| 1 |
record label: Tamla 54281
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #2, US AC #3, US dance #2
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs In The Key Of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 2 |
record label: Columbia 310544
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4, US dance #11
written by: Maurice White & Al McKay
album: Rejoice
comments: [disco funk]
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| 3 |
record label: Tamla 54280
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US dance #1
written by: Marvin Gaye
album: Marvin Gaye Live At The London Paladium / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [disco funk] [Motown Sound]
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| 4 |
record label: RSO 885
chart position: RandB #4, US #1, UK #4, US AC #28, US dance #3
written by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track
comments: [disco]
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| 5 |
record label: Epic 50370
chart position: RandB #5, US #2, UK #2, US dance #36
written by: Rood Temperton
album: Too Hot To Handle
comments: [disco funk]
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| 6 |
record label: ABC 12284
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #1
written by: Marvin Willis, Arnold Ingram & James Mitchell
album: Float On
comments: [ballad]
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| 7 |
record label: Millennium 604
chart position: RandB #8, US #1, UK #7, US AC #18, US dance #6
written by: John Williams
album: Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk
comments: [instrumental] [disco]
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| 8 |
record label: Casablanca 884
chart position: RandB#9, US #6, UK #1, US AC #45, US dance #3
written by: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte
album: Remember Yesterday
comments: [disco]
|
| 9 |
record label: RSO 879
chart position: RandB #10, US #1, UK #32, US AC #20
written by: John Crowley & Peter Beckett
album: Player
comments: [ballad]
|
| 10 |
record label: Atlantic 3435
chart position: RandB #6, US #6, UK #6, US dance #1
written by: Bernard Edwards, Lehman & Nile Rodgers
album: Chic
comments: [disco]
|
| 11 |
record label: T.K. 1022
chart position: RandB #3, US #1, UK #41
written by: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
album: Part 3
comments: [disco funk]
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| 12 |
record label: Motown 1418
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #9, US AC #14
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Commodores / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [ballad]
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| 13 |
record label: 20th Century 2350
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #40, US dance #5
written by: N. Pigford and E. Paris
album: Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
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| 14 |
record label: Epic 50313
chart position: RandB #7, US #12, UK #2
written by: Buddy Killen & Bennie McGinty
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 15 |
record label: AandM 1949
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #35, US AC #38
written by: Shuggie Otis
album: Right On Time
comments: [funk jazz]
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| 16 |
record label: AandM 1974
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, US dance #19
written by: Len Ron Hanks & Zane Grey
album: Something To Love
comments: [disco funk]
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| 17 |
record label: Capitol 4360
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US AC #45
written by: Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy
album: Unpredictable
comments: [love ballad]
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| 18 |
record label: Motown 1425
chart position: RandB #4, US #5, UK #32, US dance #34
written by: The Commodores
album: Commodores
comments: [funk] [Motown Sound]
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| 19 |
record label: RCA 11129
chart position: RandB #6, US #21, UK #5, US AC #28, US dance #3,
written by: Sandy Linzer & Denny Randell
album: Odyssey
comments: [disco dance]
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| 20 |
record label: Epic P.I.R. 50350
chart position: UK #1, RandB #6, US #28
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: The Jacksons / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
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| 21 |
record label: Big Tree 16096
chart position: UK #1, RandB #82, US #31
written by: Russ Ballard
album: Every 1's A Winner
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| 22 |
record label: Big Tree 16085
chart position: RandB #29, US #6, US AC #8
written by: Herbert Clayton Ivey, Terrence Woodford & Tom Brasfield
album: Hot
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 23 |
record label: Lightning 506 (UK)
chart position: UK #1
written by: Errol Thompson, Althea Forrest and Donna Reid
album: Uptown Top Ranking
comments: Reggae
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| 24 |
record label: Atlantic 10965
chart position: UK #2, US Dance #31, US #96
written by: Frank Farian, Fred Jay and George Reyam
album: Love for Sale
comments: [disco]
|
| 25 |
record label: MCA 40662
chart position: RandB #3, US #10, UK #14, US AC #9
written by: Norman Whitfield
comments: [ballad]
|
| 26 |
record label: Capitol 4398
chart position: RandB #1, US #22, UK #5, US AC #31
written by: Freddie Perren & Keni St. Lewis
album: Love Storm
|
| 27 |
record label: GTO 2099185
chart position: UK #2
written by: Findon, Charles
album: Billy Ocean
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 28 |
record label: Harvest 5133
chart position: UK #2
written by: Michelle Grainger, Tony Hayes and Steve Wadey
comments: [disco]
|
| 29 |
record label: GTO 113
chart position: UK #3
written by: Donna Summer , Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte
album: I Remember Yesterday
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 30 |
record label: Casablanca 18548
chart position: UK #5, US Dance #3
written by: John Barry and Donna Summer
album: The Deep OST
comments: [disco]
|
| 31 |
record label: Capitol 4509
chart position: RandB #1, US #10, US AC #33
written by: Marvin Yancy (as Marvin Jerome Yancy) & Chuck Jackson (as Charles Henry Jackson Jr.)
album: Thankful
comments: [ballad]
|
| 32 |
record label: Columbia 10627
chart position: RandB #6, US #30, UK #7, US AC #25
written by: Bill Withers & Skip Scarborough
album: Menagerie
|
| 33 |
record label: Columbia 3 10625
chart position: RandB #1, US #13, UK #52
written by: Sonny Burke, Maurice White & Verdine White
album: All 'N All
comments: [funk]
|
| 34 |
record label: P.I.R. 4909(UK)
chart position: UK #5
written by: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert
album: Wake Up Everybody / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound] [disco dance]
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| 35 |
record label: Gordy 7155
chart position: RandB #2, US #12, UK #52
written by: Marilyn McLeod & Pam Sawyer
album: Turnin' On
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 36 |
record label: Buddah 569
chart position: RandB #10, US #52, UK #4
written by: Van McCoy
album: Still Together
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 37 |
record label: Capitol 4500
chart position: RandB #36, US #32, UK #7
written by: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
album: Future Bound
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 38 |
record label: Atlantic 3469
chart position: RandB #12, US #38, UK #9, US dance #1
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: CHIC
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 39 |
record label: Dash 5032
chart position: RandB #15, US #46, UK #11, US dance #1
written by: Theophilus Coakley
album: Magic
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 40 |
record label: Malaco 1042
chart position: RandB #5, UK #20, US #27, US AC #24
written by: Dick Addrisi & Don Addrisi
album: Dorothy Moore
comments: [ballad]
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| 41 |
record label: Arista 0251
chart position: RandB #2, US #24, UK #27, US AC #22
written by: Linda Creed & Michael Masser
album: Weekend in L.A
comments: [ballad]
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| 42 |
record label: Drive 6258
chart position: RandB #3, US #18, US dance #9
written by: Peter Brown & Robert Rans
album: A Fantasy Love Affair
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 43 |
record label: Pye 25746 (UK)
chart position: UK #2
written by: Pierre Ecama
album: Magic Fly
comments: [disco Instrumental]
|
| 44 |
record label: Bang 734
chart position: RandB #2, US #18
written by: Ray Ransom, Regi Hargis & Jimmy
album: Brick
comments: [disco funk]
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| 45 |
record label: Motown 1427
chart position: RandB #16, UK #23, US #27, US AC #8
written by: Franne Golde & Tom Snow
album: Baby It's Me
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 46 |
record label: Westbound 55400
chart position: RandB #2, US #36, US dance #1
written by: Barry Blue (as Barry Ian Green), Gerry Shury & Ron Roker
album: Devils Gun
comments: [disco dance]
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| 47 |
record label: Motown 1432
chart position: RandB #1, US #24, UK #38
written by: Lionel Richie, Milan Williams, Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary, Walter Orange & William King
album: The Commodores Live!
comments: [Motown Sound] [funk]
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| 48 |
record label: Atco 7080
chart position: UK #3
written by: Bobby Hebb
album: Take the Heat Off Me
comments: [disco]
|
| 49 |
record label: Atlantic 3389
chart position: RandB #9, UK #16, US dance #1, US #53
written by: Leroy Green & Ron Kersey
album: Disco Inferno
comments: [disco dance]
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| 50 |
record label: Tamla 54286
chart position: RandB #18, US dance #2, US #32, UK #29, US AC #29
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs In The Key Of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 51 |
record label: Creole 141
chart position: RandB #39, UK #4
written by: Dick Glasser
album: I Will
comments: [ballad]
|
| 52 |
record label: Capitol 4405
chart position: RandB #6, US #17
written by: Edmund Sylvers, James Sylvers, Leon Sylvers III & Ricky Sylvers
album: Something Special
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 53 |
record label: ABC 12262
chart position: RandB #9, US #15, US AC #21
written by: H. B. Barnum & Walter Johnson
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 54 |
record label: Soul Train 10906
chart position: RandB #10, US #25, UK #30
written by: Brian Holland, Eddie Holland Jr. (as Eddie Holland) & Lamont Dozier
album: Uptown Festival
comments: [disco]
|
| 55 |
record label: Casablanca 907
chart position: RandB #28, UK #10, US #37
written by: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte
album: Once Upon A Time
comments: [disco]
|
| 56 |
record label: Warner 8387
chart position: UK #6, RandB #16, US #102
written by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Music Speaks Louder Than Words
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 57 |
record label: All Platinum 6146318(UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: Al Goodman, Harry Ray and Tom Keith
album: Sharp / The Best of All Platinum
comments: [pop soul]
|
| 58 |
record label: Mercury 73959
chart position: RandB #1, US #23
written by: Michael Cooper
album: Secrets
comments: [funk]
|
| 59 |
record label: Cotillion 44215
chart position: RandB #29, US #36, UK #31, US dance #2
written by: Alec R. Costandinos & Cerrone (as Jean Marc Cerrone)
album: Love in C Minor
comments: [disco] [instrumental]
|
| 60 |
record label: Island 169(UK)
chart position: UK #5, NZ #1
written by: Bob Marley and Curtis Mayfield
album: Exodus
comments: [Reggae]
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| 61 |
record label: ABC 12239
chart position: RandB #1, US #30, US dance #37
written by: Tony Maiden & Lalomie Washburn
album: Ask Rufus
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 62 |
record label: Cotillion 44218
chart position: RandB #1, US #32
written by: Mark Adams, Carter Bradley, Tim Dozier, Mark Hicks, Tom Lockett, Floyd Miller, Steve Washington
album: Slave
comments: [funk]
|
| 63 |
record label: Whitfield 8440
chart position: RandB #4, US #39, UK #30, US dance #20
written by: Norman Whitfield & Dwight Turner
album: In Full Bloom
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 64 |
record label: Island 6410(UK)
chart position: UK #9
written by: Bob Marley
album: Exodus
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 65 |
record label: AVI 147
chart position: RandB #22, US #44, UK #31, US dance #6
written by: W. Michael Lewis, Laurin Rinder & Merria Ross
album: Cocomotion
comments: [disco]
|
| 66 |
record label: United Artists 912
chart position: RandB #5, US #25
written by: Emanuel Johnson & Michael Stokes
album: Enchantment
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 67 |
record label: Dash 5041
chart position: RandB #27, UK #16, US dance #5, US #103
written by: Theophilus Coakley
album: On Fire
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 68 |
record label: Westbound 55401
chart position: UK #12, RandB #73, US #90, US dance #14
written by: Abrim Tilmon
album: Feel the Need
comments: (re recording of their 1972 hit)
|
| 69 |
record label: Columbia 10556
chart position: UK #8, RandB #65, US #103
written by: Clarence McDonald, Deniece Williams, Fritz Baskett & Lani Groves
album: This Is Niecy
|
| 70 |
record label: Good Earth 7(UK)
chart position: UK #6
written by: Richard Hewson
album: The Crunch and Beyond
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 71 |
record label: Kayvette 5128
chart position: RandB #3, US #31
written by: Bill Anderson
album: Sometimes
comments: [southern soul ballad]
|
| 72 |
record label: De lite 1588
chart position: RandB #16, US #42, UK #51, US dance #6
written by: William Anderson
album: Do It Your Way
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 73 |
record label: Epic P.I.R. 50454
chart position: RandB#8, UK #26, US #52
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Goin' Places
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 74 |
record label: Tamla 54291
chart position: RandB #36, US #36, UK #53, US AC #24
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Songs in the Key of Life
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 75 |
record label: HandL 4677
chart position: RandB #79, UK #4, US #105
written by: Van McCoy
album: Rhythms Of The World
comments: [disco instrumental]
|
| 76 |
record label: ABC 12269
chart position: RandB #3, US #32
written by: A. Fischer & David Wolinski
album: Ask Rufus
|
| 77 |
record label: DJM 10762
chart position: RandB #5, US #41, UK #44
written by: Johnny Guitar Watson
album: A Real Mother for Ya
|
| 78 |
record label: Island 089
chart position: RandB #19, US #103, UK #14
written by: Bob Marley
album: Exodus
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 79 |
record label: EMI 532
chart position: RandB #66, UK #12
written by: R. L Kirkland & Ruth Davis
|
| 80 |
record label: P.I.R. 3627
chart position: RandB #4, US #91, UK #34, US dance #26
written by: Kenny Gamble (as Kenneth Gamble), Leon Huff & Cary Gilbert
album: The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
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| 81 |
record label: Blue Note 1009
chart position: RandB #2, US #45
written by: Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott
album: Platinum Jazz
comments: [funk]
|
| 82 |
record label: P.I.R. 3622
chart position: RandB #5, US #41
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Teddy Pendergrass
comments: [philly sound]
|
| 83 |
record label: T Neck 2262
chart position: RandB #1, US #63, US dance #30
written by: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley , Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
album: Go for Your Guns
comments: [funk]
|
| 84 |
record label: ABC 12235
chart position: RandB #3, US #53
written by: Michael Henderson
album: Joy Ride
comments: [Sweet Soul Ballad]
|
| 85 |
record label: Glades 1739
chart position: RandB #7, US #37
written by: Latimore (as Benjamin Latimore)
album: It Ain't Where You Been / Sweet Vibrations - The Best Of
|
| 86 |
record label: T Neck 2267
chart position: RandB #4, US #40
written by: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
album: Go for Your Guns
comments: [funk]
|
| 87 |
record label: Avi 153
chart position: RandB #13, US #68, US dance #5
written by: W. Michael Lewis, Laurin Rinder, Gil Karson & D. Williams
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 88 |
record label: Kudu 939
chart position: RandB #68, US #76, UK #42, US dance #2
written by: David Matthews & Tony Sarafino
album: Turn This Mutha Out
comments: [disco jazz funk]
|
| 89 |
record label: Roadshow 991
chart position: RandB #3, US #45
written by: Emanuel Johnson & Michael Stokes
album: Enchantment
comments: [Sweet Soul Ballad]
|
| 90 |
record label: Whitfield 8231
chart position: RandB #37, US #48, US dance #5
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: Method to Madness
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 91 |
record label: Cotillion 44213
chart position: RandB #32, US #68, UK #44, US dance #5
written by: Tyrone Williams
album: Welcome to Our World
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 92 |
record label: Spring 175
chart position: RandB #5, US #43
written by: Glenn Martin & Sonny Throckmorton
album: Feelin' Bitchy
comments: [ballad]
|
| 93 |
record label: Gold Mind 4004
chart position: RandB #23, US #41, US dance #8
written by: Allan Felder, Norman Harris & Ron Tyson
album: Delusions
comments: [disco] [philly sound]
|
| 94 |
record label: Power Exchange 266(UK)
chart position: RandB #73, UK #17
written by: Alfie Davison
|
| 95 |
record label: P.I.R. 3610
chart position: RandB #1, UK #24
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Message In The Music / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
|
| 96 |
record label: Soul Train 10947
chart position: RandB #44, US #64, US dance #2
written by: M. Anthony
album: Simply Carrie
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 97 |
record label: Columbia 10495
chart position: RandB #6, US #66
written by: Roger Joyce, Teddy Randazzo & Victoria Pike
album: It Feels So Good
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 98 |
record label: Atlantic 3393
chart position: RandB #1, US #85
written by: Carole Bayer Sager & Marvin Hamlisch
album: Sweet Passion
|
| 99 |
record label: Whitfield 8491
chart position: RandB #3, UK #46, US #72
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: In Full Bloom
|
| 100 |
record label: ABC 12300
chart position: RandB 31, US #105, UK #38, US Dance #10
written by: Lenny Williams, Bernard Thompson
album: Choosing You
|