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New Birth (also known as The New Birth) is an American funk and R&B group. It was originally conceived in Detroit, Michigan by former Motown songwriter/producer, Vernon Bullock and co-founded in Louisville, Kentucky by him with former singer and Motown songwriter/producer Harvey Fuqua. The band came together in 1970 with their self-titled debut on RCA. Their second album, Ain't No Big Thing, But It's Growing, yielded a minor hit with their cover of Perry Como's "It's Impossible", in 1971. In 1972, the group reached the Billboard R&B top 10 (#4 R&B, #35 pop) with their cover of Bobby Womack and The Valentinos' "I Can Understand It", which paved the way for the band's future success. In 1974, the group issued their album, It's Been a Long Time, which featured hits including the title track (#9 R&B) and their cover of the Skylark song "Wildflower". After the release of their sixth RCA album, Comin' From All Ends, the group split from RCA, Fuqua and their management company and signed with Buddah. New Birth's Buddah debut, Blind Baby, featured the group's only number-one R&B single, a cover of the Jerry Butler classic, "Dream Merchant". A move to Warner produced several minor hits and the release of the 1977 album, Behold The Mighty Army. The group moved to Ariola in 1979 with Jerry Bell as their lead vocalist on Platinum City and had their last R&B chart entry with "I Love You".

Below is a list of New Birth songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Buddah 470
chart position: RandB #1, US #36
written by: Larry Weiss & Jerry Ross
album: Blind Baby
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
New Birth Dream Merchant
1975 Buddah
2 record label: RCA Victor 0912
chart position: RandB #4, US #35
written by: Bobby Womack
album: Birth Day
comments: [disco funk]
New Birth I Can Understand it
1973 RCA Victor
3 record label: RCA Victor 0185
chart position: RandB #9, US #66
written by: James Baker and Melvin Wilson
album: It's Been a Long Time
comments: [ballad]
New Birth It's Been a Long Time
1974 RCA Victor
4 record label: RCA Victor 0520
chart position: RandB #12, US #52
written by: Sid Wayne and Canche Manzanero
album: Ain't No Big Thing, But It's Growing
New Birth It's Impossible
1971 RCA Victor
5 record label: RCA 0265
chart position: RandB #17, US #45
written by: David Richardson and Doug Edwards
album: It's Been a Long Time
New Birth Wildflower
1974 RCA
6 record label: RCA 0003
chart position: RandB #21, US #97
written by: Buffy Sainte Marie
album: Birth Day
New Birth Until It's Time for You to Go
1973 RCA
7 record label: Buddah 464
chart position: RandB #28, US #95
written by: James Baker, Melvin Wilson and Tony Churchill
album: Blind Baby
New Birth Grand Daddy
1975 Buddah
8 record label: Ariola 7760
chart position: RandB #28
written by: James Baker and Lalomie Washburn
album: Platinum City
New Birth I Love You
1979 Ariola
9 record label: RCA Victor 10017
chart position: RandB #46, US #88
written by: Allen Frey and James Baker
album: Comin' from All Ends
New Birth I Wash My Hands of the Whole Damn Deal
1974 RCA Victor
10 record label: RCA Victor 5756
chart position: RandB #41
written by: Johnny Bristol, William Guest, Katherine Schaffner, Merald
album: Coming Together
New Birth I Don't Want to Do Wrong
1972 RCA Victor
11 record label: RCA Victor 0657
chart position: RandB #45
written by: Vernon Bullock and Harvey Fuqua
album: Coming Together
New Birth Unh Song
1972 RCA Victor
12 record label: Warner 8499
chart position: RandB #49
written by: M. Wilson, F. Wilson and J. Wieder
New Birth The Mighty Army
1978 Warner
13 record label: Warner 8256
chart position: RandB #51
written by: Dan Hamilton and Ann Hamilton
New Birth Fallin' in Love (Part I)
1976 Warner
14 record label: Warner 8422
chart position: RandB #65
written by: John Footman, Judy Weider and Frank Wilson
New Birth Deeper
1977 Warner
15 record label: RCA Victor 10110
chart position: RandB #76
written by: James Baker and Melvin Wilson
album: Comin' from All Ends
New Birth Comin' from All Ends
1975 RCA Victor
16 record label: Warner 8217
chart position: RandB #91
written by: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Love Potion
New Birth The Long and Winding Road
1976 Warner




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