Soul R&B Music Charts of 1969 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1969 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 1969, 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 1969, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1969 . . .

The following songs were released in 1969 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 1969 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: Scepter 12249 chartposition: RandB #33, US #37, US AC #8 writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Hal David album: Greatest Motion Picture Hits comments: [ballad]	Dionne Warwick	The April Fools	1969	Scepter
102	recordlabel: Stax 0037 chartposition: RandB #35, US #37, US AC #20 writtenby: Paul Simon album: The Booker T. Set comments: instrumental	Booker T. & the MGs	Mrs. Robinson	1969	Stax
103	recordlabel: Mercury 72935 chartposition: RandB #18, US #35 writtenby: Margaret Lewis & Myrna Smith	Moms Mabley	Abraham, Martin and John	1969	Mercury
104	recordlabel: Enterprise 9003 chartposition: RandB #37, US #37 writtenby: Jimmy Webb album: Hot Buttered Soul	Isaac Hayes	By the Time I Get to Phoenix	1969	Enterprise
105	recordlabel: Tamla 54187 chartposition: RandB #6, US #49 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson album: Easy comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	What You Gave Me	1969	Tamla
106	recordlabel: Philly Groove 157 chartposition: R&B #6, US #40 writtenby: T. Bell, W. Hart album: La La Means I Love You / Delfonics Super Hits comments: [Sweet Soul]	The Delfonics	You Got Yours And I'll Get Mine	1969	Philly Groove
107	recordlabel: Motown 1157 chartposition: RandB #1 writtenby: Smokey Robinson album: Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 comments: [Motown Sound]	The Jackson 5	Who's Lovin' You	1969	Motown
108	recordlabel: Columbia 44871 chartposition: RandB #45, US #2, US AC #1 writtenby: David Clayton Thomas album: Blood, Sweat & Tears	Blood, Sweat & Tears	Spinning Wheel	1969	Columbia
109	recordlabel: RCA Victor 9447 chartposition: UK #5 writtenby: Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb album: To Love Somebody	Nina Simone	To Love Somebody	1969	RCA Victor
110	recordlabel: Uni 55117 chartposition: UK #8, Cashbox R&B #36, US #51 writtenby: Tony Macaulay and John Macleod album: Digging the Foundations	The Foundations	In the Bad Bad Old Days	1969	Uni
111	recordlabel: Stax 0050 chartposition: RandB #7, US #57 writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter album: Soul Children Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 comments: [deep soul]	The Soul Children	The Sweeter He Is Pt. I	1969	Stax
112	recordlabel: Columbia 44776 chartposition: RandB #46, US #2, UK #35, US AC #18 writtenby: Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson & Berry Gordy album: Blood, Sweat & Tears	Blood, Sweat & Tears	You've Made Me So Very Happy	1969	Columbia
113	recordlabel: Parrot 40045 chartposition: RandB #41, US #5, UK #10, US AC #1 writtenby: Danny Small album: Tom	Tom Jones	Without Love (There Is Nothing)	1969	Parrot
114	recordlabel: Hot Wax 6903 chartposition: RandB #8, US #68 writtenby: Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland Jr. album: Take Me with You	The Honey Cone	Girls, It Ain't Easy	1969	Hot Wax
115	recordlabel: Silver Fox 14 chartposition: RandB #9, US #49 writtenby: Al Kent	Gloria Taylor	You Got to Pay the Price	1969	Silver Fox
116	recordlabel: Curtom 1946 chartposition: RandB #10, US #58 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred	The Impressions	Say You Love Me	1969	Curtom
117	recordlabel: Invictus 9071 chartposition: RandB #7, US #59 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. and Ronald Dunbar	The Glass House	Crumbs Off the Table	1969	Invictus
118	recordlabel: Unity 503 (UK) chartposition: UK #10 writtenby: Max Romeo album: A Dream comments: [reggae]	Max Romeo	Wet Dream	1969	Unity(UK)
119	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 572 (UK) chartposition: UK #11 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. album: This Old Heart of Mine comments: [Motown Sound] [re release]	The Isley Brothers	I Guess I'll Always Love You	1969	Tamla Motown(UK)
120	recordlabel: Stax 0024 chartposition: RandB #9, US #49 writtenby: Bettye Crutcher, Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson album: Memphis Queen	Carla Thomas	I Like What You're Doing to Me	1969	Stax
121	recordlabel: Fame 1456 chartposition: RandB #9, US #46 writtenby: Clarence Carter, George Jackson and Raymond Moore album: I'm Just A Prisoner	Candi Staton	I'd Rather Be an Old Man's Sweetheart (Than a Young Man's Fool)	1969	Fame
122	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 708 (UK) chartposition: UK #13 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. comments: [Motown Sound]	The Isley Brothers	Put Yourself in My Place	1969	Tamla Motown(UK)
123	recordlabel: Wand 11200 chartposition: US #14 writtenby: Joe Jeffrey (as Joe Stafford Jr.) album: My Pledge Of Love mpcode: dvwSOiVE8Cs	Joe Jeffrey Group	My Pledge Of Love	1969	Wand
124	recordlabel: Josie 1015 chartposition: RandB #11, US #56 writtenby: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter Jr. album: Look Ka Py Py	The Meters	Look-Ka Py Py	1969	Josie
125	recordlabel: Duke 449 chartposition: RandB #9, US #60 writtenby: V. Walls, A. Nugeire	Bobby Bland	Chains of Love	1969	Duke
126	recordlabel: Soul 35057 chartposition: RandB #11, US #63 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson album: Nitty Gritty comments: [Motown Sound]	Gladys Knight & the Pips	Didn't You Know (You'd Have to Cry Sometime)	1969	Soul
127	recordlabel: United Artists 50563 chartposition: RandB #46, US #16, US AC #6 writtenby: Bernice Borisoff & Bernard Binnick album: Keem O Sabe	The Electric Indian	Keem-O-Sabe	1969	United Artists
128	recordlabel: Date 1637 chartposition: RandB #10, US #49 writtenby: C. Varga	Peaches & Herb	When He Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters)	1969	Date
129	recordlabel: Tamla 54173 chartposition: UK #21 writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson comments: [Motown Sound] US B side to Keep On Lovin' Me Honey	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell	You Ain't Livin' Till You're Lovin'	1969	Tamla
130	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 710 (UK) chartposition: UK #11 writtenby: Jimmy Webb album: Four Tops Now! / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	Do What You Gotta Do	1969	Tamla Motown(UK)
131	recordlabel: Brunswick 55398 chartposition: RandB #10, US #88 writtenby: Carl Davis and Eugene Record album: Give It Away / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits	The Chi-Lites	Give It Away	1969	Brunswick
132	recordlabel: Warner Bros. / Seven Arts 7298 chartposition: RandB #12, US #67 writtenby: Charles Wright, Al McKay, James Gadson, John Rayford and Melvin Dunlap album: In the Jungle, Babe	Charles Wright & Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band	Till You Get Enough	1969	Warner Bros. / Seven
133	recordlabel: Apple 12 chartposition: US #11, UK #62 writtenby: Billy Preston album: That's the Way God Planned It	Billy Preston	That's the Way God Planned It	1969	Apple
134	recordlabel: Cotillion 44034 chartposition: RandB #11, US #74 writtenby: Patrick Robinson and Toussaint Mccall album: Do Your Own Thing	Brook Benton	Nothing Can Take the Place of You	1969	Cotillion
135	recordlabel: Mercury 72991 chartposition: RandB #12, US #44 writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Jerry Butler album: Ice on Ice	Jerry Butler	Don't Let Love Hang You Up	1969	Mercury
136	recordlabel: Stang 5005 chartposition: RandB #10, US #62 writtenby: Kenny Ruffin (as Kenneth Ruffin)	The Moments	I Do	1969	Stang
137	recordlabel: Duke 447 chartposition: RandB #14, US #91 writtenby: Andre Williams and Don Robey (as Don Malone)	Bobby Bland	Gotta Get to Know You	1969	Duke
138	recordlabel: Trojan 672 (UK) chartposition: UK #21 writtenby: Gordon, Cook, Robinson album: Long Shot comments: [reggae]	The Pioneers	Long Shot Kick De Bucket	1969	Trojan(UK)
139	recordlabel: Cadet 5658 chartposition: RandB #13, US #42 writtenby: Otis Redding and Steve Cropper album: Love Is Blue	The Dells	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay	1969	Cadet
140	recordlabel: Motown 1149 chartposition: RandB #11, US #58 writtenby: Johnny Bristol and Thomas Kemp album: My Whole World Ended comments: [Motown Sound]	David Ruffin	I've Lost Everything I've Ever Loved	1969	Motown
141	recordlabel: Top and Bottom 401 chartposition: R&B #12, US #50 writtenby: Jerry Jones and Eddie Jackson	Brenda & the Tabulations	The Touch of You	1969	Top and Bottom
142	recordlabel: Bell 783 chartposition: RandB #15, US #45 writtenby: John Fogerty album: Proud Mary	Solomon Burke	Proud Mary	1969	Bell
143	recordlabel: Cadet 5640 chartposition: RandB #37, US #76, US AC #21 writtenby: John Lennon album: Mother Nature's Son	Ramsey Lewis	Julia	1969	Cadet
144	recordlabel: Atlantic 2685 chartposition: US #24, US AC #3 writtenby: Gamble, Bell, Butler album: A Brand New Me	Dusty Springfield	A Brand New Me	1969	Atlantic
145	recordlabel: Scram 117 chartposition: RandB #13, US #73 writtenby: Scramuzza, Bocage	Eddie Bo	Hook and Sling, Pt. 1	1969	Scram
146	recordlabel: Hot Wax 6902 chartposition: US #26 writtenby: Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland (as part of Edythe Wayne), Lamont Dozier (as part of Edythe Wayne) album: Westbound #9	The Flaming Ember	Mind, Body and Soul	1969	Hot Wax
147	recordlabel: ABC 11170 chartposition: US AC #25 writtenby: Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin	Ray Charles	When I Stop Dreaming	1969	ABC
148	recordlabel: Checker 1212 chartposition: RandB #13, US #73 writtenby: Titus Turner album: Grits Ain't Groceries Featuring Just a Little Bit	Little Milton	Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around the World)	1969	Checker
149	recordlabel: RCA 74 0269 chartposition: RandB #8, US #76 writtenby: Nina Simone and Master Wel album: Black Gold	Nina Simone	To Be Young, Gifted and Black	1969	RCA
150	recordlabel: Motown 1147 chartposition: US #53, UK #16 writtenby: Bristol, McNeil album: Four Tops Now! comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	What Is a Man	1969	Motown
151	recordlabel: Minit 32081 chartposition: RandB #14, US #93 writtenby: Bobby Womack and Darryl Carter album: My Prescription	Bobby Womack	How I Miss You Baby	1969	Minit
152	recordlabel: Gamble 235 chartposition: RandB #14, US #47 writtenby: Lloyd Smith and Jay Wiggins album: Cowboys to Girls / Intruders Super Hits	The Intruders	Sad Girl	1969	Gamble
153	recordlabel: Atlantic 2642 chartposition: RandB #9, US #65 writtenby: Micky Buckins and George Jackson album: Testifyin' / The Best of Clarence Carter	Clarence Carter	The Feeling Is Right	1969	Atlantic
154	recordlabel: Atlantic 2660 chartposition: RandB #9, US #46 writtenby: Clarence Carter , Clemmie McCants and Allyn Lee album: Testifyin' / The Best of Clarence Carter	Clarence Carter	Doin' Our Thing	1969	Atlantic
155	recordlabel: Neptune 12 chartposition: RandB #15, US #68 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: In Philadelphia	The O'Jays	One Night Affair	1969	Neptune
156	recordlabel: Checker 1217 chartposition: RandB #13, US #97 writtenby: Earl Washington, John Thornton, Piney Brown and Ralph Bass album: Grits Ain't Groceries Featuring Just a Little Bit	Little Milton	Just a Little Bit	1969	Checker
157	recordlabel: Stax 0046 chartposition: RandB #10, US #48 writtenby: Bettye Crutcher (as part of We Three), Homer Banks (as part of We Three) and Raymond Jackson album: The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues / Stax Greatest Hits	Johnnie Taylor	I Could Never Be President	1969	Stax
158	recordlabel: Dakar 614 chartposition: RandB #10, US #63 writtenby: Carl Davis, Eugene Record and Barbara Acklin	Otis Leavill	I Love You	1969	Dakar
159	recordlabel: Cotillion 44021 chartposition: RandB #17, US #59 writtenby: Ronnie Shannon album: First Landing	The Dynamics	Ice Cream Song	1969	Cotillion
160	recordlabel: Stang 5003 chartposition: RandB #13, US #90 writtenby: Sylvia Robinson and Bert Keyes comments: [Sweet Soul]	The Moments	Sunday	1969	Stang
161	recordlabel: Columbia 44740 chartposition: RandB #33, US #32, US AC #30 writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong	Mongo Santamaria	Cloud Nine	1969	Columbia
162	recordlabel: Atlantic 2682 chartposition: RandB #16, US #92 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. album: Right On	Wilson Pickett	You Keep Me Hanging On	1969	Atlantic
163	recordlabel: Deram 85038 chartposition: US #34 writtenby: Wayne Bickerton and Tony Waddington	The Flirtations	Nothing but a Heartache	1969	Deram
164	recordlabel: Diamond 255 chartposition: RandB #15, US #97 writtenby: Luther Dixon and Chuck Jackson (as Charles Jackson) comments: [deep soul]	Ruby Winters	I Don't Want to Cry	1969	Diamond
165	recordlabel: Dial 4090 chartposition: RandB #10, US #47 writtenby: Joe Tex	Joe Tex	Buying a Book	1969	Dial
166	recordlabel: Atlantic 2623 chartposition: US #31, US AC #3 writtenby: Bergman, Bergman, Legrand album: Dusty in Memphis	Dusty Springfield	The Windmills of Your Mind	1969	Atlantic
167	recordlabel: Curtom 1940 chartposition: RandB #15, US #84 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Young Mods' Forgotten Story	The Impressions	Seven Years	1969	Curtom
168	recordlabel: Twinight 125 chartposition: RandB #11, US #69 writtenby: Jimmy Jones, Syl Johnson and Glenn Watts album: Is It Because I'm Black? Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: [deep soul]	Syl Johnson	Is It Because I'm Black?	1969	Twinight
169	recordlabel: Brunswick 755414 chartposition: RandB #15, US #94 writtenby: Barbara Acklin and Eugene Record album: Give It Away / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits	The Chi-Lites	Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was	1969	Brunswick
170	recordlabel: Stax 3110 chartposition: UK #35 writtenby: A. Jackson, B. T. Jones, D. Dunn, S. Cropper comments: [instrumental]	Booker T. & the MGs	Soul Clap 69	1969	Stax
171	recordlabel: United Artists 35657 (UK) chartposition: UK #33 writtenby: Inez Foxx and Charlie Foxx album: Mockingbird comments: re release	Inez & Charlie Foxx	Mockingbird	1969	United Artists(UK)
172	recordlabel: Scepter 12256 chartposition: US #43, US AC #7 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David	Dionne Warwick	Odds and Ends	1969	Scepter
173	recordlabel: Command 4126 chartposition: RandB #27, US #38 writtenby: Richard R. Hyman	Dick Hyman & His Electric Eclectics	The Minotaur	1969	Command
174	recordlabel: Curtom 1936 chartposition: RandB #12, US #101 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: Love's Happening	Five Stairsteps & Cubie	Baby Make Me Feel So Good	1969	Curtom
175	recordlabel: Stax 0036 chartposition: RandB #18, US #73 writtenby: Eddie Floyd	Eddie Floyd	Don't Tell Your Mama Where You've Been	1969	Stax
176	recordlabel: Gordy 7051 chartposition: RandB #39, UK #25 writtenby: Clarence Paul and Luvel Broadnax album: I'll Pick A Rose For My Rose comments: [Motown Sound]	Marv Johnson	I Miss You Baby (How I Miss You)	1969	Gordy
177	recordlabel: Atco 6677 chartposition: RandB #17, UK #43, US #72 writtenby: Otis Redding album: Love Man	Otis Redding	Love Man	1969	Atco
178	recordlabel: GWP 501 chartposition: RandB #18, US #86 writtenby: Ray Dahrouge and Billy Terrell	Debbie Taylor	Never Gonna Let Him Know	1969	GWP
179	recordlabel: Atlantic 2644 chartposition: RandB #13, US #59 writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Archie Bell & Thom Bell album: There's Gonna Be A Showdown / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Girl You're Too Young	1969	Atlantic
180	recordlabel: King 6250 chartposition: RandB #16, US #41 writtenby: James Brown album: Sex Machine	James Brown	Lowdown Popcorn	1969	King
181	recordlabel: Trojan 695 (UK) chartposition: UK #41 writtenby: L. Kong album: Sweet Sensation comments: [reggae]	The Melodians	Sweet Sensation	1969	Trojan(UK)
182	recordlabel: Bluesway 61024 chartposition: RandB #13, US #61 writtenby: Dave Clark and B.B. King album: Live and Well	B.B. King	Why I Sing the Blues	1969	Bluesway
183	recordlabel: Motown 1158 chartposition: RandB #18, US #53 writtenby: Art Posey and Gienna Session album: Feelin' Good comments: [Motown Sound]	David Ruffin	I'm So Glad I Fell for You	1969	Motown
184	recordlabel: Columbia 44859 chartposition: RandB #25, US #47, US AC #17 writtenby: Mac Davis album: O.C. Smith at Home	O.C. Smith	Friend, Lover, Woman, Wife	1969	Columbia
185	recordlabel: Atlantic 2611 chartposition: RandB #19, US #50 writtenby: Lindell Hill, George Jackson and Earl Cage	Wilson Pickett	Mini-Skirt Minnie	1969	Atlantic
186	recordlabel: Checker 1225 chartposition: RandB #13 writtenby: Cash McCall (as Morris Dollison)	Little Milton	Let's Get Together	1969	Checker
187	recordlabel: Uni 55174 chartposition: RandB #17, US #96 writtenby: Jerry Butler, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff	Betty Everett	It's Been a Long Time	1969	Uni
188	recordlabel: Mercury 72880 chartposition: RandB #14, US #57 writtenby: Ed Townsend album: Foolish Fool	Dee Dee Warwick	Foolish Fool	1969	Mercury
189	recordlabel: Polydor 56755 (UK) chartposition: UK #44 writtenby: Wylie, Kelly comments: re release	Jamo Thomas	I Spy (For the FBI)	1969	Polydor(UK)
190	recordlabel: Atlantic 2621 chartposition: RandB #42, US #44, US AC #37 writtenby: Herbie Mann album: Memphis Underground comments: [instrumental]	Herbie Mann	Memphis Underground	1969	Atlantic
191	recordlabel: Atco 6654 chartposition: RandB #20, US #48 writtenby: Brook Benton and Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams] album: Love Man	Otis Redding	A Lover's Question	1969	Atco
192	recordlabel: Stang 5009 chartposition: RandB #14 writtenby: Billy Brown, Al Goodman and Sylvia Robinson	The Moments	Lovely Way She Loves	1969	Stang
193	recordlabel: Josie 1008 chartposition: RandB #20, US #61 writtenby: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter Jr. album: The Meters comments: [instrumental]	The Meters	Ease Back	1969	Josie
194	recordlabel: Columbia 44751 chartposition: RandB #44, US #44, US AC #19 writtenby: Bobby Russell album: O.C. Smith's Greatest Hits	O.C. Smith	Honey (I Miss You)	1969	Columbia
195	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 694 (UK) chartposition: UK #42 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr. comments: [Motown Sound]	Martha (Reeves) & the Vandellas	Nowhere to Run	1969	Tamla Motown(UK)
196	recordlabel: Checker 1221 chartposition: RandB #18, US #103 writtenby: Little Milton (as Milton Campbell), James Blumenburg and Billy Butler	Little Milton	Poor Man	1969	Checker
197	recordlabel: Zodiac 1015 chartposition: RandB #18, US #96 writtenby: Bobby Eaton, Fred Bridges and Richard Knight	Ruby Andrews	You Made a Believer (Out of Me)	1969	Zodiac
198	recordlabel: Philips 1811 (UK) chartposition: UK #43 writtenby: Record, Sanders	Dusty Springfield	Am I The Same Girl	1969	Philips(UK)
199	recordlabel: King 6229 chartposition: RandB #19, US #82 writtenby: James Brown and Marva Whitney album: It's My Thing	Marva Whitney	It's My Thing (You Can't Tell Me Who to Sock It To)	1969	King
200	recordlabel: Commonwealth United 3001 chartposition: RandB #15, US #73 writtenby: Helen Miller and Rose Marie McCoy album: We'll Cry Together	Maxine Brown	We'll Cry Together	1969	Commonwealth United

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