| 1 |
record label: 20th Century 2140
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
written by: Carl Douglas
comments: [disco dance]
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| 2 |
record label: T.K. 1004
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #19
written by: Harry Casey & Richard Finch
album: Rock Your Baby
comments: [disco dance]
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| 3 |
record label: 20th Century 2133
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1, US dance #2
written by: B. White, P. S. Radcliffe, T. Sepe
album: Can't Get Enough
comments: [disco dance]
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| 4 |
record label: P.I.R. 3550
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, UK #1, US AC #1
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: The Three Degrees / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
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| 5 |
record label: Avco 4634
chart position: RandB #5, US #2, UK #2, US AC #6
written by: Thom Bell & Linda Creed
album: Rockin' Roll Baby
comments: [sweet soul love ballad] [philly sound]
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| 6 |
record label: Atlantic 3229
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #6, US AC #45, US dance #11
written by: Roger Ball & Hamish Stuart
album: AWB The Average White Band
comments: [funk jazz instrumental]
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| 7 |
record label: RCA Victor 0232
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #6, US AC #12
written by: Wally Holmes (as Waldo Holmes)
album: Freedom for the Stallion
comments: [pop soul disco]
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| 8 |
record label: P.I.R. 73540
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #22, US AC #1
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: M.F.S.B. / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound instrumental]
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| 9 |
record label: Atlantic 3202
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #29, US AC #3
written by: Sherman Marshall & Phillip Pugh
album: New and Improved
comments: [philly sound]
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| 10 |
record label: 20th Century 2120
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8, US AC #26
written by: Barry White
album: Can't Get Enough of Your Love
comments: [disco dance]
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| 11 |
record label: Atlantic 3025
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #34, US AC #1
written by: Gene McDaniels (as Eugene McDaniels)
album: Feel Like Makin Love
comments: [love song]
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| 12 |
record label: Tamla 54252
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #30
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Fulfillingness' First Finale
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 13 |
record label: Brunswick 55505
chart position: RandB #3, US #54, UK #5
written by: Stan McKenney and Eugene Record
album: Chi Lites
comments: [sweet soul]
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| 14 |
record label: Buddah 403
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #7, US AC #10
written by: Jim Weatherly
album: Imagination...
comments: [love song]
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| 15 |
record label: MGM 2006458
chart position: US #10, UK #1, US AC #2
written by: Wade Brown Jr. (as Wade Brown), David Jones Jr. and Johnny Bristol
album: Love Me for a Reason
comments: [love ballad]
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| 16 |
record label: Tamla 54254
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #12
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Fulfillingness' First Finale
comments: [reggae] [Motown Sound]
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| 17 |
record label: Mercury 73643
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #10, US #1
written by: J. Williams C. Satchell L. Bonner M. Jones R. Middlebrooks M. Pierce W. Beck
album: Fire
comments: [funk]
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| 18 |
record label: MGM 14748
chart position: RandB #34, US #9, UK #2, US AC #11, US dance #1
written by: Clifton Davis
album: Never Can Say Goodbye
comments: [disco]
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| 19 |
record label: MCA 40198
chart position: RandB #15, US #1
written by: Elton John & Bernie Taupin
album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
comments: (reached #37 on the UK charts in 1976)
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| 20 |
record label: AandM 1544
chart position: RandB #8, US #1, US AC #15
written by: Billy Preston & Bruce Fisher
album: The Kids and Me
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| 21 |
record label: Scepter 12395
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #51, US dance #8
written by: Billy Nichols
album: Do it ('Til You're Satisfied)
comments: [funk]
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| 22 |
record label: Motown 1286
chart position: RandB #1, US #2
written by: Hal Davis, Donald Fletcher & Weldon Dean Parks
album: Dancing Machine / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [disco dance]
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| 23 |
record label: MGM 14715
chart position: RandB #2, US #8, UK #3
written by: Johnny Bristol
album: Hang On in There Baby
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| 24 |
record label: Tamla 54243
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #39
written by: Leonard Caston, Anita Poree & Frank Wilson
album: Boogie Down / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [disco dance]
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| 25 |
record label: Roadshow 7001
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #34, US dance #1
written by: B.T. Express
album: Do it ('Til You're Satisfied)
comments: [disco funk instrumental]
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| 26 |
record label: Pye 71002
chart position: UK #1, RandB #63, US #14, US AC #18
written by: David Parton (as Des Parton)
album: Sad Sweet Dreamer
comments: [pop soul] [English vocal group]
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| 27 |
record label: Roxbury 0236
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #31, US AC 31
written by: William DeVaughn
album: Be Thankful for What You Got
comments: [philly sound]
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| 28 |
record label: ABC 12010
chart position: RandB #3, US #3, UK #53
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Rags to Rufus
comments: [funk]
|
| 29 |
record label: London 10470
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, UK #20, US AC #28
written by: Al Green
album: Al Green Explores Your Mind
comments: [southern soul]
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| 30 |
record label: Chelsea 3004
chart position: RandB #32, US #10, UK #8
written by: Bob Crewe & Nolan
album: Disco Tex & His Sex O Lettes
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 31 |
record label: De lite 561
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK 52
written by: Kool & the Gang & Gene Redd
album: Wild and Peaceful
comments: [funk]
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| 32 |
record label: Epic 5 11035
chart position: RandB #75, US #5
written by: Lolly Vegas
album: Wovoka
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| 33 |
record label: Tamla Motown 998
chart position: UK #5
written by: Thom Bell and Linda Creed
album: Diana and Marvin / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [ballad]
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| 34 |
record label: RSO 409
chart position: RandB #33, US #1, UK #9
written by: Bob Marley
album: 461 Ocean Boulevard
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| 35 |
record label: Buddah 423
chart position: RandB #2, US #5
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Claudine
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| 36 |
record label: Back Beat 27001
chart position: RandB #11, US #6, US AC #15, US dance 4
written by: Buzz Cason & Mac Gayden
album: Everlasting Love
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| 37 |
record label: Atco 6961
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, US AC #35
written by: Bobby Eli & Vinnie Barrett
album: Blue Magic
comments: [sweet soul ballad] [philly sound]
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| 38 |
record label: RCA 2493
chart position: UK #1, RandB #75, US #91
written by: Johanna Hall & John Hall
album: Trustmaker
comments: [pop soul]
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| 39 |
record label: RCA Victor 0205
chart position: RandB #8, US #10, UK #27, US AC #42
written by: Bobby Eli, John Freeman & Vinnie Barrett
album: Euphrates River / Main Ingredient Super Hits
comments: [sweet soul love song]
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| 40 |
record label: Avco 6105032
chart position: RandB #8, US #18, UK #9, US AC #26
written by: Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss
album: Let's Put It All Together
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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| 41 |
record label: RCA 10022
chart position: RandB #20, US #2, UK #18, US AC #31, US dance #7
written by: Christopher Mark Jackson
album: Trustmaker
comments: [pop soul] [disco dance]
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| 42 |
record label: P.I.R. 3544
chart position: RandB #3, US #9, UK #53
written by: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Anthony Jackson
album: Ship Ahoy / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
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| 43 |
record label: Midland Int. 10113
chart position: RandB #9, US #11, US AC #42, US dance #2
written by: Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway & Geoff Stephens
album: The Carol Douglas Album
comments: [pop soul disco]
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| 44 |
record label: United Artists 375
chart position: RandB #1, US #10
written by: James Alexander & Zelda Samuels
album: Lookin' for a Love Again
comments: [southern soul]
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| 45 |
record label: Motown 1278
chart position: RandB #15, US #14, UK #35, US AC #1
written by: Michael Masser & Pam Sawyer
album: Last Time I Saw Him / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [pop soul] [Motown Sound]
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| 46 |
record label: RCA Victor 10066
chart position: RandB #6, UK #24, US #18, US dance #5
written by: Wally Holmes
album: Rockin' Soul
comments: [pop soul]
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| 47 |
record label: Trojan 7920 (UK)
chart position: UK #1
written by: David Gates
album: Everything I Own
comments: [reggae]
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| 48 |
record label: ABC 12032
chart position: RandB #1, US #11
written by: Chaka Khan & Ray Parker Jr
album: Rags to Rufus
comments: [rock soul funk]
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| 49 |
record label: Tamla 54245
chart position: RandB #2, US #16, UK #55, US AC #9
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Innervisions
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 50 |
record label: Bell 45600
chart position: RandB #83, UK #2
written by: Roger Greenaway & Tony Macaulay
album: Love Games
comments: [pop soul]
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| 51 |
record label: Tamla 54248
chart position: RandB #4, US #13
written by: Freddie Perren & Christine Perren
album: Do It Baby
comments: [featuring Billy Griffin) [Motown Sound]
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| 52 |
record label: Motown 1307
chart position: RandB #7, US #22, UK #20
written by: Milan Williams
album: Machine Gun / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [funk instrumental]
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| 53 |
record label: Buddah 433
chart position: RandB #1, US #21, UK #51
written by: Tony Camillo & Mary Sawyer
album: I Feel a Song
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| 54 |
record label: Atlantic 2999
chart position: RandB #1, US #19, UK #51
written by: Bobby Womack
album: Let Me in Your Life
comments: [love song]
|
| 55 |
record label: Mercury 6167012
chart position: RandB #2, US #13
written by: Marshall Jones, Marvin Pierce, Leroy Bonner, James
album: Skin Tight
comments: [funk]
|
| 56 |
record label: Curtom 1997
chart position: RandB #1, US #17
written by: Ed Townsend
album: Finally Got Myself Together
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| 57 |
record label: Atlantic 3006
chart position: RandB #1, US #20
written by: J.B. Jefferson, B. Hawes & C. Simmons
album: Mighty Love
comments: [philly sound]
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| 58 |
record label: Brunswick 20
chart position: UK #5, US #83
written by: Barbara Acklin and Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People
comments: [sweet soul ballad] [b/w Oh Girl]
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| 59 |
record label: Stang 5052
chart position: RandB #3, US #17
written by: Al Goodman, Harry Ray & Sylvia Robinson
comments: [sweet soul]
|
| 60 |
record label: Tamla Motown 920
chart position: RandB #15, US 19, UK #51
written by: Gloria Jones & Pam Sawyer
album: Diana and Marvin / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 61 |
record label: Atlantic 3206
chart position: RandB #4, US #15
written by: Charles Simmons & Joe Jefferson
album: Mighty Love
comments: [philly sound ballad]
|
| 62 |
record label: Tamla Motown 896
chart position: UK #3
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. and R. Dean Taylor
album: Motown Chartbusters Vol. 9
comments: [northern soul]
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| 63 |
record label: T.K. 1007
chart position: RandB #10, US #50, UK #9
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) & Richard Finch
album: Rock Your Baby
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 64 |
record label: Truth 3206
chart position: RandB #1, US #22
written by: Homer Banks, Eddie Marion & Henderson Thigpen
album: Woman to Woman / Stax Greatest Hits
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 65 |
record label: Atlantic 3027
chart position: RandB #3, US #18
written by: Thom Bell & Linda Creed
album: Mighty Love
comments: [philly sound]
|
| 66 |
record label: Polydor 14223
chart position: RandB #1, US #26
written by: James Brown, John Starks & Fred Wesley
album: The Payback
comments: [funk]
|
| 67 |
record label: Stax 2025224
chart position: RandB #3, US #23, US AC #27
written by: Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson & Carl Hampton
album: Be What You Are
|
| 68 |
record label: 20th Century 2141
chart position: RandB #1, US #27
written by: Barry White
album: In Heat
comments: [ballad]
|
| 69 |
record label: Polydor 14244
chart position: RandB #1, US #29
written by: James Brown
album: Hell
comments: [funk]
|
| 70 |
record label: ABC 4003
chart position: RandB #4, US #26
written by: McKinley Jackson & James Reddick
album: Out Here on My Own
|
| 71 |
record label: Columbia 4 46007
chart position: RandB #4, US #29
written by: Maurice White & Verdine White
album: Open Our Eyes
comments: [disco funk]
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| 72 |
record label: P.I.R. 3538
chart position: RandB #9, US #37, UK #33
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: War of the Gods / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
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| 73 |
record label: T Neck 2253
chart position: RandB #10, UK #16, US #60
written by: Jim Seals & Dash Crofts
album: 3 Plus 3 featuring That Lady
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| 74 |
record label: ABC 4012 (UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: E. Shuman, L. Carr
comments: [ballad] [re release]
|
| 75 |
record label: AandM 1644
chart position: RandB #11, US #22
written by: Billy Preston & George Johnson
album: The Kids and Me
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 76 |
record label: Polydor 14255
chart position: RandB #1, US #31
written by: Charles Bobbit, James Brown, John Starks & Fred Wesley
album: Hell
comments: [funk]
|
| 77 |
record label: Bell 1381(UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: Roger Greenaway and Tony Macaulay
album: Love Games
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 78 |
record label: De lite 1562
chart position: RandB #1, US #37, UK #52
written by: Kool & the Gang & Ronald Bell (as Khalis Bayyan)
album: Light of Worlds
comments: [funk]
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| 79 |
record label: Trojan 7909 (UK)
chart position: UK #6
written by: Kris Kristofferson
album: 1000 Volts Of Holt
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 80 |
record label: Glades 1722
chart position: RandB #1, US #34
written by: Latimore (as Benjamin Latimore)
album: Let's Straighten It Out / Sweet Vibrations - The Best Of
comments: [southern soul ballad]
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| 81 |
record label: Gordy 7138
chart position: RandB #1, US #40, US dance #11
written by: Jeffrey Bowen, Donald Baldwin & Lionel Richie
album: A Song for You
comments: [disco dance] [Motown Sound]
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| 82 |
record label: London 1052
chart position: RandB #2, US #34
written by: Harry Williams
album: Unreal
comments: [ballad]
|
| 83 |
record label: Buddah 425
chart position: RandB #3, US #28
written by: Bettye Crutcher & Lester Snell
album: The Very Best of Barbara Mason
comments: [ballad]
|
| 84 |
record label: Jay Boy 88(UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: Harry Wayne Casey and Willie Clarke
album: Do It Good
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 85 |
record label: Haven 7000
chart position: RandB #31, US 24
written by: Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
album: Blood Brother
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 86 |
record label: Tamla 54247
chart position: RandB #5, US 28
written by: Leonard Caston & Anita Poree
album: Boogie Down
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 87 |
record label: Curtom 1999
chart position: RandB #3, US #40, UK #51
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Sweet Exorcist
|
| 88 |
record label: Hi 2262
chart position: RandB #3, US #32
written by: Al Green
album: Livin' For You
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 89 |
record label: Capitol 3957
chart position: RandB #1, US #50
written by: Daryl Hall & John Oates
album: Hard Core Poetry
comments: [ballad]
|
| 90 |
record label: P.I.R. 2187
chart position: RandB #6, US #58, UK #32
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Black & Blue / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
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| 91 |
record label: T Neck 2254
chart position: RandB #4, US #52, UK #52
written by: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
album: Live It Up
comments: [disco funk]
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| 92 |
record label: Stax 0182
chart position: RandB #3, US #36
written by: Homer Banks & Carl Hampton
album: Friction
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 93 |
record label: Warner 7828
chart position: RandB #22, US #26
written by: L. Williams, J. Watson
album: Back to Oakland
comments: [funk jazz]
|
| 94 |
record label: Atco 7004
chart position: RandB #5, US #36, US AC #26
written by: Norman Barrett & Bobby Eli
album: The Magic of the Blue
comments: [philly sound] [sweet soul]
|
| 95 |
record label: Motown 1308
chart position: RandB #3, US #38
written by: Gene Marcellino, Gerald Marcellino & Mel Larson
album: Dancing Machine
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 96 |
record label: Polydor 14258
chart position: RandB #4, US #44, UK #52
written by: James Brown
album: Reality
comments: [funk]
|
| 97 |
record label: Tamla 54253
chart position: RandB #12, US #28
written by: Marvin Gaye, Gwen Gordy (as Gwen Gordy Fuqua) & Sandra Greene
album: Marvin Gaye Live!
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 98 |
record label: Stax 0193
chart position: RandB #5, US #34
written by: Don Davis & Frank Johnson
album: Taylored in Silk
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 99 |
record label: 20th Century 2168
chart position: RandB #8, UK #35, US #48
written by: Carl Douglas
album: Kung Fu Fighting and Other Great Love Songs
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 100 |
record label: Curtom 1990
chart position: RandB #10, US #31
written by: Michael J. Hawkins, Lee Hawkins & Janice Hutson
album: The Natural Four
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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