| 1 |
record label: Cameo 212
chart position: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Jon Sheldon & Harry Land
album: It's Mashed Potato Time
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| 2 |
record label: Gordy 7055
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #18
written by: Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Greatest Hits / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 3 |
record label: Universal 652
chart position: RandB #9, US #3, UK #2
written by: Lumidee, Edwin Perez, Steven Marsden, Busta Rhymes and Fabolous
album: Almost Famous
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| 4 |
record label: Def Jam 280
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #9
written by: Rick Cousins, Tamar Ruffin, Warryn Campbell, Sisqó (as Mark Andrews) and Redman (as Reggie Noble)
album: Enter the Dru
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| 5 |
record label: Elektra 114
chart position: RandB #28, US #4, UK #2, US dance #1
written by: Lady Miss Kier, Super DJ Dmitri & Towa Tei
album: World Clique
comments: [disco dance]
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| 6 |
record label: Parkway 835
chart position: RandB #3, US #3, UK #23
written by: Jon Sheldon
album: For Teen Twisters Only
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| 7 |
record label: Motown 1173
chart position: RandB #7, US #14, UK #11
written by: Phil Spector, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich
album: The Magnificent 7 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 8 |
record label: Casablanca 18548
chart position: UK #5, US Dance #3
written by: John Barry and Donna Summer
album: The Deep OST
comments: [disco]
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| 9 |
record label: Shady
chart position: RandB #11, US #6, UK #7
written by: Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Havoc, Prodigy, Mike Elizondo, Mark Batson and Chris Pope
album: The Massacre [Special Edition]
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| 10 |
record label: Vee Jay 383
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Dee Clark
album: Hold On....It's Dee Clark
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| 11 |
record label: Philles 131
chart position: US #88, UK #3
written by: Phil Spector, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich
album: River Deep Mountain High
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| 12 |
record label: Arista 07822 12651
chart position: RandB #30, US #63, UK #5, US dance #1
written by: Robert Clivillas & David Cole
album: Greatest Hits (1980 1994)
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| 13 |
record label: Solar 70015
chart position: RandB #4, US #10, US AC #21
written by: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds), Darnell Bristol (as Darnell
album: Eyes of a Stranger
comments: [slow jam]
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| 14 |
record label: Invictus 9080
chart position: RandB #9, US #24, UK #33
written by: Norma Toney, Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Band Of Gold
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| 15 |
record label: Virgin 13172
chart position: RandB #11, US #28, UK #13, US dance #1
written by: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and René Elizondo Jr.
album: The Velvet Rope
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| 16 |
record label: Cameo 230
chart position: RandB #7, US #5
written by: Jon Sheldon & David Leon
album: All The Hits By Dee Dee Sharp Volume II
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| 17 |
record label: Profile 7367
chart position: RandB #33, US #14
written by: Johnny Zunino, Jay Tee (as James Trujillo) and Tim Lyon
album: Back to the Hotel
comments: [rap]
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| 18 |
record label: Sound of NY 602
chart position: RandB #10, US dance #2, UK #13, US #101
written by: Mike Cleveland (as Michael Cleveland)
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| 19 |
record label: Columbia 657701
chart position: RandB #83, US #44, UK #15, US dance #1
album: Greatest Remixes Vol. I
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| 20 |
record label: Philles 107
chart position: RandB #7, US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Ray Gilbert & Allie Wrubel
album: Zip A Dee Doo Dah
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| 21 |
record label: Cameo 219
chart position: RandB #11, US #9
written by: Kal Mann & Dave Appell
album: It's Mashed Potato Time
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| 22 |
record label: Elektra 64912
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #54, UK #25, US #47
written by: Lady Miss Kier, Super DJ Dmitri & Towa Tei
album: World Clique
comments: [disco dance]
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| 23 |
record label: Fire 508
chart position: RandB #4, US #20
written by: Don Gardner And Bobby Robinson
album: I Need Your Lovin'
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| 24 |
record label: Cameo 244
chart position: RandB #8, US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Kal Mann & Dave Appell
album: Do The Bird
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| 25 |
record label: Abner 1032
chart position: RandB #10, US #33
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: Doris Troy (as Doris Payne) and Frank Augustus
album: How About That
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| 26 |
record label: Abner 1026
chart position: RandB #9, US #18, UK #26
written by: Otis Blackwell
album: Dee Clark
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| 27 |
record label: Mercury 72584
chart position: RandB #9, US #41
written by: Lee Adams & Charles Strouse
album: I Want To Be With You, I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
comments: [ballad]
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| 28 |
record label: London 8802
chart position: RandB #3, US #21
written by: Dee Clark
album: Dee Clark
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| 29 |
record label: Liberty 54505
chart position: US #20, UK #30
written by: Remus Harris and Arthur Strauss
album: Yours Forever
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| 30 |
record label: Warner 49040
chart position: RandB #1, US #77, US dance #43
written by: George Clinton
album: Uncle Jam Wants You
comments: [funk]
|
| 31 |
record label: TVT 0801
chart position: RandB #75, US #43
written by: Patrick Swayze and Stacy Widelitz
album: Unexpected
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| 32 |
record label: Abner 1029
chart position: RandB #2, US #20
written by: Bobby Stevenson and Otis Blackwell
album: Dee Clark
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| 33 |
record label: Solar 69785
chart position: RandB #3, US #77
written by: Stanley Burke, Melvin Gentry, Carl Greene, L.A. Reid (as Antonio Reid) and Bo Watson
album: Street Beat
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| 34 |
record label: Jive 1086
chart position: RandB #4, US #62
written by: Kool Moe Dee (as Moe DeWese)
album: How Ya Like Me Now
|
| 35 |
record label: RSO 857
chart position: RandB #15, US #1, UK #6
written by: Rick Dees
album: The Originsl Disco Duck
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| 36 |
record label: Swan 4002
chart position: RandB #6, US #9
written by: Bob Crewe and Frank Slay
|
| 37 |
record label: CBS 6570 (UK)
chart position: UK #3
written by: D.C. Lee
album: Shrine
comments: [ballad]
|
| 38 |
record label: P.I.R. 81062
chart position: US dance #1
album: Dee Dee
comments: [philly sound disco dance]
|
| 39 |
record label: Jive 1217
chart position: RandB #3
written by: Kool Moe Dee (as Moe DeWese) and Teddy Rile
album: Knowledge Is King
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 40 |
record label: Chelsea 3025
chart position: UK #16
written by: Kenny Nolan
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| 41 |
record label: Immediate 047
chart position: UK #18
written by: Cat Stevens
album: The First Lady Of Immediate
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| 42 |
record label: MCA 52561
chart position: RandB #6
written by: Gordon Strozier, Gregory Potts, John Eaton and Melvin Riley
album: Ready for the World
comments: [ballad]
|
| 43 |
record label: Fire 513
chart position: RandB #7, US #66
written by: B. Robinson And D. Gardner
album: I Need Your Lovin'
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| 44 |
record label: RCA 13811
chart position: RandB #10, US Dance #41
written by: Dana Meyers, Dominick Leslie and Wardell Potts
album: Words and Music
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 45 |
record label: Roulette 4401
chart position: RandB #8, US #1, UK #33
written by: Joey Dee & Henry Glover
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| 46 |
record label: Atco 6754
chart position: RandB #9, US #70
written by: Jerry Williams, Gary U.S. Bonds and Charlie Whitehead
album: Turning Around
comments: [deep soul ballad]
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| 47 |
record label: MCA
chart position: RandB #9,US #63
written by: Mary J. Blige, Tara Geter, Kevin Deane, Elton John and Bernie Taupin
album: Mary
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| 48 |
record label: Fever 1919
chart position: RandB #62, US dance #9
weeksinr&bchart: 7
album: Only Time Will Tell
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| 49 |
record label: LMR 2790
chart position: US #73, US Dance #10
written by: Patrick De Meyer, Olivier Abbeloos, Daisy Dee, MC Bones and Tim Benjamin
album: Daisy Dee
comments: [dance, house, hip hop]
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| 50 |
record label: Mercury 72220
chart position: RandB #10, US #90
written by: Jimmy Radcliffe and Carl Spencer
album: Songs Of The Big City
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| 51 |
record label: Solar 69644
chart position: RandB #14, US #101
written by: Babyface (as Kenny Edmonds), Carl Greene, L.A. Reid, Kevin
album: Material Thangz
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| 52 |
record label: Solar 70023
chart position: RandB #10
written by: Kenny Nolan
album: Eyes of a Stranger
comments: [ballad]
|
| 53 |
record label: Columbia 03814
chart position: RandB #15, US #76
written by: Wayne Vaughn, Wanda Vaughn and Maurice White
album: Powerlight
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 54 |
record label: Mango 105
chart position: UK #31
written by: Edward Holland and Norman Whitfield
comments: [reggae]
|
| 55 |
record label: Polydor 887 024
chart position: RandB #10
written by: Preston Glass, Lionel Job and Cliff Dawson
album: Shades of Lace
|
| 56 |
record label: Jive 1116
chart position: RandB #11
written by: Mohanndas Dewese
album: Funke Funke Wisdom
|
| 57 |
record label: Josie 807
chart position: RandB #11
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Johnny Marks
|
| 58 |
record label: Cameo 274
chart position: RandB #25, US #33
written by: Kal Mann and Dave Appell
|
| 59 |
record label: Jive 1264
chart position: RandB #13, US Dance #23
written by: Kool Moe Dee (as Moe DeWese)
album: Knowledge Is King
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 60 |
record label: Mercury 72638
chart position: RandB #13, US #88
written by: Kenny Gamble, Jerry Williams and Jerry Ross
album: I Want To Be With You / I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
|
| 61 |
record label: Capitol 751
chart position: RandB #51, US #93, UK #41
written by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb
album: All That Matters
comments: [love song]
|
| 62 |
record label: Mercury 72880
chart position: RandB #14, US #57
written by: Ed Townsend
album: Foolish Fool
|
| 63 |
record label: Rap A Lot 53823
chart position: RandB #37, US #40
written by: Scarface (as Brad Jordan), M. Burnette, L. Richie, M. Gaye and J. Johnson
album: Till Death Do Us Part
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| 64 |
record label: Cameo 260
chart position: US #43
written by: Kal Mann and Dave Appell
|
| 65 |
record label: Phonogram 312
chart position: UK #47
written by: M. White, A. McKay
|
| 66 |
record label: CBS 6869 (UK)
chart position: UK #46
written by: Paul Muggleton
album: Shrine
comments: [ballad]
|
| 67 |
record label: Atlantic 3205
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Sam Dees and Sandra Drayton
album: The Show Must Go On
comments: [ballad]
|
| 68 |
record label: Neptune 22
chart position: RandB #21, US#64
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: In Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound dancer]
|
| 69 |
record label: Fever 73754
chart position: RandB #83, US #49, US Dance #21
written by: Elis Pacheco
album: Only Time Will Tell
|
| 70 |
record label: Infamous/Jive 60994
chart position: RandB #23, US #64
album: Amerikaz Nightmare
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 71 |
record label: Vee Jay 462
chart position: RandB #18, US #52
written by: Dee Clark
|
| 72 |
record label: RSO 866
chart position: RandB #93, US #56
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Bobby Manuel, Shelly N. Fisher and Willie Hall
album: The Original Disco Duck
|
| 73 |
record label: CBS 6
chart position: RandB #47, UK #55
written by: Terence Trent D'Arby
album: Neither Fish Nor Flesh
|
| 74 |
record label: Groovy 3001
chart position: RandB #23, US #89
written by: Ted Daniels and Darrow Fletcher
|
| 75 |
record label: RCA 64279
chart position: RandB #52, US #59
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Havoc and Prodigy
album: The Infamous
|
| 76 |
record label: Loud
chart position: RandB #32, US #58
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Prodigy, Daron Jones, Michael Keith, Havoc, Q
album: Infamy
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 77 |
record label: Record Shack 25 (UK)
chart position: UK #60
written by: Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench
album: High Energy
comments: [disco, hi NRG]
|
| 78 |
record label: Sound Of New York 3
chart position: RandB #32, US #67, US Dance #16
written by: Mike Cleveland
album: Last Night A D.J. Saved My Life
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 79 |
record label: Columbia 74865
chart position: RandB #29, US #64, US dance #38
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Prince Markie Dee, Cory Rooney, Damon Johnson and Raymond Calhoun
album: Free
|
| 80 |
record label: Columbia 74737
chart position: RandB #28, US #65
written by: Boss and Def Jef
album: Born Gangstaz
|
| 81 |
record label: Jive 1079
chart position: RandB #22
written by: Teddy Riley and Kool Moe Dee (as Moe DeWese)
album: How Ya Like Me Now
|
| 82 |
record label: Jive 42263
chart position: RandB #22, US #71
written by: Mike Chapman, Trent Thomas, Tom Evans (as Thomas Evans) and K Von
album: Silk
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 83 |
record label: Loud 64328
chart position: RandB #60, US #69
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Prodigy (as Albert Johnson) and Havoc (as Kejuan Muchita)
album: The Infamous
|
| 84 |
record label: Motown 1873
chart position: US #71. US AC #28, US country #10
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Dancing on the Ceiling
|
| 85 |
record label: Atco 6810
chart position: RandB #24, US #80
written by: Mark James
|
| 86 |
record label: Columbia 74380
chart position: RandB #25, US dance #32
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Damon Johnson, Prince Markie Dee and Cory Rooney
album: Free
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 87 |
record label: Strictly Rhythm 12430
chart position: US #73
written by: George Acosta and Brenda De Leon
album: Energy and Harmony
|
| 88 |
record label: Solar 4956
chart position: RandB #25
written by: Babyface (as Kenny Edmonds)
album: Street Beat
|
| 89 |
record label: KC 106
chart position: Cashbox R&B #29, US #75
written by: Billy Hill
|
| 90 |
record label: TVT Soundtrax 821
chart position: RandB #48, US #79
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Prodigy, Havoc, Nashiem Myrick, Big Noyd and Rodney Price
album: Next Millennium
comments: from the movie Blade starring Wesley Snipes
|
| 91 |
record label: Cameo 375
chart position: RandB #37, US #78
written by: James Bishop and Kenny Gamble
|
| 92 |
record label: Vee Jay 355
chart position: US #43
written by: Calvin Carter and Marion Oliver
|
| 93 |
record label: Cameo 296
chart position: RandB #38, US #82
written by: Kal Mann and Dave Appell
|
| 94 |
record label: Mercury 867
chart position: RandB #28, US #96
written by: Horace Ott
album: I Want To Be With You / I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
|
| 95 |
record label: Abner 1037
chart position: US #56
written by: John Moore (as John C. Moore) and Ewart Abner (as Ewart G. Abner)
|
| 96 |
record label: EastWest 64309
chart position: RandB #39, US #86
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Dre, Skoob and Easy Mo Bee
album: Hold It Down
|
| 97 |
record label: Mercury 5 (UK)
chart position: UK #89
written by: Preston Glass, Steve Birch
|
| 98 |
record label: Jive 1035
chart position: US #89
written by: Kool Moe Dee (as Moe DeWese)
album: I'm Kool Moe Dee
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 99 |
record label: Stateside 400
chart position: Cashbox R&B #31, US #132
written by: Dee Clark and Sam Cook
|
| 100 |
record label: CBS 4192 (UK)
chart position: UK #88
written by: Dee C. Lee
comments: [disco dance]
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