Discography and Biography of Archie Bell And The Drells

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1	record label: Atlantic 2478 chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #55 written by: Archie Bell & Billy Buttier album: Tighten Up / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Tighten Up	1968	Atlantic
2	record label: Atlantic 2534 chart position: RandB #5, US #9 written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff album: I Can't Stop Dancing / Tightening It Up - The Best of... comments: [philly sound]	Archie Bell & the Drells	I Can't Stop Dancing	1968	Atlantic
3	record label: Atlantic 2583 chart position: RandB #6, US #21 written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff album: There's Gonna Be A Showdown / Tightening It Up - The Best of... comments: [philly sound]	Archie Bell & the Drells	There's Gonna Be A Showdown	1968	Atlantic
4	record label: Atlantic 2693 chart position: UK #11 written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: Here I Go Again comments: [philly sound] [re release]	Archie Bell & the Drells	Here I Go Again	1972	Atlantic
5	record label: Atlantic 452559 chart position: RandB #25 written by: Archie Bell album: I Can't Stop Dancing / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Love Will Rain on You	1968	Atlantic
6	record label: Atlantic 2559 chart position: RandB #17, US #44 written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff album: I Can't Stop Dancing / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Do the Choo Choo	1968	Atlantic
7	record label: TSOP 4775 chart position: RandB #7, US dance #3 written by: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Leon Huff and Victor Carstarphen album: Dance Your Troubles Away / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Let's Groove	1976	TSOP
8	record label: TSOP 4774 chart position: RandB #42, UK #13 written by: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead and Victor Carstarphen album: Dance Your Troubles Away / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	The Soul City Walk	1975	TSOP
9	record label: TSOP 33844 chart position: US dance #11 written by: G. McFadden, V. Carstarphen album: Dance Your Troubles Away	Archie Bell & the Drells	Dance Your Troubles Away	1975	TSOP
10	record label: Glades 1707 chart position: RandB #11, US #61 written by: Phillip Mitchell album: Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Dancing to Your Music	1973	Glades
11	record label: Atlantic 2644 chart position: RandB #13, US #59 written by: Kenny Gamble, Archie Bell & Thom Bell album: There's Gonna Be A Showdown / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Girl You're Too Young	1969	Atlantic
12	record label: Portrait 7254 (UK) chart position: UK #49 written by: Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead & Victor Carstarphen album: Artists Showcase comments: from 1976 'Where Will You Go When The Party's Over' album	Archie Bell & the Drells	Don't Let Love Get You Down	1986	Portrait
13	record label: P.I.R. 3615 chart position: RandB #68, UK #43 written by: Bunny Sigler album: Where Will You Go When the Party's Over / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Everybody Have a Good Time	1977	P.I.R.
14	record label: P.I.R. 3710 chart position: RandB #21 written by: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead and Jerry Cohen album: Strategy / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Strategy	1979	P.I.R.
15	record label: P.I.R. 3632 chart position: RandB #21 written by: Gene McFadden, John Whitehead and Jerry Cohen album: Hard Not To Like It / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Glad You Could Make It	1977	P.I.R.
16	record label: TSOP 4767 chart position: RandB #25, UK #51 written by: Ron Tyson, Bunny Sigler and Allan Felder album: Dance Your Troubles Away / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	I Could Dance All Night	1975	TSOP
17	record label: Atlantic 2768 chart position: RandB #33, US #93 written by: Isaac Hayes & David Porter album: There's Gonna Be A Showdown / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Wrap It Up	1970	Atlantic
18	record label: Atlantic 2663 chart position: RandB #36, US #87 written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff album: There's Gonna Be A Showdown / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	My Balloon's Going Up	1969	Atlantic
19	record label: Glades 1711 chart position: RandB #36 album: Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Ain't Nothing for a Man in Love	1973	Glades
20	record label: Atlantic 452693 chart position: US #112 written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff album: There's Gonna Be a Showdown	Archie Bell & the Drells	Here I Go Again	1970	Atlantic
21	record label: Atlantic 2612 chart position: RandB #40, US #94 written by: Kenny Gamble & Thom Bell album: There's Gonna Be a Showdown / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	I Love My Baby	1969	Atlantic
22	record label: Atlantic 452612 chart position: US #128 written by: Archie Bell album: There's Gonna Be a Showdown	Archie Bell & the Drells	Just a Little Closer	1969	Atlantic
23	record label: Atlantic 2693 chart position: RandB #46, US #90 written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff album: There's Gonna Be A Showdown / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	A World without Music	1969	Atlantic
24	record label: Atlantic 2744 chart position: Cashbox RandB #53 written by: A. Smith, L. Smith, W. Wells	Archie Bell & the Drells	Get It From The Bottom	1969	Atlantic
25	record label: Glades 1711 chart position: Cashbox RandB #55 written by: Phillip Mitchell	Archie Bell & the Drells	You Never Know What's On A Woman's Mind	1973	Glades
26	record label: P.I.R. 3637 chart position: R&B #56 written by: D. Brown, T. Wallington, J. Whitehead, G. McFadden album: Hard Not To Like It / Tightening It Up - The Best of... comments: [ballad]	Archie Bell & The Drells	I've Been Missing You	1978	P.I.R.
27	record label: Atlantic 452721 chart position: US #100 written by: Gamble, Huff, Hipple album: There's Gonna Be A Showdown / Tightening It Up - The Best of...	Archie Bell & the Drells	Don't Let the Music Slip Away	1970	Atlantic
--	record label: Nightmare 16 (UK) written by: I. Levine, F. Trench comments: [northern soul]	Archie Bell & The Drells	Look Back Over Your Shoulder	1987	Nightmare
--	record label: P.I.R. 3731 written by: K. Gamble, L. Huff album: Strategy	Archie Bell & the Drells	Show Me How To Dance	1979	P.I.R.
--	record label: Atlantic 2793 written by: P. Mitchell	Archie Bell & the Drells	I Just Want To Fall In Love	1971	Atlantic
--	record label: President 418 (UK) written by: Phillip Mitchell	Archie Bell & The Drells	Girls Grow Up Faster Than Boys	1974	President
--	record label: P.I.R. 5580 (UK) written by: J. Whithead, G. McFadden, V. Carstephen album: Hard Not To Like It	Archie Bell & the Drells	Disco Showdown	1977	P.I.R.
--	record label: P.I.R. 3637 written by: J. Whitehead, G. McFadden, H. Preston, F. Smith album: Hard Not To Like It	Archie Bell & the Drells	It's Hard Not To Like You	1977	P.I.R.
--	record label: P.I.R. 3651 written by: B. Sigler, D. Wansel	Archie Bell & the Drells	Old People	1977	P.I.R.

Archie Bell & the Drells was an American R&B vocal group from Houston, Texas, and one of the main acts on Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff's Philadelphia International Records. The band's hits include "Tighten Up", "I Can't Stop Dancing" (both 1968), "There's Gonna Be A Showdown", "Girl You're Too Young" (1969), "Here I Go Again" (also a UK hit in 1972), "Soul City Walk" (1975), "Let's Groove", "Everybody Have A Good Time" (1977), and "Don't Let Love Get You Down" (1976).

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