| 1 |
record label: Motown 1494
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US dance #1, US 31, US AC #18
written by: Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards
album: Diana / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 2 |
record label: Casablanca 2233
chart position: RandB #2, UK #2, US #1, US dance #1
written by: Steven Greenberg
album: Mouth to Mouth
comments: [disco]
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| 3 |
record label: De lite 807
chart position: RandB #1, UK #7, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #34
written by: Donna Johnson, Claydes Charles Smith, Earl Eugene Toon Jr., James
album: Celebrate!
comments: [disco funk]
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| 4 |
record label: Elektra 47031
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #7, US dance #2
written by: John Deacon
album: The Game
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| 5 |
record label: Tamla 54317
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #5, US dance #10
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Hotter Than July
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 6 |
record label: Atlantic 3664
chart position: RandB #5, US #4, UK #4, US dance #50, US AC #3
written by: Sam Cooke & Michael Zager
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| 7 |
record label: Warner 49505
chart position: RandB #1, UK #7, US #4, US dance #2, US AC #26
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Give Me the Night
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| 8 |
record label: AandM 2216
chart position: RandB #1, UK #6, US #7, US dance #1
written by: Louis Johnson, George Johnson
album: Light Up the Night
comments: [disco funk jazz]
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| 9 |
record label: RCA 1962
chart position: UK #1, US Dance #6
written by: L. Russell Brown and Sandy Linzer
album: Hang Together
comments: [disco dance]
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| 10 |
record label: 20th Century 2460
chart position: RandB #12, UK #4, US #6, US dance #5, US AC #5
written by: James Mtume & Reggie Lucas
album: 11
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| 11 |
record label: Motown 1491
chart position: RandB #6, US #5, UK #13, US dance #1
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: Diana / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
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| 12 |
record label: Tabu 493
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, US dance #1, UK #51
written by: Sigidi Abdullah & Harold Clayton
album: S.O.S.
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| 13 |
record label: De lite 802
chart position: RandB #3, UK #23 US #5, US AC #11
written by: George Brown & Kool & the Gang
|
| 14 |
record label: Atlantic 11496
chart position: UK #3, US Dance #1
written by: Narada Michael Walden and Lisa Walden
album: Let Me Be Your Angel
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 15 |
record label: RCA 1894
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #19, US dance #1
written by: Leon Sylvers III, Stephen Shockley & William Shelby
album: The Whispers
comments: [disco dance]
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| 16 |
record label: Carrere 161 (UK)
chart position: UK #2
written by: Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger
album: Greatest Hits
comments: [disco]
|
| 17 |
record label: Motown 1469
chart position: RandB #1, UK #8, US #9, US dance #2
written by: Lee Garrett & Stevie Wonder
album: Let's Get Serious / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
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| 18 |
record label: Casablanca 2236
chart position: RandB #9, US #5, UK #32, US dance #8, US AC #26
written by: Giorgio Moroder & Donna Summer
album: On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2
comments: [disco]
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| 19 |
record label: Columbia 11222
chart position: RandB #4, US #5, UK #45, US AC #21
written by: Leo Graham & Paul Richmond
album: After Midnight
comments: [beat ballad]
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| 20 |
record label: Geffen 49563
chart position: RandB #13, US #3, UK #48
written by: Giorgio Moroder & Donna Summer
album: The Wanderer
comments: [disco]
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| 21 |
record label: POLO 1
chart position: UK #2, US Dance #26
written by: Adrian Baker and Eddie Seago
comments: [disco]
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| 22 |
record label: Epic 50871
chart position: RandB #43, UK #3, US #10, US AC #4
written by: Tom Bahler
album: Off the Wall
comments: [ballad]
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| 23 |
record label: Polydor 2033
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US AC #17
written by: Harry Ray, Al Goodman & Lee Walter
album: Ray, Goodman & Brown
comments: [Sweet Soul]
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| 24 |
record label: Planet 47916
chart position: RandB #10, US #3, US dance #26, US AC #13
written by: Tom Snow & Cynthia Weil
album: Special Things
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| 25 |
record label: Motown 1496
chart position: RandB #14, UK #16, US #9, US AC #9
written by: Carole Bayer Sager & Michael Masser
album: To Love Again / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [ballad]
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| 26 |
record label: WEA 79111 (UK)
chart position: UK #1
written by: Ken Leray
album: Groove Me
comments: [Reggae]
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| 27 |
record label: Warner 49503
chart position: US #5, RandB #40, US dance #70, US AC #10
written by: Michael McDonald & Patrick Henderson
album: One Step Closer
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| 28 |
record label: Mercury 22 (UK)
chart position: RandB #4, UK #6, US #101, US Dance #52
written by: C. Wilson, L. Simmons, R. Wilson, R. Taylor
album: Gap Band II
comments: [disco funk]
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| 29 |
record label: RCA 15
chart position: US #1, UK #33, US AC #16, US rock #54
written by: Janna Allen and Daryl Hall
album: Voices
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| 30 |
record label: Warner 49221
chart position: RandB #1, US #9, US AC #37
written by: Sam Dees
album: One in a Million You
comments: [ballad]
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| 31 |
record label: RSO 1021
chart position: RandB #29, UK #7, US #10, US AC #32
written by: Robin Gibb & Blue Weaver
album: Sunrise
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| 32 |
record label: Tamla 54320
chart position: RandB# 4, UK #10, US #11, US AC #20
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Hotter Than July
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 33 |
record label: Mercury 154
chart position: RandB #1, UK #7, US #19, US dance #26
written by: Jonah Ellis, Alisa Peoples & Lonnie Simmons
album: The Two of Us
|
| 34 |
record label: Epic 50938
chart position: RandB #2, US #12, US dance #1, UK #29
written by: Michael Jackson & Randy Jackson
album: Triumph
|
| 35 |
record label: Atlantic 3661
chart position: RandB #8, UK #3, US #56, US dance #6
written by: Reggie Lucas & James Mtume
album: Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway
|
| 36 |
record label: Warner 17680
chart position: UK #2
written by: Joe Sample and Will Jennings
album: Now We May Begin
comments: [ballad]
|
| 37 |
record label: Epic 01032
chart position: UK #6, RandB #30, US dance #1, US #77
written by: Jackie Jackson & Michael Jackson
album: Triumph
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| 38 |
record label: WEA 79141 (UK)
chart position: RandB #5, UK #14, US dance #1, US #40
written by: Davide Romani & Tanyayette Willoughby
album: The Glow of Love
comments: [disco funk]
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| 39 |
record label: Epic 1294
chart position: RandB #50, UK #7, US #73, US dance #1
written by: Michael Jackson, Jackie Jackson & Randy Jackson [Jackson 5]
album: Triumph
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| 40 |
record label: Atlantic 11413
chart position: RandB #4, UK #8, US #66, US dance #8
written by: Narada Michael Walden, Allee Willis & T. M. Stevens
album: The Dance of Life
comments: [disco funk]
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| 41 |
record label: 20th Century 2443
chart position: RandB #2, UK #12, US #49, US dance #10
written by: Leon Haywood
album: Naturally
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 42 |
record label: AandM 2211
chart position: RandB #32, US #18, US AC #1
written by: Chuck Mangione
album: Fun and Games
comments: Jazz Funk Instrumental
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| 43 |
record label: Motown 1185 (UK)
chart position: RandB #21, UK #6, US dance #4
written by: Teena Marie, Richard Rudolph
album: Lady T / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
comments: [Motown Sound] [funk]
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| 44 |
record label: Capitol 4869
chart position: RandB #21, US #21, US AC #3
written by: Gerry Goffin & Michael Masser
album: Don't Look Back
comments: [ballad]
|
| 45 |
record label: Arista 0527
chart position: RandB #19, US #23, US AC #1
written by: Richard Kerr & Will Jennings
album: No Night So Long
comments: [ballad]
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| 46 |
record label: Boardwalk 5702
chart position: RandB #9, US #18, US AC #30
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: City Nights
comments: [sweet soul]
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| 47 |
record label: Motown 1203
chart position: RandB #9, UK #28, US #37, US dance #2
written by: Teena Marie
album: Irons in the Fire / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
comments: [disco funk]
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| 48 |
record label: Graduate 6 (UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Astro, Jimmy Brown, Robin Campbell, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, Brian Travers, Ali Campbell
album: Signing Off
comments: [reggae]
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| 49 |
record label: Arista / GRP 2506
chart position: RandB #1, UK #10, US dance #9
written by: Tom Browne & Toni Smith
album: Love Approach
comments: [funk]
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| 50 |
record label: Cotillion 46001
chart position: RandB #8, US #21, US AC #34
written by: Bunny Hull & Narada Michael Walden
album: Let Me Be Your Angel
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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| 51 |
record label: Motown 1202
chart position: UK #5, US #109
written by: Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers
album: Diana / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 11
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| 52 |
record label: Motown 1489
chart position: RandB #8, US #20, US AC #47
written by: Milan Williams
album: Heroes
comments: [disco funk] [Motown Sound]
|
| 53 |
record label: Island 210
chart position: RandB #56, UK #5, US dance #49
written by: Bob Marley
album: Uprising
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 54 |
record label: RCA 5
chart position: UK #6
written by: Ralph Kotkov
album: Hang Together
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 55 |
record label: WEA 79156
chart position: RandB #23, UK #11, US dance #1
written by: Mauro Malavasi & Paul Slade
album: The Glow of Love
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| 56 |
record label: Polydor 2053
chart position: RandB #37, US #19, US AC #33
written by: Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren
album: Twice the Fire
comments: [love ballad]
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| 57 |
record label: Warner 49570
chart position: RandB #9, UK #10, US #61
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Give Me the Night
|
| 58 |
record label: De lite 810
chart position: RandB #11, UK #15, US dance #1
written by: Ronald Bell, Kool And The Gang
album: Celebrate!
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 59 |
record label: Solar 4
chart position: RandB #3, US #28, UK #55, US AC #40
written by: Nicholas Caldwell
album: The Whispers
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
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| 60 |
record label: Mercury 76091
chart position: RandB #1, UK #22, US dance #19
written by: Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons & Rudy Taylor
album: Gap Band III
comments: [disco funk boogie]
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| 61 |
record label: CBS 8529 (UK)
chart position: RandB #41, UK #7, US dance #27
written by: Rodney Franklin
album: You'll Never Know
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
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| 62 |
record label: Arista 0515
chart position: RandB #40, UK #12, US #53, US dance #24
written by: Alan Gorrie
album: Shine
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 63 |
record label: WEA 79141 (UK)
chart position: RandB #49, UK #14, US dance #1
written by: Davide Romani, Wayne Garfield & Mario Malavasi
album: The Glow of Love
comments: [disco funk boogie]
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| 64 |
record label: Horizon 12702
chart position: RandB #18, UK #17, US #60, US dance #42
written by: Yellow Magic Orchestra & Martin Denny
comments: [instrumental]
|
| 65 |
record label: De lite 803
chart position: RandB #74, UK #10, US #102, US dance #12
written by: Ida Reid
album: Sure Shot
|
| 66 |
record label: Arista 0494
chart position: RandB #6, US #30, US AC #34
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Two Places at the Same Time
|
| 67 |
record label: Tamla 54311
chart position: RandB #4, US #31
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Warm Thoughts
comments: [Motown Sound] [sweet soul ballad]
|
| 68 |
record label: Elektra 12414 (UK)
chart position: RandB #7, US dance #5, UK #62, US #42
written by: Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims (as Charles Mims Jr.), Freddie Washington & Sheree Brown
album: Pizzazz
comments: [disco funk]
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| 69 |
record label: CBS 8982
chart position: RandB #8, UK #29, US #44, US dance #85
written by: Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn, Ralph Johnson, Al McKay, Maurice White & Verdine White
album: Faces
comments: [funk]
|
| 70 |
record label: Casablanca 211 (UK)
chart position: RandB #35, UK #32, US #36
written by: Pete Bellotte & Harold Faltermeyer
album: Bad Girls
|
| 71 |
record label: Ensign 4512
chart position: UK #8
written by: Eddie Grant
album: Can't Get Enough
comments: [Reggae]
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| 72 |
record label: T Neck 2290
chart position: RandB #1, US #39
written by: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley, Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
album: Go All the Way / Beautiful Ballads
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 73 |
record label: RSO 1041
chart position: RandB #40, US #41, US dance #1
written by: Michael Gore & Dean Pitchford
album: I'm Yours
comments: [disco]
|
| 74 |
record label: 20th Century 2449
chart position: RandB #3, US #52, US dance #5
written by: James Mtume & Reggie Lucas
album: Sweet Sensation
|
| 75 |
record label: Solar 012
chart position: RandB #6, UK #51, US #87, US dance #5
written by: William Shelby & Ricky Smith
album: Adventures in the Land of Music
comments: [disco dance]
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| 76 |
record label: Mercury 76075
chart position: RandB #4, UK #47, US #87, US dance #9
written by: Kurtis Blow, Robert Ford Jr., J.B. Moore, Russell Simmons & Larry Smith
album: Kurtis Blow
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 77 |
record label: Ensign 42
chart position: UK #9
written by: Keith Drummond, Elroy Bailey, Anthony Brightly, Desmond Mahoney, Rupert Hanson and Cledwyn Rogers
comments: [Reggae]
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| 78 |
record label: P.I.R. 3116
chart position: RandB #2, US #44
written by: Cecil Womack, Linda Womack & Gip Noble
album: TP / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound ballad]
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| 79 |
record label: Atlantic 11404
chart position: RandB #6, UK #34, US #64, US dance #34
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
|
| 80 |
record label: Chrysalis 2461
chart position: RandB #27, UK #15, US dance #71
written by: David Grant & Peter Martin [Peter Michael Martin]
album: Intuition
|
| 81 |
record label: Atlantic 11554
chart position: RandB #8, UK #51, US dance #1
written by: Narada Michael Walden & Bunny Hull
album: Let Me Be Your Angel
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 82 |
record label: Solar 12049
chart position: RandB #60, UK #13
written by: Joey Gallo & Leon Sylvers III
album: Big Fun
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 83 |
record label: Epic 50956
chart position: RandB #21, UK #19, US #110, US dance #74
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Candles
comments: [funk]
|
| 84 |
record label: Casablanca 2261
chart position: UK #11, US Dance #27
written by: Jacques Morali, Phil Hurtt (as Phillip Hurtt) and Henri Belolo
album: Can't Stop the Music
comments: [disco]
|
| 85 |
record label: Prelude 8011
chart position: UK #11
written by: Rodney Brown and Willie Lester
album: You Got What It Takes
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 86 |
record label: Mercury 76089
chart position: RandB #8, US #40, US dance #25
written by: Michael Cooper
album: Touch
comments: [funk]
|
| 87 |
record label: Island 6617 (UK)
chart position: UK #11
written by: Daniel Vangarde, Alex Francfort and Nelly Byl
album: On The Riviera
comments: [disco]
|
| 88 |
record label: Island 6483
chart position: UK #12
written by: Daniel Vangarde and Jean Kluger
album: Cuba
comments: [disco]
|
| 89 |
record label: P.I.R. 3107
chart position: RandB #3, US #52, US dance #52
written by: Ken Hirsch & Ronald Miller [Ronald Dean Miller] (as Ron Miller)
album: TP
comments: [ballad]
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| 90 |
record label: Motown 1490
chart position: RandB #32, US #34
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Let's Get Serious
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 91 |
record label: De lite 38
chart position: UK #13
written by: Josh Armstead and Milton Middlebrook
album: Slippin' and Dippin'
comments: [disco]
|
| 92 |
record label: Warner 17712
chart position: RandB #2, US #86, US dance #19
written by: Roger (as Roger Troutman)
album: Zapp
comments: [funk]
|
| 93 |
record label: Columbia 11239
chart position: RandB #3, US #46
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: About Love
|
| 94 |
record label: TSOP 4790
chart position: RandB #3, US #55
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: The Year 2000
comments: [philly sound]
|
| 95 |
record label: AandM 2283
chart position: RandB #19, US #40
written by: Billy Osborne, Jeffrey Osborne & Richard Kerr
album: Shine On
comments: [ballad]
|
| 96 |
record label: Gordy 7183
chart position: RandB #11, US #43, US dance #23
written by: Angelo Bond, Berry Gordy & J. Mayer
album: Power
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 97 |
record label: Believe In A Dream 5600
chart position: RandB #6, US #89, US dance #22
written by: Nick Mann, Bill Beard & Chet Fortune
album: The Awakening
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 98 |
record label: ARC 11407
chart position: RandB #10, US #48, US AC #30
written by: David Foster, Brenda Russell & Maurice White
|
| 99 |
record label: Arista 0569
chart position: RandB #3, US #56
written by: Phil Perry & Chuck Jackson
album: Aretha [1980 album]
comments: [ballad]
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| 100 |
record label: Arista 12323
chart position: RandB #12, UK #47, US #101, US dance #6
written by: James Mtume & Reggie Lucas
album: You Know How to Love Me
comments: [disco dance]
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