1 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54232
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #7, US AC #1
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Talking Book / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
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2 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2940
chartposition: RandB #2, US #1, UK #6, US AC #2
writtenby: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
album: Killing Me Softly
comments: [ballad]
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3 |
recordlabel: Motown 1239
chartposition: RandB #5, US #1, UK #9, US AC #1
writtenby: Ron Miller, M. Masser
album: Touch Me in the Morning / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
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4 |
recordlabel: 20th Century 2069
chartposition: RandB #10, US #1, UK #10, US AC #1
writtenby: Barrry White
album: Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited
comments: Instrumental
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5 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54234
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #31
writtenby: E. Townsend
album: Let's Get It On / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
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6 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54238
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #18
writtenby: Leonard Caston, Anita Poree and Frank Wilson
album: Eddie Kendricks / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [disco dance] [Motown Sound]
mpcode: aElKjhSwjBc
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7 |
recordlabel: Buddah 383
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #55, US AC 19
writtenby: Jim Weatherly
album: Imagination...
comments: [beat ballad]
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8 |
recordlabel: Rocky Road 30073
chartposition: RandB #10, US #1, UK #51, US AC #3
writtenby: Jerry Fuller
album: Show and Tell
comments: [beat ballad]
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9 |
recordlabel: Soul 35098
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #31, US AC #15
writtenby: Jim Weatherly
album: Neither One of Us / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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10 |
recordlabel: AandM 1411
chartposition: RandB #10, US #1, UK #52
writtenby: Bruce Fisher and Billy Preston
album: Music Is My Life
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11 |
recordlabel: Vibration 521
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #14, US AC #27
writtenby: Sylvia Robinson & Michael Burton
album: Pillow Talk / The Best of All Platinum
comments: [disco dance]
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12 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 3524
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #9
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Back Stabbers / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [disco] [philly sound]
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13 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2995
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #26, US AC #33
writtenby: Stevie Wonder, Clarence Paul & Morris Broadnax
album: Let Me in Your Life
comments: [beat ballad]
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14 |
recordlabel: 20th Fox 2018
chartposition: RandB #1, US #3, UK #23, US AC #27
writtenby: Barry White
album: I've Got So Much To Give
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15 |
recordlabel: Kama Sutra 577
chartposition: RandB #22, US #1
writtenby: Errol Brown and Tony Wilson
album: About Us
comments: [rock soul] Original version by Hot Chocolate not released in the US
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16 |
recordlabel: T Neck 2251
chartposition: RandB #2, US #6, UK #14
weeksinr&bchart: 17
writtenby: The Isleys
album: 3 Plus 3 featuring That Lady
comments: originally recorded and released in 1964
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17 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54235
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #29, US AC #41
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Innervisions / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [disco dance] [Motown Sound]
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18 |
recordlabel: De lite 559
chartposition: RandB #2, US #4, UK #51
writtenby: Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, Donald Boyce, Melvin Brown, Robert Mickens, Claydes Smith, Dennis Thomas
album: Wild and Peaceful
comments: [funk]
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19 |
recordlabel: United Artists 163
chartposition: RandB #5, US #2
writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Leroy Jordan,Charles Miller
album: The World Is a Ghetto
comments: [funk]
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20 |
recordlabel: 20th Century 2058
chartposition: RandB #2, US #7, UK #14, US AC #40
writtenby: Barry White
album: Stone Gon'
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21 |
recordlabel: Buddah 393
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #56
writtenby: Gerry Goffin & Barry Goldberg
album: Imagination...
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22 |
recordlabel: AandM 1463
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, US AC #34
writtenby: Billy Preston
album: Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
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23 |
recordlabel: Dunhill 4339
chartposition: RandB #2, US #4, US AC #14
writtenby: B. Potter, D. Lambert
album: Keeper Of The Castle
comments: [love ballad]
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24 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54242
chartposition: RandB #1, US #8, UK #15
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Innervisions / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
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25 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 3533
chartposition: RandB #1, US #7, UK #21, US AC #48
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Black & Blue
comments: [philly sound disco dance]
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26 |
recordlabel: Avco 6105020
chartposition: RandB #5, US #5, UK #34
writtenby: Thom Bell, Kenny Gamble & Linda Creed
album: Round 2
comments: [philly sound sweet soul ballad]
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27 |
recordlabel: Avco 4625
chartposition: RandB #3, US #14, UK #6, US AC #44
writtenby: Linda Creed & Thom Bell
album: Rockin' Roll Baby
comments: [philly sound]
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28 |
recordlabel: Decca 33057
chartposition: RandB #42, US #5, UK #52, US AC #12
writtenby: Mentor Williams
album: Drift Away
comments: [country pop soul]
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29 |
recordlabel: United Artists 5265
chartposition: UK 4, RandB #11, US #22
writtenby: Tina Turner
album: Nutbush City Limits
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30 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 854
chartposition: RandB #1, US #7, UK 53
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
album: Masterpiece...
comments: [Motown Sound]
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31 |
recordlabel: Stax 0179
chartposition: RandB #1, US #9, UK #34
writtenby: Homer Banks, Carl Hampton & Ray Jackson
album: Be What You Are / The Best of The Staple Singers
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32 |
recordlabel: Atco 6914
chartposition: RandB #19, US #9, UK #54
writtenby: Mac Rebennock
album: In the Right Place
comments: [funk]
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33 |
recordlabel: London 1046
chartposition: RandB #4, US #10, UK #40, US AC #20
writtenby: Charles McCormick
album: Natural High
comments: [sweet soul love ballad]
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34 |
recordlabel: RCA 2351
chartposition: RandB #14, US #17, UK #20, US AC #8
writtenby: Sherman Marshall & Thom Bell
album: I'm Doin' Fine Now / The Best of New York City
comments: [philly sound disco dance]
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35 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 3535
chartposition: RandB #2, US #10, UK #54
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Ship Ahoy / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound disco dance]
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36 |
recordlabel: Hi 2247
chartposition: RandB #2, US #10
writtenby: A. Green, M. Hodges
album: Call Me...
comments: [southern soul]
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37 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2973
chartposition: RandB #4, US #29, UK 7, US AC #20
writtenby: Thom Bell & Linda Creed
album: The Spinners (Detroit)
comments: [philly sound]
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38 |
recordlabel: United Artists 281
chartposition: RandB #6, US #8
writtenby: Howard Scott, B.B. Dickerson , Harold Brown, Charles Miller,Lercy Jordan
album: Deliver the Word
comments: [funk jazz]
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39 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2962
chartposition: RandB #1, US #11, US AC #19
writtenby: Joe Jefferson
album: The Spinners (Detroit)
comments: [philly sound]
|
40 |
recordlabel: Stax 0161
chartposition: RandB #1, US #11
writtenby: Don Davis
album: Taylored in Silk
comments: [southern soul]
|
41 |
recordlabel: Hi 2235
chartposition: RandB #2, US #10
writtenby: Al Green, Al Jackson Jr. & Willie Mitchell
album: Call Me...
comments: [southern soul]
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42 |
recordlabel: Epic 5 11017
chartposition: RandB #3, US #12
writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
album: Fresh
comments: [funk]
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43 |
recordlabel: Motown 1280
chartposition: RandB #4 , US #12, UK #51, US AC #43
writtenby: Harold Johnson, Andrew Porter & Gregg Wright
album: Diana and Marvin
comments: [Motown Sound]
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44 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2969
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #37, US #20, US AC #44,
writtenby: Carolyn Franklin & Sonny Saunders
album: Hey Now Hey
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45 |
recordlabel: Westbound 214
chartposition: RandB #1, US #15
writtenby: Ohio Players
album: Pleasure
comments: [funk]
|
46 |
recordlabel: Blue Thumb 6171
chartposition: RandB #12, US #11
writtenby: Allen Toussaint
album: The Pointer Sisters
comments: [funk]
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47 |
recordlabel: Hi 2257
chartposition: RandB #1, US #19, UK #52
writtenby: Al Green & Willie Mitchell
album: Livin' for You
comments: [southern soul]
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48 |
recordlabel: ABC 11407
chartposition: RandB #4, US #15
writtenby: McKinley Jackson & James Reddick
album: Out Here on My Own
comments: [ballad]
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49 |
recordlabel: Dunhill 4354
chartposition: RandB #2, US #15
writtenby: Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
album: Shaft in Africa Motion Picture Soundtrack
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50 |
recordlabel: Philly Groove 175
chartposition: RandB #11, US #28, UK #16
writtenby: Allan Felder & Norman Harris
album: Armed and Extremely Dangerous
comments: [philly sound]
|
51 |
recordlabel: Stax 0176
chartposition: RandB #2, US #15
writtenby: Mack Rice
album: Taylored in Silk
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52 |
recordlabel: Warner 7687
chartposition: RandB #11, US #17, US AC #36
writtenby: Emilio Castillo & Stephen Kupka
album: Tower of Power
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53 |
recordlabel: Columbia 45838
chartposition: RandB #3, US #43
writtenby: Edward Bivins
album: There's No Me Without You
comments: [philly sound ballad]
|
54 |
recordlabel: Soul 35105
chartposition: RandB #2, US #19
writtenby: Merald Knight, Gladys Knight & Johnny Bristol
album: Neither One of Us
comments: [Motown Sound]
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55 |
recordlabel: Wand 11252
chartposition: RandB #1, US #21
writtenby: Maurice Barge & Jimmie Jiles
album: The First Time We Met / Discs of Gold
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
56 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54241
chartposition: RandB #3, US #21, UK #51
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
album: Let's Get It On
comments: [Motown Sound]
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57 |
recordlabel: United Artists 35623
chartposition: RandB #18, US #15
writtenby: Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, B.B. Dickerson
album: Deliver the Word
comments: [funk]
|
58 |
recordlabel: Spring 133
chartposition: RandB #6, US #37, UK #14
writtenby: Raeford Gerald
album: The Power of Joe Simon
comments: [northern soul]
|
59 |
recordlabel: Spring 138
chartposition: RandB #3, US #18
writtenby: Joe Simon
album: Cleopatra Jones Motion Picture Soundtrack
|
60 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 856
chartposition: RandB #10, US #28, UK #20
writtenby: Freddie Perren & Christine Yarian
album: Skywriter / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [Motown Sound]
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61 |
recordlabel: People 621
chartposition: RandB #1, US #22
writtenby: James Brown
album: Doing It To Death
comments: [funk]
|
62 |
recordlabel: Philly Groove 179
chartposition: UK #9, RandB #25, US #56
writtenby: Allan Felder & Norman Harris
album: Armed and Extremely Dangerous
comments: [philly sound]
|
63 |
recordlabel: Avco 4618
chartposition: RandB #8, US #23, US AC #4
writtenby: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Round 2
comments: [philly sound sweet soul]
|
64 |
recordlabel: Spring 139
chartposition: RandB #3, US #24
writtenby: Prince Phillip Mitchell (as Phillip Mitchell)
album: It Hurts So Good
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
65 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55500
chartposition: RandB #2, US #30, UK #57
writtenby: Eugene Record & Barbara Acklin
album: The Chi-Lites
|
66 |
recordlabel: Pride 1031
chartposition: RandB #7, US #22
writtenby: Leon Sylvers III (as Leon Sylvers)
album: Foster Sylvers
comments: [pop soul]
|
67 |
recordlabel: Motown 1277
chartposition: RandB #2, US #28
writtenby: Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Don Fletcher, Jerry Marcellino & Mel Larson
album: Get it Together
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
68 |
recordlabel: CTI 4000
chartposition: US #2, UK #7, US AC #5
writtenby: Richard Strauss
album: Prelude
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
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69 |
recordlabel: P.I.R 2506
chartposition: RandB #6, US #36, UK #32
writtenby: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Save the Children / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
|
70 |
recordlabel: United Artists 255
chartposition: RandB #2, US #29
writtenby: James Cox
album: Facts of Life...
comments: [southern soul]
|
71 |
recordlabel: De lite 557
chartposition: RandB #5, US #29, UK #54
writtenby: Kool and the Gang
album: Wild and Peaceful
comments: [funk]
|
72 |
recordlabel: Buddah 363
chartposition: RandB #6, US #28, US AC #18
writtenby: Jim Weatherly
album: Imagination...
comments: [ballad]
|
73 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7133
chartposition: RandB #1, US #27
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
album: 1990
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
74 |
recordlabel: Dunhill 4366
chartposition: RandB #10, US #33, UK #29, US AC #41
writtenby: Renaldo Benson, Val Benson & Ivy Jo Hunter
album: Main Street People
|
75 |
recordlabel: Polydor 14162
chartposition: RandB #4, US #27, UK #51
writtenby: James Brown
comments: [funk]
|
76 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54239
chartposition: RandB #7, US #27
writtenby: Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin & Pamela Young
album: Smokey...
comments: [love ballad]
|
77 |
recordlabel: Bell 1313 (UK)
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: Geoff Stephens, Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway
album: Love Games
|
78 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 3531
chartposition: RandB #2, US #33, UK #53
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Back Stabbers / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
|
79 |
recordlabel: Enterprise 9085
chartposition: RandB #7, US #30, UK #52, US AC #34
writtenby: Isaac Hayes
album: Joy
|
80 |
recordlabel: RAK 149
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: Errol Brown and Tony Wilson
album: Cicero Park
comments: [pop soul]
|
81 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2982
chartposition: RandB #19, US #30, US AC #3
writtenby: Janis Ian
album: Killing Me Softly
comments: [ballad]
|
82 |
recordlabel: 20th Century 2062
chartposition: RandB #35, US #83, UK #11
writtenby: Barry White & Paul Politi
album: Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited
|
83 |
recordlabel: Tamla Motown 849
chartposition: RandB #20, US #34, UK #53, US AC #8
writtenby: Irene Higgenbotham, Ervin Drake & Dan Fisher
album: Lady Sings the Blues
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
84 |
recordlabel: Hi 2248
chartposition: RandB #6, US #38, UK #41
writtenby: Ann Peebles, Don Bryant & Bernard Miller
album: I Can't Stand The Rain / Ann Peebles Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
|
85 |
recordlabel: Columbia 45776
chartposition: RandB #15, US #28, US AC #16
writtenby: Thom Bell & Linda Creed
album: One Man Band
comments: [philly sound]
|
86 |
recordlabel: 20th Century 2042
chartposition: RandB #5, US #32, US AC #46
writtenby: Barry White
album: I've Got So Much Love to Give
|
87 |
recordlabel: Cube 60
chartposition: RandB #92, UK #8
writtenby: John Worth
comments: [ballad]
|
88 |
recordlabel: Invictus 1251
chartposition: RandB #7, US #59, UK #21
writtenby: General Johnson & Geoff Bowen
album: Skin I'm In
comments: [funk]
|
89 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 2941
chartposition: RandB #8, US #33, UK #51
writtenby: Aretha Franklin & Bernice Hart
album: Hey Now Hey
|
90 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7131
chartposition: RandB #2, US #35
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
album: Masterpiece...
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
91 |
recordlabel: Brunswick 55491
chartposition: RandB #3, US #3
writtenby: Eugene Record & Sandra Drayton
album: A Letter to Myself
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
92 |
recordlabel: Sussex 250
chartposition: RandB #12, US #31, UK #51
writtenby: Bill Withers
album: Still Bill
|
93 |
recordlabel: Mercury 73385
chartposition: RandB #6, US #29
writtenby: Don Covay
album: Super Dude I
comments: [ballad]
|
94 |
recordlabel: Cadet 5696
chartposition: RandB #3, US #34
writtenby: Henry Williams & Marv Johnson
album: Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation
comments: [ballad]
|
95 |
recordlabel: RCA Victor 0912
chartposition: RandB #4, US #35
writtenby: Bobby Womack
album: Birth Day
comments: [disco funk]
|
96 |
recordlabel: Westbound 216
chartposition: RandB #12, US #31
writtenby: Andrew Noland, Gregory Webster, Walter
album: Ecstasy
comments: [funk]
|
97 |
recordlabel: Buddah 331
chartposition: RandB #9, US #31
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Give Me Your Love / The Very Best of Barbara Mason
|
98 |
recordlabel: Stax 0156
chartposition: RandB #4, US #33
writtenby: Prince Phillip Mitchell (as Phillip Mitchell)
album: City in the Sky / The Best of The Staple Singers
comments: [disco dance]
|
99 |
recordlabel: Capitol 3674
chartposition: RandB #5, US #35
writtenby: Floyd Butler & Billy Osborne
album: Check It Out
comments: [ballad]
|
100 |
recordlabel: Polydor 14210
chartposition: RandB #4, US #58, UK #52
writtenby: James Brown
album: The Payback
comments: [funk]
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