1
record label: Motown 1284 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, UK #6, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Cochrane & Lionel Richie
album: Lionel Richie
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
Lionel Richie
Truly
1982
Motown
2
record label: Beltone 1006
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Eugene Pitt, Oscar Waltzer & Phil Belmonte
The Jive Five
My True Story
1961
Beltone
3
record label: Tamla 54238
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #18
written by: Leonard Caston, Anita Poree and Frank Wilson
album: Eddie Kendricks / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [disco dance] [Motown Sound]
Eddie Kendricks
Keep On Truckin'
1973
Tamla
4
record label: Arista 9781
chart position: RandB #3, UK #3, US #2, US dance #3
written by: Bill Pettaway Jr., Sean Spencer, Kevin Lyles, Rodney Hollaman & Ky Adeyemo
album: All or Nothing
comments: [hip hop]
Milli Vanilli
Girl You Know It's True
1988
Arista
5
record label: Brunswick 55391
chart position: RandB #3, US #3, US AC #2
written by: Eugene Record & William Sanders
album: Soulful Strut
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
Young-Holt Unlimited
Soulful Strut
1968
Brunswick
6
record label: Gordy 7108
chart position: RandB #2, US #3, US AC #34
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: The Undisputed Truth
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Undisputed Truth
Smiling Faces Sometimes
1971
Gordy
7
record label: Buddah 515
chart position: RandB #23, US #4, UK #5, US AC #23, US dance #2
written by: Gregg Diamond
album: More, More, More
comments: [disco]
Andrea True Connection
More, More, More
1976
Buddah
8
record label: Aftermath 497710
chart position: RandB #2, US #9, UK #3
written by: Static Major, DJ Quik and Rakim
album: Truthfully Speaking
Truth Hurts featuring Rakim
Addictive
2002
Aftermath
9
record label: Tamla 54191
chart position: RandB #11, US #26, UK #6, US AC #31
written by: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby & Sylvia Moy
album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder
Never Had a Dream Come True
1970
Tamla
10
record label: Gamble 214
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Cowboys to Girls / Intruders Super Hits
comments: [philly sound]
The Intruders
Cowboys to Girls
1968
Gamble
11
record label: Sm:)e 9065
chart position: UK #1, US dance #14, RandB #90, US #113
written by: DMC (as Darryl McDaniels), DJ Run (as Joseph Simmons) and Jam Master Jay (as Jason Mizell)
comments: [hip hop]
Run-D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins
It's Like That
1998
Sm:)e
12
record label: RCA 10022
chart position: RandB #20, US #2, UK #18, US AC #31, US dance #7
written by: Christopher Mark Jackson
album: Trustmaker
comments: [pop soul] [disco dance]
The Tymes
You Little Trustmaker
1974
RCA
13
record label: United Artists 775
chart position: RandB #1, US #14, UK #23, US dance #1
written by: Randy Muller & Wade Williamston
album: Brass Construction
comments: [disco funk]
Brass Construction
Movin'
1976
United Artists
14
record label: Argo 5385
chart position: RandB #4, US #30
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Ned Wever, Milton Ager & Jean Schwartz
album: At Last!
comments: [ballad]
Etta James
Trust in Me
1961
Argo
15
record label: Vendetta 1433
chart position: US dance #3, RandB #56, US #23
written by: Robert Clivillas, David Cole & Freedom Williams
album: Nothing Matters Without Love
comments: [dance, boogie]
Seduction
You're My One and Only (True Love)
1989
Vendetta
16
record label: Constellation 130
chart position: RandB #4, US #19
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Just Be True / The Duke of Soul
comments: [ballad]
Gene Chandler
Just Be True
1964
Constellation
17
record label: Mercury 72135
chart position: RandB #7, US #22, US AC #8
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: R. Stevens and M. Singleton
album: Lie To Me Singing The Blues
Brook Benton
My True Confession
1963
Mercury
18
record label: J Records 69251
chart position: RandB #2, US #21
written by: Soulshock, Kenneth Karlin, J. Que, Alex Cantrell, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley and Kelly Isley
album: Free Yourself
Fantasia Barrino
Truth Is
2005
J Records
19
record label: Josie 1005
chart position: RandB #4, US #23
written by: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli & George Porter Jr.
album: The Meters
comments: [funk instrumental]
The Meters
Cissy Strut
1969
Josie
20
record label: Def Jam 73869
chart position: RandB #9, US #50, UK #22, US dance #5
written by: Chuck D (as Carlton Ridenhour), Robertz, Gary G Wiz and Depper
album: Apocalypse 91…The Enemy Strikes Black
comments: [rap]
Public Enemy
Can't Truss It
1991
Def Jam
21
record label: Imani
chart position: RandB #5, US #70
written by: Keyshia Cole and Frederick Taylor
album: A Different Me
comments: [album cut] [slow jam]
Keyshia Cole with Monica
Trust
2009
Imani
22
record label: Atlantic 2068
chart position: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Lowman Pauling
album: Ray Charles in Person
Ray Charles
Tell the Truth
1960
Atlantic
23
record label: P.I.R 2506
chart position: RandB #6, US #36, UK #32
written by: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Save the Children / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
The Intruders
I'll Always Love My Mama (Part 1)
1973
P.I.R
24
record label: Tabu 73627
chart position: RandB #5, US #43, UK #18
album: All True Man
Alexander O'Neal
All True Man
1991
Tabu
25
record label: AandM 1644
chart position: RandB #11, US #22
written by: Billy Preston & George Johnson
album: The Kids and Me
comments: [instrumental]
Billy Preston
Struttin'
1974
A&M
26
record label: P.I.R. 7728 (UK)
chart position: UK #10
written by: Jack Robinson, James Bolden and Vivienne Savoie Robinson
album: The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [disco dance]
Frantique
Strut Your Funky Stuff
1979
P.I.R.
27
record label: United Artists 921
chart position: RandB#8, US #51, UK #37, US dance #14
written by: Randy Muller
album: Brass Construction II
comments: [funk jazz instrumental]
Brass Construction
Ha Cha Cha (Funktion)
1976
United Artists
28
record label: Gamble 217
chart position: RandB #4, US #26
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Cowboys to Girls / Intruders Super Hits
comments: [philly sound]
The Intruders
(Love Is Like a) Baseball Game
1968
Gamble
29
record label: Capitol 490
chart position: RandB #11, US #38, US dance #14
written by: Irmgard Klarmann & Felix Weber
album: Tracie Spencer
comments: [disco dance]
Tracie Spencer
Symptoms of True Love
1988
Capitol
30
record label: Whitfield 8231
chart position: RandB #37, US #48, US dance #5
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: Method to Madness
comments: [disco funk]
The Undisputed Truth
You + Me = Love
1977
Whitfield
31
record label: Arista 9706
chart position: RandB #57, UK #55, US #35, US AC #20
written by: Michael Price (as Harvey Price) & Bobby Sandstrom
album: Indestructible
Four Tops
Indestructible
1988
Arista
32
record label: Jive 1317
chart position: RandB #1, UK #57, US dance #5
written by: L. Holland, J. Skinner and R. Turner
album: Paradise
Ruby Turner
It's Gonna Be Alright
1990
Jive
33
record label: Gamble 4004
chart position: RandB #8, US #45
written by: Don Hogan, Alan K. Musid
album: Intruders Super Hits
comments: [philly sound ballad]
The Intruders
When We Get Married
1970
Gamble
34
record label: AandM 3020
chart position: RandB #4, US #78, US dance #13
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Jesse Johnson
album: Every Shade of Love
Jesse Johnson
Love Struck
1988
A&M
35
record label: P.I.R. 2212 (UK)
chart position: UK #14
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: The Best Of Philadelphia
The Intruders
(Win, Place or Show) She's a Winner
1974
P.I.R.
36
record label: Arista 9457
chart position: US dance #1
written by: Jay Gruska, Michael Omartian and Bruce Sudano
album: Jermaine Jackson [1984 album]
Jermaine Jackson
Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin' (Too Good to Be True)
1984
Arista
37
record label: Chrysalis 42720
chart position: RandB #76, UK #1, US #4, US AC #1, US rock #34
written by: Gary Kemp
album: True
Spandau Ballet
True
1983
Chrysalis
38
record label: Gamble 205
chart position: RandB #9, US #48
written by: Joe Broussard, Ralph Williams
album: The Intruders Are Together / Intruders Super Hits
The Intruders
Together
1967
Gamble
39
record label: Capitol 4078
chart position: RandB #9, US #94, US dance #4
written by: J.R. Bailey & Ken Williams
album: Love on Delivery
The Reflections
Three Steps from True Love
1975
Capitol
40
record label: Josie 1018
chart position: RandB #11, US #50
written by: Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr. and Allen Toussaint
album: Struttin'
comments: [funk instrumental]
The Meters
Chicken Strut
1970
Josie
41
record label: Atlantic 2040
chart position: RandB #5, US #63
written by: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
The Drifters
(If You Cry) True Love, True Love
1959
Atlantic
42
record label: Atlantic 2558
chart position: RandB #11, US #42
written by: Reggie Young and Bobby Womack
album: The Midnight Mover
Wilson Pickett
I Found a True Love
1968
Atlantic
43
record label: Big Life 146
chart position: UK #20
written by: Andrea Martin and Steve Dubin
Truce
Eyes Don't Lie
1998
Big Life
44
record label: Gamble 2508
chart position: RandB #9, US #60
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Save the Children
The Intruders
I Wanna Know Your Name
1973
Gamble
45
record label: 20th Century 544
chart position: RandB #6, US #45
written by: Louis R. Pegues
album: Mary Wells
Mary Wells
Ain't It The Truth
1964
20th Century
46
record label: Gamble 221
chart position: RandB #12, US #54
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Intruders Super Hits
The Intruders
Slow Drag
1968
Gamble
47
record label: Verve 10421
chart position: Cashbox RandB #28, US #26, AC #3
written by: Marcos Valle, Paulo Sergio Valle
comments: [latin jazz soul]
Walter Wanderley ft. Astrud Gilberto
Summer Samba (So Nice)
1966
Verve
48
record label: FFRR 180
chart position: RandB #42, UK #24
written by: Andy Levy, Simon Bartholomew, Jan Kincaid, Lascelles Gordon, James Wellman and Linda Muriel
album: The Brand New Heavies
comments: [funk jazz]
The Brand New Heavies
Dream Come True
1992
FFRR
49
record label: Capitol 15405
chart position: UK #24, US dance #50
comments: [disco funk]
Brass Construction
Movin' (1988 Remix)
1988
Capitol
50
record label: Interscope 6399
chart position: UK #24
written by: Jay Z, Gary Kemp, Teddy Riley and Queen Pen
album: My Melody
Queen Pen
It's True
1998
Interscope
51
record label: Virgin 14218
chart position: UK #16
written by: Carleen Anderson and Mark Nevin
album: True Spirit
Carleen Anderson
True Spirit
1994
Virgin
52
record label: Buddah 564
chart position: US #27, UK #51, US dance #4
written by: Gregg Diamond
album: White Witch
comments: [disco]
Andrea True Connection
N.Y., You Got Me Dancing
1977
Buddah
53
record label: Universal
chart position: RandB #59, US #24
written by: Nelly, Jung Tru, King Jacob, Jazze Pha and Zachary Wallace
album: The Longest Yard: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture
comments: [hip hop]
Nelly ft. Jung Tru & King Jacob
Errtime
2005
Universal
54
record label: United Artists 1120
chart position: RandB #18, US 104
written by: R. Muller
album: Brass Construction III
comments: [funk]
Brass Construction
L-O-V-E-U
1978
United Artists
55
record label: Mercury 888 837
chart position: RandB #9
written by: DeDe Leitta, Larry Dodson and R.J. Rice
album: Contagious
The Bar-Kays
Certified True
1987
Mercury
56
record label: Gamble 235
chart position: RandB #14, US #47
written by: Lloyd Smith and Jay Wiggins
album: Cowboys to Girls / Intruders Super Hits
The Intruders
Sad Girl
1969
Gamble
57
record label: Gordy 1781
chart position: RandB #14, UK #84
written by: Otis Williams, Ron Tyson and Victor Carstarphen
album: Truly for You
comments: [love ballad] [Motown Sound]
The Temptations
My Love Is True (Truly for You)
1985
Gordy
58
record label: Gamble 201
chart position: RandB #14, US #78
written by: Gamble, Huff
album: Together / Intruders Super Hits
The Intruders
(We'll Be) United
1966
Gamble
59
record label: Island 572 446-2
chart position: UK #31
written by: Kevin Deane and Les Whitaker
album: Hinda
Hinda Hicks
Truly
1998
Island
60
record label: Specialty 633
chart position: RandB #15, US #68
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Dorothy LaBostrie (as Dorothy La Bostrie), Little Richard (as Richard Penniman)
album: Here's Little Richard
Little Richard
True, Fine Mama
1958
Specialty
61
record label: Big Beat 10034
chart position: US Dance #7
album: Someone to Love Me
comments: [garage house]
Jomanda
The True Meaning of Love
1992
Big Beat
62
record label: Chrysalis 58081
chart position: RandB #50, UK #34, US #105
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Guru, N'Dea Davenport
album: Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1
Guru featuring N'Dea Davenport
Trust Me
1993
Chrysalis
63
record label: Mercury 872 102
chart position: RandB #11
written by: Alvin Moody, Kenni Hairston and Trevor Gale
album: Animal
The Bar-Kays
Struck by You
1989
Mercury
64
record label: Buddah 467
chart position: UK #34, US dance #9, Cashbox R&B #85, US #56
written by: Bobby Woods & Roger Cook
album: White Witch
comments: [disco]
Andrea True Connection
What's Your Name, What's Your Number
1978
Buddah
65
record label: Elektra 11435
chart position: RandB #23, US dance #11
written by: Hannon Lane and Ron Smith
album: Love Injection
Trussel
Love Injection
1980
Elektra
66
record label: United Artists 617
chart position: R7B #24, US dance #3
written by: Muller
album: Brass Construction
Brass Construction
Changin'
1976
United Artists
67
record label: Capitol 5219
chart position: RandB #28, UK #47, US dance #17
written by: Randy Muller
album: Conversations
comments: [funk]
Brass Construction
Walkin' the Line
1983
Capitol
68
record label: Gamble 4019
chart position: RandB #12
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Intruders
(Win, Place or Show) She's a Winner
1972
Gamble
69
record label: Gamble 4009
chart position: RandB #16, US #88
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Intruders
I'm Girl Scoutin'
1971
Gamble
70
record label: Golden Fleece 3255
chart position: RandB #72, US #101, US Dance #13
written by: Melvin Steals and Mervin Steals
album: The Trammps
The Trammps
Trusting Heart
1974
Golden Fleece
71
record label: United Artists 615 (UK)
chart position: UK #39
written by: Larry Payton
album: Brass Construction 5
Brass Construction
Music Makes Me Feel Like Dancing
1980
United Artists
72
record label: Buddah 538
chart position: RandB #51, US #80, US dance #13
written by: Gregg Diamond
album: More, More, More
comments: [disco]
Andrea True Connection
Party Line
1976
Buddah
73
record label: RFC 7002
chart position: RandB #50, US Dance #13
written by: Luciano Ninzatti, Stefano Pulga and Mel Turner
album: First True Love Affair
comments: [disco dance]
Jimmy Ross
First True Love Affair
1981
RFC
74
record label: Jive 01241
chart position: RandB #97, US Dance #14
written by: Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Moc Fu, Poc Fu and Chip Fu
album: F.U.
comments: [hip hop]
Fu-Schnickens
True Fuschnick
1992
Jive
75
record label: Profile 7019
chart position: RandB #15
written by: DMC (as Darryl McDaniels), DJ Run and Jam Master Jay
album: Run D.M.C.
comments: [hip hop]
Run-D.M.C.
It's Like That
1983
Profile
76
record label: Gordy 7124
chart position: RandB #46, US #46
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: Law of the Land
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Undisputed Truth
Mama I Got a Brand New Thing (Don't Say No)
1973
Gordy
77
record label: Gamble 4016
chart position: RandB #20, US #92
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Intruders
I Bet He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)
1971
Gamble
78
record label: Profile 315
chart position: RandB #24, UK #48
written by: DJ Run, DMC and Jam Master Jay
album: Back from Hell
comments: [hip hop]
Run-D.M.C.
What's It All About
1990
Profile
79
record label: Motown 1093
chart position: RandB #16, US #111
written by: Ivy Jo Hunter and William
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Spinners
Truly Yours
1966
Motown
80
record label: CBS 2
chart position: RandB #65, UK #48
written by: Pauline Henry, James Locke and Michael Peden
album: The Chimes
The Chimes
True Love
1990
CBS
81
record label: Whitfield 8306
chart position: RandB #68, US #48, US dance #40
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: Method to Madness
The Undisputed Truth
Let's Go Down to the Disco
1977
Whitfield
82
record label: Fame 1478
chart position: RandB #20, US #109
written by: Toni Wine and Irwin Levine
album: Stand By Your Man
comments: charted as Mr. and Mrs. Untrue / Too Hurt to Cry in US RandB charts
Candi Staton
Mr. and Mrs. Untrue
1971
Fame
83
record label: Capitol 4991
chart position: RandB #22, US #73
written by: Nancy Wilson
album: Yesterday's Love Songs/Today's Blues
Nancy Wilson
Tell Me The Truth
1963
Capitol
84
record label: Parkway 960
chart position: RandB #17, US #57
written by: Eddie Holman and S. Soloman
Eddie Holman
This Can't Be True
1963
Parkway
85
record label: Big Life 126 (UK)
chart position: UK #51
written by: Michelle Escoffery, Janine Linton, Diane Joseph and Ian Green
album: Nothin' But The Truce
Truce
Celebration Of Life
1996
Big Life
86
record label: MCA 23600
chart position: RandB #78, UK #53
written by: Colonel Abrams and Marston Freeman
album: Colonel Abrams
Colonel Abrams
The Truth
1985
MCA
87
record label: Gamble 231
chart position: RandB #22
written by: Bob Morgan, Arthur West, Leon Errol Swanson & Perry Green
The Intruders
Lollipop (I Like You)
1969
Gamble
88
record label: Walt Disney/Hollywood/Motown 0332800
chart position: UK #51
written by: David Zippel and Matthew Wilder
album: 98 Degrees and Rising
98 Degrees featuring Stevie Wonder
True to Your Heart
1998
Walt Disney/Hollyw
89
record label: Big Life 118
chart position: UK #54
written by: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: Nothin\' But the Truce
Truce
The Finest
1995
Big Life
90
record label: Capitol 5382
chart position: RandB #53, UK #56
written by: Randy Muller
album: Renegades
Brass Construction
Partyline
1984
Capitol
91
record label: Gamble 223
chart position: RandB #23, US #104
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
The Intruders
Give Her a Transplant
1969
Gamble
92
record label: Gamble 4007
chart position: RandB #22, US #85
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: When We Get Married
comments: [philly sound ballad]
The Intruders
This Is My Love Song
1970
Gamble
93
record label: Gordy 7117
chart position: R&B #24, US #63
written by: Whitfield, Strong
album: Law Of The Land
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Undisputed Truth
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
1972
Gordy
94
record label: Blue (Island) 4
chart position: UK #55
written by: Peshay, Kym Mazelle and Lasse Jensen
Kym Mazelle with Peshay
Truly
2000
Blue (Island)
95
record label: RCA Victor 0591
chart position: RandB #24, US #49
written by: Charles Hearndon and Harvey Fuqua
album: Instrumental Directions
The Nite-Liters
Afro-Strut
1972
RCA Victor
96
record label: Atlantic 3012
chart position: RandB #20, US #57
written by: Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
album: Inner Spectrum
Ace Spectrum
Don't Send Nobody Else
1974
Atlantic
97
record label: RCA 740188
chart position: RandB #23, US #119
written by: Mattie Simpkins and Kenneth Williams
album: Baby Dynamite!
Carolyn Franklin
It's True I'm Gonna Miss You
1969
RCA
98
record label: Gordy 7134
chart position: RandB #19, US #63
written by: N. Whitfield
album: Down to Earth
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Undisputed Truth
Help Yourself
1974
Gordy
99
record label: Capitol 377
chart position: RandB #76, UK #62, US dance #28
written by: Randy Muller
album: Conquest
Brass Construction
Give And Take
1985
Capitol
100
record label: Gamble 4001
chart position: RandB #25, US #119
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: When We Get Married
comments: [philly sound ballad]
The Intruders
Tender (Was the Love We Knew)
1970
Gamble