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Archie Bell And The Drells Songs

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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).

Below is a list of Archie Bell And The Drells songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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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.




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