| 1 |
record label: MCA 52770
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US AC #2
written by: Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager
album: Winner in You
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| 2 |
record label: Epic 2852
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #17, US dance #7
written by: Bob Crewe & Kenny Nolan
album: Nightbirds
comments: [disco funk]
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| 3 |
record label: Newtown 5777
chart position: RandB #14, US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Anthony Levinson
album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo
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| 4 |
record label: MCA 52517
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #1, US #17
written by: Sharon Robinson (as Sharon Teresa Robinson), Jon Gilutin & Bunny Hull
album: Beverly Hills Cop: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
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| 5 |
record label: MCA 52877
chart position: RandB #7, UK #26, US #29
written by: Andy Goldmark & Bruce Roberts
album: Winner in You
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| 6 |
record label: MCA 54673
chart position: RandB #8, UK #50, US #61, US dance #1
written by: Ann Bennett Nesby, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and Jimmy Wright (as James Wright)
album: Gems
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| 7 |
record label: MCA 3992
chart position: RandB #12, US #56, US Dance #1
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and Jimmy Wright (as James
album: Flame
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| 8 |
record label: Newtown 5000
chart position: RandB #13, US #15
written by: Leon T. Rene & Otis J. Rene
album: Sweethearts of the Apollo
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| 9 |
record label: MCA 52610
chart position: RandB #5, US #41, US Dance #18
written by: Dan Sembello and Allee Willis
album: Beverly Hills Cop: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
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| 10 |
record label: P.I.R. 04248
chart position: RandB #1, US #46
written by: Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel & Kenny Gamble
album: I'm in Love Again / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [love ballad]
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| 11 |
record label: Beverly Glen 2012
chart position: RandB #3, US #88
written by: Bobby Womack
album: The Poet II / Patti
comments: [ballad]
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| 12 |
record label: MCA 3505
chart position: US Dance #1
written by: Shep Pettibone and Steve Feldman
album: To Wong Foo: Music from the Motion Picture
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| 13 |
record label: MCA 2074
chart position: RandB #2
written by: Bunny Sigler and Eugene Lambchops Curry
album: Burnin'
comments: [ballad]
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| 14 |
record label: Epic 850097
chart position: RandB #8, US #48, US Dance #7
written by: James R. Ellison and Edward Batts
album: Nightbirds
comments: charted as Lady Marmalade / What Can I Do for You? In US dance charts
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| 15 |
record label: MCA 1667
chart position: RandB #3, US Dance #17
written by: Patti LaBelle, Sharon Barnes, James
album: Burnin'
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| 16 |
record label: MCA 53358
chart position: RandB #10, US #79, US AC #11
written by: Diane Warren
album: Be Yourself
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 17 |
record label: MCA 2155
chart position: RandB #4
written by: Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, James
album: Burnin'
comments: [gospel soul ballad]
|
| 18 |
record label: MCA 53728
chart position: RandB #6
written by: Prince
album: Be Yourself
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| 19 |
record label: Epic 3624
chart position: RandB #19, US Dance #8
written by: Nona Hendryx
album: Phoenix
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| 20 |
record label: Verve 016442
chart position: RandB #62, US Dance #8
album: Back to Now
comments: [slow jam]
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| 21 |
record label: Epic 137395
chart position: RandB #81, US Dance #10
written by: Marti Sharron
album: It's Alright with Me
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| 22 |
record label: P.I.R. 4399
chart position: RandB #10
written by: Bunny Sigler and Kenny Gamble
album: I'm in Love Again
comments: [love ballad]
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| 23 |
record label: MCA 52876
chart position: RandB #50, US Dance #10
written by: Howie Rice and Alan Rich
album: Winner in You
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| 24 |
record label: MCA
chart position: RandB #35, US Dance #10
written by: Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas
album: Flame
comments: [ballad] [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts] [album cut]
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| 25 |
record label: Parkway 896
chart position: RandB #32, US #34
written by: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo
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| 26 |
record label: Def Soul Classics 2821
chart position: RandB #36, US #93, US Dance #11
written by: Patti LaBelle, Pierre Medor, Dwayne Nesmith, Tiffany Palmer, Carlos Ricketts and Jason Rome
album: Timeless Journey
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| 27 |
record label: Elektra 69887
chart position: RandB #14, US #104
written by: Cynthia Biggs and Dexter Wansel
album: The Best Is Yet to Come
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 28 |
record label: MCA 52945
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Alex Brown and Ron Kersey
album: Winner in You
|
| 29 |
record label: Epic 850315
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Randy Edelman
album: Chameleon
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| 30 |
record label: Atlantic 4055
chart position: Cashbox R&B #38, US #68
written by: Lori Burton and Pam Sawyer
album: Over the Rainbow
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| 31 |
record label: Parkway 935
chart position: US #76
written by: Frederic Weatherly (as Frederick Weatherly)
album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo
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| 32 |
record label: Epic 50872
chart position: RandB #26
written by: Peter Allen and David Lasley
album: Released
|
| 33 |
record label: Def Soul Cassics 3855
chart position: RandB #31, US #89
written by: Gordon Chambers, Patti LaBelle and Troy Taylor
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 34 |
record label: Atlantic 2373
chart position: RandB #36, US #89
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Trade Martin
album: Dreamer
|
| 35 |
record label: Epic 5805(UK)
chart position: US Dance #29
written by: Jeffrey Cohen, Ray Parker Jr, David Rubinson and Armstead Edwards
album: Patti LaBelle
|
| 36 |
record label: MCA 54513
chart position: RandB #30
written by: Cutfather, Lori Perry, Sami McKinney, Soulshock and Kenneth Karlin
|
| 37 |
record label: Epic 850445
chart position: RandB #31
written by: Jeffrey Cohen, Ray Parker Jr and James
album: Patti LaBelle
|
| 38 |
record label: MCA 53100
chart position: RandB #33
written by: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
|
| 39 |
record label: Epic 50262
chart position: RandB #50, US #102
written by: J. Crane
album: Chameleon
|
| 40 |
record label: Epic 850659
chart position: RandB #34
written by: Skip Scarborough
album: It's Alright with Me
|
| 41 |
record label: Atlantic 2347
chart position: RandB #36
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Curtis Mayfield
|
| 42 |
record label: MCA 3160
chart position: RandB #42
written by: El DeBarge
album: Gems
comments: [love song]
|
| 43 |
record label: MCA 84089
chart position: RandB #43
written by: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and James Wright
album: Flame
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts] [MCA album cut]
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| 44 |
record label: Newtown 5007
chart position: Cashbox RandB #46
written by: M. Bailey, R. Martin
album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo
|
| 45 |
record label: Epic 50852
chart position: RandB #61, US Dance #48
written by: Allen Toussaint
album: Released
|
| 46 |
record label: Epic 850550
chart position: RandB #51
written by: Armstead Edwards, James
album: Tasty
|
| 47 |
record label: Epic 850583
chart position: RandB #60
written by: A. Willis
|
| 48 |
record label: Epic 850487
chart position: RandB #61
written by: Patti LaBelle, James
album: Patti LaBelle
|
| 49 |
record label: Island Def Jam 16261 2
chart position: RandB #62
written by: Carolyn Franklin
album: Classic Moments
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 50 |
record label: P.I.R. 05436
chart position: RandB #63
written by: J.H. Smith and Wells
album: Patti
comments: [ballad]
|
| 51 |
record label: MCA 53774
chart position: RandB #65
written by: Sami McKinney and Raymond Jones
album: Be Yourself
comments: [ballad]
|
| 52 |
record label: MCA 10870
chart position: RandB #67
written by: Sami McKinney, Kenny Moore and Alex Brown
album: Gems
|
| 53 |
record label: Bungalo
chart position: RandB #68
album: The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle
comments: [album cut]
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| 54 |
record label: MCA 54481
chart position: RandB #70
written by: Jonathan Butler and Graham Lyle
album: Burnin'
comments: [love song] Backing Vocals: Luther Vandross, Fonzi Thornton, Lisa Fischer
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| 55 |
record label: P.I.R. 02655
chart position: US Dance #49
written by: Cecil Womack and Kenny Gamble
album: The Spirit's in It
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 56 |
record label: Beverly Glen Music 2018
chart position: RandB #76
written by: Chris Brubeck
album: The Poet II
comments: [ballad]
|
| 57 |
record label: P.I.R. 05755
chart position: RandB #79
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Patti
comments: [ballad]
|
| 58 |
record label: P.I.R. 04176
chart position: US Dance #57
written by: Stephanie Huff
album: I'm in Love Again
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 59 |
record label: Epic 50168
chart position: RandB #99
written by: Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan
album: Phoenix
|
| 60 |
record label: MCA 25211-2
chart position: RandB #102
album: When A Woman Loves
|
| 61 |
record label: Verve
chart position: RandB #103
album: Back to Now
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record label: Motown 1339 (UK)
written by: B. Womack, J. Ford
album: The Poet 2
comments: [ballad]
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record label: Virgin 98824
written by: Gary Prim, Tena Clark
album: The Five Heartbeats Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: (Vocals: Billy Valentine, Tressa Thomas)
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| -- |
record label: PIR 1311
written by: R. Roebuck, J.B. Jefferson
album: I'm In Love Again
comments: [album cut]
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