1
record label: Volt 157
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
written by: Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
album: The Dock of the Bay / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
Otis Redding
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
1968
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2
record label: Volt 4075
chart position: RandB #1, US #5
written by: Tony Hester
album: Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get / The Best of The Dramatics / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [ballad]
The Dramatics
In the Rain
1972
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record label: Volt 4058
chart position: RandB #3, US #9
written by: Tony Hester
album: Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get / The Best of The Dramatics / Stax Greatest Hits
The Dramatics
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
1971
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4
record label: Volt 148
chart position: RandB #3, US #17, UK #33
written by: Alexander, Caldwell, Cauley, Cunningham, Jones & King
album: Soul Finger / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [mainly instrumental]
The Bar-Kays
Soul Finger
1967
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5
record label: Volt 126
chart position: RandB #2, US #21
written by: Otis Redding & Jerry Butler
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Otis Redding
I've Been Loving You Too Long (to Stop Now)
1965
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6
record label: Volt 141
chart position: RandB #4, US #25, UK #46
written by: James Campbel, Reginald Connelly & Harry M. Woods
album: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
comments: [southern soul]
Otis Redding
Try a Little Tenderness
1966
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7
record label: Volt 138
chart position: RandB #12, US #29, UK #23
written by: Steve Cropper & Otis Redding
album: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
comments: [southern soul]
Otis Redding
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
1966
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8
record label: Volt 132
chart position: RandB #4, US #31, UK #33
written by: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [northern soul]
Otis Redding
Satisfaction
1966
Volt
9
record label: Volt 163
chart position: RandB #10, US #25, UK #24
written by: Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
album: The Immortal Otis Redding
comments: [southern soul]
Otis Redding
The Happy Song (Dum-Dum)
1968
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10
record label: Volt 128
chart position: RandB #4, US #35
written by: Otis Redding
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
Otis Redding
Respect
1965
Volt
11
record label: Volt 136
chart position: RandB #10, US# 61, UK #37
written by: Otis Redding
album: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Otis Redding
My Lover's Prayer
1966
Volt
12
record label: Volt 149
chart position: RandB #16, US #47, UK #28
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul / History of Otis Redding
comments: [southern soul]
Otis Redding
Shake
1967
Volt
13
record label: Volt 124
chart position: RandB #10, US #41
written by: Steve Cropper & Otis Redding
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
Otis Redding
Mr. Pitiful
1965
Volt
14
record label: Volt 45130
chart position: RandB #11, UK #29
written by: Otis Redding
album: History Of Otis Redding
comments: [southern soul]
Otis Redding
I Can't Turn You Loose
1966
Volt
15
record label: Volt 121
chart position: RandB #6, US #70
written by: Otis Redding
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Otis Redding
Chained and Bound
1964
Volt
16
record label: Volt 4090
chart position: RandB #5, US #53
written by: Tony Hester
album: A Dramatic Experience / The Best of The Dramatics
The Dramatics
Hey You! Get Off My Mountain
1973
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17
record label: Volt 112
chart position: RandB #11, US #61
written by: Naomi Neville
album: Pain In My Heart
Otis Redding
Pain In My Heart
1963
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18
record label: Volt 4066
chart position: RandB #13, US #52
written by: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
album: Untouched
The Emotions
Show Me How
1971
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19
record label: Volt 4099
chart position: RandB #12, US #45
written by: Tony Hester
album: A Dramatic Experience / The Best of The Dramatics
The Dramatics
Fell for You
1973
Volt
20
record label: Volt 131
chart position: RandB #10, US #31
written by: Estelle Axton and Deanie Parker
The Mad Lads
I Want Someone
1966
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21
record label: Volt 4073
chart position: RandB #10, US #53
written by: Allen Jones, Homer Banks and Brown
The Bar-Kays
Son of Shaft
1971
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22
record label: Volt 130
chart position: RandB #15, US #85
written by: Otis Redding, Steve Cropper and McElvoy Robinson
album: The Soul Album Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: B side to I Can't Turn You Loose [deep soul]
Otis Redding
Just One More Day
1965
Volt
23
record label: Volt 4044
chart position: RandB #13, US #89
written by: David Jordan, Don Davis and J. J. Barnes
album: Only for the Lonely
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Mavis Staples
I Have Learned to Do without You
1970
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24
record label: Volt 127
chart position: RandB #11, US #93
written by: Roger Hatcher
The Mad Lads
Don't Have to Shop Around
1965
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25
record label: Volt 124
chart position: RandB #18, US #74
written by: Roosevelt Jamison
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
Otis Redding
That's How Strong My Love Is
1965
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26
record label: Volt 152
chart position: RandB #19, US #60
written by: Billy Hill
album: The Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
Glory of Love
1967
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27
record label: Volt 4071
chart position: RandB #16, US #84
written by: Tony Hester
album: Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get / The Best of The Dramatics
The Dramatics
Get Up and Get Down
1971
Volt
28
record label: Volt 103
chart position: RandB #20, US #85
written by: Otis Redding
album: Pain In My Heart
Otis Redding
These Arms Of Mine
1963
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29
record label: Volt 4082
chart position: RandB #18, US #67
written by: Arthur Snyder and Don Davis
album: The Best of The Dramatics
The Dramatics
Toast to the Fool
1972
Volt
30
record label: Volt 4077
chart position: RandB #18, US #113
written by: Luther Ingram and John McFarland
The Emotions
My Honey and Me
1972
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31
record label: Volt 146
chart position: UK #48
written by: Al Jackson Jr., Jones and Otis Redding
album: The Dock of the Bay
Otis Redding
Let Me Come On Home
1967
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32
record label: Volt 137
chart position: RandB #16
written by: William Brown, Julius E. Green, Robert Phillips and John Gary Williams
The Mad Lads
I Want a Girl
1966
Volt
33
record label: Volt 117
chart position: RandB #23, US #97
written by: Otis Redding
album: Pain In My Heart
Otis Redding
Security
1964
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34
record label: Volt 4083
chart position: RandB #23, US #93
written by: Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson and Carl Hampton
The Emotions
I Could Never Be Happy
1972
Volt
35
record label: Volt 116
chart position: RandB #26, US #69
written by: Phil Walden and Otis Redding
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
Otis Redding
Come To Me
1964
Volt
36
record label: Volt 4051
chart position: RandB #23, US #118
written by: Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson
Shack
Too Many Lovers
1971
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37
record label: Volt 4002
chart position: RandB #21
written by: George Davis, George Gordy and Ivy Joe Hunter
album: Something Special
Jimmy Hughes
I Like Everything About You
1968
Volt
38
record label: Volt 4021
chart position: RandB #27, US #101
written by: Isaac Hayes and David Porter
The Emotions
The Best Part of a Love Affair
1969
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39
record label: Volt 4106
chart position: RandB #53, US #73
written by: Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
The Emotions
Put a Little Love Away
1974
Volt
40
record label: Volt 146
chart position: RandB #30, US #78
written by: Eddie Floyd and Booker T. Jones
album: The Dock of the Bay
comments: [deep soul]
Otis Redding
I Love You More Than Words Can Say
1967
Volt
41
record label: Volt 109
chart position: RandB #27
written by: Otis Redding
album: Pain In My Heart
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Otis Redding
That's What My Heart Needs
1964
Volt
42
record label: Volt 4086
chart position: RandB #30, US #109
written by: Brook Benton and Clyde Otis
album: Only for the Lonely
Mavis Staples
Endlessly
1972
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43
record label: Volt 4044
chart position: Cashbox RandB #27
written by: Buddy Johnson
album: Only For The Lonely
comments: [ballad]
Mavis Staples
Since I Fell For You
1970
Volt
44
record label: Volt 4016
chart position: RandB #28, US #84
written by: Jimmy Webb
album: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Lads
The Mad Lads
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
1969
Volt
45
record label: Volt 4025
chart position: RandB #28
written by: King Curtis (as Curtis Ousley) and Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller)
Rev. Maceo Woods & the Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir
Hello Sunshine
1969
Volt
46
record label: Volt 4045
chart position: RandB #29
written by: Vince Willis
album: Chronicle: Greatest Hits
comments: [mid-tempo ballad]
The Emotions
Heart Association
1970
Volt
47
record label: Volt 4076
chart position: RandB #35, US #96
written by: Na Allen
Hot Sauce
Bring It On Home (And Give It to Me)
1972
Volt
48
record label: Volt 154
chart position: RandB #36, US #91
written by: David Porter and The Bar Kays
The Bar-Kays
Give Everybody Some
1967
Volt
49
record label: Volt 162
chart position: RandB #31
written by: Allen Jones
album: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Lads
The Mad Lads
Whatever Hurts You
1968
Volt
50
record label: Volt 133
chart position: RandB #31
written by: David Porter and Isaac Hayes
album: Deep Soul Treasures Vol.2 (compiled by Dave Godin)
comments: [deep soul]
Ruby Johnson
I'll Run Your Hurt Away
1966
Volt
51
record label: Volt 4088
chart position: RandB #37, US #112
written by: Carl Hampton, Homer Banks and Raymond Jackson
The Emotions
From Toys to Boys
1973
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52
record label: Volt 4003
chart position: RandB #35
written by: Bettye Crutcher and Marvell Thomas
album: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Lads
The Mad Lads
So Nice
1968
Volt
53
record label: Volt 4056
chart position: RandB #38, US #96
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Margie Joseph Makes a New Impression
comments: [ballad]
Margie Joseph
Stop in the Name of Love
1971
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54
record label: Volt 139
chart position: RandB #41
written by: Steve Cropper and Isaac Hayes
The Mad Lads
Patch My Heart
1966
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55
record label: Volt 4037
chart position: RandB #46
written by: Darryl Carter and Fred Briggs
Margie Joseph
Your Sweet Lovin'
1970
Volt
56
record label: Volt 4105
chart position: Cashbox RandB #46
written by: Tony Hester
album: A Dramatic Experience
The Dramatics
Beware Of The Man (With The Candy In His Hand)
1974
Volt
57
record label: Volt 4054
chart position: RandB #47
The Emotions
You Make Me Want to Love You
1971
Volt
58
record label: Volt 4105
chart position: RandB #49
written by: Jimmy Roach
album: Dramatically Yours / The Best of The Dramatics
The Dramatics
And I Panicked
1974
Volt
59
record label: Volt 4001
chart position: RandB #50
written by: Dave Crawford
album: What a Man
Linda Lyndell
What a Man
1968
Volt
60
record label: Volt 4041
chart position: Cashbox R&B #60
written by: Darryl Carter, Fred Briggs, Michael Williams
album: A New Beginning...
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
The Mad Lads
Seeing Is Believin'
1970
Volt
61
record label: Volt 4101
chart position: RandB #74
written by: Billy Davis & Leonard Caston
album: Inez Foxx At Memphis
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Inez Foxx
I Had a Talk with My Man
1974
Volt
62
record label: Volt 4109
chart position: RandB #78
written by: Arthur Snyder, Bettye Crutcher and Don Davis
Hot Sauce
Stop Dogging Me
1974
Volt
63
record label: Volt 4107
chart position: RandB #83
written by: Eddie Marion, Henderson Thigpen, James Banks
Inez Foxx
Circuit's Overloaded
1974
Volt
64
record label: Volt 4095
chart position: RandB #91
written by: Eddie Floyd and Mack Rice
The Emotions
Runnin' Back (And Forth)
1973
Volt
65
record label: Volt 302
chart position: RandB #93
written by: Paul Simon
album: Positive State of Mind
comments: [ballad]
The Dramatics
Bridge Over Troubled Water
1989
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record label: Volt 6020
written by: Dale Warren, John Gary Williams, William Brown
album: A New Beginning...
comments: [album cut]
The Mad Lads
Pass The Word (Love's The Word)
1973
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record label: Volt 4068
written by: John Gary Williams, William Brown, Bobby Manuel
album: A New Beginning...
The Mad Lads
I'm So Glad I Fell In Love With You
1971
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record label: Volt 4040
written by: R. Wylie, T. Hester
Roz Ryan
You're My Only Temptation
1970
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record label: Volt 4023
written by: Bobby Womack
Margie Joseph
What You Gonna Do
1969
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--
record label: Volt 6020
written by: Darryl Carter, Fred Briggs
album: A New Beginning...
comments: [sweet soul album cut]
The Mad Lads
I'll Still Be Loving You
1973
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record label: Volt 4098
written by: Booker T. Jones, William Bell
album: A New Beginning...
comments: [love ballad]
The Mad Lads
I Forgot To Be Your Lover
1973
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record label: Volt 415
written by: King, Stewart
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
Otis Redding
Tennessee Waltz
1966
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--
record label: Volt 6020
written by: Darryl Carter, Helen Washington
album: A New Beginning...
comments: [sweet soul album cut]
The Mad Lads
I'm Afraid Of Losing You
1973
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--
record label: Volt 6020
written by: Dale Warren, Joan Albright
album: A New Beginning...
comments: [sweet soul ballad album cut]
The Mad Lads
Destination
1973
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--
record label: Volt 415
written by: Willis
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
Otis Redding
You're Still My Baby
1966
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record label: Volt 412
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
Otis Redding
Change Gonna Come
1965
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record label: Volt 411
written by: Wyche
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [ballad album cut]
Otis Redding
Woman, Lover, A Friend
1965
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--
record label: Volt 411
written by: Cooke
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [ballad album cut]
Otis Redding
Nothing Can Change This Love
1965
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--
record label: Volt 411
written by: Willis
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [ballad album cut]
Otis Redding
It's Too Late
1965
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record label: Volt 411
written by: Blackwell, Scott
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [southern soul album cut]
Otis Redding
Home In Your Heart
1965
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--
record label: Volt 4090
written by: Tony Hester
album: A Dramatic Experience / The Best of The Dramatics
The Dramatics
The Devil Is Dope
1973
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--
record label: Volt 415
written by: Porter, Hayes
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
comments: [album cut]
Otis Redding
Love Have Mercy
1966
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record label: Volt 415
written by: Redding
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
comments: [album cut]
Otis Redding
Hawg For You
1966
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--
record label: Volt 415
written by: Redding
album: Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
Otis Redding
Ton of Joy
1966
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--
record label: Volt 411
written by: Brooks, Butler
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [ballad album cut]
Otis Redding
For Your Precious Love
1965
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record label: Volt 412
written by: King, Josea
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad album cut]
Otis Redding
Rock Me Baby
1965
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record label: Volt 116
written by: Redding
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [soul blues ballad]
Otis Redding
Don't Leave Me This Way
1964
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record label: Volt 121
written by: Redding
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [southern soul]
Otis Redding
Your One And Only Man
1964
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record label: Volt 4058
written by: Tony Hester
album: Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
comments: [southern soul ballad]
The Dramatics
Thankful For Your Love
1971
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record label: Volt 117
written by: Redding
album: The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Otis Redding
I Want To Thank You
1964
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--
record label: Volt 128
written by: Redding
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Otis Redding
Ole Man Trouble
1965
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record label: Volt 4099
written by: Tony Hester
album: A Dramatic Experience / The Best of The Dramatics
The Dramatics
Now You Got Me Loving You
1973
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record label: Volt 4096
written by: Inez Foxx, Mack Rice
album: Inez Foxx At Memphis
comments: [southern soul]
Inez Foxx
Crossing Over The Bridge
1973
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record label: Volt 149
written by: William Bell
album: Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Otis Redding
You Don't Miss Your Water
1967
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record label: Volt 4043
written by: Willie Dixon
comments: [southern soul]
Branding Iron
Right, Tight And Out Of Sight
1970
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record label: Volt 4080
written by: Clyde Wilson
The Mad Lads
Did My Baby Call?
1972
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record label: Volt 4034
written by: We Three
Chuck Brooks
Love's Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
1970
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record label: Volt 4060
written by: Jimmy Hughes, Al Jackson Jr.
Jimmy Hughes
Just Ain't Strong As I Used To Be
1971
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record label: Volt 140
written by: Axton, Parker
comments: [deep soul]
Ruby Johnson
Come To Me My Darling
1966
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record label: Volt 4049
written by: Mack Rice, Gemini
The Newcomers
You Put The Sunshine Back In My World
1970
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