| 1 |
record label: Motown 1076
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #23
written by: Brian Holland, Lamount Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Second Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 2 |
record label: Shady 497815
chart position: RandB #4, US #1, UK #1, US alt. #14
written by: Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto
album: 8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
comments: [hip hop]
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| 3 |
record label: Def Jam 006285
chart position: RandB #28, US #4, UK #2, US dance #14
written by: LL Cool J, Jermaine Dupri, LRoc, Ryan Toby, Jennifer Lopez, Afrika Bambaataa and Arthur Baker
album: Todd Smith
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| 4 |
record label: Arista 0588
chart position: RandB #45, US #6, US AC #5
written by: Gino Vannelli
album: Nightwalker
comments: [ballad]
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| 5 |
record label: Columbia 76911
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, UK #11, US dance #3
written by: Beyoncé, Scott Storch and EST
album: Dangerously in Love
comments: [slow jam]
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| 6 |
record label: POLO 1
chart position: UK #2, US Dance #26
written by: Adrian Baker and Eddie Seago
comments: [disco]
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| 7 |
record label: Motown 1876
chart position: RandB #20, UK #7, US #5, US AC #22
written by: Luther Ingram & Mack Rice
album: The Return of Bruno
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| 8 |
record label: Epic P.I.R. 50289
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #42, US dance #33
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: The Jacksons / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
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| 9 |
record label: Chess 1903
chart position: RandB #4, US #11
written by: Wilford McKinley & Carl Smith (as Carl William Smith)
album: Full Bloom
comments: [northern soul]
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| 10 |
record label: Warner 7417
chart position: RandB #3, US #12
written by: Charles Wright
album: Express Yourself
comments: [funk]
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| 11 |
record label: Stax 0104
chart position: RandB #2, US #12
written by: Luther Ingram & Mack Rice
album: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself / Stax Greatest Hits / The Best of The Staple Singers
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| 12 |
record label: Big Life 7
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #22, US #34
written by: Paul Huston, Posdnuos (as Kelvin Mercer), David Jolicoeur, Maseo (as Vincent Mason), Philippe Wynne
album: 3 Feet High and Rising
comments: [hip hop, funk]
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| 13 |
record label: Avco 4587
chart position: RandB #14, US #22, UK #11
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
comments: [northern soul]
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| 14 |
record label: Philips 1348 UK
chart position: UK #3
written by: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: A Girl Called Dusty
comments: [pop soul]
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| 15 |
record label: Curtom 1997
chart position: RandB #1, US #17
written by: Ed Townsend
album: Finally Got Myself Together
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| 16 |
record label: 4th and Bway 283
chart position: RandB #1, US #20, UK #36
written by: Ice Cube (as O'Shea Jackson)
album: The Predator
comments: [hip hop]
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| 17 |
record label: King 6224
chart position: RandB #3, US #20
written by: James Brown
album: Sex Machine
comments: [funk]
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| 18 |
record label: Universal 1378
chart position: RandB #50, UK #5, US #63
written by: Canibus (as Germaine Williams), Walter Murphy, Andre Levins, Roosevelt Harrell III and Mr. Cheeks
album: Hempstead High
comments: [hip hop]
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| 19 |
record label: Atlantic 2619
chart position: RandB #3, US #28
written by: Ronnie Shannon
album: Aretha Now
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| 20 |
record label: Scepter 12167
chart position: RandB #20, US #26
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Here Where There Is Love
comments: [pop soul ballad]
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| 21 |
record label: Geffen 22936
chart position: RandB #4, US #49, US dance #18
written by: Timmy Gatling & Alton Stewart
album: Adventures in Paradise
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| 22 |
record label: Scepter 12294
chart position: RandB #26, US #37, US AC #2
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Very Dionne
comments: [ballad]
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| 23 |
record label: King 6144
chart position: RandB 4, US 28
written by: James Brown
album: I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me
comments: [funk]
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| 24 |
record label: Motown 1478
chart position: RandB #42, US #40, US dance #4
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Bonnie Pointer [1979 album]
comments: [disco] [Motown Sound]
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| 25 |
record label: P.I.R. 3568
chart position: UK #9, RandB #64, US AC #24
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: International - Take Good Care of Yourself / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
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| 26 |
record label: Brunswick 55491
chart position: RandB #3, US #3
written by: Eugene Record & Sandra Drayton
album: A Letter to Myself
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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| 27 |
record label: J Records
chart position: RandB #3, US #41
written by: Missy Elliott, Craig Brockman and Nisan Stewart
album: Free Yourself
comments: [slow jam]
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| 28 |
record label: Vee Jay 451
chart position: RandB #18, US #20
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Need To Belong
comments: [ballad]
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| 29 |
record label: Solar 1694
chart position: RandB #36, UK #20, US dance #38
written by: Dick Griffey, Leon Sylvers III & Nidra Beard
album: Your Piece of the Rock
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| 30 |
record label: Positiva 48
chart position: UK #12, US Dance #1
written by: Kenny
album: All in My Mind
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| 31 |
record label: Infinity 50027
chart position: RandB #6, US #65
written by: Michael Stokes, Lynn Smith and Robert William Carter
album: In the Beginning
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| 32 |
record label: Hot Wax 7113
chart position: RandB #8, US #23
written by: Ronald Dunbar , Brian Holland , Lamont Dozier
album: Soulful Tapestry
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| 33 |
record label: Columbia 07994
chart position: RandB #5, US Dance #12
written by: Bruce Purse, Johnny Kemp and Vincent Henry
album: Secrets of Flying
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| 34 |
record label: Tamla Motown 708 (UK)
chart position: UK #13
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 35 |
record label: Argo 5519
chart position: Cashbox R&B #8, US #96
written by: Shena DeMell and Peylia Parham
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| 36 |
record label: King 6100
chart position: RandB #5, US #46
written by: James Brown and Bud Hobgood
album: Raw Soul
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| 37 |
record label: Motown 1415
chart position: RandB #83, US dance #5
written by: Brian Holland, Eddie Holland Jr. and Harold Beatty
album: Mary, Scherrie and Susaye
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 38 |
record label: Dash 5044
chart position: UK #52, US Dance #7
written by: Theophilus Coakley (as Theophilus
album: On Fire
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| 39 |
record label: P.I.R 5422
chart position: US Dance #7
written by: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden and John Whitehead
album: Teddy Pendergrass
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| 40 |
record label: Stiff 221 (UK)
chart position: UK #26
written by: Clyde Grimes
comments: [northern soul]
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| 41 |
record label: Priority 7206
chart position: RandB #45, UK #26
written by: Eazy E, Ice Cube and Charles Wright (sample)
album: Straight Outta Compton
comments: [hip hop]
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| 42 |
record label: Chocolate City 3231
chart position: RandB #12, US #101
written by: Larry Blackmon, Tomi Jenkins and Charlie Singleton
album: Alligator Woman
comments: [funk]
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| 43 |
record label: Tamla Motown 787 (UK)
chart position: UK #28
written by: Holland Dozier Holland
album: Darling Baby
comments: re release (stereo version)
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| 44 |
record label: Rowdy 5089
chart position: RandB #23, US #40, UK #48
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Dallas Austin
comments: from Fled: From the MGM Motion Picture
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| 45 |
record label: Champion 42
chart position: RandB #46, UK #32, US dance #23
written by: James Bratton, Sybil (as Sybil Lynch) , D. Drewry and R. Wilmore
album: Let Yourself Go
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| 46 |
record label: Sony Music
chart position: RandB #37, US #87, UK #30
written by: Nas (as Nasir Jones) and Alabama 3
album: Stillmatic
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| 47 |
record label: Atlantic 1101
chart position: RandB #11
written by: Jesse Stone
album: Rockin' & Driftin'
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| 48 |
record label: Capitol
chart position: RandB #20, UK #55, US #129
written by: T3, Aretha Franklin, Elzhi, Kayne West
album: Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit)
comments: [hip hop]
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| 49 |
record label: Chess 1643
chart position: RandB #14
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Jimmy Rogers
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| 50 |
record label: Checker 847
chart position: RandB #14
written by: Sonny Boy Williamson
album: Down And Out Blues
comments: [blues]
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| 51 |
record label: Def Jam 523 839
chart position: US #98, UK #46
written by: Method Man (as Clifford Smith) , Dino Fekans, Freddie Perrin and RZA
album: Tical
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| 52 |
record label: 20th Century 2191
chart position: RandB #19, US #83
written by: Rich Cason (as Charles Richard Cason)
album: Come and Get Yourself Some
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| 53 |
record label: EastWest 98209
chart position: RandB #15, US #98
written by: Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas
album: Groove On
comments: [slow jam]
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| 54 |
record label: Chrysalis 2
chart position: UK #51
written by: Paul Hardcastle
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| 55 |
record label: ABC 12238
written by: Denise LaSalle
album: Second Breath
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| 56 |
record label: RCA 11035
chart position: RandB #76, US dance #11
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Benny Diggs, Willard Meeks Jr. and Arthur Freeman
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| 57 |
record label: Magnet 118 (UK)
chart position: UK #53
written by: Charles Sylvester and Roy Gee Hemmings
album: Movin' City High
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| 58 |
record label: MGM 14823
chart position: RandB #24, US #98, UK #53
written by: Jack Robinson and James Bolden
album: Experience Gloria Gaynor
comments: MGM 14823
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| 59 |
record label: Columbia 08508
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Full Force
album: Me, Myself and I
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 60 |
record label: Chrysalis 2565(UK)
chart position: UK #55
written by: David Grant and Peter Martin [Peter Michael Martin]
comments: [disco dance]
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| 61 |
record label: RCA 14396
chart position: RandB #19
written by: Glenn Jones and David Wolinski
album: Take It from Me
comments: [slow jam]
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| 62 |
record label: Gordy 7134
chart position: RandB #19, US #63
written by: N. Whitfield
album: Down to Earth
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 63 |
record label: Jive 9629
chart position: RandB #20
written by: Kirth Anthony Atkins and Jalil Hutchins
album: Open Sesame
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| 64 |
record label: RCA 204
chart position: US #63
written by: Willie Hutch (as Willie Hutchison)
album: Highly Distinct
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| 65 |
record label: Jive 42196
chart position: RandB #38, US #65
written by: Q Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Phife Dawg
album: Midnight Marauders
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| 66 |
record label: Sire 9994
chart position: UK #64
written by: James Brown, Fred Wesley and Charles Bobbit
album: The Iceberg: Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say
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| 67 |
record label: Talkin' Loud 5
chart position: UK #65
written by: Carleen Anderson, Marc Nelson and Femi Williams
album: Road to Freedom
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| 68 |
record label: Island 865 (UK)
chart position: UK #65
written by: Amy Winehouse, Salaam Remi and Jimmy Hogarth
album: Frank
comments: double A side
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| 69 |
record label: Total Experience 2407
chart position: RandB #21
written by: Jimmy Hamilton, Maurice Hayes and Ted Rabb
album: Flying High
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
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| 70 |
record label: Hi 2322
chart position: RandB #26, US #101
written by: Al Green and Willie Mitchell
album: Have A Good Time
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| 71 |
record label: NIA 1241
chart position: RandB #83, US Dance #23
written by: Taharqa Aleem and Tunde Ra Aleem
|
| 72 |
record label: Epic 50792
chart position: RandB #23, US Dance #23
written by: George Duke
album: Master of the Game
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| 73 |
record label: MGM 12780
chart position: Cashbox R&B #34, US #70
written by: Jimmy Williams, Otis Blackwell
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| 74 |
record label: Profile 7343
chart position: RandB #54, US #78
written by: Darius Barnett, Don Blake and Kai McDonald
album: 2nd II None
|
| 75 |
record label: Bell 735
chart position: RandB #31, US #94
written by: Scott English, Mark Barkan and Jerry Ross
|
| 76 |
record label: BluesWay/ABC 61022
chart position: Cashbox R&B #30, US #113
written by: King, Maya, Fats Washington
|
| 77 |
record label: Warner 17328
chart position: RandB #43, US #122, UK #83
written by: Eric Benét and George Nash Jr.
album: True to Myself
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| 78 |
record label: Motown
chart position: RandB #27, US #109
written by: Brian McKnight
album: Madea's Family Reunion: Music from the Motion Picture
|
| 79 |
record label: Eastern 606
chart position: Cashbox R&B #28
written by: E. Campbell, E. Johnson
album: Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1
comments: [deep soul]
|
| 80 |
record label: Arista 9064
chart position: RandB #28
written by: Paul Laurence Jones III
album: Kashif [1983 album]
comments: [disco, soul, boogie]
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| 81 |
record label: Chrysalis 5 (UK)
chart position: UK #90
written by: David Grant
album: David Grant
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| 82 |
record label: Jive 1178
chart position: RandB #30
written by: The Stop the Violence Movement
album: Rap Attack (Various Artists)
comments: [hip hop]
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| 83 |
record label: Scepter 1236
chart position: Cashbox R&B #32, US #119
written by: Hal David and Burt Bacharach
album: I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
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| 84 |
record label: Elektra 47084
chart position: RandB #31
written by: Debra Laws and Nathan East
album: Very Special
|
| 85 |
record label: CBS Assoc. 4242
chart position: RandB #31
written by: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Truly Bad
comments: [ballad]
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| 86 |
record label: Ruff Ryders 497646
chart position: RandB #34, US #114
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Chad Hugo, Pharrell Williams and Jadakiss (as Jason Phillips
album: Kiss tha Game Goodbye
comments: [hip hop]
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| 87 |
record label: Gospel Truth 1208
chart position: RandB #31
written by: Marshall Jones and Carl Smith
album: Brothers
|
| 88 |
record label: Atlantic 2234
chart position: RandB #35, US #128
written by: Ahmet Ertegun (as Ahmet Nugetre) and Tom Dowd
|
| 89 |
record label: Kwanza 7678
chart position: RandB #34
written by: Eddie Sullivan, Marshall Thompson
|
| 90 |
record label: Columbia 05776
chart position: RandB #34
written by: B Fine, Shy Shy, Paul Anthony, Bow Legged, Curt T T and Baby Gee
album: Full Force
|
| 91 |
record label: Stateside 415
chart position: US #107
written by: Rudy Clark
|
| 92 |
record label: Payday 120100
chart position: RandB #57, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Jeru the Damaja and DJ Premier
album: Wrath of the Math
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| 93 |
record label: Whit 715
chart position: RandB #39, US #120
written by: Bobby Powell and Lionel Whitfield
|
| 94 |
record label: Domino 4115
chart position: RandB #37
written by: Allan Felder, Jill Freeman and Leroy Schuler
album: I'd Rather Be by Myself
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 95 |
record label: Argo 5414
chart position: US #112
written by: Peter Udell and Gary Geld
|
| 96 |
record label: Decca 32259
chart position: RandB #37
written by: David Porter and Isaac Hayes
comments: [ballad]
|
| 97 |
record label: Ocean Front 2001
chart position: RandB #38
written by: Willard Burton
album: Something Good
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 98 |
record label: Koch 12 8375
chart position: RandB #40, US #124
album: Alley
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 99 |
record label: Burt 4000
chart position: RandB #39
written by: Delrick
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| 100 |
record label: Vee Jay 511
chart position: US #119
written by: Otis Williams, Franklin, Elbridge Bryant, Berry Gordy Jr.
album: The Duke of Soul
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