1 |
recordlabel: Mercury 70893
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
writtenby: Georges Boulanger and Jimmy Kennedy
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
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2 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71289
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
writtenby: Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, Artie Dunn and Buck Ram
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3 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71565
chartposition: RandB #1 (10 weeks), US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 17
writtenby: Clyde Otis, Murray Stein & Brook Benton
album: The Two Of Us
comments: [jazz RnB]
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4 |
recordlabel: Mercury 1109
chartposition: RandB #1 (9 weeks), US #7, UK #41
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Golden Hits
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5 |
recordlabel: Mercury 70753
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1
writtenby: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
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6 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71394
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3
writtenby: Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks and Clyde Otis
album: It's Just a Matter of Time
comments: [ballad]
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7 |
recordlabel: Mercury 70633
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5
writtenby: Buck Ram (as Ande Rand)
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8 |
recordlabel: Mercury 014302
chartposition: US #1, UK #1, AC #24, RandB #121
writtenby: Taio Cruz and Fraser T. Smith
album: Rokstarr
mpcode: ddgcdagdbwI
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9 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71383
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1
writtenby: Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern
album: Remember When?
comments: [ballad]
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10 |
recordlabel: Mercury 945
chartposition: RandB #32, UK #1, US #2, US dance #2
writtenby: Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo & Victor Willis
album: Cruisin'
comments: [disco]
|
11 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71478
chartposition: RandB #1, US #16
writtenby: Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
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12 |
recordlabel: Mercury 73734
chartposition: RandB #1, US #11, UK #51
writtenby: Billy Beck, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell
album: Honey...
comments: [funk]
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13 |
recordlabel: Mercury 1099
chartposition: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Brook Benton, Clyde Otis & Luchi DeJesus
album: The Two Of Us
comments: [jazz RnB]
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14 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71635
chartposition: RandB #1 (1 week), US #24
weeksinr&bchart: 16
writtenby: Clyde Otis
album: Unforgettable
comments: [jazz RnB]
|
15 |
recordlabel: Mercury 73643
chartposition: RandB #1, US dance #10, US #1
writtenby: J. Williams C. Satchell L. Bonner M. Jones R. Middlebrooks M. Pierce W. Beck
album: Fire
comments: [funk]
|
16 |
recordlabel: Mercury 812 370 7
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, US dance #3, UK #25
writtenby: Donna Summer & Michael Omartian
album: She Works Hard for the Money
comments: [disco dance]
|
17 |
recordlabel: Mercury 70819
chartposition: RandB #4, US #4
writtenby: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
|
18 |
recordlabel: Mercury 70963
chartposition: RandB #3, US #17
writtenby: Sil Austin
album: Golden Saxophone Hits
comments: [Jazz RnB Instrumental]
|
19 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71820
chartposition: RandB #2 (4 weeks), US #2, UK #30, US AC #1
weeksinr&bchart: 12
writtenby: Brook Benton, Clyde Otis
album: The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits
|
20 |
recordlabel: Mercury 2
chartposition: RandB #38, US #11, UK #15, US dance #1
writtenby: Crystal Waters, Tommy Davis, Theodore Douglas and Jay Steinhour
album: Storyteller
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21 |
recordlabel: Mercury 878476 7
chartposition: RandB #8, US #5, UK #4, US AC #3
writtenby: Brenda Russell
album: Circle of One
comments: [ballad]
|
22 |
recordlabel: Mercury 868 208
chartposition: UK #2, RandB #25, US #8, US dance #1
writtenby: Neal Conway and Crystal Waters
album: Surprise
comments: [dance, house]
|
23 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71032
chartposition: RandB #15, US #11, UK #18
writtenby: Agnes White, Buck Ram and Peter Tinturin
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
|
24 |
recordlabel: Mercury 72898
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Jerry Butler
album: The Ice Man Cometh
comments: [philly sound]
|
25 |
recordlabel: Mercury 72055
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Leon Carr & Earl Shuman
album: Golden Hits, Volume 2
comments: [released 1962, charted 1963]
|
26 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76132
chartposition: RandB #2, UK #7, US #30, US dance #4
writtenby: Junior (as Junior Giscombe) & Bob Carter
album: JI
|
27 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71774
chartposition: RandB #2 (1 week), US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 13
writtenby: Clyde Otis & Willie Dixon
|
28 |
recordlabel: Mercury 22 (UK)
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #6, US #101, US Dance #52
writtenby: C. Wilson, L. Simmons, R. Wilson, R. Taylor
album: Gap Band II
comments: [disco funk]
|
29 |
recordlabel: Mercury 888 016
chartposition: UK #4, US #6, US Dance #12, US AC #1
writtenby: Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery and Martin Jackson
album: It's Better to Travel
comments: [jazz funk]
|
30 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71032
chartposition: RandB #5, US #16
writtenby: Paul Robi, Buck Ram (as Jean Miles) and Zola Taylor
|
31 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71465
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2
writtenby: Phil Phillips and George Khoury
|
32 |
recordlabel: Mercury (UK)
chartposition: UK #1
writtenby: Duffy, Steve Booker
album: Rockferry
|
33 |
recordlabel: Mercury 154
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #7, US #19, US dance #26
writtenby: Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples & Lonnie Simmons
album: The Two of Us
|
34 |
recordlabel: Mercury 311
chartposition: US dance #1, UK #2, US #25, RandB #75
writtenby: Steve Vincent & Mick Walsh
album: Adventures of Stevie V
comments: [disco dance boogie]
|
35 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71477
chartposition: RandB #5, US #7, UK #7
writtenby: Sherman Edwards and Hal David
album: The Magic Of Sarah Vaughan
comments: [jazz RnB]
|
36 |
recordlabel: Mercury 888 074
chartposition: RandB #2, US #10, UK #30, US dance #35, US AC #35
writtenby: Ronald Bell (as Khalis Bayyan), Kool & the Gang & James
album: Forever
|
37 |
recordlabel: Mercury 888 292
chartposition: RandB #4, US #10, UK #45, US dance #41, US AC #11
writtenby: Claydes Charles Smith, Kool & the Gang & James
album: Forever
|
38 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71093
chartposition: RandB #7, UK #7, US #24
writtenby: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
|
39 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71774
chartposition: RandB #6, US #11
weeksinr&bchart: 14
writtenby: Joe Shapiro, Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams] & Clyde Otis
|
40 |
recordlabel: Mercury 73083
chartposition: RandB #8, US #12
writtenby: Herman Davis & Russ Lewis
album: The Gene Chandler Situation
|
41 |
recordlabel: Mercury 73839
chartposition: RandB #1, US #10
writtenby: Paul Mitchell & William Bell
album: Coming Back for More
|
42 |
recordlabel: Mercury 420
chartposition: RandB #5, US #28, UK #23
writtenby: Luther Archer and Michael Archer
|
43 |
recordlabel: Mercury 73814
chartposition: RandB #1, US #18
writtenby: Billy Beck , Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell
album: Contradiction
comments: [funk]
|
44 |
recordlabel: Mercury 6167012
chartposition: RandB #2, US #13
writtenby: Marshall Jones, Marvin Pierce, Leroy Bonner, James
album: Skin Tight
comments: [funk]
|
45 |
recordlabel: Mercury 72850
chartposition: RandB #1, US #16
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Jerry Butler
album: The Ice Man Cometh
comments: [philly sound]
|
46 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71660
chartposition: RandB #7, US #23
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Clyde McPhatter & Jimmy Oliver
album: Ta Ta!
|
47 |
recordlabel: Mercury 72960
chartposition: RandB #4, US #20
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Thom Bell & Jerry Butler
album: Ice on Ice
comments: [philly sound]
|
48 |
recordlabel: Mercury 72135
chartposition: RandB #7, US #22, US AC #8
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: R. Stevens and M. Singleton
album: Lie To Me Singing The Blues
|
49 |
recordlabel: Mercury 73255
chartposition: RandB #3, US #21
writtenby: Homer Talbert & Herscholt Polk
album: The Saggitarius Movement
comments: [ballad]
|
50 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71512
chartposition: RandB #1, US #6
writtenby: Bobby Stevenson
album: I Love You In So Many Ways
|
51 |
recordlabel: Mercury 73959
chartposition: RandB #1, US #23
writtenby: Michael Cooper
album: Secrets
comments: [funk]
|
52 |
recordlabel: Mercury 3
chartposition: UK #7, US Dance #22, US AC #7
writtenby: Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery and Martin Jackson
album: It's Better to Travel
|
53 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71876
chartposition: RandB #5, US #23, UK #35, US AC #5
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Harry Warren & Al Dubin
album: September in the Rain
comments: [jazz RnB]
|
54 |
recordlabel: Mercury 73833
chartposition: RandB #5, US #23, UK #41
writtenby: Michael Beard, Larry Dodson, Harvey Henderson, Lloyd Smith, Frank Thompson
album: Too Hot To Stop
comments: [funk]
|
55 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71722
chartposition: RandB #5, US #24, UK #50
weeksinr&bchart: 10
writtenby: Rube Bloom & Johnny Mercer
album: Songs I Love To Sing
|
56 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76091
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #22, US dance #19
writtenby: Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons & Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band III
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
57 |
recordlabel: Mercury 72099
chartposition: RandB #4, US #28, US AC #14
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Margie Singleton and Brook Benton
album: Lie To Me Singing The Blues
|
58 |
recordlabel: Mercury 1761142 (UK)
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: David Jordan and Simon Pilton
album: Set the Mood
|
59 |
recordlabel: Mercury 814088
chartposition: RandB #9, UK #14, US #43
writtenby: Donna Summer & Michael Omartian
album: She Works Hard for the Money
|
60 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71435
chartposition: RandB #4, US #8
writtenby: Grever and Adams
album: What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!
comments: [jazz RnB]
|
61 |
recordlabel: Mercury 1
chartposition: UK #3, RandB #71
writtenby: Wyclef Jean, L. Hill, Pras, S. Anderson, B. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus, Q Tip, J. Forte
album: When We Were Kings
comments: [hip hop]
|
62 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76101
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #47, US #60
writtenby: Oliver Scott & Ronnie Wilson
album: Gap Band III
|
63 |
recordlabel: Mercury 72798
chartposition: RandB #4, US #20
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Jerry Butler
album: The Ice Man Cometh / The Soul Goes On
comments: [philly sound]
|
64 |
recordlabel: Mercury 72929
chartposition: RandB #3, US #24
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Thom Bell & Jerry Butler
album: Ice on Ice
comments: [philly sound]
|
65 |
recordlabel: Mercury 1
chartposition: RandB #11, US #17
writtenby: Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten and Richard Griffin
comments: [slow jam]
|
66 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71563
chartposition: RandB #15, US #8, UK #11
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Will Grosz (as Hugh Williams) & Jimmy Kennedy
album: Reflections
|
67 |
recordlabel: Mercury 461
chartposition: RandB #17, UK #17, US #39, US AC #5
writtenby: Lionel Richie, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris) and Terry Lewis
album: Louder Than Words
comments: [ballad]
|
68 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76126
chartposition: RandB #14, US dance #5, UK #42, US #84
writtenby: Linton Beckles, Lipson Francis & Roy Carter
album: Central Line
|
69 |
recordlabel: Mercury (UK)
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson and Simon Climie
album: Wonder No. 8
|
70 |
recordlabel: Mercury 858 163
chartposition: RandB #10, US #64, UK #22, US dance #6
writtenby: J. Dibbs, Brian Allen and Teddy Denslow
album: Everything
|
71 |
recordlabel: Mercury 1(UK)
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: Dina Carroll, Nigel Lowis, B. Blue and R. Smith
album: Only Human
|
72 |
recordlabel: Mercury 1
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Henry Binns, Yoyo Olugbo, JP Esq., Paul Meehan, Steve Levine, Célena Cherry, Mariama Goodman
album: Wonder No. 8
comments: [slow jam]
|
73 |
recordlabel: Mercury 72230
chartposition: RandB #5, US #35, US AC #11
writtenby: Emil Anton & Alan Thomas
album: On the Countryside
comments: [ballad]
|
74 |
recordlabel: Mercury 884 009
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #22, US #47, US dance #7
writtenby: Rene Moore & Angela Winbush
album: Street Called Desire
|
75 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76150
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #20, US dance #67
writtenby: Junior (as Junior Giscombe) & Bob Carter
album: Ji
|
76 |
recordlabel: Mercury 866 445
chartposition: RandB #44, US #26, US dance #2
writtenby: Hula, Craig Simpkins (as K. Fingers), Lidell Townsell and Silk E
comments: [dance, house]
|
77 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76075
chartposition: RandB #4, UK #47, US #87, US dance #9
writtenby: Kurtis Blow, Robert Ford Jr., J.B. Moore, Russell Simmons & Larry Smith
album: Kurtis Blow
comments: [hip hop]
|
78 |
recordlabel: Mercury 135
chartposition: RandB #5, US #22
writtenby: R. Saadiq, D. Wiggins, T. Riley
album: House of Music
|
79 |
recordlabel: Mercury 72024
chartposition: RandB #3, US #13
writtenby: Margie Singleton & Brook Benton
album: Singing the Blues Lie to Me
comments: [blues]
|
80 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71322
chartposition: RandB #4, US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Danny Webb
comments: [ballad]
|
81 |
recordlabel: Mercury 128
chartposition: RandB #5, US #30, UK #33
writtenby: DJ Quik (as David Blake) and Raphael Saadiq
album: House of Music
comments: [hip hop] (featuring DJ Quik)
|
82 |
recordlabel: Mercury 870 154
chartposition: US dance #1, RandB #71, US #35
writtenby: Steve Harvey
album: Nothin' but Trouble
comments: [dance, boogie]
|
83 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71903
chartposition: RandB #12, US #15
writtenby: Brook Benton, Oliver Hall & Marnie Ewald
|
84 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71443
chartposition: RandB #3, US #12, UK #28
writtenby: Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
album: Endlessly
|
85 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71859
chartposition: RandB #14, US #20, US AC #6
writtenby: Brook Benton
album: The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits
comments: Adapted by Brook Benton
|
86 |
recordlabel: Mercury 2
chartposition: UK #5
writtenby: Paul Begaud
album: Wonder No. 8
comments: [slow jam]
|
87 |
recordlabel: Mercury 72266
chartposition: RandB #4, US #47, US AC #13
writtenby: Earl Shuman & Leon Carr
|
88 |
recordlabel: Mercury 312 (UK)
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: Carole King and Toni Stern
comments: [disco dance]
|
89 |
recordlabel: Mercury 76089
chartposition: RandB #8, US #40, US dance #25
writtenby: Michael Cooper
album: Touch
comments: [funk]
|
90 |
recordlabel: Mercury 72584
chartposition: RandB #9, US #41
writtenby: Lee Adams & Charles Strouse
album: I Want To Be With You, I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
comments: [ballad]
|
91 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71847
chartposition: RandB #17, US #25, US AC #7
writtenby: Ruth Lowe
|
92 |
recordlabel: Mercury 73713
chartposition: RandB #1, US #33
writtenby: Billy Beck,Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones,Ralph Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
comments: [funk jazz]
|
93 |
recordlabel: Mercury 73775
chartposition: RandB #9, US #30
writtenby: Billy Beck , Leroy Bonner, Marshal Jones , Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell
album: Honey... / Gold
comments: [funk]
|
94 |
recordlabel: Mercury 72177
chartposition: RandB #15, US #32, US AC #8
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Brook Benton and Malcolm Dodds
|
95 |
recordlabel: Mercury 858 359
chartposition: RandB #67, US #43, UK #33, US dance #32
writtenby: Bobby Ramirez, Larry Price, Malcolm McLaren, Robert Guiterrez, Ronald Larkins and Stephen Hague
album: Layin' in the Cut
comments: [hip hop]
|
96 |
recordlabel: Mercury 72266
chartposition: RandB #8, US #43, US AC #14
writtenby: Clyde Otis
album: This Bitter Earth
|
97 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71652
chartposition: RandB #21, US #16
writtenby: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Golden Hits
|
98 |
recordlabel: Mercury 71427
chartposition: RandB #9, US #12
writtenby: Buck Ram
album: Come Sing With Us
|
99 |
recordlabel: Mercury 73385
chartposition: RandB #6, US #29
writtenby: Don Covay
album: Super Dude I
comments: [ballad]
|
100 |
recordlabel: Mercury 574 811
chartposition: UK #5, US dance #1
album: Ready For A New Day
comments: [dance. house]
|