Soul R&B Music Charts of 1976 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1976 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 1976, 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 1976, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1976 . . .

The following songs were released in 1976 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 1976 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
301	recordlabel: Spring 164 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #20 writtenby: Millie Jackson, K. Sterling album: Free and in Love comments: (ballad]	Millie Jackson	There You Are	1976	Spring
302	recordlabel: WMOT 4003 chartposition: RandB #40 writtenby: Bobby Eli and Len Barry album: Mystic Dragons	Blue Magic	Summer Snow	1976	WMOT
303	recordlabel: Fantasy 789 chartposition: US Dance #21 writtenby: Billy Nichols album: I Don't Know What's on Your Mind	Spiders Webb	I Don't Know What's on Your Mind	1976	Fantasy
304	recordlabel: Blue Thumb 269 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Wayne Henderson album: Those Southern Knights comments: [jazz funk]	The Crusaders	Keep That Same Old Feeling	1976	Blue Thumb
305	recordlabel: Roulette 7193 chartposition: US Dance #21 writtenby: Johnny Melfi	Gentlemen & Their Ladies featuring Danny Mitchell	...Like Her!	1976	Roulette
306	recordlabel: Salsoul 2009 chartposition: US Dance #14 writtenby: Norman Bergen and Reid Whitelaw album: Moment of Truth	The Moment of Truth	So Much for Love	1976	Salsoul
307	recordlabel: Warner 8235 chartposition: RandB #21 writtenby: Larry Graham album: Mirror	Graham Central Station	Entrow (Part I)	1976	Warner
308	recordlabel: Bullet 01 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: Peabo Bryson album: Peabo	Peabo Bryson	Underground Music -- It's Just a Matter of Time	1976	Bullet
309	recordlabel: Arista 0177 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: General Johnson album: General Johnson	General Johnson	All in the Family	1976	Arista
310	recordlabel: Gordy 2627 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: Benjamin Wright, David English, Glenn Leonard and Otis Williams album: The Temptations Do the Temptations comments: [Motown Sound]	The Temptations	Who Are You (and What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life)	1976	Gordy
311	recordlabel: ABC 12158 chartposition: RandB #22 writtenby: B.B. King	B.B. King	When I'm Wrong	1976	ABC
312	recordlabel: AandM 1881 chartposition: RandB #26, US #103 writtenby: George Johnson and Louis Johnson album: Look Out for #1	The Brothers Johnson	Free and Single	1976	A&M
313	recordlabel: 20th Century 2264 chartposition: RandB #26, US #102 writtenby: Leon Haywood and Maria Tynes album: Come and Get Yourself Some	Leon Haywood	Just Your Fool	1976	20th Century
314	recordlabel: Spring 166 chartposition: RandB #22, US #102 writtenby: Joe Simon and Raeford Gerald	Joe Simon	Come Get to This	1976	Spring
315	recordlabel: Alston 3722 chartposition: RandB #23 writtenby: Betty Wright album: Explosion comments: [ballad]	Betty Wright	If I Ever Do Wrong	1976	Alston
316	recordlabel: Westbound chartposition: US dance #15 writtenby: Albert Hamilton, Cleveland Horne, Curtis Colbert and James Epps album: Night People comments: [album cut] [disco dance]	The Fantastic Four	Night People -- Lies Divided By Jive	1976	Westbound
317	recordlabel: Columbia 10235 chartposition: RandB #50, US #96 writtenby: Freddie Harris and Paul Francis Webster album: Don't It Feel Good	Ramsey Lewis	What's the Name of This Funk (Spider Man)	1976	Columbia
318	recordlabel: ABC 12220 chartposition: RandB #23 writtenby: Tony Hester album: Joy Ride	The Dramatics	Finger Fever	1976	ABC
319	recordlabel: De lite 1578 chartposition: RandB #97, US #46, US AC #1 writtenby: Ed Marshall album: Venus comments: [disco]	Frankie Avalon	Venus	1976	De lite
320	recordlabel: Cotillion 44200 chartposition: RandB #28, US #102 writtenby: Luther Vandross album: Luther	Luther Vandross	It's Good for the Soul (Pt. I)	1976	Cotillion
321	recordlabel: Philips 6042035 chartposition: US Dance #16 writtenby: Raymond Gimenes, Yvon Ouazana and Jorge Ben Jor (as Jorge Ben)	Crystal Grass	Lemme See Ya Gitchyer Thing Off, Baby	1976	Philips
322	recordlabel: Spring 164 chartposition: RandB #24 writtenby: Billy Clements and Philip Mitchell album: Free and in Love	Millie Jackson	Bad Risk	1976	Spring
323	recordlabel: Mercury 73844 chartposition: RandB #30, UK #52 writtenby: Ken Hirsch and Kathy Wakefield album: Happy Being Lonely	The Chi-Lites	Happy Being Lonely	1976	Mercury
324	recordlabel: Tamla 54270 chartposition: RandB #24 writtenby: Michael Holden and Theodore Life album: He's a Friend comments: [Motown Sound]	Eddie Kendricks	Get It While It's Hot	1976	Tamla
325	recordlabel: Casablanca 872 chartposition: RandB #24, US #58 writtenby: Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer album: Four Seasons of Love	Donna Summer	Spring Affair	1976	Casablanca
326	recordlabel: Atlantic 3303 chartposition: RandB #24 writtenby: Charles Simmons (as Charles B. Simmons) and Joe Jefferson (as Joseph B. Jefferson) album: Jealousy	Major Harris	I Got Over Love	1976	Atlantic
327	recordlabel: Gold Mind 4000 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: Sam Dees and Sandra Drayton album: Loleatta [1976 album]	Loleatta Holloway	Worn Out Broken Heart	1976	Gold Mind
328	recordlabel: Warner 8246 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins (as William Collins) and Gary Cooper (as Gary album: Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band	Bootsy's Rubber Band	I'd Rather Be with You	1976	Warner
329	recordlabel: Capitol 4254 chartposition: RandB #31, US #76 writtenby: Byron Byrd album: Wanna Make Love	Sun	Wanna Make Love (Come Flick My BIC)	1976	Capitol
330	recordlabel: Curtom 112 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: Leroy Hutson and the Free Spirit Symphony album: Feel the Spirit	Leroy Hutson	Feel the Spirit (In '76)	1976	Curtom
331	recordlabel: Chimneyville 10212 chartposition: RandB #25 writtenby: Bobby Marchan album: Body English	King Floyd	Body English	1976	Chimneyville
332	recordlabel: United Artists 36086 chartposition: US #53, US AC #22 writtenby: Pierre Tubbs	Maxine Nightingale	Gotta Be the One	1976	United Artists
333	recordlabel: Granite 532 chartposition: RandB #25, US #98 writtenby: Edwin Starr	Edwin Starr	Abyssinia Jones	1976	Granite
334	recordlabel: Brunswick 37 (UK) chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Fred Hughes	Fred Hughes	Baby Boy	1976	Brunswick(UK)
335	recordlabel: Drive 6253 chartposition: US Dance #25, Cashbox R&B #86 writtenby: Leon Huff and Jerry Akines	Wild Honey	At the Top of the Stairs	1976	Drive
336	recordlabel: Columbia 10336 chartposition: RandB #78, US #77 writtenby: David Brown [American bassist] and Ray Gardner album: Amigos	Santana	Let It Shine	1976	Columbia
337	recordlabel: Casablanca 7022 chartposition: RandB #26 writtenby: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell album: MothershipÂ Connection	Parliament	Star Child (Mothership Connection)	1976	Casablanca
338	recordlabel: Mercury 73860 chartposition: RandB #26 writtenby: Ohio Players album: Contradiction	Ohio Players	Far East Mississippi	1976	Mercury
339	recordlabel: Westbound 5029 chartposition: RandB #30, US #102 writtenby: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins (as William Collins) and Bernie Worrell (as Bernard Worrell) album: Tales of Kidd Funkadelic	Funkadelic	Undisco Kidd	1976	Westbound
340	recordlabel: Capitol 4198 chartposition: US #79 writtenby: Vincent Montana Jr. and Ronnie Walker	Brown Sugar	The Game Is Over (What's the Matter with You)	1976	Capitol
341	recordlabel: P.I.R. 4674(UK) chartposition: UK #53 writtenby: Bunny Sigler album: All Things in Time	Lou Rawls	From Now On	1976	P.I.R. (UK)
342	recordlabel: AandM 1757 chartposition: RandB #26 writtenby: Lee Garrett & Robert Taylor album: Carl Graves	Carl Graves	Heart Be Still	1976	A&M
343	recordlabel: Columbia 310492 chartposition: RandB #26 writtenby: Charles Stepney, Maurice White and Philip Bailey album: Spirit	Earth, Wind & Fire	On Your Face	1976	Columbia
344	recordlabel: RCA 10762 chartposition: RandB #92, US #80 writtenby: Kid Creole (as August Darnell) album: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band	Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band	I'll Play the Fool	1976	RCA
345	recordlabel: Roulette 7197 chartposition: US Dance #26 writtenby: Christian Heilburg and Joachim Heider	Camouflage	You've Got the Power	1976	Roulette
346	recordlabel: Capitol 4198 chartposition: US #79 writtenby: Vincent Montana Jr. and Ronnie Walker comments: [philly sound disco dance]	Brown Sugar	I'm Going Through Changes Now	1976	Capitol
347	recordlabel: ABC 12181 chartposition: RandB #39, US #80 writtenby: Marilyn McLeod and Pam Sawyer (as Pamela Sawyer)	The 5th Dimension	Love Hangover	1976	ABC
348	recordlabel: Warner 8268 chartposition: RandB #55, US #63, US AC #13 writtenby: Bobby Womack album: Breezin' comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]	George Benson	Breezin'	1976	Warner
349	recordlabel: Parkway 153 chartposition: UK #51 writtenby: Leonard Lee comments: [northern soul]	Bunny Sigler	Let the Good Times Roll	1976	Parkway
350	recordlabel: Wand 11291 chartposition: RandB #30, US #94 writtenby: Allan Felder and Norman Harris	South Shore Commission	We're on the Right Track	1976	Wand
351	recordlabel: Westbound 5015 chartposition: R&B #30, US #91 writtenby: J. Roach, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.), Rudolph Isley comments: [instrumental]	Houston Person	Disco Sax -- For the Love of You	1976	Westbound
352	recordlabel: Ode 66118 chartposition: RandB #65, US #80, US AC #46 writtenby: Tom Scott comments: [instrumental]	Tom Scott	Uptown and Country	1976	Ode
353	recordlabel: Warner 8143 chartposition: RandB #98, US #2 writtenby: Gary Wright album: The DreamWeaver	Gary Wright	Love Is Alive	1976	Warner
354	recordlabel: Granite 540 chartposition: RandB #73, US #86 writtenby: Ken Gold and Michael Denne	Broadway	You to Me Are Everything	1976	Granite
355	recordlabel: Playboy 6076 chartposition: RandB #28 writtenby: Rich Cason (as Richard Cason) and Billy Ray Charles album: I've Got a Feeling	Al Wilson	Baby I Want Your Body	1976	Playboy
356	recordlabel: London 1067 chartposition: RandB #58 writtenby: Patrick Adams and Brenda Carhee album: Do You Wanna Do A Thing?	Bloodstone	Just Like in the Movies	1976	London
357	recordlabel: Avco 4663 chartposition: RandB #29, US Dance #2 writtenby: Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer album: Black Magic	The Softones	That Old Black Magic	1976	Avco
358	recordlabel: HBS 12157 chartposition: RandB #32, US #101 writtenby: The Raders album: Everybody Wanna Live On	The Masqueraders	(Call Me) The Travelling Man	1976	HBS
359	recordlabel: Greedy 101 chartposition: RandB #37, US #87, US AC #23 writtenby: Enrico Riccardi, Luigi Albertelli, Danny Janssen and Bobby Hart album: Donny Gerrard	Donny Gerrard	Words (Are Impossible)	1976	Greedy
360	recordlabel: Westbound 5016 chartposition: US #91 weeksinr&bchart: Terry D. comments: as C.C. and Co.	C.J. & Co.	Day Dreamer	1976	Westbound
361	recordlabel: All Platinum 2360 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Al Goodman, H. Ray and Walter Morris album: Needing You, Wanting You comments: [ballad]	Chuck Jackson	I'm Needing You, Wanting You	1976	All Platinum
362	recordlabel: Columbia 10380 chartposition: RandB #81, US #19 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: Alan Spenner album: Rise and Shine!	Kokomo	Use Your Imagination	1976	Columbia
363	recordlabel: RCA 10631 chartposition: US dance #20 writtenby: Antonio Carlos and Jocafi album: Don't Stop Now comments: [disco dance]	The Brothers	Voce Abousou	1976	RCA
364	recordlabel: Wand 11294 chartposition: RandB #35, US #86 writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Ron Tyson (as Ronnie Tyson)	South Shore Commission	Train Called Freedom	1976	Wand
365	recordlabel: Turbo 048 chartposition: RandB #30 writtenby: Bernadette Randle and Billy Jones album: Let Your Mind Be Free	Brother to Brother	Chance with You	1976	Turbo
366	recordlabel: Chelsea 3045 chartposition: RandB #99, US #60 writtenby: Kenny Nolan	Disco-Tex & the Sex-O-Lettes	Dancin' Kid	1976	Chelsea
367	recordlabel: United Artists 733 chartposition: RandB #35, US #105 writtenby: Grover Underwood, Milton Brown, Roy Herring and Tyrone Moss album: Hidden Strength	Hidden Strength	Hustle On Up (Do the Bumb)	1976	United Artists
368	recordlabel: Atlantic 3363 chartposition: RandB #35, US #101 writtenby: Hamish Stuart and Ned Doheny album: Soul Searching	Average White Band	A Love of Your Own	1976	Atlantic
369	recordlabel: Fantasy 771 chartposition: RandB #37, US #93 writtenby: Joe Hall, Keith Killgo, Kevin Toney, Orville Saunders and Stephen Johnson album: City Life	The Blackbyrds	Rock Creek Park	1976	Fantasy
370	recordlabel: Friends and Co. 129 chartposition: RandB #79, US Dance #31 writtenby: Esther Williams and T Bone Walker (as Aaron Thibeaux Walker) album: Let Me Show You	Esther Williams	You Gotta Let Me Show You	1976	Friends and Co.
371	recordlabel: Capricorn 0249 chartposition: US #95, US AC #22 writtenby: Will Jennings album: New Ray of Sunshine	Dobie Gray	If Love Must Go	1976	Capricorn
372	recordlabel: Roadshow 7005 chartposition: RandB #31, US #82 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David album: Non Stop	B.T. Express	(They Long to Be) Close to You	1976	Roadshow
373	recordlabel: Brunswick 55525 chartposition: RandB #32 writtenby: Quinton Joseph and Eugene Record	The Chi-Lites	The Devil Is Doing His Work	1976	Brunswick
374	recordlabel: HandL 4667 chartposition: RandB #51, US #96 writtenby: Van McCoy album: The Real McCoy	Van McCoy	Night Walk	1976	HandL
375	recordlabel: Ariola America 7609 chartposition: RandB #32 writtenby: Ron Tyson and N. Frazler	Love Committee	Heaven Only Knows	1976	Ariola America
376	recordlabel: Spring 168 chartposition: RandB #32 writtenby: Bill Curtis and M. Irby Jr. album: Night Fever	Fatback Band	The Booty	1976	Spring
377	recordlabel: Arista 144 chartposition: RandB #32 writtenby: D. Jordan, A. Smith comments: [deep soul]	Debbie Taylor	I Don't Want to Leave You	1976	Arista
378	recordlabel: Casablanca 852 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins (as William Collins) and Bernie Worrell (as Bernard Worrell) album: Mothership Connection	Parliament	P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)	1976	Casablanca
379	recordlabel: P.i.p. 6524 chartposition: RandB #53, US #109, US Dance #36 comments: charted as Stand Up and Shout / Party Hardy in US dance charts	Gary Toms	Stand Up and Shout	1976	P.i.p.
380	recordlabel: De lite 1583 chartposition: RandB #71, US #101 writtenby: Ronald Bell (as Khalis Bayyan) and Kool and the Gang album: Love and Understanding	Kool & the Gang	Universal Sound	1976	De lite
381	recordlabel: ABC 12205 chartposition: RandB #80, US #101 writtenby: Michael Omartian and Michael Price album: Disco Fied	Rhythm Heritage	Disco-Fied	1976	ABC
382	recordlabel: Cotillion 44205 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: Luther Vandross album: Luther	Luther Vandross	Funky Music (Is a Part of Me)	1976	Cotillion
383	recordlabel: Cotillion 44205 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: Luther Vandross album: Luther	Luther Vandross	The 2nd Time Around	1976	Cotillion
384	recordlabel: Warner 8291 chartposition: RandB #69, US #104 writtenby: Bootsy Collins (as William Collins) , George Clinton, Bernie Worrell (as Bernard Worrell) and Phelps C album: Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band	Bootsy's Rubber Band	Psychoticbumpschool	1976	Warner
385	recordlabel: Columbia 10409 chartposition: RandB #62, US #68 writtenby: Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka and Hubert Tubbs album: Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now	Tower of Power	You Ought to Be Havin' Fun	1976	Columbia
386	recordlabel: Epic 50262 chartposition: RandB #50, US #102 writtenby: J. Crane album: Chameleon	LaBelle	Get You Somebody New	1976	Epic
387	recordlabel: Midland Int. 10849 chartposition: RandB #80, US #102 writtenby: Sylvester Levay and Michael Kunze album: Madhouse	Silver Convention	Dancing in the Aisles (Takes Me Higher)	1976	Midland Int.
388	recordlabel: Salsoul 2006 chartposition: RandB #98, US #102 writtenby: Riz Ortolani, Nino Oliviero and Norman Newell album: 'Lectric Lady	Carol Williams	More	1976	Salsoul
389	recordlabel: Mercury 73807 chartposition: RandB #49, US #102 writtenby: Ivy Hunter, Andre Moore and Charles Leverett album: No Way Back	The Dells	Slow Motion	1976	Mercury
390	recordlabel: Blue Note 790 chartposition: RandB #74, US #103 writtenby: Lee Garrett & Robert Taylor album: Just a Matter of Time	Marlena Shaw	It's Better Than Walkin' Out	1976	Blue Note
391	recordlabel: HBS 12206 chartposition: US #102 writtenby: Isaac Hayes album: Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)	Isaac Hayes	Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)	1976	HBS
392	recordlabel: Dark Horse 10009 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #88, US #106 writtenby: Keni Burke album: 2nd Resurrection	The Stairsteps	Tell Me Why	1976	Dark Horse
393	recordlabel: United Artists 873 chartposition: RandB #35 writtenby: Lonnie Jordan (as LeRoy "Lonnie" Jordan) , Susan Buckner, Deborah Pratt and Jerry Goldstein	Lonnie Jordan	Grey Rainy Days	1976	United Artists
394	recordlabel: ABC 12197 chartposition: RandB #35 writtenby: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb album: Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan	Rufus (and Chaka Khan)	Jive Talkin'	1976	ABC
395	recordlabel: Soul Train 10792 chartposition: RandB #62, US #107 writtenby: Jerry Akines, Johnny Bellmon (as John Bellmon), Buddy Turner (as Reginald Turner) and Victor Drayton album: The Soul Train Gang	Soul Train Gang	Ooh Cha	1976	Soul Train
396	recordlabel: Polydor 2066665 chartposition: US #107 writtenby: Jack Robinson, James Bolden	Al Downing	I Love to Love	1976	Polydor
397	recordlabel: Island 051 chartposition: US #108 writtenby: Pete Wingfield album: Breakfast Special	Pete Wingfield	Lovin' As You Wanna Be	1976	Island
398	recordlabel: Arista 0192 chartposition: RandB #36 writtenby: General Johnson and Roland Christrian Jr. album: General Johnson	General Johnson	We the People	1976	Arista
399	recordlabel: AandM 1857 chartposition: US #110 writtenby: Arthur Ross and Leon Ware album: Caliente!	Gato Barbieri	I Want You (Part I)	1976	A&M
400	recordlabel: Kayvette 5127 chartposition: R writtenby: Clarence Reid	Jackie Moore	Disco Body (Shake It to the East, Shake It to the West)	1976	Kayvette

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