Best Selling R&B Soul Songs on the Josie label
Josie

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1 record label: Josie 835
chart position: RandB #2, US #5
written by: Bobby Freeman
album: Do You Wanna Dance?
 		Bobby Freeman Do You Wanna Dance?
1958 Josie
2 record label: Josie 1005
chart position: RandB #4, US #23
written by: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli & George Porter Jr.
album: The Meters
comments: [funk instrumental]
The Meters Cissy Strut
1969 Josie
3 record label: Josie 1001
chart position: RandB #7, US #34
written by: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli & George Porter Jr.
album: The Meters
comments: [funk jazz instrumental]
The Meters Sophisticated Cissy
1969 Josie
4 record label: Josie 1018
chart position: RandB #11, US #50
written by: Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr. and Allen Toussaint
album: Struttin'
comments: [funk instrumental]
 		The Meters Chicken Strut
1970 Josie
5 record label: Josie 1015
chart position: RandB #11, US #56
written by: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter Jr.
album: Look Ka Py Py
 		The Meters Look-Ka Py Py
1969 Josie
6 record label: Josie 846
chart position: RandB #20, US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: Jack Hammer
album: Twisting With The Cadillacs
 		The Cadillacs Peek-a-Boo
1958 Josie
7 record label: Josie 946
chart position: RandB #14, US #79
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Ralph Meeks
 		Johnny & the Expressions Something I Want to Tell You
1966 Josie
8 record label: Josie 807
chart position: RandB #11
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Johnny Marks
 		The Cadillacs Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
1957 Josie
9 record label: Josie 841
chart position: RandB #20, US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Bobby Freeman
album: Twist With Bobby Freeman
 		Bobby Freeman Betty Lou Got a New Pair of Shoes
1958 Josie
10 record label: Josie 1008
chart position: RandB #20, US #61
written by: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter Jr.
album: The Meters
comments: [instrumental]
 		The Meters Ease Back
1969 Josie
11 record label: Josie 964
chart position: RandB #21, US #115
written by: The Mighty Hannibal
The Mighty Hannibal Hymn No. 5
1966 Josie
12 record label: Josie 844
chart position: RandB #29, US #54
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Bobby Freeman
comments: [love ballad]
 		Bobby Freeman Need Your Love
1958 Josie
13 record label: Josie 1024
chart position: RandB #21
written by: Leo Nocentelli
album: The Original Funkmasters (1992 compilation)
comments: [funk]
 		The Meters A Message from the Meters
1970 Josie
14 record label: Josie 1021
chart position: RandB #26, US #89
written by: Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr. and Allen Toussaint
album: Struttin'
comments: [funky soul]
 		The Meters Hand Clapping Song
1970 Josie
15 record label: Josie 45 887
chart position: US #89
written by: Jack Cortes
 		Bobby Freeman The Mess Around
1961 Josie
16 record label: Josie 1030
chart position: Cashbox RandB #30
written by: B. Weinstein, L. Stallman, T. Randazzo
album: Love
comments: [philly sound ballad]
 		Honey & the Bees It's Gonna Take A Miracle (Medley)
1971 Josie
17 record label: Josie 866
chart position: US #105
written by: Christbell Breland
 		The Cadillacs Romeo
1959 Josie
18 record label: Josie 1029
chart position: Cashbox RandB #36
written by: Leo Nocentelli, Vincent Toussaint
comments: [funk]
 		The Meters (The World Is A Bit Under The Weather) Doodle-Oop
1971 Josie
19 record label: Josie 1013
chart position: RandB #39
written by: Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter Jr.
album: Look Ka Py Py
comments: [instrumental]
 		The Meters Dry Spell
1969 Josie
20 record label: Josie 1009
chart position: RandB #40
written by: Timmy Willis and George McGregor
 		Gwen Owens It Ain't Hardly Over -- Keep On Living
1969 Josie
21 record label: Josie 1026
chart position: RandB #42
written by: Leo Nocentelli
 		The Meters Stretch Your Rubber Band
1971 Josie
22 record label: Josie 999
chart position: RandB #46
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Mary Love
 		Mary Love The Hurt Is Just Beginning
1968 Josie
23 record label: Josie 1029
chart position: RandB #47
written by: Leo Nocentelli and Vincent Toussaint
 		The Meters (The World Is a Bit Under the Weather) Doodle-Oop
1971 Josie
-- record label: Josie 965
written by: R.L. Johnson
comments: [instrumental]
 		Roy Lee Johnson & His Band Boogaloo Number 3
1966 Josie
-- record label: Josie 1028
written by: Wilbert Hart
album: Love
comments: [philly sound ballad]
 		Honey & the Bees We Got To Stay Together
1971 Josie
-- record label: Josie 961
written by: Eddie Floyd
 		Grover Mitchell with St. John & the Cardinals Take Your Time And Love Me
1966 Josie
-- record label: Josie 956
written by: Jackson, Barnes
 		The Flirtations Change My Darkness Into Light
1966 Josie
-- record label: Josie 961
written by: Grover Mitchell
 		Grover Mitchell with St John & The Cardinals Sweeter As The Days Go By
1966 Josie
-- record label: Josie 1019
written by: Allen Toussaint
 		Willie West Fairchild
1970 Josie




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