| 1 |
record label: Island 005162
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3, US dance #1
written by: Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Johnta Austin, Babyface, Darnell Bristol and Sid Johnson
album: The Emancipation of Mimi
comments: [slow jam]
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| 2 |
record label: Hi 2202
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US AC #36
written by: Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Al Jackson Jr.
album: Let's Stay Together
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 3 |
record label: Virgin 1670
chart position: RandB #8, US #1, UK #4, US dance #1
written by: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and René Elizondo Jr.
album: The Velvet Rope
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| 4 |
record label: Motown 1156
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #13, US AC #12
written by: Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers & Harvey Fuqua
album: Cream of the Crop / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 5 |
record label: Epic 74200
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #3, US dance #2
written by: Michael Jackson, Bernard Belle, Teddy Riley, John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Dangerous
comments: [new jack swing]
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| 6 |
record label: Glades 1703
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #12
written by: Timmy Thomas
album: Why Can't We Live Together
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| 7 |
record label: Warner 49746
chart position: RandB #6, US #15, UK #55, US AC #6
written by: Roger Murrah & Keith Stegall
album: Breakin' Away
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| 8 |
record label: WEA 79111 (UK)
chart position: UK #1
written by: Ken Leray
album: Groove Me
comments: [Reggae]
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| 9 |
record label: Capitol 5322
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #1, UK #6, US #26
written by: Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Al Jackson Jr.
album: Private Dancer
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| 10 |
record label: Atlantic 3661
chart position: RandB #8, UK #3, US #56, US dance #6
written by: Reggie Lucas & James Mtume
album: Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway
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| 11 |
record label: P.I.R. 3535
chart position: RandB #2, US #10, UK #54
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Ship Ahoy / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound disco dance]
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| 12 |
record label: Avco 6105032
chart position: RandB #8, US #18, UK #9, US AC #26
written by: Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss
album: Let's Put It All Together
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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| 13 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10785
chart position: RandB #10, US #19, UK #48, US AC #1
written by: Buck Owens
album: Country & Western Meets Rhythm & Blues
comments: [country soul]
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| 14 |
record label: Boardwalk 5702
chart position: RandB #9, US #18, US AC #30
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: City Nights
comments: [sweet soul]
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| 15 |
record label: Biv 10 422860648
chart position: RandB #3, US #10
written by: Donell Jones
album: No Doubt
comments: [slow jam]
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| 16 |
record label: Curtom 1997
chart position: RandB #1, US #17
written by: Ed Townsend
album: Finally Got Myself Together
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| 17 |
record label: Sire 7 19986
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #66, US #8, US AC #32
written by: Madonna and Stephen Bray
album: Like A Prayer
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| 18 |
record label: Motown 1277
chart position: RandB #2, US #28
written by: Berry Gordy, Hal Davis, Don Fletcher, Jerry Marcellino & Mel Larson
album: Get it Together
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 19 |
record label: Cadet 5621
chart position: RandB #3, US #18
written by: Bobby Miller
album: The Dells Musical Menu/Always Together / The Best of The Dells
comments: [love ballad]
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| 20 |
record label: 20th Century 2298
chart position: RandB #29, US #9, UK #15
written by: Barry White
album: Let the Music Play
comments: [disco dance]
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| 21 |
record label: Arista 0569
chart position: RandB #3, US #56
written by: Phil Perry & Chuck Jackson
album: Aretha [1980 album]
comments: [ballad]
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| 22 |
record label: P.I.R. 83569
chart position: RandB #1, US #42
written by: Kenny Gamble (as Kenneth Gamble) & Leon Huff
album: To Be True
comments: [Soul Ballad]
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| 23 |
record label: Positiva 48
chart position: UK #12, US Dance #1
written by: Kenny
album: All in My Mind
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| 24 |
record label: Bell 45310
chart position: US #32, US AC #5
written by: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Living Together, Growing Together
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| 25 |
record label: Warner Bros.
chart position: US dance #1, UK #25, US AC #29
written by: Seal and Isidore
album: Seal IV
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| 26 |
record label: JoDa 102
chart position: RandB #4, US #88
written by: Margaret Nash
comments: [ballad]
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| 27 |
record label: RCA 9053
chart position: RandB #70, US #28
written by: John Oates
album: Bigger Than Both of Us
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| 28 |
record label: FFRR 124
chart position: UK #7, US Dance #13
written by: Ken Burke, Kenny Gamble, D:Mob (as Danny Poku) , Charlie Scarlett and Gary Stennett
album: A Little Bit Of This, A Little Bit Of That
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| 29 |
record label: AandM 410
chart position: RandB #39, US #7, UK #41, US dance #17, US rock #20
written by: Sting
album: Nothing Like the Sun
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| 30 |
record label: Arista 112 914 (UK)
chart position: UK #10
written by: Lisa Stansfield, Ian Devaney and Andy Morris
album: Affection
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| 31 |
record label: Gamble 205
chart position: RandB #9, US #48
written by: Joe Broussard, Ralph Williams
album: The Intruders Are Together / Intruders Super Hits
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| 32 |
record label: Old Town 1047
chart position: RandB #12, US #32
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Robert Carr, Johnny Mitchell, Hy Weiss and Sam Weiss
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| 33 |
record label: Vee Jay 373
chart position: RandB #12, US #68
written by: Jimmy Reed
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| 34 |
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]
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| 35 |
record label: Columbia 658774 (UK)
chart position: UK #22
written by: Willie Mitchell, Al Jackson Jr. and Al Green
comments: [neo soul]
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| 36 |
record label: Columbia 68938
chart position: RandB #16, US Dance #7
written by: Full Force
album: Straight to the Sky
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| 37 |
record label: Creole 114 (UK)
chart position: UK #21
written by: Richard Edwyn
album: Funky Flavoured
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| 38 |
record label: Caribou 9017
chart position: RandB #62, UK #25, US AC #14
written by: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
album: Together
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| 39 |
record label: De lite 1579
chart position: RandB #8, US #77
written by: Ronald Bell (as Khalis Bayyan), Kool and the Gang and Claydes Charles Smith
album: Love and Understanding
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| 40 |
record label: Bell 45170
chart position: RandB #22, US #37, US AC #8
written by: James W. Alexander & Willie Hutchinson
album: The 5th Dimension Live!
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| 41 |
record label: Atlantic 89570
chart position: UK #37, RandB #53, US dance #33
written by: D. Romani, J. F. Petrus, P. Slade
album: Turn On Your Radio
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| 42 |
record label: Chess 109
chart position: RandB #9
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Dave Crawford
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| 43 |
record label: Capitol 4531
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Frankie Beverly
album: Hurt So Good
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| 44 |
record label: Fever 73630
chart position: US #31, US dance #35
written by: Carlos Berrios, Franc Reyes and Frank Malave
album: Together Forever
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| 45 |
record label: Mirage 99631
chart position: RandB #26, US #103, UK #46, US Dance #25
written by: Curtis Josephs and Ed Chisolm
album: Do You Wanna Get Away
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| 46 |
record label: Pye International 25732
chart position: RandB #54, US #61, US Dance #10
written by: Merria Ross
album: Let's Get It Together
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| 47 |
record label: King 6122
chart position: RandB #11, US #40
written by: Bud Hobgood, James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis
album: I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me
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| 48 |
record label: Westbound 11133
chart position: US Dance #11
written by: McKinley Cunningham II, M. Willis, J. Mitchell
album: Let's Get Together
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| 49 |
record label: Motown 1757
chart position: UK #33
album: Farewell My Summer Love
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 50 |
record label: Geffen 19950
chart position: RandB #11, US Dance #45
written by: Jeff Pescetto, Lou Pardini and Reed Vertelney
album: Introducing...
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| 51 |
record label: P.I.R. 04069
chart position: RandB #35, UK #45, US Dance #11
written by: Kenny Gamble and Keni Burke
album: When Will I See You Again
comments: [disco funk]
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| 52 |
record label: EMI America 8104
chart position: RandB #44, US Dance #12
written by: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead and Melba Moore
album: What a Woman Needs
comments: [disco dance funk]
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| 53 |
record label: ABC 12444
chart position: RandB #16, US #109
written by: Allen Toussaint
album: Numbers
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| 54 |
record label: One World 724388342728(UK)
chart position: UK #38
written by: Pele Ugboajah
album: Lovers Again
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| 55 |
record label: Casablanca 815
chart position: RandB #14, US Dance #14
written by: Barry White, Frank Wilson and Vance Wilson
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| 56 |
record label: PWL 269
chart position: UK #41
album: Good 'N' Ready
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| 57 |
record label: Checker 1225
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Cash McCall (as Morris Dollison)
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| 58 |
record label: Mercury 73723
chart position: RandB #17, US #104
written by: Calvin Arlin, Jackie Avery and James Dean
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| 59 |
record label: Casablanca 2234
chart position: RandB #89, US #44, US AC #36
written by: Kenny Nolan
album: Kenny Nolan
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| 60 |
record label: Commonwealth United 3001
chart position: RandB #15, US #73
written by: Helen Miller and Rose Marie McCoy
album: We'll Cry Together
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| 61 |
record label: AandM 658
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Al Green
album: I Get Joy
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| 62 |
record label: ABC 12123
chart position: RandB #17, US #97
written by: Fred Bridges, Lawrence Payton, Richard Beasley and Richard Knight
album: Night Lights Harmony
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| 63 |
record label: Six By Six Records 104
chart position: UK #49
written by: James Mtume and Reggie Lucas
comments: [dance, house]
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| 64 |
record label: MCA 54288
chart position: RandB #16
written by: Aaron Hall and Teddy Riley
album: The Future
|
| 65 |
record label: Enterprise 9045
chart position: RandB #25, US #48, US AC #21
written by: Al Green, Willie Mitchell and Al Jackson Jr.
comments: [instrumental]
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| 66 |
record label: Island 96502
chart position: RandB #50, UK #48, US dance #40
written by: Will Downing and Greg Smith
album: Come Together As One
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| 67 |
record label: Philles 126
chart position: Cashbox RandB #33, US #52
written by: Mann-Weil, Spector
|
| 68 |
record label: Young Blood 1060 (UK)
chart position: UK #52
written by: Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield
album: Love Will Keep Us Together
|
| 69 |
record label: Soul Train 10773
chart position: RandB #21, US #101
written by: Joe Cobb and Van McCoy
album: One for the Money
|
| 70 |
record label: 4th and Bway 162 440 523
chart position: UK #56
written by: David Grant, Mike Stevens and Livingstone Brown
album: The Anxious Edge
|
| 71 |
record label: GRP 3109
chart position: RandB #62, US #101, US AC #18
written by: Steve Dubin and Manuel Seal
album: Standing Together
|
| 72 |
record label: King 6249
chart position: RandB #22, US #110
written by: James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis (as Alfred Ellis)
album: It's My Thing
|
| 73 |
record label: Minit 32087
chart position: RandB #21, US #57
written by: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Come Together
|
| 74 |
record label: Island 854586
chart position: RandB #24, US #93
written by: R. Kelly
album: Mission to Please
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 75 |
record label: Acid Jazz (UK)
chart position: UK #63
written by: James Taylor, Alison Limerick
comments: [dance, garage house]
|
| 76 |
record label: Talkin' Loud 5
chart position: UK #65
written by: Carleen Anderson, Marc Nelson and Femi Williams
album: Road to Freedom
|
| 77 |
record label: Columbia 44705
chart position: RandB #40, US #63
written by: Ray Stevens
album: For One in My Life
|
| 78 |
record label: Dionn 501
chart position: RandB #44, US #66
written by: Thom Bell and Lorriane Ellison
album: Dry Your Eyes
|
| 79 |
record label: Virgin 96564
chart position: RandB #23
weeksinr&bchart: 13
album: Made to Be Together
comments: [new jack swing]
|
| 80 |
record label: Epic 850337
chart position: RandB #57, US Dance #23
written by: Minnie Riperton, Richard Rudolph and Stevie Wonder
album: Stay in Love
|
| 81 |
record label: A.1 303 (UK)
chart position: UK #74
written by: Stock, Aitken, Waterman
|
| 82 |
record label: Groove On 24
chart position: UK #77
written by: Ce Ce Rogers and Tim Laws
|
| 83 |
record label: Mankind 12009
chart position: RandB #26, US #116
written by: J. Roach
album: Friend
|
| 84 |
record label: Mercury 73159
chart position: RandB #47, US #86
written by: Buddy Miles
album: We Got to Live Together
|
| 85 |
record label: RCA Victor 0591
chart position: RandB #27
written by: Harvey Fuqua, Kenny Hawkins (as Kenneth L. Hawkins) and Leroy Taylor
album: Morning, Noon and the Nine Liters
comments: [instrumental] US B side to Afro Strut
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| 86 |
record label: Motown 1235
chart position: US #91
written by: Richard Drapkin and Marty Coleman
album: The Best of The Spinners
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 87 |
record label: Capitol 5376
chart position: RandB #32
written by: O'Bryan (as O'Bryan Burnette II) and Don Cornelius
album: Be My Lover
|
| 88 |
record label: Columbia
written by: Lyfe Jennings
album: The Phoenix
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 89 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10289
chart position: Cashbox R&B #46, US #99
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions
|
| 90 |
record label: Columbia 445146
chart position: Cashbox R&B #49, US #103
written by: S. Turner
album: Love, Peace and Happiness
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| 91 |
record label: MCA 40701
chart position: RandB #98, US #107
written by: Van McCoy
|
| 92 |
record label: Liberty 56207
chart position: RandB #41, US #105
written by: Eki Renrut
album: Workin' Together
|
| 93 |
record label: Minit 32033
chart position: US #114
written by: Jimmy McCracklin
|
| 94 |
record label: Atlantic
chart position: UK #117
written by: Leroy Green, Ron Kersey, Allan Felder, Bruce Gray and T.G. Conway
comments: [re release]
|
| 95 |
record label: Chelsea 0125
chart position: RandB #44, US #107
written by: Harold Beatty
album: Brown Sugar Featuring Clydie King
|
| 96 |
record label: Buddah 443
chart position: RandB #40
written by: Michael Gately and Robert John
album: Feel It
|
| 97 |
record label: Polydor 14573
chart position: RandB #41
written by: Roy Ayers
album: Fever
|
| 98 |
record label: Tamla 54125
chart position: Cashbox R&B #43, US #125
written by: Frank Wilson
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 99 |
record label: RCA 5098
chart position: RandB #42
comments: [love ballad]
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| 100 |
record label: Atlantic 2954
chart position: RandB #43
written by: Al Green, Willie Mitchell and Al Jackson Jr.
album: Margie Joseph
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