1 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54281
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3, US dance #2
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs In The Key Of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
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2 |
recordlabel: Columbia 310544
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #11
writtenby: Maurice White & Al McKay
album: Rejoice
comments: [disco funk]
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3 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54280
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US dance #1
writtenby: Marvin Gaye
album: Marvin Gaye Live At The London Paladium / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [disco funk] [Motown Sound]
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4 |
recordlabel: RSO 885
chartposition: RandB #4, US #1, UK #4, US AC #28, US dance #3
writtenby: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track
comments: [disco]
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5 |
recordlabel: Epic 50370
chartposition: RandB #5, US #2, UK #2, US dance #36
writtenby: Rood Temperton
album: Too Hot To Handle
comments: [disco funk]
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6 |
recordlabel: ABC 12284
chartposition: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1
writtenby: Marvin Willis, Arnold Ingram & James Mitchell
album: Float On
comments: [ballad]
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7 |
recordlabel: Millennium 604
chartposition: RandB #8, US #1, UK #7, US AC #18, US dance #6
writtenby: John Williams
album: Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
comments: [instrumental] [disco]
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8 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 884
chartposition: RandB#9, US #6, UK #1, US AC #45, US dance #3
writtenby: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte
album: Remember Yesterday
comments: [disco]
|
9 |
recordlabel: RSO 879
chartposition: RandB #10, US #1, UK #32, US AC #20
writtenby: John Crowley & Peter Beckett
album: Player
comments: [ballad]
|
10 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3435
chartposition: RandB #6, US #6, UK #6, US dance #1
writtenby: Bernard Edwards, Lehman & Nile Rodgers
album: Chic
comments: [disco]
|
11 |
recordlabel: T.K. 1022
chartposition: RandB #3, US #1, UK #41
writtenby: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
album: Part 3
comments: [disco funk]
|
12 |
recordlabel: Motown 1418
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #9, US AC #14
writtenby: Lionel Richie
album: Commodores / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [ballad]
|
13 |
recordlabel: 20th Century 2350
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #40, US dance #5
writtenby: N. Pigford and E. Paris
album: Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
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14 |
recordlabel: Epic 50313
chartposition: RandB #7, US #12, UK #2
writtenby: Buddy Killen & Bennie McGinty
comments: [disco dance]
|
15 |
recordlabel: AandM 1949
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, UK #35, US AC #38
writtenby: Shuggie Otis
album: Right On Time
comments: [funk jazz]
|
16 |
recordlabel: AandM 1974
chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, US dance #19
writtenby: Len Ron Hanks & Zane Grey
album: Something To Love
comments: [disco funk]
|
17 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4360
chartposition: RandB #1, US #5, US AC #45
writtenby: Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy
album: Unpredictable
comments: [love ballad]
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18 |
recordlabel: Motown 1425
chartposition: RandB #4, US #5, UK #32, US dance #34
writtenby: The Commodores
album: Commodores
comments: [funk] [Motown Sound]
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19 |
recordlabel: RCA 11129
chartposition: RandB #6, US #21, UK #5, US AC #28, US dance #3,
writtenby: Sandy Linzer & Denny Randell
album: Odyssey
comments: [disco dance]
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20 |
recordlabel: Epic P.I.R. 50350
chartposition: UK #1, RandB #6, US #28
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: The Jacksons / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
|
21 |
recordlabel: Big Tree 16096
chartposition: UK #1, RandB #82, US #31
writtenby: Russ Ballard
album: Every 1's A Winner
|
22 |
recordlabel: Big Tree 16085
chartposition: RandB #29, US #6, US AC #8
writtenby: Herbert Clayton Ivey, Terrence Woodford & Tom Brasfield
album: Hot
comments: [beat ballad]
|
23 |
recordlabel: Lightning 506 (UK)
chartposition: UK #1
writtenby: Errol Thompson, Althea Forrest and Donna Reid
album: Uptown Top Ranking
comments: Reggae
|
24 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 10965
chartposition: UK #2, US Dance #31, US #96
writtenby: Frank Farian, Fred Jay and George Reyam
album: Love for Sale
comments: [disco]
|
25 |
recordlabel: MCA 40662
chartposition: RandB #3, US #10, UK #14, US AC #9
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
comments: [ballad]
|
26 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4398
chartposition: RandB #1, US #22, UK #5, US AC #31
writtenby: Freddie Perren & Keni St. Lewis
album: Love Storm
|
27 |
recordlabel: GTO 2099185
chartposition: UK #2
writtenby: Findon, Charles
album: Billy Ocean
comments: [disco dance]
|
28 |
recordlabel: Harvest 5133
chartposition: UK #2
writtenby: Michelle Grainger, Tony Hayes and Steve Wadey
comments: [disco]
|
29 |
recordlabel: GTO 113
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: Donna Summer , Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte
album: I Remember Yesterday
comments: [disco dance]
|
30 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 18548
chartposition: UK #5, US Dance #3
writtenby: John Barry and Donna Summer
album: The Deep OST
comments: [disco]
|
31 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4509
chartposition: RandB #1, US #10, US AC #33
writtenby: Marvin Yancy (as Marvin Jerome Yancy) & Chuck Jackson (as Charles Henry Jackson Jr.)
album: Thankful
comments: [ballad]
|
32 |
recordlabel: Columbia 10627
chartposition: RandB #6, US #30, UK #7, US AC #25
writtenby: Bill Withers & Skip Scarborough
album: Menagerie
|
33 |
recordlabel: Columbia 3 10625
chartposition: RandB #1, US #13, UK #52
writtenby: Sonny Burke, Maurice White & Verdine White
album: All 'N All
comments: [funk]
|
34 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 4909(UK)
chartposition: UK #5
writtenby: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert
album: Wake Up Everybody / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound] [disco dance]
|
35 |
recordlabel: Gordy 7155
chartposition: RandB #2, US #12, UK #52
writtenby: Marilyn McLeod & Pam Sawyer
album: Turnin' On
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
36 |
recordlabel: Buddah 569
chartposition: RandB #10, US #52, UK #4
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: Still Together
comments: [disco dance]
|
37 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4500
chartposition: RandB #36, US #32, UK #7
writtenby: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
album: Future Bound
comments: [disco dance]
|
38 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3469
chartposition: RandB #12, US #38, UK #9, US dance #1
writtenby: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: CHIC
comments: [disco dance]
|
39 |
recordlabel: Dash 5032
chartposition: RandB #15, US #46, UK #11, US dance #1
writtenby: Theophilus Coakley
album: Magic
comments: [disco funk]
|
40 |
recordlabel: Malaco 1042
chartposition: RandB #5, UK #20, US #27, US AC #24
writtenby: Dick Addrisi & Don Addrisi
album: Dorothy Moore
comments: [ballad]
|
41 |
recordlabel: Arista 0251
chartposition: RandB #2, US #24, UK #27, US AC #22
writtenby: Linda Creed & Michael Masser
album: Weekend in L.A
comments: [ballad]
|
42 |
recordlabel: Drive 6258
chartposition: RandB #3, US #18, US dance #9
writtenby: Peter Brown & Robert Rans
album: A Fantasy Love Affair
comments: [disco funk]
|
43 |
recordlabel: Pye 25746 (UK)
chartposition: UK #2
writtenby: Pierre Ecama
album: Magic Fly
comments: [disco Instrumental]
|
44 |
recordlabel: Bang 734
chartposition: RandB #2, US #18
writtenby: Ray Ransom, Regi Hargis & Jimmy
album: Brick
comments: [disco funk]
|
45 |
recordlabel: Motown 1427
chartposition: RandB #16, UK #23, US #27, US AC #8
writtenby: Franne Golde & Tom Snow
album: Baby It's Me
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
46 |
recordlabel: Westbound 55400
chartposition: RandB #2, US #36, US dance #1
writtenby: Barry Blue (as Barry Ian Green), Gerry Shury & Ron Roker
album: Devils Gun
comments: [disco dance]
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47 |
recordlabel: Motown 1432
chartposition: RandB #1, US #24, UK #38
writtenby: Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary, Walter Orange & William King
album: The Commodores Live!
comments: [Motown Sound] [funk]
|
48 |
recordlabel: Atco 7080
chartposition: UK #3
writtenby: Bobby Hebb
album: Take the Heat Off Me
comments: [disco]
|
49 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3389
chartposition: RandB #9, UK #16, US dance #1, US #53
writtenby: Leroy Green & Ron Kersey
album: Disco Inferno
comments: [disco dance]
|
50 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54286
chartposition: RandB #18, US dance #2, US #32, UK #29, US AC #29
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs In The Key Of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
51 |
recordlabel: Creole 141
chartposition: RandB #39, UK #4
writtenby: Dick Glasser
album: I Will
comments: [ballad]
|
52 |
recordlabel: Capitol 4405
chartposition: RandB #6, US #17
writtenby: Edmund Sylvers, James Sylvers, Leon Sylvers III & Ricky Sylvers
album: Something Special
comments: [disco dance]
|
53 |
recordlabel: ABC 12262
chartposition: RandB #9, US #15, US AC #21
writtenby: H. B. Barnum & Walter Johnson
comments: [disco dance]
|
54 |
recordlabel: Soul Train 10906
chartposition: RandB #10, US #25, UK #30
writtenby: Brian Holland, Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland) & Lamont Dozier
album: Uptown Festival
comments: [disco]
|
55 |
recordlabel: Casablanca 907
chartposition: RandB #28, UK #10, US #37
writtenby: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte
album: Once Upon A Time
comments: [disco]
|
56 |
recordlabel: Warner 8387
chartposition: UK #6, RandB #16, US #102
writtenby: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Music Speaks Louder Than Words
comments: [disco funk]
|
57 |
recordlabel: All Platinum 6146318(UK)
chartposition: UK #7
writtenby: Al Goodman, Harry Ray and Tom Keith
album: Sharp / The Best of All Platinum
comments: [pop soul]
|
58 |
recordlabel: Mercury 73959
chartposition: RandB #1, US #23
writtenby: Michael Cooper
album: Secrets
comments: [funk]
|
59 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 44215
chartposition: RandB #29, US #36, UK #31, US dance #2
writtenby: Alec R. Costandinos & Cerrone (as Jean Marc Cerrone)
album: Love in C Minor
comments: [disco] [instrumental]
|
60 |
recordlabel: Island 169(UK)
chartposition: UK #5, NZ #1
writtenby: Bob Marley and Curtis Mayfield
album: Exodus
comments: [Reggae]
|
61 |
recordlabel: ABC 12239
chartposition: RandB #1, US #30, US dance #37
writtenby: Tony Maiden & Lalomie Washburn
album: Ask Rufus
comments: [disco funk]
|
62 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 44218
chartposition: RandB #1, US #32
writtenby: Mark Adams, Carter Bradley, Tim Dozier, Mark Hicks, Tom Lockett, Floyd Miller, Steve Washington
album: Slave
comments: [funk]
|
63 |
recordlabel: Whitfield 8440
chartposition: RandB #4, US #39, UK #30, US dance #20
writtenby: Norman Whitfield & Dwight Turner
album: In Full Bloom
comments: [disco funk]
|
64 |
recordlabel: Island 6410(UK)
chartposition: UK #9
writtenby: Bob Marley
album: Exodus
comments: [Reggae]
|
65 |
recordlabel: AVI 147
chartposition: RandB #22, US #44, UK #31, US dance #6
writtenby: W. Michael Lewis, Laurin Rinder & Merria Ross
album: Cocomotion
comments: [disco]
|
66 |
recordlabel: United Artists 912
chartposition: RandB #5, US #25
writtenby: Emanuel Johnson & Michael Stokes
album: Enchantment
comments: [love ballad]
|
67 |
recordlabel: Dash 5041
chartposition: RandB #27, UK #16, US dance #5, US #103
writtenby: Theophilus Coakley
album: On Fire
comments: [disco dance]
|
68 |
recordlabel: Westbound 55401
chartposition: UK #12, RandB #73, US #90, US dance #14
writtenby: Abrim Tilmon
album: Feel the Need
comments: (re recording of their 1972 hit)
|
69 |
recordlabel: Columbia 10556
chartposition: UK #8, RandB #65, US #103
writtenby: Clarence McDonald, Deniece Williams, Fritz Baskett & Lani Groves
album: This Is Niecy
|
70 |
recordlabel: Good Earth 7(UK)
chartposition: UK #6
writtenby: Richard Hewson
album: The Crunch and Beyond
comments: [instrumental]
|
71 |
recordlabel: Kayvette 5128
chartposition: RandB #3, US #31
writtenby: Bill Anderson
album: Sometimes
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
72 |
recordlabel: De lite 1588
chartposition: RandB #16, US #42, UK #51, US dance #6
writtenby: William Anderson
album: Do It Your Way
comments: [disco funk]
|
73 |
recordlabel: Epic P.I.R. 50454
chartposition: RandB#8, UK #26, US #52
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Goin' Places
comments: [disco dance]
|
74 |
recordlabel: Tamla 54291
chartposition: RandB #36, US #36, UK #53, US AC #24
writtenby: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs in the Key of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
75 |
recordlabel: HandL 4677
chartposition: RandB #79, UK #4, US #105
writtenby: Van McCoy
album: Rhythms Of The World
comments: [disco instrumental]
|
76 |
recordlabel: ABC 12269
chartposition: RandB #3, US #32
writtenby: A. Fischer & David Wolinski
album: Ask Rufus
|
77 |
recordlabel: DJM 10762
chartposition: RandB #5, US #41, UK #44
writtenby: Johnny Guitar Watson
album: A Real Mother for Ya
|
78 |
recordlabel: Island 089
chartposition: RandB #19, US #103, UK #14
writtenby: Bob Marley
album: Exodus
comments: [Reggae]
|
79 |
recordlabel: EMI 532
chartposition: RandB #66, UK #12
writtenby: R. L Kirkland & Ruth Davis
|
80 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 3627
chartposition: RandB #4, US #91, UK #34, US dance #26
writtenby: Kenny Gamble (as Kenneth Gamble), Leon Huff & Cary Gilbert
album: The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
|
81 |
recordlabel: Blue Note 1009
chartposition: RandB #2, US #45
writtenby: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott
album: Platinum Jazz
comments: [funk]
|
82 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 3622
chartposition: RandB #5, US #41
writtenby: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Teddy Pendergrass
comments: [philly sound]
|
83 |
recordlabel: T Neck 2262
chartposition: RandB #1, US #63, US dance #30
writtenby: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley , Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
album: Go for Your Guns
comments: [funk]
|
84 |
recordlabel: ABC 12235
chartposition: RandB #3, US #53
writtenby: Michael Henderson
album: Joy Ride
comments: [Sweet Soul Ballad]
|
85 |
recordlabel: Glades 1739
chartposition: RandB #7, US #37
writtenby: Latimore (as Benjamin Latimore)
album: It Ain't Where You Been / Sweet Vibrations - The Best Of
|
86 |
recordlabel: T Neck 2267
chartposition: RandB #4, US #40
writtenby: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
album: Go for Your Guns
comments: [funk]
|
87 |
recordlabel: Avi 153
chartposition: RandB #13, US #68, US dance #5
writtenby: W. Michael Lewis, Laurin Rinder, Gil Karson & D. Williams
comments: [disco dance]
|
88 |
recordlabel: Kudu 939
chartposition: RandB #68, US #76, UK #42, US dance #2
writtenby: David Matthews & Tony Sarafino
album: Turn This Mutha Out
comments: [disco jazz funk]
|
89 |
recordlabel: Roadshow 991
chartposition: RandB #3, US #45
writtenby: Emanuel Johnson & Michael Stokes
album: Enchantment
comments: [Sweet Soul Ballad]
|
90 |
recordlabel: Whitfield 8231
chartposition: RandB #37, US #48, US dance #5
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
album: Method to Madness
comments: [disco funk]
|
91 |
recordlabel: Cotillion 44213
chartposition: RandB #32, US #68, UK #44, US dance #5
writtenby: Tyrone Williams
album: Welcome to Our World
comments: [disco funk]
|
92 |
recordlabel: Spring 175
chartposition: RandB #5, US #43
writtenby: Glenn Martin & Sonny Throckmorton
album: Feelin' Bitchy
comments: [ballad]
|
93 |
recordlabel: Gold Mind 4004
chartposition: RandB #23, US #41, US dance #8
writtenby: Allan Felder, Norman Harris & Ron Tyson
album: Delusions
comments: [disco] [philly sound]
|
94 |
recordlabel: Power Exchange 266(UK)
chartposition: RandB #73, UK #17
writtenby: Alfie Davison
|
95 |
recordlabel: P.I.R. 3610
chartposition: RandB #1, UK #24
writtenby: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Message In The Music / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
|
96 |
recordlabel: Soul Train 10947
chartposition: RandB #44, US #64, US dance #2
writtenby: M. Anthony
album: Simply Carrie
comments: [disco dance]
|
97 |
recordlabel: Columbia 10495
chartposition: RandB #6, US #66
writtenby: Roger Joyce, Teddy Randazzo & Victoria Pike
album: It Feels So Good
comments: [love ballad]
|
98 |
recordlabel: Atlantic 3393
chartposition: RandB #1, US #85
writtenby: Carole Bayer Sager & Marvin Hamlisch
album: Sweet Passion
|
99 |
recordlabel: Whitfield 8491
chartposition: RandB #3, UK #46, US #72
writtenby: Norman Whitfield
album: In Full Bloom
|
100 |
recordlabel: ABC 12300
chartposition: RandB 31, US #105, UK #38, US Dance #10
writtenby: Lenny Williams, Bernard Thompson
album: Choosing You
|