| 1 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10330
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1
written by: Don Gibson
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
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| 2 |
record label: Mercury 70893
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Georges Boulanger and Jimmy Kennedy
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
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| 3 |
record label: Universal 006026
chart position: RandB #7, US #1, UK #2
written by: Chamillionaire, Juan Salinas, Oscar Salinas and Krayzie Bone
album: The Sound of Revenge
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| 4 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10244
chart position: RandB #1 (5 weeks), US #1, UK #6
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Percy Mayfield
album: Ray Charles Greatest Hits
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| 5 |
record label: Arista 9212
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #6, US AC #9, US rock #38
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack Album
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| 6 |
record label: Sire 27539
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #20, UK #1, US #1, US AC #3
written by: Madonna & Patrick Leonard
album: Like a Prayer
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| 7 |
record label: Arista 0592
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, AC #11
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: A Woman Needs Love
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| 8 |
record label: Atlantic 2546
chart position: RandB #3, US #10, UK #4
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Aretha Now
comments: [southern soul]
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| 9 |
record label: Arista 0669
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, US dance #24, US AC #33
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: The Other Woman
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| 10 |
record label: Cameo 117
chart position: RandB #3, US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Bob Crewe and Frank Slay
|
| 11 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10345
chart position: RandB #5, US #2, UK #9, US AC #1
written by: Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
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| 12 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10739
chart position: RandB #5, US #6, UK #50, US AC #1
written by: Buck Owens
album: Crying Time
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 13 |
record label: Epic 15565
chart position: US #5, UK #7, US AC #21, RandB #121
written by: Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna, Jinsoo Lim and David Wilder
album: On How Life Is
|
| 14 |
record label: Deja 34
chart position: RandB #4, US #3, UK #66
written by: Victor Carraway, Detail, Ray J and Yung Berg
album: All I Feel
|
| 15 |
record label: Atlantic 1085
chart position: RandB #1
written by: Henry Glover
album: Ray Charles
comments: [ballad]
|
| 16 |
record label: Capitol 599
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, UK #8, US dance #3
written by: MC Hammer & Prince
album: Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
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| 17 |
record label: Impulse 200
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Rudy Toombs
album: Genius+Soul=Jazz
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 18 |
record label: Polydor 2033
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US AC #17
written by: Harry Ray, Al Goodman & Lee Walter
album: Ray, Goodman & Brown
comments: [Sweet Soul]
|
| 19 |
record label: Arista 0283
chart position: RandB #5, UK #11, US #8
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Raydio
|
| 20 |
record label: Scepter 12203
chart position: RandB #8, US #4
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: The Windows of the World
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 21 |
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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| 22 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10481
chart position: RandB #3 (2 weeks), UK #21, US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Harlan Howard
album: Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul
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| 23 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10118
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #40
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Henry Glover and Titus Turner
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| 24 |
record label: Tommy Boy 554
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #22, US dance #9
written by: Vincent Brown, Treach (as Anthony Criss), Kay Gee (as Kier Gist), Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley
album: 19 Naughty III
comments: [hip hop]
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| 25 |
record label: Decca 33057
chart position: RandB #42, US #5, UK #52, US AC #12
written by: Mentor Williams
album: Drift Away
comments: [country pop soul]
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| 26 |
record label: Columbia 41628
chart position: RandB #5, US #30
weeksinr&bchart: 18
written by: Ray Bryant and Eddie Morrison
album: Madison Time
comments: (Calls by Eddie Morrison)
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| 27 |
record label: Charger 105
chart position: RandB #11, US #13, UK #25
written by: Billy Page
album: Sings For 'In' Crowders That Go 'Go Go'
comments: [northern soul]
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| 28 |
record label: Knockout 87546
chart position: RandB #3, US #11, UK #13
written by: Ray J, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III and LaShawn Daniels
album: Raydiation
comments: [slow jam]
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| 29 |
record label: Qwest 2697
chart position: RandB #1, UK #21, US #18, US dance #1, US AC #30
written by: George Johnson, Louis Johnson & Sonora Sam
album: Back on the Block
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 30 |
record label: Arista 0399
chart position: RandB #3, US #9, US AC #25
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Rock On
|
| 31 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10266
chart position: RandB #1, US #9
written by: A. Jones, F. James
album: Ray Charles Greatest Hits
|
| 32 |
record label: Arista 9116
chart position: RandB #12, US #12, US AC #10
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Woman Out of Control
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| 33 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10785
chart position: RandB #10, US #19, UK #48, US AC #1
written by: Buck Owens
album: Country & Western Meets Rhythm & Blues
comments: [country soul]
|
| 34 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10375
chart position: RandB #1, US #7
written by: Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
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| 35 |
record label: ABC/TRC 10938
chart position: RandB #5, US #15, UK #38, US AC #38
written by: Donnie Lanier & Red Steagall (as Russ Steagall)
album: Ray Charles Invites You to Listen
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 36 |
record label: Virgin 18586
chart position: UK #5
written by: Ray Dorset
album: Boombastic
|
| 37 |
record label: Atlantic 2031
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: Ray Charles
album: What'd I Say
|
| 38 |
record label: Arista 0616
chart position: RandB #26, US #21, US AC #7
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: A Woman Needs Love
|
| 39 |
record label: Arista 9293
chart position: RandB #12, US #14, US AC #6
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Chartbusters
|
| 40 |
record label: ABC 10808
chart position: RandB #1, US #31
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Crying Time
|
| 41 |
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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| 42 |
record label: Work 78597
chart position: RandB #68, UK #17, US #38, US dance #8
written by: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Think Like a Girl
comments: [reggae]
|
| 43 |
record label: Atlantic 2068
chart position: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Lowman Pauling
album: Ray Charles in Person
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| 44 |
record label: Warner Bros. 100969
chart position: RandB #7, US #28, UK #41
written by: Eddie Berkeley, Brown, Carstarphen, Kay Gee, Gene McFadden, Balewa Muhammad and John Whitehead
album: Still Ghetto
|
| 45 |
record label: Arista 1030
chart position: RandB #6, US #35
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Greatest Hits
|
| 46 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10375
chart position: RandB #23, US #29, UK #13, US AC #7
written by: Hank Williams
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (Volume Ywo)
|
| 47 |
record label: Geffen 27
chart position: RandB #5, UK #13, US #68, US AC #42
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: After Dark
|
| 48 |
record label: Atlantic 1085
chart position: RandB #2
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Charles
album: Ray Charles
comments: b side of Drown In My Own Tears
|
| 49 |
record label: Arista 0695
chart position: RandB #3, US #38
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: The Other Woman
comments: [ballad] Â
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| 50 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10435
chart position: RandB #7, US #8, UK #5, US AC #3
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Fred Rose & Hy Heath
album: Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (Volume Two)
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| 51 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10609
chart position: RandB #10, US #46, UK #42, US AC #11
written by: Gus Kahn & Walter Donaldson
album: Ray Charles Live In Concert
|
| 52 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10571
chart position: RandB #14, US #55, UK #38, US AC #8
written by: Foy Willing & Sid Robin
album: Sweet & Sour Tears
|
| 53 |
record label: Signature 12026
chart position: RandB #12
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Ray Bryant
album: Little Susie
comments: [jazz instrumental]
|
| 54 |
record label: Stateside 1238
chart position: RandB #9, US #25, UK #44
written by: John Lennon & Paul McCartney
album: Ray Charles Invites You to Listen
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 55 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10405
chart position: RandB #9, US #20, UK #37
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: F. James and A. Jones
|
| 56 |
record label: Caprice 110
chart position: RandB #10, US #22
written by: Rudy Clark
album: James Ray
|
| 57 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10453
chart position: RandB #9, UK #35, US #21, US AC #6
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
|
| 58 |
record label: Atlantic 85066
chart position: RandB #8, US #30, UK #54
written by: Chad Hugo, Lil' Kim and Pharrell Williams
album: This Ain't a Game
|
| 59 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10530
chart position: RandB #9, US #38, US AC #12
written by: Carl Sigman & Percy Faith
comments: [ballad]
|
| 60 |
record label: Chimneyville 443
chart position: RandB #3, US #53
written by: King Floyd
album: King Floyd
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 61 |
record label: Volt 136
chart position: RandB #10, US# 61, UK #37
written by: Otis Redding
album: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
comments: [deep soul ballad]
|
| 62 |
record label: Jive 42559
chart position: UK #17, RandB #22, US #65
written by: R. Kelly, Kelly Price, Keith Murray and George Archie Jr.
album: R.
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 63 |
record label: Atlantic 2047
chart position: RandB #17, US #95
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Joe Greene
album: The Genius of Ray Charles
comments: [ballad]
|
| 64 |
record label: Motown 374632169
chart position: RandB #4, US #31
written by: Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen
album: Inner Child
comments: [ballad] (featuring Johnny Gill)
|
| 65 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10164
chart position: RandB #10, US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Mitchell Parish and Heinz Roemheld
album: Dedicated to You
comments: [ballad]
|
| 66 |
record label: ABC/TRC 11291
chart position: RandB #13, US #36, US AC #22
written by: Jimmy Holiday & Eddie Reeves
album: Love Country Style
|
| 67 |
record label: EastWest 5889
chart position: RandB #17, US #25
written by: Keith Crouch, Glenn McKinney and Roy Dog Pennon
album: Everything You Want
|
| 68 |
record label: Impulse 202
chart position: RandB #8, US #66
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Roy Alfred
album: Genius+Soul=Jazz
|
| 69 |
record label: ABC 10840
chart position: RandB #22, US #32
written by: Jimmy Holiday & Ray Charles
album: A Man And His Soul
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 70 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10141
chart position: RandB #10, US #58
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Ricci Harper
|
| 71 |
record label: ABC/TRC 11090
chart position: RandB #30, UK #36, US #35, US AC #33
written by: John Lennon & Paul McCartney
album: A Portrait of Ray
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 72 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10314
chart position: RandB #7, US #20
written by: Percy Mayfield
album: Ray Charles Live In Concert
|
| 73 |
record label: Arista 9352
chart position: RandB #21, UK #46, US #34
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Sex and the Single Man
|
| 74 |
record label: ABC/TRC 11271
chart position: RandB #19, US #41, US AC #26
written by: Jimmy Lewis
album: Love Country Style
comments: [country soul]
|
| 75 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10453
chart position: RandB #15, US #29
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Danny Small
|
| 76 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10571
chart position: RandB #13, US #50, US AC #6
written by: Dorian Burton & Eugene Randolph
album: Sweet And Sour Tears
comments: [ballad]
|
| 77 |
record label: Tangerine 1015
chart position: RandB #13, US #36
written by: Ray Charles
album: My Kind of Jazz
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 78 |
record label: MCA 919 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, UK #63, US #102
written by: Bobby Womack and Paul Kisch
album: Secrets
comments: [ballad]
|
| 79 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10530
chart position: RandB #7, US #39
written by: Woodrow Buddy Johnson
album: Sweet & Sour Tears
|
| 80 |
record label: WEA 480
chart position: UK #5
written by: Phil Collins
album: Urban Renewal
|
| 81 |
record label: Sire 66150
chart position: UK #6
written by: Billie Ray Martin
album: Deadline For My Memories
|
| 82 |
record label: Wing and a Prayer 103
chart position: RandB #32, US #14, UK #12, US AC #6, US dance #2
written by: Edward Buzzell, Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby
|
| 83 |
record label: Magnet 1035
chart position: US dance #3, UK #29
written by: Billie Ray Martin
album: Deadline For My Memories
|
| 84 |
record label: React 129
chart position: US dance #3, UK #54
written by: Billie Ray Martin and Fred Jorio
|
| 85 |
record label: Possum 104992
chart position: UK #10
|
| 86 |
record label: Sire 18138
chart position: US #21, UK #14, US alt. #3, US AC #16
written by: Seal and Gus Isidore
album: Seal [1994 album]
|
| 87 |
record label: Warner 18611
chart position: RandB #57, US #109, US AC #9
written by: Leon Russell
album: My World
|
| 88 |
record label: Geffen 28152
chart position: RandB #10, UK #65, US AC #38
written by: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Ray Parker Jr
album: After Dark
comments: [ballad]
|
| 89 |
record label: Epic 6720356
chart position: UK #45, US Dance #4
written by: Macy Gray and Joe Solo
album: The Id
|
| 90 |
record label: Concord 0385
chart position: US dance #2
written by: George Reichart, Joshua Lopez, Kannon
album: The Sellout
|
| 91 |
record label: Columbia 78821
chart position: RandB #4, US #53
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Mariah Carey, Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone and Stevie J.
album: Butterfly
|
| 92 |
record label: Epic 796431
chart position: UK #23, US #51
written by: Macy Gray , Jeremy Ruzumna, David Wilder and Darryl Swann
album: The Id
|
| 93 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10509
chart position: RandB #5, US #20, US AC #10
written by: Haven Gillespie and Beasley Smith
album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul
|
| 94 |
record label: Atlantic 1096
chart position: RandB #5
written by: Ray Charles
album: Ray Charles
|
| 95 |
record label: Atlantic 2010
chart position: RandB #5, US #95
written by: Lew Herman, Ozzie Cadena and Napoleon Brown
album: Ray Charles In Person
|
| 96 |
record label: Tico 419
chart position: RandB #17, US #17
written by: Ray Barretto
comments: [latin randb]
|
| 97 |
record label: Epic 16423
chart position: UK #18
written by: Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna, Bill Esses and Jeff Blue
album: On How Life Is
|
| 98 |
record label: Polydor
chart position: US dance #4
written by: Don Ray
album: The Garden of Love
comments: [disco funk] [album cut]
|
| 99 |
record label: ABC 10720
chart position: US #115, US AC #19
written by: Lalo Schifrin and Dorcas Cochran
|
| 100 |
record label: Atlantic 1108
chart position: RandB #6
written by: Doc Pomus
album: Yes Indeed!
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