| 1 |
record label: Tamla 54080
chart position: RandB #1 (6 weeks), US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Clarence Paul & Henry Cosby
album: The 12 Year Old Genius: Recorded Live
comments: [Motown Sound] [instrumental]
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| 2 |
record label: Enjoy 1000
chart position: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #17
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: King Curtis (as Curtis Ousley)
album: Soul Serenade
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
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| 3 |
record label: King 4950
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 28
written by: Bill Doggett, Billy Butler, Clifford Scott and Shep Shepherd
album: Everybody Dance the Honky Tonk
comments: [instrumental]
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| 4 |
record label: 20th Century 2069
chart position: RandB #10, US #1, UK #10, US AC #1
written by: Barrry White
album: Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited
comments: Instrumental
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| 5 |
record label: Atlantic 3229
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #6, US AC #45, US dance #11
written by: Roger Ball & Hamish Stuart
album: AWB The Average White Band
comments: [funk jazz instrumental]
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| 6 |
record label: P.I.R. 73540
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #22, US AC #1
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: M.F.S.B. / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound instrumental]
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| 7 |
record label: Hi 2018
chart position: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #17
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Bill Black
comments: [instrumental]
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| 8 |
record label: Millennium 604
chart position: RandB #8, US #1, UK #7, US AC #18, US dance #6
written by: John Williams
album: Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
comments: [instrumental] [disco]
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| 9 |
record label: Uni 55066
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, US AC #15
written by: Philemon Hou
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
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| 10 |
record label: Stax 0028
chart position: RandB #7, US #6, UK #4, US AC #9
written by: Booker T. Jones
album: Uptight
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 11 |
record label: Phil L.A. Of Soul 313
chart position: RandB #2, UK #53, US #2
written by: Jesse James
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
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| 12 |
record label: MCA 52536
chart position: RandB #13, UK #2, US #3, US AC #1, US dance #1
written by: Harold Faltermeyer
album: Beverly Hills Cop: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [instrumental]
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| 13 |
record label: Alton 254
chart position: RandB #1, US #46
written by: Julius Dixon
comments: [instrumental]
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| 14 |
record label: MCA 52666
chart position: RandB #10, UK #5, US #1, US dance #23, US AC #16, US rock #2
written by: Jan Hammer
album: Miami Vice
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 15 |
record label: AandM 2151
chart position: RandB #4, UK #13, US #1, US AC #1, US dance #17
written by: Andy Armer & Randy Badazz Alpert
album: Rise
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
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| 16 |
record label: Satellite 107
chart position: RandB #2 (3 weeks), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Mar Keys
album: Last Night!!!
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
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| 17 |
record label: Private Stock 45073
chart position: RandB #10, US #1, UK #28, US AC #13
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Walter Murphy
album: Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 18 |
record label: Brunswick 55391
chart position: RandB #3, US #3, US AC #2
written by: Eugene Record & William Sanders
album: Soulful Strut
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 19 |
record label: ABC 12135
chart position: RandB #11, US #1, US AC #6, US dance #6
written by: Barry De Vorzon
album: Fallin' in Love
comments: Instrumental
|
| 20 |
record label: AandM 1320
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK#44, US AC #23
written by: Billy Preston & Joe Greene
album: I Wrote a Simple Song
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 21 |
record label: Imperial 5474
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, Country #11
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Bill Justis and Sid Manker
comments: instrumental
|
| 22 |
record label: Mercury 70963
chart position: RandB #3, US #17
written by: Sil Austin
album: Golden Saxophone Hits
comments: [Jazz RnB Instrumental]
|
| 23 |
record label: Impulse 200
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Rudy Toombs
album: Genius+Soul=Jazz
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 24 |
record label: King 5000
chart position: RandB #4, US #26
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Sil Austin
album: Wow!
comments: instrumental
|
| 25 |
record label: AandM 1463
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, US AC #34
written by: Billy Preston
album: Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 26 |
record label: Argo 5506
chart position: RandB #2, US #5
written by: Billy Page
album: The In Crowd
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 27 |
record label: Arista 9573
chart position: RandB #23, UK #22, US #4, US AC #3
written by: Kenny G
album: Duotones
comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]
|
| 28 |
record label: Sussex 226
chart position: RandB #9, US #6, US AC #24
written by: Dennis Coffey
album: Evolution
comments: Instrumental
|
| 29 |
record label: Roadshow 7001
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #34, US dance #1
written by: B.T. Express
album: Do it ('Til You're Satisfied)
comments: [disco funk instrumental]
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| 30 |
record label: AandM 2001
chart position: RandB #68, US #4, US AC #1
written by: Chuck Mangione
album: Feels So Good
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
|
| 31 |
record label: Love 5003
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #29
written by: Eddie Durham and Edgar Battle
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 32 |
record label: Clock 1009
chart position: RandB #5, US #1
written by: Dave Baby Cortez and Kurt Wood
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 33 |
record label: Cadet 5541
chart position: RandB #3, US #19, US AC #11
written by: Traditional
album: Wade in the Water
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
|
| 34 |
record label: Polydor 15030
chart position: RandB #11, US #8, UK #29
written by: Bill Ador
album: Jungle Fever
comments: [funk instrumental]
|
| 35 |
record label: Federal 12401
chart position: RandB #5, US #29
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Freddie King, Sonny Thompson & Hound Dog Taylor
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 36 |
record label: Peacock 1697
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #43
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 37 |
record label: Stax 127
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewis Steinberg & Al Jackson Jr.
album: Green Onions / The Best Of Booker T. and The MGs / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: instrumental
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| 38 |
record label: AandM 2211
chart position: RandB #32, US #18, US AC #1
written by: Chuck Mangione
album: Fun and Games
comments: Jazz Funk Instrumental
|
| 39 |
record label: Cadet 5522
chart position: RandB #6, US #11, US AC #18
written by: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns) & Wes Farrell
album: Hang On Ramsey!
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 40 |
record label: Pye 25746 (UK)
chart position: UK #2
written by: Pierre Ecama
album: Magic Fly
comments: [disco Instrumental]
|
| 41 |
record label: Infinity 50011
chart position: RandB #60, UK #17, US #24, US AC #1
written by: Jay Beckenstein
album: Morning Dance
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
|
| 42 |
record label: Stax 0013
chart position: RandB #35, US #9, US AC #39
written by: Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones & Lewie Steinberg
album: Soul Limbo
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
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| 43 |
record label: Columbia 38 04054
chart position: RandB #6, UK #8, US dance #1, US #71
written by: Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell & Michael Beinhorn
album: Future Shock
comments: instrumental
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| 44 |
record label: Volt 148
chart position: RandB #3, US #17, UK #33
written by: Alexander, Caldwell, Cauley, Cunningham, Jones & King
album: Soul Finger / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [mainly instrumental]
|
| 45 |
record label: Capitol 5798
chart position: RandB #2, US #11
written by: Joe Zawinul
album: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy!
comments: instrumental
|
| 46 |
record label: Arista 2187
chart position: RandB #60, UK #6, US #11, US AC #6
written by: Dave Stewart
album: Lily Was Here
comments: instrumental
|
| 47 |
record label: Motown 1307
chart position: RandB #7, US #22, UK #20
written by: Milan Williams
album: Machine Gun / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [funk instrumental]
|
| 48 |
record label: AandM 1666
chart position: RandB #29, US #10, UK #28
written by: Tony Camillo
comments: [funk instrumental]
|
| 49 |
record label: Arista 74321
chart position: RandB #73, US #18, UK #47, US AC #1
written by: Kenny G
album: Breathless
comments: [Jazz RnB Instrumental]
|
| 50 |
record label: Stax 0001
chart position: RandB #7, UK #30, US #17, US AC #32
written by: Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones & Lewie Steinberg
album: Soul Limbo
comments: instrumental
|
| 51 |
record label: Hi 2026
chart position: RandB #9, US #11, UK #32
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley
album: Solid and Raunchy
comments: instrumental
|
| 52 |
record label: Cotillion 44215
chart position: RandB #29, US #36, UK #31, US dance #2
written by: Alec R. Costandinos & Cerrone (as Jean Marc Cerrone)
album: Love in C Minor
comments: [disco] [instrumental]
|
| 53 |
record label: Upsetter 301 (UK)
chart position: UK #5
written by: Lee Perry
album: Return of Django
comments: [reggae instrumental]
|
| 54 |
record label: Chess 124
chart position: RandB #9, US #10
written by: David Clowney
album: Rinky Dink
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 55 |
record label: Flash 115
chart position: RandB #2, US #79
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Gus Jenkins
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 56 |
record label: CBS 8529 (UK)
chart position: RandB #41, UK #7, US dance #27
written by: Rodney Franklin
album: You'll Never Know
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
|
| 57 |
record label: Breakout 602
chart position: RandB #3, UK #19, US #46, US dance #3
written by: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
album: Keep Your Eye on Me
comments: [instrumental] [jazz funk]
|
| 58 |
record label: Sussex 233
chart position: RandB #11, US #18
written by: Dennis Coffey
album: Goin' for Myself
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 59 |
record label: Battle 45909
chart position: RandB #8, US #10, US AC #3
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Herbie Hancock
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 60 |
record label: Tamla Motown 824(UK)
chart position: RandB #10, US #46, UK #16
written by: Johnny Bristol & Marilyn McLeod
album: Moody Jr. / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 7
comments: [Motown Sound] [jazz soul instrumental]
|
| 61 |
record label: Horizon 12702
chart position: RandB #18, UK #17, US #60, US dance #42
written by: Yellow Magic Orchestra & Martin Denny
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 62 |
record label: Josie 1005
chart position: RandB #4, US #23
written by: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli & George Porter Jr.
album: The Meters
comments: [funk instrumental]
|
| 63 |
record label: Hi 2040
chart position: RandB #3, US #17
written by: Ace Cannon
album: Tuff Sax
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 64 |
record label: Polydor 2066656
chart position: RandB #12, UK #10, US dance #5, US #101
written by: Gerry Thomas
album: Raising Hell
comments: [disco jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 65 |
record label: Virgin 47
chart position: RandB #62, US #67, UK #17, US dance #1
written by: Eric Kupper
album: Beyond the Mix
comments: Instrumental
|
| 66 |
record label: Federal 12428
chart position: RandB #4, US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Freddie King and Sonny Thompson
album: Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King
comments: instrumental
|
| 67 |
record label: ABC 12177
chart position: RandB #19, US #20, US AC #14
written by: Dave Grusin & Morgan Ames
album: Disco fied
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 68 |
record label: CTI 4000
chart position: US #2, UK #7, US AC #5
written by: Richard Strauss
album: Prelude
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 69 |
record label: AandM 2202
chart position: RandB #20, UK #46, US #30, US AC #23, US dance #45
written by: Andy Armer & Randy Badazz Alpert (as Randy Badazz)
album: Rise
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 70 |
record label: Good Earth 7(UK)
chart position: UK #6
written by: Richard Hewson
album: The Crunch and Beyond
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 71 |
record label: Kapp 2085
chart position: RandB #20, US #28, US AC #10
written by: Gerald Wilson
album: Viva Tirado
comments: Instrumental
|
| 72 |
record label: AandM 1644
chart position: RandB #11, US #22
written by: Billy Preston & George Johnson
album: The Kids and Me
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 73 |
record label: Stax 224
chart position: RandB #10, US #21
written by: Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati
album: Hip Hug Her / The Best Of Booker T. and The MGs
comments: instrumental
|
| 74 |
record label: P.I.R. 83567
chart position: RandB #2, US #42, UK #37, US dance #2
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Universal Love / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound instrumental]
|
| 75 |
record label: Cadet 5525
chart position: RandB #29, US #29, US AC #10
written by: John Lennon & Paul McCartney
album: Hang On Ramsey
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 76 |
record label: HandL 4677
chart position: RandB #79, UK #4, US #105
written by: Van McCoy
album: Rhythms Of The World
comments: [disco instrumental]
|
| 77 |
record label: Hi 2140
chart position: RandB #10, US #23, US AC #32
written by: Luther Dixon & King Curtis
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 78 |
record label: King 6240
chart position: RandB #11, US #30
written by: James Brown
album: The Popcorn
comments: [mostly instrumental]
|
| 79 |
record label: Signature 12026
chart position: RandB #12
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Ray Bryant
album: Little Susie
comments: [jazz instrumental]
|
| 80 |
record label: Epic 3318
chart position: RandB #80, US #57, UK #14, US AC #10, US dance #12
written by: Michel Legrand
album: Biddu Orchestra
comments: [disco instrumental]
|
| 81 |
record label: Prestige 401
chart position: RandB #12, US #44, US AC #7
written by: Erroll Garner
album: Misty
comments: instrumental
|
| 82 |
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')
|
| 83 |
record label: ABC 12171
chart position: RandB #60, UK #10, US dance #7
written by: Isaac Hayes
album: Disco Connection
comments: [disco instrumental]
|
| 84 |
record label: 20th Century 2162
chart position: RandB #23, US #22, US AC #39, US dance #11
written by: Barry White
comments: Instrumental
|
| 85 |
record label: Josie 1001
chart position: RandB #7, US #34
written by: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli & George Porter Jr.
album: The Meters
comments: [funk jazz instrumental]
|
| 86 |
record label: United Artists 921
chart position: RandB#8, US #51, UK #37, US dance #14
written by: Randy Muller
album: Brass Construction II
comments: [funk jazz instrumental]
|
| 87 |
record label: Quality 1776
chart position: RandB #5, US #43
written by: Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 88 |
record label: Stax 211
chart position: RandB #6, US #37, UK #51
written by: Cropper, Dunn, Jackson, Jones
album: Hip Hug Her / The Best Of Booker T. and The MGs
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 89 |
record label: Brunswick 55305
chart position: RandB #12, US #40, US AC #35
written by: Eldee Young , Isaac Holt & Don Walker
album: Wack Wack
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 90 |
record label: 20th Century 2301
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #28, US #48, US AC #30
written by: Barry White
album: My Sweet Summer Suite
comments: [disco dance instrumental]
|
| 91 |
record label: Atco 6516
chart position: RandB #6, US #28
written by: Bobbie Gentry
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 92 |
record label: Everlast 5019
chart position: RandB #12, US #22
written by: Les Cooper
comments: instrumental
|
| 93 |
record label: Hi 2075
chart position: RandB #32, US #31
written by: Willie Mitchell
album: Hold It!!!
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 94 |
record label: Sue 770
chart position: RandB #5, US #20
written by: Ray Charles
album: I've Got A Woman
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 95 |
record label: Polydor 14129
chart position: RandB #7, US #44
written by: Bill Doggett, Henry Glover, Billy Butler, Shape Sheppard & Clifford Scott
comments: [instrumental with very few words]
|
| 96 |
record label: Soul 35013
chart position: RandB #7, US #43
written by: Willie Woods
album: Shotgun
comments: [Motown Sound] [jazz soul instrumental]
|
| 97 |
record label: Verve 10393
chart position: RandB #17, US #51, UK #48
written by: Muddy Waters & Preston Foster (uncredited)
album: Got My Mojo Workin'
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 98 |
record label: Hi 2018
chart position: RandB #1, US #17
written by: Bill Black
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 99 |
record label: Profile 5059
chart position: US dance #2, RandB #5, UK #41
written by: Paul Hardcastle
album: Paul Hardcastle
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 100 |
record label: Phil L.A. Of Soul 349
chart position: RandB #9, US #38
written by: Frankie Brunson
comments: [instrumental]
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