| 301 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02037
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Carl Davis and Eugene Record
album: Tell Me Where It Hurts
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 302 |
recordlabel: MCA 51182
chartposition: US dance #22 RandB #28, UK #7, US #1, US AC #29
writtenby: Steve Kipner & Terry Shaddick
album: Physical
comments: [disco pop]
|
| 303 |
recordlabel: MCA 51126
chartposition: RandB #32, US #108
writtenby: Luther Vandross
album: Bustin' Loose: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
|
| 304 |
recordlabel: Wheel 5001
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Lamont Dozier
album: Zingara
comments: [ballad]
|
| 305 |
recordlabel: WMOT 2506
chartposition: RandB #29
writtenby: Barbara Mason
album: A Piece of My Life / The Very Best of Barbara Mason
comments: [ballad]
|
| 306 |
recordlabel: BC 4009
chartposition: RandB #29, US dance #38
writtenby: Glenn Grainger
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 307 |
recordlabel: Salsoul 2145
chartposition: US Dance #20
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Inner Life
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 308 |
recordlabel: Tropique Records 104
chartposition: US Dance #20
writtenby: Helene Bank and Yves Dessca
album: Move Closer
comments: [disco, hi NRG]
|
| 309 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3887
chartposition: RandB #34, US #105
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
album: Take It Off
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 310 |
recordlabel: AandM 2380
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Harold Johnson
album: I Believe in Love
|
| 311 |
recordlabel: Polydor 2191
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Lee Walter, Al Goodman, Harry Ray, Billy Brown, Vinnie Castellano and Lou Toby
album: Stay
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 312 |
recordlabel: Chocolate City 3224
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Homer Banks and Chuck Brooks
album: Randy
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 313 |
recordlabel: Elektra 47084
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Debra Laws and Nathan East
album: Very Special
|
| 314 |
recordlabel: Solar 47946
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Nidra Beard, William Shelby and Kevin Spencer
album: The Second Adventure
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 315 |
recordlabel: WMOT 02028
chartposition: RandB #47, US Dance #31
writtenby: Joel Washington and Sam Peake
album: That's Love
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 316 |
recordlabel: Polydor 2177
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Ken Gold and Billy Ocean
album: My Special Love
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 317 |
recordlabel: Capitol 12161
chartposition: US dance #31
writtenby: R. Moore, A. Winbush
album: Wall to Wall
comments: [album cut]
|
| 318 |
recordlabel: Prelude 8035
chartposition: RandB #53, US Dance #31
writtenby: Biddu, Winston Sela and Ron Roker
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 319 |
recordlabel: Salsoul 2136
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Skyyport
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 320 |
recordlabel: Fountain 81 1
chartposition: US Dance #21
writtenby: Lawrence Hanks and Rodney Massey
album: All for the One
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 321 |
recordlabel: AandM 2355
chartposition: RandB #32
writtenby: Rockie Robbins and Ron Kersey
album: I Believe in Love
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 322 |
recordlabel: Venture 138
chartposition: RandB #33
writtenby: J. Simone and L. Simone
album: Savoir Faire
comments: [ballad]
|
| 323 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 49847
chartposition: US dance #22
writtenby: Chaka Khan, Arif Mardin
album: What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 324 |
recordlabel: 20th Century 2506
chartposition: RandB #33
writtenby: James Mtume and Reggie Lucas
album: Stephanie
comments: [ballad]
|
| 325 |
recordlabel: Liberty 1388
chartposition: RandB #33
writtenby: Juanita Curiel and Phyllis Brown
album: Eloise Laws
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 326 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 2485
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #33, US rock #35, UK #5, US #1
writtenby: Debbie Harry & Chris Stein
album: Autoamerican
|
| 327 |
recordlabel: GRP 251
chartposition: RandB #33, US Dance #85
writtenby: Marcus Miller, Bernard Wright , Al Flythe and Barry Johnson
album: 'Nard
comments: [hip hop funk]
|
| 328 |
recordlabel: Dash 6001
chartposition: US Dance #22
writtenby: Jean Anne Chapman, Ray Bunch
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 329 |
recordlabel: Warner 49663
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: James Mtume and Reggie Lucas
album: One Way Love Affair
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 330 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7213
chartposition: US #102
writtenby: Thom Bell and Linda Creed
album: The Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 331 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5045
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Bill Amesbury
album: Happy Love
comments: [ballad]
|
| 332 |
recordlabel: AandM 2374
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Booker T. Jones, Michael Stokes
album: I Want You
comments: [smooth jazz funk ballad]
|
| 333 |
recordlabel: Chaz Ro 2521
chartposition: US dance #23
writtenby: Rosi Bucci, Tony Green
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 334 |
recordlabel: Uno Melodic 7001
chartposition: US Dance #23
writtenby: James Bedford
album: Give Me Your Love
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 335 |
recordlabel: TSOP 02501
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Joe Jefferson and Charles Simmons
album: Sweet and Wonderful
comments: [ballad]
|
| 336 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5008
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Anthony Taylor and Michael Winston
album: Ebonee Webb
comments: [funk]
|
| 337 |
recordlabel: MCA 51200
chartposition: US #108
writtenby: Jeremy Wall
album: Freetime
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
|
| 338 |
recordlabel: Capitol 551
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Gary Goetzman and Mike Piccirillo
album: Happy Love
|
| 339 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 46013
chartposition: RandB #36
writtenby: Tyrone Williams
album: Turn Up the Music
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 340 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 555
chartposition: RandB #36, US Dance #83
writtenby: Jiggs Chase, Sylvia Robinson, The Furious Five
album: Greatest Messages
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 341 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3865
chartposition: RandB #39, US #110
writtenby: Tawatha
album: Can't Shake This Feeling
|
| 342 |
recordlabel: Solar 47933
chartposition: RandB #36
writtenby: Bo Watson
album: Standing Together
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 343 |
recordlabel: Prelude 617
chartposition: US Dance #24
writtenby: Vicki Sue Robinson and Warren Schatz
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 344 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5052
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Rene Moore and Angela Winbush
album: Wall to Wall
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 345 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02413
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Touch
comments: [ballad]
|
| 346 |
recordlabel: Polydor 2178
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Keni St. Lewis and Melvin Ragin
album: Sayin' Something!
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 347 |
recordlabel: ARC 02222
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Bernard Taylor, Michael Brookins and Robert Brookins
album: Matinee
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 348 |
recordlabel: Liberty 1403
chartposition: RandB #38
writtenby: Phil Perry and Artis Philips Jr.
album: All My Reasons
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 349 |
recordlabel: Panorama 12196
chartposition: RandB #79, US Dance #39
writtenby: Frank Hooker
album: Frank Hooker and Positive People
comments: [funk]
|
| 350 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 551
chartposition: RandB #39
writtenby: Moe Moore, Tommy Keith
comments: [sweet soul] (12 inch version)
|
| 351 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 561
chartposition: RandB #39
writtenby: J. Brailey, G. Clinton, W. Collins
album: Sugar Hill Presents The Sequence
comments: [funk rap]
|
| 352 |
recordlabel: Airwave Records 94963
chartposition: RandB #94, US Dance #40
writtenby: Greg Scelsa
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 353 |
recordlabel: Boardwalk 5708
chartposition: RandB #40
writtenby: James Campbell, Reginald Connelly and Harry M. Woods
album: Tenderness
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 354 |
recordlabel: RCA 93
chartposition: RandB #66, US Dance #40
writtenby: Keni Burke
album: You're the Best
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 355 |
recordlabel: BC 4011
chartposition: RandB #67, US Dance #40
writtenby: Keith Barrow
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 356 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54333
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Hal Davis, Mitchell Bottler & Norma Helms
album: Set My Love in Motion
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 357 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7194
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Teena Marie
album: Irons in the Fire
comments: [ballad]
|
| 358 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3796
chartposition: RandB #41
writtenby: Brian Holland and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Love Keys
|
| 359 |
recordlabel: Epic 51009
chartposition: RandB #42, US dance #61
writtenby: Betty Wright and Stevie Wonder
album: Betty Wright
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 360 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 564
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: S. Robinson, J. Chase, S. Santiago, D. Rivera Jr., J. McLean, J. Semprit
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 361 |
recordlabel: Mercury 168
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Felton Pilate, Garry Jackson and Michael Cooper
album: Touch
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 362 |
recordlabel: EMI America 8083
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Fred Harris and Ella Mitchell
album: Wanted Dread and Alive
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 363 |
recordlabel: Motown 1515
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Eric Fearman and Bobby Harris
album: Let the Music Play
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 364 |
recordlabel: Solar 2334
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Fred Lewis
album: Keep On Moving Straight Ahead
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 365 |
recordlabel: Fantasy 197
chartposition: RandB #44
writtenby: Sylvester James
album: Too Hot To Sleep
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 366 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5019
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Andrew Woolfolk and Bunny Hull
album: Loveline
comments: [2 step beat ballad]
|
| 367 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 2521
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Grant, Martin
album: Intuition
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 368 |
recordlabel: Malaco 1202
chartposition: US Dance #30
writtenby: Al Bell III, Freddie Young
album: Let The Good Times Roll
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 369 |
recordlabel: MCA 51158
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Isaac Suthers
album: It's Winning Time
comments: [ballad]
|
| 370 |
recordlabel: Sam 12342
chartposition: RandB #45, US Dance #49
writtenby: Mike Sutton and Brenda Sutton
album: Don't Hold Back
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 371 |
recordlabel: Mango 109
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Alisa Peoples, Jonah Ellis and Lonnie Simmons
comments: [funk rap]
|
| 372 |
recordlabel: Polydor 2187
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Keni St. Lewis, Freddie Perren
album: Sayin' Something!
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 373 |
recordlabel: Boardwalk 02063
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: L. Bonner, M. Jones, R. Middlebrooks, M. Pierce, D. Johnson
album: Tenderness
comments: [funk]
|
| 374 |
recordlabel: Buddah 627
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Robert Winters, Tony Saunders and Walter Turner
album: Magic Man
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 375 |
recordlabel: Columbia 2404
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Herbie Hancock, Jeffrey Cohen, Alphonse Mouzon and G. Christopher
album: Magic Windows
comments: [funk]
|
| 376 |
recordlabel: Liberty 645
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Phil Perry and Artis Philips Jr.
album: All My Reasons
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 377 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3803
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack
album: Love Is a Waiting Game
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 378 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5043
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Paul Laurence
album: Loveline
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 379 |
recordlabel: RCA 12163
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Anita Jones and David T. Garner
album: Soft Lights, Sweet Music
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 380 |
recordlabel: Elektra 47198
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: David Lasley and Roxanne Joy Seeman
album: Very Special
|
| 381 |
recordlabel: Becket 8
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Denroy Morgan, Bert Reid and Ronald Miller
album: I'll Do Anything for You
comments: [funk]
|
| 382 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4995
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Theophilus Coakley, Kirkwood Coakley, David Mackey and Anthony Flowers
album: Everything Is Cool
comments: [funk]
|
| 383 |
recordlabel: Chi Sound 2481
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Barbara Acklin and Eugene Record
album: Heavenly Body
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 384 |
recordlabel: Believe In A Dream 991
chartposition: RandB #48
writtenby: Dexter Redding, Otis Redding III and Mark Lockett
album: Class
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 385 |
recordlabel: RCA 12208
chartposition: US Dance #36
writtenby: Rodney Brown and Willie Lester
album: Inside of Me
comments: [disco dance] (Larry Levan 12-inch Mix)
|
| 386 |
recordlabel: ARC/Columbia 2239
chartposition: RandB #48, US Dance #50
writtenby: Wayne Vaughn
album: New Affair
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 387 |
recordlabel: Unlimited Gold 37176
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Jo Ann Belvin
album: Beware!
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 388 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 558
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: L. Johnson, M. Johnson, The Sugarhill Gang, Sylvia Robinson, The Furious Five
album: 8th Wonder
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 389 |
recordlabel: Epic 02397
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Stanley Clarke
album: The Clarke/Duke Project
comments: [disco jazz funk]
|
| 390 |
recordlabel: Arista 116
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Gil Scott Heron
album: Reflections
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 391 |
recordlabel: MCA 51138
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Claytoven Richardson, Bill Summers and Larry Batiste
album: Call It What You Want
comments: [disco jazz funk]
|
| 392 |
recordlabel: AandM 2326
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Brenda Russell
album: Love Life
|
| 393 |
recordlabel: Believe In A Dream 5602
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Chester Fortune, Nick Mann and Bill Beard
album: The Awakening
comments: [2 step beat ballad]
|
| 394 |
recordlabel: Gold Coast 1100
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Jesse Boyce
album: Surprise! Surprise!
comments: [funk]
|
| 395 |
recordlabel: Spring 170
chartposition: RandB #50
writtenby: Reggie Sinkler and Steve Horton
album: Gigolo
comments: [funk]
|
| 396 |
recordlabel: Warner 49661
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Bootsy Collins, Rick Evans, Ron Ford and George Clinton
album: Ultra Wave
comments: [funk]
|
| 397 |
recordlabel: DJM 10963 (UK)
chartposition: US Dance #34
writtenby: Russell Stone and Thor Baldursson
album: I'm Starting Again
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 398 |
recordlabel: Buddah 629
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Curtiss Boone, Everett Boone, Herschel Boone and Timothy McGhee
album: Slingshot
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 399 |
recordlabel: AandM 2368
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Louis Johnson
album: Winners
comments: [disco jazz funk]
|
| 400 |
recordlabel: Boardwalk 112
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Rudy Salas and Steve Salas
album: City Nights
comments: [ballad]
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