| 1 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10487
chart position: RandB #1 (5 weeks) US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Impressions
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| 2 |
record label: Tamla 54080
chart position: RandB #1 (6 weeks), US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Clarence Paul & Henry Cosby
album: The 12 Year Old Genius: Recorded Live
comments: [Motown Sound] [instrumental]
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| 3 |
record label: Gordy 7022
chart position: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Doxier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Heat Wave
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 4 |
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]
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| 5 |
record label: Laurie 3152
chart position: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #1, UK #16
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Ronnie Mack
album: The Chiffons
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| 6 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10502
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #9
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Ray Whitley
album: Presenting The Tams / The Best Of The Tams
comments: [southern soul]
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| 7 |
record label: Brunswick 55239
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Jackie Wilson & Alonzo Tucker
album: Baby Workout
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| 8 |
record label: Atlantic 2184
chart position: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Barbara Lewis
album: Hello Stranger / The Best of Barbara Lewis
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| 9 |
record label: Galaxy 722
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Clay Hammond
album: Little Johnny Taylor
comments: [blues]
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| 10 |
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]
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| 11 |
record label: Tamla 54073
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: William Robinson
album: The Fabulous Miracles
comments: [Motown Sound] [released 1962, charted 1963]
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| 12 |
record label: Tamla 54079
chart position: RandB #2 (3 weeks), US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Norman Whitfield, Marvin Gaye & William Stevenson
album: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 13 |
record label: Kapp 501
chart position: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #1, UK #38
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Bob Hilliard & Mort Garson
album: Our Day Will Come
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| 14 |
record label: Atlantic 2185
chart position: RandB #2 (5 weeks), US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Wilson Pickett, Robert Bateman and Sonny Sanders
album: Rock and Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 15 |
record label: RCA Victor 47 8164
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #10, UK #23
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Sam Cooke
album: Ain't That Good News
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| 16 |
record label: Okeh 4 7175
chart position: RandB #2 (2 weeks), US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Monkey Time
comments: [northern soul]
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| 17 |
record label: Roulette 4494
chart position: RandB #1 (2 weeks), US #1
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: William Linton
album: Easier Said Than Done
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| 18 |
record label: S.P.Q.R. 3305
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #1, UK #39
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Carmela Guida, Frank Guida & Joseph Royster
album: If You Wanna Be Happy
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| 19 |
record label: RCA Victor 47 8247
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #11
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Willie Dixon
album: Night Beat
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| 20 |
record label: Tamla 54087
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #22
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 21 |
record label: Serock 2004
chart position: RandB #3 (5 weeks), US #21
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Ed Townsend
album: [deep soul]
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| 22 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10481
chart position: RandB #3 (2 weeks), UK #21, US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Harlan Howard
album: Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul
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| 23 |
record label: Motown 1051
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #23
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Where Did Our Love Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 24 |
record label: Vee Jay 567
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #31
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Need To Belong
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| 25 |
record label: Atlantic 2205
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #49
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Don Covay and Horace Ott
album: Rock and Soul
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 26 |
record label: RCA Victor 47 8129
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #13
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Leo Price & John Marascalco
album: Mr. Soul
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| 27 |
record label: Atlantic 2188
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Gregory Carroll & Doris Payne
album: Just One Look
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| 28 |
record label: Tamla 54088
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: William Robinson, Jr.
album: The Marvelettes Greatest Hits
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 29 |
record label: Reprise 20216
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #17, US AC #6
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Jerry Samuels
album: The Shelter Of Your Arms
comments: [ballad]
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| 30 |
record label: Tamla 54083
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier
album: Doin' Mickey's Monkey / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 31 |
record label: Dimension 1008
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #7
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Carole King & Gerry Goffin
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| 32 |
record label: Cadence 1439
chart position: US #4, US AC #3
weeksinr&bchart: 16 weeks (in US pop chart)
written by: Buddy Johnson
album: Since I Fell For You
comments: [ballad]
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| 33 |
record label: Stax 140
chart position: RandB #4, US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Rufus Thomas
album: Walking The Dog
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| 34 |
record label: Tear Drop 3014
chart position: RandB #6, US #11, US AC #4
weeksinr&bchart: 17
written by: Joe Seneca
album: Talk To Me
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| 35 |
record label: Newtown 5777
chart position: RandB #14, US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Anthony Levinson
album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo
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| 36 |
record label: Scepter 1261
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #71
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Ed Townsend
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| 37 |
record label: Philles 116
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, UK #4
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry
album: Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica
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| 38 |
record label: Cameo 243
chart position: RandB #4, US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Kal Mann & Dave Appell
album: South Street
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| 39 |
record label: Gordy 7014
chart position: RandB #6, US #29
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Come and Get These Memories
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 40 |
record label: Vee Jay 566
chart position: RandB #5, US #51
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Clint Ballard Sr.
album: You're No Good
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| 41 |
record label: RCA Victor 47 8215
chart position: RandB #4, US #14, UK #30, US AC #2
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Arr. Sam Cooke
album: Sam Cooke at the Copa
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| 42 |
record label: King 5739
chart position: RandB #6, US #18
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Traditional
album: Prisoner Of Love
comments: [ballad]
|
| 43 |
record label: Duke 360
chart position: RandB #6, US #22
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Deadric Malone
album: Call On Me/That's The Way Love Is
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| 44 |
record label: Double L 717
chart position: RandB #7, US #49
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Wilson Pickett
album: It's Too Late
comments: [ballad]
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| 45 |
record label: Scepter 1262
chart position: RandB #6, US #8, UK #42, US AC #2
written by: Hal David & Burt Bacharach
album: Anyone Who Had A Heart
comments: [pop soul ballad]
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| 46 |
record label: Parkway 871
chart position: RandB #4, US #1, UK #21
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Bill Jackson, Joseph & George Williams
album: So Much in Love
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| 47 |
record label: Philles 112
chart position: RandB #5, US #3, UK #5
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry
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| 48 |
record label: Scepter 1239
chart position: RandB #5, US #21
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Hal David & Burt Bacharach
album: Presenting Dionne Warwick
comments: [pop soul ballad] [released 1962, charted 1963]
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| 49 |
record label: Tuff 369
chart position: RandB #4, US #2
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Zelma Sanders & Lona Stevens
album: Sally, Go 'Round The Roses
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| 50 |
record label: Chess 1845
chart position: RandB #8, US #14
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Curtis Mayfield
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| 51 |
record label: Mercury 72135
chart position: RandB #7, US #22, US AC #8
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: R. Stevens and M. Singleton
album: Lie To Me Singing The Blues
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| 52 |
record label: Argo 5437
chart position: RandB #7, US #25
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] and Tony Clarke
album: Etta James Top Ten
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| 53 |
record label: Scepter 1248
chart position: RandB #9, US #4, UK #38
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Helen Miller & Howard Greenfield
album: Foolish Little Girl
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| 54 |
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]
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| 55 |
record label: Vee Jay 468
chart position: RandB #11, US #47
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Duke of Soul
comments: [ballad] B Side To You Threw A Lucky Punch
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| 56 |
record label: Mercury 72099
chart position: RandB #4, US #28, US AC #14
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Margie Singleton and Brook Benton
album: Lie To Me Singing The Blues
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| 57 |
record label: Battle 45909
chart position: RandB #8, US #10, US AC #3
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Herbie Hancock
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
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| 58 |
record label: Colpix 692
chart position: RandB #10, US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 11
written by: Carole King & Gerry Goffin
album: Freddie Scott Sings
comments: [ballad]
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| 59 |
record label: Atlantic 2182
chart position: RandB #7, US #9
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
album: Under The Boardwalk / Our Biggest Hits
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 60 |
record label: Federal 12484
chart position: RandB #13, US #89
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Kelly, Thompson
album: It Won't Be This Way Always
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| 61 |
record label: Laurie 3212
chart position: RandB #6, US #36
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and The Tokens
album: Boys! Boys! Boys!
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| 62 |
record label: Philles 115
chart position: RandB #8, US #6, UK #2
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry
comments: [pop soul]
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| 63 |
record label: Everest 2022
chart position: RandB #8, US #57
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Ed Townsend, J. Balrd and I. White
comments: [ballad]
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| 64 |
record label: Cameo 257
chart position: RandB #8, US #12
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Gary Anderson & Frank Guida
album: Not Me
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| 65 |
record label: Tamla 54072
chart position: RandB #10, US #49
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Gorman
album: The Marvelous Marvelettes
comments: [Motown Sound] [released 1962, charted 1963]
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| 66 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10435
chart position: RandB #7, US #8, UK #5, US AC #3
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Fred Rose & Hy Heath
album: Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (Volume Two)
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| 67 |
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]
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| 68 |
record label: Laurie 3179
chart position: RandB #6, US #5, UK #29
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Carole King & Gerry Goffin
album: One Fine Day
comments: [pop soul]
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| 69 |
record label: Parkway 867
chart position: RandB #10, US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Phil Upchurch, Dee Clark, Cornell Muldrow & Kal Mann
album: You Can't Sit Down
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| 70 |
record label: Parkway 884
chart position: RandB #23, US #7, US AC #2
written by: Ben Raleigh & Sherman Edwards
album: So Much in Love
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| 71 |
record label: Motown 1048
chart position: RandB #10, US #29
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: William Robinson
album: Mary Wells' Greatest Hits
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 72 |
record label: Jubilee 5456
chart position: RandB #10, US #23
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Bert Russell
comments: [deep soul]
|
| 73 |
record label: Wand 132
chart position: RandB #12, US #42
weeksinr&bchart: 10
written by: Tony & Brenda Bruno & Sanford Bellini
album: Encore! / Chuck Jackson's Greatest Hits
comments: [ballad]
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| 74 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10405
chart position: RandB #9, US #20, UK #37
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: F. James and A. Jones
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| 75 |
record label: Congress 202
chart position: RandB #4, US #8
written by: Lincoln Chase
album: The Name Game
|
| 76 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10453
chart position: RandB #9, UK #35, US #21, US AC #6
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
|
| 77 |
record label: Atlantic 45 2167
chart position: RandB #9, US #34
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Traditional
album: See See Rider
comments: [released 1962, charted 1963]
|
| 78 |
record label: Double L 722
chart position: RandB #11, US #21
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Erroll Garner and Johnny Burk
album: Misty
|
| 79 |
record label: Philips 40162
chart position: UK #4, US #12
written by: Mike Hawker and Ivor Raymonde
album: Stay Awhile I Only Want To Be With You
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 80 |
record label: Tamla 1042
chart position: RandB #8, US #40
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: William Robinson
album: Mary Wells' Greatest Hits
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 81 |
record label: Philles 118
chart position: RandB #6, US #24, UK #11
written by: Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry
album: Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica
comments: [pop soul]
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| 82 |
record label: Okeh 7181
chart position: RandB #10, US #13
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um / The Best of Major Lance
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 83 |
record label: Gordy 7025
chart position: RandB #7, US #8
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 84 |
record label: Cameo 244
chart position: RandB #8, US #10
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Kal Mann & Dave Appell
album: Do The Bird
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| 85 |
record label: Tamla 54075
chart position: RandB #12, US #30
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: William Stevenson, Clarence Paul and Marvin Gaye
album: That Stubborn Kinda Fellow / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 2
comments: [Motown Sound] Backing Vocals by Martha and The Vandellas
|
| 86 |
record label: Dimension 1006
chart position: RandB #16, US #20, UK #13
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Gerry Goffin & Carole King
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| 87 |
record label: Atco 6267
chart position: RandB #16, US #29, US AC #10
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Mogol, Donida & Leiber
album: Young Boy Blues
comments: [ballad]
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| 88 |
record label: Marc 104
chart position: RandB #3, UK #7, US #44
written by: Bob Relf (as Bobby Relf) & Earl Nelson
album: Harlem Shuffle
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 89 |
record label: Mercury 72177
chart position: RandB #15, US #32, US AC #8
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Brook Benton and Malcolm Dodds
|
| 90 |
record label: Capitol 5027
chart position: RandB #19, US #12, US AC #3
written by: George David Weiss & Joe Sherman
album: Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days Of Summer
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| 91 |
record label: Vee Jay 536
chart position: RandB #17, US #71
weeksinr&bchart: 9
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: The Duke of Soul
comments: [ballad]
|
| 92 |
record label: Roulette 4515
chart position: RandB #11, US #12
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss and Adam Levy
album: A Walkin' Miracle
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| 93 |
record label: Gold 214
chart position: RandB #16, US #58
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Luther Dixon, Tommy Bell and Kenny Cambell
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 94 |
record label: Parkway 890
chart position: RandB #4, US #12
written by: Kal Mann & Dave Appell
album: Chubby's Folk Album
|
| 95 |
record label: Scepter 1243
chart position: RandB #15, US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Robert Allen & Richard Adler
album: The Shirelles Greatest Hits
comments: [released 1962, charted 1963]
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| 96 |
record label: Jamie 1240
chart position: RandB #13, US #65
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Barbara L. Ozen
album: The Best Of Barbara Lynn
comments: [southern soul ballad] [released 1962, charted 1963]
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| 97 |
record label: Sue 783
chart position: RandB #10, US #40
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Bob Halley and Ben Raleigh
album: That's How Heartaches Are Made
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 98 |
record label: Kapp 557
chart position: RandB #14, US #47, US AC #15
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Bob Hilliard and Mort Garson
album: Till Now
comments: [ballad]
|
| 99 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10453
chart position: RandB #15, US #29
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Danny Small
|
| 100 |
record label: Tamla 54089
chart position: RandB #17, US #35
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey
comments: [Motown Sound]
|