Best Selling R&B Soul Songs on the Verve label
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Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the Verve record label listed in order of popularity with the best-selling songs 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 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.

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1 record label: Verve 10383
chart position: RandB #13, US #1, UK #15
written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
album: Soul & Inspiration
 		The Righteous Brothers (You're My) Soul and Inspiration
1966 Verve
2 record label: Verve 10209
chart position: RandB #6, US #27, UK #19
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht
album: Mack The Knife Ella In Berlin
comments: [jazz RnB]
 		Ella Fitzgerald Mack the Knife
1960 Verve
3 record label: Verve 10393
chart position: RandB #17, US #51, UK #48
written by: Muddy Waters & Preston Foster (uncredited)
album: Got My Mojo Workin'
comments: [instrumental]
 		Jimmy Smith Got My Mojo Working
1966 Verve
4 record label: Verve 10406
chart position: US #18
written by: Jack Richards and Richard Mullan
album: Soul and Inspiration
 		The Righteous Brothers He
1966 Verve
5 record label: Verve 10260
chart position: Cashbox RandB #7
written by: Jobim
comments: [smooth jazz instrumental]
 		Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd Desafinado
1962 Verve
6 record label: Verve 10523
chart position: UK #24
written by: Harry Belafonte and Lord Burgess
album: Go Ahead and Cry
 		The Righteous Brothers Island in the Sun
1966 Verve
7 record label: Verve 016442
chart position: RandB #62, US Dance #8
album: Back to Now
comments: [slow jam]
 		LaBelle Superlover
2009 Verve
8 record label: Verve 10421
chart position: Cashbox RandB #28, US #26, AC #3
written by: Marcos Valle, Paulo Sergio Valle
comments: [latin jazz soul]
 		Walter Wanderley ft. Astrud Gilberto Summer Samba (So Nice)
1966 Verve
9 record label: Verve 10430
chart position: Cashbox R&B #18, US #30
written by: Bill Medley
album: Go Ahead and Cry
 		The Righteous Brothers Go Ahead and Cry
1966 Verve
10 record label: Verve 10420
chart position: RandB #12, US #63
written by: Jerry Ragovoy
album: Get It While You Can
Howard Tate Ain't Nobody Home
1966 Verve
11 record label: Verve 10464
chart position: RandB #12, US #67
written by: Jerry Ragovoy & Mort Shuman
album: Get It While You Can
Howard Tate Look at Granny Run, Run
1966 Verve
12 record label: Verve 10403
chart position: US AC #37
written by: Elmer Bernstein
 		The Righteous Brothers Rat Race
1966 Verve
13 record label: Verve 10507
chart position: US #43
written by: Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon [Alan Lee Gordon]
 		The Righteous Brothers Melancholy Music Man
1967 Verve
14 record label: Verve 10573
chart position: RandB #15, US #76
written by: Jerry Ragovoy & Mort Shuman
 		Howard Tate Stop
1968 Verve
15 record label: Verve 012831
chart position: US dance #10
written by: traditional and Nina Simone
comments: [dance, house]
 		Nina Simone Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix)
2003 Verve
16 record label: Verve 10330
chart position: RandB #34, US #67
written by: Lalo Schifrin
album: The Cat
comments: [instrumental]
 		Jimmy Smith The Cat
1964 Verve
17 record label: Verve 10283
chart position: US #69
written by: Oliver Nelson
album: Hobo Flats
comments: [instrumental]
 		Jimmy Smith Hobo Flats
1963 Verve
18 record label: Verve
chart position: US AC #23, R&B #106
written by: Phoebe Snow
album: Trav'lin' Light
 		Queen Latifah Poetry Man
2007 Verve
19 record label: Verve 10314
chart position: RandB #34, US #72
written by: Keith Knox and Don Kirkpatrick
album: Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
comments: [instrumental]
 		Jimmy Smith Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
1964 Verve
20 record label: Verve 10551
chart position: US #72
written by: Mickey Stevenson
album: Souled Out
 		The Righteous Brothers Stranded in the Middle of No Place
1967 Verve
21 record label: Verve 10574
chart position: Cashbox R&B #29, US #74, US AC #24
written by: Ed Bruce
 		Arthur Prysock A Working Man's Prayer
1968 Verve
22 record label: Verve 10262
chart position: US #82
written by: Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern
album: Bashin'
comments: [instrumental]
 		Jimmy Smith Ol' Man River
1962 Verve
23 record label: Verve 10406
chart position: US #91
written by: Jerry Butler, Curtis Mayfield and Calvin Carter
album: Soul and Inspiration
 		The Righteous Brothers He Will Break Your Heart
1966 Verve
24 record label: Verve 10363
chart position: US #92
written by: Will Hudson, Irving Mills and Mitchell Parish
album: The Organ Grinder's Swing
comments: [instrumental]
 		Jimmy Smith The Organ Grinder's Swing
1965 Verve
25 record label: Verve 540
chart position: RandB #49, US #94
written by: Willie Dixon
album: I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man
comments: [instrumental]
 		Jimmy Smith I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
1966 Verve
26 record label: Verve 10299
chart position: RandB #48, US #96
written by: Michel Magne
album: Any Number Can Win
comments: [instrumental]
 		Jimmy Smith Any Number Can Win
1963 Verve
27 record label: Verve 10583
chart position: US #100
written by: Don Covay
comments: [instrumental]
 		Jimmy Smith Chain of Fools
1968 Verve
28 record label: Verve 10464
chart position: Cashbox RandB #34
written by: Ragavoy, Shuman
 		Howard Tate Half A Man
1966 Verve
29 record label: Verve 10592
chart position: US #134
written by: Thomas Charnin
comments: [ballad]
Arthur Prysock Mamam
1968 Verve
30 record label: Verve 10316
chart position: RandB #38, US #113
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Wynton Kelly
album: Comin' In The Back Door
comments: [instrumental]
 		Wynton Kelly Little Tracy
1964 Verve
31 record label: Verve 10448
chart position: US #107
written by: Donovan (as Donovan Leitch)
 		Willie Bobo Sunshine Superman
1967 Verve
32 record label: Verve 10346
chart position: US #105
written by: John Barry
comments: [instrumental]
 		Jimmy Smith Goldfinger (Part 1)
1965 Verve
33 record label: Verve (UK)
chart position: UK #109
written by: George Bass and Nina Simone
 		Nina Simone See-Line Woman (Masters At Work remix)
2002 Verve
34 record label: Verve Records 01028
chart position: US dance #26
album: Absolute Benson
comments: [jazz funk]
 		George Benson featuring Joe Sample The Ghetto--El Barrio
2000 Verve Records
35 record label: Verve 10525
chart position: RandB #40
written by: Jerry Ragovoy
album: Get It While You Can
 		Howard Tate Baby, I Love You
1967 Verve
36 record label: Verve 10470
chart position: US #120
written by: Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham and Simon Napier Bell
 		Arthur Prysock You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
1967 Verve
37 record label: Verve 10440
chart position: Cashbox RandB #41
written by: Rio
album: Tequila
comments: [instrumental]
 		Wes Montgomery Tequila
1966 Verve
38 record label: Verve 10551
chart position: US #128
written by: Mickey Stevenson
album: Souled Out
 		The Righteous Brothers Been So Nice
1967 Verve
39 record label: Verve Forecast
chart position: RandB #43
written by: Ledisi (as Ledisi Young) and Rex Rideout
album: Turn Me Loose
 		Ledisi Goin' Thru Changes
2009 Verve Forecast
40 record label: Verve 10610
chart position: RandB #44
written by: Marshall Boxley and Willie Cooper
 		The Webs We Belong Together
1968 Verve
41 record label: Verve 10496
chart position: US #134
written by: Jerry Ragovoy & Mort Shuman
album: Get It While You Can
 		Howard Tate Get It While You Can
1967 Verve
42 record label: Verve Forecast
chart position: RandB #45
written by: Ledisi (as Ledisi Young) and Rex Rideout
album: Lost and Found
comments: [neo soul]
 		Ledisi Alright
2007 Verve Forecast
43 record label: Verve Forecast
chart position: RandB #49
written by: Ledisi Young and Rex Rideout
album: Lost and Found
comments: [slow jam]
 		Ledisi In the Morning
2008 Verve Forecast
44 record label: Verve 10426
chart position: RandB #49
written by: Willie Dixon
album: Hoochie Cooche Man
comments: [instrumental]
 		Jimmy Smith I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man
1966 Verve
45 record label: Verve 10378
chart position: US #109
written by: Wilson Pickett
 		Wilson Pickett My Heart Belongs to You
1965 Verve
46 record label: Verve 10449
chart position: US #47
written by: Gerry Goffin and Carole King
album: Sayin' Somethin'
The Righteous Brothers On This Side of Goodbye
1966 Verve
47 record label: Verve
chart position: RandB #77, US AC #29
written by: Aretha Franklin
album: Leavin`
 		Natalie Cole Day Dreaming
2006 Verve
48 record label: Verve 1298 2
chart position: RandB #58
written by: Joe (as Joe Thomas) and Jolyon Skinner
album: Emotions
comments: [slow jam]
 		Will Downing A Million Ways
2003 Verve
49 record label: Verve Forecast
chart position: RandB #63
written by: Jimmy Wright (as James Q. Wright), Jimmy Jam
album: Turn Me Loose
comments: [album cut]
 		Ledisi Higher Than This
2010 Verve Forecast
50 record label: Verve Forecast
chart position: RandB #74
written by: Ledisi (as Ledisi Young) and Rex Rideout
album: Lost and Found
comments: [album cut]
 		Ledisi Think of You
2008 Verve Forecast
51 record label: MGM Verve 10677
chart position: #37 US AC
written by: Gene McDaniels
album: Natural Juice
 		Universal Jones (Gene McDaniels) River
1972 MGM Verve
52 record label: Verve
chart position: RandB #103
album: Back to Now
 		Labelle featuring Wyclef Jean Roll Out
2008 Verve
53 record label: Verve Forecast
chart position: RandB #103
written by: Ledisi and Rex Rideout
album: Lost and Found
comments: [neo soul]
 		Ledisi Joy
2007 Verve Forecast
54 record label: Verve Forecast 1059
chart position: RandB #105
album: 100 Degrees and Rising
Incognito Spellbound and Speechless
1995 Verve Forecast
55 record label: Verve Forecast
chart position: RandB #109
written by: Ledisi, Luther Hanes and Errol Cooney
album: Lost and Found
comments: [neo soul]
 		Ledisi Best Friend
2007 Verve Forecast
56 record label: Verve
chart position: RandB #117
album: Sensual Journey
 		Will Downing Cool Water
2002 Verve
57 record label: Verve
chart position: RandB #125
written by: Michael Henderson
album: Timeless
comments: [slow jam]
 		Kenny Lattimore You Are My Starship
2008 Verve
-- record label: Verve 10547
written by: Ragavoy, Bell, Tate
album: Get It While You Can
comments: [ballad]
 		Howard Tate I Learned It All The Hard Way
1967 Verve
-- record label: Verve 10547
written by: Clay Hammond
album: Get It While You Can
comments: [soul blues]
 		Howard Tate Part-Time Love
1967 Verve
-- record label: Verve 5022
written by: Jerry Ragovoy
album: Get It While You Can
 		Howard Tate Glad I Knew Better
1967 Verve
-- record label: Verve 10525
written by: B.B. King
album: Get It While You Can
comments: [blues]
 		Howard Tate How Blue Can You Get
1967 Verve
-- record label: Verve 10642
written by: Dee Ervin
 		Garnet Mimms Take Me
1969 Verve
-- record label: Verve 10545
written by: Banks
comments: [northern soul]
 		Robert Banks A Mighty Good Way
1967 Verve
-- record label: Verve 10597
written by: Williams
 		Porgy & the Monarchs Love Chain
1968 Verve
-- record label: Verve 10625
written by: Jerry Ragovoy
 		Howard Tate Sweet Love Child
1968 Verve
-- record label: Verve 10519
written by: May
 		Bessie Banks Need You
1967 Verve
-- record label: Verve 10624
written by: Jerry Ragovoy
 		Garnet Mimms Can You Top This
1968 Verve
-- record label: Verve 10624
written by: Billy Nichols
 		Garnet Mimms We Can Find That Love
1968 Verve
-- record label: Verve 10604
written by: Peter Chatman
album: Get It While You Can
 		Howard Tate Everyday I Have The Blues
1968 Verve
-- record label: Verve 10650
written by: Shuman, Ragovoy
comments: [deep soul]
 		Garnet Mimms Get It While You Can
1970 Verve
-- record label: Verve 10596
written by: Garnet Mimms
 		Garnet Mimms Stop And Think It Over
1968 Verve
-- record label: Verve 10420
written by: Lorraine Ellison, Sam Bell
album: Get It While You Can
 		Howard Tate How Come My Bull Dog Don't Bark
1966 Verve




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