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Top R&B Songs of 1968

1967 <-1968-> 1969

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1.
11/1968
434

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
✫1
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #80]
[Tamla 54176]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
2.
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
3.
11/1968
346

2
US


2
R&B
3
UK
[Tamla 54174]
written by Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller) & Orlando Murden
4.
12/1968
345

2
US


2
R&B
3
UK
[Motown 1137]
written by Kenny Gamble, Jerry Ross & Jerry Williams
5.
10/1968
292

✫1
US


2
R&B
15
UK
as Diana Ross & the Supremes
[Motown 1135]
written by Henry Cosby, Frank Wilson, Pam Sawyer, Deke Richards & R. Dean Taylor
6.
07/1968
265

3
US


29
R&B
6
UK
[RCA Victor 9550]
written by Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger & John Densmore
7.
08/1968
262

5
US
20
AC
21
R&B
5
UK
[JAD 207]
written by Johnny Nash
8.
11/1968
259

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
36
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #145]
[Epic 10407]
written by Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
9.
03/1968
248

✫1
US


✫1
R&B
55
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #265]
[Atlantic 2478]
written by Archie Bell & Billy Buttier
10.
06/1968
242

✫1
US
15
AC
✫1
R&B


[instrumental]
[Uni 55066]
written by Philemon Hou
11.
08/1968
237

10
US


3
R&B
4
UK
B side to The House That Jack Built
[Atlantic 2546]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
12.
08/1968
223

2
US
4
AC
2
R&B


[Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1969]
[Columbia 44616]
written by Bobby Russell
13.
07/1968
218

✫1
US


14
R&B


[Atlantic 2537]
written by Eddie Brigati & Felix Cavaliere
14.
05/1968
217

2
US


2
R&B
53
UK
[instrumental]
written by Jesse James
15.
01/1968
210

8
US


9
R&B
7
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #223]
[Epic 10256]
written by Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)
16.
11/1968
203

6
US


2
R&B
15
UK
[Gordy 7081]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
17.
04/1968
199

10
US
4
AC
23
R&B
8
UK
[Scepter 12216]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
18.
11/1968
196

3
US
2
AC
3
R&B


[instrumental]
[Brunswick 55391]
written by Eugene Record & William Sanders
19.
02/1968
193

40
US


32
R&B
2
UK
[Columbia 44425]
written by Dallas Frazier
20.
01/1968
187

4
US


✫1
R&B
45
UK
21.
07/1968
185

7
US


✫1
R&B
19
UK
[Tamla 54169]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
22.
09/1968
179

83
US


43
R&B
2
UK
charted as Ain't Got No - I Got Life / Do What You Gotta Do in UK charts
[RCA Victor 9602]
written by Jimmy Webb
23.
06/1968
174

3
US


2
R&B


[Soul City 766]
written by Laura Nyro
24.
03/1968
173

5
US


✫1
R&B
47
UK
[Atlantic 2486]
written by Aretha Franklin & Ted White
25.
05/1968
171

7
US


✫1
R&B
26
UK

[Atlantic 2518]
written by Aretha Franklin & Teddy White
26.
02/1968
166

4
US


2
R&B


[Philly Groove 150]
written by Thom Bell & William Hart
27.
10/1968
158

5
US


✫1
R&B


28.
03/1968
156

20
US


17
R&B
7
UK
[Motown 1124]
written by Tim Hardin
29.
12/1968
155

5
US


✫1
R&B


[Dakar 602]
written by Barry Despenza & Carl Wolfolk
30.
04/1968
155

3
US


36
R&B


[Atlantic 2493]
written by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati
31.
04/1968
150

8
US


✫1
R&B
34
UK
[Tamla 54163]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
32.
06/1968
146

8
US


4
R&B
30
UK
[novelty]
[Soul 35044]
written by Billie Jean Brown, Shorty Long (as Frederick Long) & Suzanne DePasse
33.
03/1968
145

6
US


✫1
R&B


[Gamble 214]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
34.
03/1968
144

6
US


✫1
R&B


[King 6155]
written by James Brown
35.
08/1968
143

5
US


6
R&B


[ABC 11094]
written by Ronald B. Killette & Wayne Pittman
36.
08/1968
142

6
US


2
R&B


[Atlantic 2546]
written by Bobby Lance & Fran Robbins
37.
07/1968
142

6
US


2
R&B


[Atlantic 2508]
written by William Armstrong, Marcus Daniel (as Marcus Lewis Daniel) & Wilbur Terrell
38.
04/1968
135

9
US


✫1
R&B
46
UK
[Tamla 54165]
written by Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy & Stevie Wonder
39.
01/1968
134

9
US


4
R&B
34
UK
[Stax 242]
written by Isaac Hayes & David Porter
40.
12/1968
126

58
US


46
R&B
6
UK
[JAD 209]
written by Margaret Nash
41.
06/1968
122

19
US


4
R&B
19
UK
[novelty]
[Chess 2049]
written by Bob Astor, Pigmeat Markham (as Dewey Markham), Dick Allen & Sarah Harvey
42.
05/1968
113

13
US


✫1
R&B
47
UK
43.
02/1968
112

11
US


3
R&B
50
UK
as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
[Tamla 54162]
written by Smokey Robinson
44.
06/1968
111

10
US


✫1
R&B


[R]
[Cadet 5612]
written by Wade Flemons, Bobby Miller & Barrett Strong
45.
09/1968
111

10
US


✫1
R&B


[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #305]
[King 6187]
written by James Brown & Pee Wee Ellis (as Alfred Ellis)
46.
12/1968
110

23
US


13
R&B
16
UK

[Atlantic 2591]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
47.
08/1968
107

75
US


17
R&B
8
UK
[Stax 0005]
written by William Bell & Booker T. Jones
48.
07/1968
107

9
US


5
R&B


[Atlantic 2534]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
49.
07/1968
103

17
US
32
AC
7
R&B
30
UK
[instrumental]
[Stax 0001]
written by Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones & Lewie Steinberg
50.
03/1968
99

14
US


5
R&B
46
UK
[Atco 6563]
written by Arthur Conley & Earl Simms
51.
11/1968
95

9
US
39
AC
35
R&B


[instrumental]
[Stax 0013]
written by Steve Cropper, Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones & Lewie Steinberg
52.
03/1968
93

11
US


6
R&B


[Atlantic 2490]
written by Steve Davis
53.
11/1968
90

13
US


3
R&B


[Atlantic 2569]
written by Johnny Keyes (as John M. Keyes), Clarence Carter, Rick Hall & George Jackson
54.
04/1968
90

25
US


10
R&B
24
UK
[Volt 163]
written by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper
55.
05/1968
89

14
US


2
R&B


[King 6166]
written by James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Pee Wee Ellis (as Alfred Ellis)
56.
08/1968
88

16
US


✫1
R&B


[Mercury 72850]
written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Jerry Butler
57.
12/1968
87

41
US


18
R&B
15
UK
[Atlantic 2590]
written by Isaac Hayes & David Porter
58.
07/1968
84

15
US


3
R&B


[Brunswick 55379]
written by Eugene Record, William Sanders & Carl Davis
59.
11/1968

People by The Tymes

from People   
81

39
US


33
R&B
16
UK
[Columbia 44630]
written by Bob Merrill & Jule Styne
60.
02/1968
81

15
US


5
R&B


61.
07/1968
79

51
US


38
R&B
15
UK
B side to Amen
[Atco 6592]
written by Allen Jones, Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell) & Otis Redding
62.
04/1968
78

15
US


7
R&B


[Atlantic 2504]
written by Rodger Collins
63.
06/1968
78

24
US


6
R&B
38
UK
[Atlantic 2528]
written by Bobby Womack & Wilson Pickett
64.
11/1968
78

14
US


9
R&B


[Atlantic 2574]
written by Steve Cropper & Don Covay
65.
10/1968
76

17
US


4
R&B


[Stax 0012]
written by Sam Cooke
66.
10/1968
74

18
US


3
R&B


[Cadet 5621]
written by Bobby Miller
67.
03/1968
74

28
US


17
R&B
28
UK
as Diana Ross & the Supremes
[Motown 1122]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
68.
03/1968
72

18
US


5
R&B


[Atlantic 2476]
written by Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham
69.
04/1968
72

16
US


9
R&B


B side to (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
[Atlantic 2486]
written by Carolyn Franklin
70.
11/1968
72

21
US


10
R&B
52
UK
[live]
[Atco 6636]
written by James Brown
71.
09/1968
71

13
US


45
R&B


[Soul City 768]
written by Laura Nyro
72.
11/1968
69

19
US
7
AC
47
R&B


[Scepter 12231]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
73.
05/1968
68

20
US


4
R&B


[Mercury 72798]
written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Jerry Butler
74.
09/1968
66

22
US


3
R&B


[Curtom 1932]
written by Curtis Mayfield
75.
12/1968
63

21
US


6
R&B


[Atlantic 2583]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
76.
07/1968
62

35
US


2
R&B
53
UK
[Tamla 54168]
written by Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway & Don Hunter
77.
08/1968
61

33
US
4
AC
43
R&B
56
UK
B side to Who Is Gonna Love Me?
[Scepter 12226]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
78.
07/1968
60

49
US


31
R&B
23
UK
[Motown 1127]
written by Vernon Bullock, Jack Goga, Ivy Jo Hunter & Pam Sawyer
79.
09/1968
60

25
US


3
R&B


[Kapp 935]
written by Guy Draper
80.
01/1968
59

20
US


11
R&B


[Cadet 5590]
written by Raynard Miner & Bobby Miller
81.
03/1968
58

23
US
32
AC
10
R&B


[instrumental]
[Hi 2140]
written by Luther Dixon & King Curtis
82.
08/1968
58

27
US


32
R&B
41
UK
produced by Johnny Rivers
[Soul City 767]
written by Oscar Brown Jr.
83.
08/1968
57

26
US


4
R&B


as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
[Tamla 54172]
written by Smokey Robinson & Al Cleveland
84.
08/1968
57

26
US


4
R&B


[Gordy 7074]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong
85.
06/1968
57

30
US


43
R&B
34
UK
as Diana Ross & the Supremes
[Motown 1126]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
86.
07/1968
57

26
US


4
R&B


[Gamble 217]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
87.
06/1968
55

35
US
33
AC
30
R&B
36
UK
[ABC/TRC 11090]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
88.
10/1968
55

51
US


23
R&B
27
UK
[Motown 1132]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & R. Dean Taylor
89.
01/1968
53

34
US


7
R&B
52
UK
[Tamla 54160]
written by Jeffrey Bowen, Jack Coga & Ivy Jo Hunter
90.
11/1968
53

25
US


8
R&B


[Curtom 1934]
written by Curtis Mayfield
91.
10/1968
52

24
US


11
R&B


[Tamla 54173]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
92.
04/1968
50

25
US


11
R&B


[Sound Stage 7 2608]
written by Buddy Mize & Ira Allen
93.
04/1968
50

29
US


5
R&B


as Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
[Gordy 7069]
written by Tommy Chong (as Thomas Chong) & Tom Baird
94.
10/1968
49

27
US


8
R&B


[SSS International 748]
written by Cliff Thomas, Edward Thomas [songwriter] (as Ed Thomas Jr.) & Bob McRee
95.
03/1968
49

35
US


11
R&B
53
UK
[Cadet 5594]
written by Otis Redding & Margaret Wessen
96.
04/1968
46

29
US
28
AC
15
R&B


[Capitol 2136]
written by Frank Stanton & Angelo Badalamenti (as Andy Badale)
97.
10/1968
46

25
US
31
AC
44
R&B


B side to Hitchcock Railway
[RCA Victor 9641]
written by Tommy Tucker (as Robert Higginbotham)
98.
12/1968
45

24
US


36
R&B


[Atlantic 2584]
written by Eddie Brigati & Felix Cavaliere
99.
07/1968
44

40
US


2
R&B


[Stax 0002]
written by Booker T. Jones, Eddie Floyd & Al Bell (as Alvertis Isbell)
100.
01/1968
44

36
US


3
R&B


[King 6144]
written by James Brown & Bud Hobgood

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