1
record label: Mercury 70893
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Georges Boulanger and Jimmy Kennedy
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
The Platters
My Prayer
1956
Mercury
2
record label: Mercury 71565
chart position: RandB #1 (10 weeks), US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Clyde Otis, Murray Stein & Brook Benton
album: The Two Of Us
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
Baby, You've Got What It Takes
1960
Mercury
3
record label: Mercury 71289
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
written by: Morty Nevins, Al Nevins, Artie Dunn and Buck Ram
The Platters
Twilight Time
1958
Mercury
4
record label: Mercury 1109
chart position: RandB #1 (9 weeks), US #7, UK #41
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Golden Hits
Brook Benton
Kiddio
1960
Mercury
5
record label: Mercury 70753
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters
The Great Pretender
1956
Mercury
6
record label: Mercury 71394
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks and Clyde Otis
album: It's Just a Matter of Time
comments: [ballad]
Brook Benton
It's Just a Matter of Time
1959
Mercury
7
record label: Mercury 70633
chart position: RandB #1, US #5
written by: Buck Ram (as Ande Rand)
The Platters
Only You (And You Alone)
1956
Mercury
8
record label: Mercury 71383
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #1
written by: Otto Harbach and Jerome Kern
album: Remember When?
comments: [ballad]
The Platters
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
1958
Mercury
9
record label: Mercury 014302
chart position: US #1, UK #1, AC #24, RandB #121
written by: Taio Cruz and Fraser T. Smith
album: Rokstarr
Taio Cruz featuring Ludacris
Break Your Heart
2009
Mercury
10
record label: Mercury 945
chart position: RandB #32, UK #1, US #2, US dance #2
written by: Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo & Victor Willis
album: Cruisin'
comments: [disco]
Village People
Y.M.C.A.
1978
Mercury
11
record label: Mercury 71478
chart position: RandB #1, US #16
written by: Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
Brook Benton
Thank You Pretty Baby
1959
Mercury
12
record label: Mercury 1099
chart position: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Brook Benton, Clyde Otis & Luchi DeJesus
album: The Two Of Us
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around And Fall In Love)
1960
Mercury
13
record label: Mercury 73734
chart position: RandB #1, US #11, UK #51
written by: Billy Beck, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell
album: Honey...
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Love Rollercoaster
1975
Mercury
14
record label: Mercury 71635
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #24
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Clyde Otis
album: Unforgettable
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington
This Bitter Earth
1960
Mercury
15
record label: Mercury 73643
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #10, US #1
written by: J. Williams C. Satchell L. Bonner M. Jones R. Middlebrooks M. Pierce W. Beck
album: Fire
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Fire
1974
Mercury
16
record label: Mercury 70819
chart position: RandB #4, US #4
written by: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters
(You've Got) The Magic Touch
1956
Mercury
17
record label: Mercury 812 370 7
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, US dance #3, UK #25
written by: Donna Summer & Michael Omartian
album: She Works Hard for the Money
comments: [disco dance]
Donna Summer
She Works Hard for the Money
1983
Mercury
18
record label: Mercury 70963
chart position: RandB #3, US #17
written by: Sil Austin
album: Golden Saxophone Hits
comments: [Jazz RnB Instrumental]
Sil Austin
Slow Walk
1956
Mercury
19
record label: Mercury 2
chart position: RandB #38, US #11, UK #15, US dance #1
written by: Crystal Waters, Tommy Davis, Theodore Douglas and Jay Steinhour
album: Storyteller
Crystal Waters
100 Percent Pure Love
1994
Mercury
20
record label: Mercury 878476 7
chart position: RandB #8, US #5, UK #4, US AC #3
written by: Brenda Russell
album: Circle of One
comments: [ballad]
Oleta Adams
Get Here
1990
Mercury
21
record label: Mercury 71820
chart position: RandB #2 (4 weeks), US #2, UK #30, US AC #1
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Brook Benton, Clyde Otis
album: The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits
Brook Benton
The Boll Weevil Song
1961
Mercury
22
record label: Mercury 868 208
chart position: UK #2, RandB #25, US #8, US dance #1
written by: Neal Conway and Crystal Waters
album: Surprise
comments: [dance, house]
Crystal Waters
Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)
1991
Mercury
23
record label: Mercury 71032
chart position: RandB #15, US #11, UK #18
written by: Agnes White, Buck Ram and Peter Tinturin
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
The Platters
I'm Sorry
1957
Mercury
24
record label: Mercury 72055
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Leon Carr & Earl Shuman
album: Golden Hits, Volume 2
comments: [released 1962, charted 1963]
Brook Benton
Hotel Happiness
1962
Mercury
25
record label: Mercury 72898
chart position: RandB #1, US #4
written by: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Jerry Butler
album: The Ice Man Cometh
comments: [philly sound]
Jerry Butler
Only the Strong Survive
1969
Mercury
26
record label: Mercury 76132
chart position: RandB #2, UK #7, US #30, US dance #4
written by: Junior (as Junior Giscombe) & Bob Carter
album: JI
Junior Giscombe
Mama Used to Say
1982
Mercury
27
record label: Mercury 71774
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Clyde Otis & Willie Dixon
Brook Benton
For My Baby
1961
Mercury
28
record label: Mercury 22 (UK)
chart position: RandB #4, UK #6, US #101, US Dance #52
written by: C. Wilson, L. Simmons, R. Wilson, R. Taylor
album: Gap Band II
comments: [disco funk]
The Gap Band
Oops Up Side Your Head
1980
Mercury
29
record label: Mercury 888 016
chart position: UK #4, US #6, US Dance #12, US AC #1
written by: Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery and Martin Jackson
album: It's Better to Travel
comments: [jazz funk]
Swing Out Sister
Breakout
1986
Mercury
30
record label: Mercury (UK)
chart position: UK #1
written by: Duffy, Steve Booker
album: Rockferry
Duffy
Mercy
2008
Mercury
31
record label: Mercury 71032
chart position: RandB #5, US #16
written by: Paul Robi, Buck Ram (as Jean Miles) and Zola Taylor
The Platters
He's Mine
1957
Mercury
32
record label: Mercury 71465
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: Phil Phillips and George Khoury
Phil Phillips & the Twilights
Sea of Love
1959
Mercury
33
record label: Mercury 154
chart position: RandB #1, UK #7, US #19, US dance #26
written by: Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples & Lonnie Simmons
album: The Two of Us
Yarbrough & Peoples
Don't Stop the Music
1980
Mercury
34
record label: Mercury 71477
chart position: RandB #5, US #7, UK #7
written by: Sherman Edwards and Hal David
album: The Magic Of Sarah Vaughan
comments: [jazz RnB]
Sarah Vaughan
Broken-Hearted Melody
1959
Mercury
35
record label: Mercury 311
chart position: US dance #1, UK #2, US #25, RandB #75
written by: Steve Vincent & Mick Walsh
album: Adventures of Stevie V
comments: [disco dance boogie]
The Adventures of Stevie V
Dirty Cash (Money Talks)
1989
Mercury
36
record label: Mercury 888 074
chart position: RandB #2, US #10, UK #30, US dance #35, US AC #35
written by: Ronald Bell (as Khalis Bayyan), Kool & the Gang & James
album: Forever
Kool & the Gang
Victory
1986
Mercury
37
record label: Mercury 888 292
chart position: RandB #4, US #10, UK #45, US dance #41, US AC #11
written by: Claydes Charles Smith, Kool & the Gang & James
album: Forever
Kool & the Gang
Stone Love
1987
Mercury
38
record label: Mercury 71093
chart position: RandB #7, UK #7, US #24
written by: Buck Ram
album: The Platters – Vol. IV
comments: [ballad]
The Platters
My Dream
1957
Mercury
39
record label: Mercury 71774
chart position: RandB #6, US #11
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Joe Shapiro, Jimmy Williams [Jimmy T. Williams] & Clyde Otis
Brook Benton
Think Twice
1961
Mercury
40
record label: Mercury 73083
chart position: RandB #8, US #12
written by: Herman Davis & Russ Lewis
album: The Gene Chandler Situation
Gene Chandler
Groovy Situation
1970
Mercury
41
record label: Mercury 73839
chart position: RandB #1, US #10
written by: Paul Mitchell & William Bell
album: Coming Back for More
William Bell
Tryin' to Love Two
1976
Mercury
42
record label: Mercury 420
chart position: RandB #5, US #28, UK #23
written by: Luther Archer and Michael Archer
B.M.U. (Black Men United)
U Will Know
1994
Mercury
43
record label: Mercury 73814
chart position: RandB #1, US #18
written by: Billy Beck , Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell
album: Contradiction
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Who'd She Coo?
1976
Mercury
44
record label: Mercury 6167012
chart position: RandB #2, US #13
written by: Marshall Jones, Marvin Pierce, Leroy Bonner, James
album: Skin Tight
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Skin Tight
1974
Mercury
45
record label: Mercury
chart position: RandB #8, US #13, US AC #16
written by: Brian McKnight, B. Barnes and M. Barnes
album: Brian McKnight
comments: [slow jam]
Brian McKnight
One Last Cry
1993
Mercury
46
record label: Mercury 72850
chart position: RandB #1, US #16
written by: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Jerry Butler
album: The Ice Man Cometh
comments: [philly sound]
Jerry Butler
Hey, Western Union Man
1968
Mercury
47
record label: Mercury 72960
chart position: RandB #4, US #20
written by: Kenny Gamble, Thom Bell & Jerry Butler
album: Ice on Ice
comments: [philly sound]
Jerry Butler
What's the Use of Breaking Up
1969
Mercury
48
record label: Mercury 71660
chart position: RandB #7, US #23
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Clyde McPhatter & Jimmy Oliver
album: Ta Ta!
Clyde McPhatter
Ta Ta
1960
Mercury
49
record label: Mercury 72135
chart position: RandB #7, US #22, US AC #8
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: R. Stevens and M. Singleton
album: Lie To Me Singing The Blues
Brook Benton
My True Confession
1963
Mercury
50
record label: Mercury 73255
chart position: RandB #3, US #21
written by: Homer Talbert & Herscholt Polk
album: The Saggitarius Movement
comments: [ballad]
Jerry Butler featuring Brenda Lee Eager
Ain't Understanding Mellow
1971
Mercury
51
record label: Mercury 71512
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: Bobby Stevenson
album: I Love You In So Many Ways
Brook Benton
So Many Ways
1959
Mercury
52
record label: Mercury 3
chart position: UK #7, US Dance #22, US AC #7
written by: Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery and Martin Jackson
album: It's Better to Travel
Swing Out Sister
Surrender
1987
Mercury
53
record label: Mercury 73833
chart position: RandB #5, US #23, UK #41
written by: Michael Beard, Larry Dodson, Harvey Henderson, Lloyd Smith, Frank Thompson
album: Too Hot To Stop
comments: [funk]
The Bar-Kays
Shake Your Rump to the Funk
1976
Mercury
54
record label: Mercury 71876
chart position: RandB #5, US #23, UK #35, US AC #5
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Harry Warren & Al Dubin
album: September in the Rain
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington
September in the Rain
1961
Mercury
55
record label: Mercury 73959
chart position: RandB #1, US #23
written by: Michael Cooper
album: Secrets
comments: [funk]
Con Funk Shun
Ffun
1977
Mercury
56
record label: Mercury 71722
chart position: RandB #5, US #24, UK #50
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Rube Bloom & Johnny Mercer
album: Songs I Love To Sing
Brook Benton
Fools Rush in (Where Angels Fear to Tread)
1960
Mercury
57
record label: Mercury 76091
chart position: RandB #1, UK #22, US dance #19
written by: Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons & Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band III
comments: [disco funk boogie]
The Gap Band
Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
1980
Mercury
58
record label: Mercury 72099
chart position: RandB #4, US #28, US AC #14
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Margie Singleton and Brook Benton
album: Lie To Me Singing The Blues
Brook Benton
I Got What I Wanted
1963
Mercury
59
record label: Mercury 814088
chart position: RandB #9, UK #14, US #43
written by: Donna Summer & Michael Omartian
album: She Works Hard for the Money
Donna Summer
Unconditional Love
1983
Mercury
60
record label: Mercury 1761142 (UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: David Jordan and Simon Pilton
album: Set the Mood
David Jordan
Sun Goes Down
2008
Mercury
61
record label: Mercury 71435
chart position: RandB #4, US #8
written by: Grever and Adams
album: What a Diff'rence a Day Makes!
comments: [jazz RnB]
Dinah Washington
What a Diff'rence a Day Makes
1959
Mercury
62
record label: Mercury 1
chart position: UK #3, RandB #71
written by: Wyclef Jean, L. Hill, Pras, S. Anderson, B. Anderson, B. Ulvaeus, Q Tip, J. Forte
album: When We Were Kings
comments: [hip hop]
The Fugees
Rumble in the Jungle
1997
Mercury
63
record label: Mercury 76101
chart position: RandB #5, UK #47, US #60
written by: Oliver Scott & Ronnie Wilson
album: Gap Band III
The Gap Band
Yearning for Your Love
1981
Mercury
64
record label: Mercury 72798
chart position: RandB #4, US #20
written by: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Jerry Butler
album: The Ice Man Cometh / The Soul Goes On
comments: [philly sound]
Jerry Butler
Never Give You Up
1968
Mercury
65
record label: Mercury 72929
chart position: RandB #3, US #24
written by: Kenny Gamble, Thom Bell & Jerry Butler
album: Ice on Ice
comments: [philly sound]
Jerry Butler
Moody Woman
1969
Mercury
66
record label: Mercury 1
chart position: RandB #11, US #17
written by: Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten and Richard Griffin
comments: [slow jam]
K-Ci Hailey of Jodeci
If You Think You're Lonely Now
1995
Mercury
67
record label: Mercury 71563
chart position: RandB #15, US #8, UK #11
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Will Grosz (as Hugh Williams) & Jimmy Kennedy
album: Reflections
The Platters
Harbor Lights
1960
Mercury
68
record label: Mercury 76126
chart position: RandB #14, US dance #5, UK #42, US #84
written by: Linton Beckles, Lipson Francis & Roy Carter
album: Central Line
Central Line
Walking into Sunshine
1981
Mercury
69
record label: Mercury 461
chart position: RandB #17, UK #17, US #39, US AC #5
written by: Lionel Richie, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris) and Terry Lewis
album: Louder Than Words
comments: [ballad]
Lionel Richie
Don't Wanna Lose You
1996
Mercury
70
record label: Mercury (UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: Anders Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson and Simon Climie
album: Wonder No. 8
Honeyz
Won't Take It Lying Down
2000
Mercury
71
record label: Mercury 1
chart position: UK #4
written by: Henry Binns, Yoyo Olugbo, JP Esq., Paul Meehan, Steve Levine, Célena Cherry, Mariama Goodman
album: Wonder No. 8
comments: [slow jam]
Honeyz
Finally Found
1998
Mercury
72
record label: Mercury 1(UK)
chart position: UK #3
written by: Dina Carroll, Nigel Lowis, B. Blue and R. Smith
album: Only Human
Dina Carroll
Escaping
1996
Mercury
73
record label: Mercury 858 163
chart position: RandB #10, US #64, UK #22, US dance #6
written by: J. Dibbs, Brian Allen and Teddy Denslow
album: Everything
Joe (Lewis Thomas)
I'm in Luv
1993
Mercury
74
record label: Mercury 72230
chart position: RandB #5, US #35, US AC #11
written by: Emil Anton & Alan Thomas
album: On the Countryside
comments: [ballad]
Brook Benton
Going Going Gone
1964
Mercury
75
record label: Mercury 884 009
chart position: RandB #4, UK #22, US #47, US dance #7
written by: Rene Moore & Angela Winbush
album: Street Called Desire
René & Angela
I'll Be Good
1985
Mercury
76
record label: Mercury 76150
chart position: RandB #8, UK #20, US dance #67
written by: Junior (as Junior Giscombe) & Bob Carter
album: Ji
Junior Giscombe
Too Late
1982
Mercury
77
record label: Mercury 76075
chart position: RandB #4, UK #47, US #87, US dance #9
written by: Kurtis Blow, Robert Ford Jr., J.B. Moore, Russell Simmons & Larry Smith
album: Kurtis Blow
comments: [hip hop]
Kurtis Blow
The Breaks
1980
Mercury
78
record label: Mercury 72024
chart position: RandB #3, US #13
written by: Margie Singleton & Brook Benton
album: Singing the Blues Lie to Me
comments: [blues]
Brook Benton
Lie To Me
1962
Mercury
79
record label: Mercury 866 445
chart position: RandB #44, US #26, US dance #2
written by: Hula, Craig Simpkins (as K. Fingers), Lidell Townsell and Silk E
comments: [dance, house]
Lidell Townsell
Nu Nu
1992
Mercury
80
record label: Mercury 135
chart position: RandB #5, US #22
written by: R. Saadiq, D. Wiggins, T. Riley
album: House of Music
Tony! Toni! Tone!
Thinking of You
1997
Mercury
81
record label: Mercury 71322
chart position: RandB #4, US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Danny Webb
comments: [ballad]
The Danleers
One Summer Night
1958
Mercury
82
record label: Mercury 128
chart position: RandB #5, US #30, UK #33
written by: DJ Quik (as David Blake) and Raphael Saadiq
album: House of Music
comments: [hip hop] (featuring DJ Quik)
Tony! Toni! Tone!
Let's Get Down
1996
Mercury
83
record label: Mercury 71903
chart position: RandB #12, US #15
written by: Brook Benton, Oliver Hall & Marnie Ewald
Brook Benton
Revenge
1961
Mercury
84
record label: Mercury 870 154
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #71, US #35
written by: Steve Harvey
album: Nothin' but Trouble
comments: [dance, boogie]
Nia Peeples
Trouble
1988
Mercury
85
record label: Mercury 71443
chart position: RandB #3, US #12, UK #28
written by: Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
album: Endlessly
Brook Benton
Endlessly
1959
Mercury
86
record label: Mercury 71859
chart position: RandB #14, US #20, US AC #6
written by: Brook Benton
album: The Boll Weevil Song and 11 Other Great Hits
comments: Adapted by Brook Benton
Brook Benton
Frankie and Johnny
1961
Mercury
87
record label: Mercury 2
chart position: UK #5
written by: Paul Begaud
album: Wonder No. 8
comments: [slow jam]
Honeyz
End of the Line
1998
Mercury
88
record label: Mercury 72266
chart position: RandB #4, US #47, US AC #13
written by: Earl Shuman & Leon Carr
Brook Benton
Another Cup Of Coffee
1964
Mercury
89
record label: Mercury 312 (UK)
chart position: UK #8
written by: Carole King and Toni Stern
comments: [disco dance]
Quartz featuring Dina Carroll
It's Too Late
1991
Mercury
90
record label: Mercury 76089
chart position: RandB #8, US #40, US dance #25
written by: Michael Cooper
album: Touch
comments: [funk]
Con Funk Shun
Too Tight
1980
Mercury
91
record label: Mercury 72584
chart position: RandB #9, US #41
written by: Lee Adams & Charles Strouse
album: I Want To Be With You, I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
comments: [ballad]
Dee Dee Warwick
I Want To Be With You
1966
Mercury
92
record label: Mercury 73713
chart position: RandB #1, US #33
written by: Billy Beck,Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones,Ralph Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
comments: [funk jazz]
Ohio Players
Sweet Sticky Thing
1975
Mercury
93
record label: Mercury 71847
chart position: RandB #17, US #25, US AC #7
written by: Ruth Lowe
The Platters
I'll Never Smile Again
1961
Mercury
94
record label: Mercury 73775
chart position: RandB #9, US #30
written by: Billy Beck , Leroy Bonner, Marshal Jones , Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell
album: Honey... / Gold
comments: [funk]
Ohio Players
Fopp
1976
Mercury
95
record label: Mercury 72177
chart position: RandB #15, US #32, US AC #8
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Brook Benton and Malcolm Dodds
Brook Benton
Two Tickets To Paradise
1963
Mercury
96
record label: Mercury 858 359
chart position: RandB #67, US #43, UK #33, US dance #32
written by: Bobby Ramirez, Larry Price, Malcolm McLaren, Robert Guiterrez, Ronald Larkins and Stephen Hague
album: Layin' in the Cut
comments: [hip hop]
Lighter Shade of Brown
Hey D.J.
1994
Mercury
97
record label: Mercury 72266
chart position: RandB #8, US #43, US AC #14
written by: Clyde Otis
album: This Bitter Earth
Brook Benton
Too Late To Turn Back Now
1964
Mercury
98
record label: Mercury 71652
chart position: RandB #21, US #16
written by: Brook Benton & Clyde Otis
album: Golden Hits
Brook Benton
The Same One
1960
Mercury
99
record label: Mercury 71427
chart position: RandB #9, US #12
written by: Buck Ram
album: Come Sing With Us
The Platters
Enchanted
1959
Mercury
100
record label: Mercury 574 811
chart position: UK #5, US dance #1
album: Ready For A New Day
comments: [dance. house]
Todd Terry
Something Goin' On
1997
Mercury