| 1 |
record label: Motown 1519
chart position: RandB #1, UK #7, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
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| 2 |
record label: Mercury 70893
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Georges Boulanger and Jimmy Kennedy
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
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| 3 |
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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| 4 |
record label: CBS 8852
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US AC #12
written by: Winfred Lovett
album: The Manhattans featuring Kiss and Say Goodbye
comments: [ballad]
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| 5 |
record label: Epic 3121
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2, US AC #4
written by: Minnie Riperton & Richard Rudolph
album: Perfect Angel
comments: [ballad]
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| 6 |
record label: Arista 9381
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Gerry Goffin
album: Whitney Houston
comments: [ballad]
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| 7 |
record label: Motown 1171
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US AC #24
written by: Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis & Willie Hutch
album: Third Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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| 8 |
record label: P.I.R. 3521
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #12, US AC #10
written by: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Cary Gilbert
album: 360 Degrees of Billy Paul / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound ballad]
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| 9 |
record label: Motown 1722
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Can't Slow Down
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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| 10 |
record label: Atlantic 2940
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #6, US AC #2
written by: Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel
album: Killing Me Softly
comments: [ballad]
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| 11 |
record label: Motown 1443
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Natural High / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [ballad]
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| 12 |
record label: Atlantic 2864
chart position: RandB #4, US #1, UK #14, US AC #1
written by: Ewan MacColl
album: First Take
comments: [ballad]
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| 13 |
record label: Atlantic 2326
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Percy Sledge
album: When A Man Loves A Woman / The Best Of Percy Sledge / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 14 |
record label: Scepter 1274
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #6, UK #9, US AC #7
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Burt Bacharach
album: Make Way for Dionne Warwick
comments: [pop soul ballad]
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| 15 |
record label: Mercury 70753
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
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| 16 |
record label: Gordy 7105
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8, US AC #33
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Sky's the Limit / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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| 17 |
record label: Epic 976
chart position: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley
album: Make It Big
comments: [ballad]
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| 18 |
record label: MGM 12688
chart position: US #1, UK #1
written by: Carl Sigman and Charles Dawes
album: It's All in the Game
comments: [ballad]
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| 19 |
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] Â
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| 20 |
record label: Wing 865 136
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US AC #1
written by: Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman and Jon Lind
album: The Comfort Zone
comments: [ballad]
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| 21 |
record label: Mercury 71394
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks and Clyde Otis
album: It's Just a Matter of Time
comments: [ballad]
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| 22 |
record label: Sussex 235
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #18, US AC #4
written by: Bill Withers
album: Still Bill
comments: [ballad]
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| 23 |
record label: Avco 4634
chart position: RandB #5, US #2, UK #2, US AC #6
written by: Thom Bell & Linda Creed
album: Rockin' Roll Baby
comments: [sweet soul love ballad] [philly sound]
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| 24 |
record label: Vee Jay 613
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Manny Curtis, C. Becaud and Pierre Delanoe
album: Delicious Together
comments: [love ballad]
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| 25 |
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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| 26 |
record label: Warner 28455
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Jonathan Lewis, David Lewis & Wayne Lewis
album: All in the Name of Love
comments: [love ballad]
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| 27 |
record label: Tamla Motown 1010
chart position: RandB #14, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
written by: Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin
album: Diana Ross [1976 album] / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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| 28 |
record label: Columbia 77224
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #7, US AC #2
written by: Mariah Carey
album: Music Box
comments: [ballad]
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| 29 |
record label: Columbia 74330
chart position: RandB #11, US #1, UK #2, US AC #1
written by: Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis and Willie Hutch
album: MTV Unplugged
comments: [ballad]
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| 30 |
record label: Epic 78002
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #7, US dance #3
written by: R. Kelly
album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
comments: [ballad]
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| 31 |
record label: Qwest 15005 (UK)
chart position: RandB #9, US #1, UK #11, US AC #1
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Every Home Should Have One
comments: [love ballad]
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| 32 |
record label: Columbia 73348
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #9, US AC #1
written by: Mariah Carey & Ben Margulies
album: Mariah Carey
comments: [ballad]
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| 33 |
record label: Brunswick 55462
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #3
written by: Barbara Acklin & Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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| 34 |
record label: LaFace 74321
chart position: RandB #4, US #3, UK #2, US AC #4
written by: Babyface
album: Toni Braxton
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 35 |
record label: Columbia 38 77358
chart position: RandB #7, US #3, UK #1, US AC #4
written by: Peter Ham and Tom Evans
album: Music Box
comments: [ballad]
|
| 36 |
record label: Buddah 383
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #55, US AC 19
written by: Jim Weatherly
album: Imagination...
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 37 |
record label: Motown 1819
chart position: RandB #1, UK #8, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Dancing on the Ceiling
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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| 38 |
record label: Arista 3575
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #55, US AC #6
written by: Rhett Lawrence and Travon Potts
album: The Boy Is Mine
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 39 |
record label: Rocky Road 30073
chart position: RandB #10, US #1, UK #51, US AC #3
written by: Jerry Fuller
album: Show and Tell
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 40 |
record label: ABC 12284
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1
written by: Marvin Willis, Arnold Ingram & James Mitchell
album: Float On
comments: [ballad]
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| 41 |
record label: Atlantic 1111
chart position: RandB #1, US #12
written by: Ivory Joe Hunter
album: Ivory Joe Hunter
comments: [ballad]
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| 42 |
record label: Motown 1191
chart position: RandB #4, US #4, UK #5, US AC #14
written by: Elliot Willensky
album: Got to Be There / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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| 43 |
record label: Motown 1474
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US AC #6
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Midnight Magic / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
comments: [Motown Sound] [ballad]
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| 44 |
record label: Brunswick 55471
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #14, US AC #34
written by: Barbara Acklin & Eugene Record
album: A Lonely Man / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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| 45 |
record label: Scepter 12203
chart position: RandB #13, UK #28, US #2, US AC #2
written by: Andre Previn & Dory Previn
album: Valley of the Dolls
comments: [ballad]
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| 46 |
record label: Soul 35098
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #31, US AC #15
written by: Jim Weatherly
album: Neither One of Us / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 8
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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| 47 |
record label: Back Beat 541
chart position: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #13
weeksinr&bchart: 18
written by: Willie Nelson
album: Funny (How Time Slips Away)
comments: [ballad]
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| 48 |
record label: Columbia 74751
chart position: RandB #21, US #1, UK #12, US AC #1
written by: Alan Menken and Tim Rice
album: Aladdin: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [ballad]
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| 49 |
record label: Arista 12527
chart position: RandB #4, US #4, UK #3, US AC #1
written by: David Foster and Linda Thompson (as Linda Thompson Jenner)
album: The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
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| 50 |
record label: Columbia 68671
chart position: RandB #12, UK #5, US #1, US AC #3
written by: Maurice Starr
album: Hangin' Tough
comments: [love ballad]
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| 51 |
record label: Arista 9863
chart position: RandB #1, UK #16, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager
album: Friends
comments: [ballad] featuring Elton John, Stevie Wonder & Gladys Knight
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| 52 |
record label: Arista 9674
chart position: RandB #2, UK #14, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Chuck Jackson & Frank Wildhorn
album: Whitney
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 53 |
record label: Columbia 77629
chart position: RandB #7, US #2, UK #3, US AC #11
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Songs
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 54 |
record label: RSO 879
chart position: RandB #10, US #1, UK #32, US AC #20
written by: John Crowley & Peter Beckett
album: Player
comments: [ballad]
|
| 55 |
record label: Capitol 4953
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, US AC #1
written by: Rokusuke Ei, Hachidai Nakamura, Abraham Quintanilla III (as Abraham Quintanilla Jr.) & Pete Astudill
album: Twice as Sweet
comments: [ballad]
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| 56 |
record label: Columbia 73743
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Mariah Carey and Narada Michael Walden
album: Mariah Carey
comments: [ballad]
|
| 57 |
record label: Arista 2156
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #13, US AC #1
written by: Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore
album: I'm Your Baby Tonight
comments: [ballad]
|
| 58 |
record label: Par Lo 101
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: George Davis & Lee Diamond
album: Tell It Like It Is
comments: [ballad]
|
| 59 |
record label: Bell 940
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, US AC #1
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Portrait
comments: [pop soul ballad]
|
| 60 |
record label: Columbia 74088
chart position: RandB #2, UK #20, US #2, US AC #1
written by: Mariah Carey and Walter Afanasieff
album: Emotions
comments: [ballad]
|
| 61 |
record label: Checker 872
chart position: RandB #4, US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Margo Sylvia and Gilbert Lopez
comments: [ballad]
|
| 62 |
record label: Avco 6105011
chart position: RandB #2, US #3, UK #13, US AC #7
written by: Thom Bell & Linda Creed
album: The Stylistics
comments: [philly sound sweet soul ballad]
|
| 63 |
record label: RPM 453
chart position: RandB #2, US #14
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Aaron Collins
album: Eddie My Love
comments: [ballad]
|
| 64 |
record label: Arista 9616
chart position: RandB #2, UK #14, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Will Jennings & Michael Masser
album: Whitney
comments: [ballad]
|
| 65 |
record label: P.I.R. 3520
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #9
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: I Miss You / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound ballad]
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| 66 |
record label: Motown 1527
chart position: RandB #5, UK #44, US #4, AC #5
written by: Lionel Richie
album: In the Pocket / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [ballad] Â
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| 67 |
record label: Epic 655054
chart position: US #1, UK #6, US AC #2
written by: Gloria Estefan
album: Cuts Both Ways
comments: [ballad]
|
| 68 |
record label: CBS 7721
chart position: RandB #2, UK #4, US #2, US AC #3
written by: David Foster, Jay Graydon & Bill Champlin
album: I Am...
comments: [ballad]
|
| 69 |
record label: Atlantic 2995
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #26, US AC #33
written by: Stevie Wonder, Clarence Paul & Morris Broadnax
album: Let Me in Your Life
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 70 |
record label: AandM 2906
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #2, US AC #2
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson & Melanie Andrews
album: Control
comments: [ballad]
|
| 71 |
record label: T.K. 1035
chart position: UK #3, US #1, US AC #27
written by: Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch
album: Do You Wanna Go Party
comments: [ballad]
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| 72 |
record label: MGM 2006458
chart position: US #10, UK #1, US AC #2
written by: Wade Brown Jr. (as Wade Brown), David Jones Jr. and Johnny Bristol
album: Love Me for a Reason
comments: [love ballad]
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| 73 |
record label: Columbia 73455
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #37, US AC #1
written by: Mariah Carey and Ben Margulies
album: Mariah Carey
comments: [ballad]
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| 74 |
record label: Motown 1418
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #9, US AC #14
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Commodores / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [ballad]
|
| 75 |
record label: Carrere 337
chart position: UK #1
written by: Phyllis Nelson
album: Move Closer
comments: [ballad] Â
|
| 76 |
record label: Philles 129
chart position: RandB #6, US #4, UK #14
written by: Zaret & Alex North
album: Just Once In My Life
comments: [pop soul ballad]
|
| 77 |
record label: Philips 40371
chart position: UK #1, US #4, US AC #8
written by: Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham and Simon Napier Bell
album: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
comments: [pop soul ballad]
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| 78 |
record label: EMI 63
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #7, US AC #1
written by: Gerry Goffin, Michael Masser & Preston Glass
album: Good to Be Back
comments: [ballad]
|
| 79 |
record label: Cotillion 44057
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, US AC #2
written by: Tony Joe White
album: Brook Benton Today
comments: [ballad]
|
| 80 |
record label: Atlantic 2185
chart position: RandB #2 (5 weeks), US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Wilson Pickett, Robert Bateman and Sonny Sanders
album: Rock and Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 81 |
record label: Sussex 219
chart position: RandB #6, US #3, US AC #2
written by: Bill Withers
album: Just As I Am
comments: [ballad]
|
| 82 |
record label: Motown 1477
chart position: RandB #86, UK #2, US #4, US AC #2
written by: Carol Connors & David Shire
album: Late At Night / Fast Break OST / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
comments: [love ballad]
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| 83 |
record label: Stang 5012
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Sylvia Robinson & Bert Keyes
album: Not On The Outside, But On The Inside, Strong!
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 84 |
record label: Atlantic 3463
chart position: RandB #1, UK #42, US #2, US AC #3
written by: Reggie Lucas & James Mtume
album: Blue Lights in the Basement
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 85 |
record label: Fame 6401
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #17
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Jimmy Hughes
album: Steal Away
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 86 |
record label: Mercury 70819
chart position: RandB #4, US #4
written by: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
|
| 87 |
record label: Fire 1022
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #31
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Big Jay McNeely
album: There's Something on Your Mind
comments: [ballad]
|
| 88 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10739
chart position: RandB #5, US #6, UK #50, US AC #1
written by: Buck Owens
album: Crying Time
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 89 |
record label: Columbia 73502
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #60, US AC #1
written by: Brian Simpson & Bernard Jackson
album: 3 Deep
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 90 |
record label: Atlantic 1085
chart position: RandB #1
written by: Henry Glover
album: Ray Charles
comments: [ballad]
|
| 91 |
record label: ABC 11240
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, US AC #36
written by: Leon Carr & Earl Shuman
album: I Love You
comments: [sweet soul love ballad]
|
| 92 |
record label: Jive 9323
chart position: RandB #5, UK #4, US #4, US AC #1
written by: Billy Ocean & Keith Diamond
album: Suddenly
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 93 |
record label: Tamla Motown 620
chart position: RandB #3, US #6, UK #26
written by: Norman Whitfield, Cornelius Grant & Roger Penzabene
album: The Temptations With A Lot O' Soul / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.2
comments: [love ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 94 |
record label: Columbia 11222
chart position: RandB #4, US #5, UK #45, US AC #21
written by: Leo Graham & Paul Richmond
album: After Midnight
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 95 |
record label: Vee Jay 386
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #6
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Johnny Otis
album: Letter Full Of Tears
comments: [ballad]
|
| 96 |
record label: Arista 0588
chart position: RandB #45, US #6, US AC #5
written by: Gino Vannelli
album: Nightwalker
comments: [ballad]
|
| 97 |
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]
|
| 98 |
record label: Capitol 4360
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US AC #45
written by: Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy
album: Unpredictable
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 99 |
record label: Tamla Motown 976
chart position: RandB #42, UK #1, US #55, US AC #37
written by: Sam Brown & Rene Armand
album: One Day in Your Life / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [ballad]
|
| 100 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10544
chart position: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #14
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Never Ending Impressions / The Best Impressions... Curtis, Sam and Fred
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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