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record label: Gordy 7099
chart position: RandB #2, US #3, UK #7
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 2 |
record label: Columbia 41793
chart position: RandB #10
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Curtis Lewis
album: Aretha (with the Ray Bryant Combo)
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| 3 |
record label: Tamla Motown 109
chart position: RandB #17, US #28, UK #28
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Reflections
comments: [Motown Sound]
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record label: Atlantic 11404
chart position: RandB #6, UK #34, US #64, US dance #34
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
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record label: Motown 1387
chart position: RandB #61, US #47, UK #32, US AC #4
written by: Michael Masser & Pam Sawyer
album: Dianna Ross [1976 album]
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 6 |
record label: Tamla Motown 1001
chart position: RandB #6, US #60, US dance #1
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Moving Violation
comments: [Motown Sound] [disco]
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| 7 |
record label: Motown 4627
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #29, UK #94
written by: Larry McCain, Larry Singletary, Big Bub and Wesley Adams
album: Today
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| 8 |
record label: Geffen
chart position: RandB #21, US #41, UK #40
written by: Mary J. Blige, Miller, Dr. Dre, Theron Feemster, Mike Elizondo and Eve
album: Love and Life
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| 9 |
record label: EMI 50180
chart position: RandB #1
written by: Terry Stubbs and Derrick Pearson
album: Serious
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| 10 |
record label: Motown 2036
chart position: RandB #2
written by: William "Zan" Aquart and Gene Griffin
album: House Party OST
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| 11 |
record label: Columbia 44414
chart position: US #11
written by: Willie Chambers and Joseph Chambers
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| 12 |
record label: Motown 42261
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #21
written by: Gene Griffin, Wesley Adams, Larry Singletary, Big Bub (as Lee Drakeford) and Larry McCain
album: Today
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| 13 |
record label: MCA 2
chart position: UK #13
written by: Dennis Seaton, Kelvin Grant, Michael Grant, Patrick Waite and Freddie Waite
album: The Youth of Today
comments: [reggae]
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| 14 |
record label: Bell 691
chart position: RandB #8, US #66
written by: Stanley Poindexter, Emma Jean Thomas, Jackie Members and Robert Poindexter
album: Back on Top
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| 15 |
record label: Philles 111
chart position: Cashbox R&B #14, US #39
written by: Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich and Tony Towers
comments: Produced by Phil Spector
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| 16 |
record label: Motown 1083
chart position: RandB #12
written by: Dr. Freeze
album: The New Formula
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| 17 |
record label: Atlantic 2921
chart position: RandB #26, US #46
written by: Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens
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| 18 |
record label: MCA 51177
chart position: RandB #67, US #97, UK #61
written by: Joe Sample and Will Jennings
album: Standing Tall
comments: [ballad]
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| 19 |
record label: ABC 12156
chart position: RandB #34, US #103
written by: Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens
album: Get On Down with Bobby Bland
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| 20 |
record label: Mercury 76036
chart position: RandB #25, US #60
written by: Allen Jones, Charles Allen, Frank Thompson, Harvey Henderson, James Alexander, Larry Dodson
album: Injoy
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| 21 |
record label: Fantasy 826
chart position: RandB #21
written by: Booker Newberry III, Charles Buie (as Charles Allen Buie) and Larry James
album: Sweet Thunder
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| 22 |
record label: Philly World 99735
chart position: RandB #81, UK #66
written by: Mark Collins
album: Talk It Up (Tell Everybody)
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| 23 |
record label: Unlimited Gold 02135
chart position: UK #76
written by: Webster Lewis and Barry White
album: Welcome Aboard
comments: [disco funk]
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| 24 |
record label: Select 62308
chart position: US Dance #22
written by: Larry Joseph
comments: [instrumental]
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| 25 |
record label: Motown 1967
chart position: RandB #34
written by: Gene Griffin, Wesley Adams, Larry Singletary, Big Bub and Larry McCain
album: Today
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| 26 |
record label: ABC 10435
chart position: US #105
written by: F. Brown
album: Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (Volume Ywo)
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| 27 |
record label: Uptite 20
chart position: Cashbox RandB #38
written by: P. Upton
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| 28 |
record label: Giant 40551
chart position: RandB #40
album: Secrets of the Heart
comments: [gospel]
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| 29 |
record label: T.K. Disco 51
chart position: US Dance #30
written by: Paul Kyser
album: Jimmy Briscoe and the Beavers
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| 30 |
record label: Motown 6309
chart position: RandB #46
album: The New Formula
comments: [ballad]
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| 31 |
record label: AandM 31458 1013
chart position: RandB #49
written by: Charles Farrar and Troy Taylor
album: Head First
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| 32 |
record label: Pip 8928
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Bill Dean
album: It's Been a Long Time a'Comin'
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| 33 |
record label: VP 6349
chart position: RandB #66
weeksinr&bchart: 15
comments: [reggae dancehall]
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| 34 |
record label: Parachute 526
chart position: RandB #71
written by: Homer Banks and Chuck Brooks
album: Intimately
comments: [ballad]
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| 35 |
record label: Cotillion 44202
chart position: RandB #78
written by: Bobby Eli and Lee Phillips
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| 36 |
record label: Reprise 1357
chart position: RandB #87
written by: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Cyril Neville, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter Jr.
album: Trick Bag
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| 37 |
record label: Prelude 71085
chart position: RandB #98
written by: Buddy Scott and Phil Medley
album: Reaching for the Top
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| 38 |
record label: Perspective
chart position: RandB #125
album: Open Invitation
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record label: Enterprise 9012
written by: Tony Hester
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record label: T-Neck 32453
written by: J. Edwards
album: 3 Plus 3 featuring That Lady
comments: [album cut]
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record label: London 422 830 794
album: Marvin Sease
comments: [southern soul album cut]
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record label: P.I.R. 3105
written by: D. Wansel
album: The Best of Billy Paul
comments: [philly sound]
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record label: Philips 40692
written by: B. P. Upton
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record label: Decca 325
album: This World Today Is A Mess
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record label: Capitol 270
written by: Merle Haggard
album: Don\'t You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me?
comments: [album cut]
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record label: Invictus 1283
written by: R.A. Brown, S. Floyd, R.J. Brown
album: Three Thousand Miles From Home
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record label: GRP 01045
album: Tomorrow Today
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record label: Volt 4064
written by: Van McCoy, J. Hobb
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record label: Hot Wax 714
written by: E. Boyd, M. Grand
album: Two Sides of Laura Lee / The Best of Laura Lee
comments: [ballad album cut]
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record label: Juana 3421
written by: Stevie Wonder and David Camon
album: Fill Your Life With Love
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record label: ATCO 337
written by: Patrick Upton
album: Turning Around
comments: [ballad album cut]
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record label: Tamla 54176
written by: Story, Gordy, Gordy
album: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
comments: [Motown Sound]
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record label: Tamla
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs In The Key Of Life
comments: [album cut]
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