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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
901 recordlabel: RCA 8926
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Troy Johnson
album: The Way It Is
comments: [new jack swing]
Troy Johnson The Way It Is 1989 RCA
902 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8665
chartposition: RandB #14
writtenby: Larry Graham
album: My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me
Larry Graham & Graham Central Station Is It Love? 1978 Warner Bros.
903 recordlabel: Scarface 7036
chartposition: RandB #41, US #42
weeksinr&bchart: 17
album: Ear to the Street
The Conscious Daughters Somethin' to Ride to (Fonky Expedition) 1994 Scarface
904 recordlabel: Charisma 1586
chartposition: RandB #30, US #62, UK #62
writtenby: Handel Tucker
album: Bonafide
comments: [reggae]
Maxi Priest Just a Little Bit Longer 1990 Charisma
905 recordlabel: Organized Noize 97046
chartposition: RandB #18, US #73
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Frederick Bell, Erin Johnson, Goodie Mob and Neil Young
album: East Points Greatest Hits
Cool Breeze featuring Outkast, Goodie Mob & Witchdoctor Watch for the Hook 1998 Organized Noize
906 recordlabel: United Artists 36141 (UK)
chartposition: UK #42
writtenby: T. Randazzo, V. Pike
comments: [northern soul] (re release)
Little Anthony & The Imperials Better Use Your Head -- Gonna Fix You Good 1976 United Artists(UK)
907 recordlabel: RCA 1922
chartposition: RandB #57, US Dance #14
writtenby: Len Ron Hanks and Zane Grey
album: Prime Time
Grey & Hanks Now I'm Fine 1980 RCA
908 recordlabel: Polydor 14523
chartposition: RandB #59, UK #43
writtenby: Richard Flowers and Wayne Henderson
Roy Ayers & Wayne Henderson Heat of the Beat 1978 Polydor
909 recordlabel: Network 47950
chartposition: US #42
writtenby: Irene Cara and Bruce Roberts
album: Anyone Can See
comments: [ballad]
Irene Cara Anyone Can See 1981 Network
910 recordlabel: Arista 9460
chartposition: RandB #49, US #72, US AC #7
writtenby: Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Bruce Roberts
album: Friends
Dionne Warwick Whisper in the Dark 1986 Arista
911 recordlabel: Polydor 637 (UK)
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Bobby Eli and Len Barry
album: Love Town
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
Booker Newberry III Teddy Bear 1983 Polydor(UK)
912 recordlabel: United Artists 36257
chartposition: UK #35
writtenby: Ayn Robbins, Bill Conti and Carol Conners
comments: (From the United Artists Motion Picture 'Rocky')
De Etta Little & Nelson Pigford You Take My Heart Away 1977 United Artists
913 recordlabel: Perspective
chartposition: RandB #28, US #46
weeksinr&bchart: 20
album: 4.0
comments: [slow jam]
4.0 Have A Little Mercy 1997 Perspective
914 recordlabel: Curtom 1931
chartposition: RandB #15, US #59
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Love's Happening
Five Stairsteps & Cubie Don't Change Your Love 1968 Curtom
915 recordlabel: Paisley Park 28999
chartposition: RandB #35, US #46
writtenby: Prince
album: Around the World in a Day
Prince with The Revolution America 1985 Paisley Park
916 recordlabel: RCA Victor 5048
chartposition: UK #54, US Dance #27
writtenby: DeLisle Harper, Glen LeFleur, Joe Jammer, Mike Vernon and Pete Wingfield
Olympic Runners with George Chandler Keep It Up 1977 RCA Victor
917 recordlabel: Work 64189
chartposition: UK #29
writtenby: Diana King , Andy Marvel, Billy Mann and Céline Dion
Diana King Treat Her Like a Lady 1999 Work
918 recordlabel: Mercury 71840
chartposition: RandB #15, US #12
writtenby: Ben E. King, Glick, and Ollie Jones
Damita Jo I'll Be There 1961 Mercury
919 recordlabel: Mainstream 5542
chartposition: RandB #33, US #47
writtenby: Manu Dibango
album: Soul Makossa
comments: [instrumental]
Afrique Soul Makossa 1973 Mainstream
920 recordlabel: Greensleeves 380
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Shaggy and Robert Livingston
album: Pure Pleasure
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Shaggy Soon Be Done 1993 Greensleeves
921 recordlabel: Profile 7019
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: DMC (as Darryl McDaniels), DJ Run and Jam Master Jay
album: Run D.M.C.
comments: [hip hop]
Run-D.M.C. It's Like That 1983 Profile
922 recordlabel: Trojan 7791 (UK)
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Barry/Bloom
album: Montego Bay
comments: [reggae]
Freddie Notes & The Rudies Montego Bay 1970 Trojan(UK)
923 recordlabel: Spring 171
chartposition: RandB #52, UK #31
writtenby: Bill Curtis, Johnny Flippin and Kenny Ballard
album: NYCNYUSA
Fatback Band Double Dutch 1977 Spring
924 recordlabel: Arista 1
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Tom Browne and Toni Smith
comments: re release
Tom Browne Funkin' for Jamaica (1991 Remix) 1991 Arista
925 recordlabel: Prelude 8033
chartposition: RandB #58, US Dance #15
writtenby: Ruben Faison
album: The Strikers
comments: [disco funk]
The Strikers Inch by Inch 1981 Prelude
926 recordlabel: OBR 73173
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Danny Webster, Mark Adams, Raye Turner, Steve Washington and Steve Arringto
album: The Black Flames
comments: [new jack swing]
The Black Flames Watching You 1990 OBR
927 recordlabel: RCA 2
chartposition: RandB #60, UK #46, US #106
writtenby: Roger Ball and Bill Champlin
album: Shine
Average White Band For You, For Love 1980 RCA
928 recordlabel: Liberty 55405
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #15
writtenby: Barry, Crofford, Resnick
album: Hit After Hit
Gene McDaniels Chip Chip 1961 Liberty
929 recordlabel: Mercury 71859
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #31, US #45, US AC #8
writtenby: Teddy Randazzo, Cirino Colacrai, Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
Brook Benton It's Just a House Without You 1961 Mercury
930 recordlabel: Warner 0222(UK)
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Cecil Womack (as Zekuumba Zekkariyas) and Linda Womack (as Zeniya Zekkariyas)
album: Transformation to the House of Zekkariyas
comments: (Aka Womack & Womack)
The House of Zekkariyas Secret Star 1994 Warner (UK)
931 recordlabel: Gordy 1634
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Rick James
album: Throwin' Down
comments: [Motown Sound]
Rick James Hard to Get 1982 Gordy
932 recordlabel: Warner 8403
chartposition: RandB #19, US #104
writtenby: Bootsy Collins and George Clinton
album: Ahh--The Name Is Bootsy, Baby!
Bootsy's Rubber Band Can't Stay Away 1977 Warner
933 recordlabel: RAK 280 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Russ Ballard
Kandidate Don't Wanna Say Goodnight 1978 RAK(UK)
934 recordlabel: Gordy 1737
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Dennis Lambert, Sam Dees and J.C. Crowley
album: Don't Look Any Further
comments: [slow jam]
Dennis Edwards (You're My) Aphrodisiac 1984 Gordy
935 recordlabel: Ariola America 50004
chartposition: US Dance #15
writtenby: Andrew "Mike" Terry
album: Bad Luck
The Atlanta Disco Band It's Love 1976 Ariola America
936 recordlabel: RCA 11346
chartposition: RandB #19, US #104
writtenby: Len Ron Hanks and Zane Grey
Grey & Hanks You Fooled Me 1978 RCA
937 recordlabel: RCA Victor 4337
chartposition: RandB #61, UK #45
writtenby: Paul Laurence
album: Get Loose
comments: [disco funk]
Evelyn King (aka Evelyn Champagne King) Get Loose 1983 RCA Victor
938 recordlabel: Elektra 5311
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Howard Hewett and Kenny Aubrey
album: Forever and Ever
comments: [slow jam]
Howard Hewett Once, Twice, Three Times 1988 Elektra
939 recordlabel: Six By Six Records 2
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Paris Grey, Ann Saunderson and Kevin Saunderson
comments: [dance, house]
Inner City Do Me Right 1996 Six By Six Records
940 recordlabel: Reality 264
chartposition: RandB #19, UK #79
writtenby: Doug E. Fresh
album: Oh, My God!
Doug E. Fresh All the Way to Heaven 1986 Reality
941 recordlabel: Warner 8437
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Jeffrey Cohen, Narada Michael Walden, Cory Lerios and David Jenkins
album: While the City Sleeps
George Benson Teaser 1987 Warner
942 recordlabel: RCA 5149
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Nick Trevisick and Paul Gurvitz
album: Silk and Steel
Five Star Are You Man Enough? 1987 RCA
943 recordlabel: Warner 28809
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Morris Day
album: The Color of Success
Morris Day The Color of Success 1985 Warner
944 recordlabel: Ten Records 337
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Kevin Saunderson and Paris Grey
album: Fire
Inner City Till We Meet Again 1991 Ten Records
945 recordlabel: 20th Century 2191
chartposition: RandB #19, US #83
writtenby: Rich Cason (as Charles Richard Cason)
album: Come and Get Yourself Some
Leon Haywood Come an' Get Yourself Some 1975 20th Century
946 recordlabel: Arista 9146
chartposition: RandB #45, US dance #15
writtenby: Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller
album: How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye
Dionne Warwick Got a Date 1984 Arista
947 recordlabel: Interscope/MCA 6523
chartposition: RandB #15, US #60
writtenby: K Ci, JoJo and R. Kelly
album: It's Real
K-Ci & JoJo Life 1999 Interscope/MCA
948 recordlabel: Warner Bros. 17748
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Kerry Chater and Glen Ballard
album: Give Me the Night
comments: [jazz funk]
George Benson What's on Your Mind 1981 Warner Bros.
949 recordlabel: Philly World 99760
chartposition: RandB #23, US #105, UK #97
writtenby: Bryan Loren
album: Bryan Loren
Bryan Loren Lollipop Luv 1984 Philly World
950 recordlabel: Ten Records 169
chartposition: UK #46
writtenby: Kurtis Mantronik and MC Tee
album: Music Madness
Mantronix Scream 1987 Ten Records
951 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 543
chartposition: RandB #15
The Sequence Funk You Up 1980 Sugar Hill
952 recordlabel: FFRR 183 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
album: Vivienne Mckone
Vivienne McKone Sing 1992 FFRR(UK)
953 recordlabel: Blue Rock 4014
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Sir Mack Rice
Sir Mack Rice Mustang Sally 1965 Blue Rock
954 recordlabel: Checker 942
chartposition: RandB #20, US #75
writtenby: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)
Bo Diddley Road Runner 1960 Checker
955 recordlabel: Trojan 7711 (UK)
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: F. Hibbert
album: Monkey Man
comments: [reggae]
Toots & The Maytals Monkey Man 1970 Trojan(UK)
956 recordlabel: RCA 60418
chartposition: RandB #15, US #48
writtenby: Harvey Mason Jr., Damon Thomas, Underdogs, J. Valentine and White
album: 2000 Watts
Tyrese I Like Them Girls 2001 RCA
957 recordlabel: Reprise 0907
chartposition: RandB #28, US #47
writtenby: Eskew Reeder Jr. (aka Esquerita) and Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: The Rill Thing
comments: [funky soul]
Little Richard Freedom Blues 1970 Reprise
958 recordlabel: Warner 17282
chartposition: RandB #15, US #47
writtenby: Arvel McClinton, Jeff Young and Rochad Holiday
album: This Time It's Personal
comments: [slow jam]
Somethin' for the People All I Do 1998 Warner
959 recordlabel: Crimson 1012
chartposition: RandB #45, US #33
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Soul Survivors Explosion in Your Soul 1967 Crimson
960 recordlabel: Arista 0366
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Gil Scott Heron
Gil Scott-Heron Angel Dust 1978 Arista
961 recordlabel: Virgin 22
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: John Lee Hooker , Carlos Santana and Chester Thompson
album: Chill Out
John Lee Hooker & Carlos Santana Chill Out (Things Gonna Change) 1995 Virgin
962 recordlabel: Polo Grounds
chartposition: RandB #19, US #79
comments: [rap]
Yo Gotti 5 Star Chick 2009 Polo Grounds
963 recordlabel: Horse 57 (UK)
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: K. Foster
album: This Monday Morning Feeling
comments: [reggae]
Tito Simon This Monday Morning Feeling 1975 Horse(UK)
964 recordlabel: Profile 5211
chartposition: RandB #29, US #75, UK #86, US dance #18
writtenby: Michael Nesmith
album: Tougher Than Leather
Run-D.M.C. Mary, Mary 1988 Profile
965 recordlabel: Kedar/Universal
chartposition: RandB #30, UK #47
writtenby: Erykah Badu and Robert Bradford
album: Live
Erykah Badu Apple Tree (To Be Free) 1997 Kedar/Universal
966 recordlabel: Solar 13
chartposition: RandB #74, US dance #10
album: Portrait of Carrie
Carrie Lucas It's Not What You Got (It's How You Use It) 1980 Solar
967 recordlabel: Sugar Hill 32025
chartposition: RandB #51, UK #45
album: Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five
comments: [hip hop]
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five We Don't Work for Free 1984 Sugar Hill
968 recordlabel: Spring 190
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Joe Simon and Teddy Randazzo
Joe Simon Love Vibration 1978 Spring
969 recordlabel: Sire 29016
chartposition: US Dance #15, UK #50
writtenby: William Alexander Smith
T.C. Curtis You Should Have Known Better 1985 Sire
970 recordlabel: Urban 13
chartposition: UK #45
writtenby: Hank Ballard and James Brown
album: Motherlode
comments: [funk]
James Brown She's the One 1988 Urban
971 recordlabel: Bearsville 6559
chartposition: RandB #19, US Dance #92
writtenby: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
Norma Jean Wright High Society 1979 Bearsville
972 recordlabel: Carrere 393
chartposition: UK #44
writtenby: Mike Wickfield, Pamela Forest and Paul Pacer
album: Sheila and B.Devotion
Sheila & B. Devotion You Light My Fire 1978 Carrere
973 recordlabel: Interscope
chartposition: RandB #33, US #46
writtenby: Polow da Don, Ester Dean and Chris Brown
album: Music Inspired by More Than a Game
Ester Dean featuring Chris Brown Drop It Low 2009 Interscope
974 recordlabel: Elektra 60889
chartposition: RandB #15
album: So Intense
comments: [beat ballad]
Lisa Fischer So Intense 1992 Elektra
975 recordlabel: Ariola 7748
chartposition: RandB #20, US #74
writtenby: Pat Summerson and Lenny Macaluso
album: Taka Boom
Taka Boom Night Dancin' 1979 Ariola
976 recordlabel: Ariola 7627
chartposition: US #47, RandB #88
writtenby: Bill Champlin and Laura Allan
album: A Circle Filled With Love
Sons of Champlin Hold On 1976 Ariola
977 recordlabel: Spring 130
chartposition: RandB #15, US #50
writtenby: Bunny Sigler and Phil Hurtt
album: Drowning in the Sea of Love
Joe Simon I Found My Dad 1972 Spring
978 recordlabel: Lamarr 1001
chartposition: RandB #18, US #120
writtenby: Tony Hester
The Esquires Girls in the City 1971 Lamarr
979 recordlabel: Curtom 2006
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield
album: Got to Find a Way
Curtis Mayfield Mother's Son 1975 Curtom
980 recordlabel: Spring 149
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Aseneth Peek, Joe Simon and King Sterling
Joe Simon The Best Time of My Life 1974 Spring
981 recordlabel: Vibration 524
chartposition: RandB #21, US #70
writtenby: Al Goodman, Billy Brown, Michael Burton and Sylvia Robinson
album: Pillow Talk
Sylvia Didn't I 1973 Vibration
982 recordlabel: Curb 52521
chartposition: RandB #61, US #54, UK #68, US Dance #22
weeksinr&bchart: 9
writtenby: Peggy March, Michael Bradley and Steve Wittmack
album: Jermaine Jackson [1984 album]
comments: from the movie Voyage of the Rock Aliens starring Pia Zadora; also available on Arista 9340
Jermaine Jackson & Pia Zadora When the Rain Begins To Fall 1984 Curb
983 recordlabel: Parkway 862
chartposition: RandB #15, US #15
writtenby: Kal Mann and Bernie Lowe
album: Let's Limbo Some More
Chubby Checker Twenty Miles 1963 Parkway
984 recordlabel: Polydor 2207
chartposition: UK #47, US Dance #57
writtenby: Wally Badarou, Mark King and Phil Gould
album: Level 42
comments: [jazz funk]
Level 42 Starchild 1981 Polydor
985 recordlabel: Riverside 4541
chartposition: Cashbox R&B #21, US #66
writtenby: Nat Adderley
album: Jazz Workshop Revisited
comments: [instrumental]
Cannonball Adderley Jive Samba 1963 Riverside
986 recordlabel: Emergency 6524
chartposition: US dance #10
writtenby: Arthur Baker, Russell Presto, Tony Carbone
comments: [disco funk, boogie]
mpcode: J0_K2pdtTnM
Michelle Wallace It's Right 1982 Emergency
987 recordlabel: Liberty 66094
chartposition: RandB #19, US #91
writtenby: Jimmy McCracklin
Jimmy McCracklin Every Night, Every Day 1965 Liberty
988 recordlabel: RCA 49335
chartposition: US Dance #9
writtenby: KC Flightt (as Frank Toson), M. Morgan
album: In Flightt
KC Flightt Summer Madness 1989 RCA
989 recordlabel: Roulette 7097
chartposition: RandB #19, US #77
writtenby: Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
album: Maybe
The Three Degrees You're the One 1971 Roulette
990 recordlabel: Verve 012831
chartposition: US dance #10
writtenby: traditional and Nina Simone
comments: [dance, house]
Nina Simone Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix) 2003 Verve
991 recordlabel: 4J Records 501
chartposition: Cashbox RandB #15
writtenby: Gerald L. Russ
Lonnie Russ My Wife Can't Cook 1962 J Records
992 recordlabel: Streetwise 1114
chartposition: RandB #43, US Dance #15
writtenby: Brian Auger
comments: [disco dance]
Cuba Gooding Happiness Is Just Around the Bend 1983 Streetwise
993 recordlabel: Brunswick 55219
chartposition: RandB #19, US #79
writtenby: Alonzo Tucker, Jackie Wilson and Morris Levy
Jackie Wilson You Don't Know What It Means 1961 Brunswick
994 recordlabel: Turbo 021
chartposition: RandB #15, US #74
writtenby: Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks and Jerry Butler
album: Your Precious Love / Linda Jones Greatest Hits
comments: [deep soul]
Linda Jones Your Precious Love 1972 Turbo
995 recordlabel: Total Experience 49743
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: Charlie Wilson, Morris Rente and Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band 8
comments: aka Get Loose, Get Funky
The Gap Band Zibble, Zibble (Get the Money) 1987 Total Experience
996 recordlabel: Warner 29182
chartposition: RandB #19, US #85, US Dance #32
writtenby: Apollonia (as Apollonia Kotero) and Prince (uncredited)
album: Apollonia 6
Apollonia 6 Sex Shooter 1984 Warner
997 recordlabel: Gordy 7124
chartposition: RandB #46, US #46
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
album: Law of the Land
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Undisputed Truth Mama I Got a Brand New Thing (Don't Say No) 1973 Gordy
998 recordlabel: FFRR 108
chartposition: US dance #10
writtenby: Frankie Knuckles , Robert Owens and Satoshi Tomiie
Frankie Knuckles Tears 1989 FFRR
999 recordlabel: Polydor 871 065
chartposition: RandB #15
writtenby: René Moore
album: Destination Love
Rene Moore All or Nothing 1988 Polydor
1000 recordlabel: Arista 9270
chartposition: RandB #59, US Dance #15
writtenby: David Frank and Mic Murphy
album: Let Me Be the One
Angela Bofill Can't Slow Down 1984 Arista

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