| 1 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10330
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1
written by: Don Gibson
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
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| 2 |
record label: Dimension 1000
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2
written by: Gerry Goffin & Carole King
album: Llllloco Motion
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| 3 |
record label: AFO 302
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Barbara George
album: I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)
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| 4 |
record label: Enjoy 1000
chart position: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #17
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: King Curtis (as Curtis Ousley)
album: Soul Serenade
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 5 |
record label: Cameo 212
chart position: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Jon Sheldon & Harry Land
album: It's Mashed Potato Time
|
| 6 |
record label: Vee Jay 456
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8
written by: Bob Gaudio
album: Sherry & 11 Others
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| 7 |
record label: Motown 1035
chart position: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: William Robinson
album: Two Lovers and Other Great Hits
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 8 |
record label: Vee Jay 465
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #13
written by: Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio
album: Sherry & 11 Others
|
| 9 |
record label: Capitol 4804
chart position: RandB #7, US #2, UK #5, US AC #1
written by: Joe Sherman & Noel Sherman
album: Ramblin' Rose
|
| 10 |
record label: Philles 106
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #19
written by: Gene Pitney
album: He's a Rebel
|
| 11 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10345
chart position: RandB #5, US #2, UK #9, US AC #1
written by: Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
|
| 12 |
record label: Scepter 21070
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #23
written by: Luther Dixon And Florence Green
album: Baby It's You
|
| 13 |
record label: Vee Jay 416
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: Bernice Williams, Earl Edwards & Eugene Dixon
album: The Duke of Earl / The Duke of Soul
|
| 14 |
record label: Parkway 849
chart position: RandB #3, US #2, UK #32
written by: Billy Strange And Sheldon
album: Limbo Party
|
| 15 |
record label: Mercury 72055
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Leon Carr & Earl Shuman
album: Golden Hits, Volume 2
comments: [released 1962, charted 1963]
|
| 16 |
record label: Era 3068
chart position: RandB #2, US #5, UK #4
written by: Victor Young & Edward Heyman
album: Love Letters
comments: [ballad]
|
| 17 |
record label: Cameo 218
chart position: RandB #5, US #2
written by: Kal Mann & Dave Appell
album: The Wah Watusi
|
| 18 |
record label: Parkway 835
chart position: RandB #3, US #3, UK #23
written by: Jon Sheldon
album: For Teen Twisters Only
|
| 19 |
record label: Cameo 231
chart position: RandB #3, US #43, UK #39
written by: Kal Mann & Dave Appell
album: The Wah Watusi
|
| 20 |
record label: Gordy 7005
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Berry Gordy, Jr.
album: Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 21 |
record label: Argo 5405
chart position: RandB #2, US #4
written by: Yvonne Baker
album: Let Me In / Music, Music, Music
|
| 22 |
record label: RCA Victor 47 7983
chart position: RandB #1, US #9, UK #6
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Twistin' The Night Away / The Best of Sam Cooke
|
| 23 |
record label: Atlantic 2162
chart position: RandB #4, US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Gerry Goffin & Carole King
album: Our Biggest Hits / Up on the Roof: The Best of the Drifters
|
| 24 |
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
|
| 25 |
record label: Wand 122
chart position: RandB #2, US #23
written by: Burt Bacharach & Bob Hilliard
album: Any Day Now / Chuck Jackson's Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 26 |
record label: Chancellor 1113
chart position: RandB #3, US #5
written by: Claudine Clark
album: Party Lights
|
| 27 |
record label: Todd 1072
chart position: RandB #2, US #8, US AC #5
written by: Grady Martin & Alex Zinetis
album: Snap Your Fingers
|
| 28 |
record label: United Artists 544
chart position: RandB #5, US #4, UK #46
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Bert Russell
album: Tell Him
|
| 29 |
record label: Tamla 54060
chart position: RandB #4, US #7
written by: Brian Holland, Robert Bateman, Gladys Horton & Mickey Stevenson
album: Playboy / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 30 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10375
chart position: RandB #1, US #7
written by: Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
|
| 31 |
record label: Atlantic 2160
chart position: RandB #7, US #101
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: James Bennett & Johnnie Mae Matthews
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 32 |
record label: Lenox 5555
chart position: RandB #1, US #8
written by: Miller, Williams & Yount
album: Release Me!
|
| 33 |
record label: Jamie 1220
chart position: RandB #1, US #8
written by: Barbara Lynn Ozen
album: You'll Lose A Good Thing
comments: (southern soul ballad)
|
| 34 |
record label: Dimension 1002
chart position: RandB #6, US #17
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Gerry Goffin & Carole King
album: Chains
|
| 35 |
record label: Cameo 230
chart position: RandB #7, US #5
written by: Jon Sheldon & David Leon
album: All The Hits By Dee Dee Sharp Volume II
|
| 36 |
record label: Chess 124
chart position: RandB #9, US #10
written by: David Clowney
album: Rinky Dink
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 37 |
record label: Parkway 849
chart position: RandB #13, US #10
written by: Kal Mann & Dave Appell
|
| 38 |
record label: Diamond 129
chart position: RandB #6, US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Teddy Vann And Joe Dong
album: Loop De Loop
|
| 39 |
record label: Motown 1024
chart position: RandB #2, US #8
written by: William Robinson
album: The One Who Really Loves You
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 40 |
record label: Motown 1032
chart position: RandB #1, US #9
written by: William Robinson and Ronnie White
album: The One Who Really Loves You
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 41 |
record label: Philles 107
chart position: RandB #7, US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Ray Gilbert & Allie Wrubel
album: Zip A Dee Doo Dah
|
| 42 |
record label: Capitol 4870
chart position: RandB #15, UK #37, US #13, US AC #2 UK #37,
written by: Bob Halley & Emil Anton
album: Dear Lonely Hearts
|
| 43 |
record label: RCA Victor 47 8088
chart position: RandB #2, US #12, US AC #4
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Mr. Soul
|
| 44 |
record label: Dimension 1003
chart position: RandB #6, US #12, UK #30
written by: Gerry Goffin & Carole King
album: Llllloco Motion
|
| 45 |
record label: Cameo 219
chart position: RandB #11, US #9
written by: Kal Mann & Dave Appell
album: It's Mashed Potato Time
|
| 46 |
record label: Atco 6222
chart position: RandB #2, US #11
written by: Ahmet Ertegun
album: Don't Play That Song!
|
| 47 |
record label: Wand 124
chart position: RandB #2, US #17, UK #42
written by: Phil Medley & Bert Russell
album: Twist & Shout
|
| 48 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10375
chart position: RandB #23, US #29, UK #13, US AC #7
written by: Hank Williams
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (Volume Ywo)
|
| 49 |
record label: RCA Victor 47 8036
chart position: RandB #4, US #17, US AC #12
written by: Sam Cooke
album: The Best of Sam Cooke
|
| 50 |
record label: RCA Victor 47 8036
chart position: RandB #2, US #13
written by: Sam Cooke
album: The Best of Sam Cooke
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 51 |
record label: Mercury 72024
chart position: RandB #3, US #13
written by: Margie Singleton & Brook Benton
album: Singing the Blues Lie to Me
comments: [blues]
|
| 52 |
record label: Philles 109
chart position: RandB #18, US #11
written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
album: He's A Rebel
|
| 53 |
record label: Philles 102
chart position: RandB #18, US #13
written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
album: Twist Uptown
|
| 54 |
record label: Atco 456212
chart position: RandB #3, US #19
written by: Tina Turner written by Ike Turner
|
| 55 |
record label: Newtown 5000
chart position: RandB #13, US #15
written by: Leon T. Rene & Otis J. Rene
album: Sweethearts of the Apollo
|
| 56 |
record label: Liberty 55469
chart position: RandB #16, US #12
written by: Clyde Otis & Joy Byers
album: What's A Matter Baby
|
| 57 |
record label: Tamla 54065
chart position: RandB #7, US #17
written by: Gaye, Stevenson, And Gordy
album: Playboy
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 58 |
record label: Fire 508
chart position: RandB #4, US #20
written by: Don Gardner And Bobby Robinson
album: I Need Your Lovin'
|
| 59 |
record label: Everlast 5019
chart position: RandB #12, US #22
written by: Les Cooper
comments: instrumental
|
| 60 |
record label: Sue 770
chart position: RandB #5, US #20
written by: Ray Charles
album: I've Got A Woman
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 61 |
record label: S.P.Q.R. 45 3319
chart position: RandB #20, US #22
written by: Norman Span
album: If You Wanna Be Happy
|
| 62 |
record label: Vee Jay 438
chart position: RandB #16, UK #16, US #60
written by: John Lee Hooker
album: Burnin'
|
| 63 |
record label: Fortune 449
chart position: RandB #16, US #22
written by: Nathaniel Mayer And Devora Brown
|
| 64 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10314
chart position: RandB #7, US #20
written by: Percy Mayfield
album: Ray Charles Live In Concert
|
| 65 |
record label: Vee Jay 451
chart position: RandB #18, US #20
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Need To Belong
comments: [ballad]
|
| 66 |
record label: Imperial 5855
chart position: RandB #23, US #22
written by: Norman Margolies And C. Marshall
album: Meet the Majors
|
| 67 |
record label: Scepter 1234
chart position: RandB #20, US #22
written by: Luther Dixon
album: The Shirelles Greatest Hits
|
| 68 |
record label: Motown 1021
chart position: RandB #6, US #30
written by: B. Strong And M. Stevenson
album: Eddie Holland
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 69 |
record label: Mercury 71941
chart position: Cashbox R&B #3, US #7
written by: Bill Swan
album: Lover Please!
|
| 70 |
record label: King 5614
chart position: RandB #5, US #35
written by: Oscar Washington, Lewis P. Simpkins & Jimmy Forrest
album: James Brown Live At The Apollo
|
| 71 |
record label: RCA Victor 47 8088
chart position: RandB #3, US #70
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Twistin' The Night Away
|
| 72 |
record label: Atlantic 2131
chart position: RandB #5, US #44
written by: Bert Russell
album: Rock and Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 73 |
record label: Duke 345
chart position: RandB #6, US #51
written by: Joe Scott And Deadric Malone
album: Driving Wheel
|
| 74 |
record label: Argo 5409
chart position: RandB #4, US #37
written by: Pearl Woods, Leroy Kirkland, and Etta James
album: Etta James Top Ten
|
| 75 |
record label: Argo 5418
chart position: RandB #6, US #34
written by: Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods, And Fred Johnson
album: Etta James Top Ten
comments: [ballad]
|
| 76 |
record label: Bigtop 3079
chart position: Cashbox RandB #5, US #7
written by: Claude Johnson
comments: [Doo Wop]
|
| 77 |
record label: Parkway 842
chart position: Cashbox RandB #9, US #12, UK #19
written by: Mann, Appell
album: All the Hits (For Your Dancin' Party)
|
| 78 |
record label: Lupine 1003
chart position: RandB #6, US #75
written by: Wilson Pickett, Willie Schofield And Robert West
|
| 79 |
record label: Columbia 42582
chart position: Cashbox RandB #9, US #6, AC #2
written by: P. Vance, L. Carr
album: Johnny's Newest Hits
|
| 80 |
record label: Atlantic 2165
chart position: UK #13, Cashbox R&B #30, US #36
written by: Ben Tucker, Bob Dorough
album: Comin' Home Baby!
|
| 81 |
record label: Hull 748
chart position: RandB #7, US #59
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Shane Sheppard
album: Our Anniversary
|
| 82 |
record label: Legrand 1018
chart position: Cashbox RandB #11, US #9
written by: Frank Guida, Gene Barge and Joseph Royster
album: Twist Up Calypso
|
| 83 |
record label: Decca 25574
chart position: RandB #9, US #55
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Ray Charles
album: Earl Grant at Basin Street East
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 84 |
record label: Atlantic 2163
chart position: RandB #9, US #41
written by: Sam Cooke
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 85 |
record label: Duke 355
chart position: RandB #5, US #22
written by: Aaron Walker
album: Here's the Man
comments: [blues]
|
| 86 |
record label: Imperial 5796
chart position: Cashbox RandB #10, US #30, UK #41
written by: Hank Williams
album: Million Sellers by Fats
|
| 87 |
record label: Tamla 54059
chart position: RandB #11, US #39
written by: William Robinson
album: I'll Try Something New
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 88 |
record label: Todd 1066
chart position: RandB #7, US #106
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Robert Riley And Joe Henderson
album: Snap Your Fingers
|
| 89 |
record label: Sar Records 132
chart position: RandB #8, US #72
written by: James Alexander and Zelda Samuels
|
| 90 |
record label: Tamla 54068
chart position: RandB #8, US #46
written by: Marvin Gaye, William Stevenson and George Gordy
album: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 91 |
record label: Sue 757
chart position: RandB #9, US #50
written by: Ike Turner
album: Dynamite!
|
| 92 |
record label: Duke 338
chart position: RandB #9, US #86
written by: Don Robey
album: Here's the Man
|
| 93 |
record label: Liberty 55410
chart position: US #66, US AC #15
written by: Beth Slater Whitson and Leo Friedman
album: Let Me Call You Sweetheart
|
| 94 |
record label: Wand 126
chart position: Cashbox R&B #13, US #55
written by: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller and Garfield
|
| 95 |
record label: One derful! 4804
chart position: RandB #8, US #115
written by: Rice, Mitchell, And Dodd
album: McKinley 'Soul' Mitchell
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 96 |
record label: Joy 260
chart position: US #16
written by: Marion Weiss and Edna Lewis
comments: [ballad]
|
| 97 |
record label: Columbia 4-42657
chart position: Cashbox RandB #9, US #101
written by: Carl Davis, Doris Smith and Richard Parker
|
| 98 |
record label: Duke 352
chart position: RandB #10, US #56
written by: D. Malone
|
| 99 |
record label: Tamla 54054
chart position: RandB #13, US #34
written by: Robert Bateman, Brian Holland and William Stevens
album: The Marvelettes Sing
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 100 |
record label: Duke 347
chart position: RandB #12, US #76
written by: Charlie Rich
album: Here's the Man
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