| 1 |
recordlabel: MCA 52770
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US AC #2
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager
album: Winner in You
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Epic 2852
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #17, US dance #7
writtenby: Bob Crewe & Kenny Nolan
album: Nightbirds
comments: [disco funk]
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Newtown 5777
chartposition: RandB #14, US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 21
writtenby: Anthony Levinson
album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo
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| 4 |
recordlabel: MCA 52517
chartposition: RandB #3, US dance #1, US #17
writtenby: Sharon Robinson (as Sharon Teresa Robinson), Jon Gilutin & Bunny Hull
album: Beverly Hills Cop: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
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| 5 |
recordlabel: MCA 52877
chartposition: RandB #7, UK #26, US #29
writtenby: Andy Goldmark & Bruce Roberts
album: Winner in You
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| 6 |
recordlabel: MCA 54673
chartposition: RandB #8, UK #50, US #61, US dance #1
writtenby: Ann Bennett Nesby, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and Jimmy Wright (as James Wright)
album: Gems
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| 7 |
recordlabel: MCA 3992
chartposition: RandB #12, US #56, US Dance #1
writtenby: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and Jimmy Wright (as James
album: Flame
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| 8 |
recordlabel: Newtown 5000
chartposition: RandB #13, US #15
writtenby: Leon T. Rene & Otis J. Rene
album: Sweethearts of the Apollo
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| 9 |
recordlabel: MCA 52610
chartposition: RandB #5, US #41, US Dance #18
writtenby: Dan Sembello and Allee Willis
album: Beverly Hills Cop: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
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| 10 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 04248
chartposition: RandB #1, US #46
writtenby: Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel & Kenny Gamble
album: I'm in Love Again / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [love ballad]
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| 11 |
recordlabel: Beverly Glen 2012
chartposition: RandB #3, US #88
writtenby: Bobby Womack
album: The Poet II / Patti
comments: [ballad] Â
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| 12 |
recordlabel: MCA 3505
chartposition: US Dance #1
writtenby: Shep Pettibone and Steve Feldman
album: To Wong Foo: Music from the Motion Picture
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| 13 |
recordlabel: MCA 2074
chartposition: RandB #2
writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Eugene Lambchops Curry
album: Burnin'
comments: [ballad]
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| 14 |
recordlabel: Epic 850097
chartposition: RandB #8, US #48, US Dance #7
writtenby: James R. Ellison and Edward Batts
album: Nightbirds
comments: charted as Lady Marmalade / What Can I Do for You? In US dance charts
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| 15 |
recordlabel: MCA 1667
chartposition: RandB #3, US Dance #17
writtenby: Patti LaBelle, Sharon Barnes, James
album: Burnin'
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| 16 |
recordlabel: MCA 53358
chartposition: RandB #10, US #79, US AC #11
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Be Yourself
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 17 |
recordlabel: MCA 2155
chartposition: RandB #4
writtenby: Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, James
album: Burnin'
comments: [gospel soul ballad]
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: MCA 53728
chartposition: RandB #6
writtenby: Prince
album: Be Yourself
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| 19 |
recordlabel: Epic 3624
chartposition: RandB #19, US Dance #8
writtenby: Nona Hendryx
album: Phoenix
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| 20 |
recordlabel: Verve 016442
chartposition: RandB #62, US Dance #8
album: Back to Now
comments: [slow jam]
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| 21 |
recordlabel: Epic 137395
chartposition: RandB #81, US Dance #10
writtenby: Marti Sharron
album: It's Alright with Me
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| 22 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 4399
chartposition: RandB #10
writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Kenny Gamble
album: I'm in Love Again
comments: [love ballad]
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| 23 |
recordlabel: MCA 52876
chartposition: RandB #50, US Dance #10
writtenby: Howie Rice and Alan Rich
album: Winner in You
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| 24 |
recordlabel: MCA
chartposition: RandB #35, US Dance #10
writtenby: Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas
album: Flame
comments: [ballad] [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts] [album cut]
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| 25 |
recordlabel: Parkway 896
chartposition: RandB #32, US #34
writtenby: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo
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| 26 |
recordlabel: Def Soul Classics 2821
chartposition: RandB #36, US #93, US Dance #11
writtenby: Patti LaBelle, Pierre Medor, Dwayne Nesmith, Tiffany Palmer, Carlos Ricketts and Jason Rome
album: Timeless Journey
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| 27 |
recordlabel: Elektra 69887
chartposition: RandB #14, US #104
writtenby: Cynthia Biggs and Dexter Wansel
album: The Best Is Yet to Come
comments: [jazz funk]
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| 28 |
recordlabel: MCA 52945
chartposition: RandB #13
writtenby: Alex Brown and Ron Kersey
album: Winner in You
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| 29 |
recordlabel: Epic 850315
chartposition: RandB #18
writtenby: Randy Edelman
album: Chameleon
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| 30 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 4055
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #38, US #68
writtenby: Lori Burton and Pam Sawyer
album: Over the Rainbow
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| 31 |
recordlabel: Parkway 935
chartposition: US #76
writtenby: Frederic Weatherly (as Frederick Weatherly)
album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo
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| 32 |
recordlabel: Epic 50872
chartposition: RandB #26
writtenby: Peter Allen and David Lasley
album: Released
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| 33 |
recordlabel: Def Soul Cassics 3855
chartposition: RandB #31, US #89
writtenby: Gordon Chambers, Patti LaBelle and Troy Taylor
comments: [slow jam]
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| 34 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2373
chartposition: RandB #36, US #89
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Trade Martin
album: Dreamer
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| 35 |
recordlabel: Epic 5805(UK)
chartposition: US Dance #29
writtenby: Jeffrey Cohen, Ray Parker Jr, David Rubinson and Armstead Edwards
album: Patti LaBelle
|
| 36 |
recordlabel: MCA 54513
chartposition: RandB #30
writtenby: Cutfather, Lori Perry, Sami McKinney, Soulshock and Kenneth Karlin
|
| 37 |
recordlabel: Epic 850445
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Jeffrey Cohen, Ray Parker Jr and James
album: Patti LaBelle
|
| 38 |
recordlabel: MCA 53100
chartposition: RandB #33
writtenby: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
|
| 39 |
recordlabel: Epic 50262
chartposition: RandB #50, US #102
writtenby: J. Crane
album: Chameleon
|
| 40 |
recordlabel: Epic 850659
chartposition: RandB #34
writtenby: Skip Scarborough
album: It's Alright with Me
|
| 41 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2347
chartposition: RandB #36
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
|
| 42 |
recordlabel: MCA 3160
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: El DeBarge
album: Gems
comments: [love song]
|
| 43 |
recordlabel: MCA 84089
chartposition: RandB #43
writtenby: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and James Wright
album: Flame
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts] [MCA album cut]
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| 44 |
recordlabel: Newtown 5007
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #46
writtenby: M. Bailey, R. Martin
album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo
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| 45 |
recordlabel: Epic 50852
chartposition: RandB #61, US Dance #48
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
album: Released
|
| 46 |
recordlabel: Epic 850550
chartposition: RandB #51
writtenby: Armstead Edwards, James
album: Tasty
|
| 47 |
recordlabel: Epic 850583
chartposition: RandB #60
writtenby: A. Willis
|
| 48 |
recordlabel: Epic 850487
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: Patti LaBelle, James
album: Patti LaBelle
|
| 49 |
recordlabel: Island Def Jam 16261 2
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Carolyn Franklin
album: Classic Moments
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 50 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 05436
chartposition: RandB #63
writtenby: J.H. Smith and Wells
album: Patti
comments: [ballad]
|
| 51 |
recordlabel: Bungalo
chartposition: RandB #64
album: The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle
|
| 52 |
recordlabel: MCA 53774
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: Sami McKinney and Raymond Jones
album: Be Yourself
comments: [ballad]
|
| 53 |
recordlabel: MCA 10870
chartposition: RandB #67
writtenby: Sami McKinney, Kenny Moore and Alex Brown
album: Gems
|
| 54 |
recordlabel: Bungalo
chartposition: RandB #68
album: The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle
comments: [album cut]
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| 55 |
recordlabel: MCA 54481
chartposition: RandB #70
writtenby: Jonathan Butler and Graham Lyle
album: Burnin'
comments: [love song] Backing Vocals: Luther Vandross, Fonzi Thornton, Lisa Fischer
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| 56 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 02655
chartposition: US Dance #49
writtenby: Cecil Womack and Kenny Gamble
album: The Spirit's in It
comments: [disco dance]
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| 57 |
recordlabel: Beverly Glen Music 2018
chartposition: RandB #76
writtenby: Chris Brubeck
album: The Poet II
comments: [ballad]
|
| 58 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 05755
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Patti
comments: [ballad]
|
| 59 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 04176
chartposition: US Dance #57
writtenby: Stephanie Huff
album: I'm in Love Again
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 60 |
recordlabel: Epic 50168
chartposition: RandB #99
writtenby: Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan
album: Phoenix
|
| 61 |
recordlabel: MCA 25211-2
chartposition: RandB #102
album: When A Woman Loves
mpcode: ZHIIzOs8ypg
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| 62 |
recordlabel: Verve
chartposition: RandB #103
album: Back to Now
mpcode: zcegOxXoxOM
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recordlabel: Motown 1339 (UK)
writtenby: B. Womack, J. Ford
album: The Poet 2
comments: [ballad]
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recordlabel: Virgin 98824
writtenby: Gary Prim, Tena Clark
album: The Five Heartbeats Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: (Vocals: Billy Valentine, Tressa Thomas)
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recordlabel: PIR 1311
writtenby: R. Roebuck, J.B. Jefferson
album: I'm In Love Again
comments: [album cut]
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