Back Beat 591 chartposition: RandB #36 writtenby: O.V. Wright	O.V. Wright	Oh Baby Mine	1968	Back Beat
364	recordlabel: Kapp 911 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #40, US #90 writtenby: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II	The Hesitations	Climb Every Mountain	1968	Kapp
365	recordlabel: Excello 2294 chartposition: RandB #36 writtenby: Slim Harpo (as James Moore)	Slim Harpo	Te-Ni-Nee-Ni-Nu	1968	Excello
366	recordlabel: Atlantic 2551 chartposition: RandB #41, US #73 writtenby: Hy Zaret and Alex North	The Sweet Inspirations	Unchained Melody	1968	Atlantic
367	recordlabel: Bell 737 chartposition: RandB #41, US #94 writtenby: Jackie Members, Richard Poindexter and Robert Poindexter album: Back on Top	The O'Jays	The Choice	1968	Bell
368	recordlabel: Atco 6551 chartposition: RandB #44, US #76 writtenby: Jimmy James	Jimmy James & the Vagabonds	Come to Me Softly	1968	Atco
369	recordlabel: Atlantic 2471 chartposition: US #111 writtenby: Rose Marie McCoy and James Steward	The Drifters	Still Burning in My Heart	1968	Atlantic
370	recordlabel: Atlantic 2483 chartposition: US #112 writtenby: Don Covay	Solomon Burke	Party People	1968	Atlantic
371	recordlabel: Decca 32259 chartposition: RandB #37 writtenby: David Porter and Isaac Hayes comments: [ballad]	Debbie Taylor	Check Yourself	1968	Decca
372	recordlabel: Musicor 1319 chartposition: RandB #43, US #112 writtenby: Peter Udell and Gary Geld	The Toys	Sealed with a Kiss	1968	Musicor
373	recordlabel: Bunky 7753 chartposition: RandB #41, US #126 writtenby: Gilbert Moorer, Mill Edwards and Johnson	The Esquires	You Say	1968	Bunky
374	recordlabel: Capitol 2084 chartposition: US #113 writtenby: Bob Tubert	Lou Rawls	My Ancestors	1968	Capitol
375	recordlabel: Gordy 7068 chartposition: RandB #41, US #116 writtenby: Henry Cosby, Allen Story and Margaret Johnson album: The Temptations Wish It Would Rain comments: [Motown Sound]	The Temptations	I Truly, Truly Believe	1968	Gordy
376	recordlabel: Minit 32033 chartposition: US #114 writtenby: Jimmy McCracklin	Jimmy McCracklin	Get Together	1968	Minit
377	recordlabel: AandM 916 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #38 writtenby: Alpert, Pisano, Ceroli, Paul Webster album: Down Here On The Ground comments: [jazz fusion instrumental]	Wes Montgomery	Wind Song	1968	A&M
378	recordlabel: Epic 10382 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #38 writtenby: Mann And Weil, Phil Spector album: Vivian Reed	Vivian Reed	You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling -- (You're My) Soul And Inspiration	1968	Epic
379	recordlabel: Cadet 5620 chartposition: US #113 writtenby: Don Covay	Etta James	You Got It	1968	Cadet
380	recordlabel: Stax 248 chartposition: US #115 writtenby: William Bell, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell) and Booker T. Jones	William Bell	Every Man Oughta Have a Woman	1968	Stax
381	recordlabel: Veep 1280 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: James Peterson	Tina Britt	Who Was That	1968	Veep
382	recordlabel: Pompeii 6667 chartposition: RandB #50, US #117 writtenby: Otis album: So Fine	Ike & Tina Turner	So Fine	1968	Pompeii
383	recordlabel: Ric Tic 136 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Al Kent and Norma Toney	The Fantastic Four	Goddess of Love	1968	Ric Tic
384	recordlabel: Goldwax 338 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Carl Wells, Larry Rogers and Steve Bogard	James Carr	Freedom Train	1968	Goldwax
385	recordlabel: ABC 11128 chartposition: US #118 writtenby: Ray Whitley album: A Portrait of the Tams	The Tams	Trouble Maker	1968	ABC
386	recordlabel: MGM 13881 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Dick Cooper and Ernie Shelby	Kim Weston	Nobody	1968	MGM
387	recordlabel: ABC 11027 chartposition: RandB #43, US #92 writtenby: George Kerr and G. Harrison	Troy Keyes	Love Explosions	1968	ABC
388	recordlabel: Roc Ker 100 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: A. Jones, R. Stewart and R. Evans	Franky & the Spindles	(My Girl Is Made of) Candy	1968	Roc Ker
389	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 692 chartposition: US #119 writtenby: Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.) and Smokey Robinson album: Involved comments: [Motown Sound]	Edwin Starr	Way Over There	1968	Tamla Motown
390	recordlabel: Dynamo 122 chartposition: US #117 writtenby: Herb Rooney	The Diplomats	I Can Give You Love	1968	Dynamo
391	recordlabel: Shout 225 chartposition: RandB #40 writtenby: Jerry O (as Jerry Murray), Sammy Kaplan and Popcorn Wylie (as Richard Wylie)	Jerry O	Funky Boo-Ga-Loo	1968	Shout
392	recordlabel: Epic 10319 chartposition: RandB #113, US #44 writtenby: Gerry Goffin and Carole King album: Vivian Reed	Vivian Reed	Yours Until Tomorrow	1968	Epic
393	recordlabel: Keymen 114 chartposition: RandB #43, US #121 writtenby: Earl Nelson	Jackie Lee	African Boo-Ga-Loo	1968	Keymen
394	recordlabel: Stax 0008 chartposition: RandB #40 writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter album: Soul Children	The Soul Children	Give 'Em Love	1968	Stax
395	recordlabel: Ronn 20 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40 writtenby: T. McCall, P. Robinson comments: [ballad]	Toussaint McCall	Like Never Before	1968	Ronn
396	recordlabel: Okeh 7300 chartposition: RandB #40 writtenby: Dick Cooper and Ernie Shelby	Larry Williams & Johnny Watson	Nobody	1968	Okeh
397	recordlabel: Back Beat 597 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #40 writtenby: D. Bryant album: Nucleus Of Soul comments: [southern soul ballad]	O.V. Wright	I Want Everyone To Know	1968	Back Beat
398	recordlabel: Checker 5043 chartposition: US #121 writtenby: Gene Barge	The Violinaires	I Don't Know	1968	Checker
399	recordlabel: Blue Rock 4052 chartposition: RandB #40 writtenby: Jack Daniels and Johnny Moore album: You're Tuff Enough	Junior Wells	You're Tuff Enough	1968	Blue Rock
400	recordlabel: Cadet Concept 7005 chartposition: UK #123 writtenby: Ross, Gamble, Williams	Aesops Fables	I'm Gonna Make You Love Me	1968	Cadet Concept

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