| 1 |
record label: Motown 1519
chart position: RandB #1, UK #7, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Endless Love: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [Motown Sound] [love ballad]
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| 2 |
record label: Tamla 54321
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #2, US AC #4
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Being with You / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 3 |
record label: RCA 12357
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #8, US dance #1 US AC #12, US rock #28
written by: Daryl Hall, John Oates & Sara Allen
album: Private Eyes
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| 4 |
record label: Columbia 02536
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #3, US dance #3
written by: Wayne Vaughn & Maurice White
album: Raise!
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| 5 |
record label: Planet 47929
chart position: RandB #7, UK #10, US #2, US AC #6
written by: John Bettis & Michael Clark
album: Black & White
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| 6 |
record label: RCA 13479
chart position: RandB #6, UK #4, US #7, AC #2
written by: Frankie Lymon, Herman Santiago (uncredited), George Goldner (uncredited) & Morris Levy
album: Why Do Fools Fall in Love
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| 7 |
record label: Elektra 45128
chart position: RandB #3, US #2, UK #34, AC #2
written by: Bill Withers, Ralph MacDonald & William Salter
album: Winelight
comments: [jazz funk]
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| 8 |
record label: De lite 818
chart position: RandB #4, UK #3, US dance #16, US #10
written by: Ronald Bell (as Khalis Bayyan), Kool & the Gang & James
album: Something Special
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| 9 |
record label: Capitol 4953
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, US AC #1
written by: Rokusuke Ei, Hachidai Nakamura, Abraham Quintanilla III (as Abraham Quintanilla Jr.) & Pete Astudill
album: Twice as Sweet
comments: [ballad]
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| 10 |
record label: Warner Bros. 17877 (UK)
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, UK #29, US dance #32
written by: Bill Champlin, Jay Graydon & Steve Lukather
album: The George Benson Collection
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| 11 |
record label: Motown 1527
chart position: RandB #5, UK #44, US #4, AC #5
written by: Lionel Richie
album: In the Pocket / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [ballad]
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| 12 |
record label: Arista 0592
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, AC #11
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: A Woman Needs Love
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| 13 |
record label: Motown 1235
chart position: UK #2
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Hotter Than July
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 14 |
record label: Casablanca 2338
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #11, US AC #9
written by: Marc Blatte & Larry Gottlieb
album: Tonight!
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| 15 |
record label: Carrere 183(UK)
chart position: UK #3
written by: Jean Kluger, Daniel Vangarde and Nelly Byl
album: Greatest Hits
comments: [pop soul] [disco]
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| 16 |
record label: Columbia 11433
chart position: RandB #4, UK #5, US #12, US AC #1
written by: Dana Walden
album: How 'Bout Us
comments: [slow jam]
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| 17 |
record label: Motown 1514
chart position: RandB #5, US #8, UK #56, US dance #53, US AC #13
written by: Harold Hudson, Shirley King & William King
album: In the Pocket / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
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| 18 |
record label: Arista 0588
chart position: RandB #45, US #6, US AC #5
written by: Gino Vannelli
album: Nightwalker
comments: [ballad]
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| 19 |
record label: Tamla Motown 976
chart position: RandB #42, UK #1, US #55, US AC #37
written by: Sam Brown & Rene Armand
album: One Day in Your Life / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [ballad]
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| 20 |
record label: Solar 12154
chart position: RandB #2, UK #9, US #28, US dance #4
written by: William Shelby & Dana Meyers
album: Imagination
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| 21 |
record label: De lite 815
chart position: RandB #1, US #17, UK #29, US dance #16
written by: George Brown, Kool & the Gang, Claydes Charles Smith & James
album: Something Special
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| 22 |
record label: Gordy 7205
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #3, US #16
written by: Rick James & Alonzo Miller
album: Street Songs / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [disco funk]
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| 23 |
record label: Warner 49746
chart position: RandB #6, US #15, UK #55, US AC #6
written by: Roger Murrah & Keith Stegall
album: Breakin' Away
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| 24 |
record label: Tamla 54323
chart position: RandB #29, UK #3, US #64, US AC #33
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Hotter Than July
comments: [ballad]
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| 25 |
record label: AandM 2309
chart position: RandB #10, UK #14, US #28, US dance #3
written by: Chas Jankel & Kenny Young
album: The Dude
comments: [disco jazz]
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| 26 |
record label: AandM 2387
chart position: RandB #10, US #14, US AC #5
written by: Kathy Wakefield, Ben Wright & Tony Coleman
album: The Dude
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| 27 |
record label: 20th Century 2488
chart position: RandB #2, US #22, UK #34, US dance #20
written by: Leon Haywood
album: Carl Carlton
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| 28 |
record label: AandM 2357
chart position: RandB #11, US #17, UK #76, US AC #7
written by: Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
album: The Dude
comments: [ballad]
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| 29 |
record label: Sire 49882
chart position: RandB #2, US dance #1, US #31, UK #65, US rock #24
written by: Adrian Belew, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Monte Browne, Tyrone Downie & Uziah
album: Tom Tom Club
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| 30 |
record label: MCA 13956
chart position: UK #4
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Lee John, Ashley Ingram and Errol Kennedy
album: Body Talk
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| 31 |
record label: RCA Victor 12244
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #27, US #40
written by: Kashif
album: I'm in Love
comments: [disco, dance, boogie]
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| 32 |
record label: Epic 01052
chart position: RandB #6, US #19, US AC #16
written by: George Duke
album: The Clarke/Duke Project
comments: [ballad]
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| 33 |
record label: RCA 58(UK)
chart position: UK #4
written by: Berry Gordy, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards and Fonce Mizell
album: Good Thing Going
comments: [Reggae]
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| 34 |
record label: Epic 1857
chart position: RandB #1, US #33, UK #44, US dance #4
written by: Luther Vandross
album: Never Too Much
comments: [dance, boogie]
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| 35 |
record label: Elektra 47124
chart position: RandB #27, US #15, US AC #15
written by: Lee Ritenour, Eric Tagg & Eric Champlin
comments: (vocal: Eric Tagg)
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| 36 |
record label: RCA 12240
chart position: UK #4, RandB #68, US dance #55
written by: Lamont Dozier
album: I Got the Melody
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| 37 |
record label: Gordy 7197
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #47, US #40
written by: Rick James
album: Street Songs / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
comments: [disco funk]
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| 38 |
record label: Cotillion 46015
chart position: RandB #2, US #26, US AC #19
written by: Burt Keyes & Sylvia Robinson
album: With You / The Best of All Platinum
comments: [ballad]
|
| 39 |
record label: WMOT 5356
chart position: RandB #1, US #30, US dance #51
written by: Frankie Smith & Bill Bloom
album: Children of Tomorrow
comments: [disco funk]
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| 40 |
record label: AandM 2334
chart position: UK #11, RandB #17, US dance #3
written by: Rod Temperton
album: The Dude
comments: [jazz funk]
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| 41 |
record label: De lite 813
chart position: RandB #33, UK #17, US #39
written by: George Brown & Kool & the Gang
album: Celebrate
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| 42 |
record label: Chrysalis 2500
chart position: UK #7
written by: David Grant and Peter Martin [Peter Michael Martin]
album: Intuition
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| 43 |
record label: De lite 816
chart position: RandB #12, UK #12, US dance #16, US #88
written by: Ronald Bell, James Taylor, Kool And The Gang
album: Something Special
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| 44 |
record label: Warner 49808
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #1, US #70
written by: Prince
album: Controversy
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| 45 |
record label: Gordy 7202
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #12, US #50, UK #76
written by: Teena Marie
album: It Must Be Magic
comments: [disco funk]
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| 46 |
record label: Cotillion 46007
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #6, UK #41, US #79
written by: Narada Michael Walden (as Narada Walden), Lisa Walden, Allee Willis & Joni Sledge
album: All American Girls
comments: [disco dance]
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| 47 |
record label: Solar 12129
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #12, US #55
written by: Fred Alexander, Norman Beavers, Marvin Craig, Tiemeyer McCain, Thomas Shelby, Stephen Shockley
album: Fantastic Voyage
comments: [funk]
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| 48 |
record label: Island 6244(UK)
chart position: UK #8
written by: Vincent Ford and Bob Marley (uncredited)
comments: re release [reggae]
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| 49 |
record label: Beggars Banquet 151.041
chart position: UK #8
written by: Andy Stennett, John Rocca and Peter Maas
album: Southern Freeez
comments: [disco funk] feat. Ingrid Mansfield Allman
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| 50 |
record label: Warner 49692
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #22, US #53
written by: Ned Doheny & Hamish Stuart
album: What Cha' Gonna Do for Me
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 51 |
record label: Island 49697
chart position: US dance #2 RandB #5, UK #53, US #101
written by: Koo Koo Baya, Grace Jones & Dana Mano
album: Nightclubbing
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| 52 |
record label: Columbia 02102
chart position: RandB #5, US dance #5, UK #76, US #70
written by: Mike Sutton & Brenda Sutton
album: In the Night
|
| 53 |
record label: Solar 12193
chart position: RandB #6, UK #30, US #60
written by: William Shelby, Ricky Smith & Kevin Spencer
album: Three for Love
|
| 54 |
record label: 20th Century 2492
chart position: RandB #3, US #40, US dance #82
written by: James Mtume & Reggie Lucas
album: Stephanie
|
| 55 |
record label: RFC/Atlantic 3809
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #7, US #80
written by: Davide Romani & Tanyayette Willoughby
album: Miracles
|
| 56 |
record label: Warner 49857
chart position: UK #11
written by: Tom Snow and Nan O'Byrne
album: Secret Combination
|
| 57 |
record label: Polydor 375(UK)
chart position: UK #12
written by: Bill Sharpe (as William Sharpe) and Roger Odell
album: Night Birds
comments: [jazz funk]
|
| 58 |
record label: Arista 0624
chart position: RandB #6, UK #49, US #46
written by: Sam Dees
album: Love All The Hurt Away
comments: [ballad]
|
| 59 |
record label: Prelude 8031
chart position: UK #12, US Dance #31
written by: Guiliano Salerni and Phil Hurtt
album: Hi Gloss
|
| 60 |
record label: Arista 0616
chart position: RandB #26, US #21, US AC #7
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: A Woman Needs Love
|
| 61 |
record label: Warner 49786
chart position: RandB #1, US #79, US dance #25
written by: Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
album: The Many Facets of Roger
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| 62 |
record label: Capitol 4993
chart position: RandB #8, UK #41, US dance #3
written by: Mauro Malavasi & Paul Slade
album: The Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band
comments: [disco, funk, boogie]
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| 63 |
record label: Mercury 76101
chart position: RandB #5, UK #47, US #60
written by: Oliver Scott & Ronnie Wilson
album: Gap Band III
|
| 64 |
record label: Capitol 5065
chart position: RandB #6, US #42
written by: Peabo Bryson
album: I Am Love
comments: [ballad]
|
| 65 |
record label: Warner 50002
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #9, US #104
written by: Prince
album: Controversy
|
| 66 |
record label: Motown 1503
chart position: RandB #13, UK #41, US #50
written by: Jermaine Jackson
album: Jermaine [1980 album] / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 12
|
| 67 |
record label: Prelude 8024
chart position: US dance #5, RandB #57, UK #31
written by: Willie Lester & Rodney Brown
album: Sharon Redd
comments: [disco funk boogie]
|
| 68 |
record label: Qwest 49754
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #24, UK #76
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Every Home Should Have One
|
| 69 |
record label: Mercury 76126
chart position: RandB #14, US dance #5, UK #42, US #84
written by: Linton Beckles, Lipson Francis & Roy Carter
album: Central Line
|
| 70 |
record label: RFC/Atlantic 3813
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #22, US #103
written by: Gino Soccio
album: Closer
comments: [funk jazz]
|
| 71 |
record label: Columbia 02170
chart position: UK #10, RandB #88
written by: Bunny Clarke
album: Rock the World
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 72 |
record label: Elektra 47067
chart position: US dance #2, RandB #13, US #102
written by: Patrice Rushen, Charles Mims , Freddie Washington & Sheree Brown
album: Posh
|
| 73 |
record label: RFC/Atlantic 3832
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #40, US #89
written by: Davide Romani (as David Romani) & Paul Slade
album: Miracles
|
| 74 |
record label: Mirage 3780
chart position: RandB #11, US dance #13, UK #63
written by: Sandy Linzer & L. Russel Brown
album: House of Music
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 75 |
record label: Solar 2232
chart position: US dance #4, RandB #40, UK #44, US #105
written by: Dana Meyers, Stephen Shockley & William Shelby
album: Imagination
|
| 76 |
record label: Pavillion 6407
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #28, US #104
written by: Tony Valor
album: Fantasy
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| 77 |
record label: Cotillion 46006
chart position: RandB #11, UK #50, US #67
written by: Mark Adams, Steve Arrington, Raye Turner (as Ray Turner), Steve Washington & Danny Webster
album: Stone Jam
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 78 |
record label: AandM 8368
chart position: RandB #11, UK #50, US #67
written by: George Johnson & Louis Johnson
album: Winners
comments: [disco funk jazz]
|
| 79 |
record label: Salsoul 7017
chart position: RandB #6, US #71, US dance #35
written by: Steve Washington, Curt Jones & Starleana Young
album: A Little Love
|
| 80 |
record label: Cotillion 46022
chart position: RandB #6, US dance #21, US #91
written by: Mark Adams, Steve Arrington, Charles Carter, Jimmy Douglass & Floyd Miller
album: Show Time
comments: [funk]
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| 81 |
record label: Elektra 12494 (UK)
chart position: US dance #2, RandB #30, UK #66
written by: Patrice Rushen & Freddie Washington
album: Posh
|
| 82 |
record label: Gordy 7215
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #38, US #102
written by: Rick James
album: Street Songs
comments: [Motown Sound] [funk]
|
| 83 |
record label: Warner 49744
chart position: RandB #4, US #67
written by: Larry Graham
album: Just Be My Lady
comments: [ballad]
|
| 84 |
record label: Warner 49842
chart position: RandB #25, US #43, US AC #30
written by: Tom Canning, Jay Graydon & Al Jarreau
album: Breakin' Away
|
| 85 |
record label: ARC 02406
chart position: RandB #11, US #53
written by: Fritz Baskett, Clarence McDonald & Deniece Williams
album: My Melody
comments: [ballad]
|
| 86 |
record label: Ice 4424
chart position: UK #13
written by: Eddie Grant
album: Can't Get Enough
|
| 87 |
record label: Phase II 02449
chart position: US dance #5, RandB #41, UK #49
written by: Hamilton Bohannon & Perri Johnson
|
| 88 |
record label: RandB 202(UK)
chart position: UK #16
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Lee John, Ashley Ingram and Errol Kennedy
album: Body Talk
|
| 89 |
record label: Arista 0587
chart position: RandB #34, US #54, US AC #25
written by: Melissa Manchester & Leon Ware
album: For the Working Girl
|
| 90 |
record label: Ensign 201(UK)
chart position: UK #15
written by: Breeze McKrieth, David Baptiste and Kenny Wellington
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 91 |
record label: RandB 206
chart position: UK #16
written by: Steve Jolley, Tony Swain, Lee John, Ashley Ingram and Errol Kennedy
album: Body Talk
|
| 92 |
record label: ARC 11434
chart position: RandB #15, US dance #57, US #59
written by: Larry Dunn, David Foster, Brenda Russell, Maurice White & Verdine White
album: Faces
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| 93 |
record label: Elektra 12559
chart position: US dance #4, RandB #15
written by: William Duckett
album: Love Byrd: Donald Byrd and 125th St, N.Y.C.
comments: [jazz funk]
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| 94 |
record label: Chocolate City 3225
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #45, US #102
written by: Larry Blackmon & Tomi
album: Knights of the Sound Table
comments: [funk]
|
| 95 |
record label: West End 1232
chart position: US dance #6, RandB #10
written by: Kenton Nix
|
| 96 |
record label: Sugar Hill 553
chart position: RandB #15, US dance #38, US #82
written by: Cheryl Cook & Ronald LaPread
album: 8th Wonder
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 97 |
record label: Liberty 1424
chart position: RandB #19, US #60
written by: Ronnie Laws
album: Solid Ground
comments: [ballad] [jazz funk]
|
| 98 |
record label: Becket 101584
chart position: RandB #9, US dance #7
written by: Bert Reid & Ronald Mill
album: I'll Do Anything for You
|
| 99 |
record label: Tamla 54327
chart position: RandB #31, UK #76, US #59
written by: Smokey Robinson
album: Being with You
comments: [Motown Sound]
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| 100 |
record label: Atlantic 3788
chart position: RandB #15, UK #49, US dance 5
written by: Norman Durham & Woody Cunningham
album: License to Dream
comments: [disco funk]
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