| 1 |
record label: Enterprise 9038
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #4, US AC #6
written by: Isaac Hayes
album: Shaft: Music from the movie / Stax Greatest Hits
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| 2 |
record label: Mercury 71383
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1
written by: Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern
album: Remember When?
comments: [ballad]
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| 3 |
record label: Fontana 1667
chart position: RandB #20, US #1, UK #9
written by: Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo & Dale Frashuer
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| 4 |
record label: Tamla 54188
chart position: RandB #5, US #7, UK #2, US AC #10
written by: Ronald Miller & Bryan Wells
album: My Cherie Amour / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 5 |
record label: Ruthless 6343
chart position: RandB #4, US #4, UK #16
written by: Bone Thugs N Harmony and DJ U Neek
album: The Art of War
comments: [hip hop]
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| 6 |
record label: Epic 78485
chart position: RandB #5, US #6, UK #13, US AC #17
written by: Babyface
album: The Day
comments: [slow jam]
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| 7 |
record label: Arctic 105
chart position: RandB #2, US #5
written by: Barbara Mason
album: Yes, I'm Ready / The Very Best of Barbara Mason
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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| 8 |
record label: Home School 422972
chart position: RandB #55, US #9, UK #1
written by: Estelle, Kanye West, Keith Harris, will.i.am, John Legend, Caleb Speir, Josh Lopez and Kweli
album: Shine
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| 9 |
record label: Motown 1640
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: Freddie Perren and Christine Yarian
album: Cooleyhighharmony
comments: [slow jam]
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| 10 |
record label: Casablanca 2227
chart position: RandB #20, US #2, US AC #1
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Barbara Mason
album: Moonlight Madness
comments: [love ballad]
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| 11 |
record label: Motown 1051
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #23
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Where Did Our Love Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 12 |
record label: Perspective 864
chart position: RandB #3, US #6
written by: Lawrence Waddell, Stokley Williams and Jeff Allen
album: Meant to Be Mint
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| 13 |
record label: Atlantic 2086
chart position: RandB #5, US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Carla Thomas
album: Gee Whiz
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| 14 |
record label: Date 1549
chart position: RandB #4, US #8
written by: Chuck Willis
comments: [love ballad]
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| 15 |
record label: Soul 35067
chart position: RandB #3, US #16
written by: Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings
album: What Does It Take to Win Your Love / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound] [soul jazz]
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| 16 |
record label: Blue Thumb 6171
chart position: RandB #12, US #11
written by: Allen Toussaint
album: The Pointer Sisters
comments: [funk]
|
| 17 |
record label: LaFace 26058
chart position: RandB #4, US #12
written by: Warryn Campbell (as Warryn Smiley Campbell) and Tamara Savage
album: Shanice
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 18 |
record label: Polydor 2011
chart position: RandB #11, US #18, US dance #3
written by: Jesse Stone
album: Don't Let Go
comments: [disco dance]
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| 19 |
record label: Constellation 53028
chart position: RandB #7, US #18, US AC #8
written by: Babyface, Greg Scelsa & Joyce
album: Klymaxx
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| 20 |
record label: Warner 29442
chart position: UK #7, US AC #30
written by: Dan Hill and Michael Masser
album: In Your Eyes
comments: [ballad]
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| 21 |
record label: Philips 40553
chart position: UK #4, US #122
written by: Clive Westlake
comments: [pop soul]
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| 22 |
record label: Deconstruction 74321 24547
chart position: UK #6
written by: Mike Pickering, Paul Heard and Heather Small
album: Bizarre Fruit
comments: [disco dance]
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| 23 |
record label: Tent 40981
chart position: RandB #13, UK #15, US #67, US dance #26
written by: Michael Margules (as Michael Jay) & Marvin Morrow
album: Silk and Steel
comments: [pop soul]
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| 24 |
record label: Carlton 555
chart position: RandB #6, US #14
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Richard Barrett
album: On Tour
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| 25 |
record label: Dionn 500
chart position: RandB #8, US #20
written by: Maurice Coates & Brenda Payton
album: Dry Your Eyes
comments: [ballad]
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| 26 |
record label: Enterprise 9031
chart position: RandB #5, US #22, US AC #19
written by: Clifton Davis
album: Black Moses
comments: [ballad]
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| 27 |
record label: Enterprise 9042
chart position: RandB #3, US #30
written by: Isaac Hayes
album: Shaft
|
| 28 |
record label: Soljaz
chart position: RandB #8, US #24
written by: Marsha Ambrosius and Dre
album: Floetic
comments: [neo soul slow jam]
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| 29 |
record label: Enterprise 9003
chart position: RandB #13, US #30
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Hot Buttered Soul
comments: [ballad]
|
| 30 |
record label: Enterprise 9058
chart position: RandB #19, US #38, US AC #12
written by: Isaac Hayes
comments: [instrumental] (from the ABC TV series 'The Men')
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| 31 |
record label: Stateside 1238
chart position: RandB #9, US #25, UK #44
written by: John Lennon & Paul McCartney
album: Ray Charles Invites You to Listen
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 32 |
record label: ABC 12171
chart position: RandB #60, UK #10, US dance #7
written by: Isaac Hayes
album: Disco Connection
comments: [disco instrumental]
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| 33 |
record label: Enterprise 9085
chart position: RandB #7, US #30, UK #52, US AC #34
written by: Isaac Hayes
album: Joy
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| 34 |
record label: MCA 54725
chart position: RandB #6, US #38, UK #60
written by: Babyface (as Kenny Edmonds), Daryl Simmons and Darnell Bristol
album: Hootie Mack
|
| 35 |
record label: Seven Arts 705
chart position: RandB #10, US #93
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Sally Nix and Henry Glover
comments: new version of 1948 hit [R]
|
| 36 |
record label: End 1046
chart position: RandB #3, US #11
written by: Harry Warren and Al Dubin
album: Flamingo Serenade
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| 37 |
record label: Atlantic 2941
chart position: RandB #8, US #33, UK #51
written by: Aretha Franklin & Bernice Hart
album: Hey Now Hey
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| 38 |
record label: Relentless (UK)
chart position: UK #6
written by: Tor Erik Hermansen, Shabs Jobanputra, Hallgeir Rustan, Jay Sean, Kamaliit Jhooti, Mikkel Eriksen
album: Me Against Myself
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| 39 |
record label: Elektra 6043
chart position: RandB #2, UK #16
written by: Busta Rhymes
album: When Disaster Strikes
|
| 40 |
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
|
| 41 |
record label: Atlantic 523056
chart position: RandB #12, UK #50
written by: Jerome Armstrong, Terrence Battle, Toni Braxton, Justin Franks and Michael White
album: Pulse
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| 42 |
record label: LaFace 4380
chart position: RandB #80, UK #19
written by: Donell Jones, Eric Williams, Melvin Lewis, Thomas Martin and Wesley Hogges
album: Where I Wanna Be
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 43 |
record label: Enterprise 9003
chart position: RandB #37, US #37
written by: Jimmy Webb
album: Hot Buttered Soul
|
| 44 |
record label: Brilliant! 1 (UK)
chart position: UK #2
written by: Bartholomew, Domino, Guidry
album: Just To Let You Know...
comments: [reggae]
|
| 45 |
record label: Capitol 4831
chart position: RandB #67, UK #4,US #5, US AC #6
written by: Robert Mather, Keith Stegall & Chris Waters
album: Sometimes You Win
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| 46 |
record label: Atlantic 3798
chart position: RandB #32, US #52, US dance #22, US AC #45
written by: Richard Carpenter, John Bettis, Michael Zager
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| 47 |
record label: Rams Horn 1090
chart position: UK #4
written by: Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
album: Disc Charge
comments: [disco, dance]
|
| 48 |
record label: Tamla 54167
chart position: RandB #9, US #31
written by: Smokey Robinson and Al Cleveland
album: Special Occasion
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 49 |
record label: Parlophone 6635
chart position: UK #4
written by: Jamelia, Chris Martin and Rik Simpson
album: Thank You
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| 50 |
record label: Def Jam 006062
chart position: RandB #15, US #56
written by: Juelz Santana, Gregory Green, Sean Thomas, William Garrett, Georgia Dobbins and Robert Bateman
album: What the Game's Been Missing!
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| 51 |
record label: Gee Street 47
chart position: RandB #62, US #6, UK #11, US AC #31
written by: Prince Be (as Attrell Cordes) and George Michael
album: The Bliss Album...?
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| 52 |
record label: Motown 1946
chart position: RandB #6, UK #92, US dance #12
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Characters
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| 53 |
record label: GTO 107
chart position: US dance #1
written by: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte
album: I Remember Yesterday
|
| 54 |
record label: Tamla Motown 842(UK)
chart position: UK #9
written by: Jackson Browne
album: Lookin' Through the Windows
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 55 |
record label: Atco 99817
chart position: US dance #3, RandB #69, US #1, UK #28, US rock #1
written by: Trevor Rabin, Jon Anderson, Chris Squire & Trevor Horn
album: 90125
|
| 56 |
record label: Imperial 5492
chart position: RandB #10, US #55
written by: Fats Domino (as Antoine Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
|
| 57 |
record label: Capitol 4258
chart position: RandB #11, US #46
written by: Bill Cosby and Stu Gardner
album: Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days (Rat Own, Rat Own, Rat Own)
comments: [novelty]
|
| 58 |
record label: Motown 1127
chart position: RandB #31, US #49, UK #23
written by: Vernon Bullock, Jack Goga, Ivy Jo Hunter and Pam Sawyer
album: Yesterday's Dreams
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 59 |
record label: Big Life 146
chart position: UK #20
written by: Andrea Martin and Steve Dubin
|
| 60 |
record label: P.I.R. 3525
chart position: RandB #12, US #63
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: I Miss You
|
| 61 |
record label: Elektra 8337
chart position: RandB #7
written by: Dale DeGroat and Shirley Murdock
album: Let There Be Love
comments: [ballad]
|
| 62 |
record label: Polydor 2090
chart position: RandB #49, US dance #8
written by: Isaac Hayes
album: And Once Again
|
| 63 |
record label: Atlantic 1191
chart position: RandB #13, US #94
written by: Ivory Joe Hunter
album: Ivory Joe Hunter's Golden Hits
comments: [blues soul]
|
| 64 |
record label: HBS 12118
chart position: RandB #13, US #92
written by: Isaac Hayes
album: Chocolate Chip
|
| 65 |
record label: Columbia 06363
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Isaac Hayes, Gerry Goffin and Carole King
album: U Turn
|
| 66 |
record label: Gordy 1714
chart position: RandB #22, US #43, UK #96, US AC #35
written by: Rick James
album: Cold Blooded
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 67 |
record label: Dep 3 (UK)
chart position: UK #32
written by: Astro, Jimmy Brown, Robin Campbell, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers, Ali Campbell
album: UB44
comments: [reggae]
|
| 68 |
record label: Columbia 07930
chart position: RandB #11
written by: Hubert Eaves IV, James
album: In Your Eyes
|
| 69 |
record label: Ruffhouse 79274
chart position: RandB #45, US #35
written by: Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
album: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
|
| 70 |
record label: Perspective 28968
chart position: RandB #7, US #81
written by: Lawrence Waddell and Stokley Williams
album: Meant to Be Mint
comments: [ballad]
|
| 71 |
record label: Ensign 216
chart position: UK #37
written by: Eddy Grant
album: Can't Get Enough
comments: [reggae disco]
|
| 72 |
record label: Tamla 54091
chart position: RandB #18, US #55
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: The Marvelettes Anthology
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 73 |
record label: Duke 390
chart position: RandB #23, US #125
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) and Joe Scott
|
| 74 |
record label: Portrait 6805 (UK)
written by: T. Thomas
album: What About Me?
comments: [downtempo]
|
| 75 |
record label: Atlantic 9108
chart position: RandB #17, US #41
written by: John Smith and Valerie Day
album: Told U So
|
| 76 |
record label: Enterprise 9017
chart position: RandB #23, US #42
written by: Billy Butler and Jerry Butler
album: The Isaac Hayes Movement
comments: [ballad]
|
| 77 |
record label: Enterprise 9095
chart position: RandB #18, US #71
written by: Isaac Hayes
album: Wonderful
|
| 78 |
record label: Atlantic 2753
chart position: RandB #20, US #68
written by: Wilson Pickett , William Stevenson, Don Covay and Johnny Nash
album: Right On
|
| 79 |
record label: RCA 49563
chart position: RandB #79, US #45, US AC #49
written by: Neal Cavanagh, Terry Fryer and Tom Graf
album: Dirty Dancing! Original Soundtrack
|
| 80 |
record label: Atco 6056
chart position: RandB #15
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn
|
| 81 |
record label: RCA 62160
chart position: UK #48
written by: Mirko Limoni, DJ Lelewel (as Daniele Davoli) and Valerio Semplici
album: Dreamland
|
| 82 |
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]
|
| 83 |
record label: Mercury 73290
chart position: RandB #20, US #85
written by: Harry Warren and Al Dubin
album: The Spice of Life
|
| 84 |
record label: Capitol 2644
chart position: RandB #27, US #52, US AC #28
written by: Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
album: Can't Take My Eyes Off You
|
| 85 |
record label: Enterprise 9065
chart position: UK #51
written by: Homer Banks, Carl Hampton and Raymond Jackson
|
| 86 |
record label: Motown 860800
chart position: RandB #28, US #56, US dance #45
written by: Vassal Benford and Debelah Morgan
album: It's Not Over
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 87 |
record label: VP Records 6415 (UK)
chart position: UK #57
written by: Christopher Birch, Shaggy & Rik Rok
|
| 88 |
record label: Polydor 14521
written by: Isaac Hayes
album: For the Sake of Love
|
| 89 |
record label: ABC 12125
chart position: RandB #22, US #81
written by: Tony Hester
album: The Dramatic Jackpot
|
| 90 |
record label: ABC 12138
chart position: RandB #20
written by: Isaac Hayes
album: Chocolate Chip
|
| 91 |
record label: Millenium 606
chart position: Cashbox R&B #92, US #63
written by: Bruce Sudano, Joe Esposito and Eddie Hokenson
|
| 92 |
record label: Scepter 12111
chart position: RandB #38, US #64
written by: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Here I Am
|
| 93 |
record label: Elektra 151
chart position: RandB #80, US #72, US AC #12
written by: Ephraim Lewis and Jonathan Quarmby
album: Skin
|
| 94 |
record label: EastWest 96059
chart position: RandB #29, US #73
written by: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Funky Divas
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 95 |
record label: Polydor 14464
chart position: RandB #96 US #16
written by: Isaac Hayes
album: New Horizon
comments: charted as Moonlight Lovin' (Ménage à trois) / Stranger In Paradise in US dance charts
|
| 96 |
record label: Old Town 1163
chart position: US #124
written by: Bernice Petkere
|
| 97 |
record label: London 149
chart position: RandB #24
written by: Arthur Stead and Stephen Lunt (as Stephen Broughton Lunt)
album: Sophisticated Street
|
| 98 |
record label: EMI 58570
chart position: RandB #25, US #74
written by: D'Angelo
album: Brown Sugar
comments: [neo soul]
|
| 99 |
record label: AandM 2894
chart position: US #82, US AC #15
written by: Dan Hill and Michael Masser
album: Emotional
comments: [ballad]
|
| 100 |
record label: Enterprise 9028
chart position: Cashbox R&B #49, US #79
written by: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: To Be Continued
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