| 1 |
record label: Motown 1098
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Reach Out
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 2 |
record label: Motown 1097
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Supremes A Go Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 3 |
record label: Atlantic 2326
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Percy Sledge
album: When A Man Loves A Woman / The Best Of Percy Sledge / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 4 |
record label: Motown 1101
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Supremes Sing Holland Dozier Holland / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 5 |
record label: Verve 10383
chart position: RandB #13, US #1, UK #15
written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
album: Soul & Inspiration
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| 6 |
record label: Philips 40365
chart position: RandB #3, US #2, UK #12
written by: Bobby Hebb
album: Sunny
comments: [northern soul]
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| 7 |
record label: Motown 1102
chart position: RandB #2, US #6, UK #6
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Reach Out / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 8 |
record label: Gordy 7055
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #18
written by: Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Greatest Hits / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 9 |
record label: Par Lo 101
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: George Davis & Lee Diamond
album: Tell It Like It Is
comments: [ballad]
|
| 10 |
record label: Atlantic 452348
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #22
written by: Chris Kenner
album: The Exciting Wilson Pickett
|
| 11 |
record label: Amy 958
chart position: RandB #5, US #8, UK #8
written by: Allen Toussaint
album: The New Lee Jersey
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| 12 |
record label: Philips 40371
chart position: UK #1, US #4, US AC #8
written by: Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham and Simon Napier Bell
album: You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
comments: [pop soul ballad]
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| 13 |
record label: Tamla Motown 577
chart position: RandB #6, US #7, UK #8
written by: William Weatherspoon, Paul Riser & James Dean
album: Jimmy Ruffin Sings Top Ten / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 14 |
record label: Gordy 7057
chart position: RandB #1, UK #19, US #8
written by: Norman Whitfield, Eddie Holland Jr. & Cornelius Grant
album: Greatest Hits II / Ruffin At His Best / Motown Chartbusters Vol.1 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 15 |
record label: Tamla 54139
chart position: RandB #3, US #9, UK #20, US AC #29
written by: Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller) & Bryan Wells
album: Down to Earth
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 16 |
record label: Motown 1089
chart position: RandB #10, US #5
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: I Hear a Symphony
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 17 |
record label: Bell 648
chart position: RandB #5, US #6
written by: Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham
album: James & Bobby Purify
comments: [southern soul]
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| 18 |
record label: Tamla 54136
chart position: RandB #1, US #9, UK #36
written by: Bob Dylan
album: Up Tight / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 19 |
record label: Karen 1524
chart position: RandB #2, US #7
written by: Don Storball (as Donald Storball)
album: Dance the Cool Jerk
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 20 |
record label: King 6035
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #13
written by: James Brown & Betty Jean Newsome
album: Out of Sight
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 21 |
record label: Tamla 54126
chart position: RandB #3, US #7
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: The Marvelettes Greatest Hits
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 22 |
record label: Nola 721
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, UK #24
written by: Robert Parker
album: Barefootin
comments: [northern soul]
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| 23 |
record label: Scepter 12133
chart position: RandB #5, US #8, US AC #12
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Dionne Warwick in Paris
comments: [pop soul]
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| 24 |
record label: Chess 1966
chart position: RandB #7, US #10, UK #39
written by: George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin & DuBose Heyward
album: Unbelievable / Billy Stewart Remembered
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| 25 |
record label: Motown 1094
chart position: RandB #7, US #9, UK #54
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: The Supremes A Go Go
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 26 |
record label: Gordy 7056
chart position: RandB #2, US #9, UK #22
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Watchout! / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 27 |
record label: Gordy 7054
chart position: RandB #1, US #13, UK #21
written by: Norman Whitfield & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Gettin Ready / David Ruffin At His Best
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 28 |
record label: Amy 965
chart position: RandB #10, US #23, UK #6
written by: Allen Toussaint
album: The New Lee Dorsey
comments: [southern soul]
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| 29 |
record label: Soul 35015
chart position: RandB #4, UK #12, US #20
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Road Runner / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 1
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 30 |
record label: Atlantic 452320
chart position: RandB #1, US #13, UK #36
written by: Eddie Floyd & Steve Cropper
album: The Exciting Wilson Pickett
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 31 |
record label: Laurie 3340
chart position: US #10, UK #31
written by: Doug Morris and Eliot Greenberg
album: Sweet Talkin' Guy
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 32 |
record label: Stax 194
chart position: RandB #1, US #28, UK #19
written by: Eddie Floyd & Steve Cropper
album: Knock on Wood / Rare Stamps / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 33 |
record label: Cadet 5541
chart position: RandB #3, US #19, US AC #11
written by: Traditional
album: Wade in the Water
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
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| 34 |
record label: Carla 2526
chart position: RandB #3, US #11
written by: Deon Jackson
album: Love Makes the World Go Round
comments: [sweet soul]
|
| 35 |
record label: Philles 131
chart position: US #88, UK #3
written by: Phil Spector, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich
album: River Deep Mountain High
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| 36 |
record label: Soul 35024
chart position: RandB #3, US #18, UK #22
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Road Runner / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.1
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 37 |
record label: Capitol 5709
chart position: RandB #1, US #13
written by: Ben Raleigh & Dave Linden
album: Soulin'
comments: [ballad]
|
| 38 |
record label: Brunswick 55300
chart position: RandB #5, US #11
written by: Barbara Acklin & David Scott
album: Whispers
comments: [northern soul]
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| 39 |
record label: Tamla 54128
chart position: RandB #6, US #12, UK #47
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Sylvia Moy
album: This Old Heart Of Mine / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 2
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 40 |
record label: Stax 195
chart position: RandB #3, US #14
written by: Isaac Hayes & David Porter
album: Carla / Atlantic Soul Classics
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 41 |
record label: MGM 13617
chart position: RandB #3, US #12
written by: Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
album: Stand by Me
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| 42 |
record label: Excello 2273
chart position: RandB #1, US #16
written by: Slim Harpo (as James H. Moore)
|
| 43 |
record label: Atlantic 2342
chart position: RandB #5, US #17, UK #34
written by: Bobby Robinson, Dan Quinvy & Pronto Bob
album: Warm & Tender Soul / The Best Of Percy Sledge
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 44 |
record label: Tamla 54140
chart position: RandB #4, US #17, UK #37
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Away We a Go Go / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 45 |
record label: Soul 35027
chart position: RandB #10, US #17, UK #29
written by: James Dean & William Weatherspoon
album: Jimmy Ruffin Sings Top Ten / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) / British Motown Chartbusters Vol.2
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 46 |
record label: ABC Paramount 10785
chart position: RandB #10, US #19, UK #48, US AC #1
written by: Buck Owens
album: Country & Western Meets Rhythm & Blues
comments: [country soul]
|
| 47 |
record label: Impact 1007
chart position: RandB #16, US #12
written by: Edwin Starr
album: Happiness Is The Shades Of Blue
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 48 |
record label: Atlantic 2365
chart position: RandB #6, US #23, UK #28
written by: Mack Rice (as Bonny Rice)
album: The Wicked Pickett
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 49 |
record label: Stax 189
chart position: RandB #1, US #21
written by: Isaac Hayes & David Porter
album: Hold On! I'm Comin
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 50 |
record label: Island 273 (UK)
chart position: RandB #14, UK #6
written by: Roy C (as Roy Hammond)
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 51 |
record label: Motown 1090
chart position: RandB #5, US #18
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: On Top
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 52 |
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]
|
| 53 |
record label: Calla 119
chart position: RandB #4, US #22
written by: J.J. Jackson (as Jerome L. Jackson) & Pierre Tubbs
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 54 |
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]
|
| 55 |
record label: Gordy 7048
chart position: RandB #3, US #22
written by: Sylvia Moy, William
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 56 |
record label: Tamla 54130
chart position: RandB #4, US #20
written by: Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy & William
album: Up tight Everything's Alright
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 57 |
record label: Atlantic 2358
chart position: RandB #7, US #20
written by: Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham
album: Warm and Tender Soul / The Best Of Percy Sledge
comments: [deep soul ballad]
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| 58 |
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]
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| 59 |
record label: Revilot 201
chart position: RandB #2, US #27
written by: Darrell Banks (as Darrell Eubanks) & Donnie Elbert
album: Darrell Banks Is Here!
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 60 |
record label: Amy 945
chart position: RandB #5, US #44, UK #22
written by: Allen Toussaint
album: The New Lee Dorsey
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 61 |
record label: Date 1523
chart position: RandB #11, US #21
written by: Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler
album: Let's Fall in Love
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 62 |
record label: Gordy 7049
chart position: RandB #1, UK #10, US #29
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Gettin' Ready / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 63 |
record label: ABC 10808
chart position: RandB #1, US #31
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Crying Time
|
| 64 |
record label: Checker 1129
chart position: RandB #7, US #27
written by: Bobby Moore
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 65 |
record label: Parlophone 5489
chart position: UK #6
written by: Lennon, McCartney
album: Got To Get You Into My Life
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 66 |
record label: Tamla 54129
chart position: RandB #4, US #29
written by: Pete Moore (as Warren Moore), Smokey Robinson, Bobby Rogers & Marv Tarplin
album: Moods of Marvin Gaye
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 67 |
record label: Musicor 1166
chart position: RandB #6, US #31
written by: Luther Dixon & Inez Foxx
|
| 68 |
record label: Motown 1096
chart position: RandB #12, US #45, UK #21
written by: Ivy Jo Hunter & Stevie Wonder
album: On Top
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 69 |
record label: Scepter 12153
chart position: RandB #49, US #22, US AC #37
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Here Where There Is Love
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 70 |
record label: Shout 207
chart position: RandB #1, US #39
written by: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns)
album: Are You Lonely for Me?
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 71 |
record label: Scepter 12167
chart position: RandB #20, US #26
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Here Where There Is Love
comments: [pop soul ballad]
|
| 72 |
record label: Chess 1978
chart position: RandB #11, US #29
written by: Sammy Fain & Paul Francis Webster
album: Billy Stewart Remembered / Teaches Old Standards New Tricks
|
| 73 |
record label: Cadet 5525
chart position: RandB #29, US #29, US AC #10
written by: John Lennon & Paul McCartney
album: Hang On Ramsey
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
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| 74 |
record label: United Artists 995
chart position: RandB #15, US #30
written by: Bert Russell (as Bert Berns) & Jerry Ragovoy
album: I'll Take Good Care of You
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 75 |
record label: Tamla Motown 905
chart position: RandB #9, US #48, UK #35
written by: Al Hamilton, Richard Morris & Edwin Starr
album: Soul Master / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 76 |
record label: Atlantic 2346
chart position: RandB #36, US #28
written by: Billy Vera & Chip Taylor
album: The Best of Barbara Lewis
|
| 77 |
record label: Symbol 214
chart position: RandB #2, US #45
written by: Ronnie Lewis
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 78 |
record label: Prestige 401
chart position: RandB #12, US #44, US AC #7
written by: Erroll Garner
album: Misty
comments: instrumental
|
| 79 |
record label: Phillips 40400
chart position: RandB #40, US #39, UK #32
written by: Rhodes, Hayes
album: Sunny
|
| 80 |
record label: Smash 2069
chart position: RandB #16, US #31
written by: Jimmy Castor & Johnny Pruitt
album: Hey Leroy
comments: [jazz funk latin]
|
| 81 |
record label: Dial 4026
chart position: RandB #2, US #56
written by: Joe Tex
album: The Love You Save
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 82 |
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]
|
| 83 |
record label: Checker 1155
chart position: RandB #3, US #45
written by: Gene Chandler & Keni St. Lewis
comments: [ballad]
|
| 84 |
record label: ABC 10856
chart position: RandB #2, US #72
written by: Jimmy Johnson
comments: [blues]
|
| 85 |
record label: Tamla 54138
chart position: RandB #10, US #47, UK #50
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Moods Of Marvin Gaye
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 86 |
record label: Philips 40347
chart position: RandB #22, US #93, UK #26
written by: Doug McClure, Willie Clark & Zeke Carey
album: Their Hits Then and Now
comments: [northern soul]
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| 87 |
record label: Brunswick 55305
chart position: RandB #12, US #40, US AC #35
written by: Eldee Young , Isaac Holt & Don Walker
album: Wack Wack
comments: [jazz funk instrumental]
|
| 88 |
record label: Mercury 72584
chart position: RandB #9, US #41
written by: Lee Adams & Charles Strouse
album: I Want To Be With You, I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
comments: [ballad]
|
| 89 |
record label: ABC 10840
chart position: RandB #22, US #32
written by: Jimmy Holiday & Ray Charles
album: A Man And His Soul
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 90 |
record label: Pye International 25394
chart position: RandB #22, US 32
written by: Burt Jones
album: Raw Soul
|
| 91 |
record label: Tamla 54132
chart position: RandB #16, US #44, UK #56
written by: Pete Moore, Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin
album: Moods of Marvin Gaye
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 92 |
record label: King 6025
chart position: RandB #6, US #42
written by: James Brown & Nat Jones
|
| 93 |
record label: Checker 1135
chart position: RandB #4, US #58
written by: Willie Dixon
album: Koko Taylor
comments: [blues soul]
|
| 94 |
record label: Dial 4028
chart position: RandB #9, US #39
written by: Joe Tex
album: I've Got To Do A Little Bit Better
|
| 95 |
record label: Gordy 7052
chart position: RandB #18, US #85, UK #31
written by: Clarence Paul, Luvel Broadnax & Stevie Wonder
comments: [Motown Sound] [northern soul]
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| 96 |
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]
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| 97 |
record label: Atco 6392
chart position: RandB #6, US #51
written by: Gerald Sims & Carl Davis
album: The Two Sides Of Mary Wells
|
| 98 |
record label: VIP 25029
chart position: RandB #4, US #72
written by: Lamont Dozier
album: Darling Baby
comments: [motown sound]
|
| 99 |
record label: Volt 45130
chart position: RandB #11, UK #29
written by: Otis Redding
album: History Of Otis Redding
comments: [southern soul]
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| 100 |
record label: Fame 1003
chart position: RandB #4, US #65
written by: Huey P. Meaux (as Huey Meaux)
album: Why Not Tonight?
comments: [southern soul]
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