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

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 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
201	recordlabel: Pye 17809 chartposition: UK #46 writtenby: Eric Allendale and The Foundations	The Foundations	Born to Live, Born to Die	1969	Pye
202	recordlabel: Bluesway 61029 chartposition: RandB #15, US #76 writtenby: B.B. King album: Live and Well comments: [blues]	B.B. King	Just a Little Love	1969	Bluesway
203	recordlabel: AandM 3335 chartposition: UK #30 writtenby: John Fogerty album: Love Is All I Have to Give	Checkmates, Ltd.	Proud Mary	1969	A&M
204	recordlabel: Atco 6661 chartposition: US #115 writtenby: Arthur Conley & Earl Simms	Arthur Conley	Run On	1969	Atco
205	recordlabel: Diamond 269 chartposition: RandB #19, US #99 writtenby: Jesse Belvin and Jo Ann Belvin	Ruby Winters	Guess Who	1969	Diamond
206	recordlabel: Epic 10412 chartposition: UK #34 writtenby: Denny Randell	Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon	You	1969	Epic
207	recordlabel: Westbound 150 chartposition: RandB #22, US #63 writtenby: George Clinton, Patrick Lindsey and Sidney Barnes album: Funkadelic	Funkadelic	I'll Bet You	1969	Westbound
208	recordlabel: Cadet 5636 chartposition: RandB #20, US #98 writtenby: Bobby Miller album: The Dells Musical Menu/Always Together	The Dells	I Can't Do Enough	1969	Cadet
209	recordlabel: Epic 10450 chartposition: RandB #24, US #60 writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart) album: Stand!	Sly & the Family Stone	I Want to Take You Higher	1969	Epic
210	recordlabel: Atlantic 2642 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #16 writtenby: O.B. McClinton, Clarence Carter album: Testifyin' / The Best of Clarence Carter comments: [southern soul]	Clarence Carter	You Can't Miss What You Can't Measure	1969	Atlantic
211	recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2634 chartposition: RandB #16, US #72 writtenby: Harlan Howard	Joe Simon	Baby, Don't Be Looking in My Mind	1969	Sound Stage Seven
212	recordlabel: Dynamo 125 chartposition: RandB #20, US #95 writtenby: Harmon Bethea and Jim Burston comments: [novelty]	The Maskman & the Agents	One Eye Open	1969	Dynamo
213	recordlabel: Capitol 2644 chartposition: RandB #27, US #52, US AC #28 writtenby: Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio album: Can't Take My Eyes Off You	Nancy Wilson	Can't Take My Eyes Off of You	1969	Capitol
214	recordlabel: Curtom 1945 chartposition: RandB #17, US #88 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: Step by Step by Step	Five Stairsteps & Cubie	We Must Be in Love	1969	Curtom
215	recordlabel: Soul Clock 107 chartposition: RandB #17 writtenby: Nicholas Cardwell and Gordy Horman	The Whispers	The Time Will Come	1969	Soul Clock
216	recordlabel: Gamble 231 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: Bob Morgan, Arthur West, Leon Errol Swanson & Perry Green	The Intruders	Lollipop (I Like You)	1969	Gamble
217	recordlabel: United Artists 50552 chartposition: R&B #38, US #52 writtenby: Ivory Joe Hunter and Clyde Otis album: Out of Sight, Out of Mind	Little Anthony & the Imperials	Out of Sight, Out of Mind	1969	United Artists
218	recordlabel: Phil L.A. Of Soul 324 chartposition: RandB #22, US #93 writtenby: Jesse James comments: [instrumental]	Cliff Nobles & Co.	Switch It On	1969	Phil L.A. Of Soul
219	recordlabel: Dynamo 131 chartposition: RandB #22, US #91 weeksinr&bchart: 9 writtenby: H. Bethea, J. Burston	The Maskman & the Agents	My Wife, My Dog, My Cat	1969	Dynamo
220	recordlabel: Metromedia 142 chartposition: US #54, AC #19 writtenby: John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins	The Winstons	Love of the Common People	1969	Metromedia
221	recordlabel: Gamble 223 chartposition: RandB #23, US #104 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff	The Intruders	Give Her a Transplant	1969	Gamble
222	recordlabel: Gordy 7085 chartposition: RandB #27, US #56 writtenby: Sylvia Moy and Richard Morris comments: [Motown Sound]	Martha (Reeves) & the Vandellas	(We've Got) Honey Love	1969	Gordy
223	recordlabel: Epic 10473 chartposition: UK #36 writtenby: Bob Crewe, Denny Randell and Sandy Linzer comments: [northern soul]	Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon	Let's Hang On	1969	Epic
224	recordlabel: King 6249 chartposition: RandB #22, US #110 writtenby: James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis (as Alfred Ellis) album: It's My Thing	Marva Whitney	Things Got to Get Better (Get Together)	1969	King
225	recordlabel: Curtom 1937 chartposition: RandB #23, US #104 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield album: The Young Mods' Forgotten Story Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin) comments: [deep soul]	The Impressions	My Deceiving Heart	1969	Curtom
226	recordlabel: RCA 740188 chartposition: RandB #23, US #119 writtenby: Mattie Simpkins and Kenneth Williams album: Baby Dynamite!	Carolyn Franklin	It's True I'm Gonna Miss You	1969	RCA
227	recordlabel: Uni 55122 chartposition: RandB #29, US #93 writtenby: Bob Stone	Betty Everett	I Can't Say No to You	1969	Uni
228	recordlabel: Brunswick 55400 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #32, US #57 writtenby: Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Don Davis and Raymond Jackson album: Soulful Strut comments: [instrumental]	Young-Holt Unlimited	Who's Making Love	1969	Brunswick
229	recordlabel: Blue Thumb 104 chartposition: RandB #22, US #59 writtenby: Ike Turner album: The Hunter	Ike & Tina Turner	Bold Soul Sister	1969	Blue Thumb
230	recordlabel: Hot Wax 6901 chartposition: R&B #26, US #62 writtenby: Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland Jr. album: Take Me with You	The Honey Cone	While You're Out Looking for Sugar?	1969	Hot Wax
231	recordlabel: AandM 1081 chartposition: RandB #25, US #74 writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)	Abaco Dream	Life and Death in G and A	1969	A&M
232	recordlabel: Diamond 265 chartposition: RandB #23, US #121 writtenby: Eddie Hinton, Dan Penn and Wayne Jackson	Ruby Winters	Always David	1969	Diamond
233	recordlabel: Atlantic 2606 chartposition: US #64 writtenby: Goffin And King album: Dusty in Memphis	Dusty Springfield	Don't Forget About Me	1969	Atlantic
234	recordlabel: Fame 1459 chartposition: RandB #22, US #124 writtenby: George Jackson and Aaron McKinny	Candi Staton	Never in Public	1969	Fame
235	recordlabel: Chart 1061 chartposition: US country #64 writtenby: Brown	Maxine Brown	Sugar Cane County	1969	Chart
236	recordlabel: RCA 204 chartposition: US #63 writtenby: Willie Hutch (as Willie Hutchison) album: Highly Distinct	The Friends of Distinction	Let Yourself Go	1969	RCA
237	recordlabel: Uni 55102 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Hugh Masekela comments: [instrumental]	Hugh Masekela	Riot	1969	Uni
238	recordlabel: Atlantic 2603 chartposition: RandB #21, US #71 writtenby: Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore (as Warren Moore) & Marv Tarplin (as Marvin Tarplin) album: Soul '69	Aretha Franklin	Tracks of My Tears	1969	Atlantic
239	recordlabel: Brunswick 55418 chartposition: RandB #21, US #108 writtenby: Eugene Record and Carl Davis	Jackie Wilson	Helpless	1969	Brunswick
240	recordlabel: AandM 1039 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #50, US #65 writtenby: Phil Spector and Bobby Stevens album: Love Is All We Have to Give	Checkmates, Ltd.	Love Is All I Have to Give	1969	A&M
241	recordlabel: Atlantic 2631 chartposition: RandB #41, US #64 writtenby: Mars Bonfire album: Hey Jude	Wilson Pickett	Born to Be Wild	1969	Atlantic
242	recordlabel: Turntable 506 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Al Pyfrom, Dorothy Hughes and Jimmy Norman	Lloyd Price	Bad Conditions	1969	Turntable
243	recordlabel: Epic 10407 chartposition: RandB #28, US #89 writtenby: S. Stewart album: Stand!	Sly & the Family Stone	Sing a Simple Song	1969	Epic
244	recordlabel: Flaming Arrow 36 chartposition: US #68 writtenby: Eugene Davis	Gloria Walker & Chevelles	Please Don't Desert Me Baby	1969	Flaming Arrow
245	recordlabel: Atlantic 2686 chartposition: RandB #25, US #117 writtenby: Kenny Gamble (as Kenneth Gamble) and Leon Huff album: Sweets for My Sweet	The Sweet Inspirations	(Gotta Find) A Brand New Lover (Part 1)	1969	Atlantic
246	recordlabel: Hi 2157 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: Oliver Sain album: This Is Ann Peebles / Ann Peebles Greatest Hits comments: [southern soul]	Ann Peebles	Walk Away	1969	Hi
247	recordlabel: Blue Thumb 202 chartposition: RandB #23, US #68 writtenby: Otis Redding and Jerry Butler album: Outta Season	Ike & Tina Turner	I've Been Loving You Too Long	1969	Blue Thumb
248	recordlabel: Motown 1159 chartposition: RandB #25, US #45 writtenby: Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong album: Four Tops Now! comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	Don't Let Him Take Your Love from Me	1969	Motown
249	recordlabel: Hi 2154 chartposition: RandB #31, US #69 writtenby: M. Hodges, L. Hodges, J. Mitchell, W. Mitchell and H. Grimes comments: [instrumental]	Willie Mitchell	30-60-90	1969	Hi
250	recordlabel: Atlantic 2608 chartposition: RandB #27, US #92 writtenby: David Porter and Isaac Hayes	Sam & Dave	Born Again	1969	Atlantic
251	recordlabel: Kapp 985 chartposition: RandB #27, US #97 writtenby: Guy Draper	The Unifics	It's a Groovy World!	1969	Kapp
252	recordlabel: Volt 4021 chartposition: RandB #27, US #101 writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter	The Emotions	The Best Part of a Love Affair	1969	Volt
253	recordlabel: Atlantic 2648 chartposition: RandB #29, US #59 writtenby: Billy Roberts album: Right On	Wilson Pickett	Hey Joe	1969	Atlantic
254	recordlabel: SSS Int'l. 769 chartposition: RandB #24, US #81 writtenby: Don Hill	Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson	I Want to Love You Baby	1969	SSS Int'l.
255	recordlabel: Stax 0051 chartposition: RandB #30, US #98 writtenby: Eddie Floyd and Booker T. Jones album: California Girl	Eddie Floyd	Why Is the Wine Sweeter (On the Other Side)	1969	Stax
256	recordlabel: AGP 115 chartposition: RandB #24 writtenby: Lee W. Jones Jr. and Harold L. Thomas comments: [ballad]	The Masqueraders	I'm Just an Average Guy	1969	AGP
257	recordlabel: Date 1649 chartposition: RandB #40, US #74 writtenby: Larry Kolber and Barry Mann	Peaches & Herb	Let Me Be the One	1969	Date
258	recordlabel: Hot Wax 6904 chartposition: RandB #24 writtenby: Angelo Bond, Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland , Lamont Dozier album: Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed	100 Proof (Aged in Soul)	Too Many Cooks (Spoil the Soup)	1969	Hot Wax
259	recordlabel: Aquarius 4010 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: Eddie Sullivan	Candace Love	Uh Uh Boy, That's a No No	1969	Aquarius
260	recordlabel: Capitol 2515 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #28, US #109 writtenby: Chip Taylor	Bettye Swann	Angel of the Morning	1969	Capitol
261	recordlabel: Silver Fox 17 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: Fred Burch and Don Hill	Bettye LaVette	He Made a Woman Out of Me	1969	Silver Fox
262	recordlabel: Soul City 771 chartposition: US #75 writtenby: Lou Adler and Johnny Rivers album: Searching for the Dolphins	Al Wilson	Poor Side of Town	1969	Soul City
263	recordlabel: Atlantic 74167 chartposition: RandB #34, US #75 writtenby: Leroy Lewis comments: [instrumental]	The T.S.U. Toronadoes	Getting the Corners	1969	Atlantic
264	recordlabel: Brunswick 55419 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: Fred Hughes	Fred Hughes	Baby Boy	1969	Brunswick
265	recordlabel: T Neck 906 chartposition: RandB #43, US #79 writtenby: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.) and Rudolph Isley album: The Brothers: Isley	The Isley Brothers	Black Berries	1969	T Neck
266	recordlabel: T Neck 912 chartposition: RandB #29, US #105 writtenby: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.) and Rudolph Isley album: Get into Something	The Isley Brothers	Bless Your Heart	1969	T Neck
267	recordlabel: Atco 6700 chartposition: RandB #30, US #103 writtenby: Otis Redding and Gene Lawson album: Love Man	Otis Redding	Free Me	1969	Atco
268	recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2641 chartposition: RandB #29, US #79 writtenby: Ben Peters	Joe Simon	San Francisco Is a Lonely Town	1969	Sound Stage Seven
269	recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2641 chartposition: RandB #26, US #87 writtenby: Joe Simon and A. Orange	Joe Simon	It's Hard to Get Along	1969	Sound Stage Seven
270	recordlabel: Atlantic 2647 chartposition: US #78 writtenby: Tony Joe White	Dusty Springfield	Willie and Laura Mae Jones	1969	Atlantic
271	recordlabel: Capitol 2668 chartposition: RandB #33, US #63 writtenby: Gerry Goffin and Carole King album: Your Good Thing	Lou Rawls	I Can't Make It Alone	1969	Capitol
272	recordlabel: Motown 1144 chartposition: RandB #27, US #107 writtenby: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns) album: Goin' Back to Chuck Jackson comments: [Motown Sound]	Chuck Jackson	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	1969	Motown
273	recordlabel: Ronn 34 chartposition: RandB #30, US #118 writtenby: Chuck Willis comments: [deep soul]	Ted Taylor	It's Too Late	1969	Ronn
274	recordlabel: BluesWay/ABC 61022 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #30, US #113 writtenby: King, Maya, Fats Washington	B.B. King	Get Myself Somebody -- Don't Waste My Time	1969	BluesWay/ABC
275	recordlabel: T Neck 908 chartposition: RandB #33, US #83 writtenby: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.) and Rudolph Isley album: The Brothers: Isley	The Isley Brothers	Was It Good to You	1969	T Neck
276	recordlabel: Motown 1138 chartposition: RandB #31, US #67 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. and Sylvia Moy album: Irresistible comments: [Motown Sound]	Tammi Terrell	This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)	1969	Motown
277	recordlabel: Gordy 7087 chartposition: RandB #27, US #80 writtenby: Doris McNeil and Johnny Bristol album: 25 Miles comments: [Motown Sound]	Edwin Starr	I'm Still a Struggling Man	1969	Gordy
278	recordlabel: Dakar 608 chartposition: RandB #28, US #125 writtenby: Floyd Smith, Lee Simmons and Willie Henderson	Major Lance	Follow the Leader	1969	Dakar
279	recordlabel: Cadet 5630 chartposition: RandB #32, US #79 writtenby: Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton	Etta James	Almost Persuaded	1969	Cadet
280	recordlabel: ABC Tangerine 11170 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #28 writtenby: Ray Charles, Jimmy Lewis	Ray Charles & Jimmy Lewis	If It Wasn't For Bad Luck	1969	ABC Tangerine
281	recordlabel: Turntable 505 chartposition: RandB #28, US #120 writtenby: Jimmy Norman	Howard Tate	These Are the Things That Make Me Know You're Gone	1969	Turntable
282	recordlabel: De lite 523 chartposition: RandB #37, US #85 writtenby: Gene Redd album: Kool and the Gang	Kool & the Gang	The Gang's Back Again	1969	De lite
283	recordlabel: Brunswick 55399 chartposition: RandB #33, US #79 writtenby: Eugene Record and Sonny Sanders album: Seven Days of Night	Barbara Acklin	Am I the Same Girl	1969	Brunswick
284	recordlabel: Volt 4016 chartposition: RandB #28, US #84 writtenby: Jimmy Webb album: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Lads	The Mad Lads	By the Time I Get to Phoenix	1969	Volt
285	recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11213 chartposition: RandB #28, US #94 writtenby: Jimmy Holiday	Ray Charles	Let Me Love You	1969	ABC/TRC
286	recordlabel: Soul 35058 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #111 writtenby: James Dean, William Weatherspoon and Barnes comments: [Motown Sound]	The Fantastic Four	I Feel Like I'm Falling in Love Again	1969	Soul
287	recordlabel: Cotillion 44024 chartposition: RandB #28 writtenby: J. Williams, Jr.	C & the Shells	You Are the Circus	1969	Cotillion
288	recordlabel: Volt 4025 chartposition: RandB #28 writtenby: King Curtis (as Curtis Ousley) and Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller)	Rev. Maceo Woods & the Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir	Hello Sunshine	1969	Volt
289	recordlabel: Yew 1002 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #43, US #86 writtenby: Buddy Turner, Jerry Aknes and Victor Drayton	The Intrigues	I'm Gonna Love You	1969	Yew
290	recordlabel: Cotique 136 chartposition: RandB #32, US #117 writtenby: Tito Ramos and Tony Rojas	TNT Band	The Meditation	1969	Cotique
291	recordlabel: Amy 11055 chartposition: RandB #33, US #95 writtenby: Allen Toussaint	Lee Dorsey	Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (From Now On)	1969	Amy
292	recordlabel: Atco 6723 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #29 writtenby: Otis Redding	Otis Redding	Look At The Girl	1969	Atco
293	recordlabel: Atco 6665 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #29 writtenby: Hayes , Porter album: King and Queen	Otis Redding & Carla Thomas	When Something Is Wrong With My Baby	1969	Atco
294	recordlabel: Stax 18 chartposition: RandB #29 writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter album: Soul Children	The Soul Children	I'll Understand	1969	Stax
295	recordlabel: Dial 4089 chartposition: US #88 writtenby: Joe Tex	Joe Tex	That's Your Baby	1969	Dial
296	recordlabel: Kent 506 chartposition: RandB #29 writtenby: Delmar "Mighty Mouth" Evans and Johnny Otis	The Johnny Otis Show	Country Girl	1969	Kent
297	recordlabel: ABC 11149 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Tony Marks and Sheila Holman album: I Love You	Eddie Holman	I Love You	1969	ABC
298	recordlabel: Capitol 2226 chartposition: RandB #33, US #130 writtenby: Willie Hightower and Bobby Robinson	Willie Hightower	It's a Miracle	1969	Capitol
299	recordlabel: Warner/Seven Arts 7338 chartposition: RandB #35, US #103 writtenby: Charles Wright and Isaac Hayes album: In the Jungle, Babe	Charles Wright & Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band	Must Be Your Thing	1969	Warner/Seven Arts
300	recordlabel: Brunswick 55421 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Eugene Record & Barbara Acklin album: Someone Else's Arms	Barbara Acklin	After You	1969	Brunswick

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