Best Selling R&B Soul Songs on the United Artists label
United Artists

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1 record label: United Artists 629
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Bert Russell & Norman Meade
album: Cry Baby And 11 Other Hits
comments: [deep soul]
 		Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters Cry Baby
1963 United Artists
2 record label: United Artists 2269(UK)
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Charlie Foxx & Inez Foxx
album: Mockingbird
comments: [southern soul]
 		Inez & Charlie Foxx Mockingbird
1963 United Artists
3 record label: United Artists 752
chart position: RandB #46, US 2, UK #8, US AC #5
written by: J. Vincent Edwards & Pierre Tubbs
comments: [disco dance] [northern soul]
 		Maxine Nightingale Right Back Where We Started From
1975 United Artists
4 record label: United Artists 50910
chart position: RandB #5, US #2, US AC #6
written by: Eddie Cornelius
album: Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
comments: [pop soul]
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose Too Late to Turn Back Now
1972 United Artists
5 record label: United Artists 163
chart position: RandB #5, US #2
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Leroy Jordan,Charles Miller
album: The World Is a Ghetto
comments: [funk]
 		War The Cisco Kid
1973 United Artists
6 record label: United Artists 50721
chart position: RandB #20, US #3
written by: Eddie Cornelius
album: Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
comments: [northern soul]
 		Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose Treat Her Like a Lady
1971 United Artists
7 record label: United Artists 208
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #9, UK #35
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Berry Gordy & Mikaljon
album: More Marv Johnson
 		Marv Johnson I Love the Way You Love
1960 United Artists
8 record label: United Artists 5265
chart position: UK 4, RandB #11, US #22
written by: Tina Turner
album: Nutbush City Limits
Ike & Tina Turner Nutbush City Limits
1973 United Artists
9 record label: United Artists 834
chart position: RandB #4, US #7, US AC #1
written by: Jerry Goldstein , Harold Brown, Papa Dee Allen,B.B Dickerson
album: Greatest Hits
comments: [beat ballad]
 		War Summer
1976 United Artists
10 record label: United Artists 629
chart position: RandB #9, US #6
written by: Howard Scott, B.B. Dickerson, Harold Brown , Charles Miller
album: Why Can't We Be Friends
 		War Why Can't We Be Friends
1975 United Artists
11 record label: United Artists 875
chart position: UK #2
written by: Ken Gold and Michael Denne
album: Real Thing
comments: [disco dance]
 		The Real Thing Can't Get By Without You
1976 United Artists
12 record label: United Artists 281
chart position: RandB #6, US #8
written by: Howard Scott, B.B. Dickerson , Harold Brown, Charles Miller,Lercy Jordan
album: Deliver the Word
comments: [funk jazz]
 		War Gypsy Man
1973 United Artists
13 record label: United Artists 50975
chart position: RandB #3, US #7
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Leroy Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oscar Levitin
album: The World Is a Ghetto
 		War The World Is a Ghetto
1972 United Artists
14 record label: United Artists 775
chart position: RandB #1, US #14, UK #23, US dance #1
written by: Randy Muller & Wade Williamston
album: Brass Construction
comments: [disco funk]
 		Brass Construction Movin'
1976 United Artists
15 record label: United Artists 375
chart position: RandB #1, US #10
written by: James Alexander & Zelda Samuels
album: Lookin' for a Love Again
comments: [southern soul]
 		Bobby Womack Lookin' for a Love
1974 United Artists
16 record label: United Artists 544
chart position: RandB #5, US #4, UK #46
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Bert Russell
album: Tell Him
 		The Exciters Tell Him
1962 United Artists
17 record label: United Artists 50867
chart position: RandB #12, US #16
written by: Papa Dee Allen, H. Brown, B.B. Dickerson, L. Jordan, C. Miller, Lee Oskar and Scott
album: All Day Music
 		War Slippin' into Darkness
1972 United Artists
18 record label: United Artists 35623
chart position: RandB #18, US #15
written by: Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, B.B. Dickerson
album: Deliver the Word
comments: [funk]
 		War Me and Baby Brother
1973 United Artists
19 record label: United Artists 658
chart position: RandB #9, US #26
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks and Jerry Butler
album: Cry Baby And 11 Other Hits
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters For Your Precious Love
1963 United Artists
20 record label: United Artists 912
chart position: RandB #5, US #25
written by: Emanuel Johnson & Michael Stokes
album: Enchantment
comments: [love ballad]
Enchantment Gloria
1977 United Artists
21 record label: United Artists 50847
chart position: RandB #2, US #27
written by: Jimmy Grisby, Joe Hicks & Bobby Womack
album: Communication...
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Bobby Womack That's the Way I Feel About 'Cha
1971 United Artists
22 record label: United Artists 50954
chart position: RandB #28, US #23, US AC #27
written by: Eddie Cornelius
album: Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
 		Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose Don't Ever Be Lonely (A Poor Little Fool Like Me)
1972 United Artists
23 record label: United Artists 255
chart position: RandB #2, US #29
written by: James Cox
album: Facts of Life...
comments: [southern soul]
 		Bobby Womack Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out
1973 United Artists
24 record label: United Artists 273
chart position: RandB #7, UK #58
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.) and Toni McKnight
 		Marv Johnson Happy Days
1960 United Artists
25 record label: United Artists 50946
chart position: RandB #8, US #31
written by: Jim Ford
album: Understanding...
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Bobby Womack Harry Hippie
1972 United Artists
26 record label: United Artists 995
chart position: RandB #15, US #30
written by: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns) & Jerry Ragovoy
album: I'll Take Good Care of You
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Garnet Mimms I'll Take Good Care of You
1966 United Artists
27 record label: United Artists 658
chart position: RandB #11, US #30
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Norman Meade
album: Cry Baby And 11 Other Hits
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters Baby Don't You Weep
1963 United Artists
28 record label: United Artists 50902
chart position: RandB #1, US #60
written by: Darryl Carter, Bobby Womack & Linda Womack
album: Understanding...
comments: [southern soul]
 		Bobby Womack Woman's Gotta Have It
1972 United Artists
29 record label: United Artists 241
chart position: RandB #12, US #20
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: Berry Gordy
 		Marv Johnson (You've Got To) Move Two Mountains
1960 United Artists
30 record label: United Artists 50996
chart position: RandB #43, US #37, US AC #10
written by: Eddie Cornelius & Carter Cornelius
album: Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
 		Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose I'm Never Gonna Be Alone Anymore
1972 United Artists
31 record label: United Artists 921
chart position: RandB#8, US #51, UK #37, US dance #14
written by: Randy Muller
album: Brass Construction II
comments: [funk jazz instrumental]
Brass Construction Ha Cha Cha (Funktion)
1976 United Artists
32 record label: United Artists 50815
chart position: RandB #18, US #35, US AC #12
written by: Jerry Goldstein, Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller
album: All Day Music
 		War All Day Music
1971 United Artists
33 record label: United Artists 853
chart position: RandB #26, US #36
written by: Casey Spencer
album: I'm a Happy Man
comments: (featuring Eugene Pitt)
 		The Jive Five I'm a Happy Man
1965 United Artists
34 record label: United Artists 439
chart position: RandB #5, US #59
written by: Bobby Womack and Truman Thomas
album: Lookin' for a Love Again
 		Bobby Womack You're Welcome, Stop On By
1974 United Artists
35 record label: United Artists 944
chart position: UK #11
written by: Vincent Edwards
 		Maxine Nightingale Love Hit Me
1977 United Artists
36 record label: United Artists 50144
chart position: RandB #48, US #10, UK #9
written by: Steve Winwood & Jimmy Miller
 		The Spencer Davis Group I'm a Man
1967 United Artists
37 record label: United Artists 35490
chart position: RandB #67, US #48, UK #8, US AC #8
written by: Al Testa, Renis & Newell
album: Never, Never, Never
 		Shirley Bassey Never, Never, Never (Grande, Grande, Grande)
1973 United Artists
38 record label: United Artists 621
chart position: RandB #6, US #91
written by: Floyd Butler and Billy Osborne
album: I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To
 		Bobby Womack Check It Out
1975 United Artists
39 record label: United Artists 928
chart position: US #107, US Dance #4
written by: Danny Leake (as Danny Raye Leake) and Ian Levine
album: Midnight Ride
 		Barbara Pennington Twenty-Four Hours a Day
1977 United Artists
40 record label: United Artists 763
chart position: RandB #5
written by: Harold Payne and Bobby Womack
album: Safety Zone
 		Bobby Womack Daylight
1976 United Artists
41 record label: United Artists 960
chart position: UK #16
written by: Chris Amoo and Eddie Amoo
album: 4 from 8
 		The Real Thing You'll Never Know What You're Missing
1977 United Artists
42 record label: United Artists 50563
chart position: RandB #46, US #16, US AC #6
written by: Bernice Borisoff & Bernard Binnick
album: Keem O Sabe
 		The Electric Indian Keem-O-Sabe
1969 United Artists
43 record label: United Artists 1120
chart position: RandB #18, US 104
written by: R. Muller
album: Brass Construction III
comments: [funk]
 		Brass Construction L-O-V-E-U
1978 United Artists
44 record label: United Artists 773
chart position: RandB #14, US #73
written by: Norman Meade and Bert Russell
 		Garnet Mimms Look Away
1964 United Artists
45 record label: United Artists 50946
chart position: RandB #16, US #51
written by: Neil Diamond
album: Understanding...
 		Bobby Womack Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed so Good)
1972 United Artists
46 record label: United Artists 35657 (UK)
chart position: UK #33
written by: Inez Foxx and Charlie Foxx
album: Mockingbird
comments: re release
 		Inez & Charlie Foxx Mockingbird
1969 United Artists
47 record label: United Artists 123
chart position: US #33
written by: Thomas "Butch" Curry (as Thomas Curry) and Barry Golder
comments: [ballad]
 		Lee Andrews & the Hearts Try the Impossible
1958 United Artists
48 record label: United Artists 432
chart position: RandB #17, US #33
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar and Howard Scot
album: War Live!
 		War Ballero
1974 United Artists
49 record label: United Artists 617
chart position: R7B #24, US dance #3
written by: Muller
album: Brass Construction
 		Brass Construction Changin'
1976 United Artists
50 record label: United Artists 840
chart position: RandB #55, US #110, US Dance #12
written by: Mark Radice
album: Ain't Nothin' But a Party
Mark Radice If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em
1976 United Artists
51 record label: United Artists Records 626
chart position: RandB #12
written by: Ronnie Laws
album: Every Generation
comments: [jazz funk]
 		Ronnie Laws Every Generation
1980 United Artists Rec
52 record label: United Artists 196
chart position: RandB #19, US #56
written by: Bobby Womack, J.J. Johnson
album: Across 110th Street: Original Motion Picture Score
 		Bobby Womack Across 110th Street
1973 United Artists
53 record label: United Artists 615 (UK)
chart position: UK #39
written by: Larry Payton
album: Brass Construction 5
 		Brass Construction Music Makes Me Feel Like Dancing
1980 United Artists
54 record label: United Artists 735
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Bobby Womack
album: Safety Zone
 		Bobby Womack Where There's a Will, There's a Way
1975 United Artists
55 record label: United Artists 36141 (UK)
chart position: UK #42
written by: T. Randazzo, V. Pike
comments: [northern soul] (re release)
 		Little Anthony & The Imperials Better Use Your Head -- Gonna Fix You Good
1976 United Artists
56 record label: United Artists 587
chart position: RandB #15
written by: Vernon Burch
 		Vernon Burch Changes (Messin' with My Mind)
1975 United Artists
57 record label: United Artists 36257
chart position: UK #35
written by: Ayn Robbins, Bill Conti and Carol Conners
comments: (From the United Artists Motion Picture 'Rocky')
 		De Etta Little & Nelson Pigford You Take My Heart Away
1977 United Artists
58 record label: United Artists 694
chart position: RandB #16
written by: Carl Spencer and Bob Halley
 		Garnet Mimms Tell Me Baby
1964 United Artists
59 record label: United Artists 409
chart position: RandB #43, US #106, UK #51
written by: Tina Turner
album: Sweet Rhode Island Red
 		Ike & Tina Turner Sweet Rhode Island Red
1974 United Artists
60 record label: United Artists 50881
chart position: RandB #43, US #106, UK #51
written by: Tina Turner
 		Ike & Tina Turner Up in Heah
1972 United Artists
61 record label: United Artists 50552
chart position: R&B #38, US #52
written by: Ivory Joe Hunter and Clyde Otis
album: Out of Sight, Out of Mind
 		Little Anthony & the Imperials Out of Sight, Out of Mind
1969 United Artists
62 record label: United Artists 807
chart position: RandB #23, US #59
written by: Greg Errico and Lee Oskar
album: [instrumental]
 		Lee Oskar BLT
1976 United Artists
63 record label: United Artists 528
chart position: RandB #29, US #65, UK #51
written by: Tina Turner
 		Ike & Tina Turner Sexy Ida (Part 1)
1974 United Artists
64 record label: United Artists 50897
chart position: RandB #22, US #105
written by: Monk Higgins and Alex Brown
album: Heavyweight
comments: [jazz funk]
 		Monk Higgins & the Specialties Gotta Be Funky
1972 United Artists
65 record label: United Artists 229
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Dave Braithwaite and Eddie Powell
 		The Falcons The Teacher
1960 United Artists
66 record label: United Artists 50815
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Allen, Brown, Dickerson, Goldstein, Jordan, Miller, Oskar, Scott
album: All Day Music
 		War Get Down
1971 United Artists
67 record label: United Artists 561
chart position: RandB #18
written by: Bobby Womack
album: I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To
 		Bobby Womack I Don't Know
1974 United Artists
68 record label: United Artists 572
chart position: Cashbox R&B #33, US #57
written by: Ellie Greenwich and Tony Powers
 		The Exciters He's Got The Power
1963 United Artists
69 record label: United Artists 715
chart position: RandB #25, US #78
written by: Jerry Ragovoy (as Norman Meade) and Samuel Bell
album: Cry Baby And 11 Other Hits
 		Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters A Quiet Place
1964 United Artists
70 record label: United Artists 1040
chart position: US Dance #20
written by: Danny Leake (as Danny Raye Leake) and Ian Levine
album: Midnight Ride
 		Barbara Pennington You Are the Music within Me
1977 United Artists
71 record label: United Artists 50782
chart position: RandB #31, US #61
written by: Jessie Hill
album: Workin' Together
 		Ike & Tina Turner Ooh Poo Pah Doo
1971 United Artists
72 record label: United Artists 175
chart position: RandB #23, US #82
written by: Berry Gordy Jr.
 		Marv Johnson I'm Comin' Home
1959 United Artists
73 record label: United Artists 1213
chart position: RandB #21, US dance #19
written by: B.B. Dickerson, Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Jerry Goldstein, Lee Oskar,Lonnie Jordan
album: Youngblood
 		War Youngblood (Livin' in the Streets)
1978 United Artists
74 record label: United Artists 957
chart position: RandB #42
written by: R. Muller
 		Brass Construction The Message (Inspiration)
1977 United Artists
75 record label: United Artists 294
chart position: RandB #26, US #61
written by: Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.)
 		Marv Johnson Merry-Go-Round
1961 United Artists
76 record label: United Artists 601
chart position: US #71
written by: Jeff Lynne
album: Odia Coates
 		Odia Coates Showdown
1975 United Artists
77 record label: United Artists 35858
chart position: US Dance #12
written by: Vernon Burch
album: I'll Be Your Sunshine
 		Vernon Burch And You Call That Love
1975 United Artists
78 record label: United Artists 36395
chart position: US #73
written by: Lisa Capuano, Gavin Christopher, Herbie Hancock and Ray Parker Jr
album: Love Lines
 		Maxine Nightingale (Bringing out) The Girl in Me
1979 United Artists
79 record label: United Artists 36086
chart position: US #53, US AC #22
written by: Pierre Tubbs
 		Maxine Nightingale Gotta Be the One
1976 United Artists
80 record label: United Artists 604
chart position: US #76
written by: Bert Russell, Ray Passman and E. Glick
 		The Exciters Get Him
1963 United Artists
81 record label: United Artists 715
chart position: RandB #31, US #67
written by: Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Russell
comments: [ballad] B side to A Quiet Place
 		Garnet Mimms One Girl
1964 United Artists
82 record label: United Artists 226
chart position: US #74, UK #50
written by: Berry Gordy and Marv Johnson
 		Marv Johnson Ain't Gonna Be That Way
1960 United Artists
83 record label: United Artists 35766
chart position: RandB #31, US #88
weeksinr&bchart: 10
 		Ike & Tina Turner Baby-Get It On
1975 United Artists
84 record label: United Artists 50773
chart position: RandB #30, US #111
written by: Bobby Womack, D. Patterson
album: The Womack Live
 		Bobby Womack The Preacher (Part 2)
1971 United Artists
85 record label: United Artists 50720
chart position: RandB #32, US #92
written by: Thom Bell and Linda Creed
comments: [philly sound love ballad]
 		Little Anthony & the Imperials Help Me Find a Way (To Say I Love You)
1970 United Artists
86 record label: United Artists 626
chart position: RandB #54, US #92
written by: Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers
 		Lea Roberts All Right Now
1975 United Artists
87 record label: United Artists 601
chart position: US #91
written by: Paul Anka
album: Odia Coates
comments: [ballad]
 		Odia Coates Don't Leave Me in the Morning
1975 United Artists
88 record label: United Artists 533
chart position: US dance #15
written by: Eddie Cornelius
 		Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose Got to Testify (Love)
1974 United Artists
89 record label: United Artists 226
chart position: US #63
written by: Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.), Brian Holland and Janie Bradford
 		Marv Johnson All the Love I Got
1960 United Artists
90 record label: United Artists 733
chart position: RandB #35, US #105
written by: Grover Underwood, Milton Brown, Roy Herring and Tyrone Moss
album: Hidden Strength
 		Hidden Strength Hustle On Up (Do the Bumb)
1976 United Artists
91 record label: United Artists 796
chart position: US #95
written by: Bert Russell
 		Garnet Mimms A Little Bit of Soap
1965 United Artists
92 record label: United Artists 208
chart position: US #96
written by: Eddie Cornelius
album: Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
 		Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose Let Me Down Easy
1973 United Artists
93 record label: United Artists 225
chart position: RandB #37, US #114
written by: Don Robey (as Deadric Malone) and Joe Scott
album: The Best Thing That's Happened to Me
 		Z.Z. Hill Ain't Nothing You Can Do
1973 United Artists
94 record label: United Artists 50837
chart position: RandB #47, US #104
written by: Calvin Lane and Philip Reese
 		Ike & Tina Turner I'm Yours (Use Me Anyway You Wanna)
1971 United Artists
95 record label: United Artists 873
chart position: RandB #35
written by: Lonnie Jordan (as LeRoy "Lonnie" Jordan) , Susan Buckner, Deborah Pratt and Jerry Goldstein
 		Lonnie Jordan Grey Rainy Days
1976 United Artists
96 record label: United Artists 36246
chart position: RandB #69
written by: R. Muller, J. Wong, W. Williamston, W. Parris, L. Payton
 		Brass Construction What's on Your Mind (Expression)
1977 United Artists
97 record label: United Artists 1672
chart position: US #106
written by: Ritchie Adams, Larry Kusik and Margie Rainwater
album: I'm a Happy Man
 		The Jive Five featuring Eugene Pitt A Bench in the Park
1965 United Artists
98 record label: United Artists 307
chart position: US #110
written by: Joe Liggins
 		The Clovers The Honeydripper
1961 United Artists
99 record label: United Artists 536
chart position: RandB #39, US #104
written by: Allen Toussaint
album: Keep On Lovin' You
 		Z.Z. Hill I Keep On Lovin' You
1974 United Artists
100 record label: United Artists 539
chart position: RandB #69, US #109
written by: Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody
 		Lea Roberts Laughter in the Rain
1974 United Artists


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