| 1 |
record label: Columbia 05024
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #1, US AC #10
written by: Beyoncé, Ne Yo, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Espen Lind and Amund Bjørklund
album: B'Day
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| 2 |
record label: Universal 40379 (UK)
chart position: RandB #4, UK #1
written by: Nelly, El DeBarge, Etterlene Jordan, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Randy Edelman and William DeBarge
album: Sweatsuit
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| 3 |
record label: Virgin 18095
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #13, US AC #34
written by: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: Janet
comments: [slow jam]
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| 4 |
record label: Tamla 54139
chart position: RandB #3, US #9, UK #20, US AC #29
written by: Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller) & Bryan Wells
album: Down to Earth
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 5 |
record label: Chess 1898
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #10, UK #3
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Chuck Berry
album: St. Louis To Liverpool
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| 6 |
record label: Atco 6914
chart position: RandB #19, US #9, UK #54
written by: Mac Rebennock
album: In the Right Place
comments: [funk]
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| 7 |
record label: Fo Reel 003154
chart position: RandB #4, US #4
written by: El DeBarge, William DeBarge, Randy Edelman, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Etterlene Jordan and Dorian Moore
album: Suit
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| 8 |
record label: Tuff 1808
chart position: RandB #10, US #12
written by: Abner Spector
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| 9 |
record label: Arista 0494
chart position: RandB #6, US #30, US AC #34
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Two Places at the Same Time
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| 10 |
record label: Epic P.I.R. 50454
chart position: RandB#8, UK #26, US #52
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Goin' Places
comments: [disco dance]
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| 11 |
record label: LaFace Digital
chart position: RandB #4, US #45
written by: Usher, Carlos McKinney and The Dream
album: Here I Stand
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| 12 |
record label: Atlantic 10216 (UK)
chart position: UK #9
written by: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
album: I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing
comments: (re release) [pop soul]
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| 13 |
record label: MCA 3117
chart position: RandB #21, US #34, US dance #7
written by: Martin, Lorenz, Van Rensalier, Gay and Bright
album: Blackface
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| 14 |
record label: MCA 55462
chart position: RandB #8, US #26
written by: Nathan Clemons, Aaron Hall III and Manuel Seal (as Manuel Seal Jr.)
album: Inside of You
comments: [slow jam]
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| 15 |
record label: Doggystyle
chart position: RandB #31, US #77, UK #27
written by: Snoop Dogg, R. Kelly and Pharrell Williams
album: Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$
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| 16 |
record label: MCA 1780(UK)
chart position: UK #8
written by: John Barry, Lisa Stansfield , Ian Devaney and Andy Morris
album: So Natural
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| 17 |
record label: Ronn 3
chart position: RandB #5, US #52
written by: Toussaint McCall and Patrick Robinson
album: Nothing Takes the Place of You Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
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| 18 |
record label: Paisley Park 8288
chart position: US #10, UK #29, US Dance #4
album: Sign of the Times
comments: charted as I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man / Hot Thing in US dance charts
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| 19 |
record label: Epic 50959
chart position: RandB #2, UK #44, US #22
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Michael Jackson
album: Triumph
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| 20 |
record label: P.I.R. 2212 (UK)
chart position: UK #14
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: The Best Of Philadelphia
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| 21 |
record label: Tamla Motown 708 (UK)
chart position: UK #13
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 22 |
record label: Invictus 527 (UK)
chart position: UK #30
written by: General Johnson
album: Bittersweet / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
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| 23 |
record label: Cotillion 44034
chart position: RandB #11, US #74
written by: Patrick Robinson and Toussaint Mccall
album: Do Your Own Thing
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| 24 |
record label: Island 078
chart position: RandB #41, US #24, US AC#9, US dance #7
written by: E. Daniel & H. Adamson
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| 25 |
record label: Back Beat 613
chart position: RandB #12, US #78
written by: Jo Armstead
album: Drop By My Place (1988 UK compilation)
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| 26 |
record label: Tamla Motown 787 (UK)
chart position: UK #28
written by: Holland Dozier Holland
album: Darling Baby
comments: re release (stereo version)
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| 27 |
record label: Polydor 887 024
chart position: RandB #10
written by: Preston Glass, Lionel Job and Cliff Dawson
album: Shades of Lace
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| 28 |
record label: Gamble 4019
chart position: RandB #12
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
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| 29 |
record label: Mercury 880 966
chart position: RandB #12, US dance #44
written by: The Bar Kays and Allen Jones (as Allen A. Jones)
album: Banging the Wall
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| 30 |
record label: Atlantic 2285
chart position: US #60, UK #40
written by: Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
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| 31 |
record label: Sar Records 126
chart position: RandB #18, US #63
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Sam Cooke
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| 32 |
record label: Emergency 6520
chart position: US dance #9
written by: Arthur Baker, Tony Carbone, Russell Presto
comments: [disco, boogie]
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| 33 |
record label: Emergency 6524
chart position: US dance #10
written by: Arthur Baker, Russell Presto, Tony Carbone
comments: [disco funk, boogie]
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| 34 |
record label: Becket 012
chart position: RandB #78, US Dance #16
written by: Kenny Lehman and Thomas Jones
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| 35 |
record label: Nervous 20150
chart position: UK #52, US dance #32
written by: Byron Burke, Byron Stingily and Mike Dunn
comments: [dance, house]
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| 36 |
record label: Pendulum 8576 2
chart position: RandB #19
album: First Time
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| 37 |
record label: United Artists 715
chart position: RandB #25, US #78
written by: Jerry Ragovoy (as Norman Meade) and Samuel Bell
album: Cry Baby And 11 Other Hits
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| 38 |
record label: Tommy Boy 828
chart position: RandB #31, US #63
written by: Michael Jonzun
album: Lost in Space
comments: [electro, hip hop]
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| 39 |
record label: Stateside 191
chart position: RandB #26, US #84
written by: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Presenting Dionne Warwick
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| 40 |
record label: Liberty 55510
chart position: Cashbox RandB #23
written by: Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman
album: Spanish Lace
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 41 |
record label: Atlantic 7 89926
chart position: US dance #16
written by: Eugene Curry
comments: [disco dance]
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| 42 |
record label: Verve 10551
chart position: US #72
written by: Mickey Stevenson
album: Souled Out
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| 43 |
record label: Island 5888441,110(UK)
chart position: UK #77
written by: Bob Marley and Rita Marley
comments: [reggae]
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| 44 |
record label: Loud 65448
chart position: RandB #31, US #81
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Davina
album: Best of Both Worlds
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 45 |
record label: So So Def
chart position: RandB #28, US #111
written by: Joe and Joshua Thompson
album: Traces of My Lipstick
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| 46 |
record label: Sims 174
chart position: RandB #31, US #107
written by: Claudia Robinson
album: Soul Connection
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 47 |
record label: Sims 189
chart position: RandB #33, US #97
written by: Ernest Wallace
album: Soul Connection
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 48 |
record label: Stax 224
chart position: US #70, UK #58
written by: Steve Cropper, Donald Dunn
album: Hip Hug Her / The Best Of Booker T. and The MGs
comments: [instrumental]
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| 49 |
record label: Island 086
chart position: RandB #82, US Dance #30
written by: Trevor Lawrence
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| 50 |
record label: Silver Label 2581
chart position: US dance #20
written by: Ralphi Rosario, Abel Aguilera and Tamara Wallace
comments: [dance, house]
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| 51 |
record label: Keen 82111
chart position: US #103
written by: Sam Cooke (as Barbara Campbell)
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| 52 |
record label: Soul 35031
chart position: Cashbox RandB #36
written by: J. P. Richardson
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 53 |
record label: Wing 887 248
chart position: RandB #37
album: Shades of Lace
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| 54 |
record label: Stax 205
chart position: Cashbox RandB #38
written by: Hayes, Porter
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 55 |
record label: Qwest 4458
chart position: RandB #39
written by: Glen Ballard, Clif Magness and Caiphus Semenya
album: Back on the Block
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| 56 |
record label: LaFace 4037
chart position: RandB #124
written by: Dallas Austin and Melvin Davis
album: 1746DCGA30035
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| 57 |
record label: Zebra 53619
chart position: RandB #41
written by: Ricky Lawson, Lori Perry and Dennis Matkosky
album: The Flight
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| 58 |
record label: United Artists 1332
chart position: RandB #41, US dance #74
album: Brass Construction 5
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| 59 |
record label: Tamla Motown 551 (UK)
chart position: US #92
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier
album: Darling Baby
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 60 |
record label: All Platinum 2343
chart position: RandB #45
written by: All Platinum 2343
|
| 61 |
record label: Wing 837535
chart position: RandB #49
album: A Little Bit More
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| 62 |
record label: Chisa 8002
chart position: Cashbox RandB #50
written by: B. Wells, Ron Miller
album: It;s Never Too Late
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 63 |
record label: Drew 1005
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Fred Bridges, Richard Knight and Bobby Eaton
|
| 64 |
record label: Mercury
chart position: UK #158
written by: Dave McCracken, David Jordan and Tim Hutton
album: Set the Mood
|
| 65 |
record label: LaFace 24019
chart position: RandB #55
written by: Dallas Austin and Melvin Davis
album: 1746DCGA30035
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| 66 |
record label: Ode 66038
chart position: RandB #58, US #15
written by: Cheech Marin & Tommy Chong
album: Los Cochinos
|
| 67 |
record label: G Unit
chart position: RandB #59
album: Blood Money
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 68 |
record label: All Platinum 2371
chart position: RandB #68
written by: Bobby Patterson
|
| 69 |
record label: Sound Town 0015
chart position: RandB #77
written by: Homer Banks & Chuck Brooks
album: Physical Attraction
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 70 |
record label: LaFace 24045
chart position: RandB #77
written by: Kimberly Smith and Randy Ran
album: 1746DCGA30035
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 71 |
record label: Virgin
chart position: RandB #99
written by: DJ Premier, Guru, Levar Fletcher and Curtis Mayfield
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record label: RCA Victor 2899
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Ain\'t That Good News
comments: [album cut]
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record label: Hi 2148
written by: Ace Cannon
comments: [instrumental]
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record label: GSF 6912
written by: C. Brooks
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record label: Motown 1137
written by: Ron Miller, B. Wells
album: Diana Ross and the Supremes Join the Temptations
comments: [Motown Sound]
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record label: Stax 719
written by: Toussaint L. McCall
album: The Soul of a Bell
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
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record label: Atlantic 2360
written by: Howard, Ellsworth, Morgan
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| -- |
record label: Jewel 792
written by: Penn, Oldham
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| -- |
record label: Black Rock 2001
written by: G. McGregor
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| -- |
record label: Sims 158
written by: Ernest Wallace
album: Soul Soul And More Soul
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record label: Entrance 7512
written by: A. Spector, M. Collier
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| -- |
record label: American Artists 1136
written by: Joe Bedell
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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record label: Zanzee 112
written by: Eugene Harrison
album: He Will Be There
|
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record label: Seventy Seven 134
written by: Ronald Miller, Brian Wells
|
| -- |
record label: RCA 10605
written by: Payul Vance, Glenn Sudo
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record label: Motown 1097
written by: Holland, Dozier, Holland, Thorton
album: The Supremes A' Go Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
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record label: Wheel City 1003
written by: M. Davis, C. Bell
comments: [northern soul]
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record label: ABC/Dunhill 50163
written by: D. Malone
album: His California Album
comments: [album cut]
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record label: Malaco 22 (UK)
written by: Denise Lasalle
album: Right Place, Right Time [Denise LaSalle]
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| -- |
record label: Stax 168
written by: David Porter
|
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record label: Excello 2331
written by: Toussaint McCall
|
| -- |
record label: Jotis 472
written by: Conley
album: Sweet Soul Music
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| -- |
record label: GSF 6887
written by: Phillip Mitchell
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| -- |
record label: Mercury 76114
written by: Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Ronnie Wilson
album: The Gap Band II
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record label: Soul 35083
written by: C. McMurray, M. Coleman
album: Silk 'N Soul
comments: [The Motown Sound]
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record label: Bashie 102
written by: E. Record, C. Davis
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| -- |
record label: Hi 2278
written by: Bettie Jarrett, Earl Randle
album: Tellin' It
comments: [southern soul]
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| -- |
record label: Proud 102
written by: Bobby Patterson
album: The Storyteller
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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record label: Innovation II 8045
written by: A. J. Tribble, George Davis (2), Lowrell Simon
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record label: Now Sound 101
written by: L. Simon and L. Brown Lee
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