Soul R&B Music Charts of 1968 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1968 With Free MP3 Download Links and Song Lyrics

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Below is a list of the best selling Soul R&B songs from 1968, sorted by the most popular or best selling 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 label to list songs from that record label. Following on from the top 100 chart are listings of hundreds of other lesser-known Soul R&B songs from 1968, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1968 . . .

The following songs were released in 1968 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 1968 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
801	recordlabel: Stax 248 chartposition: RandB #16, US #86, UK #31 writtenby: William Bell and Booker T. Jones album: Atlantic Soul Classics	William Bell	A Tribute to a King	1968	Stax
802	recordlabel: MS 203 chartposition: RandB #27 writtenby: Fred Brown and Harry Lee Gates	Louis Curry	A Toast to You	1968	MS
803	recordlabel: Giant 704 chartposition: RandB #28, US #129 writtenby: Jo Armstead	Jo Armstead	A Stone Good Lover	1968	Giant
804	recordlabel: Atlantic 452584 chartposition: RandB #36, US #24 writtenby: Eddie Brigati & Felix Cavaliere album: Freedom Suite	The Rascals	A Ray of Hope	1968	Atlantic
---	recordlabel: Chess 2058 writtenby: E. Sylvers comments: [southern soul ballad] mpcode: l24Hdy6NxKQ	Denise La Salle	A Promise Is A Promise	1968	Chess
---	recordlabel: Motown 1137 writtenby: Ron Miller, B. Wells album: Diana Ross and the Supremes Join the Temptations comments: [Motown Sound]	Diana Ross & the Supremes & the Temptations	A Place In The Sun	1968	Motown
1	recordlabel: Drew 1005 chartposition: RandB #50 writtenby: Fred Bridges, Richard Knight and Bobby Eaton	The Precisions	A Place	1968	Drew
2	recordlabel: Buddah BDA 26 chartposition: RandB #28, US #68 writtenby: Phil Medley album: Our Family Portrait	Five Stairsteps & Cubie	A Million to One	1968	Buddah BDA
---	recordlabel: Goldwax 335 writtenby: Q. Claunch, R. Russell comments: [deep soul]	James Carr	A Message To Young Lovers	1968	Goldwax
1	recordlabel: Atlantic 2575 chartposition: RandB #20, US #42 writtenby: George Jackson, Raymond Moore, Roland Chambers and Melvin Leakes album: Hey Jude	Wilson Pickett	A Man and a Half	1968	Atlantic
2	recordlabel: Goldwax 332 chartposition: RandB #16, US #63 writtenby: O.B. McClinton album: A Man Needs a Woman	James Carr	A Man Needs a Woman	1968	Goldwax
---	recordlabel: Checker 1211 writtenby: A. Jones, H. Banks	Willie Walker	A Lucky Loser	1968	Checker
---	recordlabel: Reginald 1403 writtenby: Henry R. Hines album: Lost Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 comments: [deep soul]	Virgil Griffin And Rhythm Kings	A Forgotten Lover	1968	Reginald
---	recordlabel: Atlantic writtenby: Ray Charles album: The Immortal Otis Redding	Otis Redding	A Fool For You	1968	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Stax 251 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #114 writtenby: Isaac Hayes and David Porter	Carla Thomas	A Dime a Dozen	1968	Stax
2	recordlabel: Atlantic 452493 chartposition: RandB #36, US #3 writtenby: Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati	The Rascals	A Beautiful Morning	1968	Atlantic
3	recordlabel: Back Beat 598 chartposition: RandB #19, US #105 writtenby: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) and Buddy Lamp	Carl Carlton	46 Drums, 1 Guitar	1968	Back Beat
4	recordlabel: Shout 233 chartposition: RandB #27 writtenby: Kenny Gamble (as Kenneth Gamble) and Leon Huff	Freddie Scott	(You) Got What I Need	1968	Shout
5	recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2608 chartposition: RandB #11, US #25 writtenby: Buddy Mize & Ira Allen comments: [southern soul]	Joe Simon	(You Keep Me) Hangin' On	1968	Sound Stage Seven
6	recordlabel: Motown 1118 chartposition: RandB #94 writtenby: Smokey Robinson album: Chuck Jackson Arrives! comments: [Motown Sound]	Chuck Jackson	(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You	1968	Motown
---	recordlabel: Revue 11018 writtenby: E. Record, C. Davis	The Chi-Lites	(Um, Um) My Baby Loves Me	1968	Revue
1	recordlabel: Scepter 12203 chartposition: RandB #13, UK #28, US #2, US AC #2 writtenby: Andre Previn & Dory Previn album: Valley of the Dolls comments: [ballad]	Dionne Warwick	(Theme from) The Valley of the Dolls	1968	Scepter
2	recordlabel: Galaxy 759 chartposition: RandB #49 writtenby: Da Kine Inc.	The Right Kind	(Tell Me) Why Do You Have to Lie?	1968	Galaxy
---	recordlabel: Mercury 72876 writtenby: Butler, Farrow, Harris album: The Ice Man Cometh comments: [ballad] mpcode: r0w-tvzFn60	Jerry Butler	(Strange) I Still Love You	1968	Mercury
1	recordlabel: Volt 157 chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3 writtenby: Otis Redding & Steve Cropper album: The Dock of the Bay / Atlantic Soul Classics comments: [southern soul]	Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay	1968	Volt
2	recordlabel: Atco 6562 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #34, US #84, US AC #32 writtenby: Otis Redding and Steve Cropper	King Curtis	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay	1968	Atco
3	recordlabel: Phil L.A. of Soul 320 chartposition: US #87 writtenby: John Ellison and Ernie Fields	The Fantastic Johnny C	(She's) Some Kind of Wonderful	1968	Phil L.A. of Soul
---	recordlabel: Capitol 2263 writtenby: Bettye Swann	Bettye Swann	(My Heart Is) Closed For The Season	1968	Capitol
1	recordlabel: Roc Ker 100 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: A. Jones, R. Stewart and R. Evans	Franky & the Spindles	(My Girl Is Made of) Candy	1968	Roc Ker
2	recordlabel: Shout 224 chartposition: RandB #40, US #91 writtenby: George Torrence and Charles B. Manley	George Torrence & the Naturals	(Mama Come Quick, and Bring Your) Lickin' Stick	1968	Shout
3	recordlabel: Gamble 217 chartposition: RandB #4, US #26 writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff album: Cowboys to Girls / Intruders Super Hits comments: [philly sound]	The Intruders	(Love Is Like a) Baseball Game	1968	Gamble
---	recordlabel: Atlantic 2491 writtenby: The Ambassadors	The Ambassadors	(I've Got To Find) Happiness	1968	Atlantic
1	recordlabel: Stax 601042 chartposition: RandB #46 writtenby: William Bell and Booker T. Jones	Albert King	(I Love) Lucy	1968	Stax
---	recordlabel: Cap City 109 writtenby: C. Eaton, D. Wilson comments: [mid-tempo ballad] mpcode: D54n69MJT-w	The Lovations	(I Keep Singing) La La La Ooh	1968	Cap City
1	recordlabel: Dynamo 112 chartposition: RandB #17, US #76 writtenby: Charlie Foxx, Brooks O'Dell and Yvonne Williams	Inez & Charlie Foxx	(1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days	1968	Dynamo
---	recordlabel: Carnival 540 writtenby: J. Evans	Lee Williams & the Cymbals	'Til You Come Back To Me	1968	Carnival
---	recordlabel: Epic 510418 writtenby: K. Gamble, L. Huff comments: [northern soul]	The Vibrations	'Cause You're Mine	1968	Epic

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