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


The Soul Years - 1960-2001
Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the R record label. Click on "R" 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.

More Soul R&B Songs From R . . .

The following songs were released in R but never made it into the Top 100 Chart.
Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts
of R or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
# Artist   (click for discography and biography of artist) Title    (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.) Year Label
601 recordlabel: Capricorn 0017
chartposition: RandB #35
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Mindful
Maxayn Check Out Your Mind 1973 Capricorn
602 recordlabel: Butterfly 41084
chartposition: RandB #68, US Dance #1
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield and Elton Farokh Ahi
Destination Move On Up -- Up Up Up 1979 Butterfly
603 recordlabel: Kaper 07863 62789
chartposition: RandB #37, US #91
writtenby: Derek
album: Treat U Right
Blackgirl Krazy 1994 Kaper
604 recordlabel: Kaper 07863 62989
chartposition: RandB #39, US #118
writtenby: D. Allen
album: Treat U Right
comments: [ballad]
Blackgirl Where Did We Go Wrong 1994 Kaper
605 recordlabel: Kaper 64275
chartposition: RandB #25, US #113
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Treat U Right
Blackgirl Let's Do It Again 1995 Kaper
606 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
607 recordlabel: Roulette 7129
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
Geraldine Hunt Baby, I Need Your Loving 1972 Roulette
608 recordlabel: Roulette 7149
chartposition: RandB #78
writtenby: Leroy Hutson
Geraldine Hunt You Brought Joy 1973 Roulette
609 recordlabel: Prism 315
chartposition: RandB #58, US Dance #1
writtenby: Geraldine Hunt and Kathleen Dyson
Geraldine Hunt Can't Fake the Feeling 1980 Prism
610 recordlabel: Prism 412
chartposition: RandB #67, US Dance #17
writtenby: Charles Marotta
comments: [funk]
Geraldine Hunt with Charles Marotta Heart Heart 1981 Prism
611 recordlabel: Ariola America 7652
chartposition: RandB #61
writtenby: Perry, Bond, Smith
Laura Lee Love's Got Me Tired (But I Ain't Tired of You) 1976 Ariola America
612 recordlabel: Music Merchant 1012
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: Michael L. Smith and Ronald Dunbar (as Ron Dunbar)
album: Under My Wings
Smith Connection (I've Been a Winner, I've Been a Loser) I've Been in Love 1973 Music Merchant
-- recordlabel: Blue Rock 4055
writtenby: B. Raleigh, B. Halley
Bobby Hutton That's How Heartaches Are Made 1968 Blue Rock
1 recordlabel: Musicor 1201
chartposition: RandB #49
writtenby: Luther Dixon, Inez Foxx and Barbara Gaskins
Inez & Charlie Foxx No Stranger to Love 1966 Musicor
2 recordlabel: United Artists 35657 (UK)
chartposition: UK #33
writtenby: Inez Foxx and Charlie Foxx
album: Mockingbird
comments: re release
Inez & Charlie Foxx Mockingbird 1969 United Artists(UK)
-- recordlabel: Truth 3201
writtenby: Dan Penn, Rick Hall
album: Wounded Woman
Sandra Wright Midnight Affair 1974 Truth
-- recordlabel: Truth 3201
writtenby: Terry Woodford, Carl Lumbia, Frank Johnson
album: Wounded Woman
Sandra Wright Wounded Woman 1974 Truth
-- recordlabel: Truth 3220
writtenby: Barbara Wyrick
album: Wounded Woman
Sandra Wright Lovin' You, Lovin' Me 1975 Truth
-- recordlabel: Coral 762559
writtenby: Norris Wilson
Sandra Wright Gotta See My Baby 1968 Coral
1 recordlabel: RCA Victor 740763
chartposition: US #105
writtenby: Jimmy Castor, Johnny Pruitt and Gerry Thomas
album: Phase Two
The Jimmy Castor Bunch Luther the Anthropoid (Ape Man) 1972 RCA Victor
2 recordlabel: RCA Victor 0953
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: King Curtis (as Curtis Ousley) and Luther Dixon
album: Dimension III
comments: [instrumental]
The Jimmy Castor Bunch Soul Serenade 1973 RCA Victor
3 recordlabel: Dream 0360
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: Jimmy Castor
Jimmy Castor Amazon 1984 Dream
4 recordlabel: Dream 708
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Jimmy Castor
album: The Best of Jimmy Castor
Jimmy Castor It Gets to Me 1985 Dream
5 recordlabel: RCA Victor 0951
chartposition: RandB #90
album: Only Love Spoken Here
Pat Lundy He's the Father of My Children 1973 RCA Victor
6 recordlabel: Vigor 1723
chartposition: RandB #65, US #78
writtenby: David Wolfert and Melissa Manchester
Pat Lundy Party Music 1975 Vigor
7 recordlabel: Pyramid 8001
chartposition: RandB #96
writtenby: Buddy Scott and Phil Medley
album: The Lady Has Arrived!
Pat Lundy Ain't No Pity in the Naked City 1976 Pyramid
8 recordlabel: Pyramid 8001
chartposition: RandB #94
writtenby: James Coleman Dugan
album: The Lady Has Arrived!
Pat Lundy Let's Get Down to Business 1976 Pyramid
9 recordlabel: Pyramid 8013
chartposition: US Dance #17
writtenby: Nat Adderley and Oscar Brown Jr.
Pat Lundy Work Song 1977 Pyramid
10 recordlabel: Mirage 3812
chartposition: RandB #69, US Dance #13, UK #58
writtenby: Boo Boo Monk, Sandy Linzer and Yvonne Fletcher
album: House of Music
comments: [disco dance]
T.S. Monk Candidate for Love 1981 Mirage
11 recordlabel: Mirage 3875
chartposition: RandB #56
writtenby: David Wolfert and Sandy Linzer
album: More of the Good Life
comments: [disco funk]
T.S. Monk Too Much Too Soon 1981 Mirage
12 recordlabel: Mirage 4014
chartposition: RandB #75
writtenby: Boo Boo Monk and Sandy Linzer
album: More of the Good Life
comments: [beat ballad]
T.S. Monk More to Love 1982 Mirage
13 recordlabel: Parkway 920
chartposition: RandB #7, US #40
writtenby: Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart and Roberta Harris
Chubby Checker Lazy Elsie Molly 1964 Parkway
14 recordlabel: Parkway 920
chartposition: RandB #43, US #116
writtenby: Billy Jackson and Jimmy Wisner
Chubby Checker Rosie 1964 Parkway
15 recordlabel: Parkway 922
chartposition: US #50
writtenby: Kal Mann and Dave Appell
Chubby Checker She Wants T' Swim 1964 Parkway
16 recordlabel: Parkway 936
chartposition: US #70
writtenby: Robyn Supraner and Sherman Rothman
Chubby Checker Lovely Lovely 1965 Parkway
17 recordlabel: Parkway 949
chartposition: US #40
writtenby: Doc Pomus and Dave Appell
Chubby Checker Let's Do the Freddie 1965 Parkway
18 recordlabel: Parkway 989
chartposition: US #76
writtenby: David White, John Medora (as John Madara), Len Barry and Leon Huff
Chubby Checker Hey You Little Boo-Ga-Loo 1966 Parkway
19 recordlabel: Polydor 14277
chartposition: RandB #93
writtenby: Sam Johnson
The Soul Searchers Boogie Up the Nation (Part I) 1975 Polydor
20 recordlabel: Source 41013
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: Chuck Brown, John Buchanan, Leroy Fleming, Curtis Johnson, Donald Tillery and Jerry Wilder
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers Game Seven 1979 Source
21 recordlabel: Source 41226
chartposition: RandB #55
writtenby: Brenda Sutton, Michael Sutton
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers Sticks and Stones (But the Funk Won't Never Hurt You) (Part I) 1980 Source
22 recordlabel: Source 13910
chartposition: UK #77
writtenby: Chuck Brown
comments: Originally released in 1978 This longer version released in UK in 1985
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers Bustin' Loose 1985 Source
23 recordlabel: Venture 145
chartposition: RandB #81
writtenby: George Jackson
album: Mr. Clarence Carter in Person
comments: [southern soul]
Clarence Carter It's a Monster Thang 1981 Venture
24 recordlabel: Argo 5378
chartposition: RandB #9, US #4, UK #3
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Robert Guidry and Paul Gayten
album: You Always Hurt the One You Love
Clarence Frogman Henry But I Do 1961 Argo
25 recordlabel: Argo 5401
chartposition: US #109
writtenby: Kennedy and Mosley
Clarence Frogman Henry Standing in the Need of Love 1961 Argo
26 recordlabel: Argo 5408
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #33, US #77
writtenby: Clarence Henry and Robert Guidry
Clarence Frogman Henry A Little Too Much 1962 Argo
27 recordlabel: Argo 5414
chartposition: US #112
writtenby: Peter Udell and Gary Geld
Clarence Frogman Henry Dream Myself A Sweetheart 1962 Argo
28 recordlabel: October 1011
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Ted Jarrett, Bob Holmes (as Robert Holmes [Robert Lee Holmes Jr.]) and Freddie Waters
Freddie Waters I'm Afraid to Let You into My Life 1977 October
29 recordlabel: Kari 115
chartposition: RandB #88
writtenby: Ted Jarrett
comments: [ballad]
Freddie Waters You Can Make It if You Try 1981 Kari
-- recordlabel: Polydor 15111
writtenby: Aronson, Miller
Basic Black & Pearl There'll Come A Time, There'll Come A Day 1975 Polydor
1 recordlabel: Mercury 73700
chartposition: RandB #83
writtenby: Lee Pittman
Tomorrow's Promise You're Everything Good to Me 1975 Mercury
2 recordlabel: Laurie 3418
chartposition: UK #38
writtenby: Doug Morris
Dean Parrish I'm on My Way 1975 Laurie
3 recordlabel: Chrysalis 43331
chartposition: US #7, US Dance #11, UK #10
writtenby: David Was, Don Was and Randy Jacobs
album: What Up, Dog?
Was (Not Was) Walk the Dinosaur 1987 Chrysalis
4 recordlabel: Chrysalis 23641
chartposition: UK #53, US Dance #35
writtenby: David Was and Don Was
album: Are You Okay?
Was (Not Was) How the Heart Behaves 1990 Chrysalis
-- recordlabel: Power Exchange 104 (UK)
writtenby: B. Cole
Billy Cole Extra Careful 1975 Power Exchange(UK)
1 recordlabel: Curtom 2000
chartposition: RandB #20
writtenby: Leroy Hutson and Michael J. Hawkins
album: The Natural Four
The Natural Four You Bring Out the Best in Me 1974 Curtom
2 recordlabel: Curtom 1995
chartposition: RandB #23, US #98
writtenby: Leroy Hutson, Janice Hutson, Michael J. Hawkins and Joe Reaves
album: The Natural Four
The Natural Four Love That Really Counts 1974 Curtom
3 recordlabel: Curtom 0101
chartposition: RandB #68
writtenby: Joe Reaves and Leroy Hutson
album: Heaven Right Here on Earth
The Natural Four Heaven Right Here on Earth 1975 Curtom
4 recordlabel: Curtom 16583
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Leroy Hutson
album: Heaven Right Here on Earth
The Natural Four Love's So Wonderful 1975 Curtom
5 recordlabel: Curtom 0119
chartposition: RandB #71
writtenby: Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy
album: Nightchaser
The Natural Four Free 1976 Curtom
6 recordlabel: Curtom 0114
chartposition: RandB #82
writtenby: Leroy Hutson and Stephen Harris
album: Nightchaser
The Natural Four It's the Music 1976 Curtom
7 recordlabel: Pye International 725697(UK)
chartposition: UK #18
writtenby: Herbie Watkins
album: Sheer Elegance
Sheer Elegance Milky Way 1975 Pye International (U
8 recordlabel: Pye International 725703 (UK)
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Herbie Watkins
album: Sheer Elegance
comments: [pop soul]
Sheer Elegance Life Is Too Short Girl 1976 Pye International(
9 recordlabel: Pye International 725715(UK)
chartposition: UK #41
writtenby: Bev Gordon
album: Sheer Elegance
Sheer Elegance It's Temptation 1976 Pye International (U
10 recordlabel: Mercury 71783
chartposition: US #103
writtenby: Gene Pitney
Clyde McPhatter Tomorrow Is a-Comin' 1961 Mercury
11 recordlabel: Mercury 71783
chartposition: US #110
writtenby: Joy Kennedy
Clyde McPhatter I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home 1961 Mercury
12 recordlabel: Mercury 71841
chartposition: RandB #17, US #56
writtenby: Jimmy Oliver and Clyde McPhatter
Clyde McPhatter I Never Knew 1961 Mercury
13 recordlabel: Mercury 71941
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #3, US #7
writtenby: Bill Swan
album: Lover Please!
Clyde McPhatter Lover Please 1962 Mercury
14 recordlabel: Mercury 71987
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #13, US #25
writtenby: Robert Byrd
album: Lover Please!
Clyde McPhatter Little Bitty Pretty One 1962 Mercury
15 recordlabel: Mercury 72051
chartposition: US #118
writtenby: Ruth Batchelor and Bob Roberts
Clyde McPhatter The Best Man Cried 1962 Mercury
16 recordlabel: Mercury 72166
chartposition: US #127
writtenby: Lincoln Chase
Clyde McPhatter From One To One 1963 Mercury
17 recordlabel: Mercury 72220
chartposition: RandB #10, US #90
writtenby: Jimmy Radcliffe and Carl Spencer
album: Songs Of The Big City
Clyde McPhatter Deep In The Heart Of Harlem 1964 Mercury
18 recordlabel: Mercury 72407
chartposition: RandB #22, US #117
writtenby: Ed Townsend
Clyde McPhatter Crying Won't Help You Now 1965 Mercury
19 recordlabel: Streetwise 1123
chartposition: RandB #73
writtenby: Colonel Abrams and Marston Freeman
comments: [ballad]
Colonel Abrams Leave the Message Behind the Door 1984 Streetwise
20 recordlabel: Streetwise 2235
chartposition: UK #84, US dance #11
writtenby: Winston Jones, Colonel Abrams and Marston Freeman
Colonel Abrams Music Is the Answer 1985 Streetwise
21 recordlabel: Scotti Bros. 72392 75322
chartposition: US dance #22
writtenby: Colonel Abrams and Marston Freeman
album: About Romance
comments: [dance, garage house]
Colonel Abrams Never Be Another One 1992 Scotti Bros.
22 recordlabel: Scotti Bros. 75232
chartposition: RandB #58
writtenby: Colonel Abrams, Ceri Evans and Errol Kennedy
album: About Romance
comments: [dance, garage house]
Colonel Abrams You Don't Know (Somebody Tell Me) 1992 Scotti Bros.
23 recordlabel: Scotti Bros. 72392
chartposition: RandB #70
album: About Romance
comments: [beat ballad]
Colonel Abrams When Somebody Loves Somebody 1992 Scotti Bros.
24 recordlabel: Great Jones 162 530 630
chartposition: US dance #15
writtenby: Colonel Abrams, Marston Freeman and Peter Black
Colonel Abrams So Confused 1994 Great Jones
25 recordlabel: K. Sirrah 4069
chartposition: UK #165
writtenby: Colonel Abrams
comments: [dance, house]
Colonel Abrams Don't Give Me a Love That I Can't Use 2002 K. Sirrah
26 recordlabel: Relativity 88561 1139
chartposition: RandB #107
album: Can I Borrow a Dollar?
comments: [hip hop]
Common Breaker 1-9 1992 Relativity
27 recordlabel: Relativity 88561 1183
chartposition: RandB #108
album: Can I Borrow A Dollar?
comments: [hip hop]
Common Soul by the Pound 1993 Relativity
28 recordlabel: Relativity 88561 1209
chartposition: RandB #91
writtenby: Common
album: Resurrection
Common I Used to Love H.E.R. 1994 Relativity
29 recordlabel: Relativity 1627
chartposition: RandB #57, US #101, UK #59
writtenby: Common and Anthony Craig
album: One Day It'll All Make Sense
Common Reminding Me (Of Sef) 1997 Relativity
30 recordlabel: Rawkus 53474
chartposition: RandB #41, US #110
album: Soundbombing 2
Common One-Nine-Nine-Nine 1999 Rawkus
31 recordlabel: Mercury 76066
chartposition: RandB #27
writtenby: Felton Pilate
album: Spirit of Love
Con Funk Shun By Your Side 1980 Mercury
32 recordlabel: Mercury 76079
chartposition: RandB #87
writtenby: Michael Cooper
album: Spirit of Love
Con Funk Shun Happy Face 1980 Mercury
33 recordlabel: Mercury 168
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Felton Pilate, Garry Jackson and Michael Cooper
album: Touch
comments: [disco funk]
Con Funk Shun Lady's Wild 1981 Mercury
34 recordlabel: Mercury 76128
chartposition: RandB #19
writtenby: Danny A. Thomas, Felton Pilate and Linda Lou McCall
album: Con Funk Shun 7
comments: [disco funk]
Con Funk Shun Bad Lady 1981 Mercury
35 recordlabel: Mercury 76159
chartposition: RandB #79
writtenby: Felton Pilate and Nita Wells Pilate
album: Con Funk Shun 7
comments: [love ballad]
Con Funk Shun Straight from the Heart 1982 Mercury
36 recordlabel: Mercury 223
chartposition: RandB #31
writtenby: Gerald Calhoun and Michael Cooper
album: To the Max
comments: [funk]
Con Funk Shun Ain't Nobody, Baby 1982 Mercury
37 recordlabel: Mercury 810 341 1
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Michael Cooper and Felton Pilate
album: To the Max
comments: [funk]
Con Funk Shun Ms. Got-The-Body 1983 Mercury
38 recordlabel: Mercury 250
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: Nita Wells Pilate and Ray Miles
album: To the Max
Con Funk Shun You Are the One 1983 Mercury
39 recordlabel: Mercury 814 581 7
chartposition: RandB #5, US #76
writtenby: Eumir Deodato
album: Fever
comments: [love ballad]
Con Funk Shun Baby I'm Hooked (Right Into Your Love) 1983 Mercury
40 recordlabel: Mercury 253 1
chartposition: RandB #33, US #103
writtenby: Felton Pilate and Melvin Carter
album: Fever
Con Funk Shun Don't Let Your Love Grow Cold 1984 Mercury
41 recordlabel: Mercury 880 636
chartposition: RandB #4, US #102
writtenby: Larry Smith, Ken J. Cedar and David Renzer
album: Electric Lady
Con Funk Shun Electric Lady 1985 Mercury
42 recordlabel: Mercury 880 914
chartposition: RandB #12
writtenby: Michael Cooper and Wayne Wallace
album: Electric Lady
comments: [beat ballad]
Con Funk Shun I'm Leaving Baby 1985 Mercury
43 recordlabel: Mercury 884 189
chartposition: RandB #47
writtenby: C. Martin, V. Ross Redding and M. Madden
Con Funk Shun Tell Me What (I'm Gonna Do) 1985 Mercury
44 recordlabel: Mercury 884 762
chartposition: RandB #8
writtenby: Attala Zane Giles (as Zane Giles) and Billy Osbourne
album: Burnin' Love
Con Funk Shun Burnin' Love 1986 Mercury
45 recordlabel: Mercury 884 992
chartposition: RandB #80
writtenby: Attala Zane Giles and Derek Giles
comments: [hip hop, funk]
Con Funk Shun She's a Star 1986 Mercury
46 recordlabel: Intersound 9220
chartposition: RandB #84
writtenby: George Duke, Michael Cooper, Byron Miller, Ndugo Chandler and Charles Icarus Johnson
album: Live For Ya A**
Con Funk Shun Throw It Up, Throw It Up 1996 Intersound

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