1 |
recordlabel: Hi 2202
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US AC #36
writtenby: Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Al Jackson Jr.
album: Let's Stay Together
comments: [beat ballad]
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2 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 3521
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #12, US AC #10
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Cary Gilbert
album: 360 Degrees of Billy Paul / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound ballad]
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3 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2864
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #14, US AC #1
writtenby: Ewan MacColl
album: First Take
comments: [ballad]
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4 |
recordlabel: Epic 10902
chartposition: RandB #38, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
writtenby: Johnny Nash
album: I Can See Clearly Now
comments: [reggae]
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5 |
recordlabel: Sussex 235
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #18, US AC #4
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Still Bill
comments: [ballad]
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6 |
recordlabel: Motown 1207
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #7, US AC #3
writtenby: Don Black & Walter Scharf
album: Ben / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
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7 |
recordlabel: Motown 1197
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, UK #3
writtenby: Jimmie Thomas
album: Got to Be There / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [pop soul] [Motown Sound]
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8 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54226
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #11, US AC #38
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Talking Book / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
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9 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55471
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #14, US AC #34
writtenby: Barbara Acklin & Eugene Record
album: A Lonely Man / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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10 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7121
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #14
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: All Directions / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
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11 |
recordlabel: Stax 0125
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #30
writtenby: Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)
album: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself / Stax Greatest Hits / The Best of The Staple Singers
comments: [southern soul]
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12 |
recordlabel: Avco 6105011
chartposition: RandB #2, US #3, UK #13, US AC #7
writtenby: Thom Bell & Linda Creed
album: The Stylistics
comments: [philly sound sweet soul ballad]
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13 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 3520
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #9
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: I Miss You / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound ballad]
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14 |
recordlabel: Dial 1010
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2
writtenby: Joe Tex
album: I Gotcha
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15 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 452927
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #11, US AC #14
writtenby: Melvin Steals & Mervin Steals
album: The Spinners (Detroit)
comments: [philly sound]
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16 |
recordlabel: Glades 1703
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #12
writtenby: Timmy Thomas
album: Why Can't We Live Together
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17 |
recordlabel: AandM 1320
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK#44, US AC #23
writtenby: Billy Preston & Joe Greene
album: I Wrote a Simple Song
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
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18 |
recordlabel: United Artists 50910
chartposition: RandB #5, US #2, US AC #6
writtenby: Eddie Cornelius
album: Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
comments: [pop soul]
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19 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2879
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, UK #29, US AC #1
writtenby: Ralph MacDonald & William Salter
album: Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway / The Best of Donny Hathaway
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20 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 452904
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, US AC #31
writtenby: Thom Bell & Phil Hurtt
album: The Spinners (Detroit)
comments: [philly sound]
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21 |
recordlabel: Hi 2227
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #51, US AC #28
writtenby: Al Green, Al Jackson Jr. & Willie Mitchell
album: Call Me...
comments: [southern soul]
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22 |
recordlabel: Hi 2216
chartposition: RandB #2, US #4, UK #44
writtenby: Al Green, Al Jackson Jr. & Willie Mitchell
album: I'm Still in Love with You
comments: [southern soul]
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23 |
recordlabel: Sussex 241
chartposition: RandB #2, US #2, US AC #14
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Still Bill
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24 |
recordlabel: KoKo 2111
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3
writtenby: Homer Banks, Carl Hampton & Raymond Jackson
album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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25 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 0731
chartposition: RandB #2, US #3, UK #52, US AC #25
writtenby: Jim Bailey, Rudy Clark & Ken Williams
album: Bitter Sweet
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26 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 3517
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #14
writtenby: Leon Huff, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead
album: Back Stabbers / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
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27 |
recordlabel: Hi 2211
chartposition: RandB #2, US 4, UK #44
writtenby: Al Green, Al Jackson Jr. & Willie Mitchell
album: I'm Still in Love with You
comments: [southern soul]
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28 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2866
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, US AC #11
writtenby: Aretha Franklin
album: Young Gifted And Black
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29 |
recordlabel: Curtom 1975
chartposition: RandB #2, US #4
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Superfly Original Motion Picture Score
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30 |
recordlabel: Avco 4603
chartposition: RandB #4, US #10, UK #9, US AC #27
writtenby: Thom Bell, Linda Creed & Anthony Bell
album: Round 2
comments: [philly sound sweet soul]
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31 |
recordlabel: Volt 4075
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5
writtenby: Tony Hester
album: Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get / The Best of The Dramatics / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [ballad]
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32 |
recordlabel: RCA 2226
chartposition: RandB #4, US #6
writtenby: Harry Jensen, Gerald Thomas, Douglas Gibson, Robert Manigault, Jimmy Castor & Langdon Fridie Jr.
album: It's Just Began
comments: [novelty]
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33 |
recordlabel: Curtom 1978
chartposition: RandB #5, US #8, UK #52
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Superfly
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34 |
recordlabel: Motown 1195
chartposition: RandB #5, US #16, UK #9, US AC #33
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Floy Joy / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [Motown Sound]
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35 |
recordlabel: Polydor 15030
chartposition: RandB #11, US #8, UK #29
writtenby: Bill Ador
album: Jungle Fever
comments: [funk instrumental]
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36 |
recordlabel: Bell 45195
chartposition: RandB #28, US #8, US AC #2
writtenby: Tony Macaulay
album: Individually And Collectively
comments: [pop soul]
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37 |
recordlabel: Motown 1205
chartposition: RandB #5, US #16, UK #9
writtenby: Clifton Davis
album: Lookin' Through the Windows
comments: [Motown Sound]
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38 |
recordlabel: United Artists 50975
chartposition: RandB #3, US #7
writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Leroy Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oscar Levitin
album: The World Is a Ghetto
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39 |
recordlabel: ABC/Dunhill 4330
chartposition: RandB #7, US #10, UK #18
writtenby: Brian Potter & Dennis Lambert
album: Keeper of the Castle
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40 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 10148 (UK)
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
album: Saturday Night At The Club
comments: (re release) [pop soul]
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41 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54228
chartposition: RandB #4, US #7
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
album: Trouble Man Original Motion Picture Score
comments: [Motown Sound]
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42 |
recordlabel: Motown 1216
chartposition: RandB #3, US #9
writtenby: J. Shephard, W. Miller
album: Jermaine
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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43 |
recordlabel: Uni 55319
chartposition: RandB #6, US #14, UK #14
writtenby: Barry White
album: Love Unlimited
comments: [ballad]
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44 |
recordlabel: Spring 128
chartposition: RandB #1, US #11
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Joe Simon
album: The Power Of Joe Simon
comments: [southern soul]
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45 |
recordlabel: Avco 6105019 (UK)
chartposition: UK #3, RandB #42, US #84
writtenby: Sandy Linzer
comments: [pop soul]
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46 |
recordlabel: Avco 4587
chartposition: RandB #14, US #22, UK #11
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
comments: [northern soul]
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47 |
recordlabel: London 10271 (UK)
chartposition: UK #4
writtenby: Doug Morris and Eliot Greenberg
album: Sweet Talking Guy
comments: re release
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48 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 830(UK)
chartposition: RandB #13, US #33, UK #11, US AC #25
writtenby: Kris Kristofferson
album: Standing Ovation / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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49 |
recordlabel: Westbound 192
chartposition: RandB #5, US #36, UK #12
writtenby: Abrim Tilmon
album: You Want It, You Got It / Abe, James and Ivory
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50 |
recordlabel: Westbound 209
chartposition: UK #4, RandB #22, US #110
writtenby: Abrim Tilmon
album: You Want It, You Got It / Abe, James and Ivory
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51 |
recordlabel: Stax 0117
chartposition: RandB #8, US #27, UK #22
writtenby: Posie Knight & Jerry Weaver
album: I've Been Lonely for So Long / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
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52 |
recordlabel: Polydor 14139
chartposition: RandB #1, US #18
writtenby: James Brown, Fred Wesley & Joe Mims
album: Get on the Good Foot
comments: [funk]
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53 |
recordlabel: Motown 1202
chartposition: RandB #2, US #16
writtenby: Leon Ware & Arthur Ross
album: Got to Be There
comments: [Motown Sound]
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54 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 821(UK)
chartposition: UK #10, RandB #21, US #37, US AC #17
writtenby: Smokey Robinson
album: Floy Joy / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [Motown Sound]
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55 |
recordlabel: United Artists 50867
chartposition: RandB #12, US #16
writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, H. Brown, B.B. Dickerson, L. Jordan, C. Miller, Lee Oskar and Scott
album: All Day Music
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56 |
recordlabel: Stax 0127
chartposition: RandB #4, US #19
writtenby: Phillip Mitchell
album: Starting All Over Again / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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57 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 967(UK)
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #13, US #30
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Solid Rock / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [Motown Sound]
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58 |
recordlabel: 20th Century 2002
chartposition: RandB #3, US #16
writtenby: Murph, Eskridge & Johnson
album: Love Jones
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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59 |
recordlabel: Motown 1199
chartposition: RandB #8, US #13
writtenby: R. Byrd
album: Lookin' Through the Windows
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
60 |
recordlabel: Motown 1214
chartposition: RandB #9, US #18
writtenby: Stephen Schwartz
album: Skywriter
comments: [Motown Sound]
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61 |
recordlabel: CBS 8351(UK)
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Johnny Nash
album: I Can See Clearly Now
comments: [reggae]
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62 |
recordlabel: T Neck 935
chartposition: RandB #3, US #24
writtenby: Herman Kelly, Clyde Otis, O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley & Rudolph Isley
album: Brother, Brother, Brother
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63 |
recordlabel: Epic 10873
chartposition: US #12, UK #13, US AC #6
writtenby: Bob Marley
album: I Can See Clearly Now
comments: [Reggae]
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64 |
recordlabel: Westbound 203
chartposition: RandB #4, US #24
writtenby: Abrim Tilmon
album: You Want It, You Got It / Abe, James and Ivory
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65 |
recordlabel: Sussex 233
chartposition: RandB #11, US #18
writtenby: Dennis Coffey
album: Goin' for Myself
comments: [instrumental]
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66 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 824(UK)
chartposition: RandB #10, US #46, UK #16
writtenby: Johnny Bristol & Marilyn McLeod
album: Moody Jr. / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [Motown Sound] [jazz soul instrumental]
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67 |
recordlabel: Avco 4595
chartposition: RandB #6, US #25, US AC #25
writtenby: Linda Creed & Thom Bell
album: The Stylistics
comments: [philly sound sweet soul]
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68 |
recordlabel: Spring 123
chartposition: RandB #4, US #27
writtenby: Millie Jackson & Billy Nichols
album: Millie Jackson
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69 |
recordlabel: Polydor 14109
chartposition: RandB #1, US #27
writtenby: James Brown & Bobby Byrd
album: There It Is
comments: [funk]
|
70 |
recordlabel: United Artists 50954
chartposition: RandB #28, US #23, US AC #27
writtenby: Eddie Cornelius
album: Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
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71 |
recordlabel: Enterprise 9042
chartposition: RandB #3, US #30
writtenby: Isaac Hayes
album: Shaft
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72 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2883
chartposition: RandB #7, US #26
writtenby: Aretha Franklin
album: Young, Gifted and Black
comments: [ballad]
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73 |
recordlabel: United Artists 50946
chartposition: RandB #8, US #31
writtenby: Jim Ford
album: Understanding...
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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74 |
recordlabel: Invictus 9125
chartposition: RandB #9, US #57, UK #29
writtenby: Brian Holland & Lamont Dozier
album: Love And Beauty
comments: [ballad]
|
75 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 10216 (UK)
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
album: I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing
comments: (re release) [pop soul]
|
76 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54216
chartposition: RandB #13, US #33
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Music of My Mind
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
77 |
recordlabel: United Artists 50902
chartposition: RandB #1, US #60
writtenby: Darryl Carter, Bobby Womack & Linda Womack
album: Understanding...
comments: [southern soul]
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78 |
recordlabel: Enterprise 9058
chartposition: RandB #19, US #38, US AC #12
writtenby: Isaac Hayes
comments: [instrumental] (from the ABC TV series 'The Men')
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79 |
recordlabel: Stax 0137
chartposition: RandB #6, US #38
writtenby: Gary William Friedman & Herb Shapiro
album: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself / The Best of The Staple Singers
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80 |
recordlabel: Westbound 201
chartposition: RandB #3, US #46
writtenby: Denise LaSalle
album: Trapped By A Thing Called Love / Doin' It Right
comments: [southern soul]
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81 |
recordlabel: UK 4549012
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: Roy C (as Roy Hammond)
album: The Best Of The Roy C
comments: [southern soul]
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82 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 826(UK)
chartposition: UK #8
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Got to Be There / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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83 |
recordlabel: Chimneyville 443
chartposition: RandB #3, US #53
writtenby: King Floyd
album: King Floyd
comments: [southern soul]
|
84 |
recordlabel: United Artists 50996
chartposition: RandB #43, US #37, US AC #10
writtenby: Eddie Cornelius & Carter Cornelius
album: Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
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85 |
recordlabel: Polydor 14116
chartposition: RandB #6, US #40
writtenby: James Brown, Charles Bobbit, Dave Matthews & Manny Rosen
album: There It Is
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86 |
recordlabel: KoKo 2113
chartposition: RandB #9, US #40
writtenby: Homer Banks, Carl Hampton & Raymond Jackson
album: If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want to Be Right
comments: [southern soul]
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87 |
recordlabel: Stax 0119
chartposition: RandB #5, US #44
writtenby: John Colbert & Norman West
album: Genesis / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
|
88 |
recordlabel: Polydor 14153
chartposition: RandB #3, US #44
writtenby: James Brown
album: Get on the Good Foot
comments: [funk]
|
89 |
recordlabel: Polydor 14125
chartposition: RandB #4, US #43
writtenby: James Brown
album: There It Is
comments: [funk]
|
90 |
recordlabel: Hot Wax 7204
chartposition: RandB #3, US #68
writtenby: William Weatherspoon & Angelo Bond
album: Two Sides of Laura Lee / The Best of Laura Lee
comments: [northern soul]
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91 |
recordlabel: Epic 10829
chartposition: RandB #15, US #23, UK #17, US AC #26
writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
album: There's a Riot Goin' On
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92 |
recordlabel: Alston 4614
chartposition: RandB #6, US #46
writtenby: Betty Wright, Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke
album: Hard to Stop
comments: [southern soul]
|
93 |
recordlabel: Spring 127
chartposition: RandB #7, US #42
writtenby: Raeford Gerald
album: Millie Jackson
comments: [northern soul]
|
94 |
recordlabel: MCA 1160 (UK)
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Van McCoy & Alicia Evelyn
album: I Get the Sweetest Feeling
comments: [northern soul]
|
95 |
recordlabel: Rhino 101 (UK)
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: B. Ruffin
album: Bruce Ruffin
comments: [reggae]
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96 |
recordlabel: Motown 1201
chartposition: RandB #23, US #46, UK #51
writtenby: Wade Brown, David Jones Jr. & Johnny Bristol
album: Jermaine [1972 album]
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
97 |
recordlabel: Westbound 206
chartposition: RandB #4, US #55
writtenby: Denise LaSalle
album: On the Loose
comments: [southern soul]
|
98 |
recordlabel: Polydor 14129
chartposition: RandB #7, US #44
writtenby: Bill Doggett, Henry Glover, Billy Butler, Shape Sheppard & Clifford Scott
comments: [instrumental with very few words]
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99 |
recordlabel: T Neck 934
chartposition: RandB #6, US #54
writtenby: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.) & Rudolph Isley
album: Brother, Brother, Brother
comments: [funk]
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100 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2693
chartposition: UK #11
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Here I Go Again
comments: [philly sound] [re release]
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