1
record label: RCA 11129
chart position: RandB #6, US #21, UK #5, US AC #28, US dance #3,
written by: Sandy Linzer & Denny Randell
album: Odyssey
comments: [disco dance]
Odyssey
Native New Yorker
1977
RCA
2
record label: Interscope 143
chart position: RandB #8, US #15, UK #2
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: P. Michael, Wyclef Jean, R. Jones, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, J. Brown and B. Byrd
album: Ghetto Supastar
comments: [hip hop]
Pras ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard & introducing Mya
Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)
1998
Interscope
3
record label: Arista 74321
chart position: RandB #44, US #34, UK #17, US dance #1
written by: Bill Withers, David Cole, Michelle Visage, Robert Clivillés, Skip Scarborough and Tommy Never
S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. introducing Michelle Visage
It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day
1992
Arista
4
record label: Warner 8724
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #1, US dance #1
written by: Rod Stewart & Carmine Appice
album: Blondes Have More Fun
comments: [disco dance]
Rod Stewart
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
1978
Warner
5
record label: CBS 8529 (UK)
chart position: RandB #41, UK #7, US dance #27
written by: Rodney Franklin
album: You'll Never Know
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
Rodney Franklin
The Groove
1980
CBS
6
record label: Imani 010186
chart position: RandB #6, US #41
written by: Keyshia Cole and Rodney Jerkins
album: Just Like You
Keyshia Cole introducing Amina
Shoulda Let You Go
2007
Imani
7
record label: Cotillion 44213
chart position: RandB #32, US #68, UK #44, US dance #5
written by: Tyrone Williams
album: Welcome to Our World
comments: [disco funk]
Mass Production
Welcome to Our World (Of Merry Music)
1977
Cotillion
8
record label: Cotillion 44254
chart position: RandB #4, US #43
written by: Ricardo Williams
album: In the Purest Form
comments: [disco funk]
Mass Production
Firecracker
1979
Cotillion
9
record label: FFRR 117 (UK)
chart position: RandB #69, US #10, UK #15, US dance #1
written by: D Mob
album: A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That
D-Mob Introducing Cathy Dennis
C'mon and Get My Love
1989
FFRR
10
record label: Warner 49617
chart position: US dance #14, RandB #65, UK #17, US #5
written by: Rod Stewart, Phil Chen, Kevin Savigar, Jim Cregan & Gary Grainger
album: Foolish Behaviour
Rod Stewart
Passion
1980
Warner
11
record label: Atlantic (UK)
chart position: UK #11
written by: Kenisha Pratt, Kenneth Pratt, Isaac Phillip and Timbaland (as Tim Mosley)
album: Afrodisiac
Brandy
Afrodisiac
2004
Atlantic
12
record label: Columbia 15361
chart position: US #12, UK #66
written by: Jerry Duplessis, D. Golder, L. Coleman, Akon, D. Carter, K. Lancaster, Ghostface Killah, RZA, GZA
Wyclef Jean featuring Akon, Lil Wayne & introducing Niia
Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)
2007
Columbia
13
record label: Oasis 1 (UK)
chart position: UK #16
written by: Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder
album: From Here To Eternity
Georgio Moroder
From Here To Eternity
1977
Oasis
14
record label: RCA 1962
chart position: RandB #44, US #105, US Dance #6
written by: Doug James and Sandy Linzer
comments: charted as Hang Together / Don't Tell Me, Tell Her / Use It Up and Wear It Out in US dance charts
Odyssey
Don't Tell Me, Tell Her
1980
RCA
15
record label: RCA 12056
chart position: UK #36, US Dance #6
written by: Sandy Linzer and L. Russell Brown
album: Hang Together
comments: [disco dance]
Odyssey
Hang Together
1981
RCA
16
record label: Fantasy 132 (UK)
chart position: UK #22
written by: collins
comments: [northern soul]
Rodger Collins
You Sexy Sugar Plum (But I Like It)
1976
Fantasy
17
record label: Atlantic 94032
chart position: RandB #12, US #41
written by: Juvenile , Dre [Andre Lyon] (as Andre Lyon), Cool (as Marcello Valenzano) and R. Kelly
album: Reality Check
Juvenile
Rodeo
2005
Atlantic
18
record label: Prelude 8014
chart position: RandB #49, US Dance #13
written by: Rod (as Roch Niangandoumou)
Rod
Shake It Up (Do the Boogaloo)
1980
Prelude
19
record label: Gordy 1737
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Dennis Lambert, Sam Dees and J.C. Crowley
album: Don't Look Any Further
comments: [slow jam]
Dennis Edwards
(You're My) Aphrodisiac
1984
Gordy
20
record label: Red Bird 10 021
chart position: RandB #21 US #86
written by: Mike Lewis and Ricky Lisi
Roddie Joy
Come Back Baby
1965
Red Bird
21
record label: WTG 08025
chart position: RandB #65, US Dance #19
written by: Lloyd Tolbert and Michael Rodgers
album: Coming to America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Michael Rodgers
I Like It Like That
1988
WTG
22
record label: Atlantic 11475
chart position: RandB #49, UK #59
written by: Tyrone Williams
album: Massterpiece
comments: [instrumental]
Mass Production
Shante
1980
Atlantic
23
record label: J Records 91819
chart position: US dance #13
written by: Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis, Marvin Moore Hough, David McRae and Carlos Santana
The Product GandB featuring Carlos Santana
Dirty Dancin'
2001
J Records
24
record label: Warner 29049
chart position: RandB #35, US #88, US Dance #38
album: B Movie Matinee
Nile Rodgers
Let's Go Out Tonight
1985
Warner
25
record label: RCA 65542
chart position: RandB #34, US #72
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Wyclef Jean, K. Bass, David McRae and Marvin Moore Hough
album: Funkmaster Flex: The Mix Tape Volume III
Funkmaster Flex presents Khadejia featuring Product
Here We Go
1998
RCA
26
record label: V2 Records 2742
chart position: UK #76
comments: [reggae dancehall]
Aphrodite ft. Barrington Levy
All Over Me
2002
V Records
27
record label: Rip It 9502
chart position: RandB #58, US #77
written by: Da S.W.A.T. Team
album: One Mo' 'Gen
95 South
Rodeo
1995
Rip It
28
record label: Big Wave 3
chart position: RandB #27
written by: Peter Brown and Rodney Saulsberry
Rodney Saulsberry
Who Do You Love
1988
Big Wave
29
record label: Cotillion 44221
chart position: RandB #60, US Dance #28
written by: Ricardo Williams
album: Believe
Mass Production
I Believe in Music
1977
Cotillion
30
record label: Psychotic 1203
chart position: RandB #82, US #84
written by: Rodney O and Joe Cooley
album: F__k New York
Rodney O & Joe Cooley
Humps for the Blvd.
1993
Psychotic
31
record label: RCA 11245
chart position: RandB #37, US #57
written by: Sandy Linzer and Denny Randell
album: Odyssey
Odyssey
Weekend Lover
1978
RCA
32
record label: Psychotic 1201
chart position: RandB #93, US #93
written by: Rodney O and Joe Cooley
album: F__k New York
comments: [hip hop]
Rodney O & Joe Cooley
U Don't Hear Me Tho'
1993
Psychotic
33
record label: Cotillion 46013
chart position: RandB #36
written by: Tyrone Williams
album: Turn Up the Music
comments: [disco funk]
Mass Production
Turn Up the Music
1981
Cotillion
34
record label: Hot Shot 1000
chart position: Cashbox RandB #41
written by: Cathy Lynn, P. Pott
comments: [northern soul]
Marsha Brody
Right Combination
1966
Hot Shot
35
record label: New Quest 54224
chart position: RandB #90, US #123
weeksinr&bchart: 2
album: What U Gotta Say
comments: [hip hop] samples 'Flirt' by Cameo
Rodney O
What U Gotta Say
1997
New Quest
36
record label: Rampage 1000
chart position: RandB #41
written by: Curtis
The Ramrods
Soultrain (Part 1 and 2)
1972
Rampage
37
record label: Cotillion 45009
chart position: RandB #42
written by: Tyrone Williams
album: Massterpiece
Mass Production
Forever
1980
Cotillion
38
record label: ALC 9670
chart position: RandB #47, US #95
The Alchemist ft. Prodigy, Illa Ghee & Nina Sky
Hold You Down
2004
ALC
39
record label: Cotillion 44248
chart position: RandB #43
written by: Gregory McCoy and James
album: In the Purest Form
Mass Production
Can't You See I'm Fired Up
1979
Cotillion
40
record label: Galaxy 750
chart position: RandB #44
written by: Collins
Rodger Collins
She's Looking Good
1967
Galaxy
41
record label: Cotillion 44233
chart position: RandB #46
written by: Ricardo Williams
album: Three Miles High
Mass Production
Just Wanna Make a Dream Come True (Mass in F Minor)
1978
Cotillion
42
record label: Jive 1367
chart position: RandB #46
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: KRS One, Dwayne Sumal and Kenny Parker
album: Edutainment
comments: [hip hop]
Boogie Down Productions
Love's Gonna Get'Cha (Material Love)
1990
Jive
43
record label: Jive 210
chart position: RandB #48
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: KRS One (as Lawrence Krisna Parker)
album: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
comments: [hip hop]
Boogie Down Productions
Why Is That?
1989
Jive
44
record label: RCA Victor 23
chart position: Cashbox RandB #48
written by: Nerangis, Britton
album: Crown Heights Affair
Crown Heights Affair
Super Rod
1973
RCA Victor
45
record label: Tabu 31458 8192
chart position: RandB #48
album: Love Makes no Sense
Alexander O'Neal
Aphrodisia
1993
Tabu
46
record label: Bragg 227
chart position: Cashbox RandB #49
written by: Carolyn Varga
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Rodge Martin
When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters)
1966
Bragg
47
record label: MCA 23971
chart position: RandB #50
album: Personal
George Howard introducing John Pagano
Shower You with Love
1990
MCA
48
record label: Allegiance 3919
chart position: RandB #55
written by: Peter Brown and Rodney Saulsberry
album: Rodney Saulsberry
comments: [ballad]
Rodney Saulsberry
I Wonder
1984
Allegiance
49
record label: Mercury 1
chart position: RandB #55
weeksinr&bchart: 12
album: Jason's Lyric OST
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts] [from the movie Jason's Lyric]
Jamecia
Rodeo Style
1994
Mercury
50
record label: GospoCentric
chart position: RandB #59
weeksinr&bchart: 12
album: The Nu Nation Project
comments: [gospel] [album cut]
Kirk Franklin featuring Rodney Jerkins
Revolution
1998
GospoCentric
51
record label: YClef 21068
chart position: RandB #59
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis, Marvin Moore Hough and David McRae
comments: [hip hop]
The Product GandB featuring Wyclef
Cluck Cluck
2001
YClef
52
record label: Columbia 06203
chart position: RandB #59
written by: Eddie Schwartz
album: Rodney Franklin
Rodney Franklin
Look What's Showing Through
1986
Columbia
53
record label: Cotillion 47004
chart position: RandB #61
written by: Ricardo Williams
album: In a City Groove
comments: [disco funk]
Mass Production
Inner City
1982
Cotillion
54
record label: Poe Boy 01
chart position: RandB #61
album: The Official Bootleg
comments: [hip hop]
Jacki-O ft. Rodney
Nookie Real Good
2003
Poe Boy
55
record label: Pallas
chart position: RandB #62
album: The Final Tic
Crucial Conflict
Ride the Rodeo
1996
Pallas
56
record label: Columbia 03551
chart position: RandB #64
written by: Rodney Franklin
album: Learning To Love
comments: [smooth jazz funk ballad]
Rodney Franklin
That's the Way I Feel 'Bout Your Love
1983
Columbia
57
record label: Def Jam 07425
chart position: RandB #66
written by: Vincent F. Bell and Clarence Hayes
album: The Finer Things In Life
comments: [ballad]
Chuck Stanley introducing Alyson Williams
Make You Mine Tonight
1987
Def Jam
58
record label: Reality 3107
chart position: RandB #66
written by: Doug E. Fresh
album: The World's Greatest Entertainer
comments: [hip hop]
Doug E. Fresh
Cut That Zero
1998
Reality
59
record label: AandM 31454 0009
chart position: RandB #68
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Dick Winzeler, Terry Steele
album: Love in a Serious Way
comments: [love ballad]
Rodney Mannsfield
Wanna Make Luv 2 U
1993
A&M
60
record label: Allegiance 3923
chart position: RandB #68
album: Rodney Saulsberry
Rodney Saulsberry
Look Whatcha Done Now
1984
Allegiance
61
record label: Columbia 03273
chart position: RandB #68
written by: R. Franklin, S. Clark, H. Smith, J. Gilstrap, D. Phinnessee
album: Learning to Love
comments: [ft. Howard Smith, Jim Gilstrap, Darryl Phinnessee] [disco funk]
Rodney Franklin
Enuff Is Enuff
1982
Columbia
62
record label: Polydor 6070
chart position: RandB #70
written by: Roy Ayers
album: Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Roy Ayers Ubiquity
The Golden Rod
1976
Polydor
63
record label: Prelude 645
chart position: US Dance #47
written by: Rod (as Roch Niangandoumou)
comments: [disco funk]
Rod
Just Keep On Walking
1982
Prelude
64
record label: Columbia 1826
chart position: RandB #72
written by: Denzil Miller and Rodney Franklin
album: Marathon
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Rodney Franklin
Stay On in the Groove
1984
Columbia
65
record label: Jive 1120
chart position: RandB #76
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: KRS One (as Lawrence Parker)
album: By All Means Necessary
Boogie Down Productions
Stop the Violence
1988
Jive
66
record label: Ball Hard
chart position: RandB #77
Fat Pimp & Jodean ft. Big Roddy
Rack Daddy
2008
Ball Hard
67
record label: King B 3001
chart position: RandB #77
weeksinr&bchart: 8
album: The Game...Love It or Leave It
Phenomenon
Tha' Rodeo
2001
King B
68
record label: Loud 4532
chart position: RandB #78
Violator ft. Prodigy, Jadakiss & Butch Cassidy
Livin' The Life
2001
Loud
69
record label: Westbound 555
chart position: RandB #80
weeksinr&bchart: 16
album: Original P Introducing The Westbound Souljaz
Original P introducing Hyped Up Westbound Soljaz
Jump Up in the Air
2001
Westbound
70
record label: Groove Merchant 1034
chart position: RandB #81
written by: Lonnie Smith
comments: [instrumental]
Lonnie Smith
Afrodesia
1975
Groove Merchant
71
record label: Cotillion 44239
chart position: RandB #85
written by: Gregory McCoy and James
album: Three Miles High
Mass Production
Sky High
1978
Cotillion
72
record label: Egyptian Empire 00882
chart position: RandB #87
written by: Rodney Oliver, Joe Cooley and Jeff Page
album: Me and Joe
comments: [hip hop]
Rodney O & Joe Cooley
This Is for the Homies
1989
Egyptian Empire
73
record label: Columbia 11419
chart position: RandB #89
written by: Tom Washington
album: Rodney Franklin
comments: [jazz funk]
Rodney Franklin
Windy City
1981
Columbia
74
record label: Cotillion 46011
chart position: RandB #90
written by: Ricardo Williams and Tiny Kelly (as Agnes Kelly)
album: Turn Up the Music
Mass Production
I Can't Believe You're Going Away
1981
Cotillion
75
record label: Infamous 5534
chart position: RandB #91
album: Return Of The Mac
comments: [hip hop]
Prodigy of Mobb Deep
Stuck On You
2007
Infamous
76
record label: G Unit 7417
chart position: RandB #91
comments: [hip hop]
Young Hot Rod Featuring Mary J. Blige
Be Easy
2006
G Unit
77
record label: Columbia 11371
chart position: RandB #91
written by: Rodney Franklin
comments: [instrumental]
Rodney Franklin
In the Center
1980
Columbia
78
record label: Cotillion 44225
chart position: RandB #92
written by: Gregory McCoy
album: Believe
comments: [instrumental]
Mass Production
Cosmic Lust
1977
Cotillion
79
record label: MusicMind 90404
chart position: RandB #92
comments: [slow jam]
Ren with Christina Sanchez & introducing Rhyme
Calling My Name
2002
MusicMind
80
record label: Three Gems 9021
chart position: RandB #95
comments: [rap]
Born Predators
Product Of Our Environment
2002
Three Gems
81
record label: Violator 19541
chart position: RandB #97
weeksinr&bchart: 1
album: H.N.I.C.
comments: [hip hop]
Prodigy of Mobb Deep
Keep It Thoro
2000
Violator
--
record label: Abner 7003
written by: Don Downing
Don Downing With Rodney & The Blazers
A Bird In The Hand
1961
Abner
--
record label: Paran 118
written by: G. McCoy, O. Drumgole, S. Williams, T. Ellerbe
comments: [disco funk]
Mass Production
Come Get Some Of This
1984
Paran
--
record label: Yodi 1006
written by: D. Williams, E. Matthews
comments: [ballad]
Sharen Clark & The Product Of Time
That's A Good Reason
1972
Yodi
--
record label: Red Bird 10031
written by: Earline Phillips, Mike Lewis
comments: [beat ballad]
Roddie Joy
He's So Easy To Love
1965
Red Bird
--
record label: Yodi 1000
written by: E. Matthews, T. Ludy
comments: [ballad]
Sharen Clark & The Product Of Time
I'm Not Afraid Of Love
1971
Yodi
--
record label: Apt 26009
written by: David Pryor
comments: [southern soul]
Sharen Clark & The Product Of Time
Mama Did't Lie (Sho Come True)
1971
Apt