| 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: RCA 58(UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards and Fonce Mizell
album: Good Thing Going
comments: [Reggae]
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| 3 |
record label: Sugar Hill 101
chart position: RandB #4, UK #3, US #36, US dance #14
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: Sugarhill Gang
comments: [hip hop]
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| 4 |
record label: Universal 001055
chart position: RandB #54, US #7, UK #111
written by: Baby Bash, Frankie J and Nathan Perez
album: Tha Smokin' Nephew
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| 5 |
record label: Motown 1194
chart position: RandB #3, US #10
written by: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards & Fonce Mizell
album: The Greatest Hits
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 6 |
record label: EMI America 8253
chart position: RandB #3, US #9, US dance #1, UK #95
written by: Prince (as Alexander Nevermind)
album: A Private Heaven
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| 7 |
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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| 8 |
record label: Check 103
chart position: RandB #4
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Ronald Dean Badger, Sugar Pie DeSanto and Bob Geddins (as Robert L. Geddins)
album: Sugar Pie
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| 9 |
record label: State 70 (UK)
chart position: UK #3
written by: Tony Waddington and Wayne Bickerton
album: Sugar Candy Kisses
comments: [pop soul]
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| 10 |
record label: Virgin 58360
chart position: RandB #5, US #27, UK #24
written by: D'Angelo and A.S. Muhammed Jones
album: Brown Sugar
comments: [neo soul]
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| 11 |
record label: Atlantic 2722
chart position: RandB #4, US #25
written by: Andy Kim & Jeff Barry
album: Right On
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| 12 |
record label: Shocking Vibes
chart position: RandB #16, US #54, UK #13
weeksinr&bchart: 27
written by: Moses Davis, Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams
album: Art & Life
comments: [reggae dancehall]
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| 13 |
record label: Slip N Slide 93644
chart position: RandB #36, US #20, UK #61
written by: David Byrne, Michael Caren, Trick Daddy and Ludacris
album: Thug Matrimony: Married to the Streets
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| 14 |
record label: EMI 58478
chart position: RandB #12, US #25, UK #67
written by: Jerry Barnes, Katreese Barnes and AZ
album: Doe or Die
comments: [hip hop]
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| 15 |
record label: Atlantic 2590
chart position: RandB #18, UK #15, US #41
written by: Isaac Hayes & David Porter
comments: [southern soul]
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| 16 |
record label: RCA Victor 47 8631
chart position: RandB #18, US #32
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Twistin' The Night Away
comments: [northern soul]
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| 17 |
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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| 18 |
record label: Mercury 6167223
chart position: RandB #10, US #47, US dance #9
written by: Glenn Dorsey
album: Keep Up with the Joneses
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| 19 |
record label: Sugar Hill 553
chart position: RandB #15, US dance #38, US #82
written by: Cheryl Cook & Ronald LaPread
album: 8th Wonder
comments: [hip hop]
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| 20 |
record label: Sugar Hill 567
chart position: RandB #13, US #53, US dance #51
written by: Jerry Lordan
album: 8th Wonder
comments: [rap]
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| 21 |
record label: Avatar 00356
chart position: RandB #25, US #64, UK #25
written by: Peter Lord, Jeff Smith, Louie De Louie and Kenneth Borland
album: Goodfellaz
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| 22 |
record label: Argo 5519
chart position: Cashbox R&B #8, US #96
written by: Shena DeMell and Peylia Parham
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| 23 |
record label: Checker 1073
chart position: RandB #10, US #48
written by: Billy Davis and Robert Higgenbotham
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| 24 |
record label: District Of Columbia 1
chart position: UK #15
written by: Julia McGirt and David Ylvisaker
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| 25 |
record label: Fast Track 2501
chart position: RandB #7
written by: Sugar Billy (as Willie Garner)
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| 26 |
record label: Fantasy 132 (UK)
chart position: UK #22
written by: collins
comments: [northern soul]
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| 27 |
record label: Epic 6917
chart position: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Jerry Barnes and Katreese Barnes
album: It Takes Two
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| 28 |
record label: Jive 42297
chart position: RandB #24, US #44
written by: E 40 (as Earl Stevens), Tanina Stevens, Sam Bostic and Michael Mosley
album: In a Major Way
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| 29 |
record label: Fire 507
chart position: RandB #19, US #99
written by: Bobby Robinson
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| 30 |
record label: RCA 138(UK)
chart position: UK #52
written by: Don Addrisi and Dick Addrisi
album: Good Thing Going
comments: [reggae]
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| 31 |
record label: Sugar Hill 581
chart position: RandB #55, UK #54
written by: Pete Wingfield and Sylvia Robinson
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| 32 |
record label: Poe Boy 519284
chart position: US #5, UK #18, RandB #100
written by: Flo Rida, Montay Humphrey, Howard Simmons, Korey Roberson, Carlos Battey, Jeffrey & Massimo Gabutti
album: R.O.O.T.S.
comments: [hip hop]
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| 33 |
record label: Sugar Hill 542
chart position: UK #58
written by: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
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| 34 |
record label: Sony Soho Square 2237
chart position: UK #57
written by: Jerry Barnes and Katreese Barnes
album: Do Over
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| 35 |
record label: Checker 1082
chart position: RandB #19
written by: Maurice McAlister
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| 36 |
record label: Hot Wax 6901
chart position: R&B #26, US #62
written by: Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Take Me with You
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| 37 |
record label: Chart 1061
chart position: US country #64
written by: Brown
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| 38 |
record label: Capitol 4198
chart position: US #79
written by: Vincent Montana Jr. and Ronnie Walker
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| 39 |
record label: Capitol 4198
chart position: US #79
written by: Vincent Montana Jr. and Ronnie Walker
comments: [philly sound disco dance]
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| 40 |
record label: Island 854976
chart position: RandB #39, US #79
written by: DJ Quik, Hi C, Playa Ham, Robert Bacon
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| 41 |
record label: Warner 22896
chart position: RandB #27
written by: Danny Howard and Jeffrey Prusan
album: We're Movin' Up
comments: [slow jam]
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| 42 |
record label: Musicor 1305
chart position: RandB #34, US #119
written by: Richie Adams
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| 43 |
record label: 20th Century 2103
chart position: RandB #35, US #108
written by: Billy Page
album: Keep It In The Family
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| 44 |
record label: Cadet 5539
chart position: RandB #37, US #97
written by: Davis, Miner, Smith
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| 45 |
record label: Stax 0169
chart position: RandB #67
written by: David Madden
album: The M.G.'s
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| 46 |
record label: Atco
chart position: RandB #36
album: Just Me
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| 47 |
record label: Panorama 12196
chart position: RandB #79, US Dance #39
written by: Frank Hooker
album: Frank Hooker and Positive People
comments: [funk]
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| 48 |
record label: Chelsea 0125
chart position: RandB #44, US #107
written by: Harold Beatty
album: Brown Sugar Featuring Clydie King
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| 49 |
record label: Fast Track 2503
chart position: RandB #43
written by: Sugar Billy (as Willie Garner)
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| 50 |
record label: Bearsville 49197
chart position: RandB #43
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Mary Holland Bryant
album: Movin' on a Feelin'
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| 51 |
record label: Checker 1082
chart position: RandB #43
written by: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
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| 52 |
record label: WB Seven Arts 7175
chart position: Cashbox RandB #44
written by: Hill, Rebennack
album: Hot Heat And Sweet Groove
comments: [instrumental]
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| 53 |
record label: Calibre 506
chart position: RandB #48
written by: Avis Harrell, D'Lanie McQuaig, Lonnie Kirtz and Mel Bolton
album: Flakes
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| 54 |
record label: Sugar Hill 558
chart position: RandB #49
written by: L. Johnson, M. Johnson, The Sugarhill Gang, Sylvia Robinson, The Furious Five
album: 8th Wonder
comments: [hip hop]
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| 55 |
record label: Sugar Hill 459
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Michael Hepburn and Pleasure
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| 56 |
record label: [Sound of NY 04543
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Timmy Gatling, Clurel Henderson and Teddy Riley
album: Kids at Work
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| 57 |
record label: Kolor Blind 6244
chart position: RandB #56
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| 58 |
record label: MCA 52998
chart position: RandB #58
written by: Vincent Brantley
album: Sugar Babes
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| 59 |
record label: Profile
chart position: RandB #59
comments: [hip hop]
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| 60 |
record label: Sugar Hill 597
chart position: RandB #71
album: Rappin' Down Town
comments: [hip hop]
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| 61 |
record label: Universal 1344
chart position: RandB #71
album: Mo'hogany
comments: [slow jam]
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| 62 |
record label: Fox/MCA 113986
chart position: RandB #71
album: Brown Sugar: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
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| 63 |
record label: Epic 02842
chart position: RandB #72
written by: Luther Vandross
album: Never Too Much
comments: [disco, boogie]
|
| 64 |
record label: Def Jam 7084
chart position: RandB #72
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| 65 |
record label: BC 4007
chart position: RandB #74
written by: Deacon Kevin D. Woodley
comments: [rap]
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| 66 |
record label: Sugar Hill 32021
chart position: RandB #78
album: Livin' in the Fast Lane
comments: [hip hop]
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| 67 |
record label: Cold Chillin' 4849
chart position: RandB #80
weeksinr&bchart: 6
album: Smooth Assassin
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| 68 |
record label: N Zone 001
chart position: RandB #84
comments: [rap]
|
| 69 |
record label: Fully Loaded 9025
chart position: RandB #93
weeksinr&bchart: 4
album: Benito
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| 70 |
record label: BBE 12001(UK)
chart position: UK #200
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| 71 |
record label: Motown 1570
chart position: RandB #121
written by: Chuckii Booker, Tami Booker
album: Every Day Is a New Day
comments: [ballad]
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record label: UNI 55189
written by: N. Sedaka
album: There'll Come A Time
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record label: Drive 103
written by: Mizell, Clarke
album: Rocky Mizell and the Sugar Rock Band
comments: [modern soul album cut]
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record label: Atco 332
written by: Donny Hathaway, Rick Powell
album: Everything Is Everything
comments: [album cut]
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record label: Sound Stage Seven
written by: C. Curry, W. Doggett
album: The Beginning...
comments: [southern soul album cut]
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record label: Malaco 61076
written by: Sonny Adams
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record label: Warner 28980
written by: Roger Troutman, Sugarfoot
album: Sugar Kiss
comments: [funk]
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record label: Capitol 4367
written by: Robert Taylor
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record label: Warner 25168
written by: Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman
album: Sugar Kiss
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record label: Malaco 2399
album: Relaxin' With Tyrone
comments: [southern soul]
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record label: Stax 0149
written by: Mack Rice, Marvell Thomas
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record label: Vee Jay 712
written by: Rudy Clark
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