Discography and Biography of The Salsoul Orchestra. Listen to all their hits.
The Salsoul Orchestra Songs

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The Salsoul Orchestra was the backing band of session musicians for many acts on New York City label, Salsoul Records and, under its own name, recorded several hit singles and albums between 1975 and 1982. The Salsoul Orchestra inially consisted of many of the original members of Philadelphia International's MFSB, who had moved to Salsoul as the result of a disagreement with producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff over finances. Other members began performing as The Ritchie Family and as John Davis and the Monster Orchestra. The orchestra's biggest chart singles were 1976's reworked version of the standard, "Tangerine" (pop #18, R&B #36) and "Nice 'N' Naasty" (R&B #20, pop #30) later in the same year.

Below is a list of The Salsoul Orchestra songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Salsoul 2004
chart position: RandB #36, US #18, US AC #11, US dance #6
written by: Victor Schertzinger & Johnny Mercer
album: Salsoul Orchestra
comments: [disco]
The Salsoul Orchestra Tangerine
1976 Salsoul
2 record label: Salsoul 2011
chart position: RandB #20, US #30, US dance #3
written by: Vincent Montana Jr.
album: Nice N' Naasty
comments: [disco dance]
The Salsoul Orchestra Nice 'n' Naasty
1976 Salsoul
3 record label: Salsoul 2038
chart position: US Dance #3
written by: Vincent Montana Jr.
album: Magic Journey
The Salsoul Orchestra Magic Bird of Fire
1977 Salsoul
4 record label: Salsoul 2007
chart position: RandB #76, US #88, US Dance #4
written by: Vincent Montana Jr.
album: Salsoul Orchestra
comments: charted as Salsoul Hustle / You're Just the Right Size / Chicago Bus Stop in US dance chart
The Salsoul Orchestra You're Just the Right Size
1976 Salsoul
5 record label: Salsoul 2002
chart position: RandB #44, US #76, US Dance #4
written by: Vincent Montana Jr.
album: Salsoul Orchestra
comments: [instrumental]
The Salsoul Orchestra Salsoul Hustle
1975 Salsoul
6 record label: Salsoul 2064
chart position: RandB #68, US Dance #13
written by: Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein
album: The Yellow Brick Road
The Salsoul Orchestra West Side Story Medley
1978 Salsoul
7 record label: Salsoul 2096
chart position: RandB #66, US #105, US Dance #21
written by: Colin Jennings (as Colin Horton Jennings) and Steve O'Donnell
The Salsoul Orchestra featuring Cognac How High
1979 Salsoul
8 record label: Salsoul 391
chart position: US Dance #19
written by: Vincent Montana Jr.
album: Anthology
comments: [instrumental]
The Salsoul Orchestra Ooh, I Love It (Love Break)
1983 Salsoul
9 record label: Salsoul 2038
chart position: RandB #33
written by: Beloyd Taylor and Peter Cor
album: Magic Journey
comments: [instrumental]
The Salsoul Orchestra Getaway
1977 Salsoul
10 record label: Salsoul 2018
chart position: US #99
written by: Vincent Montana Jr.
album: Nice 'N' Naasty
The Salsoul Orchestra Ritzy Mambo
1977 Salsoul
11 record label: Salsoul 376
chart position: US dance #22
written by: Ron Kersey and Sam Dees
album: Heat It Up
The Salsoul Orchestra ft. Loleatta Holloway Seconds
1982 Salsoul
12 record label: Salsoul 7026
chart position: RandB #52, US Dance #46
written by: Stan Lucas
album: Heat It Up
The Salsoul Orchestra featuring Jocelyn Brown Take Some Time Out (For Love)
1982 Salsoul
13 record label: Salsoul 2093
chart position: US Dance #40
written by: Thor Baldursson and Tom Moulton
album: Street Sense
The Salsoul Orchestra Street Sense
1979 Salsoul
14 record label: Salsoul 2045
chart position: RandB #84
written by: Ronnie James, Vincent Montana Jr. and Janice Gugliuzza
The Salsoul Orchestra featuring Loleatta Holloway Run Away
1977 Salsoul




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