Top R&B Songs of 1975 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

as Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony
instrumental
[Avco 4653]
written by Van McCoy

[Epic 50057]
written by Minnie Riperton & Richard Rudolph

[T.K. 1015]
written by Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch

charted as Overture / Love Machine in US dance charts
[Tamla 54262]
written by Billy Griffin & Warren Moore

[Motown 1377]
written by Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin

[Oasis 401]
written by Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte

[Big Tree 16047]
written by Errol Brown & Tony Wilson

instrumental
[Midland International 10339]
written by Sylvester Levay & Stephan Prager

[United Artists 752]
written by J. Vincent Edwards & Pierre Tubbs

[T.K. 1009]
written by Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch

as The Elton John Band
[MCA 40364]
written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin

[RCA Victor 10320]
written by David Bowie, Carlos Alomar & John Lennon

[Playboy 6024]
written by Dan Hamilton & Ann Hamilton

live
[Buddah 463]
written by Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones [songwriter], Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch

[Mercury 73734]
written by William Beck, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell & Jimmy Williams

[20th Century 2177]
written by Barry White

[Capitol 4179]
written by Kenneth St. Lewis & Freddie Perren

[Columbia 3-10090]
written by Philip Bailey, Larry Dunn & Maurice White

[Curtom 0109]
written by Curtis Mayfield

[Avco 4656]
written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss

instrumental
[ABC 12135]
written by Barry De Vorzon

[United Artists 706]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott & Jerry Goldstein

[Kudu 925]
written by María Grever & Stanley Adams

[Fantasy 736]
written by Barney Perry

aka Games People Play
[Atlantic 3284]
written by Joseph B. Jefferson, Bruce Hawes & Charles Simmons

[Motown 1376]
written by Charles H. Kipps Jr.

[Philadelphia International 3577]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

[Atlantic 3248]
written by Vinnie Barrett & Bobby Eli

[Wing and a Prayer 103]
written by Harry Akst & Benny Davis

charted as Sweet Love / Brick House in UK charts
[Motown 1381]
written by Lionel Richie

[T-Neck 2256]
written by Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr., Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper

[Private Stock 45021]
written by Bob Crewe & Denny Randell

[Capitol 4109]
written by Chuck Jackson & Marvin Yancy

charted as Sing A Song/Gratitude in US dance charts
[Columbia 3-10251]
written by Al McKay & Maurice White

[Island 026]
written by Pete Wingfield

disco tex & sex-o-lettes & sir monti rock iii
[Chelsea 3015]
written by Bob Crewe & Denny Randell

[Roxbury 2006]
written by Kenny Nolan

written by Al Goodman, Harry Ray & Virginia Dodson

[Buddah 507]
written by Ronald Baker, Earl Young, Allan Felder & Norman Ray Harris

featuring Chaka Khan
[ABC 12149]
written by Chaka Khan & Tony Maiden

[Atlantic 3241]
written by Patrick Grant & Gwen Guthrie

instrumental
[20th Century 2218]
written by Ary Barroso

[Columbia 10140]
written by Al Jacobs & Jimmie Crane

[TSOP 4769]
written by Leon Huff

[Philadelphia International 3579]
written by John Whitehead, Gene McFadden & Victor Carstarphen

[Hi 2282]
written by Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Mabon "Teenie" Hodges

[Capitol 4111]
written by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter

[Brunswick 55520]
written by Eugene Record

[20th Century 2265]
written by Barry White

[United Artists 629]
written by Howard Scott, Morris Dickerson, Harold R. Brown, Charles W. Miller, Lonnie Jordan, Sylvester Allen, Lee Levitan & Gerald Goldstein

featuring Chaka Khan
[ABC 12066]
written by Gavin Christopher

[Philadelphia International 3562]
written by Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead

[Arista 0129]
written by Rudy Clark

[Spring 156]
written by Joe Simon & Raeford Gerald

[Dakar 4549]
written by Hamilton Bohannon

[Atlantic 3261]
written by Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, Stephen Ferrone, Onnie McIntyre & Robbie McIntosh

instrumental
[A&M 1666]
written by Tony Camillo

[Cat 1996]
written by Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke

[Big Tree 16038]
written by Errol Brown & Anthony Wilson

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.

[Buddah 513]
written by David Gates

[Avco 4649]
written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss

[Atlantic 3246]
written by Fernando Arbex

instrumental
[Epic 50139]
written by Michel Legrand

[Motown 1338]
written by Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary, Milan Williams, Ronald LaPread, William King & Walter Orange

[20th Century 2228]
written by Leon Haywood

[Avco 4661]
written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss

[Philadelphia International 3568]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #329]
[Columbia 10172]
written by Charles Stepney, Maurice White & Verdine White

instrumental
[Philadelphia International 3567]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

[20th Century 2208]
written by Barry White

instrumental #1 hit for Jimmy Dorsey in 1942
[Salsoul 2004]
written by Victor Schertzinger & Johnny Mercer

[Tamla 54257]
written by Linda Allen & Harry Booker

[Motown 1310]
written by Donald Fenceton, Mel Larson, Gerald Marcellino & Roderick Rancifer

[Blue Thumb 265]
written by Bonnie Pointer, Anita Pointer & David Rubinson

[Hi 2300]
written by Al Green, Willie Mitchell & Mabon "Teenie" Hodges

[Alston 3713]
written by Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch, William Clarke & Betty Wright

[T.K. 1014]
written by Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch

[Dakar 4544]
written by Hamilton Bohannon

[TSOP 4774]
written by Gene McFadden, John Whitehead & Victor Carstarphen

[Stang 5060]
written by Al Goodman, Harry Ray & Walter Morris

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
[De-Lite 1567]
written by Ronald Bell, D. Boyce, Kool & The Gang, Robert Mickens & Alton Taylor

instrumentation by The Eddie Hazel Band
[Gordy 7142]
written by Jeffrey Bowen, Eddie Hazel & Alphonso Boyd

as The Jimmy Castor Bunch
[novelty]
[Atlantic 3232]
written by Jimmy Castor & Johnny Pruitt

[Tamla 54258]
written by Smokey Robinson

[De-lite 1570]
written by Freida Nerangis & Britt Britton

[Avco 4660]
written by Van McCoy

as The Fatback Band
[Event 227]
written by Bill Curtis & Johnny Flippin

[Capitol 4193]
written by Marvin Jerome Yancy & Charles Henry Jackson Jr.

[Motown 1349]
written by Brian Holland & Eddie Holland Jr.

[Capitol 4010]
written by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter

[T-Neck 2259]
written by Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr., Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper

[Motown 1356]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[Mercury 73713]
written by William "Billy" Beck, Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, Marshall "Rock" Jones, Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, Marvin Pierce, Clarence Satchell & James "Diamond" Williams

[Wing & A Prayer 101]
written by Charlie Smalls

[RCA 10343]
written by Van McCoy

[Wand 11287]
written by Ronald Tyson & Bunny Sigler

[Buddah 470]
written by Larry Weiss & Jerry Ross

[Warner 8105]
written by Larry Graham

instrumental
[Friends & Co. 124]
written by Eddie Drennon