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Top R&B Songs of the 1960s

1950s <-1960-> 1970s
    

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1.
05/1962
471

✫1
US
✫1
AC


✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #161]
[ABC-Paramount 10330]
written by Don Gibson
2.
03/1963
447

2
US
✫1
AC


7
R&B
2
UK
[Columbia 42674]
written by Doc Pomus (as Jerome "Doc" Pomus) & Mort Shuman
3.
04/1960
441

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #149]
[Warner 5151]
written by Don Everly & Phil Everly
4.
11/1960
438

✫1
US


22
country
3
R&B
✫1
UK
hit for Vaughn Deleath in 1927
[RCA Victor 47-7810]
written by Lou Handman & Roy Turk
5.
11/1968
434

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #80]
[Tamla 54176]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
6.
09/1962
433

✫1
US




5
R&B
✫1
UK
[intrumental]

[London 9561]
written by Joe Meek
7.
07/1960
428

✫1
US




7
R&B
✫1
UK
adapted from the italian song "o sole mio", 1899
[RCA Victor 47-7777]
written by Wally Gold & Aaron Schroeder
8.
03/1961
428

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[Colpix 186]
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
9.
03/1961
421

✫1
US




3
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #466]
[Big Top 3067]
written by Del Shannon (as Charles Westover) & Max Crook
10.
09/1966
420

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #206]

[Motown 1098]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
11.
10/1964
416

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #324]
[Motown 1066]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
12.
12/1961
414

✫1
US
✫1
AC


7
R&B
2
UK
with the Leon Young String Chorale
[instrumental]
[Atco 6217]
written by Mr. Acker Bilk (as Acker Bilk) & Robert Mellin
13.
06/1962
414

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #350]

[Dimension 1000]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
14.
06/1963
411

3
US




9
R&B
✫1
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8188]
written by Bill Giant, Bernie Baum & Florence Kaye
15.
09/1960
411

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #182]
[Atlantic 2071]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
16.
12/1964
411

✫1
US




2
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #34]
[Philles 124]
written by Phil Spector, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
17.
01/1960
410

✫1
US




2
R&B
2
UK
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1961]
[instrumental]
[Columbia 41490]
written by Max Steiner & Mack Discant
18.
01/1962
410

✫1
US




2
R&B
2
UK
harmonica-player is delbert mcclinton
[Smash 1731]
written by Margaret Cobb & Bruce Channel
19.
06/1965
409

✫1
US




19
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #2]

[London 9766]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
20.
07/1965
407

✫1
US




19
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #444]
[Atco 6359]
written by Sonny Bono
21.
11/1969
406

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #120]
charted as I Want You Back / Who's Lovin' You in US R&B charts
[Motown 1157]
written by Berry Gordy (as part of The Corporation), Freddie Perren (as part of The Corporation), Deke Richards (as part of The Corporation) & Fonce Mizell (as part of The Corporation)
22.
05/1963
405

✫1
US
✫1
AC


18
R&B
6
UK
[Capitol 4945]
written by Rokusuke Ei, Hachidai Nakamura, Abraham Quintanilla III (as Abraham Quintanilla Jr.) & Pete Astudillo
23.
10/1962
403

2
US




5
R&B
✫1
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8100]
written by Winfield Scott & Otis Blackwell
24.
06/1960
391

2
US




14
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #232]
[Monument 421]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson
25.
10/1960
385

2
US




27
R&B
✫1
UK
[Cadence 1384]
written by Phil Kaufman & Mike Anthony
26.
01/1963
384

✫1
US
✫1
AC
23
country
4
R&B
10
UK
[Vanguard 35017]
written by Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods
27.
08/1963
380

2
US




4
R&B
4
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #22]
[Philles 116]
written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry & Phil Spector
28.
01/1968
379

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
3
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #28]
[recorded some days before his death]
[Volt 157]
written by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
29.
04/1960
376

✫1
US


27
country
6
R&B
3
UK
[RCA Victor 47-7740]
written by John Leslie McFarland & Aaron Schroeder
30.
07/1962

Sheila by Tommy Roe

from Sheila   
375

✫1
US




6
R&B
3
UK
[ABC-Paramount 10329]
written by Tommy Roe
31.
11/1960
370

✫1
US




2
R&B
4
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #125]
originally released as "Tomorrow"
[Scepter 1211]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
32.
08/1962
368

5
US
2
AC


13
R&B
✫1
UK
[RCA Victor 47-8041]
written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller & Doc Pomus
33.
04/1960
367

3
US




8
R&B
✫1
UK
[Cub 9067]
written by Fred Tobias & Clint Ballard Jr.
34.
08/1966
367

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
3
UK
[Motown 1097]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
35.
08/1960
367

✫1
US




11
R&B
3
UK
[MGM 12923]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield
36.
07/1964
364

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
3
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #472]
[Motown 1060]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
37.
05/1963
363

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
9
UK
produced by Quincy Jones
[Mercury 72119]
written by Herb Wiener, Wally Gold & John Gluck (as John Gluck Jr.)
38.
05/1960
363

✫1
US


24
country
2
R&B
5
UK
[MGM 12899]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield
39.
01/1963
360

3
US
✫1
AC


7
R&B
5
UK
[Valiant 6026]
written by John Gummoe (as John Claude Gummoe)
40.
04/1966
358

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
4
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #54]

[Atlantic 2326]
written by Percy Sledge
41.
06/1963
356

2
US




10
R&B
5
UK
[instrumental]
[Dot 16479]
written by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller & Ron Wilson
42.
03/1964
356

2
US




2
R&B
2
UK
as Millie Small
[Smash 1893]
written by Johnny Roberts & Morris Levy
43.
05/1967
350

5
US




22
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #57]
melody based on the Bach cantata Sleepers Awake
[Deram 7507]
written by Gary Brooker, Keith Reid & Matthew Fisher (uncredited)
44.
08/1962
350

2
US
✫1
AC


7
R&B
5
UK
[Capitol 4804]
written by Noel Sherman & Joe Sherman
45.
08/1967
349

✫1
US




30
R&B
5
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #363]

[Mala 565]
written by Wayne Carson Thompson
46.
11/1968
346

2
US




2
R&B
3
UK
[Tamla 54174]
written by Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller) & Orlando Murden
47.
06/1967
345

2
US




✫1
R&B
5
UK
48.
12/1968
345

2
US




2
R&B
3
UK
[Motown 1137]
written by Kenny Gamble, Jerry Ross & Jerry Williams
49.
04/1967
344

✫1
US




12
R&B
6
UK
50.
04/1969
343

4
US
22
AC


2
R&B
2
UK
featuring Dorothy Combs Morrison
[Pavilion 20,001]
written by traditional & Edwin Hawkins
51.
08/1963
343

6
US




8
R&B
2
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #493]
[Philles 115]
written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry
52.
03/1961
343

4
US




16
R&B
✫1
UK
[instrumental]
[RCA Victor 7840]
written by Floyd Cramer
53.
02/1966
342

2
US




32
R&B
2
UK
[London 9823]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
54.
04/1964
342

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
5
UK
[Motown 1056]
written by Smokey Robinson (as William "Smokey" Robinson)
55.
09/1961
342

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
6
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #377]
[ABC-Paramount 10244]
written by Percy Mayfield
56.
01/1963
341

✫1
US




3
R&B
12
UK
[Vee-Jay 485]
written by Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio
57.
12/1962
339

3
US
2
AC


8
R&B
3
UK
[Liberty 55521]
written by Ben Weisman (as Benjamin Weisman), Dorothy Wayne & Marilyn Garrett (as Marilynn Garrett)
58.
07/1963
335

3
US




12
R&B
4
UK
[live]
[Reprise 20198]
written by Pete Seeger & Lee Hays
59.
04/1967
335

✫1
US




3
R&B
8
UK
as The Young Rascals
[Atlantic 2401]
written by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati
60.
08/1962
335

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
8
UK
[Vee-Jay 456]
written by Bob Gaudio
61.
02/1963
335

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
16
UK
[Laurie 3152]
written by Ronnie Mack (as Ronald Mack)
62.
12/1962
334

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
8
UK
[Philips 40084]
written by Ray Hildebrand
63.
08/1967
333

2
US




4
R&B
5
UK
as Diana Ross & the Supremes
[Motown 1111]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
64.
04/1963
331

3
US




5
R&B
5
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #114]
[Philles 112]
written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich
65.
09/1965

1-2-3 by Len Barry

from 1-2-3   
330

2
US




11
R&B
3
UK
[Decca 31827]
written by John Medora, David White, Len Barry, Brian Holland (uncredited), Lamont Dozier (uncredited) & Eddie Holland Jr. (uncredited)
66.
02/1965
329

✫1
US




2
R&B
7
UK
[Motown 1074]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
67.
08/1962
328

4
US




15
R&B
2
UK
[Monogram 505]
written by Jim Lee
68.
04/1967
328

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
10
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #5]
[Atlantic 2403]
written by Otis Redding
69.
03/1969
327

✫1
US
✫1
AC


6
R&B
11
UK
[Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1970]
[Soul City 772]
written by Galt MacDermot, James Rado & Gerome Ragni
70.
09/1963
326

5
US




8
R&B
3
UK
charted as Blue Bayou / Mean Woman Blues in UK charts
[Monument 824]
written by Claude Demetrius
71.
05/1960
324

4
US




17
R&B
2
UK
[instrumental]
[Jamie 1156]
written by Aaron Schroeder, Don Costa & Wally Gold
72.
05/1961
324

✫1
US




3
R&B
7
UK
as U.S. Bonds
[Legrand 1008]
written by Gene Barge, Frank Guida & Joseph Royster
73.
06/1962
323

✫1
US




12
R&B
7
UK
[RCA Victor 8046]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield
74.
08/1967
323

✫1
US
7
AC
17
country
8
R&B
13
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #412]
[Capitol 5950]
written by Bobbie Gentry
75.
06/1962
321

✫1
US
✫1
AC


5
R&B
15
UK
[Epic 9509]
written by Paul Evans & Al Byron
76.
09/1963
320

✫1
US




4
R&B
17
UK
#1 hit for Larry Clinton in 1939
[Atco 6273]
written by Peter DeRose & Mitchell Parish
77.
03/1967
318

2
US




2
R&B
7
UK
[Atco 6463]
written by Otis Redding, Arthur Conley & Sam Cooke (uncredited)
78.
09/1965
318

2
US




4
R&B
5
UK
adapted from Cach's Minuet in G
[DynoVoice 209]
written by Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell & Johann Sebastian Bach
79.
05/1969
317

4
US
3
AC


4
R&B
4
UK
[Tamla 54180]
written by Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) & Sylvia Moy
80.
10/1966
317

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
8
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #339]

[Motown 1101]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
81.
07/1962
314

2
US
✫1
AC


5
R&B
9
UK
[ABC-Paramount 10345]
written by Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold
82.
07/1960
314

✫1
US




10
R&B
8
UK
[novelty]
[Leader 805]
written by Paul Vance & Lee Pockriss
83.
11/1969
312

✫1
US
12
AC


✫1
R&B
13
UK
as Diana Ross & the Supremes
[Motown 1156]
written by Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers & Harvey Fuqua
84.
11/1960
311

2
US




6
R&B
6
UK
[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1961]
[instrumental]
[United Artists 274]
written by Ernest Gold
85.
10/1962
310

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
13
UK
[Vee-Jay 465]
written by Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio
86.
06/1963
308

✫1
US




4
R&B
21
UK
originally titled "so in love"
[Parkway 871]
written by George Williams [George R. Williams], Bill Jackson & Roy Straigis
87.
10/1969
306

7
US
10
AC


5
R&B
2
UK
[Tamla 54188]
written by Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller) & Bryan Wells
88.
01/1967
303

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
17
UK
[Motown 1103]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
89.
08/1969
302

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
13
UK
[Gordy 7093]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
90.
12/1962
302

2
US
✫1
AC
2
country
4
R&B
18
UK
[RCA Victor 8098]
written by Arthur Kent & Sylvia Dee
91.
05/1960
302

✫1
US




4
R&B
12
UK
[Decca 31093]
written by Dub Albritten (as Dub Albritton) & Ronnie Self
92.
01/1961
301

8
US


25
country
25
R&B
✫1
UK
charted as Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes in UK charts
[Warner 5199]
written by John D. Loudermilk
93.
02/1965
301

10
US
3
AC


26
R&B
✫1
UK

[Parrot 9737]
written by Les Reed & Gordon Mills
94.
06/1963
299

✫1
US




3
R&B
26
UK
[Liberty 55580]
written by Jan Berry & Brian Wilson
95.
09/1969
299

✫1
US
✫1
AC


23
R&B
16
UK
[Soul City 779]
written by Laura Nyro
96.
10/1969
298

✫1
US




20
R&B
9
UK
featuring Garrett Scott
[Fontana 1667]
written by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo & Dale Frashuer
97.
09/1961
296

✫1
US




4
R&B
11
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #342]
[Laurie 3110]
written by Dion (as Dion DiMucci) & Ernie Maresca
98.
02/1960
295

2
US




10
R&B
7
UK
[Cameo 171]
written by Dave Appell, Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe
99.
09/1960
295

✫1
US




3
R&B
14
UK
[Herald 552]
written by Maurice Williams
100.
04/1969
293

4
US




✫1
R&B
5
UK

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