US & UK hit charts

Songs Written by Carl DavisTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Top songs: #1: Love Makes a Woman - #2: The Matador - #3: Two Little Kids - #4: The Coldest Days of My Life (Part 1) - #5: Dear Lover

The Dutones

02/1963

The Bird
The Dutones

4 pts

101

[Columbia 42657]
written by Carl Davis

, Doris Smith & Richard Parker

Major Lance

03/1964

#2 The Matador
Major Lance

from Major's Greatest Hits

69 pts

R&B

[Okeh 7191]
written by Carl Davis

, Billy Butler & Major Lance

Mary Wells

02/1966

#5 Dear Lover
Mary Wells

from The Two Sides of Mary Wells

32 pts

R&B

[Atco 6392]
written by Gerald Sims & Carl Davis

Jackie Wilson

03/1967

I Don't Want to Lose You
Jackie Wilson

from Whispers

20 pts

R&B

B side to Just Be Sincere
[Brunswick 55309]
written by Karl Tarleton & Carl Davis

The Artistics

05/1967

Love Song
The Artistics

from I'm Gonna Miss You

4 pts

111

[Brunswick 55326]
written by Carl Davis

& Larry Johnson

Gene Chandler

09/1967

There Goes the Lover
Gene Chandler

8 pts

R&B

[Brunswick 55339]
written by Otis Leavill & Carl H. Davis

Peaches & Herb

12/1967

#3 Two Little Kids
Peaches & Herb

from Peaches & Herb's Greatest Hits

38 pts

R&B

[Date 1586]
written by Barbara Acklin, Eugene Record & Carl Davis

Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin

03/1968

Show Me the Way to Go
Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin

4 pts

R&B

[Brunswick 55366]
written by Barbara Acklin, Carl Davis

& Eugene Dixon

Lee Charles

04/1968

Standing on the Outside
Lee Charles

3 pts

R&B

[Revue 11007]
written by Karl Tarleton & Carl Davis

Barbara Acklin

10.

07/1968

#1 Love Makes a Woman
Barbara Acklin

from Love Makes a Woman

89 pts

R&B

[Brunswick 55379]
written by Eugene Record, William Sanders & Carl Davis

Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin

11.

10/1968

From the Teacher to the Preacher
Gene Chandler & Barbara Acklin

23 pts

R&B

[Brunswick 55387]
written by Barbara Acklin, Carl Davis

& Eugene Record

Barbara Acklin

12.

11/1968

Just Ain't No Love
Barbara Acklin

from Seven Days of Night

18 pts

R&B

[Brunswick 55388]
written by Carl Davis

& Eugene Record

The Chi-Lites

13.

02/1969

Give It Away
The Chi-Lites

from Give It Away

19 pts

R&B

[Brunswick 55398]
written by Carl Davis

& Eugene Record

Jackie Wilson

14.

03/1969

I Still Love You
Jackie Wilson

7 pts

105

R&B

[Brunswick 55402]
written by Eugene Record & Carl Davis

Erma Franklin

15.

04/1969

Gotta Find Me a Lover (24 Hours a Day)
Erma Franklin

from Soul Sister

3 pts

R&B

[Brunswick 55403]
written by Carl Davis

& Eugene Record

Young-Holt Unlimited

16.

06/1969

Just a Melody
Young-Holt Unlimited

2 pts

R&B

instrumental
[Brunswick 55410]
written by Carl Davis

& Eugene Record

17.

08/1969

Straight Ahead
Young-Holt Unlimited

7 pts

110

instrumental
[Brunswick 55417]
written by Carl Davis

, Ray Haley & Willie Henderson

Tyrone Davis

18.

08/1969

All the Waiting Is Not in Vain
Tyrone Davis

3 pts

125

[Dakar 609]
written by Carl Davis

& Eugene Record

Jackie Wilson

19.

09/1969

Helpless
Jackie Wilson

from Do Your Thing

10 pts

108

R&B

[Brunswick 55418]
written by Eugene Record & Carl Davis

Otis Leavill

20.

11/1969

I Love You
Otis Leavill

24 pts

R&B

[Dakar 614]
written by Carl Davis

, Eugene Record & Barbara Acklin

The Chi-Lites

21.

02/1970

24 Hours of Sadness
The Chi-Lites

from Give It Away

8 pts

119

R&B

[Brunswick 55426]
written by Carl Davis

& Eugene Record

Willie Henderson

22.

02/1970

Funky Chicken (Part 1)
Willie Henderson

from Funky Chicken

13 pts

R&B

as Willie Henderson & Soul Explosions
[Brunswick 55429]
written by Carl Davis

, Willie Henderson Jr. & Tom Washington

The Chi-Lites

23.

07/1972

#4 The Coldest Days of My Life (Part 1)
The Chi-Lites

from A Lonely Man

34 pts

R&B

[Brunswick 55478]
written by Carl Davis

& Eugene Record

Tyrone Davis

24.

10/1973

Wrapped Up in Your Warm and Tender Love
Tyrone Davis

from Without You in My Life

8 pts

R&B

[Dakar 4526]
written by Richard Parker & Carl H. Davis

Sidney Joe Qualls

25.

03/1974

Where the Lillies Grow
Sidney Joe Qualls

from I Enjoy Loving You

1 pts

R&B

[Dakar 4530]
written by Canute Scott, Carl Davis

& Clifford Davis

26.

10/1974

How Can You Say Goodbye
Sidney Joe Qualls

from I Enjoy Loving You

1 pts

R&B

[Dakar 4537]
written by A. J. Tribble, Carl Davis

& Lowrell Simon

27.

11/1974

I Enjoy Loving You
Sidney Joe Qualls

from I Enjoy Loving You

2 pts

R&B

[Dakar 4537]
written by Carl Davis

, Leo Graham & Otis Leavill

Major Lance

28.

03/1975

Sweeter
Major Lance

from Now Arriving

2 pts

R&B

[Playboy 6020]
written by Willie Henderson, Carl Davis

& George Jackson

Phoebe Snow

29.

01/1978

Love Makes a Woman
Phoebe Snow

from Never Letting Go

1 pts

R&B

[Columbia 10654]
written by Eugene Record, Gerald Simms, Carl Davis

& William Sanders

The Chi-Lites

30.

11/1980

Heavenly Body
The Chi-Lites

from Heavenly Body

3 pts

R&B

featuring Gene Record
[Chi-Sound 2472]
written by Carl Davis

& Eugene Record

Walter Jackson

31.

05/1981

Tell Me Where It Hurts
Walter Jackson

from Tell Me Where It Hurts

5 pts

R&B

[Columbia 37132]
written by Carl Davis

& Eugene Record

The Chi-Lites

32.

10/1981

Me and You
The Chi-Lites

from Me and You

1 pts

R&B

[Chi-Sound 2503]
written by Carl Davis

& Eugene Record

Shirley Bassey

33.

03/1984

Sometimes
Shirley Bassey

6 pts

written by Carl Davis

& Norman Newell

Elaine Paige

34.

04/1984

Sometimes
Elaine Paige

from Cinema

8 pts

written by Norman Newell & Carl Davis

Joyce Sims

35.

04/1988

Love Makes a Woman
Joyce Sims

from Come into My Life

12 pts

R&B

featuring Jimmy Castor
[Sleeping Bag 40134]
written by Carl Davis

, Eugene Record & William Sanders