Blues

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1 record label: Galaxy 722
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Clay Hammond
album: Little Johnny Taylor
comments: [blues]
 		Little Johnny Taylor Part Time Love
1963 Galaxy
2 record label: Checker 1067
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), UK #2, US #11
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Tommy Tucker (as Robert Higgenbotham)
album: Hi Heel Sneakers
comments: [blues soul]
 		Tommy Tucker Hi-Heel Sneakers
1964 Checker
3 record label: Kent 45330
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week)
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: King, Josea
album: The Great B.B. King
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King Sweet Sixteen (Pt. 1)
1960 Kent
4 record label: Vee Jay 398
chart position: RandB #3, US #58
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Jimmy Reed
album: Plays 12 String Guitar Blues
comments: [blues]
 		Jimmy Reed Bright Lights, Big City
1961 Vee Jay
5 record label: Duke 327
chart position: RandB #9, US #71
weeksinr&bchart: 18
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: Two Steps from the Blues
comments: [blues]
 		Bobby Bland Cry, Cry, Cry
1960 Duke
6 record label: Bluesway 61032
chart position: RandB #3, US #15
written by: Roy Hawkins & Rick Darnell
album: Completely Well
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King The Thrill Is Gone
1969 Bluesway
7 record label: Kent 346
chart position: RandB #8
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: B.B. King
album: King Of The Blues
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King Partin' Time
1960 Kent
8 record label: Vee Jay 226
chart position: RandB #3
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Jimmy Reed
album: I'm Jimmy Reed
comments: [blues]
 		Jimmy Reed You've Got Me Dizzy
1956 Vee Jay
9 record label: Federal 12432
chart position: RandB #5
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Sonny Thompson
album: Freddy King Sings
comments: [blues]
 		Freddy King I'm Tore Down
1961 Federal
10 record label: Atlantic 2288
chart position: RandB #2, US #28
written by: Solomon Burke & Don Covay
album: The Best of Solomon Burke
comments: [blues soul]
 		Solomon Burke Tonight's the Night
1965 Atlantic
11 record label: Federal 12415
chart position: RandB #8, US #88
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Rudy Toombs, Elson Teat and Alan Moore
album: Freddy King Sings
comments: [blues]
 		Freddy King Lonesome Whistle Blues
1961 Federal
12 record label: Vee Jay 333
chart position: RandB #10, US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Jimmy Reed
album: Found Love
comments: [blues]
 		Jimmy Reed Baby, What Do You Want Me to Do
1960 Vee Jay
13 record label: Mercury 72024
chart position: RandB #3, US #13
written by: Margie Singleton & Brook Benton
album: Singing the Blues Lie to Me
comments: [blues]
 		Brook Benton Lie To Me
1962 Mercury
14 record label: Kent 333
chart position: RandB #8
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: B.B. King and Joe Josea
album: Let Me Love You
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King Got a Right to Love My Baby
1960 Kent
15 record label: Vee Jay 357
chart position: RandB #18, US #75
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Jimmy Reed
album: Found Love
comments: [blues]
 		Jimmy Reed Hush-Hush
1960 Vee Jay
16 record label: ABC 10856
chart position: RandB #2, US #72
written by: Jimmy Johnson
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King Don't Answer the Door
1966 ABC
17 record label: Checker 1113
chart position: RandB #4, US #43
written by: Carl Smith, Billy Davis & Raynard Miner
album: We're Gonna Make It
comments: [blues soul]
 		Little Milton Who's Cheating Who?
1965 Checker
18 record label: Kent 393
chart position: RandB #12, US #34
written by: B.B. King & Joe Josea
album: Rock Me Baby
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King Rock Me Baby
1964 Kent
19 record label: Fire 1016
chart position: RandB #15
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Elmore James, Morris Levy and Clarence Lewis
comments: [blues]
 		Elmo James & His Broomdusters The Sky Is Crying
1960 Fire
20 record label: Vee Jay 253
chart position: RandB #4, US #32
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Jimmy Reed, Ewart Abner
album: I'm Jimmy Reed
comments: [blues]
 		Jimmy Reed Honest I Do
1957 Vee Jay
21 record label: Checker 1135
chart position: RandB #4, US #58
written by: Willie Dixon
album: Koko Taylor
comments: [blues soul]
 		KoKo Taylor Wang Dang Doodle
1966 Checker
22 record label: ABC 11280
chart position: RandB #6, US #45
written by: B.B. King
album: Indianola Mississippi Seeds
comments: [blues soul]
 		B.B. King Chains and Things
1970 ABC
23 record label: Duke 170
chart position: RandB #1, US #43
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Don Robey and Joe Medwick (as Joe Veasey)
comments: [blues]
 		Bobby Bland Farther Up the Road
1957 Duke
24 record label: Kent 456
chart position: RandB #5, US #52
written by: Lowell Fulson (as Lowell Fulsom) and Jimmy McCracklin
album: Tramp
comments: [southern soul blues]
 		Lowell Fulsom Tramp
1967 Kent
25 record label: Duke 335
chart position: RandB #5, US #85
written by: Roosevelt Sykes
album: Driving Wheel
comments: [blues]
 		Little Junior Parker Driving Wheel
1961 Duke
26 record label: Duke 355
chart position: RandB #5, US #22
written by: Aaron Walker
album: Here's the Man
comments: [blues]
 		Bobby Bland Stormy Monday Blues
1962 Duke
27 record label: Vee Jay 168
chart position: RandB #3
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Jimmy Reed
album: I'm Jimmy Reed
comments: [blues]
 		Jimmy Reed Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
1956 Vee Jay
28 record label: Stax 0111
chart position: RandB #9, US #59
written by: Milton Campbell
album: Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [blues soul]
 		Little Milton That's What Love Will Make You Do
1972 Stax
29 record label: RPM 468
chart position: RandB #3
written by: Ivory Joe Hunter
album: Singin' the Blues
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King Bad Luck
1956 RPM
30 record label: Checker 1226
chart position: RandB #10, US #71
written by: Bobby Miller
album: If Walls Could Talk
comments: [soul blues]
 		Little Milton If Walls Could Talk
1970 Checker
31 record label: Duke 458
chart position: RandB #10, US #96
written by: D. Malone
album: That Did It! The Duke Recordings Volume 3
comments: [soul blues]
 		Bobby Bland If You've Got a Heart
1970 Duke
32 record label: King 4841
chart position: RandB #5
written by: Mertis John (as Mertis John Jr.)
album: Fever
comments: [blues soul]
 		Little Willie John Need Your Love So Bad
1956 King
33 record label: Jewel 861
chart position: RandB #6
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Willie Dixon
comments: [blues]
 		Otis Rush I Can't Quit You Baby
1956 Jewel
34 record label: RPM 468
chart position: RandB #6
written by: B.B. King and Jules Taub
album: Singin' the Blues
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King Sweet Little Angel
1956 RPM
35 record label: King 4841
chart position: RandB #6
written by: Rudy Toombs
comments: [blues soul] [b side to Need Your Love So Bad]
 		Little Willie John Home at Last
1956 King
36 record label: Checker 904
chart position: RandB #6
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Charlie Segar and Big Bill Broonzy (traditional)
comments: [blues]
 		Little Walter & His Jukes Key to the Highway
1958 Checker
37 record label: Chess 1620
chart position: RandB #7
written by: Bernie Roth (as Bernard Roth)
comments: [blues]
 		Muddy Waters Forty Days and Forty Nights
1956 Chess
38 record label: Warren 106
chart position: RandB #13, US #61
written by: Israel Tolbert
album: Popper Stopper
comments: [blues soul]
 		Israel Tolbert Big Leg Woman (With a Short, Short Mini Skirt)
1970 Warren
39 record label: Chess 1612
chart position: RandB #7
written by: Muddy Waters (as McKinley Morganfield)
album: Trouble No More (Singles 1955 1959)
comments: [blues]
 		Muddy Waters Trouble, No More
1956 Chess
40 record label: King 45 5579
chart position: RandB #6
written by: Johnny Guitar Watson (as John Watson)
album: Johnny 'Guitar' Watson
comments: [blues]
 		Johnny Guitar Watson Cuttin' In
1962 King
41 record label: Vee Jay 237
chart position: RandB #7
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Jimmy Reed, Ewart Abner
album: I'm Jimmy Reed
comments: [blues]
 		Jimmy Reed Little Rain
1957 Vee Jay
42 record label: Chess 1704
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Willie Dixon
comments: [blues]
 		Muddy Waters Close to You
1958 Chess
43 record label: Atlantic 1080
chart position: RandB #8
written by: Jesse Stone (as Charles E. Calhoun)
comments: [blues]
 		Joe Turner & His Blues Kings Morning, Noon and Night
1956 Atlantic
44 record label: Chess 1632
chart position: RandB #8
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Howlin' Wolf (as Chester Burnett)
album: Moanin' In The Moonlight
comments: [blues]
 		Howlin Wolf I Asked For Water
1956 Chess
45 record label: Chess 1630
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Willie Dixon
comments: [blues]
 		Muddy Waters Don't Go No Farther
1956 Chess
46 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]
 		Ivory Joe Hunter Yes, I Want You
1958 Atlantic
47 record label: Columbia 73564
chart position: RandB #9
written by: W.C. Handy
comments: [ballad] [from the movie Mo' Better Blues]
 		Cynda Williams Harlem Blues
1990 Columbia
48 record label: Vee-Jay 509
chart position: Cashbox RandB #25, US #52, UK #45
written by: Jimmy Reed
comments: [blues]
 		Jimmy Reed Shame, Shame, Shame
1963 VeeJay
49 record label: Duke 196
chart position: RandB #10
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Scott Harper
album: Two Steps from the Blues
comments: [blues soul]
 		Bobby Bland Little Boy Blue
1958 Duke
50 record label: Vee Jay 237
chart position: RandB #10
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: Jimmy Reed
comments: [blues]
 		Jimmy Reed Honey, Where You Going
1957 Vee Jay
51 record label: Federal 12312
chart position: RandB #17, US #43
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Moe Koffman
comments: [blues instrumental]
 		Johnny Pate Quintet Swinging Shepherd Blues
1958 Federal
52 record label: King 5147
chart position: RandB #12
written by: Titus Turner
album: Talk To Me
comments: [soul blues]
 		Little Willie John Tell It Like It Is
1958 King
53 record label: Duke 306
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Eddie Boyd
album: You Don't Have To Be Black To Love The Blues
comments: [blues]
 		Little Junior Parker Five Long Years
1959 Duke
54 record label: Duke 301
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Robert Johnson
comments: [soul blues]
 		Little Junior Parker Sweet Home Chicago
1958 Duke
55 record label: Checker 847
chart position: RandB #14
written by: Sonny Boy Williamson
album: Down And Out Blues
comments: [blues]
 		Sonny Boy Williamson Keep It to Yourself
1956 Checker
56 record label: Bluesway 61035
chart position: RandB #25, US #48
written by: B.B. King (as Riley
album: Completely Well
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King So Excited
1970 Bluesway
57 record label: Bluesway 61029
chart position: RandB #15, US #76
written by: B.B. King
album: Live and Well
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King Just a Little Love
1969 Bluesway
58 record label: Kent 315
chart position: RandB #16
written by: B.B. King and Jules Taub
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King You've Been An Angel
1958 Kent
59 record label: Kent 431
chart position: Cashbox RandB #16
written by: F. Washington
album: Soul
comments: [blues]
 		Lowell Fulsom Black Nights
1965 Kent
60 record label: ABC/TRC 11259
chart position: RandB #18, US #98
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Singular Genius - The Complete ABC Singles (2011 compilation)
comments: [soul blues]
 		Ray Charles Laughin' and Clownin'
1970 ABC/TRC
61 record label: Double L 739
chart position: Cashbox RandB #18
written by: J. Reed
comments: [blues soul]
 		Lloyd Price Peeping and Hiding
1966 Double L
62 record label: Kent 416
chart position: Cashbox RandB #19
written by: Z.Z. Hill
album: The Soul Stirring Z.Z. Hill
comments: [soul blues ballad]
 		Z.Z. Hill Someone To Love Me
1965 Kent
63 record label: Stax 0124
chart position: Cashbox RandB #20
written by: Sandy Jones
comments: [soul blues]
 		Little Milton Walking The Back Streets And Crying
1973 Stax
64 record label: Vee Jay 449
chart position: Cashbox RandB #25, US #77
written by: M. Reed
album: Just Jimmy Reed
comments: [blues]
 		Jimmy Reed Good Lover
1962 Vee Jay
65 record label: Vee Jay 425
chart position: Cashbox RandB #22
written by: Jimmy Reed
album: Jimmy Reed At Carnegie Hall
comments: [blues]
 		Jimmy Reed Aw Shucks, Hush Your Mouth
1962 Vee Jay
66 record label: Chameleon 74808
chart position: UK #65
written by: John Lee Hooker and James Bracken
comments: [blues]
 		John Lee Hooker featuring Robert Cray Baby Lee
1996 Chameleon
67 record label: Vee Jay 702
chart position: Cashbox RandB #23
written by: Calvin Carter, Mary Reed
comments: [blues]
 		Jimmy Reed I'm The Man Down There
1965 Vee Jay
68 record label: Duke 338
chart position: Cashbox RandB #23
written by: E. Hines, B. Eckstine
album: Here's The Man!!!
comments: [blues]
 		Bobby Bland Jelly, Jelly, Jelly
1962 Duke
69 record label: ABC 11268
chart position: RandB #25, US #48
written by: Leon Russell
album: Indianola Mississippi Seeds
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King Hummingbird
1970 ABC
70 record label: Kent 4547
chart position: RandB #30, US #86
written by: Z.Z. Hill (as Arzell Hill)
comments: (blues soul ballad) [re-release]
 		Z.Z. Hill I Need Someone (To Love Me)
1971 Kent
71 record label: Duke 394
chart position: Cashbox RandB #28
written by: Malone, Parker
comments: [soul blues]
 		Junior Parker These Kind Of Blues
1965 Duke
72 record label: Imperial 5875
chart position: Cashbox RandB #29
written by: H. Revel, M. Gordon
comments: [blues]
 		Fats Domino Did You Ever See A Dream Walking
1962 Imperial
73 record label: Kent 440
chart position: Cashbox RandB #30
written by: Fulsom
album: Soul
comments: [soul blues]
 		Lowell Fulsom Shattered Dreams
1966 Kent
74 record label: Canyon 30
chart position: RandB #30
written by: Gary U.S. Bonds and Jerry Williams
comments: [soul blues]
 		Swamp Dogg Mama's Baby, Daddy's Maybe
1970 Canyon
75 record label: ABC-Paramount 10724
chart position: Cashbox RandB #31
written by: B.B. King, S. King
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King The Things You Put Me Through
1965 ABCParamount
76 record label: Stax 0189
chart position: Cashbox RandB #31
written by: Carl Smith
album: I Wanna Get Funky
comments: [soul blues]
 		Albert King I Wanna Get Funky
1973 Stax
77 record label: Jewel 754
chart position: Cashbox RandB #31
written by: D. Coleman
comments: [blues]
 		The Carter Brothers Booze In The Bottle
1966 Jewel
78 record label: Mercury 72620
chart position: Cashbox RandB #32
written by: P. Woods
album: Like It Is
comments: [Memphis blues]
 		Junior Parker Just Like A Fish
1966 Mercury
79 record label: Duke 357
chart position: Cashbox RandB #34
written by: Herman Parker
album: Driving Wheel
comments: [soul blues]
 		Junior Parker Someone Somewhere
1963 Duke
80 record label: ABC-Paramount 10334
chart position: Cashbox RandB #34
written by: Ivory Joe Hunter
album: Mr. Blues
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King Blues At Midnight
1962 ABCParamount
81 record label: Minaret 124
chart position: Cashbox RandB #34
written by: John Lee hamilton, Leroy Lloyd
comments: [blues soul]
 		Big John Hamilton The Train
1967 Minaret
82 record label: ABC-Paramount 10634
chart position: Cashbox RandB #35
written by: J.L. Hooker
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King It's My Own Fault
1965 ABCParamount
83 record label: Roulette 4469
chart position: Cashbox RandB #36
written by: Glover, Levy, Reig
comments: Harmonica Blues
 		Louisiana Red Red's Dream
1962 Roulette
84 record label: Galaxy 739
chart position: Cashbox RandB #37
written by: Clifton
comments: [blues soul]
 		Little Johnny Taylor One More Chance
1965 Galaxy
85 record label: Excello 2276
chart position: Cashbox RandB #39
written by: J. West
comments: [Louisiana blues]
 		Lightnin' Slim Just A Lonely Stranger
1966 Excello
86 record label: Ronn 29
chart position: Cashbox RandB #39
written by: Penn, Oldham
album: You Can Dig It!
comments: [blues soul]
 		Ted Taylor Strangest Feeling
1969 Ronn
87 record label: ABC-Paramount 10316
chart position: Cashbox RandB #40
written by: B.B. King, M. Davis, R. Rae
album: Mr. Blues
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King You Ask Me
1962 ABCParamount
88 record label: Back Beat 551
chart position: Cashbox RandB #40
written by: Malone, Jamison
comments: [blues soul]
 		O.V. Wright Poor Boy
1965 Back Beat
89 record label: Kent 445
chart position: Cashbox RandB #41
written by: King
album: The Jungle
comments: [soul blues]
 		B.B. King 5 Long Years
1966 Kent
90 record label: Kent 415
chart position: Cashbox RandB #42
written by: King
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King The Worst Thing In My Life
1965 Kent
91 record label: Vee Jay 425
chart position: Cashbox RandB #42
written by: Reed-Reed
comments: [blues]
 		Jimmy Reed Baby, What's Wrong
1962 Vee Jay
92 record label: Four Brothers 448
chart position: Cashbox RandB #43
written by: Jack Daniels
comments: [blues]
 		G.L. Crockett Every Good-Bye Ain't Gone
1965 Four Brothers
93 record label: Kent 381
chart position: Cashbox RandB #44
written by: R. King, S. Ling
comments: [blues]
 		B.B. King Tell Me Baby
1962 Kent
94 record label: Ronn 15
chart position: Cashbox RandB #44
written by: M. Babb
comments: [blues soul]
 		Ted Taylor Miss You So
1967 Ronn
95 record label: Duke 477
chart position: Cashbox RandB #45
written by: D. Malone
comments: [soul blues]
 		Bobby Bland I'm So Tired
1972 Duke
96 record label: Okeh 7165
chart position: Cashbox RandB #45
written by: Ted Taylor
album: Be Ever Wonderful
comments: [soul blues]
 		Ted Taylor Can't Take No More
1963 Okeh
97 record label: Vee Jay 473
chart position: Cashbox RandB #47
written by: Jimmy Reed
album: Just Jimmy Reed
comments: [soul blues]
 		Jimmy Reed Let's Get Together
1962 Vee Jay
98 record label: Mercury 72620
chart position: Cashbox RandB #47
written by: P. Mayfield
album: Like It Is
comments: [blues]
 		Junior Parker Baby Please
1966 Mercury
99 record label: Ronn 63
chart position: Cashbox RandB #48
written by: Ted Taylor
album: Ever Wonderful Vol.2
comments: [southern soul blues]
 		Ted Taylor I'm Just A Crumb In Your Bread Box Of Love
1972 Ronn
100 record label: Jewel 869
chart position: Cashbox RandB #48
written by: Frank Frost
comments: [blues]
 		Frank Frost Things You Do
1966 Jewel


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