1 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54199
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) & Smokey Robinson
album: Make It Happen / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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2 |
recordlabel: Motown 1171
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US AC #24
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis & Willie Hutch
album: Third Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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3 |
recordlabel: Motown 1169
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US AC #6
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Diana Ross / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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4 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7101
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: War and Peace / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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5 |
recordlabel: Invictus 9075
chartposition: UK #1, RandB #20, US #3
writtenby: Brian Holand, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Rolland Dunbar
album: Band Of Gold
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6 |
recordlabel: Motown 1166
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7
writtenby: Berry Gordy , Freddie Perren , Dake Richards, & Fonce Mizell
album: ABC / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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7 |
recordlabel: Motown 1163
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren , Dake Richards, Fonce Mizell
album: ABC / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
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8 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2748
chartposition: RandB #2, US #4, UK #2
writtenby: General Johnson & Ronald Dunbar
album: Patches / The Best of Clarence Carter
comments: (southern soul)
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9 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7099
chartposition: RandB #2, US #3, UK #7
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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10 |
recordlabel: Invictus 9074
chartposition: RandB #8, US #3, UK #3
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Ronald Dunbar
album: The Chairmen Of The Board / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
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11 |
recordlabel: Bell 940
chartposition: RandB #4, US #2, US AC #1
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Portrait
comments: [pop soul ballad]
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12 |
recordlabel: Epic 510555
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1
writtenby: Sly Stone
comments: [funk]
|
13 |
recordlabel: Motown 1166
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1
writtenby: The Corporation
album: ABC
comments: [Motown Sound] (B side of The Love You Save charted in US from Aug 1970)
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14 |
recordlabel: Motown 1172
chartposition: RandB #1, US #7, UK #3, US AC #24
writtenby: Kenny Thomas & Frank Wilson
album: New Ways But Love Stays / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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15 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54196
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #15
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta & Lula Mae Hardaway
album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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16 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 44057
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, US AC #2
writtenby: Tony Joe White
album: Brook Benton Today
comments: [ballad]
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17 |
recordlabel: Stang 5012
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3
writtenby: Sylvia Robinson & Bert Keyes
album: Not On The Outside, But On The Inside, Strong!
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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18 |
recordlabel: Dakar 616
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3
writtenby: Jack Daniels & Bonnie Thompson
album: Turn Back the Hands of Time / Tyrone Davis Greatest Hits
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19 |
recordlabel: Chimneyville 435
chartposition: RandB #1, US #6, UK #51
writtenby: King Floyd
album: King Floyd
comments: [southern soul funk]
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20 |
recordlabel: Motown 1162
chartposition: RandB #5, US #10, UK #6, US AC #28
writtenby: Frank Wilson & Vincent DiMirco
album: Right On / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
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21 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 54 (UK)
chartposition: US #5, UK #2
writtenby: R. Dean Taylor
album: I Think, Therefore I Am / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [pop, rock, soul]
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22 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 742
chartposition: RandB #20, US #4
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Get Ready
comments: [rock soul] [Motown Sound]
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23 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7096
chartposition: RandB #2, US #7, UK #33
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Psychedelic Shack / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
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24 |
recordlabel: Motown 1170
chartposition: RandB #4, US #11, UK #10
writtenby: Smokey Robinson & Frank Wilson
album: Still Waters Run Deep / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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25 |
recordlabel: RCA 0319
chartposition: RandB #13, US #6, US AC #9
writtenby: Skip Scarborough, Jerry Peters & Anita Poree
album: Real Friends / The Best of Friends
comments: [pop soul]
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26 |
recordlabel: Motown 1164
chartposition: RandB #6, US #24, UK #5, US AC #39
writtenby: Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes
album: Still Waters Run Deep / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
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27 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2751
chartposition: RandB #1, US #11, UK #13
writtenby: Ahmet Ertegun & Betty Nelson
album: Spirit In The Dark
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28 |
recordlabel: Motown 1176
chartposition: RandB #10, US #16, UK #7, US AC #20
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: I'm Still Waiting - Surrender / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [Motown Sound]
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29 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54200
chartposition: RandB #2, US #9, UK #29
writtenby: Ronald Miller (as Ron Miller)
album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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30 |
recordlabel: Philly Groove 161
chartposition: RandB #3, US #10, UK #22
writtenby: Thom Bell & William Hart
album: The Delfonics / Delfonics Super Hits
comments: [philly sound sweet soul ballad]
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31 |
recordlabel: Motown 1173
chartposition: RandB #7, US #14, UK #11
writtenby: Phil Spector, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich
album: The Magnificent 7 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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32 |
recordlabel: Soul 35078
chartposition: RandB #1, US #9
writtenby: Gloria Jones, Clay McMurray & Pam Sawyer
album: If I Were Your Woman
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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33 |
recordlabel: Columbia 469
chartposition: UK #2, US #103
writtenby: Jimmy Cliff
album: You Can Get It If You Really Want
comments: [Reggae]
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34 |
recordlabel: Buddah 165
chartposition: RandB #14, US #8
writtenby: Stan Vincent
album: Stairsteps
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35 |
recordlabel: VIP 25057
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #20, US #14
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett & Syreeta (as Syreeta Wright)
album: 2nd Time Around / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [motown sound]
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36 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54191
chartposition: RandB #11, US #26, UK #6, US AC #31
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby & Sylvia Moy
album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
37 |
recordlabel: Hot Wax 7004
chartposition: RandB #6, US #8
writtenby: General Johnson (as Norman Johnson), Greg Perry & Angelo Bond
album: Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed
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38 |
recordlabel: Columbia 45110
chartposition: RandB #9, US #8
writtenby: Charles Courtney & Peter Link
album: (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?
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39 |
recordlabel: Invictus 9081
chartposition: RandB #4, US #13, UK #34
writtenby: Angelo Bond, Ronald Dunbar, Gerard Johnson & Greg Perry
album: In Session / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
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40 |
recordlabel: Invictus 9078
chartposition: UK #5, RandB #19, US #38
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Ronald Dunbar
album: The Chairmen Of The Board / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
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41 |
recordlabel: King 6318
chartposition: RandB #2, US #15, UK #32
writtenby: James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Ron Lenhoff
album: Sex Machine
comments: [funk]
|
42 |
recordlabel: MGM 14118
chartposition: US #3
writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar and Howard Scott
album: Eric Burdon Declares 'War'
comments: [jazz, funk, rock]
|
43 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2706
chartposition: RandB #1, US #13
writtenby: Aretha Franklin
album: This Girl's In Love With You
comments: [ballad]
|
44 |
recordlabel: Warner 7417
chartposition: RandB #3, US #12
writtenby: Charles Wright
album: Express Yourself
comments: [funk]
|
45 |
recordlabel: Sussex 207
chartposition: RandB #5, US #11
writtenby: Tony Boyd & Archie Powell
album: 5 10 15 20 25 30 Years of Love
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
46 |
recordlabel: King 6329
chartposition: RandB #1, US #13
writtenby: James Brown
album: Super Bad
comments: [funk]
|
47 |
recordlabel: Soul 35069
chartposition: RandB #4, US #12
writtenby: Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Iris Gordy & Elgie Stover
album: Portrait of the Originals / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [sweet soul ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
48 |
recordlabel: Stax 0059
chartposition: RandB #5, US #28, UK #18
writtenby: Rufus Thomas
album: Do the Funky Chicken / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul funk]
|
49 |
recordlabel: Harry J 6605
chartposition: UK #5
writtenby: Nina Simone and Master Wel (as Weldon Irvine)
album: Young Gifted And Black
comments: [Reggae]
|
50 |
recordlabel: Mercury 73083
chartposition: RandB #8, US #12
writtenby: Herman Davis & Russ Lewis
album: The Gene Chandler Situation
|
51 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2765
chartposition: RandB #3, US #14
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Wilson Pickett in Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
|
52 |
recordlabel: Motown 1165
chartposition: RandB #7, US #20, UK #33, US AC #18
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Diana Ross / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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53 |
recordlabel: Invictus 9080
chartposition: RandB #9, US #24, UK #33
writtenby: Norma Toney, Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Band Of Gold
|
54 |
recordlabel: Philips 320226(UK)
chartposition: UK #11
writtenby: Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
comments: [northern soul]
|
55 |
recordlabel: Warner/Seven Arts 7365
chartposition: RandB #23, US #16
writtenby: Charles Wright & Don Trotter
album: In the Jungle, Babe
|
56 |
recordlabel: Soul 35070
chartposition: RandB #2, US #21
writtenby: Pam Sawyer, Joe Hinton & Johnny Bristol
album: What Does It Take To Win Your Love / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
57 |
recordlabel: Invictus 9079
chartposition: UK #12, RandB #14, US #38
writtenby: Daphne Dumas, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland Jr. , Ronald Dunbar
album: In Session / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
|
58 |
recordlabel: Stax 0079
chartposition: RandB #1, US #25
writtenby: Rufus Thomas
album: Did You Heard Me?
comments: (southern soul funk)
|
59 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 734 (UK)
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Dick Holler
album: That's The Way Love Is
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
60 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2722
chartposition: RandB #4, US #25
writtenby: Andy Kim & Jeff Barry
album: Right On
|
61 |
recordlabel: Fame 1472
chartposition: RandB #4, US #24
writtenby: Billy Sherrill & Tammy Wynette
album: Stand by Your Man
comments: [southern soul]
|
62 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7104
chartposition: RandB #5, US #26, UK #33
writtenby: Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
album: Involved
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
63 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 747(UK)
chartposition: RandB #11, US #21, US AC #29
writtenby: Lou Stallman
album: Right On / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
64 |
recordlabel: Stone Flower 9000
chartposition: RandB #4, US #22
writtenby: S. Stewart
comments: [funk]
|
65 |
recordlabel: Curtom 1951
chartposition: RandB #3, US #28
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Check Out Your Mind
|
66 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 753(UK)
chartposition: UK #6
writtenby: James Dean and William Witherspoon
album: Ruff'n Ready / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
67 |
recordlabel: Hot Wax 7003
chartposition: RandB #15, US #24
writtenby: Daphne Dumas, Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Westbound #9
comments: [rock soul]
|
68 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2731
chartposition: RandB #3, US #23
writtenby: Aretha Franklin
album: Spirit In The Dark
|
69 |
recordlabel: Soul 35071
chartposition: RandB #3, US #25
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Gladys Knight & the Pips Greatest Hits / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
70 |
recordlabel: Soul 35073
chartposition: RandB #3, US #32, UK #51
writtenby: Johnny Bristol & Robert Beavers
album: A Gassssss / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
71 |
recordlabel: Curtom 1955
chartposition: RandB #3, US #29
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Curtis
|
72 |
recordlabel: Roulette 7079
chartposition: RandB #4, US #29
writtenby: Richard Barrett
album: Maybe
comments: [ballad]
|
73 |
recordlabel: Kapp 2085
chartposition: RandB #20, US #28, US AC #10
writtenby: Gerald Wilson
album: Viva Tirado
comments: Instrumental
|
74 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 452681
chartposition: RandB #12, US #30
writtenby: Dave Crawford & Jackie Moore
comments: [southern soul]
|
75 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 740(UK)
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: James Dean, William Weatherspoon and Stephen Bowden
album: Ruff'n Ready / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound] (re release}
|
76 |
recordlabel: King 6292
chartposition: RandB #3, US #32
writtenby: James Brown
album: It's A New Day Let A Man Come In
comments: [funk]
|
77 |
recordlabel: Bell 1128 (UK)
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway and Tony Macaulay
album: Soul Survivor
comments: [northern soul]
|
78 |
recordlabel: King 6310
chartposition: RandB #2, US #32
writtenby: James Brown
album: Sex Machine
|
79 |
recordlabel: Scepter 12294
chartposition: RandB #26, US #37, US AC #2
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Very Dionne
comments: [ballad]
|
80 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55436
chartposition: RandB #14, US #30
writtenby: Gus Redmond, Larry Brownlee & Lowrell Simon
album: The Sly, the Slick and the Wicked
comments: [ballad]
|
81 |
recordlabel: Island 6087
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: Cat Stevens
comments: [reggae]
|
82 |
recordlabel: Spring 108
chartposition: RandB #3, US #40
writtenby: Joe Simon, Raeford Gerald & Doc Price
album: The Power of Joe Simon
comments: [deep soul]
|
83 |
recordlabel: Liberty 56177
chartposition: RandB #25, US #34
writtenby: Sylvester Stewart
album: Come Together
|
84 |
recordlabel: Hot Wax 7006
chartposition: RandB #12, US #34
writtenby: William Weatherspoon, Raynard Miner & Ronald Dunbar
album: Sunshine
|
85 |
recordlabel: Stone Flower 9001
chartposition: RandB #8, US #32
writtenby: Sly Stone
|
86 |
recordlabel: Scepter 12276
chartposition: RandB #45, US #32, US AC #5
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Very Dionne
comments: [ballad]
|
87 |
recordlabel: Stax 0068
chartposition: RandB #3, US #37
writtenby: Jimmy Hughes
comments: [southern soul]
|
88 |
recordlabel: Trojan 7750
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins
comments: [reggae]
|
89 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7102
chartposition: RandB #8, US #33
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
90 |
recordlabel: Stax 0078
chartposition: RandB #4, US #39
writtenby: Arthur Snider
album: One Step Beyond
comments: [southern soul]
|
91 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2772
chartposition: RandB #5, US #37
writtenby: Elton John & Bernie Taupin
album: Young, Gifted and Black
comments: [ballad]
|
92 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2726
chartposition: RandB #6, US #42
writtenby: Clarence Carter & George Jackson
album: Patches / The Best of Clarence Carter
comments: [southern soul]
|
93 |
recordlabel: Stateside 91734
chartposition: UK #10
writtenby: John Cameron
album: Soul Survivor
comments: [northern soul]
|
94 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54195
chartposition: RandB #7, US #40
writtenby: Roger Penzabene, Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
album: M.P.G.
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
95 |
recordlabel: Philly Groove 162
chartposition: RandB #8, US #40
writtenby: Thom Bell & William Hart
album: The Delfonics / Delfonics Super Hits
comments: [philly sound sweet soul ballad]
|
96 |
recordlabel: Hi 2178
chartposition: RandB #7, US #45
writtenby: Clay Hammond
album: Part Time Love / Ann Peebles Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
|
97 |
recordlabel: KoKo 2105
chartposition: RandB #6, US #45
writtenby: Allen Jones & Homer Banks
album: I've Been Here All The Time
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
98 |
recordlabel: ABC 11280
chartposition: RandB #6, US #45
writtenby: B.B. King
album: Indianola Mississippi Seeds
comments: [blues soul]
|
99 |
recordlabel: Cadet 5667
chartposition: RandB #5, US #51
writtenby: Bobby Miller & Allen Freed
album: Like It Is, Like It Was / The Best of The Dells
comments: [love ballad]
|
100 |
recordlabel: Stang 5016
chartposition: RandB #7, US #44
writtenby: Jack Lawrence
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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