Soul R&B Music Charts of 1971 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1971 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 1971, 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 1971, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1971 . . .

The following songs were released in 1971 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 1971 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: Atlantic 45 2798 chartposition: RandB #19 writtenby: Dave Crawford and Jackie Moore	Jackie Moore with the Dixie Flyers	Sometimes It's Got to Rain (In Your Love Life)	1971	Atlantic
202	recordlabel: Tangerine 1014 chartposition: RandB #40, US #58 writtenby: Jimmy Holiday, Jackie DeShannon and Randy Myers album: Yesterday...Today...Tomorrow	The Raelettes	Bad Water	1971	Tangerine
203	recordlabel: Spring 118 chartposition: RandB #19 writtenby: Larry Neal album: The Sounds Of Simon / The Power of Joe Simon	Joe Simon	Georgia Blue	1971	Spring
204	recordlabel: Stax 0105 chartposition: RandB #19, US #57 writtenby: Joseph Broussard, Ralph Williams and Carrol Washington	Jean Knight	You Think You're Hot Stuff	1971	Stax
205	recordlabel: Dial 1008 chartposition: RandB #20, US #102 writtenby: Joe Tex album: I Gotcha	Joe Tex	Give the Baby Anything the Baby Wants	1971	Dial
206	recordlabel: United Artists 50782 chartposition: RandB #31, US #61 writtenby: Jessie Hill album: Workin' Together	Ike & Tina Turner	Ooh Poo Pah Doo	1971	United Artists
207	recordlabel: VIP 25060 chartposition: RandB #20, US #89 writtenby: Stevie Wonder and Syreeta (as Syreeta Wright)	The Spinners	We'll Have It Made	1971	VIP
208	recordlabel: Fame 1478 chartposition: RandB #20 writtenby: G. Jackson, R. Moore album: Stand by Your Man	Candi Staton	Too Hurt To Cry	1971	Fame
209	recordlabel: BrownStone 4203 chartposition: RandB #34, US #85 writtenby: James Brown	Bobby Byrd	Hot Pants - I'm Coming, Coming, I'm Coming	1971	BrownStone
210	recordlabel: Gamble 4014 chartposition: RandB #25, US #105 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff	The Intruders	Pray for Me	1971	Gamble
211	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 796 (UK) chartposition: UK #41 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr., Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye and Renaldo Benson album: What's Going On comments: [Motown Sound]	Marvin Gaye	Save the Children	1971	Tamla Motown(UK)
212	recordlabel: Volt 4051 chartposition: RandB #23, US #118 writtenby: Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson	Shack	Too Many Lovers	1971	Volt
213	recordlabel: Curtom 1959 chartposition: RandB #25, US #94 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	The Impressions	Love Me	1971	Curtom
214	recordlabel: Back Beat 620 chartposition: RandB #21, US #118 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) album: A Nickel & A Nail & The Ace Of Spades	O.V. Wright	When You Took Your Love from Me	1971	Back Beat
215	recordlabel: Westbound 188 chartposition: RandB #35, US #64 writtenby: Andrew Noland, Gregory Webster, Walter album: Pain	Ohio Players	Pain (Part I)	1971	Westbound
216	recordlabel: Atco 6779 chartposition: RandB #43, US #64 writtenby: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham, John Paul Jones and Willie Dixon	King Curtis	Whole Lotta Love	1971	Atco
217	recordlabel: Polydor 14098 chartposition: US #68 writtenby: James Brown and Charles Bobbit	James Brown	My Part--Make It Funky, Part 3	1971	Polydor
218	recordlabel: Liberty 56087 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #39, US #67 writtenby: Joe South	Dorsey Burnette	The Greatest Love	1971	Liberty
219	recordlabel: MGM 14221 chartposition: RandB #26, US #96 writtenby: M. Burke, Solomon Burke Jr. and B. Burke	Solomon Burke	The Electronic Magnetism (That's Heavy, Baby)	1971	MGM
220	recordlabel: RCA Victor 416 chartposition: RandB #28 US #79 writtenby: Jerry Peters album: Friends and People / The Best of Friends	The Friends of Distinction	I Need You	1971	RCA Victor
221	recordlabel: Memphis 104 chartposition: RandB #23 writtenby: Ollie Nightingale album: Sweet Surrender	Ollie Nightingale	It's a Sad Thing	1971	Memphis
222	recordlabel: Lizard 1008 chartposition: RandB #40, US #70 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Nolan Porter album: Nolan	Nolan (Nolan Porter)	I Like What You Give	1971	Lizard
223	recordlabel: Mercury 73205 chartposition: RandB #49, US #71 writtenby: Otis Redding album: A Message to the People	Buddy Miles	Wholesale Love	1971	Mercury
224	recordlabel: Atlantic 2837 chartposition: R&B #30, US #71 writtenby: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector album: Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway	Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	1971	Atlantic
225	recordlabel: Today 1003 chartposition: RandB #28, US #83 writtenby: Deon Jackson	Odds & Ends	Love Makes the World Go Round	1971	Today
226	recordlabel: T Neck 933 chartposition: RandB #29, US #71 writtenby: Bob Dylan album: Givin' It Back / Beautiful Ballads	The Isley Brothers	Lay Lady Lay	1971	T Neck
227	recordlabel: Rare Earth 5027 chartposition: RandB #36, US #71 writtenby: Patti Jerome and Mike Valvano album: Stoney and Meatloaf	Stoney & Meatloaf	What You See Is What You Get	1971	Rare Earth
228	recordlabel: Atco 6810 chartposition: RandB #24, US #80 writtenby: Mark James	Dee Dee Warwick & Dixie Flyers	Suspicious Minds	1971	Atco
229	recordlabel: Motown 1189 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #24 writtenby: Jim Webb comments: [motown sound]	Four Tops	MacArthur Park (Part II)	1971	Motown
230	recordlabel: Gordy 7112 chartposition: RandB #24, US #72 writtenby: Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield album: Face to Face with the Truth comments: [Motown Sound]	The Undisputed Truth	You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth	1971	Gordy
231	recordlabel: Stang 5020 chartposition: RandB #27, US #108 writtenby: Sylvia Robinson and Joyce Bennett	The Moments	I Can't Help It	1971	Stang
232	recordlabel: Invictus 9089 chartposition: RandB #28, US #111 writtenby: Daphne Dumas, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. and Ronald Dunbar album: In Session	Chairmen of the Board	Hanging on to a Memory	1971	Invictus
233	recordlabel: Mister Chand 8005 chartposition: RandB #29, US #101 writtenby: D. Pointer, W. Dixon, S. Simmons, R. Simmons album: Gettin` Over The Hump	Simtec & Wylie	Gotta Get Over the Hump	1971	Mister Chand
234	recordlabel: ABC 11310 chartposition: RandB #37, US #93 writtenby: Ahmet Ertegun (as Nugetre)	B.B. King	Ghetto Woman	1971	ABC
235	recordlabel: Tamla Motown 767(UK) chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: James Dean and William Weatherspoon album: The Groove Governor / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) comments: [Motown Sound]	Jimmy Ruffin	Let's Say Goodbye Tomorrow	1971	Tamla Motown (UK)
236	recordlabel: Vulture 5002 chartposition: RandB #25 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: King Sporty (as Noel Williams) and Louis Mathis	Frederick II (Nolan Porter)	Groovin' Out on Life	1971	Vulture
237	recordlabel: Parlophone 5931 chartposition: US #76 writtenby: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	The Coasters	Love Potion No. 9	1971	Parlophone
238	recordlabel: Atlantic 2818 chartposition: RandB #25, US #84 writtenby: George Jackson	Clarence Carter	Slipped, Tripped and Fell in Love	1971	Atlantic
239	recordlabel: Bell 1154(UK) chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Bob Dylan	Johnny Johnson & the Bandwagon	Mr. Tambourine Man	1971	Bell (UK)
240	recordlabel: Colossus 136 chartposition: RandB #29, US #116 writtenby: Earl Moss	The Festivals	Baby Show It	1971	Colossus
241	recordlabel: Cadet 5679 chartposition: RandB #30, US #92 writtenby: William Hill album: Love Is Blue	The Dells	The Glory of Love	1971	Cadet
242	recordlabel: Enterprise 9028 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #49, US #79 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David album: To Be Continued	Isaac Hayes	The Look Of Love	1971	Enterprise
243	recordlabel: Kent 4547 chartposition: RandB #30, US #86 writtenby: Z.Z. Hill (as Arzell Hill) comments: (blues soul ballad) [re-release]	Z.Z. Hill	I Need Someone (To Love Me)	1971	Kent
244	recordlabel: Spring 118 chartposition: RandB #26, US #93 writtenby: Joe South	Joe Simon	All My Hard Times	1971	Spring
245	recordlabel: Lawton 1554 chartposition: RandB #29, US #105 writtenby: Bessie Martin, Bobby Martin (as Robert Martin) and John Mobley comments: [novelty]	Ruby & the Party Gang	Hey Ruby (Shut Your Mouth)	1971	Lawton
246	recordlabel: Motown 1189 chartposition: RandB #27, US #38 writtenby: Jimmy Webb comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	MacArthur Park	1971	Motown
247	recordlabel: Invictus 9095 chartposition: RandB #30, US #107 writtenby: Ruth Copeland, Clyde Wilson and George Clinton	Parliament	Breakdown	1971	Invictus
248	recordlabel: Invictus 9097 chartposition: RandB #31, US #101 writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. and Ronald Dunbar album: Inside the Glass House	The Glass House	Look What We've Done to Love	1971	Invictus
249	recordlabel: Janus 145 chartposition: RandB #31, US #92 writtenby: Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry and Phil Spector	Cissy Houston	Be My Baby	1971	Janus
250	recordlabel: Mankind 12017 chartposition: RandB #30, US #108 writtenby: Harlan Howard album: The Brand New Z.Z. Hill	Z.Z. Hill	The Chokin' Kind	1971	Mankind
251	recordlabel: AandR 7100/505 chartposition: US #101, US AC #27 writtenby: Mac Davis	Marian Love	I Believe in Music	1971	AandR /
252	recordlabel: Stang 5031 chartposition: RandB #31, US #98 writtenby: George Kerr and Sylvia Robinson	The Moments	Lucky Me	1971	Stang
253	recordlabel: Capitol 3042 chartposition: RandB #30, US #117 writtenby: Michael Barton, Bob Garner and Andre Williams	Reggie Garner	Teddy Bear	1971	Capitol
254	recordlabel: Motown 1185 chartposition: RandB #28, US #70 writtenby: Frank Wilson and Pam Sawyer album: Changing Times comments: [Motown Sound]	Four Tops	In These Changing Times	1971	Motown
255	recordlabel: Stax 0099 chartposition: RandB #28, US #74 writtenby: Bettye Crutcher & Marvell Thomas	The Newcomers	Pin the Tail on the Donkey	1971	Stax
256	recordlabel: Wand 11236 chartposition: RandB #32, US #104 writtenby: David Gates	Ralfi Pagan	Make It With You	1971	Wand
257	recordlabel: De lite 538 chartposition: RandB #28, US #113 writtenby: Kool and the Gang and Gene Redd album: Live at the Sex Machine	Kool & the Gang	Who's Gonna Take the Weight (Part One)	1971	De lite
258	recordlabel: King 6378 chartposition: RandB #30, US #117 writtenby: Bobby Byrd, Charles Bobbit and James Brown	Bobby Byrd	I Know You Got Soul	1971	King
259	recordlabel: United Artists 50773 chartposition: RandB #30, US #111 writtenby: Bobby Womack, D. Patterson album: The Womack Live	Bobby Womack	The Preacher (Part 2)	1971	United Artists
260	recordlabel: ABC 11316 chartposition: RandB #28, US #46 writtenby: Jerry Ragovoy	B.B. King	Ain't Nobody Home	1971	ABC
261	recordlabel: Mercury 73210 chartposition: RandB #38, US #85 writtenby: Billy Butler and C. Jones album: Jerry Butler Sings Assorted Sounds	Jerry Butler	How Did We Lose It Baby	1971	Mercury
262	recordlabel: Scepter 12309 chartposition: RandB #41, US #57, US AC #6 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David	Dionne Warwick	Who Gets the Guy	1971	Scepter
263	recordlabel: Law ton 1553 chartposition: RandB #31, US #104 writtenby: Billy Frazier	L.J. Reynolds & Chocolate Syrup	Let One Hurt Do	1971	Law ton
264	recordlabel: Enterprise 9049 chartposition: RandB #37, US #86 writtenby: Allen Jones and Homer Banks	Isaac Hayes & David Porter	Ain't That Loving You (For More Reasons Than One)	1971	Enterprise
265	recordlabel: Mercury 73163 chartposition: RandB #32, US #94 writtenby: Ronald Simmons, Walter Simtec Simmons and Willie Dixon album: Gene and Jerry One and One	Gene Chandler & Jerry Butler	You Just Can't Win (By Making the Same Mistakes)	1971	Mercury
266	recordlabel: Invictus 9103 chartposition: RandB #33, US #104 writtenby: General Johnson and Greg Perry album: Bittersweet / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits mpcode: o0RCepxEfp8	Chairmen of the Board	Men Are Getting Scarce	1971	Invictus
267	recordlabel: Rare Earth 5025 chartposition: US #87, US AC #16 writtenby: Deon Jackson	Kiki Dee	Love Makes the World Go Round	1971	Rare Earth
268	recordlabel: King 456366 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #41, US #90 writtenby: David Clayton Thomas album: Sex Machine	James Brown	Spinning Wheel Pt. 1	1971	King
269	recordlabel: ABC 11302 chartposition: RandB #36, US #90 weeksinr&bchart: 3 comments: [instrumental version]	B.B. King	Help The Poor	1971	ABC
270	recordlabel: Sussex 217 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Van McCoy album: 5 10 15 20 25 30 Years of Love	The Presidents	The Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven	1971	Sussex
271	recordlabel: Josie 1030 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #30 writtenby: B. Weinstein, L. Stallman, T. Randazzo album: Love comments: [philly sound ballad]	Honey & the Bees	It's Gonna Take A Miracle (Medley)	1971	Josie
272	recordlabel: Rare Earth 5031 chartposition: RandB #30, US #7 writtenby: Dino Fekaris & Nick Zesses album: One World	Rare Earth	I Just Want to Celebrate	1971	Rare Earth
273	recordlabel: Columbia 45435 chartposition: RandB #38, US #91 writtenby: Kris Kristofferson album: Help Me Make It Through the Night	O.C. Smith	Help Me Make It Through the Night	1971	Columbia
274	recordlabel: Curtom 1956 chartposition: RandB #31, US #119 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	Major Lance	Must Be Love Coming Down	1971	Curtom
275	recordlabel: Roulette 7102 chartposition: RandB #33, US #98 writtenby: Gary Illingworth and Paul Vance	The Three Degrees	There's So Much Love All Around Me	1971	Roulette
276	recordlabel: Capitol 2934 chartposition: RandB #41, US #93 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: Now I'm a Woman	Nancy Wilson	Now I'm a Woman	1971	Capitol
277	recordlabel: Avco Embassy 4567 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31 writtenby: Vann Harris comments: [sweet soul ballad]	Chocolate Syrup	Stop Your Cryin'	1971	Avco Embassy
278	recordlabel: Westbound 185 chartposition: RandB #44, US #93 writtenby: George Clinton and Ernie Harris album: Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	Can You Get to That	1971	Westbound
279	recordlabel: Zea 50005 chartposition: RandB #35, US #117 writtenby: Mickey Stevenson and Curtis Colbert album: Plum Happy comments: [instrumental]	David T. Walker	Love Vibrations	1971	Zea
280	recordlabel: Tamla 54203 chartposition: RandB #37, US #88 writtenby: Pam Sawyer and Frank Wilson album: All By Myself comments: [Motown Sound]	Eddie Kendricks	It's So Hard for Me to Say Goodbye	1971	Tamla
281	recordlabel: Polydor 14070 chartposition: US #94 writtenby: Mandrill album: Mandrill	Mandrill	Mandrill	1971	Polydor
282	recordlabel: Down To Earth 77 chartposition: RandB #31 writtenby: General Crook	General Crook	What Time It Is (Part I)	1971	Down To Earth
283	recordlabel: Atlantic 2812 chartposition: RandB #31 writtenby: Barbara Lynn (as Barbara Linda Ozen) album: Here Is Barbara Lynn	Barbara Lynn	(Until Then) I'll Suffer	1971	Atlantic
284	recordlabel: Chimneyville 439 chartposition: RandB #35, US #101 writtenby: Joe Broussard and Michael Adams	King Floyd	Got to Have Your Lovin'	1971	Chimneyville
285	recordlabel: Top and Bottom 405 chartposition: RandB #35, US #125 writtenby: Oscar Weathers	Oscar Weathers	You Wants to Play	1971	Top and Bottom
286	recordlabel: Cadet 5664 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #31 writtenby: Pearl Woods album: Etta James Sings Funk	Etta James	Tighten Up Your Own Thing	1971	Cadet
287	recordlabel: Top and Bottom 411 chartposition: RandB #34, US #107 writtenby: Van McCoy and Joe Cobb	Brenda & the Tabulations	Why Didn't I Think of That	1971	Top and Bottom
288	recordlabel: Stang 5024 chartposition: RandB #34, US #115 writtenby: Nate Edmonds and Sylvia Robinson	The Moments	That's How It Feels	1971	Stang
289	recordlabel: Buddah 213 chartposition: RandB #32, US #81 writtenby: Al Martin album: The Stairsteps	The Stairsteps	Didn't It Look So Easy	1971	Buddah
290	recordlabel: Brunswick 55458 chartposition: RandB #35, US #95 writtenby: Eugene Record album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits	The Chi-Lites	I Want to Pay You Back (For Loving Me)	1971	Brunswick
291	recordlabel: Atlantic 2839 chartposition: RandB #36, US #102 writtenby: Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter	Sam & Dave	Don't Pull Your Love	1971	Atlantic
292	recordlabel: Stang 5030 chartposition: RandB #37, US #100	The Whatnauts	We're Friends by Day (And Lovers by Night)	1971	Stang
293	recordlabel: Stax 0095 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: Steve Croppe, Eddie Floyd and M. Rice	Eddie Floyd	Blood Is Thicker Than Water	1971	Stax
294	recordlabel: Hot Wax 7010 chartposition: RandB #43, US #101 writtenby: Ronald Dunbar (as Ron Dunbar), Brian Holland (as part of Edith Wayne), Lamont Dozier album: Westbound #9	The Flaming Ember	Stop the World and Let Me Off	1971	Hot Wax
295	recordlabel: Tamla 54210 chartposition: RandB #37, US #101 writtenby: Hal Davis and Herman Griffith album: All By Myself comments: [Motown Sound]	Eddie Kendricks	Can I	1971	Tamla
296	recordlabel: Mercury 73241 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: Chuck Jackson album: The Sagittarius Movement	Jerry Butler	Walk Easy My Son	1971	Mercury
297	recordlabel: Tangerine 1017 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #51, US #101	The Raelettes featuring Estella Yarbrough	Here I Go Again	1971	Tangerine
298	recordlabel: Black Falcon 19102 chartposition: RandB #36, US #114 writtenby: Bill Seabrook and Gilliam album: [female vocal group]	The Magic Touch	Step into My World (Part 2)	1971	Black Falcon
299	recordlabel: Today 1503 chartposition: RandB #40, US #102 writtenby: Lucky Peterson and Willie Dixon	The Lucky Peterson Blues Band	1-2-3-4	1971	Today
300	recordlabel: Columbia 45386 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #47, US #100 writtenby: Paul Simon	Peaches & Herb	The Sound of Silence	1971	Columbia

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