| 1 |
record label: Avco 4653
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US dance #3, US AC #2
written by: Van McCoy
album: Disco Baby
comments: [disco]
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| 2 |
record label: Epic 3121
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #2, US AC #4
written by: Minnie Riperton & Richard Rudolph
album: Perfect Angel
comments: [ballad]
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| 3 |
record label: T.K. 1015
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #18
written by: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
album: KC and the Sunshine Band
comments: [disco funk]
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| 4 |
record label: Tamla Motown 1015 (UK)
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #3, US dance #20
written by: Billy Griffin & Pete Moore (as Warren Moore)
album: City of Angels / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [disco]
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| 5 |
record label: Tamla Motown 1010
chart position: RandB #14, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
written by: Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin
album: Diana Ross [1976 album] / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [ballad] [Motown Sound]
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| 6 |
record label: Oasis 401
chart position: RandB #3, US #2, UK #4, US dance #1
written by: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte
album: Love to Love You Baby
comments: [disco]
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| 7 |
record label: Midland Int. 10339
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #28, US AC #6, US dance #1
written by: Sylvester Levay & Michael Kunze (as Stephan Prager)
album: Save Me
comments: [disco]
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| 8 |
record label: Big Tree 16047
chart position: RandB #6, US #3, UK #2
written by: Errol Brown & Tony Wilson
album: Hot Chocolate [1975 album]
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 9 |
record label: Epic 2852
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #17, US dance #7
written by: Bob Crewe & Kenny Nolan
album: Nightbirds
comments: [disco funk]
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| 10 |
record label: United Artists 752
chart position: RandB #46, US 2, UK #8, US AC #5
written by: J. Vincent Edwards & Pierre Tubbs
comments: [disco dance] [northern soul]
|
| 11 |
record label: RCA 10320
chart position: RandB #21, US #1, UK #17
written by: David Bowie, Carlos Alomar & John Lennon
album: Young Americans
comments: [funk]
|
| 12 |
record label: Mercury 73734
chart position: RandB #1, US #11, UK #51
written by: Billy Beck, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell
album: Honey...
comments: [funk]
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| 13 |
record label: T.K. 1009
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #21, US dance #11
written by: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
album: KC And The Sunshine Band
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 14 |
record label: ABC 12135
chart position: RandB #11, US #1, US AC #6, US dance #6
written by: Barry De Vorzon
album: Fallin' in Love
comments: Instrumental
|
| 15 |
record label: Curtom 0109
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: Curtis Mayfield
album: Let's Do It Again
|
| 16 |
record label: Columbia 10090
chart position: RandB #1, US #1
written by: Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn & Maurice White
album: That's the Way of the World
|
| 17 |
record label: 20th Century 5860
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #5, US dance #2
written by: Barry White
album: Just Another Way to Say I Love You
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| 18 |
record label: Buddah 463
chart position: RandB #6, US #11, UK #4, US AC #2
written by: Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch
album: I Feel a Song
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| 19 |
record label: P.I.R.
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US dance #1, UK #13
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Family Reunion
comments: [philly sound disco dance]
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| 20 |
record label: Vibration 532
chart position: RandB #1, US #12, UK #6, US dance #1
written by: Sylvia Robinson
album: Shame Shame Shame / The Best of All Platinum
comments: [disco dance]
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| 21 |
record label: Atlantic 3248
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #37, US AC #33
written by: Vinnie Barrett & Bobby Eli
album: My Way
comments: [philly sound ballad]
|
| 22 |
record label: Epic 3434
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, US dance #13
written by: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
album: The Heat Is On
comments: [funk]
|
| 23 |
record label: Jay Boy 100(UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) and Richard Finch
album: George McCrae [1975 album]
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 24 |
record label: Island 6267
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, UK #12
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott
comments: [funk]
|
| 25 |
record label: Fantasy 736
chart position: RandB #4, US #6, UK #23, US AC #5
written by: Barney Perry
album: Flying Start
comments: [disco jazz funk]
|
| 26 |
record label: Tamla Motown 1018
chart position: RandB #2, US #5, UK #32
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Movin' On
comments: [beat ballad] [Motown Sound]
|
| 27 |
record label: Columbia 3 10251
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US dance #5
written by: Al McKay & Maurice White
album: Gratitude
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 28 |
record label: Capitol 15834
chart position: RandB #1, US #6, UK #32, US AC #45
written by: Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy
album: Inseparable
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 29 |
record label: Tamla Motown 1017
chart position: RandB #1, US #9, UK #10
written by: Charles H. Kipps Jr.
album: Who I Am / David Ruffin At His Best
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 30 |
record label: Avco 6105 039
chart position: RandB #18, US #51, UK #1, US AC #34, US dance #13
written by: Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss
album: Thank You Baby
comments: [love song]
|
| 31 |
record label: Private Stock 45021
chart position: RandB 31, US #6, UK #31, US AC #9, US dance #4
written by: Bob Crewe & Denny Randell
album: Closeup
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 32 |
record label: Atlantic 453284
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #52, US AC #2
written by: Joe Jefferson, Bruce Hawes & Charles Simmons
album: Pick Of The Litter
|
| 33 |
record label: CBS 3220
chart position: UK #1
written by: Ernie Smith
album: Tears on My Pillow
comments: [reggae]
|
| 34 |
record label: Kudu 925
chart position: RandB #10, US #20, UK #6, US AC #29, US dance #2
written by: Maria Grever & Stanley Adams
album: What a Diff'rence a Day Makes
comments: [disco jazz soul]
|
| 35 |
record label: Atlantic 3241
chart position: RandB #1, US #5
written by: Haras Fyre (as Patrick Grant) & Gwen Guthrie
album: Supernatural
|
| 36 |
record label: United Artists 629
chart position: RandB #9, US #6
written by: Howard Scott, B.B. Dickerson, Harold Brown , Charles Miller
album: Why Can't We Be Friends
|
| 37 |
record label: 20th Century 2218
chart position: RandB #13, US #11, UK #41, US AC #5, US dance #1
written by: Ary Barroso
album: Brazil
comments: [disco]
|
| 38 |
record label: Island 6000
chart position: RandB #15, US #15, UK #7
written by: Pete Wingfield
album: Breakfast Special
|
| 39 |
record label: Capitol 15832
chart position: RandB #1, US #10, US dance #2
written by: Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
album: In the City
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 40 |
record label: TSOP 84769
chart position: RandB #1, US #11, UK #36, US dance #3
written by: Leon Huff
album: Boogie Down U.S.A.
comments: [philly sound]
|
| 41 |
record label: Spring 156
chart position: RandB #1, US #8
written by: Joe Simon & Raeford Gerald
album: Get Down
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 42 |
record label: P.I.R. 3579
chart position: RandB #1, US #12, UK #23, US AC #34
written by: John Whitehead, Gene McFadden & Victor Carstarphen
album: Wake Up Everybody / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
|
| 43 |
record label: Chelsea 024
chart position: RandB #33, US #23, UK #6, US dance #7
written by: Bob Crewe & Denny Randell
album: Disco Tex & His Sex O Lettes
comments: [disco]
|
| 44 |
record label: Atlantic 10467
chart position: RandB #7, US #10, UK #31
written by: White, Alan Gorrie & McIntosh
album: Cut the Cake
comments: [funk]
|
| 45 |
record label: Cat 1996
chart position: RandB #1, US #9
written by: Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke
album: Rockin' Chair
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 46 |
record label: P.I.R. 3202
chart position: RandB #4, US #15, UK #51, US dance #1
written by: Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead
album: To Be True / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound disco]
|
| 47 |
record label: London 10482
chart position: RandB #1, US 13, UK #24
written by: Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Mabon
album: Al Green Is Love
|
| 48 |
record label: Bell 1433(UK)
chart position: UK #3
written by: Barry Mason and Roger Greenaway
album: There Goes My First Love
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 49 |
record label: ABC 12066
chart position: RandB #4, US #10, UK #56, US dance #6
written by: Gavin Christopher
album: Rufusized
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 50 |
record label: State 70 (UK)
chart position: UK #3
written by: Tony Waddington and Wayne Bickerton
album: Sugar Candy Kisses
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 51 |
record label: AandM 1666
chart position: RandB #29, US #10, UK #28
written by: Tony Camillo
comments: [funk instrumental]
|
| 52 |
record label: Buddah 437
chart position: RandB #10, UK #5, US #35
written by: Ronald Baker, Earl Young, Allan Felder & Norman Harris (as Norman Ray Harris)
album: The Legendary Zing Album
comments: [disco dance] [philly sound]
|
| 53 |
record label: 20th Century 2265
chart position: RandB #4, US #32, UK #9, US dance #15
written by: Barry White
album: Let the Music Play
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 54 |
record label: Roxbury 2006
chart position: RandB #10, US #55, UK #4
written by: Kenny Nolan
album: Swing Your Daddy
|
| 55 |
record label: Stang 5057
chart position: RandB #25, UK #3, US dance #12
written by: Al Goodman, Harry Ray & Virginia Dodson
album: Look At Me / The Best of All Platinum
|
| 56 |
record label: Columbia 10172
chart position: RandB #5, US #12
written by: Charles Stepney, Maurice White & Verdine White
album: That's the Way of the World
|
| 57 |
record label: CBS 8852
chart position: UK #4, RandB #10, US #97
written by: Al Jacobs & Jimmie Crane
album: The Manhattans featuring Kiss and Say Goodbye
comments: [philly sound ballad]
|
| 58 |
record label: Atlantic 3246
chart position: RandB #24, US #14, US dance #1
written by: Fernando Arbex
comments: [disco jazz funk]
|
| 59 |
record label: Tamla 54257
chart position: RandB #1, US #18
written by: Linda Allen & Harry Booker
album: For You
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 60 |
record label: Tamla Motown 952
chart position: RandB #1, US #19, UK #51
written by: The Commodores & Thomas McClary
album: Caught in the Act
comments: [funk] [Motown Sound]
|
| 61 |
record label: Buddah 438
chart position: RandB #4, US #22, UK #30, US AC #17
written by: David Gates
album: 2nd Anniversary
comments: [ballad]
|
| 62 |
record label: 20th Century 2228
chart position: RandB #7, US #15, UK #53
written by: Leon Haywood
album: Come and Get Yourself Some
|
| 63 |
record label: Big Tree 16038
chart position: RandB #40, US #28, UK #11
written by: Errol Brown & Tony Wilson (as Anthony Wilson)
album: Cicero Park
|
| 64 |
record label: 20th Century 2208
chart position: RandB #4, US #40, UK #20, US dance #2
written by: Barry White
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 65 |
record label: Brunswick 25
chart position: RandB #27, US #94, UK #5
written by: Eugene Record
album: Half a Love
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 66 |
record label: Blue Thumb 265
chart position: RandB #1, US #20
written by: Bonnie Pointer, Anita Pointer & David Rubinson
album: Steppin
|
| 67 |
record label: Tamla Motown 942
chart position: RandB #5, US #15
written by: Donald Fenceton, Mel Larson, Gerald Marcellino & Roderick Rancifer
album: Dancing Machine
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 68 |
record label: Arista 0129
chart position: UK #6, RandB #96, US dance #11, US #107
written by: Rudy Clark
album: Not a Little Girl Anymore
comments: [disco]
|
| 69 |
record label: Brunswick 19
chart position: RandB #62, UK #6, US dance #11
written by: Hamilton Bohannon
album: Insides Out
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 70 |
record label: Gordy 7142
chart position: RandB #1, US #26
written by: Jeffrey Bowen, Eddie Hazel & Al Boyd (as Alphonso Boyd)
album: A Song for You
comments: [funk] [Motown Sound]
|
| 71 |
record label: London 10511
chart position: RandB #1, US #28, UK #51
written by: Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Mabon
album: Full of Fire
|
| 72 |
record label: Cactus 57
chart position: UK #10
written by: Desmond Dekker and Leslie Kong
comments: re release [reggae]
|
| 73 |
record label: P.I.R. 83567
chart position: RandB #2, US #42, UK #37, US dance #2
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Universal Love / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound instrumental]
|
| 74 |
record label: Avco 4649
chart position: RandB #13, US #47, UK #12, US AC #27
written by: Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss
album: Heavy
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 75 |
record label: MGM 14790
chart position: RandB #56, US #60, UK #14, US dance #2
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Never Can Say Goodbye
comments: [disco]
|
| 76 |
record label: Atlantic 3232
chart position: RandB #22, US #16
written by: Jimmy Castor & Johnny Pruitt
album: Butt of Course
comments: [funk]
|
| 77 |
record label: Capitol 4193
chart position: RandB #1, US #32, US AC #20
written by: Marvin Yancy (as Marvin Jerome Yancy) & Chuck Jackson (as Charles Henry Jackson Jr.)
album: Inseparable
comments: [ballad]
|
| 78 |
record label: Tamla 54258
chart position: RandB #1, US #26
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: A Quiet Storm
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 79 |
record label: Epic 3318
chart position: RandB #80, US #57, UK #14, US AC #10, US dance #12
written by: Michel Legrand
album: Biddu Orchestra
comments: [disco instrumental]
|
| 80 |
record label: Bell 1462(UK)
chart position: UK #10
written by: Barry Mason and Roger Greenaway
album: There Goes My First Love
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 81 |
record label: De lite 1567
chart position: RandB #1, US #35, UK #53
written by: R. Bell, D. Boyce, Kool And The Gang
album: Spirit of the Boogie
comments: [funk]
|
| 82 |
record label: Motown 1349
chart position: RandB #4, US #23
written by: Brian Holland & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Forever, Michael
comments: [disco dance] [Motown Sound]
|
| 83 |
record label: T Neck 2259
chart position: RandB #10, US #22
written by: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
album: The Heat Is On
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 84 |
record label: 20th Century 2162
chart position: RandB #23, US #22, US AC #39, US dance #11
written by: Barry White
comments: Instrumental
|
| 85 |
record label: Avco 6105 044
chart position: RandB #23, US #76, UK #10
written by: Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss
album: You Are Beautiful
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 86 |
record label: De lite 1570
chart position: RandB #5, US #43, US dance #1
written by: Freida Nerangis & Britt Britton
album: Dreaming a Dream
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 87 |
record label: Capitol 4010
chart position: RandB #4, US #25
written by: Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
album: Hard Core Poetry
comments: [ballad]
|
| 88 |
record label: Stang 5060
chart position: RandB #1, US #39, UK #42
written by: Al Goodman, Harry Ray & Walter Morris
album: Look At Me / The Best of All Platinum
comments: [sweet soul love ballad]
|
| 89 |
record label: P.I.R. 3568
chart position: UK #9, RandB #64, US AC #24
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: International - Take Good Care of Yourself / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
|
| 90 |
record label: Alston 3713
chart position: RandB #15, US #96, UK #25, US dance #2
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey), Richard Finch, Willie Clarke (as William Clarke) & Betty Wright
album: Danger High Voltage
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 91 |
record label: Mercury 73713
chart position: RandB #1, US #33
written by: Billy Beck,Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones,Ralph Middlebrooks
album: Honey...
comments: [funk jazz]
|
| 92 |
record label: RCA 10343
chart position: RandB #1, US #50, US dance #15
written by: Van McCoy
album: Faith, Hope & Charity
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 93 |
record label: Gordy 7144
chart position: RandB #9, US #37, US dance #4
written by: Louis Charlemagne
album: A Song for You
comments: [disco funk] [Motown Sound]
|
| 94 |
record label: Buddah 470
chart position: RandB #1, US #36
written by: Larry Weiss & Jerry Ross
album: Blind Baby
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 95 |
record label: Avco 4660
chart position: RandB #6, US #46, UK #36, US dance #15
written by: Van McCoy
album: The Disco Kid
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 96 |
record label: Tamla Motown 1001
chart position: RandB #6, US #60, US dance #1
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Moving Violation
comments: [Motown Sound] [disco]
|
| 97 |
record label: Wing And A Prayer 101
chart position: RandB #19, US #4, US dance #1
written by: Charlie Smalls
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 98 |
record label: Warner 8105
chart position: RandB #1, US #38
written by: Larry Graham
album: Ain't No 'Bout A Doubt
|
| 99 |
record label: Dakar 4544
chart position: RandB #39, UK #23, US dance #3, US #98
written by: Hamilton Bohannon
album: Insides Out
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 100 |
record label: T.K. 1014
chart position: RandB #31, UK #12
written by: Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) & Richard Finch
album: George McCrae [1975 album]
comments: [disco dance]
|