| 401 |
recordlabel: Pavillion 975
chartposition: R&B #51
writtenby: Tony Valor
album: Fantasy
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 402 |
recordlabel: ICA 027
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: L.V. Johnson
album: We Belong Together
comments: [2 step beat ballad]
|
| 403 |
recordlabel: MCA 51054
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Kevin McCord
album: Love Is...One Way
|
| 404 |
recordlabel: Fantasy 201
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Malcolm Noble, Marlon McClain and Roger Sause
album: Shock
comments: [funk]
|
| 405 |
recordlabel: RCA 12179
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Merry Clayton
album: Come to My World
|
| 406 |
recordlabel: Planet 47937
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Anita Pointer, June Pointer and Trevor Lawrence
album: Black and White
|
| 407 |
recordlabel: Fantasy 910
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Alvin Alexander, Joe Hall and Roslyn Monroe
album: Better Days
comments: [mid-tempo ballad]
|
| 408 |
recordlabel: MCA 51190
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: James Batton and Ron Tyson
album: All Thing Happen in Time
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 409 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02113
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: G. Smith
comments: [ballad]
|
| 410 |
recordlabel: GRP 2516
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Bobby Broom and Marcus Miller
album: Clean Sweep
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 411 |
recordlabel: Posse 5010
chartposition: RandB #52
writtenby: Marcus Mitchell and Anthony Wells
album: Glad You Came My Way
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 412 |
recordlabel: Magic 93000
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Denzil Miller
comments: [funk]
|
| 413 |
recordlabel: Cherie 3872
chartposition: RandB #69, US Dance #53
writtenby: Jerry Carr
album: This Must Be Heaven
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 414 |
recordlabel: Motown 1520
chartposition: US #106
writtenby: Ollie E. Brown
album: Billy Preston and Syreeta
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 415 |
recordlabel: Arista 12392
chartposition: US Dance #35
writtenby: Ray Parker Jr.
album: A Woman Needs Love
comments: [disco funk instrumental]
|
| 416 |
recordlabel: Liberty 1431
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Earl Klugh
album: Crazy for You
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 417 |
recordlabel: Prism 407
chartposition: US Dance #35
writtenby: Curtis Hudson
album: Pure Energy
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 418 |
recordlabel: Liberty 1399
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Linda Creed and Thom Bell
album: Eloise Laws
comments: [ballad]
|
| 419 |
recordlabel: Salsoul 2151
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Cameron's in Love
comments: [funk]
|
| 420 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7216
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Teena Marie
album: It Must Be Magic
comments: [jazz soul beat ballad]
|
| 421 |
recordlabel: Polydor 2186
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Butch Bonner, Henry Prejean, Howard Redmon, James Gadson, John Haynes and Lee Hayes
album: Saturday, Saturday Night
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 422 |
recordlabel: Atlantic, RFC 3869
chartposition: US Dance #36
writtenby: Donald Burnside
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 423 |
recordlabel: Phase II 5654
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Hamilton Bohannon
album: Goin' for Another One
comments: [funk]
|
| 424 |
recordlabel: Elektra 12569
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Cynthia Biggs and Dexter Wansel
album: Pieces of a Dream
comments: [smooth jazz funk ballad]
|
| 425 |
recordlabel: Cotillion
chartposition: US Dance #36
writtenby: Alan and Preston Glass
album: With You
comments: [disco dance album cut]
|
| 426 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76094
chartposition: RandB #54
writtenby: Ken Gold and Michael Denne
album: Delegation II
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 427 |
recordlabel: Sugar Hill 557
chartposition: RandB #55
album: The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & The Furious Five - More Of The Best
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 428 |
recordlabel: Arista 0593
chartposition: RandB #55, US Dance #94
writtenby: Harvey Mason , Kenny Mason and Deon Estus
album: M.V.P.
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 429 |
recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2000
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: B. Womack, J. Ford
album: The Poet...
|
| 430 |
recordlabel: Fantasy 906
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Eric Robinson and Hailey
album: Backatcha
|
| 431 |
recordlabel: MCA 52002
chartposition: RandB #66, US dance #56
writtenby: Tony Maiden and Lalomie Washburn
album: Camouflage
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 432 |
recordlabel: MCA 51125
chartposition: RandB #56
writtenby: Bessie Poindexter and Lalomie Washburn
album: Party 'Til You're Broke
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 433 |
recordlabel: Mirage 3875
chartposition: RandB #56
writtenby: David Wolfert and Sandy Linzer
album: More of the Good Life
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 434 |
recordlabel: Whitfield 49681
chartposition: RandB #56
writtenby: Mark Kenoly, Norman Whitfield and Walter Downing
album: Golden Touch
comments: [ballad]
|
| 435 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 46020
chartposition: RandB #56
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Isaac Bolden and Jean Harris
album: Keep It Comin'
comments: [ballad]
|
| 436 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4981
chartposition: RandB #57, US Dance #87
writtenby: Byron Byrd
album: Force of Nature
comments: [funk]
|
| 437 |
recordlabel: Destiny 2001
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Chauncey Matthews
album: Skool Boyz [1981 album]
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 438 |
recordlabel: T Neck 02179
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper
album: Grand Slam / Beautiful Ballads
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 439 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 888
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: L. Huff
album: Here to Create Music
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 440 |
recordlabel: MCA 51179
chartposition: RandB #57
writtenby: Lenny Williams
album: Ooh Child (compilation album)
comments: [disco, boogie]
|
| 441 |
recordlabel: Chi Sound 2500
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks and Jerry Butler
album: Fan the Fire
comments: [ballad]
|
| 442 |
recordlabel: Zoo York 1324
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Jimmy Levine and Lowrell (as Lowrell Simon)
|
| 443 |
recordlabel: Bang 02599
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Ray Ransom, Jimmy Brown, Eddie Irons, Regi Hickman and Ray Parker Jr.
album: Summer Heat
comments: [funk]
|
| 444 |
recordlabel: BC 4008
chartposition: RandB #58
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Sting
comments: [instrumental] (produced by Began Cekic)
|
| 445 |
recordlabel: Warner 49709
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Turley Richards
album: Secret Combination
|
| 446 |
recordlabel: MCA 51033
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Lenny Williams, Bernard Thompson, Steve Duboff
album: Ooh Child (compilation album)
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 447 |
recordlabel: RCA 12324
chartposition: RandB #79, US Dance #59
writtenby: John Pati
album: Do You Believe In Magic
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 448 |
recordlabel: DJM 19947 (UK)
chartposition: US dance #39
writtenby: Frank Hooper
album: Frank Hooker and Positive People
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 449 |
recordlabel: GRP 2513
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Sekou Bunch
album: Magic
comments: [disco jazz funk]
|
| 450 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4998
chartposition: RandB #59
writtenby: Ronnie McNeir
album: L.J. Reynolds
comments: [ballad]
|
| 451 |
recordlabel: Elektra 47108
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: D'Lanie McQuaig and Mel Bolto
album: No Time for Masquerading
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 452 |
recordlabel: Posse Records 1201
chartposition: US Dance #40
writtenby: Arthur Baker, Glenn Dorsey and Tina Klein Baker
|
| 453 |
recordlabel: Warner 49667
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: George Clinton, Junie Morrison and Barbarella Bishop
album: The Electric Spanking Of War Babies
comments: [funk]
|
| 454 |
recordlabel: Solar 47948
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: Reggie Calloway, Vincent Calloway, Jeffery Cooper, Kenneth Gant, Melvin Gentry, Belinda Lipscomb
album: Standing Together
comments: [funk]
|
| 455 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4989
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: Peabo Bryson
album: Turn the Hands of Time
comments: [ballad]
|
| 456 |
recordlabel: Arista 0625
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: John Barnes
album: Spirit of the Street
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 457 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5055
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: Earl Klugh, Bill Allen and Geoge Porter Martin
album: Party in Me
|
| 458 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 46024
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: Julie Reeder, Billy Thomas and Bobby Reeder
album: With You
|
| 459 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54326
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
album: In Our Lifetime
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 460 |
recordlabel: Spring 3019
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Don Gibson
album: Just a Lil' Bit Country
|
| 461 |
recordlabel: Liberty 1414
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: David Shawn Sandridge, Chris Jones and Dean Hummons
album: Cutie Pie
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 462 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54332
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Gary Goetzman and Mike Piccirillo
album: Being with You
comments: [ballad]
|
| 463 |
recordlabel: Tabu 2569
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #62
writtenby: A. Simpson, J. Simpson, B. Speight, Sigidi
album: The S.O.S. Band Too
|
| 464 |
recordlabel: Columbia 02269
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Leo Graham and Paul Richmond
album: Everything In Place
|
| 465 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 46014
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Curt Jones, Danny Webster, Mark Adams, Mark Hicks, Raye Turner, Steve Washington
album: Stone Jam
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 466 |
recordlabel: Elektra 11539
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Carla Vaughn
album: Just Like Dreamin'
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 467 |
recordlabel: WMOT 02237
chartposition: US Dance #41
writtenby: Butch Ingram and James Ingram
album: A Piece of My Life
|
| 468 |
recordlabel: Motown 1530
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Leon Ware and Arthur Ross
album: Jose Feliciano / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
|
| 469 |
recordlabel: Venture 5017
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Reggie Griffin and Kevin Ferrell
album: Redd Hott #1
|
| 470 |
recordlabel: Believe In A Dream 1287
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: Dexter Redding, Otis Redding III and Mark Lockett
album: Class
comments: [funk]
|
| 471 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4969
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Benjamin Wright and Lloyd Price
album: Love Uprising
comments: [ballad]
|
| 472 |
recordlabel: Epic 51014
chartposition: RandB #64, US Dance #68
writtenby: C. Fearing, C. Veal Jr., M. Dean
album: Let Me Be the One
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 473 |
recordlabel: Solar 12180
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Nidra Beard, Linda Carriere and Gene Dozier
album: Adventures in the Land of Music
comments: [country pop soul]
|
| 474 |
recordlabel: EMI 8091
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Michael Toles
album: To The Point
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 475 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 270
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Willie Hutch
album: Labor of Love
|
| 476 |
recordlabel: Montage 1204
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Hadley Murrell and Dwight Emile
album: Black Ice
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 477 |
recordlabel: Spring 166
chartposition: RandB #64
writtenby: Carole Sylvan, Gerry Thomas and Steven Bush
album: Tasty Jam
comments: [funk]
|
| 478 |
recordlabel: Elektra 11515
chartposition: US Dance #43
writtenby: Lee Ritenour
album: Rit
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 479 |
recordlabel: Warner 49646
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: A Musical Affair
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 480 |
recordlabel: Epic 02521
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Richard Dimples Fields
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 481 |
recordlabel: TSOB 2006
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Norvell Holmes and Paul Chevalier
album: A Chance for Hope
|
| 482 |
recordlabel: Salsoul 2135
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Edwin Birdsong
album: Funtaztik
comments: [funk instrumental]
|
| 483 |
recordlabel: Capitol 5026
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Sheree Brown
album: Straight Ahead
comments: [dance]
|
| 484 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 220
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Vaughan Mason
comments: [funk]
|
| 485 |
recordlabel: AandM 2336
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Jerry Knight
album: Perfect Fit
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 486 |
recordlabel: Epic 1280
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Billy Ocean and Ken Gold
album: Night (Feel Like Getting Down)
comments: [disco, boogie]
|
| 487 |
recordlabel: 20th Century 2482
chartposition: RandB #66
weeksinr&bchart: 6
writtenby: Gary Taylor
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 488 |
recordlabel: Chocolate City 3229
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Ky Adeyemo and Ernesto Phillips
album: Wanting You
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 489 |
recordlabel: Park Place 121081
chartposition: US dance #44
writtenby: David Williams
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 490 |
recordlabel: Elektra 47093
chartposition: RandB #66
writtenby: Leon Ware, Marcos Valle, Peter Cetera and Laudir de Oliveira
album: Rockin' You Eternally
|
| 491 |
recordlabel: Chocolate City 3226
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Ernesto Phillips and Ky Adeyemo
album: Keep on It
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 492 |
recordlabel: Spring 3016
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Gerry Thomas
album: 14 Karat
comments: [ballad]
|
| 493 |
recordlabel: Polydor 2159
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: H. Ray
album: Ray, Goodman & Brown II
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 494 |
recordlabel: Salsoul 2134
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Randy Muller
album: Cameron
|
| 495 |
recordlabel: Epic 02112
chartposition: RandB #69, US Dance #68
writtenby: W. Lewis, J. Gadson
album: Let Me Be the One
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 496 |
recordlabel: LAX 37087
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Stanley Geter, Fuzzy Haskins, William Mims, Galvin Simon and Grady Thomas
album: Connections and Disconnections
comments: [funk]
|
| 497 |
recordlabel: Tabu 02130
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: F. Dixon. Jr, M. Charlot
album: Universal Love
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 498 |
recordlabel: Warner 49804
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Andy Fraser, Danny Ironstone, Alfred McCrary and Linda McCrary
album: What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
|
| 499 |
recordlabel: ARC 02535
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Jeff Hull, Gary Poirot and Stephen Landau (as S. Londo)
album: New Affair
comments: [ballad]
|
| 500 |
recordlabel: GNP Crescendo 823
chartposition: US Dance #46
writtenby: Jackie English, John Davis, and Vince Fay
comments: [disco dance]
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