Soul R&B Music Charts of 1969 - Best-Selling Soul R&B Songs of 1969 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 1969, 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 1969, arranged in order of highest US R&B and/or UK chart position.

More Soul R&B Songs From 1969 . . .

The following songs were released in 1969 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 1969 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
301	recordlabel: Columbia 44890 chartposition: US #92 writtenby: Marvin Hamlisch album: Love, Peace and Happiness	The Chambers Brothers	Wake Up	1969	Columbia
302	recordlabel: Gordy 7090 chartposition: US #92 writtenby: Edwin Starr (as Charles Hatcher) album: Just We Two comments: [Motown Sound]	Edwin Starr & Blinky	Oh How Happy	1969	Gordy
303	recordlabel: Atlantic 2616 chartposition: RandB #35, US #86 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard	Percy Sledge	Any Day Now	1969	Atlantic
304	recordlabel: Dynamo 131 chartposition: RandB #22, US #91 writtenby: Harmon Bethea and Jim Burston comments: [novelty]	Bethea the Masked Man & the Agents	My Wife, My Dog, My Cat	1969	Dynamo
305	recordlabel: Atlantic 2606 chartposition: US #91 writtenby: Ed Hinton, D. Fritts album: Dusty in Memphis	Dusty Springfield	Breakfast in Bed	1969	Atlantic
306	recordlabel: Hi 2167 chartposition: RandB #37, US #115 writtenby: Willie Dixon comments: [instrumental]	Willie Mitchell	My Babe	1969	Hi
307	recordlabel: Steady 124 chartposition: US #95 writtenby: Luther Dixon comments: [reggae]	Eddie Lovette	Too Experienced	1969	Steady
308	recordlabel: Blue Note 1953 chartposition: RandB #48, US #95 writtenby: Jack McDuff album: Down Home Style comments: [instrumental]	Brother Jack McDuff	Theme from Electric Surfboard	1969	Blue Note
309	recordlabel: Atlantic 2671 chartposition: RandB #41, US #95 writtenby: Charlie Scruggs, Herbie Mann and Milton Smith	Herbie Mann	It's a Funky Thing Right On	1969	Atlantic
310	recordlabel: ABC/TRC 11239 chartposition: RandB #31, US #101 writtenby: Jimmy Lewis album: Doing His Thing	Ray Charles	We Can Make It	1969	ABC/TRC
311	recordlabel: Dial 4093 chartposition: RandB #46, US #94 writtenby: Joe Tex	Joe Tex	That's the Way	1969	Dial
312	recordlabel: ABC 11205 chartposition: RandB #31 writtenby: Rickey Jones album: Good Vibes!	The Natural Four	Why Should We Stop Now	1969	ABC
313	recordlabel: King 6268 chartposition: RandB #32 writtenby: Marva Whitney and James Brown	Marva Whitney	I Made a Mistake Because It's Only You	1969	King
314	recordlabel: Minit 32060 chartposition: RandB #46, US #98 writtenby: Wayne Carson	Ike And Tina Turner	I'm Gonna Do All I Can (To Do Right By My Man)	1969	Minit
315	recordlabel: Atlantic 2689 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #43, US #96 writtenby: Dave Mason	Mongo Santamaria	Feeling Alright	1969	Atlantic
316	recordlabel: Tetragrammation 1513 chartposition: RandB #36, US #102 writtenby: Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore	Rhetta Hughes	Light My Fire	1969	Tetragrammation
317	recordlabel: BluesWay 61026 chartposition: RandB #32, US #74 writtenby: B.B. King and Fats Washington (as Ferdinand Washington) album: Live and Well	B.B. King	Get Off My Back Woman	1969	BluesWay
318	recordlabel: Roulette 14005 chartposition: RandB 35, US #121 writtenby: Al Dexter	Esther Phillips	Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry	1969	Roulette
319	recordlabel: Cadet 5640 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #32 writtenby: R. Lewis album: Another Voyage comments: [instrumental]	Ramsey Lewis	Do What You Wanna	1969	Cadet
320	recordlabel: Tamla 54186 chartposition: US #97 writtenby: Bob Halley and Ben Raleigh album: In Full Bloom comments: [Motown Sound ballad]	The Marvelettes	That's How Heartaches Are Made	1969	Tamla
321	recordlabel: Vent 1006 chartposition: RandB #32 writtenby: Willie Littlefield	The Ethics	Farewell	1969	Vent
322	recordlabel: Stax 3276 chartposition: RandB #36, US #117 writtenby: Carla Thomas album: Memphis Queen	Carla Thomas	I've Fallen in Love	1969	Stax
323	recordlabel: Blue Thumb 102 chartposition: RandB #37, US #93 writtenby: Booker T. Jones, Carl Wells, Al Jackson Jr., Donald Dunn and Steve Cropper album: The Hunter	Ike & Tina Turner	The Hunter	1969	Blue Thumb
324	recordlabel: King 6222 chartposition: RandB #33, US #117 writtenby: James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis (as Alfred Ellis)	James Brown	Soul Pride (Part I)	1969	King
325	recordlabel: Uni 55137 chartposition: US #99 writtenby: Tony Macaulay and John Macleod album: Digging the Foundations	The Foundations	My Little Chickadee	1969	Uni
326	recordlabel: Soul City 775 chartposition: Cashbox #33 writtenby: John Fogerty	Al Wilson	Lodi	1969	Soul City
327	recordlabel: Maxwell 803 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #33 writtenby: Riveria, Foster comments: [instrumental]	Mickey & the Soul Generation	Iron Leg	1969	Maxwell
328	recordlabel: Motown 1153 chartposition: RandB #33, US #46 writtenby: Robbie Robertson album: Together comments: [Motown Sound]	Diana Ross & the Supremes & the Temptations	The Weight	1969	Motown
329	recordlabel: Bell 757 writtenby: Carl Simpson, Joe Stevenson, Lewis Smith comments: [funk]	The Interpertations	Soul Affection -- Snap-Out	1969	Bell
330	recordlabel: Venture 632 chartposition: RandB #33 writtenby: Curtis Colbert and Darryl Carter	Vernon Garrett & Marie Franklin	Without You	1969	Venture
331	recordlabel: Stax 116 chartposition: RandB #50, US #102 writtenby: Booker T. Jones and Eddie Floyd	Eddie Floyd	I've Got to Have Your Love	1969	Stax
332	recordlabel: Bluesway 61026 chartposition: RandB #34, US # writtenby: B.B. King	B.B. King	I Want You so Bad	1969	Bluesway
333	recordlabel: Share 104 chartposition: RandB #34 writtenby: Van McCoy comments: [deep soul]	The Ad Libs	Giving Up	1969	Share
334	recordlabel: Capitol 2473 chartposition: RandB #38, US #119 writtenby: Andy Badale album: I've Been Here All the Time	Patti Drew	The Love That a Woman Should Give to a Man	1969	Capitol
335	recordlabel: Columbia 4657 chartposition: RandB #38, US #103 writtenby: Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio album: O.C. Smith's Greatest Hits	O.C. Smith	Me and You	1969	Columbia
336	recordlabel: Motown 1148 chartposition: US #69 writtenby: Allen Story and Henry Cosby album: Cream of the Crop comments: [Motown Sound] B side to No Matter What Sign You Are	The Supremes (with Diana Ross)	The Young Folks	1969	Motown
337	recordlabel: Dial 4095 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Joe Tex album: Joe Tex Sings with Strings and Things	Joe Tex	(When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again) I Can't See You No More	1969	Dial
338	recordlabel: Uni 55116 chartposition: US #107 writtenby: A. Adams	Hugh Masekela	A Long Ways from Home	1969	Uni
339	recordlabel: Stax 0041 chartposition: US #107 writtenby: Eddie Floyd and Booker T. Jones album: Boy Meets Girl	Eddie Floyd & Mavis Staples	Never, Never Let You Go	1969	Stax
340	recordlabel: Peachtree 101 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #35 writtenby: William Bell	Mitty Collier	You Hurt So Good	1969	Peachtree
341	recordlabel: Cotillion 44047 chartposition: RandB #35 writtenby: Dave Crawford and Shari les Verga	Baby Washington	I Don't Know	1969	Cotillion
342	recordlabel: Brunswick 55402 chartposition: RandB #39, US #105 writtenby: Eugene Record and Carl Davis	Jackie Wilson	I Still Love You	1969	Brunswick
343	recordlabel: Atco 6680 chartposition: RandB #35, US #127 writtenby: King Curtis (as Curtis Ousley) album: Instant Groove	King Curtis	Instant Groove	1969	Atco
344	recordlabel: Soul City 773 chartposition: US #106 writtenby: Billy Butler (as William Butler) and Jerry Butler	Al Wilson	I Stand Accused	1969	Soul City
345	recordlabel: M-S Records 210 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #35 writtenby: B.C. Croft, F. Brown, J. Hunter, M. Barnett	Louis Curry	Captivated	1969	MS Records
346	recordlabel: Wand 11205 chartposition: RandB #35 writtenby: Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin (as Marvin Tarplin), Bobby Rogers (as Robert Rogers) and Pete Moore	George Tindley	Ain't That Peculiar	1969	Wand
347	recordlabel: Columbia 433174 chartposition: US AC #35 writtenby: Burt Bacharach and Hal David album: Johnny Mathis Sings the Music of Bacharach and Kaempfert	Johnny Mathis	I'll Never Fall in Love Again	1969	Columbia
348	recordlabel: ABC 11193 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #46, US #105 writtenby: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart album: I'm All Yours, Baby!	Ray Charles	I Did'nt Know What Time It Was	1969	ABC
349	recordlabel: Gamble 240 chartposition: RandB #35 writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff	The Intruders	Old Love	1969	Gamble
350	recordlabel: Stax 0044 chartposition: US #106 writtenby: Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper	William Bell & Carla Thomas	I Need You Woman	1969	Stax
351	recordlabel: Atlantic 2623 chartposition: US #105 writtenby: Randy Newman album: Dusty in Memphis	Dusty Springfield	I Don't Want to Hear It Anymore	1969	Atlantic
352	recordlabel: Atlantic 2663 chartposition: RandB #36, US #87 writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff album: There's Gonna Be A Showdown / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	My Balloon's Going Up	1969	Atlantic
353	recordlabel: Jetstar 114 chartposition: RandB #36 writtenby: Bobby Patterson (as Bobby C. Patterson)	Bobby Patterson	T.C.B. or T.Y.A.	1969	Jetstar
354	recordlabel: Epic 10424 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #36 writtenby: K. Gambel, L. Huff, R. Chambers	Maxine Brown	Love In Them There Hills	1969	Epic
355	recordlabel: Mercury 72960 chartposition: US #109 writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Thom Bell and Jerry Butler album: Ice on Ice	Jerry Butler	A Brand New Me	1969	Mercury
356	recordlabel: Wand 11207 chartposition: US #108 writtenby: M. James album: My Pledge of Love mpcode: DCHsup10RVM	Joe Jeffrey	Dreamin' Till Then	1969	Wand
357	recordlabel: Wand 11213 chartposition: US #109 writtenby: Bob West (as Robert West) and Johnny Christopher album: My Pledge of Love comments: [northern soul] mpcode: ea6nf4cRloU	Joe Jeffrey	Hey Hey Woman	1969	Wand
358	recordlabel: Kapp 2026 chartposition: RandB #36 writtenby: Guy Draper album: Sittin'in In At the Court of Love	The Unifics	Toshisumasu	1969	Kapp
359	recordlabel: Atco 6700 chartposition: US #110 writtenby: Carl Smith and Gary Jackson album: Love Man comments: US B side to Free Me	Otis Redding	(You're Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher	1969	Atco
360	recordlabel: Brunswick 55417 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #44, US #110, US AC #32 writtenby: Carl Davis, Raymond Haley and Willie Henderson comments: [instrumental]	Young-Holt Unlimited	Straight Ahead	1969	Brunswick
361	recordlabel: Atlantic 2673 chartposition: US #113, US AC #27 writtenby: Burt Bacharach, Hal David album: Dusty in Memphis	Dusty Springfield	In the Land of Make Believe	1969	Atlantic
362	recordlabel: Capitol 2422 chartposition: RandB #44, US #111 writtenby: Teddy Randazzo, Bob Weinstein (as Bobby Weinstein) and Lou Stallman album: Nancy	Nancy Wilson	You'd Better Go	1969	Capitol
363	recordlabel: Philly Groove 157 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #37 writtenby: T. Bell, W. Hart album: Sound of Sexy Soul / Delfonics Super Hits	The Delfonics	Loving Him	1969	Philly Groove
364	recordlabel: Wand 1195 chartposition: RandB #37 writtenby: Edward R. Koerner and Ronnie Barrosse	The Esquires	I Don't Know	1969	Wand
365	recordlabel: SSS Int'l 780 chartposition: RandB #45, US #89 writtenby: Myrna Smith and Margaret Lewis album: Heart and Soul	Johnny Adams	I Can't Be All Bad	1969	SSS Int'l
366	recordlabel: Philly Groove 154 chartposition: RandB #41, US #72 writtenby: Thom Bell and William Hart album: Sound of Sexy Soul / Delfonics Super Hits	The Delfonics	Somebody Loves You	1969	Philly Groove
367	recordlabel: Columbia 44779 chartposition: US #113 writtenby: Julius N. Chambers	The Chambers Brothers	Are You Ready	1969	Columbia
368	recordlabel: AandM 1042 chartposition: US #113 writtenby: Gary Geld, Peter Udell mpcode: 5y8PHrrHtqM	Ruby & The Romantics	Hurting Each Other	1969	A&M
369	recordlabel: De-Lite 519 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #37 writtenby: Kool and the Gang album: Kool and the Gang comments: [funk jazz]	Kool & the Gang	Kool and the Gang	1969	DeLite
370	recordlabel: ABC 11251 chartposition: US #111 writtenby: Jimmy Holiday	Ray Charles	Claudie Mae	1969	ABC
371	recordlabel: Cotillion 44053 chartposition: RandB #37, US #111 writtenby: Chip Taylor	Walter Jackson	Anyway That You Want Me	1969	Cotillion
372	recordlabel: AandM 1076 chartposition: US #113 writtenby: Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton album: Tell It Like It Is	George Benson	My Woman's Good to Me	1969	A&M
373	recordlabel: Calla 165 chartposition: RandB #41, US #115 writtenby: Deek Atkins comments: [instrumental]	The Billy Mitchell Group	Oh Happy Day	1969	Calla
374	recordlabel: D'Oro 3500 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Ray Dahrouge and Billy Terrell	Vivian Copeland	He Knows My Key (Is Always in the Mailbox)	1969	D'Oro
375	recordlabel: Back Beat 610 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: R. Washington	Carl Carlton	Don't Walk Away	1969	Back Beat
376	recordlabel: Soul 35059 chartposition: US #114 writtenby: Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong comments: [instrumental] [Motown Sound]	Earl Van Dyke	Runaway Child, Running Wild	1969	Soul
377	recordlabel: Stax 0042 chartposition: US #115 writtenby: Clyde Wilson	Johnnie Taylor & Carla Thomas	Just Keep On Loving Me	1969	Stax
378	recordlabel: Curtom 1944 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Curtis Mayfield	Five Stairsteps & Cubie	Madame Mary	1969	Curtom
379	recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2621 chartposition: RandB #38, US #77 writtenby: Harlan Howard album: Ella Washington	Ella Washington	He Called Me Baby	1969	Sound Stage Seven
380	recordlabel: Atco 6664 chartposition: US #116 writtenby: Joe South album: Instant Groove	King Curtis	Games People Play	1969	Atco
381	recordlabel: Sound Stage Seven 2632 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #38 writtenby: H. Young, M. Turner, K. Tarleton album: Ella Washington comments: [southern soul]	Ella Washington	Stop Giving Your Man Away	1969	Sound Stage Seven
382	recordlabel: Tamla 54177 chartposition: US #76 writtenby: Smokey Robinson album: Sophisticated Soul comments: [Motown Sound]	The Marvelettes	I'm Gonna Hold On As Long As I Can	1969	Tamla
383	recordlabel: United Artists 50598 chartposition: Cashbox R&B #42, US #82 writtenby: Marshall Paul and Harvey Fuqua album: Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind	Little Anthony & the Imperials	The Ten Commandments of Love	1969	United Artists
384	recordlabel: Atlantic 2620 chartposition: RandB #42, US #112 writtenby: Carole King and Howard Greenfield album: Sweets for My Sweet	The Sweet Inspirations	Crying in the Rain	1969	Atlantic
385	recordlabel: Jubilee 5718 chartposition: RandB #38 writtenby: Mary Wells (as Mary Wells Womack) and Cecil Womack	Mary Wells	Never Give a Man the World	1969	Jubilee
386	recordlabel: Brunswick 755420 chartposition: US #115 writtenby: Isaac Holt, Eldee Young and Ken Chaney	Young-Holt Unlimited	Horoscope	1969	Brunswick
387	recordlabel: Burt 4000 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Delrick	Soul Toranodoes	Go For Yourself	1969	Burt
388	recordlabel: Cadet 5636 chartposition: RandB #44, US #92 writtenby: Bobby Miller album: The Dells Musical Menu/Always Together	The Dells	Hallways of My Mind	1969	Cadet
389	recordlabel: Ronn 29 chartposition: Cashbox RandB #39 writtenby: Penn, Oldham album: You Can Dig It! comments: [blues soul]	Ted Taylor	Strangest Feeling	1969	Ronn
390	recordlabel: Westbound 144 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Bob Washington (as Robert Washington)	The Superlatives	I Don't Know How (To Say I Love You) Don't Walk Away	1969	Westbound
391	recordlabel: White Whale 300 chartposition: US #119 writtenby: Joe South	Dobie Gray	Rose Garden	1969	White Whale
392	recordlabel: Josie 1013 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter Jr. album: Look Ka Py Py comments: [instrumental]	The Meters	Dry Spell	1969	Josie
393	recordlabel: Minit 32069 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Randie Evretts and Horace Ott	Lea Roberts	Prove It	1969	Minit
394	recordlabel: Back Beat 601 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Don Robey (as Don Malone) and AndrÃƒÂ© Williams	Jeanette Williams	Stuff	1969	Back Beat
395	recordlabel: KoKo 2102 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Dorian Burton, Gertrude Jones	Luther Ingram	Pity for the Lonely	1969	KoKo
396	recordlabel: Bell 759 chartposition: RandB #47, US #116 writtenby: Dan Penn, Jimmy Johnson and Spooner Oldham album: Proud Mary	Solomon Burke	Up Tight Good Woman	1969	Bell
397	recordlabel: Gordy 7094 chartposition: RandB #44, US #102 writtenby: George Gordy and Allen Story comments: [Motown Sound]	Martha (Reeves) & the Vandellas	Taking My Love (And Leaving Me)	1969	Gordy
398	recordlabel: Whiz 611 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley and Rudolph Isley album: It's Your Thing comments: [instrumental]	Senor Soul	It's Your Thing	1969	Whiz
399	recordlabel: Atlantic 2594 chartposition: RandB #44, US #93 writtenby: Wini Scott album: The Best of Percy Sledge	Percy Sledge	My Special Prayer	1969	Atlantic
400	recordlabel: Stax 0032 chartposition: RandB #39 writtenby: Booker T. Jones and William Bell album: Bound to Happen	William Bell	My Whole World Is Falling Down	1969	Stax

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