1
record label: United Artists 629
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Bert Russell & Norman Meade
album: Cry Baby And 11 Other Hits
comments: [deep soul]
Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters
Cry Baby
1963
United Artists
2
record label: Duke 332
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #46
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
album: Two Steps from the Blues Deep Soul Treasures Vol.4 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Bobby 'Blue' Bland
I Pity the Fool
1961
Duke
3
record label: Malaco 1029
chart position: RandB #2, US #3, UK #5, US AC #14
written by: Bob Montgomery
album: Misty Blue
comments: [deep soul]
Dorothy Moore
Misty Blue
1976
Malaco
4
record label: Nomar 103
chart position: RandB #2 (weeks), US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Brown, Kirkland, Johnson
album: The Fabulous Sound Of Maxine Brown / Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul] [released 1960, charted 1961]
Maxine Brown
All in My Mind
1961
Nomar
5
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]
Irma Thomas
Wish Someone Would Care
1964
Imperial
6
record label: Atco 6822
chart position: RandB #1, US #15
written by: Richard Poindexter, Robert Poindexter & Jackie Members
album: Thin Line Between Love and Hate
comments: [deep soul ballad]
The Persuaders
Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1971
Atco
7
record label: Volt 126
chart position: RandB #2, US #21
written by: Otis Redding & Jerry Butler
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Otis Redding
I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)
1965
Volt
8
record label: Atlantic 2358
chart position: RandB #7, US #20
written by: Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham
album: Warm and Tender Soul / The Best Of Percy Sledge
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Percy Sledge
It Tears Me Up
1966
Atlantic
9
record label: Loma 2070
chart position: RandB #4, US #21
written by: Gloria Spolan & Richard Poindexter
album: Hypnotized / Linda Jones Greatest Hits
comments: [deep soul]
Linda Jones
Hypnotized
1967
Loma
10
record label: Bell 672
chart position: RandB #4, US #23
written by: Arthur Brooks, Jerry Butler & Richard Brooks
album: For Your Precious Love
comments: [deep soul]
Oscar Toney Jr.
For Your Precious Love
1967
Bell
11
record label: Spring 108
chart position: RandB #3, US #40
written by: Joe Simon, Raeford Gerald & Doc Price
album: The Power of Joe Simon
comments: [deep soul]
Joe Simon
Your Time to Cry
1970
Spring
12
record label: Jubilee 5456
chart position: RandB #10, US #23
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Bert Russell
comments: [deep soul]
Betty Harris
Cry To Me
1963
Jubilee
13
record label: Volt 136
chart position: RandB #10, US# 61, UK #37
written by: Otis Redding
album: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Otis Redding
My Lover's Prayer
1966
Volt
14
record label: Maxx 326
chart position: RandB #6, US #38
written by: Van McCoy
album: Gladys Knight And The Pips Deep Soul Treasures Vol.4 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Giving Up
1964
Maxx
15
record label: Stax 210
chart position: RandB #2, US #42
written by: Isaac Hayes & David Porter
album: Double Dynamite
comments: [deep soul]
Sam & Dave
When Something Is Wrong with My Baby
1967
Stax
16
record label: Canyon 28
chart position: RandB #7, US #50
written by: Jerry Williams & Gary U.S. Bonds (as Gary Anderson)
album: I'm A Loser
comments: [deep soul]
Doris Duke
To the Other Woman (I'm the Other Woman)
1970
Canyon
17
record label: Ronn 3
chart position: RandB #5, US #52
written by: Toussaint McCall and Patrick Robinson
album: Nothing Takes the Place of You Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Toussaint McCall
Nothing Takes the Place of You
1967
Ronn
18
record label: Stax 0050
chart position: RandB #7, US #57
written by: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
album: Soul Children Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2
comments: [deep soul]
The Soul Children
The Sweeter He Is Pt. I
1969
Stax
19
record label: Loma 2077
chart position: RandB #8, US #61
written by: Drake Hollon and George Kerr
album: Hypnotized
comments: [deep soul]
Linda Jones
What've I Done (To Make You Mad)
1967
Loma
20
record label: King 5573
chart position: RandB #2, US #48
written by: James Brown , Bobby Byrd and Lloyd Eugene Stallworth
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
James Brown
Lost Someone
1961
King
21
record label: Stax 192
chart position: RandB #6, US #95
written by: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
comments: [deep soul]
Mable John
Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
1966
Stax
22
record label: Atlantic 2259
chart position: RandB #10, US #57
written by: Solomon Burke, Solomon Burke Jr. and J.B. Moore
comments: [deep soul]
Solomon Burke
The Price
1964
Atlantic
23
record label: Duke 393
chart position: RandB #8, US #62
written by: Clyde Otis and Belford Hendricks
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Bobby Bland
I'm Too Far Gone (To Turn Around)
1966
Duke
24
record label: Checker 1107
chart position: RandB #12, US #70
written by: J. Diggs
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.4 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
The Knight Brothers
Temptation 'Bout To Get Me
1965
Checker
25
record label: Silver Fox 18
chart position: RandB #12, US #61
written by: Sam Matter, Ted Harris and Kerry Porter
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
George Perkins & the Silver Stars
Cryin' in the Streets (Part 1)
1970
Silver Fox
26
record label: Atlantic 2334
chart position: RandB #13, US #53
written by: Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd and Wilson Pickett
album: The Exciting Wilson Pickett
comments: [deep soul]
Wilson Pickett
Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)
1966
Atlantic
27
record label: Fontana 652
chart position: RandB #12, US #92
written by: Don Covay
comments: [deep soul]
Little Richard
I Don't Know What You've Got but It's Got Me
1965
Fontana
28
record label: Juana 3414
chart position: RandB #8, US #108
written by: David Camon
album: In Control
comments: [deep soul]
The Controllers
Somebody's Gotta Win, Somebody's Gotta Lose
1977
Juana
29
record label: Atco 6754
chart position: RandB #9, US #70
written by: Jerry Williams, Gary U.S. Bonds and Charlie Whitehead
album: Turning Around
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Dee Dee Warwick
She Didn't Know (She Kept on Talking)
1970
Atco
30
record label: Atlantic 2378
chart position: RandB #15, US #64
written by: Alexander
comments: [deep soul]
Solomon Burke
Keep a Light in the Window Till I Come Home
1967
Atlantic
31
record label: Diamond 255
chart position: RandB #15, US #97
written by: Luther Dixon and Chuck Jackson (as Charles Jackson)
comments: [deep soul]
Ruby Winters
I Don't Want to Cry
1969
Diamond
32
record label: Volt 130
chart position: RandB #15, US #85
written by: Otis Redding, Steve Cropper and McElvoy Robinson
album: The Soul Album Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: B side to I Can't Turn You Loose [deep soul]
Otis Redding
Just One More Day
1965
Volt
33
record label: Cadet 5578
chart position: RandB #10, US #23
written by: E. Jordan, B. Foster
album: Tell Mama Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Etta James
I'd Rather Go Blind
1967
Cadet
34
record label: Twinight 125
chart position: RandB #11, US #69
written by: Jimmy Jones, Syl Johnson and Glenn Watts
album: Is It Because I'm Black? Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Syl Johnson
Is It Because I'm Black?
1969
Twinight
35
record label: Warner 5850
chart position: RandB #11, US #64
written by: Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss
album: Heart and Soul
comments: [deep soul]
Lorraine Ellison
Stay With Me
1966
Warner
36
record label: M & G 53(UK)
chart position: UK #39
written by: Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss
album: Restless Moods
comments: [deep soul]
Ruby Turner
Stay with Me Baby
1994
M & G
37
record label: Sound Stage Seven 2589
chart position: RandB #19, US #70
written by: Dan Penn and Wayne Carson Thompson
album: No Sad Songs
comments: [deep soul]
Joe Simon
Nine Pound Steel
1967
Sound Stage Seven
38
record label: Turbo 021
chart position: RandB #15, US #74
written by: Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks and Jerry Butler
album: Your Precious Love / Linda Jones Greatest Hits
comments: [deep soul]
Linda Jones
Your Precious Love
1972
Turbo
39
record label: Calla 102
chart position: RandB #20, US #103
written by: Wreich Holloway
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Bettye LaVette
Let Me Down Easy
1965
Calla
40
record label: Sansu 466
chart position: RandB #16, US #85
written by: Allen Toussaint
album: Soul Perfection
comments: [deep soul]
Betty Harris
Nearer to You
1967
Sansu
41
record label: GRC 1011
chart position: RandB #21, US #88
written by: Dorothy Norwood
comments: [deep soul]
Dorothy Norwood
There's Got to Be Rain in Your Life (To Appreciate the Sunshine)
1974
GRC
42
record label: Tangerine 972
chart position: RandB #24, US #76
written by: Ike Turner, J.R. Bailey and Johnny Northern
comments: [deep soul]
The Raelettes
One Hurt Deserves Another
1967
Tangerine
43
record label: Curtom 1937
chart position: RandB #23, US #104
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Young Mods' Forgotten Story Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
The Impressions
My Deceiving Heart
1969
Curtom
44
record label: Atco 6315
chart position: RandB #40, US #72
written by: Bert Russell and Mike Leander
album: Seven Letters Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2
comments: [deep soul]
Ben E. King
It's All Over
1964
Atco
45
record label: Goldwax 311
chart position: RandB #23, US #85
written by: Drew Baker and Danny McCormick
album: You Got My Mind Messed Up
comments: [deep soul]
James Carr
Pouring Water on a Drowning Man
1966
Goldwax
46
record label: Shout 211
chart position: RandB #40, US #70
written by: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)
comments: [deep soul]
Freddie Scott
Cry to Me
1967
Shout
47
record label: Volt 146
chart position: RandB #30, US #78
written by: Eddie Floyd and Booker T. Jones
album: The Dock of the Bay
comments: [deep soul]
Otis Redding
I Love You More Than Words Can Say
1967
Volt
48
record label: Stax 172
chart position: RandB #30, US #92
written by: Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell) and Eddie Floyd
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Carla Thomas
Stop! Look What You're Doing
1965
Stax
49
record label: Calla 143
chart position: RandB #25
written by: Dorian Burton, Paul Kelly and Clyde Otis
album: World, Here Comes Jean Wells / Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1
comments: [deep soul]
Jean Wells
Have a Little Mercy
1967
Calla
50
record label: Imperial 66041
chart position: RandB #29, US #52
written by: Jeannie Seely, Judith Arbuckle, Pat Sheeran and Randy Newman
album: Take a Look / Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1
comments: [deep soul]
Irma Thomas
Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)
1964
Imperial
51
record label: Ronn 34
chart position: RandB #30, US #118
written by: Chuck Willis
comments: [deep soul]
Ted Taylor
It's Too Late
1969
Ronn
52
record label: Stax 191
chart position: RandB #27
written by: Steve Cropper, David Porter and William Bell
comments: [deep soul ballad]
William Bell
Share What You Got
1966
Stax
53
record label: HBR 481
chart position: RandB #28, US #133
written by: Larry Lee
comments: [deep soul]
Earl Gaines
The Best of Luck to You
1966
HBR
54
record label: Tempe 102
chart position: US #85
written by: Robert Relf and Earl Nelson
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.4 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Bob & Earl
Don't Ever Leave Me
1962
Tempe
55
record label: Eastern 606
chart position: Cashbox R&B #28
written by: E. Campbell, E. Johnson
album: Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1
comments: [deep soul]
Eddie & Ernie
I'm Goin' For Myself
1965
Eastern
56
record label: Warner Bros. 5460
chart position: US #91
written by: Meade, Bell
comments: [deep soul]
The Enchanters
I Wanna Thank You
1964
Warner Bros.
57
record label: Volt 133
chart position: RandB #31
written by: David Porter and Isaac Hayes
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Ruby Johnson
I'll Run Your Hurt Away
1966
Volt
58
record label: Turbo 024
chart position: RandB #32
written by: Sylvia Robinson & Larry Roberts
album: Your Precious Love / Linda Jones Greatest Hits
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Linda Jones
Not on the Outside
1972
Turbo
59
record label: Joda 104
chart position: RandB #38, US #98
written by: Bart Howard
comments: [deep soul]
Sam & Bill
Fly Me to the Moon
1966
Joda
60
record label: Arista 144
chart position: RandB #32
written by: D. Jordan, A. Smith
comments: [deep soul]
Debbie Taylor
I Don't Want to Leave You
1976
Arista
61
record label: Share 104
chart position: RandB #34
written by: Van McCoy
comments: [deep soul]
The Ad Libs
Giving Up
1969
Share
62
record label: Onederful 4848
chart position: RandB #34, US #131
written by: Cash McCall (as Maurice Dollison) and Milton Bland
comments: [deep soul]
Otis Clay
That's How It Is (When You're in Love)
1967
Onederful
63
record label: Atlantic 2456
chart position: US #107
written by: Willie Ellison
comments: [deep soul]
Soul Brothers Six
What Can You Do When You Ain't Got Nobody
1968
Atlantic
64
record label: Canyon 35
chart position: RandB #36, US #109
written by: Gary U.S. Bonds (as Gary Bonds) and Jerry Williams (as Jerry Williams Jr.)
album: I'm A Loser
comments: [deep soul]
Doris Duke
Feet Start Walking
1970
Canyon
65
record label: Old Town 100
chart position: RandB #36, US #110
written by: Tony Hester
album: Arthur Prysock '74
comments: [deep soul]
Arthur Prysock
In the Rain
1973
Old Town
66
record label: Seventy Seven 131
chart position: RandB #36
written by: The Mighty Hannibal (as James T. Shaw)
comments: [deep soul]
Earl Gaines
Hymn Number 5
1973
Seventy Seven
67
record label: Deluxe 140
chart position: RandB #38
comments: [deep soul]
Reuben Bell
I Hear You Knocking (It's Too Late)
1972
Deluxe
68
record label: Hurricane 6974
chart position: Cashbox RandB #39
written by: James Brown
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Tommy G. & The Charms
I Want You So Bad
1966
Hurricane
69
record label: Alston 4583
chart position: RandB #39
written by: Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke and Brad Shapiro
comments: [deep soul ballad]
J.P. Robinson
What Can I Tell Her
1970
Alston
70
record label: Maxx 331
chart position: US #119
written by: Van McCoy
comments: [deep soul]
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Either Way I Lose
1964
Maxx
71
record label: Frisco 104
chart position: US #120
written by: Al Reed
comments: [deep soul]
Danny White
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1962
Frisco
72
record label: Tiger 102
chart position: RandB #40
written by: Milton Bennett and Larry Banks
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Bessie Banks
Go Now
1964
Tiger
73
record label: Elf 90016
chart position: RandB #41
written by: Cason, Gayden
album: Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1
comments: [deep soul]
Van & Titus
Cry Baby Cry
1968
Elf
74
record label: Atlantic 2217
chart position: US #125
written by: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Hoagy Lands
Baby Come On Home
1964
Atlantic
75
record label: Columbia 10680
chart position: RandB #42
written by: Frederick Knight
album: Let's Make a Deal
comments: [deep soul]
Z.Z. Hill
This Time They Told the Truth
1978
Columbia
76
record label: Chess 2036
chart position: RandB #42
written by: Otis Redding
comments: [deep soul]
Irma Thomas
Good to Me
1968
Chess
77
record label: SSS Int. 767
chart position: US #126
written by: Ed Cobb
comments: [deep soul]
Peggy Scott
Every Little Bit Hurts
1969
SSS Int.
78
record label: Juana 3426
chart position: RandB #43
written by: Joe Sahmwell & Tommy Tate
album: Next in Line
comments: [deep soul]
The Controllers
We Don't
1980
Juana
79
record label: Minaret 129
chart position: Cashbox R&B #44
written by: Hamilton, Lloyd
comments: [deep soul]
Big John Hamilton
I Have No One
1967
Minaret
80
record label: Jubilee 5456
chart position: RandB #44
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)
comments: [deep soul]
Betty Harris
Cry to Me
1969
Jubilee
81
record label: Veep 1234
chart position: US #132
written by: Jerry Ragovoy and Mort Shuman
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.4 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Garnet Mimms
My Baby
1966
Veep
82
record label: Clintone 003
chart position: RandB #45
written by: Sam Dees
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.3 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Rozetta Johnson
Who Are You Gonna Love (Your Woman or Your Wife)
1971
Clintone
83
record label: Flaming Arrow 37
chart position: Cashbox RandB #45
written by: Eugene Davis
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Gloria Walker & the Chevelles
Walking With My New Love
1969
Flaming Arrow
84
record label: Jubilee 5690
chart position: RandB #46
written by: Timmy Willis
album: Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1
comments: [deep soul]
Timmy Willis
Easy As Saying 1-2-3
1970
Jubilee
85
record label: Better 102
chart position: Cashbox RandB #48
written by: J. Steward Jr.
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Brenda Jo Harris
She'll Snatch Him
1971
Better
86
record label: Zodiac 1010
chart position: RandB #48
written by: Bobby Eaton, Fred Bridges and Richard Knight
comments: [deep soul]
Ruby Andrews
The Love I Need
1968
Zodiac
87
record label: Chess 2062
chart position: RandB #48
written by: Bobby Miller (as Robert Eugene Miller)
comments: [deep soul]
Laura Lee
Hang It Up
1969
Chess
88
record label: Future Stars 1005
chart position: RandB #74
written by: Clarence Carter
comments: [deep soul]
Margie Alexander
Keep On Searching
1974
Future Stars
89
record label: Back Beat 609
chart position: RandB #50
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Malone, Eaves, Williams, Evans, Boozier
comments: [deep soul]
Jeanette Williams
I Can Feel A Heartbreak
1969
Back Beat
90
record label: Jenesis 234
chart position: Cashbox RandB #50
written by: John Washington, James Saunders
comments: [deep soul]
Sammy Jones
You've Got To Show Me
1972
Jenesis
91
record label: Chelsea 3034
chart position: RandB #53
written by: Frank Johnson and Terry Woodford
comments: [deep soul]
Bobby Sheen
Love Stealing
1975
Chelsea
92
record label: Granite 536
chart position: RandB #60
written by: Bobby Patterson (as Bobby C. Patterson)
comments: [deep soul]
Bobby Patterson
If He Hadn't Slipped Up and Got Caught
1976
Granite
93
record label: Juana 3419
chart position: RandB #65
written by: David Camon
album: Fill Your Life with Love
comments: [deep soul]
The Controllers
If Somebody Cares
1978
Juana
94
record label: Wesbound 221
chart position: RandB #67
written by: Denise LaSalle
album: Here I Am Again
comments: [deep soul]
Denise LaSalle
Don't Nobody Live Here (By the Name of Fool)
1974
Wesbound
95
record label: Sunburst 529
chart position: RandB #69
written by: Roshell Anderson
album: Introducing Roshell Anderson
comments: [deep soul]
Roshell Anderson
Grapevine Will Lie Sometimes
1974
Sunburst
96
record label: Sunburst 523
chart position: RandB #77
written by: Roshell Anderson
album: Introducing Roshell Anderson
comments: [deep soul]
Roshell Anderson
Know What You're Doing When You Leave
1973
Sunburst
97
record label: Creative Funk 600
chart position: RandB #85
written by: Clifton Dyson
comments: [deep soul ballad] (Rose Bullock and Clifton Dyson)
Ci Ci
(You Got Me) Hypnotized
1985
Creative Funk
98
record label: Parachute 506
chart position: RandB #89
written by: Homer Banks and Carl Hampton
album: Welcome to My Room
comments: [deep soul]
Randy Brown
I'd Rather Hurt Myself (Than to Hurt You)
1978
Parachute
99
record label: Chi Sound 17606
chart position: RandB #92
written by: Bettye Crutcher
comments: [deep soul]
Margie Alexander
It's Worth a Whippin'
1977
Chi Sound
100
record label: Chimneyville 10205
chart position: RandB #96
written by: King Floyd
comments: [deep soul]
King Floyd
I'm Missing You
1974
Chimneyville