1
record label: Gordy 7081
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #15
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Cloud Nine / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
Cloud Nine
1968
Gordy
2
record label: Elektra 46552
chart position: RandB #3, US #83
written by: Donald Blackman
album: Best of Friends
Twennynine featuring Lenny White
Peanut Butter
1980
Elektra
3
record label: Atlantic 2334
chart position: RandB #13, US #53
written by: Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd and Wilson Pickett
album: The Exciting Wilson Pickett
comments: [deep soul]
Wilson Pickett
Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)
1966
Atlantic
4
record label: Atlantic 3365
chart position: RandB #76, US #105, US Dance #8
written by: Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper and Wilson Pickett
album: Where the Happy People Go
The Trammps
Ninety-Nine and a Half
1976
Atlantic
5
record label: Columbia 44740
chart position: RandB #33, US #32, US AC #30
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
Mongo Santamaria
Cloud Nine
1969
Columbia
6
record label: One Way 003
chart position: US Dance #10
written by: Began Cekic
album: Brooklyn Express
comments: [disco funk instrumental]
Brooklyn Express
Sixty-Nine
1981
One Way
7
record label: Sound Stage Seven 2589
chart position: RandB #19, US #70
written by: Dan Penn and Wayne Carson Thompson
album: No Sad Songs
comments: [deep soul]
Joe Simon
Nine Pound Steel
1967
Sound Stage Seven
8
record label: Elektra 47043
chart position: RandB #19, US #106
written by: Denzil Miller, Eddie Martinez, Lenny White and Skip Anderson
album: Twennynine with Lenny White
Twennynine featuring Lenny White
Kid Stuff
1980
Elektra
9
record label: Profile 426
chart position: RandB #32, US #50, UK #181
weeksinr&bchart: 18
written by: Nine (as Derrick Keyes), Rob Lewis
album: Nine Livez
Nine
Whutcha Want
1994
Profile
10
record label: Elektra 47087
chart position: RandB #25, US Dance #17
written by: Denzil Miller, Larry Dunn and Lenny White
album: Twennynine with Lenny White
comments: [disco jazz funk]
Twennynine featuring Lenny White
Fancy Dancer
1981
Elektra
11
record label: Ruffhouse 78769
chart position: RandB #26, US #59
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Uwe Fahrenkrog Petersen, Carlo Karges and John Forté
album: Poly Sci
John Forte
Ninety Nine (Flash the Message)
1998
Ruffhouse
12
record label: MCA 51036
chart position: RandB #68, US #10, US AC #11
written by: Donald Fagen & Walter Becker
album: Gaucho
Steely Dan
Hey Nineteen
1980
MCA
13
record label: P.I.R. 02898
chart position: RandB #31
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: This One's for You
Teddy Pendergrass
Nine Times Out of Ten -- This Gift of Life
1982
P.I.R.
14
record label: Dynamo 109
chart position: RandB #32
written by: Charlie Foxx
Inez & Charlie Foxx
You Are the Man
1967
Dynamo
15
record label: Profile 435
chart position: RandB #82, US #115
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Nine, Rob Lewis
album: Nine Livez
comments: samples
Nine
Any Emcee
1995
Profile
16
record label: Rawkus 53474
chart position: RandB #41, US #110
album: Soundbombing 2
Common
One-Nine-Nine-Nine
1999
Rawkus
17
record label: Stang 5066
chart position: RandB #44
written by: Walter Morris and Tommy Keith
The Moments
Nine Times
1976
Stang
18
record label: Song Bird 1203
chart position: RandB #48
written by: Doris Akers
album: Lord, Don't Move the Mountain
Inez Andrews
Lord, Don't Move the Mountain
1973
Song Bird
19
record label: Elektra 11539
chart position: RandB #62
written by: Carla Vaughn
album: Just Like Dreamin'
comments: [beat ballad]
Twennynine featuring Lenny White
All I Want
1981
Elektra
20
record label: Volt 4101
chart position: RandB #74
written by: Billy Davis & Leonard Caston
album: Inez Foxx At Memphis
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Inez Foxx
I Had a Talk with My Man
1974
Volt
21
record label: MCA 155919
chart position: RandB #89
album: Pryme Tyme
comments: [slow jam]
Nine20
What Would You Do
2002
MCA
22
record label: Profile 7451
chart position: RandB #90
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Nine (as Derrick Keyes), Rob Lewis
album: Cloud 9
Nine
Lyin' King
1996
Profile