Best Selling R&B Soul Songs on the Stax label
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1 record label: Stax 0125
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #30
written by: Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)
album: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself / Stax Greatest Hits / The Best of The Staple Singers
comments: [southern soul]
 		The Staple Singers I'll Take You There
1972 Stax
2 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]
Booker T. & the MGs Time Is Tight
1969 Stax
3 record label: Stax 231
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #24
written by: Isaac Hayes & David Porter
album: Soul Men / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
Sam & Dave Soul Man
1967 Stax
4 record label: Stax 0088
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: Joseph Broussard, Ralph Williams & Carrol Washington
album: Mr. Big Stuff / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul funk]
Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff
1971 Stax
5 record label: Stax 0009
chart position: RandB #1, US #5
written by: Homer Banks, Bettye Crutcher, Don Davis & Raymond Jackson
album: Who's Making Love / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
Johnnie Taylor Who's Making Love
1968 Stax
6 record label: Stax 0179
chart position: RandB #1, US #9, UK #34
written by: Homer Banks, Carl Hampton & Ray Jackson
album: Be What You Are / The Best of The Staple Singers
 		The Staple Singers If You're Ready (Come Go with Me)
1973 Stax
7 record label: Stax 242
chart position: RandB #4, US #9, UK #34
written by: Isaac Hayes & David Porter
album: The Best of Sam & Dave
 		Sam & Dave I Thank You
1968 Stax
8 record label: Stax 194
chart position: RandB #1, US #28, UK #19
written by: Eddie Floyd & Steve Cropper
album: Knock on Wood / Rare Stamps / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
 		Eddie Floyd Knock on Wood
1966 Stax
9 record label: Stax 140
chart position: RandB #4, US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Rufus Thomas
album: Walking The Dog
 		Rufus Thomas Walking The Dog
1963 Stax
10 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
 		Booker T. & the MGs Green Onions
1962 Stax
11 record label: Stax 0161
chart position: RandB #1, US #11
written by: Don Davis
album: Taylored in Silk
comments: [southern soul]
 		Johnnie Taylor I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)
1973 Stax
12 record label: Stax 195
chart position: RandB #3, US #14
written by: Isaac Hayes & David Porter
album: Carla / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
 		Carla Thomas B-A-B-Y
1966 Stax
13 record label: Stax 0104
chart position: RandB #2, US #12
written by: Luther Ingram & Mack Rice
album: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself / Stax Greatest Hits / The Best of The Staple Singers
 		The Staple Singers Respect Yourself
1971 Stax
14 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]
Booker T. & the MGs Hang 'Em High
1968 Stax
15 record label: Stax 0059
chart position: RandB #5, US #28, UK #18
written by: Rufus Thomas
album: Do the Funky Chicken / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul funk]
 		Rufus Thomas Do the Funky Chicken
1970 Stax
16 record label: Stax 189
chart position: RandB #1, US #21
written by: Isaac Hayes & David Porter
album: Hold On! I'm Comin
comments: [southern soul]
 		Sam & Dave Hold On! I'm Comin
1966 Stax
17 record label: Stax 216
chart position: RandB #2, US #26, UK #18
written by: Lowell Fulson & Jimmy McCracklin
album: King & Queen / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
 		Otis Redding & Carla Thomas Tramp
1967 Stax
18 record label: Stax 0117
chart position: RandB #8, US #27, UK #22
written by: Posie Knight & Jerry Weaver
album: I've Been Lonely for So Long / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
 		Frederick Knight I've Been Lonely for So Long
1972 Stax
19 record label: Stax 0176
chart position: RandB #2, US #15
written by: Mack Rice
album: Taylored in Silk
 		Johnnie Taylor Cheaper to Keep Her
1973 Stax
20 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
 		Booker T. & the MGs Soul Limbo
1968 Stax
21 record label: Stax 0079
chart position: RandB #1, US #25
written by: Rufus Thomas
album: Did You Heard Me?
comments: (southern soul funk)
 		Rufus Thomas (Do the) Push and Pull
1970 Stax
22 record label: Stax 0023
chart position: RandB #2, US #20
written by: Homer Banks, Don Davis, Raymond Jackson & Tom Kelly
album: Who's Making Love
comments: [southern soul]
 		Johnnie Taylor Take Care of Your Homework
1969 Stax
23 record label: Stax 0127
chart position: RandB #4, US #19
written by: Phillip Mitchell
album: Starting All Over Again / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Mel & Tim Starting All Over Again
1972 Stax
24 record label: Stax 0012
chart position: RandB #4, US #17
written by: Sam Cooke
album: I've Never Found A Girl / Rare Stamps
 		Eddie Floyd Bring It On Home to Me
1968 Stax
25 record label: Stax 2025224
chart position: RandB #3, US #23, US AC #27
written by: Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson & Carl Hampton
album: Be What You Are
The Staple Singers Touch a Hand, Make a Friend
1974 Stax
26 record label: Stax 0005
chart position: UK #8, RandB #17, US #75
written by: William Bell & Booker T. Jones
album: Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
 		William Bell & Judy Clay Private Number
1968 Stax
27 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
 		Booker T. & the MGs Groovin'
1967 Stax
28 record label: Stax 45228
chart position: RandB #8, US #30, UK #35
written by: Steve Cropper & Eddie Floyd
album: King & Queen
comments: [northern soul]
 		Otis Redding & Carla Thomas Knock on Wood
1967 Stax
29 record label: Stax 0085
chart position: RandB #1, US #28
written by: Kay Barker, Don Davis & James Wilson
album: One Step Beyond
comments: [southern soul]
 		Johnnie Taylor Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone
1971 Stax
30 record label: Stax 0033
chart position: RandB #4, US #36
written by: Daron Taylor & George Clinton
album: The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues
comments: [southern soul]
 		Johnnie Taylor Testify (I Wanna)
1969 Stax
31 record label: Stax 0137
chart position: RandB #6, US #38
written by: Gary William Friedman & Herb Shapiro
album: Be Altitude: Respect Yourself / The Best of The Staple Singers
 		The Staple Singers This World
1972 Stax
32 record label: Stax 0083
chart position: RandB #6, US #27
written by: Jeff Barry & Robert Bloom
album: The Staple Swingers / The Best of The Staple Singers
 		The Staple Singers Heavy Makes You Happy (Sha-Na-Boom Boom)
1971 Stax
33 record label: Stax 0098
chart position: RandB #2, US #31
written by: Eddie Floyd, Mack Rice & Rufus Thomas
album: Did You Heard Me?
comments: [funk]
 		Rufus Thomas The Breakdown (Part 1)
1971 Stax
34 record label: Stax 0068
chart position: RandB #3, US #37
written by: Jimmy Hughes
comments: [southern soul]
 		Johnnie Taylor Steal Away
1970 Stax
35 record label: Stax 0182
chart position: RandB #3, US #36
written by: Homer Banks & Carl Hampton
album: Friction
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		The Soul Children I'll Be the Other Woman
1974 Stax
36 record label: Stax 3093
chart position: RandB #3, US #39
written by: Sheila Hutchinson
album: So I Can Love You / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		The Emotions So I Can Love You
1969 Stax
37 record label: Stax 0119
chart position: RandB #5, US #44
written by: John Colbert & Norman West
album: Genesis / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
 		The Soul Children Hearsay
1972 Stax
38 record label: Stax 0078
chart position: RandB #4, US #39
written by: Arthur Snider
album: One Step Beyond
comments: [southern soul]
 		Johnnie Taylor I Am Somebody
1970 Stax
39 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]
Booker T. & the MGs Hip Hug-Her
1967 Stax
40 record label: Stax 0055
chart position: RandB #4, US #43
written by: Don Davis & Al Bell (Alvertis Isbell)
album: The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues
comments: [southern soul]
 		Johnnie Taylor Love Bones
1969 Stax
41 record label: Stax 0193
chart position: RandB #5, US #34
written by: Don Davis & Frank Johnson
album: Taylored in Silk
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Johnnie Taylor We're Getting Careless with Our Love
1974 Stax
42 record label: Stax 210
chart position: RandB #2, US #42
written by: Isaac Hayes & David Porter
album: Double Dynamite
comments: [deep soul]
 		Sam & Dave When Something Is Wrong with My Baby
1967 Stax
43 record label: Stax
chart position: RandB #22, US #103, US dance #3
written by: Angie Stone, Corey Tatum, K. Norton and Curtis Mayfield
album: The Art of Love and War
 		Angie Stone featuring Betty Wright Baby
2007 Stax
44 record label: Stax 0156
chart position: RandB #4, US #33
written by: Prince Phillip Mitchell (as Phillip Mitchell)
album: City in the Sky / The Best of The Staple Singers
comments: [disco dance]
 		The Staple Singers Oh La De Da
1973 Stax
45 record label: Stax 0060
chart position: RandB #11, US #45
written by: Booker T. Jones & Eddie Floyd
album: California Girl
comments: [beat ballad]
 		Eddie Floyd California Girl
1970 Stax
46 record label: Stax 0037
chart position: RandB #35, US #37, US AC #20
written by: Paul Simon
album: The Booker T. Set
comments: instrumental
 		Booker T. & the MGs Mrs. Robinson
1969 Stax
47 record label: Stax 218
chart position: RandB #16, US #56, UK #35
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Double Dynamite
comments: [southern soul]
 		Sam & Dave Soothe Me
1967 Stax
48 record label: Stax 0002
chart position: RandB #2, US #40
written by: Booker T. Jones, Eddie Floyd and Al Bell
album: Never Found a Girl / Rare Stamps
 		Eddie Floyd I've Never Found a Girl (to Love Me Like You Do)
1968 Stax
49 record label: Stax 0015
chart position: RandB #10, US #45
written by: Booker T. Jones and William Bell
album: Bound to Happen
 		William Bell I Forgot to Be Your Lover
1968 Stax
50 record label: Stax 204
chart position: RandB #7, US #77
written by: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
album: Double Dynamite
 		Sam & Dave You Got Me Hummin'
1966 Stax
51 record label: Stax 0050
chart position: RandB #7, US #57
written by: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
album: Soul Children Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2
comments: [deep soul]
 		The Soul Children The Sweeter He Is Pt. I
1969 Stax
52 record label: Stax 0215
chart position: RandB #4, US #79, UK #54
written by: Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes and Sandra Chalmers
album: City in the Sky / The Best of The Staple Singers
 		The Staple Singers City in the Sky
1974 Stax
53 record label: Stax 192
chart position: RandB #6, US #95
written by: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
comments: [deep soul]
 		Mable John Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
1966 Stax
54 record label: Stax 0111
chart position: RandB #9, US #59
written by: Milton Campbell
album: Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [blues soul]
 		Little Milton That's What Love Will Make You Do
1972 Stax
55 record label: Stax 0024
chart position: RandB #9, US #49
written by: Bettye Crutcher, Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson
album: Memphis Queen
 		Carla Thomas I Like What You're Doing to Me
1969 Stax
56 record label: Stax 198
chart position: RandB #8, US #64
written by: David Porter and Isaac Hayes
album: Double Dynamite
 		Sam & Dave Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody
1966 Stax
57 record label: Stax 180
chart position: RandB #7, US #90
written by: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
album: Hold On, I'm Comin'
 		Sam & Dave You Don't Know Like I Know
1966 Stax
58 record label: Stax 188
chart position: RandB #11, US #62
written by: Isaac Hayes, David Porter and Wells
album: Carla
 		Carla Thomas Let Me Be Good to You
1966 Stax
59 record label: Stax 169
chart position: RandB #10, US #58
written by: Steve Cropper, Booker T. Jones and Al Jackson Jr.
album: The Best Of Booker T. and The MGs
comments: [instrumental]
 		Booker T. & the MGs Boot-Leg
1965 Stax
60 record label: Stax 170
chart position: RandB #12, US #63
written by: Steve Cropper and Isaac Hayes
 		The Astors Candy
1965 Stax
61 record label: Stax 0152
chart position: RandB #11, US #105
written by: Carl Hampton, Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson
 		The Soul Children It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It)
1973 Stax
62 record label: Stax 157
chart position: RandB #6, US #49
written by: Rufus Thomas
 		Rufus Thomas Jump Back
1964 Stax
63 record label: Stax 0093
chart position: RandB #11, US #97
written by: Smokey Robinson and Cornelius Grant
album: The Staple Swingers / The Best of The Staple Singers
 		The Staple Singers You've Got to Earn it
1971 Stax
64 record label: Stax 222
chart position: RandB #11, US #85
written by: Eddie Floyd and Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)
album: The Queen Alone
 		Carla Thomas I'll Always Have Faith in You
1967 Stax
65 record label: Stax 208
chart position: RandB #16, US #79, UK #42
written by: Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd and Al Bell
album: Knock on Wood / Rare Stamps
 		Eddie Floyd Raise Your Hand
1967 Stax
66 record label: Stax 0132
chart position: RandB #14, US #102
written by: James Banks, Eddie Marion and Henderson Thigpen
album: Genesis
 		The Soul Children Don't Take My Kindness for Weakness
1972 Stax
67 record label: Stax 3216
chart position: RandB #9
written by: Eddie Marion, Henderson Thigpen and James Banks
album: Money Talks
 		The Bar-Kays Holy Ghost
1978 Stax
68 record label: Stax 248
chart position: RandB #16, US #86, UK #31
written by: William Bell and Booker T. Jones
album: Atlantic Soul Classics
 		William Bell A Tribute to a King
1968 Stax
69 record label: Stax 0046
chart position: RandB #10, US #48
written by: Bettye Crutcher (as part of We Three), Homer Banks (as part of We Three) and Raymond Jackson
album: The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues / Stax Greatest Hits
 		Johnnie Taylor I Could Never Be President
1969 Stax
70 record label: Stax 0096
chart position: RandB #10, US #64
written by: Popcorn Wylie (as Richard
Johnnie Taylor Hijackin' Love
1971 Stax
71 record label: Stax 601032
chart position: RandB #16, US #68
written by: Don Davis, Fred Briggs and Kent Barker
 		Carla Thomas Pick Up the Pieces
1967 Stax
72 record label: Stax 187
chart position: UK #31
written by: Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper and Wayne Jackson
album: Rare Stamps
 		Eddie Floyd Things Get Better
1967 Stax
73 record label: Stax 0083
chart position: Cashbox R&B #58, UK #31
written by: Bettye Crutcher and Bobby Manuel
album: The Staple Swingers / The Best of The Staple Singers
 		The Staple Singers Love Is Plentiful
1971 Stax
74 record label: Stax 245
chart position: RandB #16, US #73
written by: Booker T. Jones, William Bell and Ollie Nightingale (as Ollie Hoskins)
 		Ollie & the Nightingales I Got a Sure Thing
1968 Stax
75 record label: Stax 3110
chart position: UK #35
written by: A. Jackson, B. T. Jones, D. Dunn, S. Cropper
comments: [instrumental]
 		Booker T. & the MGs Soul Clap 69
1969 Stax
76 record label: Stax 0112
chart position: RandB #11, US #44
written by: Jo Bridges, Rufus Thomas , Mack Rice and Tom Nixon
album: Did You Heard Me?
 		Rufus Thomas Do the Funky Penguin
1971 Stax
77 record label: Stax 0114
chart position: RandB #12, US #74
written by: Bobby Newsome and Kent Barker
 		Johnnie Taylor Standing in for Jody
1972 Stax
78 record label: Stax 0164
chart position: RandB #18, US #66
written by: Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson and Carl Hampton
album: Be What You Are / The Best of The Staple Singers
 		The Staple Singers Be What You Are
1973 Stax
79 record label: Stax 0227
chart position: RandB #18, US #76
written by: Bettye Crutcher, Bobby Manuel, Larry Nix and Mack Rice
album: City in the Sky / The Best of The Staple Singers
 		The Staple Singers My Main Man
1974 Stax
80 record label: Stax 212
chart position: RandB #18, US #95
written by: Booker T. Jones and William Bell
album: The Soul of a Bell
 		William Bell Everybody Loves a Winner
1967 Stax
81 record label: Stax 144
chart position: RandB #12, US #48
written by: Steve Cropper and Rufus Thomas
album: Walking The Dog
 		Rufus Thomas Can Your Monkey Do The Dog
1964 Stax
82 record label: Stax 0036
chart position: RandB #18, US #73
written by: Eddie Floyd
 		Eddie Floyd Don't Tell Your Mama Where You've Been
1969 Stax
83 record label: Stax 0142
chart position: RandB #13, US #101
written by: Arthur Snyder, Bettye Crutcher and Don Davis
 		Johnnie Taylor Stop Doggin' Me
1972 Stax
84 record label: Stax 0208
chart position: RandB #13, US #78
written by: James Dean and Don Davis
album: Super Taylor
 		Johnnie Taylor I've Been Born Again
1974 Stax
85 record label: Stax 112
chart position: Cashbox R&B #19, US #60
written by: Robert Talley and Earl Forest
album: Last Night!
 		The Mar-Keys Morning After
1961 Stax
86 record label: Stax 0089
chart position: RandB #13, US #86
written by: Melvin Davis
album: One Step Beyond
 		Johnnie Taylor I Don't Wanna Lose You
1971 Stax
87 record label: Stax 241
chart position: RandB #20, US #67
written by: Albert King and Al Jackson Jr.
 		Albert King Cold Feet
1968 Stax
88 record label: Stax 131
chart position: Cashbox R&B #18, US #82
written by: Booker T. Jones
comments: [instrumental]
 		Booker T. & The MGs Jelly Bread
1962 Stax
89 record label: Stax 601005 (UK)
chart position: UK #43
written by: John Lennon and Paul McCartney
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
Otis Redding Day Tripper
1967 Stax
90 record label: Stax 196
chart position: RandB #18, US #85
written by: Jackson, Jones, Cropper
album: And Now!
comments: [instrumental]
 		Booker T. & the MGs My Sweet Potato
1966 Stax
91 record label: Stax 185
chart position: RandB #19, US #89
written by: Rufus Thomas
album: [instrumental]
 		The Mar-Keys Philly Dog
1966 Stax
92 record label: Stax 193
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
album: Wanted One Soul Singer
 		Johnnie Taylor I Got to Love Somebody's Baby
1966 Stax
93 record label: Stax 0189
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Bobby Patterson and Jerry Strickland
album: I Wanna Get Funky
 		Albert King That's What the Blues Is All About
1974 Stax
94 record label: Stax 0082
chart position: RandB #21, US #45
written by: B.T. Jones, S. Cropper, D. Dunn, A. Jackson
album: Melting Pot
comments: [instrumental]
 		Booker T. & the MGs Melting Pot
1971 Stax
95 record label: Stax 244
chart position: R&B #21, US #60
written by: A. Ertegun, M. Curtis
album: King and Queen
 		Otis Redding & Carla Thomas Lovey Dovey
1968 Stax
96 record label: Stax 0073
chart position: Cashbox R&B #52, US #76, US AC #38
written by: George Harrison
album: McLemore Avenue
comments: [instrumental]
 		Booker T. & the MGs Something
1970 Stax
97 record label: Stax 233
chart position: RandB #22, US #92
written by: Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper
album: Rare Stamps
 		Eddie Floyd On a Saturday Night
1967 Stax
98 record label: Stax 0157
chart position: RandB #22, US #101
written by: Homer Banks, Joe Shamwell and William Bell
album: Relating
 		William Bell Lovin' on Borrowed Time
1973 Stax
99 record label: Stax 0122
chart position: RandB #16, US #109
written by: Arthur Snyder
 		Johnnie Taylor Doing My Own Thing (Part I)
1972 Stax
100 record label: Stax 246
chart position: US #132, UK #53
written by: Booker T. Jones and Eddie Floyd
album: Rare Stamps
 		Eddie Floyd Big Bird
1968 Stax


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