| 1 |
record label: Motown 1519
chart position: RandB #1, UK #7, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
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| 2 |
record label: Arista 612 693
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #3, US dance #1, US AC #7
written by: Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney & Andy Morris
album: Affection
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| 3 |
record label: Atlantic 3664
chart position: RandB #5, US #4, UK #4, US dance #50, US AC #3
written by: Sam Cooke & Michael Zager
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| 4 |
record label: Columbia 77629
chart position: RandB #7, US #2, UK #3, US AC #11
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Songs
comments: [love ballad]
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| 5 |
record label: DCP Int. 1119
chart position: RandB #6, US #6
written by: Teddy Randazzo and Bob Weinstein (as Bobby Weinstein)
album: Goin' Out Of My Head
comments: [pop soul]
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| 6 |
record label: Def Jam
chart position: RandB #2, US #11
written by: Ludacris, Nicki Minaj, The Legendary Traxster and Derrelle Davidson
album: Battle of the Sexes
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| 7 |
record label: Vee Jay 416
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: Bernice Williams, Earl Edwards & Eugene Dixon
album: The Duke of Earl / The Duke of Soul
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| 8 |
record label: DCP Int. 1128
chart position: RandB #3, US #10
written by: Teddy Randazzo, Bob Weinstein (as Bobby Weinstein) & Harshman
album: Goin' Out Of My Head
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 9 |
record label: Gordy 7155
chart position: RandB #2, US #12, UK #52
written by: Marilyn McLeod & Pam Sawyer
album: Turnin' On
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 10 |
record label: Coed 506
chart position: RandB #4, US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Luther Dixon and Allyson Khent (as Allyson R. Khent)
album: The Crests Sing All Biggies
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| 11 |
record label: Mercury 73083
chart position: RandB #8, US #12
written by: Herman Davis & Russ Lewis
album: The Gene Chandler Situation
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| 12 |
record label: Constellation 149
chart position: RandB #3, US #18, UK #41
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Girl Don't Care
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| 13 |
record label: Def Jam South 004851
chart position: RandB #5, US #9
written by: Ludacris, Polow da Don and Donnie Scantz
album: The Red Light District
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| 14 |
record label: Constellation 130
chart position: RandB #4, US #19
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Just Be True / The Duke of Soul
comments: [ballad]
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| 15 |
record label: Chess 1845
chart position: RandB #8, US #14
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Curtis Mayfield
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| 16 |
record label: AandM 1847
chart position: RandB #1, US #20
written by: Skip Scarborough
album: Love to the World
comments: [love ballad]
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| 17 |
record label: 20th Century Fox 2386
chart position: RandB #3, UK #11, US #53, US dance #22
written by: James Thompson
album: Get Down
comments: [disco funk]
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| 18 |
record label: Vee Jay 468
chart position: RandB #11, US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Duke of Soul
comments: [ballad] B Side To You Threw A Lucky Punch
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| 19 |
record label: Loma 2070
chart position: RandB #4, US #21
written by: Gloria Spolan & Richard Poindexter
album: Hypnotized / Linda Jones Greatest Hits
comments: [deep soul]
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| 20 |
record label: Parkway 907
chart position: RandB #5, US #23
written by: Kal Mann & Dave Appell
album: Chubby's Folk Album
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| 21 |
record label: Solar 69547
chart position: RandB #3, UK #16, US #69, US dance #34
written by: Bill Simmons, Vincent Calloway, Belinda Lipscomb, Reggie Calloway, Melvin Gentry & Bobby Lovelace
album: Headlines
comments: [disco funk]
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| 22 |
record label: Prelude 8024
chart position: US dance #5, RandB #57, UK #31
written by: Willie Lester & Rodney Brown
album: Sharon Redd
comments: [disco funk boogie]
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| 23 |
record label: RCA
chart position: RandB #16, US #75, US dance #1
written by: Drew Ramsey and Shannon Sanders
album: In My Mind
comments: [slow jam]
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| 24 |
record label: Mercury 71443
chart position: RandB #3, US #12, UK #28
written by: Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
album: Endlessly
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| 25 |
record label: Philips 40303
chart position: UK #8, US #108
written by: Bea Verdi and Buddy Kaye
comments: [pop soul]
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| 26 |
record label: Checker 1155
chart position: RandB #3, US #45
written by: Gene Chandler & Keni St. Lewis
comments: [ballad]
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| 27 |
record label: Constellation 136
chart position: RandB #4, US #39
written by: Billy Butler
album: The Duke of Soul
comments: [ballad]
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| 28 |
record label: Warner 7828
chart position: RandB #22, US #26
written by: L. Williams, J. Watson
album: Back to Oakland
comments: [funk jazz]
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| 29 |
record label: Atco 6592
chart position: RandB #38, US #51, UK #15
written by: Allen Jones, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell) & Otis Redding
album: The Immortal Otis Redding
comments: [southern soul]
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| 30 |
record label: RCA
chart position: RandB #15, US #55, US dance #5
written by: Jimmy Wright, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: This Is Who I Am
comments: [slow jam]
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| 31 |
record label: Columbia 11239
chart position: RandB #3, US #46
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: About Love
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| 32 |
record label: Atlantic 2048
chart position: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Joe Morris
album: Saved
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| 33 |
record label: Vee Jay 536
chart position: RandB #17, US #71
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Duke of Soul
comments: [ballad]
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| 34 |
record label: Checker 1135
chart position: RandB #4, US #58
written by: Willie Dixon
album: Koko Taylor
comments: [blues soul]
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| 35 |
record label: RCA 60635
chart position: US dance #4, RandB #38, US #90
written by: Joshua Nile and Jeff Smith
album: This Is Who I Am
comments: [neo soul slow jam]
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| 36 |
record label: TVT 0801
chart position: RandB #75, US #43
written by: Patrick Swayze and Stacy Widelitz
album: Unexpected
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| 37 |
record label: Swingin 45 623
chart position: RandB #20, US #26
written by: Wyatt and Herderson
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| 38 |
record label: Constellation 158
chart position: RandB #2, US #81
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Live On Stage In '65
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| 39 |
record label: Def Jam 07120
chart position: RandB #4, US #84, UK #71, US dance #34
written by: LL Cool J, Bobby Erving, Darryl Pierce and Dwayne Simon
album: Bigger and Deffer
comments: [hip hop]
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| 40 |
record label: SBK 19782
chart position: US Dance #1
written by: DJ Lelewel (as Daniele Davoli), Lonnie Gordon and Mirko Limoni
album: Bad Mood
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| 41 |
record label: Checker 931
chart position: RandB #3, US 20
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel)
album: Go Bo Diddley
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| 42 |
record label: Slam Jam 1095
chart position: US dance #1, UK #14
written by: Juliet Roberts and D:Mob
album: Natural Thing
comments: [dance, house]
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| 43 |
record label: Quality 7044
chart position: RandB #25, US Dance #1
written by: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Michael Jackson
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| 44 |
record label: Scrilla Hill 007680
chart position: RandB #30, US #45
written by: Bianca Dupree, Desmond Ryan, Anthony Glover and Jamal Reynolds
album: Webstar Presents: Caught in the Web
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| 45 |
record label: MGM 14623
chart position: RandB #7, US
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Having A Party
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| 46 |
record label: Solar 47954
chart position: RandB #5, US #102
written by: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Your Wish Is My Command
comments: [ballad]
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| 47 |
record label: Atlantic 89795
chart position: RandB #61, UK #11, US #75
written by: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Michael Jackson
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| 48 |
record label: Atlantic 1136
chart position: RandB #7, US #76
written by: Tyran Carlo, Lincoln Chase, Albert Green and Alonzo Tucker
album: LaVern Baker
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| 49 |
record label: Checker 1162
chart position: RandB #7, US #91
written by: Lightnin' Hopkins (as Sam Hopkins)
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| 50 |
record label: GTO 91 (UK)
chart position: UK #12
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Too Hot To Handle
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| 51 |
record label: Checker 827
chart position: RandB #4
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel)
album: Bo Diddley
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| 52 |
record label: King 4841
chart position: RandB #5
written by: Mertis John (as Mertis John Jr.)
album: Fever
comments: [blues soul]
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| 53 |
record label: Raft 18502
chart position: UK #15
written by: Linda Lewis
album: Lark
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| 54 |
record label: Warner 49581
chart position: RandB #9, US #76
written by: Donald Hogan
album: One in a Million You
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| 55 |
record label: Columbia 310532
written by: Joe Zawinul
album: Heavy Weather
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| 56 |
record label: Checker 1165
chart position: RandB #9, US #94
written by: Karl Tarleton
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| 57 |
record label: Chrysalis 2458
chart position: RandB #28, UK #46, US Dance #7
written by: Monie Love and David Steele
album: Down to Earth
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| 58 |
record label: Jamie 1233
chart position: Cashbox R&B #13, US#63
written by: Barbara Lynn Ozen
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| 59 |
record label: Solar 69836
chart position: RandB #8
written by: Lakeside
album: Untouchables
comments: [funk]
|
| 60 |
record label: Epic 3624
chart position: RandB #19, US Dance #8
written by: Nona Hendryx
album: Phoenix
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| 61 |
record label: CBS 5680
chart position: UK #26
written by: Biddu, Shury, Roker, Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
album: Heart 'N' Soul
comments: [disco dance]
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| 62 |
record label: Cooltempo 272
chart position: UK #24
written by: Juliet Roberts and D:Mob
album: Natural Thing
comments: [dance, house]
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| 63 |
record label: Fortune 831
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Andre Williams
|
| 64 |
record label: Atlantic 2099
chart position: RandB #17, US #35
written by: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Saved
|
| 65 |
record label: Prelude 8023
chart position: US dance #6
written by: Underwood, Reid, Anderson
album: Unlimited Touch
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 66 |
record label: Checker 924
chart position: RandB #14, US #62
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel)
album: Go Bo Diddley
|
| 67 |
record label: Chi Sound 2451
chart position: RandB #28, US #101, UK #28
written by: Bob Stone and Mark Gibbons
album: Gene Chandler '80
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| 68 |
record label: Atlantic 1877
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Gerald Levert
album: Private Line
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| 69 |
record label: Warner 7782
chart position: RandB #9, US #49
written by: Larry Graham
album: Graham Central Station
|
| 70 |
record label: Sony Music (UK)
chart position: UK #31
written by: Lemar (as Lemar Obika) , Sam Watters, Jim Jonsin and Louis Biancaniello
album: The Reason
|
| 71 |
record label: Brunswick 55387
chart position: RandB #16, US #57
written by: Barbara Acklin, Carl Davis and Eugene Record
|
| 72 |
record label: Tabu 587 714
chart position: RandB #26, UK #32
written by: Terry Coffey and Jon Nettlesbey
album: Love Makes no Sense
|
| 73 |
record label: Goldies 45 2437
chart position: Cashbox R&B #15, US #73
written by: Bernice Williams
|
| 74 |
record label: MCA 52820
chart position: RandB #18, UK #52, US Dance #49
written by: Carl Mcintosh, Steve Nichol and Peter Sendall
album: Zagora
|
| 75 |
record label: Jive 266
chart position: RandB #10
written by: Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle (as Bernard Bell)
album: Hi Five
|
| 76 |
record label: The Inc.
chart position: RandB #13, US #64
written by: Lloyd, Lil Wayne, Eric B. and Rakim
album: Lessons in Love
|
| 77 |
record label: Mercury 73206
chart position: RandB #14, US #116
written by: James Thompson and Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon)
|
| 78 |
record label: Creole 138
chart position: US Dance #33, UK #36
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
|
| 79 |
record label: Brunswick 55312
chart position: RandB #16. US #66
written by: Keni St. Lewis and Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon)
album: The Girl Don't Care
|
| 80 |
record label: Pye 25217 (UK)
chart position: UK #34
written by: Elias McDaniels
album: Bo Diddley
comments: [re release]
|
| 81 |
record label: The Right Stuff 7087 6 10945 1 0
chart position: US dance #7
written by: Allan Felder and Norman Harris
comments: [dance, house remix]
|
| 82 |
record label: Warner 17903
chart position: RandB #74, US #84, UK #33
written by: Prince
|
| 83 |
record label: Soul 35052
chart position: RandB #12, US #56
written by: Mike Hanks and William Garrett
album: Best Of The Fantastic Four / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
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| 84 |
record label: AandM 12091
chart position: UK #37, US Dance #25
written by: Wally Badarou, Mark King, Phil Gould, B. Taylor and A. Willis
album: Standing in the Light
comments: [disco funk, pop]
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| 85 |
record label: Epic 7349
chart position: US Dance #13
written by: Tami Lester Smith
album: Bizarre Fruit
|
| 86 |
record label: Garage 72001
chart position: RandB #25, US #102, US Dance #13
written by: Tami Lester Smith
album: Padlock
|
| 87 |
record label: Salsoul 2064
chart position: RandB #68, US Dance #13
written by: Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein
album: The Yellow Brick Road
|
| 88 |
record label: Sussex 212
chart position: RandB #16, US #68
written by: Van McCoy
album: 5 10 15 20 25 30 Years of Love
|
| 89 |
record label: Constellation 141
chart position: RandB #18, US #40
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Duke of Soul
|
| 90 |
record label: Checker 1098
chart position: UK #39
written by: Chuck Berry
|
| 91 |
record label: Specialty 591
chart position: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: McKinley Millet and Robert Blackwell
album: Little Richard
|
| 92 |
record label: Ric Tic 114
chart position: US #84, UK #39
written by: Al Hamilton, Richard Morris and Edwin Starr
|
| 93 |
record label: United Artists 36141 (UK)
chart position: UK #42
written by: T. Randazzo, V. Pike
comments: [northern soul] (re release)
|
| 94 |
record label: 20th Century 2411
chart position: RandB #31, US #99, UK #43, US Dance #19
written by: James Thompson and Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon)
album: When You're #1
|
| 95 |
record label: Cameo 260
chart position: US #43
written by: Kal Mann and Dave Appell
|
| 96 |
record label: Checker 1158
chart position: RandB #17, US #88
written by: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)
|
| 97 |
record label: Columbia
chart position: RandB #18, US #102
written by: Lyfe Jennings
album: Lyfe Change
comments: [neo soul]
|
| 98 |
record label: MGM 13959
chart position: RandB #37, US #43
written by: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
album: Bill Medley 100%
|
| 99 |
record label: Vee Jay 510
chart position: RandB #18, US #94
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Sidney Banks
|
| 100 |
record label: Polydor 2207
chart position: UK #47, US Dance #57
written by: Wally Badarou, Mark King and Phil Gould
album: Level 42
comments: [jazz funk]
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