Soul R&B Music Charts of 1978 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1978 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 1978, 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 1978, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1978 . . .

The following songs were released in 1978 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 1978 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 15 writtenby: Gary Glenn album: Spreading Love	Al Hudson & the Soul Partners (One Way)	Spread Love	1978	ABC
502	recordlabel: Columbia 10702 chartposition: RandB #75 writtenby: Bill Withers album: Menagerie	Bill Withers	Lovely Night for Dancing	1978	Columbia
503	recordlabel: Motown 1454 chartposition: RandB #75 writtenby: J. Blake, Jr., L. Gibbs, Jr. album: Reed Seed comments: [jazz funk]	Grover Washington, Jr.	Do Dat	1978	Motown
504	recordlabel: Ariola America 7701 chartposition: RandB #75 writtenby: Conway Twitty	Johnny Adams	After All the Good Is Gone	1978	Ariola America
505	recordlabel: Nemperor 7518 chartposition: RandB #76 writtenby: Stanley Clarke album: Modern Man	Stanley Clarke	Slow Dance	1978	Nemperor
506	recordlabel: MCA 40885 chartposition: RandB #76 writtenby: Van McCoy album: My Favorite Fantasy	Van McCoy	My Favorite Fantasy	1978	MCA
507	recordlabel: Avi 153 chartposition: RandB #76 writtenby: Gil Karson	Le Pamplemousse	Monkey See, Monkey Do	1978	Avi
508	recordlabel: United Artists 1204 chartposition: RandB #77 writtenby: R. Muller album: Brass Construction III	Brass Construction	Celebrate	1978	United Artists
509	recordlabel: MCA 40916 chartposition: RandB #77 writtenby: Dwight White comments: [instrumental]	Brotherhood	Change of Pace	1978	MCA
510	recordlabel: Columbia 10667 chartposition: RandB #77 writtenby: C. Jackson, M. Yancy	Ronnie Dyson	Ain't Nothing Wrong	1978	Columbia
511	recordlabel: Gordy 7160 chartposition: RandB #77 writtenby: Friendly Womack, Jimmy Holiday, Mel Bolton and Troy Laws album: Steppin' Out comments: [Motown Sound]	High Inergy	We Are the Future	1978	Gordy
512	recordlabel: Mercury 6167705 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: Michael Zager, Alvin Fields	Gary Toms Empire	It's All Up To You	1978	Mercury
513	recordlabel: Parachute 510 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: Barbara Wyrick and Melissa Adamson album: Words Don't Say Enough	7th Wonder	Words Don't Say Enough	1978	Parachute
514	recordlabel: Mercury 74023 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: Michael Zager and Alvin Fields album: Let's Do It Again	Gary Toms Empire	Welcome To Harlem	1978	Mercury
515	recordlabel: Republic 032 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: Richard Henn and William "Mickey" Stevenson (as William Stevenson) album: Body Talkin'	Kathy Barnes	Off	1978	Republic
516	recordlabel: United Artists 36400 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: E. Kaz	Betty Everett	True Love (You Took My Heart)	1978	United Artists
517	recordlabel: Ariola America 7728 chartposition: RandB #79 writtenby: Beverly Wheeler, Duane Williams and Will Hatcher album: Beverly and Duane	Beverly & Duane	Glad I Gotcha Baby	1978	Ariola America
518	recordlabel: Arista 0359 chartposition: RandB #79 writtenby: General Johnson	General Johnson	Can't Nobody Love Me Like You Do	1978	Arista
519	recordlabel: ALA 103 chartposition: RandB #79 writtenby: James P. O'Loughlin and Larry C. Lynum album: Brothers By Choice	Brothers By Choice	She Puts the Ease Back into Easy	1978	ALA
520	recordlabel: ABC 12344 chartposition: RandB #80 writtenby: George McGregor album: Up the Downstairs	Wilson Williams	Up the Down Stairs	1978	ABC
521	recordlabel: Bang 739 chartposition: RandB #80 writtenby: Ava Aldridge and Eddie Struzick	Alex Taylor	Don't Look At Me That Way	1978	Bang
522	recordlabel: MCA 40980 chartposition: RandB #81 writtenby: Debra Anderson and Ronnie Van	Stargard	Sensuous Woman	1978	MCA
523	recordlabel: Warner 8606 chartposition: RandB #81, US Dance #8 writtenby: Eumir Deodato album: Love Island	Deodato	Whistle Bump	1978	Warner
524	recordlabel: Atlantic 3521 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: Joe Brooks album: Roberta Flack	Roberta Flack	When It's Over	1978	Atlantic
525	recordlabel: Atlantic 3455 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: Ellwood Henderson (as Ellwood Henderson Jr.) album: Maximum Stimulation	The Jimmy Castor Bunch	Maximum Stimulation	1978	Atlantic
526	recordlabel: Spring 189 chartposition: RandB #83 writtenby: Latimore (as Benny Latimore) and Steve Alaimo album: Get It Out'cha System	Millie Jackson	Keep the Home Fire Burnin'	1978	Spring
527	recordlabel: Bearsville 0331 chartposition: RandB #83 writtenby: Sam Cooke	Norma Jean Wright	Having a Party	1978	Bearsville
528	recordlabel: Tabu 5502 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Gerald Kent album: Journey to the Light	Brainstorm	We're on Our Way Home (Part 1)	1978	Tabu
529	recordlabel: Arista 0355 chartposition: RandB #84 weeksinr&bchart: 7 writtenby: Alvin Field and Michael Zager	Afro Cuban Band	Rhythm of Life	1978	Arista
530	recordlabel: Columbia 10776 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: R. Moore Jr., J. Bryant Sr., S. Moore	Johnnie Taylor	Ever Ready	1978	Columbia
531	recordlabel: Mercury 74011 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: J. Banks, H. Thigpen and D. Weatherspoon	The Newcomers	Do Yourself a Favor	1978	Mercury
532	recordlabel: Shock 10 chartposition: RandB #84 weeksinr&bchart: 8 writtenby: Randy Newman	Ron Preyer	Baltimore	1978	Shock
533	recordlabel: MCA 40889 chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Willard Burton album: Double My Pleasure	Leon Haywood	Fine and Healthy Thing	1978	MCA
534	recordlabel: Cotillion 44239 chartposition: RandB #85 writtenby: Gregory McCoy and James album: Three Miles High	Mass Production	Sky High	1978	Cotillion
535	recordlabel: Warner 49011 chartposition: RandB #85 writtenby: Larry Graham album: Star Walk	Larry Graham & Graham Central Station	Star Walk	1978	Warner
536	recordlabel: Atlantic 3445 chartposition: RandB #85 writtenby: Johnny Bristol album: Feeling My Way	Margie Joseph	Come On Back to Me Lover	1978	Atlantic
537	recordlabel: Ju Par 535 chartposition: RandB #86 writtenby: Vernon Bullock, J. Fordham and S. Love album: Hold On (To Your Dreams)	Wee Gee	You've Been a Part of Me	1978	Ju Par
538	recordlabel: Columbia 10836 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: D.J. Rogers album: Love Brought Me Back	D.J. Rogers	All My Love	1978	Columbia
539	recordlabel: Motown 1439 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: Greg Wright and Ronnie Vann album: Three Ounces Of Love comments: [Motown Sound]	Three Ounces Of Love	Star Love	1978	Motown
540	recordlabel: P.I.R. 6492 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: Dexter Wansel and Cynthia Biggs	Dexter Wansel	Solutions	1978	P.I.R.
541	recordlabel: Columbia 10654 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: Eugene Record, Gerald Simms, Carl Davis and William Sanders	Phoebe Snow	Love Makes a Woman	1978	Columbia
542	recordlabel: Horizon 115 chartposition: RandB #87 weeksinr&bchart: 5 writtenby: August Musarurwa comments: [instrumental]	Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela	Skokiaan	1978	Horizon
543	recordlabel: ABC 12353 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: Denise La Salle	Denise LaSalle	One Life to Live	1978	ABC
544	recordlabel: United Artists 1247 chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott album: Youngblood	War	Sing a Happy Song	1978	United Artists
545	recordlabel: Motown 1445 chartposition: RandB #88 writtenby: Brenda Sutton and Mike Sutton (as Michael Sutton) album: Need to Know You Better comments: [Motown Sound]	Finished Touch	Sticks and Stones (But the Funk Won't Never Hurt You)	1978	Motown
546	recordlabel: Columbia 10718 chartposition: RandB #98, US #106 writtenby: Clifford Coulter album: We Came to Play	Tower of Power	Lovin' You Is Gonna See Me Thru	1978	Columbia
547	recordlabel: Republic 021 chartposition: RandB #88 writtenby: Don Pfrimmer and Kathy Barnes album: Body Talkin'	Kathy Barnes	I'm in Love with Love	1978	Republic
548	recordlabel: Blue Candle 1526 chartposition: RandB #88 writtenby: Clarence Reid album: All About Love	Paulette Reaves	Jazz Freak	1978	Blue Candle
549	recordlabel: Capitol 15999 chartposition: RandB #89 writtenby: Gary Bartz	Gary Bartz	Shake Your Body (It's the Joint)	1978	Capitol
550	recordlabel: Parachute 506 chartposition: RandB #89 writtenby: Homer Banks and Carl Hampton album: Welcome to My Room comments: [deep soul]	Randy Brown	I'd Rather Hurt Myself (Than to Hurt You)	1978	Parachute
551	recordlabel: Alexander St. 7 chartposition: RandB #89 weeksinr&bchart: 6 writtenby: George Gade and Jack Hoffman	Jonelle Allen	Baby, I Just Wanna Love You	1978	Alexander St.
552	recordlabel: Polydor 14455 chartposition: RandB #89 writtenby: Sam Dees	Sam Dees	Say Yeah	1978	Polydor
553	recordlabel: AVI 235 chartposition: RandB #89 writtenby: Lowrell (as Lowrell Simon) and A. J. Tribble (as A.J. Tribble) album: Lowrell	Lowrell	Overdose of Love	1978	AVI
554	recordlabel: Friends and Co. 130 chartposition: R&B #90 writtenby: Joe Wheeler	Esther Williams	Yours and Yours Alone	1978	Friends and Co.
555	recordlabel: ABC 12412 chartposition: RandB #90 writtenby: Joe Sample and Will Jennings	B.B. King	I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone	1978	ABC
556	recordlabel: CTI 41 chartposition: RandB #90 writtenby: Patti Austin album: Havana Candy	Patti Austin	We're in Love	1978	CTI
557	recordlabel: Hi 78514 chartposition: RandB #91 writtenby: George Jackson & Raymond Moore album: The Bottom Line	O.V. Wright	I Don't Do Windows	1978	Hi
558	recordlabel: Warner 8713 chartposition: RandB #91 writtenby: Prince album: For You	Prince	Just as Long as We're Together	1978	Warner
559	recordlabel: Polydor 14485 chartposition: RandB #91 writtenby: Wayne Henderson album: Living on a Dream	Wayne Henderson	Hot Stuff	1978	Polydor
560	recordlabel: Epic 50576 chartposition: RandB #91 writtenby: S. Stein, Z. Perry	Randy Jackson	How Can I Be Sure	1978	Epic
561	recordlabel: HDM 506 chartposition: RandB #78 writtenby: Eddie Horan and Dwight Emile (as Dwight J. Emile) album: Love the Way You Love Me comments: [beat ballad]	Eddie Horan	Love the Way You Love Me	1978	HDM
562	recordlabel: Mercury 74002 chartposition: RandB #91 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff	Samona Cooke	One Night Affair	1978	Mercury
563	recordlabel: Elektra 45538 chartposition: RandB #91 writtenby: Lee Oskar comments: [instrumental]	Lee Oskar	Before the Rain	1978	Elektra
564	recordlabel: MCA 40849 chartposition: RandB #91 writtenby: Leon Haywood album: Double My Pleasure	Leon Haywood	Double My Pleasure	1978	MCA
565	recordlabel: Amherst 736 chartposition: RandB #91 writtenby: J. Williams Jr.	Solomon Burke	Please Don't You Say Goodbye to Me	1978	Amherst
566	recordlabel: RCA 11364 chartposition: RandB #91 writtenby: Cab Calloway and Irving Mills comments: [re release]	Cab Calloway	Minnie The Moocher	1978	RCA
567	recordlabel: Motown 1440 chartposition: RandB #91 writtenby: Brian Potter and Dennis Lambert album: The First Cuba Gooding Album comments: [Motown Sound]	Cuba Gooding	Mind Pleaser	1978	Motown
568	recordlabel: Hilltak 7802 chartposition: RandB #92 writtenby: Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn	Broadway	Kiss You All Over	1978	Hilltak
569	recordlabel: Gold Mind 4016 chartposition: RandB #92 writtenby: N. Harris, R. Tyson album: Queen of the Night	Loleatta Holloway	Catch Me on the Rebound	1978	Gold Mind
570	recordlabel: Alston 3742 chartposition: RandB #92 writtenby: Herman Kelly album: Percussion Explosion!	Herman Kelly & Life	Dance to the Drummer's Beat	1978	Alston
571	recordlabel: Columbia 10779 chartposition: RandB #92 writtenby: Paul Kelly	Jackie Moore	Personally	1978	Columbia
572	recordlabel: Capitol 4538 chartposition: RandB #92 writtenby: Keith Cheatham album: Sunburn comments: [disco funk]	Sun	Dance (Do What You Wanna Do)	1978	Capitol
573	recordlabel: Arista 0334 chartposition: RandB #92 writtenby: Michael Gately and Robert John	Shirley Brown	I Can't Move No Mountains	1978	Arista
574	recordlabel: Glades 1749 chartposition: RandB #92 writtenby: Clarence Reid and Inez J. Kitts	Timmy Thomas	Freak In, Freak Out	1978	Glades
575	recordlabel: ABC 12377 chartposition: RandB #92 writtenby: Richard Flowers album: Up the Downstairs	Wilson Williams	Sho You Rite	1978	ABC
576	recordlabel: Columbia 310747 chartposition: RandB #92 writtenby: Marcus Miller	Lonnie Liston Smith	Journey into Love	1978	Columbia
577	recordlabel: ABC 12334 chartposition: RandB #92 writtenby: Dan Walsh, Michael Omartian and Michael Price album: Sky's the Limit	Rhythm Heritage	Holdin' Out (For Your Love)	1978	ABC
578	recordlabel: Malaco 1048 chartposition: RandB #93 writtenby: George Fischoff album: Dorothy Moore	Dorothy Moore	1-2-3 (You and Me)	1978	Malaco
579	recordlabel: Epic 50558 chartposition: RandB #93 writtenby: Howard King, James Mtume and Reggie Lucas album: Kiss This World Goodbye	Mtume	Just Funnin'	1978	Epic
580	recordlabel: ABC 12326 chartposition: RandB #93 writtenby: Allen Toussaint album: Night People	Lee Dorsey	Night People	1978	ABC
581	recordlabel: Mercury 73983 chartposition: RandB #93 writtenby: Ohio Players album: Mr. Mean	Ohio Players	Magic Trick	1978	Mercury
582	recordlabel: T.K. 1029 chartposition: RandB #93 writtenby: George McCrae	George McCrae	Let's Dance (People All Over the World)	1978	T.K.
583	recordlabel: Stax 3212 chartposition: RandB #93 writtenby: Lyn Chambers album: From the Gut to the Butt	Sho Nuff	I Live Across the Street	1978	Stax
584	recordlabel: Shield 6311 chartposition: RandB #93 writtenby: George Parker album: Special Delivery	Special Delivery	This Kind of Love	1978	Shield
585	recordlabel: ABC/Blue Thumb 278 chartposition: RandB #93 writtenby: Wilton Felder album: Images comments: [jazz funk]	The Crusaders	Bayou Bottoms	1978	ABC/Blue Thumb
586	recordlabel: Ariola America 7715 chartposition: RandB #93 writtenby: Mark Radice album: Winners	Winners	Get Ready for the Future	1978	Ariola America
587	recordlabel: Warner 8545 chartposition: RandB #93 writtenby: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns) and Jerry Ragavoy album: Deep in the Night	Etta James	Piece of My Heart	1978	Warner
588	recordlabel: P.I.R. 3650 chartposition: RandB #94 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: MFSB, The Gamble Huff Orchestra comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]	MFSB	Use ta Be My Guy	1978	P.I.R.
589	recordlabel: Juana 3419 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #94 writtenby: Mary Holland Bryant album: In Control	The Controllers	The Reaper	1978	Juana
590	recordlabel: Big Tree 16129 chartposition: RandB #94 writtenby: Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati	Wilson Pickett	Groovin'	1978	Big Tree
591	recordlabel: Stax 3204 chartposition: RandB #94 writtenby: Larry James, Doris James album: Off the Wall	Fat Larry's Band	Peaceful Journey	1978	Stax
592	recordlabel: Atlantic 3509 chartposition: RandB #94 writtenby: Johnny Bristol, James Jamerson Jr. album: Feeling My Way	Margie Joseph	I Feel His Love Getting Stronger	1978	Atlantic
593	recordlabel: Capitol 4583 chartposition: RandB #94 writtenby: Keni St. Lewis album: Future Bound	Tavares	Timber	1978	Capitol
594	recordlabel: Capitol 4578 chartposition: RandB #94 writtenby: Baskett, McDonald, Groves	Nancy Wilson	I'm Gonna Let Ya	1978	Capitol
595	recordlabel: Misty 101 chartposition: RandB #95 writtenby: Nathan Wilkes	Ginie Lynn	I Love the Way You Love	1978	Misty
596	recordlabel: Mushroom 7037 chartposition: RandB #95 weeksinr&bchart: 2 writtenby: Lalo Schifrin comments: [instrumental]	Paul Horn	Witch Doctor	1978	Mushroom
597	recordlabel: Elektra 45466 chartposition: RandB #95 writtenby: Gilbert Moses, Richard Duncan and Stanley Clarke album: Just Family	Dee Dee Bridgewater	Just Family	1978	Elektra
598	recordlabel: Curtom 0141 chartposition: RandB #96 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield and Gil Askey album: Do It All Night	Curtis Mayfield	Do It All Night	1978	Curtom
599	recordlabel: Claridge 434 chartposition: RandB #98 writtenby: Sky Keegan	Ruth Davis	Lost in a Love Zone	1978	Claridge
600	recordlabel: Capitol 4657 chartposition: RandB #98 writtenby: Bobby Lyle, Wayne Henderson and Harvey Mason	Bobby Lyle	Groove (Ain't No Doubt About It)	1978	Capitol

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