Soul R&B Music Charts of 1974 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1974 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 1974, 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 1974, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1974 . . .

The following songs were released in 1974 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 1974 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
401	recordlabel: Aware 037 chartposition: RandB #54 writtenby: Frank Johnson, Terry Woodford and Clayton Ivey album: John Edwards	John Edwards	Messing Up a Good Thing	1974	Aware
402	recordlabel: London 1059 chartposition: US #108 writtenby: Charles McCormick album: I Need Time	Bloodstone	I Need Time	1974	London
403	recordlabel: Warner 8040 chartposition: RandB #55 writtenby: Paul Kelly album: Hooked, Hogtied and Collared	Paul Kelly	Let Your Love Come Down (Let It Fall on Me)	1974	Warner
404	recordlabel: Invictus 1264 chartposition: RandB #55 writtenby: Brian Holland, Edward Holland and Richard "Popcorn" Wylie	Laura Lee	I Need It Just As Bad As You	1974	Invictus
405	recordlabel: All Platinum 2349 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #55 writtenby: Jimi Ingram	Prophecy	Everybody Walking Together	1974	All Platinum
406	recordlabel: Buddah 412 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #55 writtenby: J. Saunders comments: [disco funk]	Funkhouse Express	Music Makes You Move	1974	Buddah
407	recordlabel: IX Chains 401 chartposition: RandB #55 writtenby: Helen Miller, Rose Marie McCoy and G. Holley	Spring	Talk to the Rain	1974	IX Chains
408	recordlabel: AandM 1531 chartposition: R&B #56 writtenby: Jeff Barry and Bobby Bloom album: More Than Before	The Persuasions	I Really Got It Bad for You	1974	A&M
409	recordlabel: Warner 8025 chartposition: RandB #56 writtenby: Larry Graham album: Release Yourself	Graham Central Station	Release Yourself	1974	Warner
410	recordlabel: Wand 11270 chartposition: RandB #57 writtenby: General Crook	General Crook	Tell Me What'cha Gonna Do (When You Want to Be Loved)	1974	Wand
411	recordlabel: Epic 11060 chartposition: RandB #57 writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart) album: Fresh	Sly & the Family Stone	If It Were Left Up to Me	1974	Epic
412	recordlabel: T.K. 1008 chartposition: RandB #57 writtenby: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) album: Do It Good	KC And The Sunshine Band	I'm A Pushover	1974	T.K.
413	recordlabel: Hi 2271 chartposition: RandB #57 writtenby: Don Bryant, Ann Peebles and Bernard Miller album: I Can't Stand The Rain / Ann Peebles Greatest Hits comments: [southern soul]	Ann Peebles	Do I Need You	1974	Hi
414	recordlabel: Mercury 73459 chartposition: RandB #58 writtenby: Ben Raleight and Bob Halley album: Ben Raleight and Bob Halley	Jerry Butler	That's How Heartaches Are Made	1974	Mercury
415	recordlabel: United Artists 534 chartposition: RandB #59 writtenby: Eddie Cornelius	Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose	Since I Found My Baby	1974	United Artists
416	recordlabel: Wand 11276 chartposition: RandB #59 writtenby: General Crook	General Crook	Fever in the Funkhouse	1974	Wand
417	recordlabel: Pi Kappa 600 chartposition: RandB #59 writtenby: Lana Rush and Paul Kyser (as Paul L. Kyser) album: My Ebony Princess	Jimmy Briscoe & the Little Beavers	My Ebony Princess	1974	Pi Kappa
418	recordlabel: Capitol 3855 chartposition: RandB #59 writtenby: Melvin Matthews	Tomorrow's Promise	That's the Way It Will Stay	1974	Capitol
419	recordlabel: Playboy 6017 chartposition: RandB #59 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	Major Lance	Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um (disco version)	1974	Playboy
420	recordlabel: Gang 1322 chartposition: RandB #60 writtenby: Wilson Beckett, Kevin Bell, Ronald Bell, Callie Cheek, Michael Cheek, Peter Duarte, Kevin Lassiter album: Keep On Bumpin' and Masterplan	The Kay-Gees	Master Plan	1974	Gang
421	recordlabel: Aware 045 chartposition: RandB #60 writtenby: Sam Dees	John Edwards	Vanishing Love	1974	Aware
422	recordlabel: Philly Groove 184 chartposition: RandB #60 writtenby: William Hart album: Alive and Kicking	The Delfonics	Lying to Myself	1974	Philly Groove
423	recordlabel: Janus 244 chartposition: RandB #60 writtenby: Allan Felder (as Alan Felder) and Norman Harris	The Whispers	What More Can a Girl Ask For?	1974	Janus
424	recordlabel: Ode 66043 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #60 writtenby: T. Scott album: Tom Scott and the L.A. Express comments: [jazz funk instrumental]	Tom Scott & the L.A. Express	Strut Your Stuff	1974	Ode
425	recordlabel: Motown 1323 chartposition: RandB #60 writtenby: Norman Whitfield album: The Bitch Is Black comments: [Motown Sound]	Yvonne Fair	Walk Out the Door If You Wanna	1974	Motown
426	recordlabel: Gemigo 100 chartposition: RandB #61 writtenby: Leroy Hutson	Ground Hog	Bumpin	1974	Gemigo
427	recordlabel: Paramount 0288 chartposition: RandB #61 writtenby: John O'Reilly and Jim Rast	The Mission	Fear No Evil	1974	Paramount
428	recordlabel: Pride 406 chartposition: RandB #61 writtenby: Van McCoy album: The New Censation	The New Censation	Come Down to Earth	1974	Pride
429	recordlabel: Philly Soulville 14024 chartposition: RandB #61 writtenby: James Lindsay, Melvin Miles and Stan Watson album: Don't Fight the Feeling	Sound Experience	Don't Fight the Feeling	1974	Philly Soulville
430	recordlabel: Sussex 622 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #61 writtenby: J. Thomas, M. Stokes, S. Scarborough album: Migration comments: [funk]	Creative Source	Keep On Movin'	1974	Sussex
431	recordlabel: Alithia 6062 chartposition: RandB #61 album: 3 Down 4 To Go	The Escorts	Disrespect Can Wreck	1974	Alithia
432	recordlabel: Back Beat 631 chartposition: RandB #62 writtenby: Earl Randle album: Memphis Unlimited	O.V. Wright	I've Been Searching	1974	Back Beat
433	recordlabel: Vibration 528 chartposition: RandB #62 writtenby: Sylvia Robinson and Michael Burton	Sylvia	Private Performance	1974	Vibration
434	recordlabel: Atlantic 3000 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #62 writtenby: Manu Dibango album: Makossa Man comments: [jazz funk]	Manu Dibango	Weya	1974	Atlantic
435	recordlabel: Ode 66043 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #62 writtenby: Bennett, Carlton, Sample, Scott, Guerin album: Tom Scott and the L.A. Express comments: [jazz funk instrumental]	Tom Scott & the L.A. Express	Sneakin' In The Back	1974	Ode
436	recordlabel: Glades 1719 chartposition: RandB #62 writtenby: Timmy Thomas album: You're the Song I've Always Wanted to Sing	Timmy Thomas	One Brief Moment	1974	Glades
437	recordlabel: Seventy Seven 900 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #62 writtenby: Gene 'Bowlegs' Miller, David Lee album: Loving You, Loving Me comments: [southern soul ballad]	Ann Sexton	Love, Love, Love (I Want To Be Loved)	1974	Seventy Seven
438	recordlabel: Columbia 46021 chartposition: RandB #62 writtenby: H. Cosby, R. Glover and J. Harris	Ronnie Dyson	We Can Make It Last Forever	1974	Columbia
439	recordlabel: Vibration 527 chartposition: RandB #62 writtenby: Carlo Rustichelli and Hank Hunter	Sylvia	Alfredo	1974	Vibration
440	recordlabel: Stax 0219 chartposition: RandB #63 writtenby: Rufus Thomas	Rufus Thomas	Boogie Ain't Nuttin' (But Gettin' Down) (Part I)	1974	Stax
441	recordlabel: Cadet 5706 chartposition: RandB #63 writtenby: Tony Hester album: The Dells vs. the Dramatics	The Dramatics	Don't Make Me No Promises	1974	Cadet
442	recordlabel: Dunhill 4376 chartposition: RandB #63 writtenby: Len Perry and Phil Townsend comments: [Love Ballad]	Lawrence Payton	One Woman Man	1974	Dunhill
443	recordlabel: Stang 5055 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #63 writtenby: T. Keith comments: [sweet soul]	The Whatnauts	Let Me Be That Special One	1974	Stang
444	recordlabel: Cat 1994 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #63 writtenby: Willie Hale album: Gwen McCrae comments: [ballad]	Gwen McCrae	He Don't Ever Lose His Groove	1974	Cat
445	recordlabel: Avco 4645 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #63 writtenby: Bruce Hawes album: On A New Street comments: [philly sound[	Little Anthony & The Imperials	I Don't Have Time To Worry	1974	Avco
446	recordlabel: 20th Century 2065 chartposition: RandB #63 writtenby: Leon Haywood , Bill Williams Jr. and Marshall McQueen Jr. album: Keep It In The Family	Leon Haywood	Long As There's You (I Got Love)	1974	20th Century
447	recordlabel: RCA Victor 10088 chartposition: RandB #63 writtenby: Van McCoy album: The Finger Pointers comments: [Sweet Soul]	The Choice Four	You're So Right for Me	1974	RCA Victor
448	recordlabel: Motown 1316 chartposition: RandB #64 writtenby: Frank Johnson and Terry Woodford comments: [Motown Sound]	Thelma Houston	You've Been Doing Wrong for So Long	1974	Motown
449	recordlabel: Stax 194 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #64 writtenby: Johnny Davenport, Eddie Cooley	Veda Brown	Fever	1974	Stax
450	recordlabel: Atlantic 3207 chartposition: RandB #64 writtenby: Percy Mayfield	Percy Mayfield	I Don't Want to Be the President	1974	Atlantic
451	recordlabel: Motown 1292 chartposition: RandB #64 writtenby: Willie Hutch album: Foxy Brown OST / In And Out (UK compilation) comments: [Motown Sound]	Willie Hutch	Theme of Foxy Brown	1974	Motown
452	recordlabel: Spring 151 chartposition: RandB #65 writtenby: Andrew Smith and Perry Boyd	Garland Green	Let the Good Times Roll	1974	Spring
453	recordlabel: Stax 0216 chartposition: RandB #65 writtenby: Eddie Floyd and Carl Smith album: Soul Street	Eddie Floyd	Soul Street	1974	Stax
454	recordlabel: Polydor 14214 chartposition: RandB #65 writtenby: Mandrill album: Just Outside of Town	Mandrill	Love Song	1974	Polydor
455	recordlabel: Ode 66042 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #65 writtenby: Isley Brothers album: Press On comments: [jazz funk instrumental]	David T. Walker	I Got Work To Do	1974	Ode
456	recordlabel: Innovation II 8002 chartposition: RandB #65	The Lost Generation	Your Mission (If You Decide to Accept It) (Part I)	1974	Innovation II
457	recordlabel: Astroscope 110 chartposition: RandB #65 writtenby: H. B. Barnum and Bradford Craig	The O'Jays	Peace	1974	Astroscope
458	recordlabel: Dakar 4530 chartposition: RandB #65 writtenby: Canute Scott, Carl Davis and Clifford Davis album: I Enjoy Loving You	Sidney Joe Qualls	Where the Lillies Grow	1974	Dakar
459	recordlabel: Fania/Wand 11269 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: Carole King	The LTG Exchange	Corazon	1974	Fania/Wand
460	recordlabel: We Produce 1813 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #66 album: Love Maze / The Best of The Temprees	The Temprees	You Make The Sunshine	1974	We Produce
461	recordlabel: Truth 3204 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: Homer Banks & Carl Hampton	The Newcomers	Keep an Eye on Your Close Friends	1974	Truth
462	recordlabel: Cat 1992 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: Clarence Reid album: Gwen McCrae [1973 album] comments: [southern soul]	Gwen McCrae	It's Worth the Hurt	1974	Cat
463	recordlabel: Warner 8026 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: Sure Thing	Dionne Warwick	Sure Thing	1974	Warner
464	recordlabel: Shout 302 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: R. Brady, S. Egorin	Energy	Better Not Love Outside Your Heart	1974	Shout
465	recordlabel: Alston 4620 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: Pam Sawyer and Gloria Jones	Betty Wright	It's Bad for Me to See You	1974	Alston
466	recordlabel: Ebony Sounds 183 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #67 writtenby: Van McCoy	Soul Generation	Praying For A Miracle	1974	Ebony Sounds
467	recordlabel: Epic 11088 chartposition: RandB #67 writtenby: Lou Courtney album: I'm In Need Of Love	Lou Courtney	I Don't Need Nobody Else	1974	Epic
468	recordlabel: Spring 142 chartposition: RandB #67 writtenby: Charlie Whitehead, Gary U.S. Bonds and Jerry Williams (as Jerry Williams Jr.)	Garland Green	He Didn't Know (He Kept On Talking)	1974	Spring
469	recordlabel: Hotlanta 305 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #67 album: Totally Involved	Jimmy Lewis	It Ain't What's On The Woman	1974	Hotlanta
470	recordlabel: Wesbound 221 chartposition: RandB #67 writtenby: Denise LaSalle album: Here I Am Again comments: [deep soul]	Denise LaSalle	Don't Nobody Live Here (By the Name of Fool)	1974	Wesbound
471	recordlabel: Atlantic 3216 chartposition: RandB #67, US #107 album: Is It In comments: [instrumental]	Eddie Harris	Is It In	1974	Atlantic
472	recordlabel: Fantasy 721 chartposition: RandB #67 writtenby: Johnny Guitar Watson	Johnny Guitar Watson	Like I'm Not Your Man	1974	Fantasy
473	recordlabel: Hi 452260 chartposition: RandB #68 writtenby: Darryl Carter, Syl Johnson and Brenda Johnson album: Back For A Taste Of Your Love	Syl Johnson	I'm Yours	1974	Hi
474	recordlabel: 20th Century 2117 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #68 writtenby: Norman Blue, Ronald Buchanan album: The Imaginations	The Imaginations	There's Another On Your Mind	1974	20th Century
475	recordlabel: RCA Victor 0309 chartposition: RandB #68 writtenby: Paul Butterfield and Bobby Charles	Wilson Pickett	Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It	1974	RCA Victor
476	recordlabel: Vibration 530 chartposition: RandB #68 writtenby: Alan O'Day	Sylvia	Easy Evil	1974	Vibration
477	recordlabel: Roulette 7158 chartposition: RandB #68 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Melvin Steals (as Mystro) and Mervin Steals (as Lyric)	The Moment of Truth	Your Love	1974	Roulette
478	recordlabel: Chess 2158 chartposition: RandB #68 writtenby: Al Downing comments: [ballad]	Al Downing	Baby Let's Talk It Over	1974	Chess
479	recordlabel: Sunburst 529 chartposition: RandB #69 writtenby: Roshell Anderson album: Introducing Roshell Anderson comments: [deep soul]	Roshell Anderson	Grapevine Will Lie Sometimes	1974	Sunburst
480	recordlabel: Perception 520 chartposition: RandB #69 writtenby: Gerry Thomas album: People Music comments: [instrumental]	Fatback Band	Soul March	1974	Perception
481	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3548 chartposition: RandB #69 writtenby: Phil Terry and Theodore Life album: The Ebonys	The Ebonys	Life in the Country	1974	P.I.R.
482	recordlabel: All Platinum 2351 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Mickey Baker, Sylvia Robinson (as Sylvia Vanderpool) and Bo Diddley (as Ethel Smith)	Donnie Elbert	Love Is Strange	1974	All Platinum
483	recordlabel: Glades 1720 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Clay McMurry, Leon Ware and Pam Sawyer album: Latimore	Latimore	If You Were My Woman	1974	Glades
484	recordlabel: 20th Century 2080 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Harry Pratt and Vernon Bullock album: Do You Have the Time	The Younghearts	Me and You	1974	20th Century
485	recordlabel: Thunder 85251 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Thom Bell and Linda Creed	Derek & Cyndi	You Bring Out the Best in Me	1974	Thunder
486	recordlabel: AandM 1638 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Tom Babler, Dave Grusin and Quincy Jones album: Body Heat comments: [instrumental]	Quincy Jones	Boogie Joe, the Grinder	1974	A&M
487	recordlabel: Motown 1287 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Willie Hutch and Richard Hutch album: Fully Exposed / In And Out (UK compilation) comments: [Motown Sound]	Willie Hutch	If You Ain't Got No Money (You Can't Get No Honey) Pt I	1974	Motown
488	recordlabel: Mainstream 5554 chartposition: RandB #71 writtenby: Rose Marie McCoy and Lenny Welch	Lenny Welch	Eyewitness News	1974	Mainstream
489	recordlabel: Dial 1028 chartposition: RandB #71	Annette Snell	Just As Hooked As I've Ever Been	1974	Dial
490	recordlabel: AandM 1606 chartposition: RandB #71 writtenby: Pam Sawyer and Leon Ware album: Body Heat	Quincy Jones	If I Ever Lose This Heaven	1974	A&M
491	recordlabel: Spring 146 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Raeford Gerald	Garland Green	Sweet Loving Woman	1974	Spring
492	recordlabel: Haven 7001 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter	Margo Thunder	The Soul of a Woman	1974	Haven
493	recordlabel: Cat 1991 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Little Beaver (as Willie Hale)	Little Beaver	Wish I Had a Girl Like You	1974	Cat
494	recordlabel: Enterprise 9104 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Isaac Hayes album: Tough Guys Soundtrack comments: [from the movie Three Tough Guys]	Isaac Hayes	Title Theme	1974	Enterprise
495	recordlabel: Casablanca 805 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Clay McMurray, Earl English, Ronald Williams and Scott Edwards	Swiss Movement	Try Something	1974	Casablanca
496	recordlabel: Ode 66048 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Tom Scott and Dave Palmer	Tom Scott & the L.A. Express	Jump Back	1974	Ode
497	recordlabel: Silver Blue 807 chartposition: RandB #73 writtenby: A. Kenneth and Joel Diamond	Eddie Holman	You're My Lady (Right or Wrong)	1974	Silver Blue
498	recordlabel: People 634 chartposition: RandB #73 writtenby: James Pankow comments: [instrumental]	Maceo & the Macks	I Can Play For (Just You and Me)	1974	People
499	recordlabel: Polydor 14242 chartposition: RandB #74 writtenby: Willie Tee album: The Wild Magnolias	The Wild Magnolias	Smoke My Peace Pipe (Smoke It Right)	1974	Polydor
500	recordlabel: Roulette 7160 chartposition: RandB #74 writtenby: P. Girlando, J. White	Truth	I Can't Go On	1974	Roulette

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