| 1 |
record label: Tamla 54199
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
written by: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) & Smokey Robinson
album: Make It Happen / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 2 |
record label: Motown 1171
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US AC #24
written by: Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis & Willie Hutch
album: Third Album / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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| 3 |
record label: Motown 1169
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6, US AC #6
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Diana Ross / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 4 |
record label: Gordy 7101
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #3
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: War and Peace / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 5 |
record label: Invictus 9075
chart position: UK #1, RandB #20, US #3
written by: Brian Holand, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Rolland Dunbar
album: Band Of Gold
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| 6 |
record label: Motown 1166
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7
written by: Berry Gordy , Freddie Perren , Dake Richards, & Fonce Mizell
album: ABC / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 7 |
record label: Motown 1163
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8
written by: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren , Dake Richards, Fonce Mizell
album: ABC / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 8 |
record label: Atlantic 2748
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, UK #2
written by: General Johnson & Ronald Dunbar
album: Patches / The Best of Clarence Carter
comments: (southern soul)
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| 9 |
record label: Gordy 7099
chart position: RandB #2, US #3, UK #7
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 10 |
record label: Invictus 9074
chart position: RandB #8, US #3, UK #3
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Ronald Dunbar
album: The Chairmen Of The Board / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
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| 11 |
record label: Bell 940
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, US AC #1
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Portrait
comments: [pop soul ballad]
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| 12 |
record label: Epic 510555
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: S. Stewart
album: Greatest Hits
comments: Double-sided hit with Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)
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| 13 |
record label: Epic 510555
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: Sly Stone
album: Greatest Hits
comments: Double-sided hit with Everybody Is A Star
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| 14 |
record label: Motown 1166
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: The Corporation
album: ABC
comments: [Motown Sound] (B side of The Love You Save charted in US from Aug 1970)
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| 15 |
record label: Motown 1172
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, UK #3, US AC #24
written by: Kenny Thomas & Frank Wilson
album: New Ways But Love Stays / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 16 |
record label: Tamla 54196
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #15
written by: Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta & Lula Mae Hardaway
album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 17 |
record label: Cotillion 44057
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, US AC #2
written by: Tony Joe White
album: Brook Benton Today
comments: [ballad]
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| 18 |
record label: Stang 5012
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Sylvia Robinson & Bert Keyes
album: Not On The Outside, But On The Inside, Strong!
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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| 19 |
record label: Dakar 616
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Jack Daniels & Bonnie Thompson
album: Turn Back the Hands of Time / Tyrone Davis Greatest Hits
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| 20 |
record label: Chimneyville 435
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #51
written by: King Floyd
album: King Floyd
comments: [southern soul funk]
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| 21 |
record label: Motown 1162
chart position: RandB #5, US #10, UK #6, US AC #28
written by: Frank Wilson & Vincent DiMirco
album: Right On / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 22 |
record label: Tamla Motown 54 (UK)
chart position: US #5, UK #2
written by: R. Dean Taylor
album: I Think, Therefore I Am / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [pop, rock, soul]
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| 23 |
record label: Tamla Motown 742
chart position: RandB #20, US #4
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Get Ready
comments: [rock soul] [Motown Sound]
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| 24 |
record label: Gordy 7096
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, UK #33
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Psychedelic Shack / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 25 |
record label: Motown 1170
chart position: RandB #4, US #11, UK #10
written by: Smokey Robinson & Frank Wilson
album: Still Waters Run Deep / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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| 26 |
record label: RCA 0319
chart position: RandB #13, US #6, US AC #9
written by: Skip Scarborough, Jerry Peters & Anita Poree
album: Real Friends / The Best of Friends
comments: [pop soul]
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| 27 |
record label: Motown 1164
chart position: RandB #6, US #24, UK #5, US AC #39
written by: Carl Sigman & Charles Dawes
album: Still Waters Run Deep / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 28 |
record label: Atlantic 2751
chart position: RandB #1, US #11, UK #13
written by: Ahmet Ertegun & Betty Nelson
album: Spirit In The Dark
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| 29 |
record label: Motown 1176
chart position: RandB #10, US #16, UK #7, US AC #20
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: I'm Still Waiting - Surrender / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 30 |
record label: Tamla 54200
chart position: RandB #2, US #9, UK #29
written by: Ronald Miller (as Ron Miller)
album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 31 |
record label: Philly Groove 161
chart position: RandB #3, US #10, UK #22
written by: Thom Bell & William Hart
album: The Delfonics / Delfonics Super Hits
comments: [philly sound sweet soul ballad]
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| 32 |
record label: Motown 1173
chart position: RandB #7, US #14, UK #11
written by: Phil Spector, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich
album: The Magnificent 7 / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 6 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 33 |
record label: Soul 35078
chart position: RandB #1, US #9
written by: Gloria Jones, Clay McMurray & Pam Sawyer
album: If I Were Your Woman
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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| 34 |
record label: Columbia 469
chart position: UK #2, US #103
written by: Jimmy Cliff
album: You Can Get It If You Really Want
comments: [Reggae]
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| 35 |
record label: Buddah 165
chart position: RandB #14, US #8
written by: Stan Vincent
album: Stairsteps
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| 36 |
record label: VIP 25057
chart position: RandB #4, UK #20, US #14
written by: Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett & Syreeta (as Syreeta Wright)
album: 2nd Time Around / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5 / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [motown sound]
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| 37 |
record label: Tamla 54191
chart position: RandB #11, US #26, UK #6, US AC #31
written by: Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby & Sylvia Moy
album: Signed, Sealed & Delivered / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 38 |
record label: Hot Wax 7004
chart position: RandB #6, US #8
written by: General Johnson (as Norman Johnson), Greg Perry & Angelo Bond
album: Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed
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| 39 |
record label: Columbia 45110
chart position: RandB #9, US #8
written by: Charles Courtney & Peter Link
album: (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?
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| 40 |
record label: Invictus 9081
chart position: RandB #4, US #13, UK #34
written by: Angelo Bond, Ronald Dunbar, Gerard Johnson & Greg Perry
album: In Session / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
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| 41 |
record label: Invictus 9078
chart position: UK #5, RandB #19, US #38
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Ronald Dunbar
album: The Chairmen Of The Board / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
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| 42 |
record label: King 6318
chart position: RandB #2, US #15, UK #32
written by: James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Ron Lenhoff
album: Sex Machine
comments: [funk]
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| 43 |
record label: MGM 14118
chart position: US #3
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Eric Burdon, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar and Howard Scott
album: Eric Burdon Declares 'War'
comments: [jazz, funk, rock]
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| 44 |
record label: Atlantic 2706
chart position: RandB #1, US #13
written by: Aretha Franklin
album: This Girl's In Love With You
comments: [ballad]
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| 45 |
record label: Warner 7417
chart position: RandB #3, US #12
written by: Charles Wright
album: Express Yourself
comments: [funk]
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| 46 |
record label: Sussex 207
chart position: RandB #5, US #11
written by: Tony Boyd & Archie Powell
album: 5 10 15 20 25 30 Years of Love
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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| 47 |
record label: King 6329
chart position: RandB #1, US #13
written by: James Brown
album: Super Bad
comments: [funk]
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| 48 |
record label: Soul 35069
chart position: RandB #4, US #12
written by: Marvin Gaye, Anna Gordy Gaye, Iris Gordy & Elgie Stover
album: Portrait of the Originals / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [sweet soul ballad] [Motown Sound]
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| 49 |
record label: Stax 0059
chart position: RandB #5, US #28, UK #18
written by: Rufus Thomas
album: Do the Funky Chicken / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul funk]
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| 50 |
record label: Harry J 6605
chart position: UK #5
written by: Nina Simone and Master Wel (as Weldon Irvine)
album: Young Gifted And Black
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 51 |
record label: Mercury 73083
chart position: RandB #8, US #12
written by: Herman Davis & Russ Lewis
album: The Gene Chandler Situation
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| 52 |
record label: Atlantic 2765
chart position: RandB #3, US #14
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Wilson Pickett in Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
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| 53 |
record label: Motown 1165
chart position: RandB #7, US #20, UK #33, US AC #18
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Diana Ross / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 54 |
record label: Invictus 9080
chart position: RandB #9, US #24, UK #33
written by: Norma Toney, Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Band Of Gold
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| 55 |
record label: Philips 320226(UK)
chart position: UK #11
written by: Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 56 |
record label: Warner/Seven Arts 7365
chart position: RandB #23, US #16
written by: Charles Wright & Don Trotter
album: In the Jungle, Babe
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| 57 |
record label: Soul 35070
chart position: RandB #2, US #21
written by: Pam Sawyer, Joe Hinton & Johnny Bristol
album: What Does It Take To Win Your Love / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 58 |
record label: Invictus 9079
chart position: UK #12, RandB #14, US #38
written by: Daphne Dumas, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland Jr. , Ronald Dunbar
album: In Session / C.O.T.B. Greatest Hits
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| 59 |
record label: Stax 0079
chart position: RandB #1, US #25
written by: Rufus Thomas
album: Did You Heard Me?
comments: (southern soul funk)
|
| 60 |
record label: Tamla Motown 734 (UK)
chart position: UK #9
written by: Dick Holler
album: That's The Way Love Is
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 61 |
record label: Atlantic 2722
chart position: RandB #4, US #25
written by: Andy Kim & Jeff Barry
album: Right On
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| 62 |
record label: Fame 1472
chart position: RandB #4, US #24
written by: Billy Sherrill & Tammy Wynette
album: Stand by Your Man
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 63 |
record label: Gordy 7104
chart position: RandB #5, US #26, UK #33
written by: Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
album: Involved
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 64 |
record label: Tamla Motown 747(UK)
chart position: RandB #11, US #21, US AC #29
written by: Lou Stallman
album: Right On / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 65 |
record label: Stone Flower 9000
chart position: RandB #4, US #22
written by: S. Stewart
comments: [funk]
|
| 66 |
record label: Curtom 1951
chart position: RandB #3, US #28
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Check Out Your Mind
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| 67 |
record label: Tamla Motown 753(UK)
chart position: UK #6
written by: James Dean and William Witherspoon
album: Ruff'n Ready / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 68 |
record label: Hot Wax 7003
chart position: RandB #15, US #24
written by: Daphne Dumas, Ronald Dunbar, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Westbound #9
comments: [rock soul]
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| 69 |
record label: Atlantic 2731
chart position: RandB #3, US #23
written by: Aretha Franklin
album: Spirit In The Dark
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| 70 |
record label: Soul 35071
chart position: RandB #3, US #25
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: Gladys Knight & the Pips Greatest Hits / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 71 |
record label: Soul 35073
chart position: RandB #3, US #32, UK #51
written by: Johnny Bristol & Robert Beavers
album: A Gassssss / US Motown Chartbusters Vol. 4
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 72 |
record label: Curtom 1955
chart position: RandB #3, US #29
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Curtis
|
| 73 |
record label: Roulette 7079
chart position: RandB #4, US #29
written by: Richard Barrett
album: Maybe
comments: [ballad]
|
| 74 |
record label: Kapp 2085
chart position: RandB #20, US #28, US AC #10
written by: Gerald Wilson
album: Viva Tirado
comments: Instrumental
|
| 75 |
record label: Atlantic 452681
chart position: RandB #12, US #30
written by: Dave Crawford & Jackie Moore
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 76 |
record label: Tamla Motown 740(UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: James Dean, William Weatherspoon and Stephen Bowden
album: Ruff'n Ready / Greatest Hits (UK compilation) / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 5
comments: [Motown Sound] (re release}
|
| 77 |
record label: King 6292
chart position: RandB #3, US #32
written by: James Brown
album: It's A New Day Let A Man Come In
comments: [funk]
|
| 78 |
record label: Bell 1128 (UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway and Tony Macaulay
album: Soul Survivor
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 79 |
record label: King 6310
chart position: RandB #2, US #32
written by: James Brown
album: Sex Machine
|
| 80 |
record label: Scepter 12294
chart position: RandB #26, US #37, US AC #2
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Very Dionne
comments: [ballad]
|
| 81 |
record label: Brunswick 55436
chart position: RandB #14, US #30
written by: Gus Redmond, Larry Brownlee & Lowrell Simon
album: The Sly, the Slick and the Wicked
comments: [ballad]
|
| 82 |
record label: Island 6087
chart position: UK #8
written by: Cat Stevens
comments: [reggae]
|
| 83 |
record label: Spring 108
chart position: RandB #3, US #40
written by: Joe Simon, Raeford Gerald & Doc Price
album: The Power of Joe Simon
comments: [deep soul]
|
| 84 |
record label: Liberty 56177
chart position: RandB #25, US #34
written by: Sylvester Stewart
album: Come Together
|
| 85 |
record label: Hot Wax 7006
chart position: RandB #12, US #34
written by: William Weatherspoon, Raynard Miner & Ronald Dunbar
album: Sunshine
|
| 86 |
record label: Stone Flower 9001
chart position: RandB #8, US #32
written by: Sly Stone
|
| 87 |
record label: Scepter 12276
chart position: RandB #45, US #32, US AC #5
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Very Dionne
comments: [ballad]
|
| 88 |
record label: Stax 0068
chart position: RandB #3, US #37
written by: Jimmy Hughes
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 89 |
record label: Trojan 7750
chart position: UK #9
written by: John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins
comments: [reggae]
|
| 90 |
record label: Gordy 7102
chart position: RandB #8, US #33
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 91 |
record label: Stax 0078
chart position: RandB #4, US #39
written by: Arthur Snider
album: One Step Beyond
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 92 |
record label: Atlantic 2772
chart position: RandB #5, US #37
written by: Elton John & Bernie Taupin
album: Young, Gifted and Black
comments: [ballad]
|
| 93 |
record label: Atlantic 2726
chart position: RandB #6, US #42
written by: Clarence Carter & George Jackson
album: Patches / The Best of Clarence Carter
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 94 |
record label: Stateside 91734
chart position: UK #10
written by: John Cameron
album: Soul Survivor
comments: [northern soul]
|
| 95 |
record label: Tamla 54195
chart position: RandB #7, US #40
written by: Roger Penzabene, Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
album: M.P.G.
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 96 |
record label: Philly Groove 162
chart position: RandB #8, US #40
written by: Thom Bell & William Hart
album: The Delfonics / Delfonics Super Hits
comments: [philly sound sweet soul ballad]
|
| 97 |
record label: Hi 2178
chart position: RandB #7, US #45
written by: Clay Hammond
album: Part Time Love / Ann Peebles Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 98 |
record label: KoKo 2105
chart position: RandB #6, US #45
written by: Allen Jones & Homer Banks
album: I've Been Here All The Time
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 99 |
record label: ABC 11280
chart position: RandB #6, US #45
written by: B.B. King
album: Indianola Mississippi Seeds
comments: [blues soul]
|
| 100 |
record label: Cadet 5667
chart position: RandB #5, US #51
written by: Bobby Miller & Allen Freed
album: Like It Is, Like It Was / The Best of The Dells
comments: [love ballad]
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