1
record label: 20th Century 2140
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1
written by: Carl Douglas
comments: [disco dance]
Carl Douglas
Kung Fu Fighting
1974
20th Century
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]
George McCrae
Rock Your Baby
1974
T.K.
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]
Barry White
You're the First, the Last, My Everything
1974
20th Century
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]
The Three Degrees
When Will I See You Again
1974
P.I.R.
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]
The Stylistics
You Make Me Feel Brand New
1974
Avco
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]
Average White Band
Pick Up the Pieces
1974
Atlantic
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]
The Hues Corporation
Rock the Boat
1974
RCA Victor
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]
MFSB
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)
1974
P.I.R.
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]
Dionne Warwick & the Spinners
Then Came You
1974
Atlantic
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]
Barry White
Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
1974
20th Century
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]
Roberta Flack
Feel Like Makin' Love
1974
Atlantic
12
record label: Tamla 54252
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #30
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Fulfillingness' First Finale
comments: [Motown Sound]
Stevie Wonder
You Haven't Done Nothin'
1974
Tamla
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]
The Chi-Lites
Homely Girl
1974
Brunswick
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]
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
1974
Buddah
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]
The Osmonds
Love Me for A Reason
1974
MGM
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]
Stevie Wonder
Boogie On Reggae Woman
1974
Tamla
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]
Ohio Players
Fire
1974
Mercury
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]
Gloria Gaynor
Never Can Say Goodbye
1974
MGM
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)
Elton John
Bennie and the Jets
1974
MCA
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
Billy Preston
Nothing from Nothing
1974
A&M
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]
B.T. Express
Do it ('Til You're Satisfied)
1974
Scepter
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]
The Jackson 5
Dancing Machine
1974
Motown
23
record label: MGM 14715
chart position: RandB #2, US #8, UK #3
written by: Johnny Bristol
album: Hang On in There Baby
Johnny Bristol
Hang On in There Baby
1974
MGM
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]
Eddie Kendricks
Boogie Down
1974
Tamla
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]
B.T. Express
Express
1974
Roadshow
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]
Sweet Sensation
Sad Sweet Dreamer
1974
Pye
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]
William DeVaughn
Be Thankful for What You Got
1974
Roxbury
28
record label: ABC 12010
chart position: RandB #3, US #3, UK #53
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Rags to Rufus
comments: [funk]
Rufus (and Chaka Khan)
Tell Me Something Good
1974
ABC
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]
Al Green
Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy)
1974
London
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]
Disco-Tex & the Sex-O-Lettes
Get Dancin'
1974
Chelsea
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]
Kool & the Gang
Hollywood Swinging
1974
De lite
32
record label: Epic 5 11035
chart position: RandB #75, US #5
written by: Lolly Vegas
album: Wovoka
Redbone
Come and Get Your Love
1974
Epic
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]
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
You Are Everything
1974
Tamla Motown
34
record label: RSO 409
chart position: RandB #33, US #1, UK #9
written by: Bob Marley
album: 461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton
I Shot the Sheriff
1974
RSO
35
record label: Buddah 423
chart position: RandB #2, US #5
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Claudine
Gladys Knight & the Pips
On and On
1974
Buddah
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
Carl Carlton
Everlasting Love
1974
Back Beat
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]
Blue Magic
Sideshow
1974
Atco
38
record label: RCA 2493
chart position: UK #1, RandB #75, US #91
written by: Johanna Hall & John Hall
album: Trustmaker
comments: [pop soul]
The Tymes
Ms. Grace
1974
RCA
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]
The Main Ingredient
Just Don't Want to Be Lonely
1974
RCA Victor
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]
The Stylistics
Let's Put It All Together
1974
Avco
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]
The Tymes
You Little Trustmaker
1974
RCA
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]
The O'Jays
For the Love of Money
1974
P.I.R.
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]
Carol Douglas
Doctor's Orders
1974
Midland Int.
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]
Bobby Womack
Lookin' for a Love
1974
United Artists
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]
Diana Ross
Last Time I Saw Him
1974
Motown
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]
The Hues Corporation
Rockin' Soul
1974
RCA Victor
47
record label: Trojan 7920 (UK)
chart position: UK #1
written by: David Gates
album: Everything I Own
comments: [reggae]
Ken Boothe
Everything I Own
1974
Trojan
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]
Rufus (and Chaka Khan)
You Got the Love
1974
ABC
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]
Stevie Wonder
Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing
1974
Tamla
50
record label: Bell 45600
chart position: RandB #83, UK #2
written by: Roger Greenaway & Tony Macaulay
album: Love Games
comments: [pop soul]
The Drifters
Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies
1974
Bell
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]
The Miracles
Do It Baby
1974
Tamla
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]
The Commodores
Machine Gun
1974
Motown
53
record label: Buddah 433
chart position: RandB #1, US #21, UK #51
written by: Tony Camillo & Mary Sawyer
album: I Feel a Song
Gladys Knight & the Pips
I Feel a Song (In My Heart)
1974
Buddah
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]
Aretha Franklin
I'm in Love
1974
Atlantic
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]
Ohio Players
Skin Tight
1974
Mercury
56
record label: Curtom 1997
chart position: RandB #1, US #17
written by: Ed Townsend
album: Finally Got Myself Together
The Impressions
Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)
1974
Curtom
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]
The Spinners
Mighty Love
1974
Atlantic
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]
The Chi-Lites
Have You Seen Her
1974
Brunswick
59
record label: Stang 5052
chart position: RandB #3, US #17
written by: Al Goodman, Harry Ray & Sylvia Robinson
comments: [sweet soul]
The Moments
Sexy Mama
1974
Stang
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]
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye
My Mistake (Was to Love You)
1974
Tamla Motown
61
record label: Atlantic 3206
chart position: RandB #4, US #15
written by: Charles Simmons & Joe Jefferson
album: Mighty Love
comments: [philly sound ballad]
The Spinners
Love Don't Love Nobody
1974
Atlantic
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]
R. Dean Taylor
There's a Ghost in My House
1974
Tamla Motown
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]
George McCrae
I Can't Leave You Alone
1974
T.K.
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]
Shirley Brown
Woman to Woman
1974
Truth
65
record label: Atlantic 3027
chart position: RandB #3, US #18
written by: Thom Bell & Linda Creed
album: Mighty Love
comments: [philly sound]
The Spinners
I'm Coming Home
1974
Atlantic
66
record label: Polydor 14223
chart position: RandB #1, US #26
written by: James Brown, John Starks & Fred Wesley
album: The Payback
comments: [funk]
James Brown
The Payback (Part 1)
1974
Polydor
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
The Staple Singers
Touch a Hand, Make a Friend
1974
Stax
68
record label: 20th Century 2141
chart position: RandB #1, US #27
written by: Barry White
album: In Heat
comments: [ballad]
Love Unlimited
I Belong to You
1974
20th Century
69
record label: Polydor 14244
chart position: RandB #1, US #29
written by: James Brown
album: Hell
comments: [funk]
James Brown
My Thang
1974
Polydor
70
record label: ABC 4003
chart position: RandB #4, US #26
written by: McKinley Jackson & James Reddick
album: Out Here on My Own
Lamont Dozier
Fish Ain't Bitin
1974
ABC
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]
Earth, Wind & Fire
Mighty Mighty
1974
Columbia
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]
Billy Paul
Thanks for Saving My Life
1974
P.I.R.
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
The Isley Brothers
Summer Breeze
1974
T Neck
74
record label: ABC 4012 (UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: E. Shuman, L. Carr
comments: [ballad] [re release]
Eddie Holman
Hey There Lonely Girl
1974
ABC
75
record label: AandM 1644
chart position: RandB #11, US #22
written by: Billy Preston & George Johnson
album: The Kids and Me
comments: [instrumental]
Billy Preston
Struttin'
1974
A&M
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]
James Brown
Papa Don't Take No Mess (Part 1)
1974
Polydor
77
record label: Bell 1381(UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: Roger Greenaway and Tony Macaulay
album: Love Games
comments: [pop soul]
The Drifters
Down on the Beach Tonight
1974
Bell
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]
Kool & the Gang
Higher Plane
1974
De lite
79
record label: Trojan 7909 (UK)
chart position: UK #6
written by: Kris Kristofferson
album: 1000 Volts Of Holt
comments: [Reggae]
John Holt
Help Me Make It Through the Night
1974
Trojan
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]
Latimore
Let's Straighten It Out
1974
Glades
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]
The Temptations
Happy People
1974
Gordy
82
record label: London 1052
chart position: RandB #2, US #34
written by: Harry Williams
album: Unreal
comments: [ballad]
Bloodstone
Outside Woman
1974
London
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]
Barbara Mason
From His Woman to You
1974
Buddah
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]
KC & The Sunshine Band
Queen of Clubs
1974
Jay Boy
85
record label: Haven 7000
chart position: RandB #31, US 24
written by: Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
album: Blood Brother
comments: [disco dance]
Gene Redding
This Heart
1974
Haven
86
record label: Tamla 54247
chart position: RandB #5, US 28
written by: Leonard Caston & Anita Poree
album: Boogie Down
comments: [Motown Sound]
Eddie Kendricks
Son of Sagittarius
1974
Tamla
87
record label: Curtom 1999
chart position: RandB #3, US #40, UK #51
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Sweet Exorcist
Curtis Mayfield
Kung Fu
1974
Curtom
88
record label: Hi 2262
chart position: RandB #3, US #32
written by: Al Green
album: Livin' For You
comments: [southern soul]
Al Green
Let's Get Married
1974
Hi
89
record label: Capitol 3957
chart position: RandB #1, US #50
written by: Daryl Hall & John Oates
album: Hard Core Poetry
comments: [ballad]
Tavares
She's Gone
1974
Capitol
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]
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back)
1974
P.I.R.
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]
The Isley Brothers
Live It Up
1974
T Neck
92
record label: Stax 0182
chart position: RandB #3, US #36
written by: Homer Banks & Carl Hampton
album: Friction
comments: [southern soul ballad]
The Soul Children
I'll Be the Other Woman
1974
Stax
93
record label: Warner 7828
chart position: RandB #22, US #26
written by: L. Williams, J. Watson
album: Back to Oakland
comments: [funk jazz]
Tower of Power
Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of the Stream)
1974
Warner
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]
Blue Magic
Three Ring Circus
1974
Atco
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]
The Jackson 5
Whatever You Got, I Want
1974
Motown
96
record label: Polydor 14258
chart position: RandB #4, US #44, UK #52
written by: James Brown
album: Reality
comments: [funk]
James Brown
Funky President (People It's Bad)
1974
Polydor
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]
Marvin Gaye
Distant Lover
1974
Tamla
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]
Johnnie Taylor
We're Getting Careless with Our Love
1974
Stax
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]
Carl Douglas
Dance the Kung Fu
1974
20th Century
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]
The Natural Four
Can This Be Real
1974
Curtom