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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]
 		Diana Ross & Lionel Richie Endless Love
1981 Motown
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
 		Lisa Stansfield All Around the World
1989 Arista
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
 		The Spinners Cupid -- I've Loved You for a Long Time (medley)
1980 Atlantic
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]
 		Luther Vandross & Mariah Carey Endless Love
1994 Columbia
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]
 		Little Anthony & The Imperials Goin' Out Of My Head
1964 DCP Int.
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
 		Ludacris featuring Nicki Minaj My Chick Bad
2010 Def Jam
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
 		Gene Chandler Duke of Earl
1962 Vee Jay
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]
 		Little Anthony & The Imperials Hurt So Bad
1965 DCP Int.
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]
 		High Inergy You Can't Turn Me Off (in the Middle of Turning Me On)
1977 Gordy
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
 		The Crests Sixteen Candles
1959 Coed
11 record label: Mercury 73083
chart position: RandB #8, US #12
written by: Herman Davis & Russ Lewis
album: The Gene Chandler Situation
Gene Chandler Groovy Situation
1970 Mercury
12 record label: Constellation 149
chart position: RandB #3, US #18, UK #41
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Girl Don't Care
 		Gene Chandler Nothing Can Stop Me
1965 Constellation
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
 		Ludacris featuring Bobby Valentino Pimpin' All Over the World
2005 Def Jam South
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]
 		Gene Chandler Just Be True
1964 Constellation
15 record label: Chess 1845
chart position: RandB #8, US #14
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Curtis Mayfield
 		Jan Bradley Mama Didn't Lie
1963 Chess
16 record label: AandM 1847
chart position: RandB #1, US #20
written by: Skip Scarborough
album: Love to the World
comments: [love ballad]
 		L.T.D. Love Ballad
1976 A&M
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]
 		Gene Chandler Get Down
1978 20th Century Fox
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
 		Gene Chandler Rainbow
1963 Vee Jay
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]
 		Linda Jones Hypnotized
1967 Loma
20 record label: Parkway 907
chart position: RandB #5, US #23
written by: Kal Mann & Dave Appell
album: Chubby's Folk Album
 		Chubby Checker Hey, Bobba Needle
1964 Parkway
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]
 		Midnight Star Headlines
1986 Solar
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]
 		Sharon Redd Can You Handle It
1981 Prelude
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]
 		Heather Headley In My Mind
2006 RCA
24 record label: Mercury 71443
chart position: RandB #3, US #12, UK #28
written by: Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
album: Endlessly
 		Brook Benton Endlessly
1959 Mercury
25 record label: Philips 40303
chart position: UK #8, US #108
written by: Bea Verdi and Buddy Kaye
comments: [pop soul]
 		Dusty Springfield In the Middle of Nowhere
1965 Philips
26 record label: Checker 1155
chart position: RandB #3, US #45
written by: Gene Chandler & Keni St. Lewis
comments: [ballad]
 		Gene Chandler I Fooled You This Time
1966 Checker
27 record label: Constellation 136
chart position: RandB #4, US #39
written by: Billy Butler
album: The Duke of Soul
comments: [ballad]
 		Gene Chandler Bless Our Love
1964 Constellation
28 record label: Warner 7828
chart position: RandB #22, US #26
written by: L. Williams, J. Watson
album: Back to Oakland
comments: [funk jazz]
Tower of Power Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of the Stream)
1974 Warner
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]
 		Otis Redding Hard to Handle
1968 Atco
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]
 		Heather Headley I Wish I Wasn't
2003 RCA
31 record label: Columbia 11239
chart position: RandB #3, US #46
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: About Love
Gladys Knight & the Pips Landlord
1980 Columbia
32 record label: Atlantic 2048
chart position: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Joe Morris
album: Saved
 		LaVern Baker Shake a Hand
1960 Atlantic
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]
 		Gene Chandler Man's Temptation
1963 Vee Jay
34 record label: Checker 1135
chart position: RandB #4, US #58
written by: Willie Dixon
album: Koko Taylor
comments: [blues soul]
 		KoKo Taylor Wang Dang Doodle
1966 Checker
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]
 		Heather Headley He Is
2002 RCA
36 record label: TVT 0801
chart position: RandB #75, US #43
written by: Patrick Swayze and Stacy Widelitz
album: Unexpected
 		Lumidee featuring Tony Sunshine She's Like the Wind
2007 TVT
37 record label: Swingin 45 623
chart position: RandB #20, US #26
written by: Wyatt and Herderson
 		Rochell & the Candles Once Upon a Time
1961 Swingin
38 record label: Constellation 158
chart position: RandB #2, US #81
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Live On Stage In '65
 		Gene Chandler Rainbow '65
1965 Constellation
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]
 		LL Cool J I'm Bad
1987 Def Jam
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
 		Lonnie Gordon Bad Mood
1993 SBK
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
 		Bo Diddley Say Man
1959 Checker
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]
 		Juliet Roberts Caught in the Middle (remix)
1994 Slam Jam
43 record label: Quality 7044
chart position: RandB #25, US Dance #1
written by: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Michael Jackson
 		Slingshot Do it Again (Medley with Billie Jean)
1983 Quality
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
 		Webstar & Young B ft. The Voice of Harlem Chicken Noodle Soup
2006 Scrilla Hill
45 record label: MGM 14623
chart position: RandB #7, US
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Having A Party
 		The Ovations Having a Party (Medley)
1973 MGM
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]
 		Lakeside I Want to Hold Your Hand
1982 Solar
47 record label: Atlantic 89795
chart position: RandB #61, UK #11, US #75
written by: Walter Becker, Donald Fagen and Michael Jackson
 		Clubhouse Do It Again -- Billie Jean (Medley)
1983 Atlantic
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
 		LaVern Baker Jim Dandy Got Married
1957 Atlantic
49 record label: Checker 1162
chart position: RandB #7, US #91
written by: Lightnin' Hopkins (as Sam Hopkins)
 		Little Milton Feel So Bad
1967 Checker
50 record label: GTO 91 (UK)
chart position: UK #12
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Too Hot To Handle
 		Heatwave Too Hot To Handle
1977 GTO
51 record label: Checker 827
chart position: RandB #4
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Bo Diddley (as Ellas McDaniel)
album: Bo Diddley
 		Bo Diddley Pretty Thing
1956 Checker
52 record label: King 4841
chart position: RandB #5
written by: Mertis John (as Mertis John Jr.)
album: Fever
comments: [blues soul]
 		Little Willie John Need Your Love So Bad
1956 King
53 record label: Raft 18502
chart position: UK #15
written by: Linda Lewis
album: Lark
 		Linda Lewis Rock A Doodle Doo
1973 Raft
54 record label: Warner 49581
chart position: RandB #9, US #76
written by: Donald Hogan
album: One in a Million You
 		Larry Graham When We Get Married
1980 Warner
55 record label: Columbia 310532
written by: Joe Zawinul
album: Heavy Weather
 		Weather Report Birdland
1977 Columbia
56 record label: Checker 1165
chart position: RandB #9, US #94
written by: Karl Tarleton
 		Gene Chandler To Be a Lover
1967 Checker
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
 		Monie Love Monie in the Middle
1990 Chrysalis
58 record label: Jamie 1233
chart position: Cashbox R&B #13, US#63
written by: Barbara Lynn Ozen
 		Barbara Lynn Second Fiddle Girl
1962 Jamie
59 record label: Solar 69836
chart position: RandB #8
written by: Lakeside
album: Untouchables
comments: [funk]
 		Lakeside Raid
1983 Solar
60 record label: Epic 3624
chart position: RandB #19, US Dance #8
written by: Nona Hendryx
album: Phoenix
 		LaBelle Messin' with My Mind
1975 Epic
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]
 		Tina Charles Love Bug -- Sweets for My Sweet (Medley)
1977 CBS
62 record label: Cooltempo 272
chart position: UK #24
written by: Juliet Roberts and D:Mob
album: Natural Thing
comments: [dance, house]
 		Juliet Roberts Caught in the Middle
1993 Cooltempo
63 record label: Fortune 831
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Andre Williams
 		Andre Williams (Mr. Rhythm) & His New Group Didlee, Didlee Womp, Womp (Bacon Fat)
1957 Fortune
64 record label: Atlantic 2099
chart position: RandB #17, US #35
written by: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: Saved
 		LaVern Baker Saved
1961 Atlantic
65 record label: Prelude 8023
chart position: US dance #6
written by: Underwood, Reid, Anderson
album: Unlimited Touch
comments: [disco funk]
 		Unlimited Touch In The Middle
1981 Prelude
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
 		Bo Diddley Crackin' Up
1959 Checker
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
 		Gene Chandler Does She Have a Friend?
1980 Chi Sound
68 record label: Atlantic 1877
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Gerald Levert
album: Private Line
 		Gerald Levert Can You Handle It
1992 Atlantic
69 record label: Warner 7782
chart position: RandB #9, US #49
written by: Larry Graham
album: Graham Central Station
 		Graham Central Station Can You Handle it?
1974 Warner
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
 		Lemar Weight of the World
2009 Sony Music
71 record label: Brunswick 55387
chart position: RandB #16, US #57
written by: Barbara Acklin, Carl Davis and Eugene Record
 		Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin From the Teacher to the Preacher
1968 Brunswick
72 record label: Tabu 587 714
chart position: RandB #26, UK #32
written by: Terry Coffey and Jon Nettlesbey
album: Love Makes no Sense
 		Alexander O'Neal In the Middle
1993 Tabu
73 record label: Goldies 45 2437
chart position: Cashbox R&B #15, US #73
written by: Bernice Williams
 		Gene Chandler & The Dukays Nite Owl
1962 Goldies
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
 		Loose Ends Stay a Little While, Child
1986 MCA
75 record label: Jive 266
chart position: RandB #10
written by: Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle (as Bernard Bell)
album: Hi Five
 		Hi-Five I Just Can't Handle It
1990 Jive
76 record label: The Inc.
chart position: RandB #13, US #64
written by: Lloyd, Lil Wayne, Eric B. and Rakim
album: Lessons in Love
 		Lloyd featuring Lil Wayne Girls Around the World
2008 The Inc.
77 record label: Mercury 73206
chart position: RandB #14, US #116
written by: James Thompson and Gene Chandler (as Eugene Dixon)
 		Gene Chandler You're a Lady
1971 Mercury
78 record label: Creole 138
chart position: US Dance #33, UK #36
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
 		Roni Hill You Keep Me Hangin' On -- Stop In The Name Of Love (Medley)
1977 Creole
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
 		Gene Chandler The Girl Don't Care
1967 Brunswick
80 record label: Pye 25217 (UK)
chart position: UK #34
written by: Elias McDaniels
album: Bo Diddley
comments: [re release]
 		Bo Diddley Pretty Thing
1963 Pye
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]
 		First Choice The Player (Mousse T. and Boris Dlugosch Mixes)
2001 The Right Stuff
82 record label: Warner 17903
chart position: RandB #74, US #84, UK #33
written by: Prince
 		Prince Purple Medley
1995 Warner
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
 		The Fantastic Four I Love You Madly
1968 Soul
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]
 		Level 42 Micro-Kid
1983 A&M
85 record label: Epic 7349
chart position: US Dance #13
written by: Tami Lester Smith
album: Bizarre Fruit
 		M People Padlock
1995 Epic
86 record label: Garage 72001
chart position: RandB #25, US #102, US Dance #13
written by: Tami Lester Smith
album: Padlock
 		Gwen Guthrie Padlock
1985 Garage
87 record label: Salsoul 2064
chart position: RandB #68, US Dance #13
written by: Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein
album: The Yellow Brick Road
 		The Salsoul Orchestra West Side Story Medley
1978 Salsoul
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
 		The Presidents Triangle of Love (Hey Diddle Diddle)
1971 Sussex
89 record label: Constellation 141
chart position: RandB #18, US #40
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Duke of Soul
 		Gene Chandler What Now
1964 Constellation
90 record label: Checker 1098
chart position: UK #39
written by: Chuck Berry
 		Bo Diddley Hey Good Lookin'
1965 Checker
91 record label: Specialty 591
chart position: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: McKinley Millet and Robert Blackwell
album: Little Richard
 		Little Richard All Around the World
1957 Specialty
92 record label: Ric Tic 114
chart position: US #84, UK #39
written by: Al Hamilton, Richard Morris and Edwin Starr
 		Edwin Starr Headline News
1966 Ric Tic
93 record label: United Artists 36141 (UK)
chart position: UK #42
written by: T. Randazzo, V. Pike
comments: [northern soul] (re release)
 		Little Anthony & The Imperials Better Use Your Head -- Gonna Fix You Good
1976 United Artists
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
 		Gene Chandler When You're Number 1
1979 20th Century
95 record label: Cameo 260
chart position: US #43
written by: Kal Mann and Dave Appell
 		Dee Dee Sharp Rock Me In The Cradle Of Love
1963 Cameo
96 record label: Checker 1158
chart position: RandB #17, US #88
written by: Bo Diddley (as Elias McDaniel)
 		Bo Diddley Ooh Baby
1967 Checker
97 record label: Columbia
chart position: RandB #18, US #102
written by: Lyfe Jennings
album: Lyfe Change
comments: [neo soul]
 		Lyfe Jennings Never Never Land
2008 Columbia
98 record label: MGM 13959
chart position: RandB #37, US #43
written by: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
album: Bill Medley 100%
 		Bill Medley Brown Eyed Woman
1968 MGM
99 record label: Vee Jay 510
chart position: RandB #18, US #94
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Sidney Banks
 		Birdlegs & Pauline & Their Versatility Birds Spring
1963 Vee Jay
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]
 		Level 42 Starchild
1981 Polydor


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