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
501	recordlabel: ABC 12230 chartposition: RandB #64 writtenby: Philippe Wynne (as Philippe Wynn) album: Especially for You	Al Hudson & the Soul Partners (One Way)	I Got a Notion	1976	ABC
502	recordlabel: Alarm 112 chartposition: RandB #64 writtenby: Jimmy Hughes	Ted Taylor	Steal Away	1976	Alarm
503	recordlabel: RCA 10860 chartposition: RandB #64, US #1, UK #51 writtenby: Daryl Hall album: Bigger Than Both of Us	Hall & Oates	Rich Girl	1976	RCA
504	recordlabel: Playboy 6082 chartposition: RandB #64 writtenby: Charlie Singleton and Modern Man album: Weapons of Peace	Weapons of Peace	Just Can't Be That Way (Ruth's Song)	1976	Playboy
505	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3600 chartposition: RandB #65 writtenby: John Whitehead, Gene McFadden and Victor Carstarphen album: Summertime comments: [philly sound]	MFSB	Summertime and I'm Feelin' Mellow	1976	P.I.R.
506	recordlabel: Don 102 chartposition: RandB #65 writtenby: Leone Thomas	Leone Thomas	Thank You Baby	1976	Don
507	recordlabel: Amherst 711 chartposition: RandB #65 writtenby: Willie Johnson album: Movin On comments: [novelty]	Soul Dog	Soul Dog Part 1	1976	Amherst
508	recordlabel: Roxbury 2024 chartposition: RandB #65 writtenby: Ben Findon and Billy Ocean (as Les Charles)	Alex Brown	Love Really Hurts Without You	1976	Roxbury
509	recordlabel: Abet 9463 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #65 writtenby: O. Sain album: Blue Max comments: [disco funk]	Oliver Sain	She's A Disco Queen	1976	Abet
510	recordlabel: Calla 107 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: Rudy Love	Rudy Love & Love Family	Does Your Mama Know	1976	Calla
511	recordlabel: Capitol 4358 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: Ken Williams	The Reflections	Gift Wrap My Love	1976	Capitol
512	recordlabel: Vigor 1734 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: Ray Dahrouge	The Street People	Wanna Slow Dance with You Baby (At the Disco)	1976	Vigor
513	recordlabel: Amherst 715 chartposition: RandB #66 writtenby: Ken Gibson	Shawn Elliott Santiago	Nice and Slow	1976	Amherst
514	recordlabel: ABC 12166 chartposition: RandB #67 writtenby: Bunny Sigler album: I Wanna Be with You	Carl Carlton	Ain't Gonna Tell Nobody (About You)	1976	ABC
515	recordlabel: Atlantic 3362 chartposition: RandB #67 writtenby: Ellwood Henderson (as Ellwood Henderson Jr.)	The Jimmy Castor Bunch	Everything Is Beautiful to Me	1976	Atlantic
516	recordlabel: Fantasy 782 chartposition: RandB #68 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff comments: [instrumental]	Stanley Turrentine	You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine	1976	Fantasy
517	recordlabel: Curtom 117 chartposition: RandB #68 writtenby: Michael Hawkins and Leroy Hutson album: Feel the Spirit	Leroy Hutson	Lover's Holiday	1976	Curtom
518	recordlabel: Mercury 73842 chartposition: RandB #68 writtenby: Andrew Terry, Robert Emanuel Brooks and Walter Morris	The Dells	No Way Back	1976	Mercury
519	recordlabel: Columbia 10440 chartposition: RandB #68, US #42, UK #10, US AC #35, US dance #12 writtenby: Boz Scaggs & David Paich album: Silk Degrees	Boz Scaggs	What Can I Say	1976	Columbia
520	recordlabel: London 235 chartposition: RandB #68 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: Steve Feldman, Tom Dawes comments: [instrumental]	Nature Zone	Porcupine	1976	London
521	recordlabel: Wand 11295 chartposition: RandB #69 writtenby: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch	Sweet Music	I Get Lifted	1976	Wand
522	recordlabel: Wicked 8102 chartposition: RandB #69 writtenby: Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield	Wilson Pickett	Love Will Keep Us Together	1976	Wicked
523	recordlabel: Polydor 14304 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Ivory	James Brown	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons	1976	Polydor
524	recordlabel: Arista 0161 chartposition: RandB #70 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: Gerry Goffin, Carole King	De Blanc	Oh No, Not My Baby	1976	Arista
525	recordlabel: Polydor 14316 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Roy Ayers album: Mystic Voyage comments: [instrumental]	Roy Ayers Ubiquity	Mystic Voyage	1976	Polydor
526	recordlabel: Polydor 6070 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Roy Ayers album: Everybody Loves the Sunshine	Roy Ayers Ubiquity	The Golden Rod	1976	Polydor
527	recordlabel: Atlantic 3353 chartposition: US Dance #35 writtenby: Jesse Cox album: Just Like in the Movies	Ace Spectrum	Live and Learn	1976	Atlantic
528	recordlabel: Roxbury 2029 chartposition: RandB #70 writtenby: Dee Ervin & Wes Farrell album: Love Talk	Jim Gilstrap	Love Talk	1976	Roxbury
529	recordlabel: Curtom 0119 chartposition: RandB #71 writtenby: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy album: Nightchaser	The Natural Four	Free	1976	Curtom
530	recordlabel: Polydor 2066716 chartposition: RandB #71 writtenby: Mick Ralphs and Paul Rodgers album: Free and in Love	Millie Jackson	Feel Like Making Love	1976	Polydor
531	recordlabel: Capricorn 0259 chartposition: RandB #71, US #94 writtenby: George Jackson, Rick Hall album: Let Go	Dobie Gray	Find 'em, Fool 'em and Forget 'em	1976	Capricorn
532	recordlabel: Arista 0160 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #71 writtenby: C. Smith, G. Jackson, R. Miner album: The Rest Of My Life comments: [disco dance]	Martha Reeves	(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher	1976	Arista
533	recordlabel: Turbo 045 chartposition: RandB #71 writtenby: Billy Jones album: Let Your Mind Be Free	Brother to Brother	Let Your Mind Be Free	1976	Turbo
534	recordlabel: Fantasy 774 chartposition: RandB #71 writtenby: Donald Hepburn album: Accept No Substitute	Pleasure	Ghettos of the Mind	1976	Fantasy
535	recordlabel: Buddah 518 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: E. Smith, J. Tindel comments: [philly sound]	David Morris Jr.	Midnight Lady	1976	Buddah
536	recordlabel: Cat 2005 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Clarence Reid album: Something So Right	Gwen McCrae	Damn Right It's Good	1976	Cat
537	recordlabel: Mercury 73793 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Charles Earland album: Odyssey comments: [instrumental]	Charles Earland	From My Heart to Yours	1976	Mercury
538	recordlabel: Epic 50190 chartposition: RandB #72 writtenby: Minnie Riperton , Joe Sample and Richard Rudolph album: Adventures in Paradise	Minnie Riperton	Adventures in Paradise	1976	Epic
539	recordlabel: Atlantic 3318 chartposition: RandB #73 writtenby: R.B. Hudmon album: Closer to You	R.B. Hudmon	How Can I Be a Witness	1976	Atlantic
540	recordlabel: Greedy 107 chartposition: RandB #73 writtenby: Henry G. Marx and Robbie Buchanan album: Donny Gerrard	Donny Gerrard	Greedy (For Your Love)	1976	Greedy
541	recordlabel: Dial 1156 chartposition: RandB #74 writtenby: Joe Tex	Joe Tex	Have You Ever	1976	Dial
542	recordlabel: Columbia 10420 chartposition: RandB #74 writtenby: Bill Withers album: Naked and Warm	Bill Withers	If I Didn't Mean You Well	1976	Columbia
543	recordlabel: Kayvette 5125 chartposition: RandB #74 writtenby: Clarence Reid	Jackie Moore	It's Harder to Leave	1976	Kayvette
544	recordlabel: Blue Note 790 chartposition: RandB #74 writtenby: F. Knight album: Just a Matter of Time	Marlena Shaw	Be For Real	1976	Blue Note
545	recordlabel: Gold Plate 1949 chartposition: RandB #74 writtenby: Willie Hutch album: Blind Over You	Chicago Gangsters	I Choose You	1976	Gold Plate
546	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3611 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #74 writtenby: D. Wansel, V. Barrett album: Life on Mars comments: [ballad]	Dexter Wansel ft. Terri Wells	Together Once Again	1976	P.I.R.
547	recordlabel: Calla 112 chartposition: RandB #75 writtenby: Rudy Love and The Love Family album: Rudy Love, Denise Love and R. Wilson	Rudy Love & Love Family	Ain't Nuthin' Spooky	1976	Calla
548	recordlabel: Now 10 chartposition: RandB #75 weeksinr&bchart: 10 writtenby: McKay, Dunlap, Gadson	Miz Davis	Sing A Happy Funky Song	1976	Now
549	recordlabel: Farr 008 chartposition: RandB #75 writtenby: Allen Toussaint	Jenny Jackson	Shoora Shoora	1976	Farr
550	recordlabel: RandR 15313 chartposition: RandB #75 writtenby: Drake McGilbery and Maria Tynes album: Shackin' Up	Chuck Armstrong	Give Me All Your Sweet Lovin'	1976	RandR
551	recordlabel: Epic 850175 chartposition: RandB #75 writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart) album: High on You	Sly Stone	Le Lo Li	1976	Epic
552	recordlabel: Columbia 10441 chartposition: RandB #75 writtenby: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy album: The More You Do It	Ronnie Dyson	(I Like Being) Close to You	1976	Columbia
553	recordlabel: Warner 8183 chartposition: RandB #75 writtenby: Thom Bell and Linda Creed album: Track Of The Cat comments: [ballad]	Dionne Warwick	His House and Me	1976	Warner
554	recordlabel: ABC 12155 chartposition: RandB #76 writtenby: Lawrence Payton, L.E. Lee and Gil Askey album: Night Lights Harmony	Four Tops	I'm Glad You Walked Into My Life	1976	ABC
555	recordlabel: Desert Moon 6402 chartposition: RandB #76 writtenby: Larry Alexander	Phyllis Hyman	Baby (I'm Gonna Love You)	1976	Desert Moon
556	recordlabel: RCA 10714 chartposition: RandB #76 writtenby: Charles H. Kipps Jr. album: On Top Of Clear	The Choice Four	Just Let Me Hold You for a Night	1976	RCA
557	recordlabel: Island 063 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #76 writtenby: Bayete, Shrieve, Thrall, Harvey	Automatic Man	My Pearl	1976	Island
558	recordlabel: Mercury 73840 chartposition: RandB #77 writtenby: B. Sigler, A. Felder album: Nightflight comments: [jazz funk]	Gabor Szabo	Keep Smilin'	1976	Mercury
559	recordlabel: Claridge 421 chartposition: RandB #77 writtenby: Bo Kirkland, C. Gentry, R. L. Kirkland, H. Powell album: Bo and Ruth	Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis	I Feel Love in This Room Tonight	1976	Claridge
560	recordlabel: Roxbury 2026 chartposition: RandB #77 writtenby: Dee Ervin and Wes Farrell album: Love Talk	Jim Gilstrap	Move Me	1976	Roxbury
561	recordlabel: United Artists 847 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: Johnny Guitar Watson	Hidden Strength	I Don't Want to Be a Lone Ranger	1976	United Artists
562	recordlabel: Cotillion 44202 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: Bobby Eli and Lee Phillips	Sister Sledge	Thank You for Today	1976	Cotillion
563	recordlabel: Claridge 421 chartposition: RandB #77 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Bo Kirkland, R. L. Kirkland, C. Gentry album: Bo and Ruth	Bo Kirkland & Ruth Davis	To Make You Love Me	1976	Claridge
564	recordlabel: Epic 850192 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: Johnny Gonzalez and Sylvester Bradford	The Temprees	I Found Love on a Disco Floor	1976	Epic
565	recordlabel: Granite 533 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: Lowell Fulson	Lowell Fulsom	Do You Love Me	1976	Granite
566	recordlabel: Old Town 108 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #78 writtenby: W. Nelson album: Here's To Good Friends comments: [beat ballad]	Arthur Prysock	Funny How Time Slips Away	1976	Old Town
567	recordlabel: RCA 10760 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: D.J. Rogers album: On the Road Again	D.J. Rogers	Let My Life Shine	1976	RCA
568	recordlabel: RSO 854 chartposition: RandB #83, US #98 writtenby: Ken Gold and Michael Denne	Revelation	You to Me Are Everything	1976	RSO
569	recordlabel: IX Chains 7013 chartposition: RandB #79 writtenby: Calvin Arnold and R. Ellen	Calvin Arnold	(I'm Your) Friendly Neighborhood Freak (Part 1)	1976	IX Chains
570	recordlabel: RCA 10569 chartposition: RandB #79 writtenby: Chocolate Milk album: Chocolate Milk	Chocolate Milk	How About Love	1976	RCA
571	recordlabel: Utopia 10770 chartposition: RandB #79 writtenby: Norbert De Coteaux and Edith Cherry album: Albert	Albert King	Guitar Man	1976	Utopia
572	recordlabel: Utopia 10682 chartposition: RandB #80 writtenby: Mack Rise and Mary Davis album: Truckload of Lovin'	Albert King	Sensation, Communication Together	1976	Utopia
573	recordlabel: Groove Merchant 1035 chartposition: RandB #81 writtenby: Brad Baker and Joe Thomas album: Masada comments: [instrumental]	Joe Thomas	Masada	1976	Groove Merchant
574	recordlabel: IX Chains 7014 chartposition: RandB #81 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Johnny L. Gilliam	J.G. Lewis	Let The Music Play	1976	IX Chains
575	recordlabel: Curtom 0114 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: Leroy Hutson and Stephen Harris album: Nightchaser	The Natural Four	It's the Music	1976	Curtom
576	recordlabel: P.I.R. 83593 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: John Whitehead, Gene McFadden and Victor Carstarphen album: When Love Is New	Billy Paul	People Power	1976	P.I.R.
577	recordlabel: Capitol 4229 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: The Brief Encounter Group	Brief Encounter	What About Love	1976	Capitol
578	recordlabel: AandM 1791 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: Tom Bahler, Al Ciner, Quincy Jones and Paulette McWilliams album: Mellow Madness	Quincy Jones	Mellow Madness	1976	A&M
579	recordlabel: Juana 3406 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: Mary Holland Bryant album: In Control	The Controllers	The People Want Music	1976	Juana
580	recordlabel: Blue Note 785 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: Larry Mizell album: Fancy Dancer comments: [instrumental]	Bobbi Humphrey	Uno Esta	1976	Blue Note
581	recordlabel: GEC 1000 chartposition: RandB #83 writtenby: Jerline Shelton and Maurice Commander	Heaven & Earth	I Can't Seem to Forget You	1976	GEC
582	recordlabel: Atco 7064 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #83 writtenby: Bobby Eli, Len Barry album: Impact comments: [philly sound ballad]	Impact	One Last Memory	1976	Atco
583	recordlabel: Buddah 537 chartposition: RandB #83 writtenby: Norman Harris & Allan Felder album: Sing About Life	The Ebonys	Making Love Ain't No Fun (Without the One You Love) (Part 1)	1976	Buddah
584	recordlabel: Mercury 73758 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Herman Eberitzsch album: Coke	Coke Escovedo	Make It Sweet	1976	Mercury
585	recordlabel: Columbia 10268 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Paul Kelly	Eleanor Grant	You Oughta Be Here with Me	1976	Columbia
586	recordlabel: Big Tree 16054 chartposition: RandB #84 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Chip Taylor, Billy Vera	Sam Dees & Bettye Swann	Storybook Children	1976	Big Tree
587	recordlabel: AandM 1858 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Ralph Dino, John Sembello, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller	Billy Eckstine	The Best Thing	1976	A&M
588	recordlabel: Greedy 103 chartposition: RandB #85 writtenby: David Foster, Jay Graydon and Jack Conrad comments: [instrumental]	The Bottom Line	That's the Way to Go	1976	Greedy
589	recordlabel: Midland Int. 10545 chartposition: RandB #85 writtenby: Melvin Steals and Mervin Steals	Touch of Class	Don't Want No Other Lover	1976	Midland Int.
590	recordlabel: United Artists 861 chartposition: RandB #85 writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar comments: [instrumental]	Lee Oskar	Sunshine Keri	1976	United Artists
591	recordlabel: Mercury 73817 chartposition: RandB #86 writtenby: O.B. McClinton	O.B. McClinton	Black Speck	1976	Mercury
592	recordlabel: Friends and Co. 126 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #86 writtenby: Eddie Drennon album: Collage comments: [disco dance, mostly instrumental]	Eddie Drennon & BBS Unlimited	Do It Nice And Easy	1976	Friends and Co.
593	recordlabel: Hi 2315 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: Al Green and Mabon "Teenie" Hodges (as Mabon Hodges)	O.V. Wright	Rhymes	1976	Hi
594	recordlabel: Dial 1157 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #87 writtenby: J. Tex, B. Killen	Joe Tex	Love Shortage	1976	Dial
595	recordlabel: Reprise 1357 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Cyril Neville, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter Jr. album: Trick Bag	The Meters	Disco Is the Thing Today	1976	Reprise
596	recordlabel: RandR 15312 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: G. Johnson, M. Tynes, D. Woods	Bobby Williams	You Need Love Like I Do (Don't Fight the Feeling)	1976	RandR
597	recordlabel: Casino 70 chartposition: RandB #88 writtenby: J. Spain	Shelbra Deane	Smile Me A Song	1976	Casino
598	recordlabel: Epic 8-50178 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #88 writtenby: M. Griffin, G. Beene album: Finders Keepers comments: [beat ballad]	The Soul Children	Midnight Sunshine	1976	Epic
599	recordlabel: Pyramid 8003 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #88 writtenby: P. Medley, K. Ganim, B. Scott album: Happy Walk comments: [disco instrumental]	Phil Medley & the M.V.B. Orchestra	Snap It	1976	Pyramid
600	recordlabel: Mainstream 5586 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #88 writtenby: Terry Huff album: The Lonely One comments: [philly sound]	Terry Huff	Where There's A Will (There's A Way)	1976	Mainstream

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