| 1 |
record label: Tamla 54274
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #5, US AC #23, US dance #2
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs in the Key of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 2 |
record label: Columbia 07675
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #7, US AC #44
written by: Terence Trent D'Arby & Sean Oliver
album: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
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| 3 |
record label: Gordy 7068
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #45
written by: Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong & Roger Penzabene
album: Wish It Would Rain / David Ruffin At His Best / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 2
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 4 |
record label: Imperial 66013
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #17
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Irma Thomas
album: Wish Someone Would Care Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
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| 5 |
record label: Jive 42744
chart position: RandB #1, US #14, UK #12
written by: R. Kelly
album: TP 2.Com
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| 6 |
record label: Epic 4651
chart position: RandB #19, US #9, UK #38, US dance #7
written by: Billie Calvin (as Billie Rae Calvin)
album: Here It Is
comments: [ballad]
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| 7 |
record label: Knockout 87546
chart position: RandB #3, US #11, UK #13
written by: Ray J, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III and LaShawn Daniels
album: Raydiation
comments: [slow jam]
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| 8 |
record label: Scotti Bros. 78032
chart position: RandB #33, US #13, UK #15
written by: Skee Lo
album: I Wish
comments: [hip hop]
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| 9 |
record label: Whitfield 8531
chart position: RandB #52, UK #3, US #101
written by: Billie Calvin (as Billie Rae Calvin)
album: In Full Bloom
comments: [ballad]
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| 10 |
record label: Bad Boy 79321
chart position: RandB #1, US #20
written by: Carl Thomas and Mike City
album: Emotional
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| 11 |
record label: Everest 2036
chart position: RandB #3, US #28, US AC #9
written by: Beach and Trenet
album: Gloria, Marty & Strings
comments: [ballad]
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| 12 |
record label: J Records 21149
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #31, UK #30, US #79
written by: Andrea Martin, Ivan Matias, Leon Huff, Gene McFadden and John Whitehead
album: Mahogany Soul
comments: [neo soul]
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| 13 |
record label: RCA
chart position: RandB #15, US #55, US dance #5
written by: Jimmy Wright, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: This Is Who I Am
comments: [slow jam]
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| 14 |
record label: London 857 521
chart position: RandB #52, US #52, UK #26
written by: Gabrielle and Jon Douglas
album: Find Your Way
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| 15 |
record label: EMI America 8111
chart position: RandB #56, US #36
album: Missin' Twenty Grand
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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| 16 |
record label: Philips 40207
chart position: US #6, US AC #4
written by: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: A Girl Called Dusty
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| 17 |
record label: Columbia 78821
chart position: RandB #4, US #53
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Mariah Carey, Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone and Stevie J.
album: Butterfly
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| 18 |
record label: Roc A Fella 27
chart position: UK #13
written by: Billie Calvin (as Billie Rae Calvin)
album: In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
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| 19 |
record label: KN 1001
chart position: RandB #70, US Dance #5
written by: Greg Carmichael and Patrick Adams
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
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| 20 |
record label: Joy 260
chart position: US #16
written by: Marion Weiss and Edna Lewis
comments: [ballad]
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| 21 |
record label: Brunswick 10
chart position: RandB #11, US #57
written by: Leo Graham
album: It's All in the Game
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| 22 |
record label: Pride 1019
chart position: RandB #10, US #77
written by: Leon Sylvers III
album: The Sylvers
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| 23 |
record label: Paisley Park 27745
chart position: RandB #18, UK #24
written by: Prince
album: Lovesexy
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| 24 |
record label: Virgin 1480(UK)
chart position: UK #24
written by: Jazzie B (as Beresford Romeo) and Charlotte [Charlotte Kelly]
album: The Classic Singles 88 93 Vol. IV
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| 25 |
record label: Cadet 5702
chart position: RandB #11, US #94
written by: Jackie Avery
album: The Dells vs. The Dramatics
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| 26 |
record label: Columbia 6719526
chart position: UK #28
written by: David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Jerry Duplessis (as Jerry
album: The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book
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| 27 |
record label: Soul 35047
chart position: RandB #15, US #41
written by: Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong and Roger Penzabene
album: Silk n' Soul
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 28 |
record label: Arista 07822 12471
chart position: US #28
written by: Michael Margules (as Michael Jay) and Marvin Morrow
album: Exposé
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| 29 |
record label: Polydor 986 687 (UK)
chart position: UK #40
written by: A. Anwunah and Shystie
album: Diamond in the Dirt
comments: [hip hop]
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| 30 |
record label: End 1039
chart position: Cashbox R&B #17, US #79
written by: Robin, Ranger
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| 31 |
record label: Mercury 71353
chart position: US #42
written by: Buck Ram and Tito Madi
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| 32 |
record label: Vinyl Dreams 72
chart position: RandB #49, UK #51, US Dance #51
written by: Jocelyn Brown and Nancy Bennett
album: Somebody Else's Guy
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| 33 |
record label: Vogue Pop 459174(UK)
chart position: UK #40
written by: Armand Piron
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| 34 |
record label: Columbia 445971
chart position: RandB #19
written by: Winfred Lovett
album: There's No Me Without You
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| 35 |
record label: Bell 660
chart position: RandB #27, US #38
written by: Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
album: James and Bobby Purify
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| 36 |
record label: MCA 258 918
chart position: UK #64
written by: James Eubanks, Peter Luboff & Harold Payne
album: The Poet II
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| 37 |
record label: London 43 (UK)
chart position: UK #71
album: Daybreak
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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| 38 |
record label: Atlantic 2507
chart position: RandB #32, US #68
written by: Billy Taylor and Dick Dallas
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| 39 |
record label: Champion 40 (UK)
chart position: UK #83
written by: Oliver Cheatham and Rob Davies
album: Go for It
comments: [slow jam]
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| 40 |
record label: Gamble And Huff 310
chart position: RandB #28
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Family Reunion
comments: [ballad]
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| 41 |
record label: Perspective 587550
chart position: RandB #56, US #86
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Nathan Morris and Stephen Stills
album: Kazaam OST
comments: samples 'For What It's Worth' by The Buffalo Springfield
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| 42 |
record label: Black Culture 3984235410(Europe)
chart position: UK #101, US dance #114
written by: Billie Calvin
album: Every Kind of Mood: Randy, Randi, Randee
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| 43 |
record label: Tabu 73089
chart position: RandB #38
written by: J. Fluitsma, E.V. TIjn and R. Baars
album: Diamonds in the Raw
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| 44 |
record label: Epic 05377
chart position: US AC #20
written by: D. Kuramoto
album: Another Place
comments: [instrumental]
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| 45 |
record label: SBK 58556
chart position: RandB #86, US #121
weeksinr&bchart: 4
album: How We Roll
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| 46 |
record label: Arista 86492
chart position: US AC #20
written by: Gordon Chambers, Barry Eastmond and Freddie Jackson
album: One Wish: The Holiday Album
comments: [christmas]
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| 47 |
record label: Columbia 10308
chart position: RandB #54
written by: Bill Withers
album: Making Music
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| 48 |
record label: Atlantic 2905
chart position: Cashbox RandB #54
written by: Strong, Whitfield, Tenzabene
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| 49 |
record label: RCA 62008
chart position: RandB #58
written by: Ron Harris, Lisa Gushiniere, Jay Lincoln, Jeff Bowens, Donnie Woodruff and Bobbi Sanders
album: Do It for Love
comments: [slow jam]
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| 50 |
record label: Capitol 4629
chart position: RandB #61
written by: Frankie Beverly
album: Golden Time of Day
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| 51 |
record label: Motown 104917
chart position: RandB #61
written by: Lance Alexander and Tony Tolbert
album: 21...Ways to Grow
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 52 |
record label: Cat 1991
chart position: RandB #72
written by: Little Beaver (as Willie Hale)
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| 53 |
record label: Warner 28129
chart position: RandB #74
written by: Raymond Reeder
album: Smooth Sailin'
comments: [slow jam]
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| 54 |
record label: Epic 50642
chart position: RandB #81
written by: P. Bailey, P. Walker, E. Straughter, J. Carey and L. Russell
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| 55 |
record label: Epic 2489
chart position: RandB #87
written by: Kipper Jones and Rex Salas
album: Tease
comments: [ballad]
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| 56 |
record label: Whitfield 813
chart position: RandB #89
written by: Billie Calvin (as Billie Rae Calvin)
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| 57 |
record label: Ode 66125
chart position: RandB #92
written by: Leo Chauliac, Charles Trenet and Albert Beach
album: On Love
comments: [instrumental]
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| 58 |
record label: Sony Music 74628
chart position: RandB #101
album: Live at Wembley
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| 59 |
record label: Atlantic
chart position: RandB #121
album: The Makings of a Man
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record label: Blue 10013
written by: W. Lovett
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
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| -- |
record label: Spring 146
written by: Raeford Gerald, Perry Boyd
comments: [northern soul]
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| -- |
record label: Soulin' 146
written by: Isaac Bolden
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| -- |
record label: Hi 2282
written by: Willie Mitchell
album: Al Green is Love
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| -- |
record label: Brunswick 754170
written by: Carl Davis, Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People
comments: [album cut]
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| -- |
record label: Scepter 1247
written by: Bacharach and David
album: Make Way For Dionne Warwick
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| -- |
record label: Beverly Glen 2021
written by: Cecil and Linda Womack
album: The Poet II / Someday We'll All Be Free
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| -- |
record label: Federal 12567
written by: Thomas Bailey
comments: [deep soul]
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record label: Midas 9003
written by: V. Rice
comments: [northern soul]
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record label: Rams Horn 3379
written by: W. Lovett
comments: [ballad]
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record label: Atlantic 2903
written by: B. Sigler, P. Hurtt
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| -- |
record label: Mankind 200
written by: Jimmy Roach
album: A Legend In Her Own Time
comments: [deep soul] [album cut]
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| -- |
record label: Columbia
written by: T. Randazzo, V. Pike
album: The Manhattans featuring Kiss and Say Goodbye
comments: [album cut]
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| -- |
record label: Nosnibor 1007
written by: Lockie Edwards Jr, Lawrence Wales
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| -- |
record label: Magic City 3835
written by: N. Whitfield, B. Strong, R. Penzabene
album: Born To Sing
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| -- |
record label: Guidelines 5
|
| -- |
record label: Spring 3011
written by: R. Van Hoy, D. Cook
album: For Men Only
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| -- |
record label: Motown 1175
written by: P. Sawyer, F. Wilson
album: Still Waters Run Deep
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| -- |
record label: Curtom 0116
written by: Ed Townsend
album: Loving Power
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record label: Fungus 25150
written by: Jerry Williams, Jr., Irma Thomas
album: In Between Tears
comments: [southern soul album cut]
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record label: Tamla 54234
written by: R. Penzabene, N. Whitfield, B. Strong
album: That's the Way Love Is
comments: [Motown Sound]
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