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Top R&B Songs of 1975

1974 <-1975-> 1976
    

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1.
04/1975
435

✫1
US
2
AC
3
dance
✫1
R&B
3
UK
as Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony
[instrumental]
[Avco 4653]
written by Van McCoy
2.
01/1975
429

✫1
US
4
AC


3
R&B
2
UK
[Epic 50057]
written by Minnie Riperton & Richard Rudolph
3.
08/1975
388

✫1
US


18
dance
✫1
R&B
4
UK
[T.K. 1015]
written by Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) & Richard Finch
4.
10/1975
386

✫1
US


20
dance
5
R&B
3
UK
charted as Overture / Love Machine in US dance charts
[Tamla 54262]
written by Billy Griffin & Pete Moore (as Warren Moore)
5.
10/1975
376

✫1
US
✫1
AC


14
R&B
5
UK
[Motown 1377]
written by Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin
6.
10/1975
372

2
US


✫1
dance
3
R&B
4
UK
[Oasis 401]
written by Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte
7.
11/1975
348

3
US




6
R&B
2
UK
[Big Tree 16047]
written by Errol Brown & Tony Wilson
8.
09/1975
321

✫1
US
6
AC
✫1
dance
✫1
R&B
28
UK
[instrumental]
[Midland International 10339]
written by Sylvester Levay & Michael Kunze (as Stephan Prager)
9.
11/1975
299

2
US
5
AC


46
R&B
8
UK
[United Artists 752]
written by J. Vincent Edwards & Pierre Tubbs
10.
03/1975
297

✫1
US


11
dance
✫1
R&B
21
UK
[T.K. 1009]
written by Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) & Richard Finch
11.
03/1975
290

✫1
US




32
R&B
12
UK
as The Elton John Band
[MCA 40364]
written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin
12.
03/1975
278

8
US


2
dance
✫1
R&B
5
UK
[20th Century 2177]
written by Barry White
13.
06/1975
276

✫1
US




21
R&B
17
UK
[RCA Victor 10320]
written by David Bowie, Carlos Alomar & John Lennon
14.
06/1975
273

✫1
US
✫1
AC


24
R&B
33
UK
[Playboy 6024]
written by Dan Hamilton & Ann Hamilton
15.
04/1975
260

11
US
2
AC


6
R&B
4
UK
16.
11/1975
257

✫1
US




✫1
R&B
51
UK
[Mercury 73734]
written by Billy Beck (as William Beck), Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell & James "Diamond" Williams (as Jimmy Williams)
17.
11/1975
256

✫1
US
6
AC
6
dance
11
R&B


[instrumental]
[ABC 12135]
written by Barry De Vorzon
18.
01/1975
248

12
US


✫1
dance
✫1
R&B
6
UK
[Vibration 532]
written by Sylvia Robinson
19.
11/1975
242

✫1
US




✫1
R&B


[Capitol 4179]
written by Keni St. Lewis (as Kenneth St. Lewis) & Freddie Perren
20.
02/1975
242

✫1
US




✫1
R&B


[Columbia 10090]
written by Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn & Maurice White
21.
10/1975
242

✫1
US




✫1
R&B


[Curtom 0109]
written by Curtis Mayfield
22.
07/1975
240

51
US
34
AC
13
dance
18
R&B
✫1
UK
23.
09/1975
210

7
US




✫1
R&B
12
UK
24.
07/1975
206

20
US
29
AC
2
dance
10
R&B
6
UK
[Kudu 925]
written by María Grever & Stanley Adams
25.
02/1975
201

6
US
5
AC


4
R&B
23
UK
[Fantasy 736]
written by Barney Perry
26.
08/1975
200

5
US
2
AC


✫1
R&B
52
UK
aka Games People Play
[Atlantic 3284]
written by Joe Jefferson (as Joseph B. Jefferson), Bruce Hawes & Charles Simmons
27.
11/1975
200

9
US




✫1
R&B
10
UK
[Motown 1376]
written by Charles Kipps (as Charles H. Kipps Jr.)
28.
11/1975
191

5
US


✫1
dance
✫1
R&B


[Philadelphia International 3577]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
29.
03/1975
187

5
US
33
AC


✫1
R&B
37
UK
[Atlantic 3248]
written by Vinnie Barrett & Bobby Eli
30.
11/1975
186

14
US
6
AC
2
dance
32
R&B
12
UK
[Wing and a Prayer 103]
written by Harry Akst & Benny Davis
31.
12/1975
185

5
US




2
R&B
32
UK
charted as Sweet Love / Brick House in UK charts
[Motown 1381]
written by Lionel Richie
32.
05/1975
184

4
US


13
dance
✫1
R&B


[T-Neck 2256]
written by Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.), Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
33.
05/1975
184

6
US
9
AC
4
dance
31
R&B
31
UK
[Private Stock 45021]
written by Bob Crewe & Denny Randell
34.
07/1975
179

6
US
45
AC


✫1
R&B
32
UK
[Capitol 4109]
written by Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy
35.
11/1975
179

5
US


5
dance
✫1
R&B


charted as Sing A Song/Gratitude in US dance charts
[Columbia 10251]
written by Al McKay & Maurice White
36.
06/1975
179

15
US




15
R&B
7
UK
[Island 026]
written by Pete Wingfield
37.
04/1975
178

23
US


7
dance
33
R&B
6
UK
disco tex & sex-o-lettes & sir monti rock iii
[Chelsea 3015]
written by Bob Crewe & Denny Randell
38.
02/1975
164

55
US




10
R&B
4
UK
[Roxbury 2006]
written by Kenny Nolan
39.
03/1975
163





12
dance
25
R&B
3
UK
40.
10/1975
162

35
US




10
R&B
5
UK
[Buddah 507]
written by Ron Baker (as Ronald Baker), Earl Young, Allan Felder & Norman Harris (as Norman Ray Harris)
41.
12/1975
161

5
US




✫1
R&B


featuring Chaka Khan
[ABC 12149]
written by Chaka Khan & Tony Maiden
42.
02/1975
160

5
US




✫1
R&B


written by Haras Fyre (as Patrick Grant) & Gwen Guthrie
43.
08/1975
155

11
US
5
AC
✫1
dance
13
R&B
41
UK
[instrumental]
[20th Century 2218]
written by Ary Barroso
44.
05/1975
155

97
US




10
R&B
4
UK
[Columbia 10140]
written by Al Jacobs & Jimmie Crane
45.
07/1975
153

11
US


3
dance
✫1
R&B
36
UK
[TSOP 4769]
written by Leon Huff
46.
11/1975
151

12
US
34
AC


✫1
R&B
23
UK
[Philadelphia International 3579]
written by John Whitehead, Gene McFadden & Victor Carstarphen
47.
12/1975
144

32
US


15
dance
4
R&B
9
UK
charted as Let The Music Play/The Trouble With Me in US dance charts
[20th Century 2265]
written by Barry White
48.
03/1975
141

13
US




✫1
R&B
24
UK
49.
07/1975
138

10
US


2
dance
✫1
R&B


[Capitol 4111]
written by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
50.
09/1975
136

94
US




27
R&B
5
UK
[Brunswick 55520]
written by Eugene Record
51.
05/1975
133

6
US




9
R&B


[United Artists 629]
written by Howard Scott, B.B. Dickerson (as Morris Dickerson), Harold Brown (as Harold R. Brown), Charles Miller (as Charles W. Miller), Lonnie Jordan, Papa Dee Allen (as Sylvester Allen), Lee Oskar (as Lee Levitan) & Jerry Goldstein (as Gerald Goldstein)
52.
02/1975
132

10
US


6
dance
4
R&B
56
UK
featuring Chaka Khan
[ABC 12066]
written by Gavin Christopher
53.
03/1975
130

15
US


✫1
dance
4
R&B
51
UK
[Philadelphia International 3562]
written by Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead
54.
07/1975
129

107
US


11
dance
96
R&B
6
UK
[Arista 0129]
written by Rudy Clark
55.
03/1975
128

8
US




✫1
R&B


[Spring 156]
written by Joe Simon & Ray Godfrey (as Raeford Gerald)
56.
04/1975
127

10
US




7
R&B
31
UK
57.
05/1975
127





11
dance
62
R&B
6
UK
[Dakar 4549]
written by Hamilton Bohannon
58.
03/1975

Dynomite by Bazuka

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122

10
US




29
R&B
28
UK
[instrumental]
[A&M 1666]
written by Tony Camillo
59.
03/1975
120

9
US




✫1
R&B


[Cat 1996]
written by Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke
60.
05/1975
114

28
US




40
R&B
11
UK
[Big Tree 16038]
written by Errol Brown & Tony Wilson (as Anthony Wilson)
61.
05/1975
113

40
US


2
dance
4
R&B
20
UK
[20th Century 2208]
written by Barry White
62.
03/1975
104

60
US


2
dance
56
R&B
14
UK
charted as Honey Bee / Never Can Say Goodbye / Reach Out, I'll Be There in US dance charts
[MGM 14790]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
63.
11/1975
104

22
US
17
AC


4
R&B
30
UK
[Buddah 513]
written by David Gates
64.
01/1975
104

47
US
27
AC


13
R&B
12
UK
65.
02/1975
103

14
US


✫1
dance
24
R&B


[Atlantic 3246]
written by Fernando Arbex
66.
08/1975
101

57
US
10
AC
12
dance
80
R&B
14
UK
[instrumental]
[Epic 50139]
written by Michel Legrand
67.
04/1975
98

19
US




✫1
R&B
51
UK
68.
09/1975
95

15
US




7
R&B
53
UK
[20th Century 2228]
written by Leon Haywood
69.
11/1975
95

76
US




23
R&B
10
UK
70.
04/1975
94



24
AC


64
R&B
9
UK
[Philadelphia International 3568]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
71.
07/1975
94

12
US




5
R&B


[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #329]
[Columbia 10172]
written by Charles Stepney, Maurice White & Verdine White
72.
05/1975
91

42
US


2
dance
2
R&B
37
UK
[instrumental]
[Philadelphia International 3567]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
73.
02/1975
86

18
US




✫1
R&B


[Tamla 54257]
written by Linda Allen & Harry Booker
74.
01/1975
84

15
US




5
R&B


[Motown 1310]
written by Donald Fenceton, Mel Larson, Jerry Marcellino (as Gerald Marcellino) & Roderick Rancifer
75.
07/1975
80

20
US




✫1
R&B


[Blue Thumb 265]
written by Bonnie Pointer, Anita Pointer & David Rubinson
76.
11/1975
79

28
US




✫1
R&B
51
UK
77.
04/1975
78

96
US


2
dance
15
R&B
25
UK
[Alston 3713]
written by Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey), Richard Finch, Willie Clarke (as William Clarke) & Betty Wright
78.
08/1975
76







31
R&B
12
UK
[T.K. 1014]
written by Harry Casey (as Harry Wayne Casey) & Richard Finch
79.
06/1975
71

98
US


3
dance
39
R&B
23
UK
[Dakar 4544]
written by Hamilton Bohannon
80.
12/1975
71







42
R&B
13
UK
81.
04/1975
69

39
US




✫1
R&B
42
UK
[Stang 5060]
written by Al Goodman, Harry Ray & Walter Morris
82.
03/1975
69

35
US




✫1
R&B
53
UK
B side Summer Madness charted from 21 june 1975 in US Hot 100; b side Summer Madness charted from 12 july 1975 in US R&B charts and peaked at #36
written by Ronald Bell, D. Boyce, Kool & The Gang, Robert Mickens & Alton Taylor
83.
03/1975
69

26
US




✫1
R&B


instrumentation by The Eddie Hazel Band
[Gordy 7142]
written by Jeffrey Bowen, Eddie Hazel & Al Boyd (as Alphonso Boyd)
84.
01/1975
69

16
US




22
R&B


as The Jimmy Castor Bunch
[novelty]
[Atlantic 3232]
written by Jimmy Castor & John Pruitt (as Johnny Pruitt)
85.
03/1975
68

26
US




✫1
R&B


[Tamla 54258]
written by Smokey Robinson
86.
02/1975
66

22
US
39
AC
11
dance
23
R&B


[instrumental]
[20th Century 2162]
written by Barry White
87.
06/1975
66

43
US


✫1
dance
5
R&B


[De-lite 1570]
written by Freida Nerangis & Britt Britton
88.
10/1975
66

46
US


15
dance
6
R&B
36
UK
[Avco 4660]
written by Van McCoy
89.
11/1975
66





15
dance
37
R&B
18
UK
as The Fatback Band
[Event 227]
written by Bill Curtis & Johnny Flippin
90.
12/1975
65

32
US
20
AC


✫1
R&B


[Capitol 4193]
written by Marvin Yancy (as Marvin Jerome Yancy) & Chuck Jackson (as Charles Henry Jackson Jr.)
91.
05/1975
65

23
US




4
R&B


[Motown 1349]
written by Brian Holland & Eddie Holland Jr.
92.
01/1975
61

25
US




4
R&B


[Capitol 4010]
written by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter
93.
11/1975
59

22
US




10
R&B


[T-Neck 2259]
written by Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.), Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
94.
06/1975
58

60
US


✫1
dance
6
R&B


[Motown 1356]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
95.
09/1975
56

33
US




✫1
R&B


[Mercury 73713]
written by Billy Beck (as William "Billy" Beck), Leroy Bonner (as Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner), Marshall Jones (as Marshall "Rock" Jones), Ralph Middlebrooks (as Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks), Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell & James "Diamond" Williams
96.
04/1975
56

42
US


✫1
dance
19
R&B


[Wing & A Prayer 101]
written by Charlie Smalls
97.
07/1975
56

37
US


4
dance
9
R&B


[Gordy 7144]
written by Louis Charlemagne
98.
08/1975
54

50
US


15
dance
✫1
R&B


[RCA 10343]
written by Van McCoy
99.
06/1975
53

36
US




✫1
R&B


[Buddah 470]
written by Larry Weiss & Jerry Ross
100.
07/1975
51

38
US




✫1
R&B


[Warner 8105]
written by Larry Graham

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