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Soul R&B singles on the Checker_ label...


The Soul Years - 1960-2001
Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the Checker_ record label. Click on "Checker_" in the label column on the right below to display the records in order of popularity with the best-selling songs 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 year to list all songs from that year.
(Search on 'Checker_' returned 98 results)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
1 recordlabel: Checker 872
chartposition: RandB #4, US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Margo Sylvia and Gilbert Lopez
comments: [ballad]
The Tune Weavers Happy, Happy Birthday Baby 1957 Checker
2 recordlabel: Checker 1067
chartposition: RandB #1 (3 weeks), UK #2, US #11
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Tommy Tucker (as Robert Higgenbotham)
album: Hi Heel Sneakers
comments: [blues soul]
Tommy Tucker Hi-Heel Sneakers 1964 Checker
3 recordlabel: Checker 1120
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #11
writtenby: Raynard Miner & Carl Smith (as Carl William Smith)
album: The New Look
comments: [northern soul]
Fontella Bass Rescue Me 1965 Checker
4 recordlabel: Checker 1105
chartposition: RandB #1, US #25
writtenby: Raynard Miner, Billy Davis, Carl Smith, Gene Barge
album: We're Gonna Make It
comments: [southern soul]
Little Milton We're Gonna Make It 1965 Checker
5 recordlabel: Checker 885
chartposition: RandB #5, US #7
writtenby: Jimmy McCracklin and Bob Garlic
album: Jimmy McCracklin Sings
Jimmy McCracklin The Walk 1958 Checker
6 recordlabel: Checker 1129
chartposition: RandB #7, US #27
writtenby: Bobby Moore
comments: [southern soul]
Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces Searching for My Love 1966 Checker
7 recordlabel: Checker 1131
chartposition: RandB #13, US #37, UK #32
writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis], Carl Smith & Raynard Miner
comments: [northern soul]
Fontella Bass Recovery 1965 Checker
8 recordlabel: Checker 1155
chartposition: RandB #3, US #45
writtenby: Gene Chandler & Keni St. Lewis
comments: [ballad]
Gene Chandler I Fooled You This Time 1966 Checker
9 recordlabel: Checker 1113
chartposition: RandB #4, US #43
writtenby: Carl Smith, Billy Davis & Raynard Miner
album: We're Gonna Make It
comments: [blues soul]
Little Milton Who's Cheating Who? 1965 Checker
10 recordlabel: Checker 1135
chartposition: RandB #4, US #58
writtenby: Willie Dixon
album: Koko Taylor
comments: [blues soul]
KoKo Taylor Wang Dang Doodle 1966 Checker
11 recordlabel: Checker 931
chartposition: RandB #3, US 20
weeksinr&bchart: 15
writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel)
album: Go Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley Say Man 1959 Checker
12 recordlabel: Checker 1227
chartposition: RandB #6, US #82
writtenby: Jimmy Holiday and Ronnie Shannon
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Little Milton Baby I Love You 1970 Checker
13 recordlabel: Checker 1162
chartposition: RandB #7, US #91
writtenby: Lightnin' Hopkins (as Sam Hopkins)
Little Milton Feel So Bad 1967 Checker
14 recordlabel: Checker 1073
chartposition: RandB #10, US #48
writtenby: Billy Davis and Robert Higgenbotham
Sugar Pie DeSanto Slip-In Mules (No High Heel Sneakers) 1964 Checker
15 recordlabel: Checker 827
chartposition: RandB #4
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel)
album: Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley Pretty Thing 1956 Checker
16 recordlabel: Checker 969
chartposition: RandB #13, US #25
writtenby: James Johnson [James E. Johnson], Shirley Hall and Leslie Temple
The Vibrations The Watusi 1961 Checker
17 recordlabel: Checker 1226
chartposition: RandB #10, US #71
writtenby: Bobby Miller
album: If Walls Could Talk
comments: [soul blues]
Little Milton If Walls Could Talk 1970 Checker
18 recordlabel: Checker 830
chartposition: RandB #5
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: Fats Washington and Stan Lewis
album: The Flamingos
comments: [ballad]
The Flamingos I'll Be Home 1956 Checker
19 recordlabel: Checker 817
chartposition: RandB #6
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel)
comments: [instrumental]
Little Walter & His Jukes Roller Coaster 1956 Checker
20 recordlabel: Checker 1107
chartposition: RandB #12, US #70
writtenby: J. Diggs
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.4 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
The Knight Brothers Temptation 'Bout To Get Me 1965 Checker
21 recordlabel: Checker 1165
chartposition: RandB #9, US #94
writtenby: Karl Tarleton
Gene Chandler To Be a Lover 1967 Checker
22 recordlabel: Checker 904
chartposition: RandB #6
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Charlie Segar and Big Bill Broonzy (traditional)
comments: [blues]
Little Walter & His Jukes Key to the Highway 1958 Checker
23 recordlabel: Checker 833
chartposition: RandB #7
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Bernie Roth (as Bernard Roth)
Little Walter & His Jukes Who 1956 Checker
24 recordlabel: Checker 1212
chartposition: RandB #13, US #73
writtenby: Titus Turner
album: Grits Ain't Groceries Featuring Just a Little Bit
Little Milton Grits Ain't Groceries (All Around the World) 1969 Checker
25 recordlabel: Checker 1217
chartposition: RandB #13, US #97
writtenby: Earl Washington, John Thornton, Piney Brown and Ralph Bass
album: Grits Ain't Groceries Featuring Just a Little Bit
Little Milton Just a Little Bit 1969 Checker
26 recordlabel: Checker 924
chartposition: RandB #14, US #62
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel)
album: Go Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley Crackin' Up 1959 Checker
27 recordlabel: Checker 1096
chartposition: RandB #14, US #86
writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) and Joe Scott
album: We're Gonna Make It
Little Milton Blind Man 1965 Checker
28 recordlabel: Checker 1152
chartposition: RandB #16, US #97
writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] and Sugar Pie DeSanto
Bobby McClure Peak of Love 1966 Checker
29 recordlabel: Checker 837
chartposition: RandB #12
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Roquel Davis) and Russ Fratto
album: Flamingos
comments: [ballad]
The Flamingos A Kiss from Your Lips 1959 Checker
30 recordlabel: Checker 1225
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Cash McCall (as Morris Dollison)
Little Milton Let's Get Together 1969 Checker
31 recordlabel: Checker 1098
chartposition: UK #39
writtenby: Chuck Berry
Bo Diddley Hey Good Lookin' 1965 Checker
32 recordlabel: Checker 1221
chartposition: RandB #18, US #103
writtenby: Little Milton (as Milton Campbell), James Blumenburg and Billy Butler
Little Milton Poor Man 1969 Checker
33 recordlabel: Checker 994
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Milton Campbell and Oliver Sain
Little Milton So Mean To Me 1962 Checker
34 recordlabel: Checker 847
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Sonny Boy Williamson
album: Down And Out Blues
comments: [blues]
Sonny Boy Williamson Keep It to Yourself 1956 Checker
35 recordlabel: Checker 1158
chartposition: RandB #17, US #88
writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)
Bo Diddley Ooh Baby 1967 Checker
36 recordlabel: Checker 942
chartposition: RandB #20, US #75
writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)
Bo Diddley Road Runner 1960 Checker
37 recordlabel: Checker 914
chartposition: RandB #17
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel)
Bo Diddley I'm Sorry 1959 Checker
38 recordlabel: Checker 1019
chartposition: RandB #21, US #48
writtenby: Willie Dixon
album: Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover 1962 Checker
39 recordlabel: Checker 1199
chartposition: RandB #19
writtenby: Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon)
Gene Chandler River of Tears 1968 Checker
40 recordlabel: Checker 1082
chartposition: RandB #19
writtenby: Maurice McAlister
Sugar Pie DeSanto Soulful Dress 1964 Checker
41 recordlabel: Checker 1156
chartposition: RandB #40, US #97
writtenby: Bobby Moore [saxophonist]
Bobby Moore Try My Love Again 1966 Checker
42 recordlabel: Checker 936
chartposition: RandB #23, US #106
weeksinr&bchart: 1
writtenby: E. McDaniel
Bo Diddley Say Man, Back Again 1959 Checker
43 recordlabel: Checker 1231
chartposition: RandB #22
writtenby: G. Jackson, W. Henderson, B. Despenza and M Campbell
comments: [southern soul]
Little Milton Somebody's Changin' My Sweet Baby's Mind 1970 Checker
44 recordlabel: Checker 1111
chartposition: RandB #27, US #91
writtenby: Gene Barge and Billy Clark
album: The New Look
Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure You'll Miss Me (When I'm Gone) 1965 Checker
45 recordlabel: Checker 1036
chartposition: RandB #24
writtenby: Sonny Boy Williamson
Sonny Boy Williamson Help Me 1963 Checker
46 recordlabel: Checker 1138
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #25
writtenby: Caston, Anderson and Campbell
comments: [ballad]
Little Milton When Does Heartache End 1966 Checker
47 recordlabel: Checker 930
chartposition: RandB #25
weeksinr&bchart: 2
writtenby: Little Walter (as Walter Jacobs)
Little Walter & His Jukes Everything Gonna Be Alright 1959 Checker
48 recordlabel: Checker 1208
chartposition: RandB #27
writtenby: Cash McCall (as Maurice Dollison)
Little Milton Let Me Down Easy 1968 Checker
49 recordlabel: Checker 1111
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #30
writtenby: Davis, Smith, Miner
Fontella Bass & Bobby McClure Don't Jump 1965 Checker
50 recordlabel: Checker 1172
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Caston and Webber
Little Milton I'll Never Turn My Back on You 1967 Checker
51 recordlabel: Checker 1137
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis], Raynard Miner and Carl Smith (as Carl William Smith)
Fontella Bass I Can't Rest 1966 Checker
52 recordlabel: Checker 1132
chartposition: US #100
writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] and Shena DeMell
Little Milton We Got the Winning Hand 1966 Checker
53 recordlabel: Checker 1137
chartposition: RandB #33, US #78
writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis], Sugar Pie DeSanto and Shena De Mell
Fontella Bass I Surrender 1966 Checker
54 recordlabel: Checker 1112
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #34
writtenby: Higgenbotham, Jones, Young
Tommy Tucker Alimony 1965 Checker
55 recordlabel: Checker 1147
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Oliver Sain
Fontella Bass You'll Never Know 1966 Checker
56 recordlabel: Checker 1128
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #29, US #106
writtenby: Carl Smith, Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] and Raynard Miner
Little Milton Your People 1965 Checker
57 recordlabel: Checker 954
chartposition: US #110
writtenby: James Johnson [James E. Johnson]
The Vibrations So Blue 1960 Checker
58 recordlabel: Checker 1141
chartposition: RandB #40, US #111
writtenby: Fats Washington
Little Joe Blue Dirty Work Going 1966 Checker
59 recordlabel: Checker 974
chartposition: US #112
writtenby: Hall and The Vibrations
The Vibrations The Junkernoo 1961 Checker
60 recordlabel: Checker 1239
chartposition: RandB #37
writtenby: Pearl Woods
Little Milton I Play Dirty 1971 Checker
61 recordlabel: Checker 951
chartposition: US #111
writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)
Bo Diddley Crawdad 1960 Checker
62 recordlabel: Checker 1078
chartposition: RandB #39
writtenby: Oliver Sain
Little Milton What Kind Of Love Is This 1964 Checker
63 recordlabel: Checker 5043
chartposition: US #121
writtenby: Gene Barge
The Violinaires I Don't Know 1968 Checker
64 recordlabel: Checker 1149
chartposition: RandB #45, US #127
writtenby: Chuck Corby
Little Milton Man Loves Two 1966 Checker
65 recordlabel: Checker 1082
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
Sugar Pie DeSanto Use What You Got 1964 Checker
66 recordlabel: Checker 1197
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #43
writtenby: R. Hall, D. Penn, O. Franck
album: Lean On Me
Maurice & Mac You Left The Water Running 1968 Checker
67 recordlabel: Checker 1189
chartposition: RandB #45
writtenby: Don Juan and Vee Pee Smith
Little Milton More and More 1967 Checker
68 recordlabel: Checker 1205
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: Andre Williams , Robert Thurston and Bobby Miller (as Robert Eugene Miller)
Andre Williams Cadillac Jack 1968 Checker
69 recordlabel: Checker 1020
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #47
writtenby: M. Campbell, O. Sain
Little Milton Losing Hand 1962 Checker
70 recordlabel: Checker 1180
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Thomas Kaye, Bob H. Schwartz and Jack Donald
comments: [northern soul]
Bobby Moore Chained to Your Heart 1967 Checker
71 recordlabel: Checker 1178
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #49
writtenby: Willie Dixon
Tommy Tucker I'm Shorty 1967 Checker
72 recordlabel: Checker 1147
chartposition: US #100
writtenby: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis], Carl Smith and Raynard Miner
comments: [northern soul]
Fontella Bass Safe and Sound 1966 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1199
writtenby: M. Smith, A. Floyd
Gene Chandler It's Time To Settle Down 1968 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1190
writtenby: A. Joseph, B. Reed, D. Reed, W. Sanders
Gene Chandler I Won't Need You 1967 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1122
writtenby: Womack
Bobby Womack of the Valentinos I Found a True Love 1965 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1122
writtenby: Womack
Bobby Womack of the Valentinos A Lonesome Man 1965 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 861
Aretha Franklin Never Grow Old 1956 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1120
writtenby: Oliver Sain
album: The \'New\' Look
comments: [southern soul ballad]
mpcode: W-D1Lx_6_c0
Fontella Bass Soul Of The Man 1965 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1131
writtenby: Shena DeMell, Sugar Pie DeSanto
comments: [southern soul]
Fontella Bass Leave It In The Hands Of Love 1965 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1183
writtenby: Simms, Tarleton
comments: [northern soul]
Fontella Bass Lucky In Love 1967 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 955
writtenby: Willie Dixon
comments: [blues]
Little Walter My Babe 1960 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1190
writtenby: W. Butler, B. Griffin
Gene Chandler No Peace, No Satisfaction 1967 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 982
writtenby: J. Johnson, E. Smith
The Vibrations Don't Say Goodbye 1961 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1220
writtenby: Mayfield
Gene Chandler In My Body's House 1969 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1188
writtenby: Davis, Jackson, Miner
comments: [northern soul]
Joy Lovejoy In Orbit 1967 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1237
writtenby: Bobby Moore
Bobby Moore Give Me Your Love Right Now 1970 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1161
writtenby: Hennie, Anderson, Derrick
Kip Anderson Take It Like A Man 1967 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1145
writtenby: Derrick, Anderson, Thompson, Barge
Kip Anderson If That Don't Make You Cry 1966 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1161
writtenby: Hennie, Anderson, Derrick
Kip Anderson A Knife And A Fork 1967 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1102
writtenby: Jackey Beavers
Jackey Beavers Jack A Rue 1965 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1119
writtenby: J. Beavers, D. Hendepp, E. Reddon
Jackey Beavers Sling Shot 1965 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 5031
Aretha Franklin Precious Lord 1959 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1124
writtenby: Peylia Parham, Shena DeMell
album: Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1
comments: [deep soul]
The Knight Brothers I'm Never Gonna Live It Down 1965 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1136
writtenby: K. Anderson, J. Snooks
Kip Anderson Tell Her I Love Her 1966 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1211
writtenby: A. Jones, H. Banks
Willie Walker A Lucky Loser 1968 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1198
writtenby: Clarence Shields
Willie Walker You Name It, I've Had It 1968 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1198
writtenby: Claunch, Russell
Willie Walker You're Running Too Fast 1968 Checker
-- recordlabel: Checker 1165
writtenby: W.E. Butler
comments: [northern soul]
Gene Chandler After The Laughter 1967 Checker

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