| 1 |
record label: Roc Nation 522671
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
written by: Jay Z, Al Shux, Jane't Sewell Ulepic, Alicia Keys, Bert Keyes & Sylvia Robinson
album: The Blueprint 3
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| 2 |
record label: Arista 13992
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US dance #41
written by: Anita McCloud and Edmund
album: 8701
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| 3 |
record label: Ruff Ryders 497562
chart position: RandB #6, US #2, UK #4
written by: Mike Elizondo, Eve (as Eve Jeffers) , S. Jordan, Scott Storch and Dr. Dre (as Andre Young)
album: Scorpion
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| 4 |
record label: Fire 1022
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #31
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Big Jay McNeely
album: There's Something on Your Mind
comments: [ballad]
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| 5 |
record label: Capitol 4360
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US AC #45
written by: Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy
album: Unpredictable
comments: [love ballad]
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| 6 |
record label: Nomar 103
chart position: RandB #2 (weeks), US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Brown, Kirkland, Johnson
album: The Fabulous Sound Of Maxine Brown / Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul] [released 1960, charted 1961]
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| 7 |
record label: Jive 42344
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #24
written by: R. Kelly
album: R. Kelly
comments: [slow jam]
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| 8 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10135
chart position: RandB #3 (4 weeks), US #1, UK #24
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell
album: The Genius Hits the Road
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| 9 |
record label: Columbia 06619
chart position: RandB #34, UK #8, US #8, US AC #12
written by: Thom Bell & William Hart
album: New Kids on the Block
comments: [love ballad]
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| 10 |
record label: Philly Groove 161
chart position: RandB #3, US #10, UK #22
written by: Thom Bell & William Hart
album: The Delfonics / Delfonics Super Hits
comments: [philly sound sweet soul ballad]
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| 11 |
record label: J Records 88697 73257 2
chart position: RandB #76, US #55, UK #4
written by: Alicia Keys, Al Shux, Jay Z, Bert Keyes and Sylvia Robinson
album: The Element of Freedom
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| 12 |
record label: Dakar 45 602
chart position: RandB #1, US #5
written by: Barry Despenza & Carl Wolfolk
album: Can I Change My Mind / Tyrone Davis Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
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| 13 |
record label: Henry Street Music 518
chart position: UK #5, US #49, US Dance #1
written by: Kenny
album: All in My Mind
comments: [dance, house]
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| 14 |
record label: Buddah 569
chart position: RandB #10, US #52, UK #4
written by: Van McCoy
album: Still Together
comments: [disco dance]
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| 15 |
record label: EastWest 98487
chart position: RandB #23, US #8, UK #16
written by: Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy
album: Funky Divas
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| 16 |
record label: Def Jam 014295
chart position: RandB #5, US #35
written by: Young Jeezy, Plies and Drumma Boy
album: Thug Motivation 103
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| 17 |
record label: King 5466
chart position: RandB #4, US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: James Brown
album: Shout and Shimmy
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| 18 |
record label: Salsoul 2078
chart position: RandB #1, US #20, US dance #1
written by: Raymond Earl, Kim Miller & Scott Miller
album: Instant Funk
comments: [disco funk]
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| 19 |
record label: Magic Johnson 001449
chart position: RandB #5, US #13
written by: Avant and Steve Huff
album: Private Room
comments: [slow jam]
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| 20 |
record label: Del Fi 4158
chart position: RandB #28, US #9
written by: Nick Curinga & Paul Politi
album: The Blue Jays Meet Little Caesar and The Romans
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| 21 |
record label: Atlantic 2276
chart position: RandB #1, US #22
written by: Delores Burke & Solomon Burke
album: The Best of Solomon Burke
comments: [southern soul]
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| 22 |
record label: Curtom 1951
chart position: RandB #3, US #28
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Check Out Your Mind
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| 23 |
record label: Beltone 1012
chart position: RandB #8, US #9
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Bobby Lewis & Malou Rene
album: Tossin' & Turnin'
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| 24 |
record label: Jive 42513
chart position: RandB #20, US #25, UK #22
written by: Deric
album: Imajin
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| 25 |
record label: Brunswick 55500
chart position: RandB #2, US #30, UK #57
written by: Eugene Record & Barbara Acklin
album: The Chi-Lites
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| 26 |
record label: Uptown 2298
chart position: RandB #1, US #29, UK #48
written by: Eric Milteer
album: Strictly Business Soundtrack / What's the 411?
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| 27 |
record label: Rap A Lot 7241
chart position: RandB #10, US #23
written by: Scarface (as Brad Jordan), D. King and Willie D
album: We Can't Be Stopped
comments: [rap]
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| 28 |
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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| 29 |
record label: Kent 360
chart position: RandB #7, US #119
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Mayfield, King, and Davis
comments: [ballad]
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| 30 |
record label: Salsoul 7017
chart position: RandB #6, US #71, US dance #35
written by: Steve Washington, Curt Jones & Starleana Young
album: A Little Love
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| 31 |
record label: Phillips 40400
chart position: RandB #40, US #39, UK #32
written by: Rhodes, Hayes
album: Sunny
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| 32 |
record label: GTO 226
chart position: RandB #49, UK #12
written by: Johnnie Wilder
album: Central Heating
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| 33 |
record label: Cadet 5683
chart position: RandB #8, US #30
written by: Terry Callier & Larry Wade
album: Freedom Means / The Best of The Dells
comments: [ballad]
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| 34 |
record label: Chrysalis 58157
chart position: RandB #14, US #45, UK #33
written by: Speech (as Todd Thomas) and George Clinton
album: Zingalamaduni
comments: [hip hop]
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| 35 |
record label: Capitol 8543
chart position: RandB #25, UK #22, US dance #17
written by: Lillo Thomas
album: The Other Side of the Rainbow
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
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| 36 |
record label: Colpix 175
chart position: RandB #11, US #93
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Richard M. Jones
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| 37 |
record label: Swingin 614
chart position: RandB #5, US #44
written by: Big Jay McNeely
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| 38 |
record label: Prelude 8080
chart position: RandB #5, US #79
written by: Hubert Eaves III
album: Something's on Your Mind
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| 39 |
record label: Atlantic 89389
chart position: RandB #1
written by: Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon
album: Bloodline
comments: [slow jam]
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| 40 |
record label: ABC 12099
chart position: RandB #6, US #48
written by: Brenda Gordon and Brian Russell
album: Rufusized
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| 41 |
record label: I.R.S. 52836
chart position: UK #8, US dance #23
written by: Mark James
album: Fine Young Cannibals
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| 42 |
record label: Atlantic 3360
chart position: RandB #5, US #43
written by: Johnny Bristol
album: Bristol's Creme
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| 43 |
record label: Ariola 810
chart position: US dance #2
written by: Gordon Lightfoot
album: If You Could Read My Mind
comments: [disco dance]
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| 44 |
record label: Virgin 96577
chart position: RandB #5, UK #68, US dance #26
written by: Gene Griffin and Teddy Riley
album: Boyfriend
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| 45 |
record label: RSO 877
chart position: UK #17, US AC #19
written by: Beatrice Verdi and Christine Yarian
album: Love Me
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| 46 |
record label: Warner 49638
chart position: RandB #65, US Dance #5
written by: Prince and Dr. Fink
album: Dirty Mind
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| 47 |
record label: Columbia 07705
chart position: RandB #6
written by: Full Force
album: Guess Who's Comin' to the Crib?
comments: [ballad]
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| 48 |
record label: Serious 9807217
chart position: UK #17
album: Born To Be Free
comments: [dance, house]
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| 49 |
record label: Big Hill 552
chart position: RandB #12, US #49
written by: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
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| 50 |
record label: Columbia 10255
chart position: RandB #10, US #76
written by: Bill Withers
album: Making Music
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| 51 |
record label: Possum 5083
chart position: UK #21
written by: Mark Moore
album: Intercourse
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| 52 |
record label: Goldwax 302
chart position: RandB #7, US #63
written by: O.B. McClinton
album: You Got My Mind Messed Up
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| 53 |
record label: Capitol 3502
chart position: RandB #12, US #23
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: Ivory Joe Hunter and Clyde Otis
album: The Fantastic Five Keys
comments: [ballad]
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| 54 |
record label: Atco 6726
chart position: RandB #50, US #27, US AC #3
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: R.B. Greaves
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| 55 |
record label: RCA 62738
chart position: RandB #8, US #54
written by: Brian Alexander Morgan, R. Wilson and O. Scott
album: It's About Time
comments: [love ballad]
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| 56 |
record label: Hot Wax 6902
chart position: US #26
written by: Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland (as part of Edythe Wayne), Lamont Dozier (as part of Edythe Wayne)
album: Westbound #9
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| 57 |
record label: Epic 3624
chart position: RandB #19, US Dance #8
written by: Nona Hendryx
album: Phoenix
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| 58 |
record label: Jive 42286
chart position: UK #36, RandB #31, US #75
written by: Smooth, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley, Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Chris Jasper and Maurice
album: Smooth
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| 59 |
record label: Tamla 54230
chart position: RandB #13, US #87
written by: Leonard Caston and Anita Poree
album: People... Hold On
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 60 |
record label: Fontana 6 (UK)
chart position: UK #28, US AC #23
written by: Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery and Paul Staveley O'Duffy
album: Kaleidoscope World
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| 61 |
record label: Sugar Hill 776
chart position: UK #31
written by: F. Zambon
album: Nightlites / The Best of All Platinum
comments: [disco dance]
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| 62 |
record label: EMI 261(UK)
chart position: UK #31
written by: Robbie Buchanan and Diane Warren
album: The Force Behind the Power
comments: [ballad]
|
| 63 |
record label: Atlantic 2623
chart position: US #31, US AC #3
written by: Bergman, Bergman, Legrand
album: Dusty in Memphis
|
| 64 |
record label: Chrysalis 43152
chart position: US dance #7
written by: Michael Margules (as Michael Jay) and Rick Palombi
|
| 65 |
record label: Ten Records 397 (UK)
chart position: UK #35
written by: Andrew 'Doc' Livingstone, Dave Lee
comments: [dance, house] (Mindmeld Mix, Vocals Candi Mckenzie) )
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| 66 |
record label: EMI 50212
chart position: RandB #11
written by: Gerald Levert and Marc Gordon
album: Serious
|
| 67 |
record label: AandM 3801
chart position: RandB #23, UK #48, US #71
written by: Keyshia Cole, John Legend and Kanye West
album: The Way It Is
|
| 68 |
record label: Gordy 1666
chart position: RandB #17, US #88
written by: Dennis Lambert and Peter Beckett
album: Surface Thrills
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 69 |
record label: RCA 10749
chart position: RandB #83, US Dance #13
written by: Van McCoy
album: Life Goes On
|
| 70 |
record label: Atlantic 2774
chart position: RandB #13, US #51
written by: George Jackson and Raymond Moore
album: Patches
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 71 |
record label: Mercury 74080
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Ronnie Wilson (as Ronnie James Wilson) and Charles Wilson (as Charles Kent Wilson)
album: The Gap Band
|
| 72 |
record label: Atlantic 8222
chart position: UK #39
written by: Chauncey Black (as Chauncey Hannibal), Dave Hollister and Teddy Riley
album: BLACKstreet
|
| 73 |
record label: Priority 1 (UK)
chart position: UK #42
written by: Mirijanian, Cotter
album: Love Is The Answer
comments: [disco, swing]
|
| 74 |
record label: Dusted Sound 657863
chart position: UK #43
written by: Des'ree (as Des'ree Weekes)
album: Mind Adventures
|
| 75 |
record label: King 6151
chart position: RandB #47, US #47
written by: Bobby Byrd, Gene Redd, James Brown and Ron Lenhoff
|
| 76 |
record label: United Artists 587
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Vernon Burch
|
| 77 |
record label: Warner Bros. 17748
chart position: UK #45
written by: Kerry Chater and Glen Ballard
album: Give Me the Night
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 78 |
record label: Columbia 77438
chart position: RandB #16, US #46
written by: Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal (as Manuel Seal Jr.)
album: Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha
|
| 79 |
record label: Warner 8669
written by: Roe and Coe
album: Unlock Your Mind
|
| 80 |
record label: Laurie 3301
chart position: US #49
written by: Brute Force (Steve Friedland)
album: Sweet Talkin' Guy
|
| 81 |
record label: Sound Stage Seven 2634
chart position: RandB #16, US #72
written by: Harlan Howard
|
| 82 |
record label: Black Magic 101 (UK)
chart position: UK #51
written by: Lou Barretto
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 83 |
record label: CBS 4
chart position: UK #49
written by: Pauline Henry, James Locke and Michael Peden
album: The Chimes
|
| 84 |
record label: United Artists 50552
chart position: R&B #38, US #52
written by: Ivory Joe Hunter and Clyde Otis
album: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
|
| 85 |
record label: Capitol 2283
chart position: RandB #24, US #55, US AC #34
written by: Nick Woods
album: The Sound of Nancy Wilson
|
| 86 |
record label: Dunhill 4377
chart position: RandB #18, US #62
written by: Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
album: Main Street People
|
| 87 |
record label: Fantasy 818
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Augie Johnson, Gregory Matta, Louie Patton, Sylvia St. James and Wayne Henderson
album: Goin' Bananas
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| 88 |
record label: De lite 529
chart position: RandB #19, US #78
written by: Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert Mickens, Gene Redd, Claydes Charles Smith
album: Kool and the Gang
comments: [funk]
|
| 89 |
record label: King 5545
chart position: RandB #19
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Eugene Church
|
| 90 |
record label: GSF 6873
chart position: RandB #20
written by: Ron Baker
comments: [Sweet Soul]
|
| 91 |
record label: G.O.O.D./Geffen Digital
chart position: RandB #60, US #62
written by: Common, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo
album: Universal Mind Control
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 92 |
record label: EastWest 96129
chart position: RandB #20
written by: David 'Redhead' Guppy & Big Bub
album: Comin' at Cha
|
| 93 |
record label: Moonglow 244
chart position: US #62
written by: Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell
album: The Best of the Righteous Brothers
|
| 94 |
record label: Fantasy 789
chart position: US Dance #21
written by: Billy Nichols
album: I Don't Know What's on Your Mind
|
| 95 |
record label: Warner 17970 (UK)
chart position: UK #65
written by: Russell Stone and Michael Mcnaught
album: Windsong
comments: [ballad]
|
| 96 |
record label: Scepter 12226
chart position: US #65
written by: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: The Windows of the World
|
| 97 |
record label: Checker 1231
chart position: RandB #22
written by: G. Jackson, W. Henderson, B. Despenza and M Campbell
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 98 |
record label: Prelude 615
chart position: US dance #15
written by: G. Vaughn, J. Phillips, L. Mathews
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 99 |
record label: Mercury 814 922
chart position: RandB #35, US #70, US AC #19
written by: Donna Summer, Bruce Sudano and Michael Omartian
album: She Works Hard for the Money
comments: [ballad]
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| 100 |
record label: Atco 6810
chart position: RandB #24, US #80
written by: Mark James
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