| 1 |
record label: King Jay 28430
chart position: RandB #2, UK #3, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #31
written by: Bill Withers
album: Life, Love & Pain
|
| 2 |
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]
|
| 3 |
record label: King 4935
chart position: RandB #1, US #24
written by: Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell (as John Davenport)
album: Fever
|
| 4 |
record label: King 5400
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #6
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Hank Ballard
album: Spotlight on Hank Ballard
|
| 5 |
record label: King 5341
chart position: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Hank Ballard
album: Mr. Rhythm And Blues
|
| 6 |
record label: King 6015
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #29
written by: James Brown
album: Out Of Sight
comments: [funk]
|
| 7 |
record label: King 5000
chart position: RandB #4, US #26
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Sil Austin
album: Wow!
comments: instrumental
|
| 8 |
record label: King 6035
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #13
written by: James Brown & Betty Jean Newsome
album: Out of Sight
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 9 |
record label: King 45 5999
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK 25
written by: James Brown
album: Out Of Sight
comments: [funk]
|
| 10 |
record label: Rhythm King
chart position: UK #1, US Dance #1, US #91
written by: Mark Moore and Pascal Gabriel
album: Original Soundtrack
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 11 |
record label: King 6245
chart position: RandB #1, US #11
written by: James Brown & Pee Wee Ellis (as Alfred Ellis)
album: It's A Mother
comments: [funk]
|
| 12 |
record label: King 6110
chart position: RandB #1, US #7
written by: James Brown & Pee Wee Ellis (as Alfred Ellis)
album: Cold Sweat
comments: [funk]
|
| 13 |
record label: King 5510
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #26
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Al Kasha, Alonzo Tucker & Gordon Evans
album: Dance Along
|
| 14 |
record label: EMI United Kingdom 353(UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Tommy Faragher and Lotti Golden
album: Always and Forever
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 15 |
record label: King 6187
chart position: RandB #1, US #10
written by: James Brown & Pee Wee Ellis (as Alfred Ellis)
album: Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud
comments: [funk]
|
| 16 |
record label: King 6318
chart position: RandB #2, US #15, UK #32
written by: James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Ron Lenhoff
album: Sex Machine
comments: [funk]
|
| 17 |
record label: King 6155
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: James Brown
album: I Got The Feelin'
comments: [funk]
|
| 18 |
record label: King 5356
chart position: RandB #6, US #38
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Jon Thomas
album: Sure Things
|
| 19 |
record label: King 6213
chart position: RandB #1, US #15
written by: Charles Bobbit
album: It's A New Day Let A Man Come In
comments: [funk]
|
| 20 |
record label: King 5739
chart position: RandB #6, US #18
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Traditional
album: Prisoner Of Love
comments: [ballad]
|
| 21 |
record label: King 6329
chart position: RandB #1, US #13
written by: James Brown
album: Super Bad
comments: [funk]
|
| 22 |
record label: King 5171
chart position: RandB #6, US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Hank Ballard
|
| 23 |
record label: King 5430
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #23
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Billy Myles & Hank Ballard
album: Spotlight on Hank Ballard
|
| 24 |
record label: King 5466
chart position: RandB #4, US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: James Brown
album: Shout and Shimmy
|
| 25 |
record label: Shocking Vibes 38890
chart position: RandB #16, US #26, UK #7
written by: Dave Kelly and Shawnna
album: Back to Basics
comments: [reggae dancehall]
|
| 26 |
record label: King 45 5799
chart position: RandB #11, US #100
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Sonny Thompson
album: In Action
comments: [ballad]
|
| 27 |
record label: King 5516
chart position: RandB #5, US #87
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Mertis John
|
| 28 |
record label: King 6166
chart position: RandB #2, US #14
written by: James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Pee Wee Ellis (as Alfred Ellis)
album: Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm Proud
comments: [funk]
|
| 29 |
record label: King 6280
chart position: RandB #3, US #24
written by: James Brown
album: Ain't It Funky
comments: [funk]
|
| 30 |
record label: King 6255
chart position: RandB #2, US #21
written by: James Brown
album: It's A New Day Let A Man Come In
comments: [funk]
|
| 31 |
record label: King 45 5394
chart position: RandB #10, US #13
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Earl Burnett & Adam Geibel
album: Sure Things
|
| 32 |
record label: King 6224
chart position: RandB #3, US #20
written by: James Brown
album: Sex Machine
comments: [funk]
|
| 33 |
record label: King 5524
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US 49
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Joe Tex and James Brown
album: Think!
comments: [ballad]
|
| 34 |
record label: King 5842
chart position: RandB #4, US #23
written by: James Brown
album: Pure Dynamite! (Live At The Royal)
comments: [ballad]
|
| 35 |
record label: Shocking Vibes
chart position: RandB #16, US #54, UK #13
weeksinr&bchart: 27
written by: Moses Davis, Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams
album: Art & Life
comments: [reggae dancehall]
|
| 36 |
record label: King 6292
chart position: RandB #3, US #32
written by: James Brown
album: It's A New Day Let A Man Come In
comments: [funk]
|
| 37 |
record label: King 6310
chart position: RandB #2, US #32
written by: James Brown
album: Sex Machine
|
| 38 |
record label: King 5510
chart position: RandB #10, US #92
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Michael Cowan and Hank Ballard
album: Dance Along
|
| 39 |
record label: King 6240
chart position: RandB #11, US #30
written by: James Brown
album: The Popcorn
comments: [mostly instrumental]
|
| 40 |
record label: King 6368
chart position: RandB #3, US 29
written by: James Brown
album: Revolution of the Mind Live at the Apollo, Volume III
comments: [funk]
|
| 41 |
record label: King 5442
chart position: RandB #8, US #40
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Teddy Powell and Leonard Whitcup
album: Think!
|
| 42 |
record label: King 6144
chart position: RandB 4, US 28
written by: James Brown
album: I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me
comments: [funk]
|
| 43 |
record label: King 5535
chart position: RandB #9, US #49
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Hank Ballard
album: Dance Along
|
| 44 |
record label: King 6347
chart position: RandB #4, US #34
written by: James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Ron Lenhoff
album: Revolution of the Mind Live at the Apollo, Volume III
comments: [funk]
|
| 45 |
record label: Shocking Vibes 49886
chart position: RandB #26, US #80, UK #14
written by: Beenie Man, Maurice Gregory and R. Kelly
album: Back to Basics
comments: [reggae dancehall]
|
| 46 |
record label: King 6071
chart position: RandB #7, US #29
written by: James Brown & Nat Jones
album: Raw Soul
comments: [funk]
|
| 47 |
record label: King 6025
chart position: RandB #6, US #42
written by: James Brown & Nat Jones
|
| 48 |
record label: King 6258
chart position: RandB #8, US #37
written by: James Brown
|
| 49 |
record label: King 45 5575
chart position: RandB #14
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Albert King
album: The Big Blues
|
| 50 |
record label: King 6144
chart position: RandB #3, US #36
written by: James Brown & Bud Hobgood
|
| 51 |
record label: King 5312
chart position: RandB #21
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Hank Ballard
|
| 52 |
record label: King 5614
chart position: RandB #5, US #35
written by: Oscar Washington, Lewis P. Simpkins & Jimmy Forrest
album: James Brown Live At The Apollo
|
| 53 |
record label: King 5149
chart position: RandB #3, US #92
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Clifford Scott and Billy Butler
album: Hold It
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 54 |
record label: King 5108
chart position: RandB #5, US #20
written by: Joe Seneca
album: Talk to Me
|
| 55 |
record label: King 5171
chart position: RandB #4, US #87
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Henry Glover
comments: [ballad]
|
| 56 |
record label: Rhythm King 122 (UK)
chart position: UK #6
written by: Tim Somenon, merlin
album: Into the Dragon
|
| 57 |
record label: Rhythm King 11
chart position: UK #5
written by: Debbie Pryce, Susie Banfield, Amanda Glanfield, Paul Carter
|
| 58 |
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]
|
| 59 |
record label: Rhythm King
chart position: UK #6, US dance #6
written by: S. Stone
album: Original Soundtrack
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 60 |
record label: Rhythm King 31
chart position: UK #8
written by: Paul Carter, Richard Walmsley, Amanda Glanfield and Justin
album: Anywayawanna
comments: [house, hip hop]
|
| 61 |
record label: King 5053
chart position: RandB #9, US #66
written by: Lowman Pauling
album: Dedicated To You
|
| 62 |
record label: King 5020
chart position: RandB #10, US #67
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: Henry Glover, Lucky Millinder and Jimmy Mundy
album: Wow!
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 63 |
record label: Rhythm King 70086
chart position: UK #14
written by: Paul Carter, Amanda Glanfield and Richard Walmsley
|
| 64 |
record label: King 4841
chart position: RandB #5
written by: Mertis John (as Mertis John Jr.)
album: Fever
comments: [blues soul]
|
| 65 |
record label: King 4822
chart position: RandB #9, US #92
written by: Bubber Johnson
album: Come Home
comments: [ballad]
|
| 66 |
record label: King 6100
chart position: RandB #5, US #46
written by: James Brown and Bud Hobgood
album: Raw Soul
|
| 67 |
record label: King 4841
chart position: RandB #6
written by: Rudy Toombs
comments: [blues soul] [b side to Need Your Love So Bad]
|
| 68 |
record label: King 45 5579
chart position: RandB #6
written by: Johnny Guitar Watson (as John Watson)
album: Johnny 'Guitar' Watson
comments: [blues]
|
| 69 |
record label: King 5142
chart position: RandB #14, US #66
written by: Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh
album: Mister Little Willie John
comments: [ballad]
|
| 70 |
record label: King 5491
chart position: RandB #12, US #33
written by: Don Covay and John Berry
|
| 71 |
record label: Rhythm King 01 (UK)
chart position: UK #32, US Dance #9
written by: Mark Moore, Martin Gordon and Sonique
album: Intercourse
|
| 72 |
record label: King 6198
chart position: RandB #9, US #31
written by: James Brown
album: Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
|
| 73 |
record label: King 5032
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Lowman Pauling
album: Dedicated To You
comments: [ballad]
|
| 74 |
record label: King Street 1027
chart position: US dance #6
written by: Al Mack and Ultra Naté
album: Party Girl OST
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 75 |
record label: King 4935
chart position: RandB #10
written by: Charles Singleton and Rose Marie McCoy
comments: [B side to Fever]
|
| 76 |
record label: King 6323
chart position: RandB #14, US #69
written by: Teddy Brown
album: I Need Help (Live On Stage)
comments: [funk]
|
| 77 |
record label: King 5080
chart position: US #35
written by: Tiny Bradshaw
comments: instrumental
|
| 78 |
record label: King 6122
chart position: RandB #11, US #40
written by: Bud Hobgood, James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis
album: I Can't Stand Myself When You Touch Me
|
| 79 |
record label: King 5147
chart position: RandB #12
written by: Titus Turner
album: Talk To Me
comments: [soul blues]
|
| 80 |
record label: King 5373
chart position: US #37
written by: Bill Massey and Albert Shubert
|
| 81 |
record label: King 5195
chart position: RandB #16, US #72
written by: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
album: The One And Only
|
| 82 |
record label: King 6112
chart position: RandB #13, US #52
written by: James Brown and Hayward E. Moore
|
| 83 |
record label: King 5459
chart position: RandB #17, US #39
written by: Billy Myles and Hank Ballard
|
| 84 |
record label: King 6250
chart position: RandB #16, US #41
written by: James Brown
album: Sex Machine
|
| 85 |
record label: Rhythm King 658013
chart position: UK #43
written by: Bobbie Gentry
album: Intercourse
|
| 86 |
record label: Rhythm King 658001
chart position: UK #43
written by: Amanda Glanfield, Paul Carter and Richard Walmsley
comments: [dance, garage house]
|
| 87 |
record label: Jay Walking 011
chart position: RandB #19, US #84
written by: Bobby Martin (as Robert L. Martin) and Eugene Lemon
album: Dream World
|
| 88 |
record label: King 6339
chart position: Cashbox R&B #50, US #105, UK #47
written by: Nat Jones and A. Williams Jones
album: Hey America
comments: [funk]
|
| 89 |
record label: King 4960
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Billy Ward and Rose Marks
|
| 90 |
record label: King 6229
chart position: RandB #19, US #82
written by: James Brown and Marva Whitney
album: It's My Thing
|
| 91 |
record label: King 6363
chart position: RandB #15, US #50
written by: James Brown and Bobby Byrd
|
| 92 |
record label: King 6151
chart position: RandB #47, US #47
written by: Bobby Byrd, Gene Redd, James Brown and Ron Lenhoff
|
| 93 |
record label: King 6196
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Bud Hobgood, Hank Ballard and James Brown
|
| 94 |
record label: King 6141
chart position: RandB #15, US #55
written by: James Brown
album: Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
|
| 95 |
record label: King 5159
chart position: RandB #15
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Andy Gibson and Angelyn Carlington
album: Hold It
comments: instrumental
|
| 96 |
record label: King 5428
chart position: RandB #21, US #48
written by: Little Willie John and Darryl John
|
| 97 |
record label: King 5657
chart position: RandB #16, US #61
written by: James Brown
|
| 98 |
record label: King 5405
chart position: RandB #21, US #76
written by: Brown, Redd
comments: [christmas]
|
| 99 |
record label: King 5547
chart position: RandB #17
written by: James Brown
album: The Amazing James Brown
|
| 100 |
record label: King 6290
chart position: RandB #20, US #51
written by: James Brown
album: In The Jungle Groove (1986 compilation)
comments: [funk]
|
to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click checkbox 
to add song to playlist. Click checkbox at top of column to add all songs below it to playlist. Click year to list all songs from that year.
