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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Other • Top 1000

Top R&B Songs of 1969

1968 <-

1969

-> 1970

Video playlist

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Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

11/1969

I Want You Back by Jackson 5

from Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5

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)

04/1969

Oh Happy Day by The Edwin Hawkins Singers

from Let Us Go into the House of the Lord

343

4
US

22
AC

2
R&B

2
UK

featuring Dorothy Combs Morrison
[Pavilion 20,001]
written by traditional & Edwin Hawkins

03/1969

Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In by The 5th Dimension

from The Age of Aquarius

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

05/1969

My Cherie Amour by Stevie Wonder

from My Cherie Amour

317

4
US

3
AC

4
R&B

4
UK

[Tamla 54180]
written by Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby (as Hank Cosby) & Sylvia Moy

11/1969

Someday We'll Be Together by The Supremes

from Cream of the Crop

311

✫1
US

12
AC

✫1
R&B

13
UK

as Diana Ross & the Supremes
[Motown 1156]
written by Johnny Bristol, Jackey Beavers & Harvey Fuqua

10/1969

Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday by Stevie Wonder

from My Cherie Amour

306

7
US

10
AC

5
R&B

2
UK

[Tamla 54188]
written by Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller) & Bryan Wells

08/1969

I Can't Get Next to You by The Temptations

from Puzzle People

302

✫1
US

✫1
R&B

13
UK

[Gordy 7093]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

09/1969

Wedding Bell Blues by The 5th Dimension

from The Age of Aquarius

299

✫1
US

✫1
AC

23
R&B

16
UK

[Soul City 779]
written by Laura Nyro

10/1969

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye by Steam

298

✫1
US

20
R&B

9
UK

featuring Garrett Scott
[Fontana 1667]
written by Paul Leka, Gary DeCarlo & Dale Frashuer

10.

04/1969

Too Busy Thinking About My Baby by Marvin Gaye

from M.P.G.

293

4
US

✫1
R&B

5
UK

[Tamla 54181]
written by Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong & Janie Bradford

11.

03/1969

Time Is Tight by Booker T. & the MG's

from Uptight

279

6
US

9
AC

7
R&B

4
UK

[instrumental]
[Stax 0028]
written by Booker T. Jones

12.

05/1969

What Does It Take (to Win Your Love) by Jr. Walker & The All-Stars

from Home Cookin'

236

4
US

✫1
R&B

13
UK

[Soul 35062]
written by Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua & Vernon Bullock

13.

12/1969

Without Love (There Is Nothing) by Tom Jones

from Tom

235

5
US

✫1
AC

41
R&B

10
UK

[Parrot 40045]
written by Danny Small

14.

03/1969

It's Your Thing by The Isley Brothers

from It's Our Thing

235

2
US

✫1
R&B

30
UK

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #420]
[T-Neck 901]
written by Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley & Rudolph Isley

15.

03/1969

You've Made Me So Very Happy by Blood, Sweat & Tears

from Blood, Sweat & Tears

212

2
US

18
AC

46
R&B

35
UK

[Columbia 44776]
written by Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Frank Wilson & Berry Gordy

16.

05/1969

Spinning Wheel by Blood, Sweat & Tears

from Blood, Sweat & Tears

210

2
US

✫1
AC

45
R&B

[Columbia 44871]
written by David Clayton-Thomas

17.

08/1969

Hot Fun in the Summertime by Sly & the Family Stone

from Greatest Hits

201

2
US

3
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #247]
[Epic 10497]
written by Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)

18.

12/1969

Hey There Lonely Girl by Eddie Holman

from I Love You

200

2
US

36
AC

4
R&B

[ABC 11240]
written by Leon Carr & Earl Shuman

19.

10/1969

Take a Letter, Maria by R.B. Greaves

from R.B. Greaves

198

2
US

21
AC

10
R&B

[Atco 6714]
written by R.B. Greaves

20.

03/1969

Only the Strong Survive by Jerry Butler

from The Ice Man Cometh

169

4
US

✫1
R&B

[Mercury 72898]
written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Jerry Butler

21.

04/1969

Grazing in the Grass by The Friends of Distinction

from Grazin'

168

3
US

5
R&B

[RCA Victor 0107]
written by Philemon Hou & Harry Elston

22.

02/1969

Twenty-Five Miles by Edwin Starr

from 25 Miles

157

6
US

6
R&B

36
UK

[Gordy 7083]
written by Johnny Bristol, Harvey Fuqua & Edwin Starr

23.

01/1969

I'm Livin' in Shame by The Supremes

from Let the Sunshine In

156

10
US

8
R&B

14
UK

as Diana Ross & the Supremes
[Motown 1139]
written by Pam Sawyer, R. Dean Taylor, Frank E. Wilson, Berry Gordy & Henry Cosby

24.

12/1969

I'll Never Fall in Love Again by Dionne Warwick

from I'll Never Fall in Love Again

152

6
US

✫1
AC

17
R&B

[Scepter 12273]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

25.

02/1969

Runaway Child, Running Wild by The Temptations

from The Temptations Show

147

6
US

✫1
R&B

[Gordy 7084]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

26.

02/1969

This Girl's in Love with You by Dionne Warwick

from Promises, Promises

146

7
US

2
AC

7
R&B

[Scepter 12241]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

27.

05/1969

Color Him Father by The Winstons

from Color Him Father

141

7
US

15
AC

2
R&B

[Metromedia 117]
written by Richard Spencer

28.

08/1969

That's the Way Love Is by Marvin Gaye

from M.P.G.

132

7
US

2
R&B

[Tamla 54185]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

29.

02/1969

My Whole World Ended (the Moment You Left Me) by David Ruffin

from My Whole World Ended

129

9
US

2
R&B

51
UK

[Motown 1140]
written by Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Pam Sawyer & Jimmy Roach

30.

05/1969

I Can Sing a Rainbow / Love Is Blue by The Dells

124

22
US

5
R&B

15
UK

[Cadet 5641]
written by Arthur Hamilton, Bryan Blackburn, André Popp & Pierre Cour

31.

01/1969

Baby, Baby Don't Cry by The Miracles

from Time Out for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

119

8
US

3
R&B

as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
[Tamla 54178]
written by Smokey Robinson, Al Cleveland & Terry Johnson

32.

08/1969

Oh, What a Night by The Dells

from Love Is Blue

112

10
US

✫1
R&B

[R]
[Cadet 5649]
written by Marvin Junior & Johnny Funches

33.

11/1969

The Onion Song by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

from Easy

107

50
US

18
R&B

9
UK

[Tamla 54192]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

34.

06/1969

Mother Popcorn (You Got to Have a Mother for Me) (Part 1) by James Brown

from It's a Mother

105

11
US

✫1
R&B

[King 6245]
written by James Brown & Pee Wee Ellis (as Alfred Ellis)

35.

10/1969

Backfield in Motion by Mel & Tim

from Good Guys Only Win in the Movies

102

10
US

3
R&B

[Bamboo 107]
written by Mel Hardin & Tim McPherson

36.

03/1969

The Chokin' Kind by Joe Simon

from The Chokin' Kind

13
US

✫1
R&B

[Sound Stage 7 2628]
written by Harlan Howard

37.

08/1969

Share Your Love with Me by Aretha Franklin

from This Girl's in Love with You

13
US

✫1
R&B

[Atlantic 2650]
written by Al Braggs (as Alfred Braggs) & Don Robey (as Deadric Malone)

38.

09/1969

Baby I'm for Real by The Originals

from Green Grow the Lilacs

14
US

✫1
R&B

[Soul 35066]
written by Marvin Gaye & Anna Gordy Gaye

39.

01/1969

Give It Up or Turn It a Loose by James Brown

from Ain't It Funky

15
US

✫1
R&B

[King 6213]
written by Charles Bobbit

40.

02/1969

I Don't Know Why (I Love You) by Stevie Wonder

from For Once in My Life

39
US

16
R&B

14
UK

US b side to My Cherie Amour
[Tamla 54180]
written by Stevie Wonder, Paul Riser, Don Hunter & Lula Mae Hardaway (as Lula Hardaway)

41.

02/1969

Do Your Thing by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band

from In the Jungle, Babe

11
US

12
R&B

as The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
[Warner 7250]
written by Charles Wright

42.

02/1969

The Weight by Aretha Franklin

from This Girl's in Love with You

19
US

3
R&B

55
UK

[Atlantic 2603]
written by Robbie Robertson

43.

08/1969

Going in Circles by The Friends of Distinction

from Grazin'

15
US

3
R&B

[RCA Victor 0204]
written by Jerry Peters & Anita Poree

44.

12/1969

The Thrill Is Gone by B.B. King

from Completely Well

15
US

3
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #183]
[BluesWay/ABC 61032]
written by Roy Hawkins & Rick Darnell

45.

05/1969

Black Pearl by Sonny Charles

from Love Is All We Have to Give

13
US

8
R&B

as Sonny Charles & the Checkmates, Ltd.
[A&M 1053]
written by Phil Spector, Toni Wine & Irwin Levine

46.

10/1969

Friendship Train by Gladys Knight & the Pips

from Gladys Knight & the Pips Greatest Hits

17
US

2
R&B

[Soul 35068]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

47.

10/1969

These Eyes by Jr. Walker & The All-Stars

from What Does It Take to Win Your Love

16
US

3
R&B

[Soul 35067]
written by Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings

48.

09/1969

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' by Dionne Warwick

from Soulful

16
US

10
AC

13
R&B

[Scepter 12262]
written by Phil Spector, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

49.

07/1969

Your Good Thing (Is About to End) by Lou Rawls

from The Way It Was, The Way It Is

18
US

35
AC

3
R&B

[Capitol 2550]
written by Isaac Hayes & David Porter

50.

08/1969

Keem-O-Sabe by The Electric Indian

from Keem-O-Sabe

16
US

6
AC

46
R&B

[instrumental]
[United Artists 50563]
written by Bernice Borisoff & Bernard Binnick

51.

07/1969

The Nitty Gritty by Gladys Knight & the Pips

from Nitty Gritty

19
US

2
R&B

[Soul 35063]
written by Lincoln Chase

52.

02/1969

Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

from Easy

30
US

11
R&B

26
UK

[Tamla 54179]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

53.

06/1969

Choice of Colors by The Impressions

from The Young Mods' Forgotten Story

21
US

✫1
R&B

[Curtom 1943]
written by Curtis Mayfield

54.

11/1969

Eleanor Rigby by Aretha Franklin

from This Girl's in Love with You

17
US

5
R&B

[Atlantic 2683]
written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

55.

01/1969

Take Care of Your Homework by Johnnie Taylor

from Who's Making Love…

20
US

2
R&B

[Stax 0023]
written by Homer Banks, Don Davis, Raymond Jackson & Tom Kelly

56.

05/1969

Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down by The Temptations

from Puzzle People

20
US

2
R&B

[Gordy 7086]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

57.

10/1969

Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn (Part 1) by James Brown

from It's a New Day – Let a Man Come In

21
US

2
R&B

[King 6255]
written by James Brown

58.

07/1969

Workin' on a Groovy Thing by The 5th Dimension

from The Age of Aquarius

20
US

9
AC

15
R&B

[Soul City 776]
written by Neil Sedaka & Roger Atkins

59.

04/1969

I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself) by James Brown

20
US

3
R&B

[King 6224]
written by James Brown

60.

08/1969

What's the Use of Breaking Up by Jerry Butler

from Ice on Ice

20
US

4
R&B

[Mercury 72960]
written by Kenny Gamble, Thom Bell & Jerry Butler

61.

08/1969

Jealous Kind of Fella by Garland Green

from Jealous Kind of Fella

20
US

5
R&B

[Uni 55143]
written by Jo Armstead (as Josephine Armstead), Garland Green, Cash McCall (as Maurice Dollison) & Rudolph Browner

62.

04/1969

Cissy Strut by The Meters [1°]

from The Meters

23
US

4
R&B

[instrumental]
[Josie 1005]
written by Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli & George Porter Jr.

63.

11/1969

Ain't It Funky Now (Part 1) by James Brown

from Ain't It Funky

24
US

3
R&B

[instrumental]
[King 6280]
written by James Brown

64.

01/1969

There'll Come a Time by Betty Everett

26
US

2
R&B

[Uni 55100]
written by Floyd Smith & Eugene Record

65.

05/1969

Moody Woman by Jerry Butler

from Ice on Ice

24
US

3
R&B

[Mercury 72929]
written by Kenny Gamble, Thom Bell & Jerry Butler

66.

05/1969

I Turned You On by The Isley Brothers

from The Brothers: Isley

23
US

6
R&B

[T-Neck 902]
written by Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley (as O'Kelly Isley Jr.) & Rudolph Isley

67.

05/1969

No Matter What Sign You Are by The Supremes

from Let the Sunshine In

31
US

17
R&B

37
UK

as Diana Ross & the Supremes
[Motown 1148]
written by Berry Gordy & Henry Cosby

68.

04/1969

I Can't See Myself Leaving You by Aretha Franklin

from Aretha Now

28
US

3
R&B

[Atlantic 2619]
written by Ronnie Shannon

69.

04/1969

Stand! by Sly & the Family Stone

from Stand!

22
US

14
R&B

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #241]
[Epic 10450]
written by Sly Stone (as Sylvester Stewart)

70.

08/1969

Daddy's Little Man by O.C. Smith

from O.C. Smith at Home

34
US

6
AC

9
R&B

[Columbia 44948]
written by Mac Davis

71.

03/1969

I'll Try Something New by Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations

from Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations

25
US

8
R&B

[Motown 1142]
written by Smokey Robinson

72.

03/1969

Snatching It Back by Clarence Carter

from Testifyin'

31
US

4
R&B

[Atlantic 2605]
written by Clarence Carter & George Jackson

73.

06/1969

Reconsider Me by Johnny Adams

from Heart & Soul

28
US

8
R&B

[SSS International 770]
written by Myrna Smith & Margaret Lewis

74.

05/1969

Testify (I Wonna) by Johnnie Taylor

from The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues

36
US

4
R&B

[Stax 0033]
written by Daron Taylor & George Clinton

75.

09/1969

Let a Woman Be a Woman, Let a Man Be a Man by Dyke and the Blazers

36
US

4
R&B

[Original Sound 89]
written by Arlester Christian

76.

03/1969

Is It Something You've Got by Tyrone Davis

34
US

5
R&B

[Dakar 605]
written by Barry Despenza & Carl Wolfolk

77.

04/1969

The Composer by The Supremes

from Let the Sunshine In

27
US

21
R&B

as Diana Ross & the Supremes
[Motown 1146]
written by Smokey Robinson

78.

12/1969

Point It Out by The Miracles

from A Pocket Full of Miracles

37
US

4
R&B

as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
[Tamla 54189]
written by Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin (as Marvin Tarplin) & Al Cleveland

79.

06/1969

Doggone Right by The Miracles

from Time Out for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

32
US

7
R&B

as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
US B side to Here I Go Again
[Tamla 54183]
written by Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin & Al Cleveland

80.

05/1969

So I Can Love You by The Emotions [female R&B trio]

from So I Can Love You

39
US

3
R&B

[Volt 4010]
written by Sheila Hutchinson

81.

05/1969

The Popcorn by James Brown

from The Popcorn

30
US

11
R&B

[instrumental]
[King 6240]
written by James Brown

82.

08/1969

Walk On By by Isaac Hayes

from Hot Buttered Soul

30
US

13
R&B

[Enterprise 9003]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

83.

02/1969

Sophisticated Cissy by The Meters [1°]

from The Meters

34
US

7
R&B

[instrumental]
[Josie 1001]
written by Art Neville, Ziggy Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli & George Porter Jr.

84.

08/1969

In a Moment by The Intrigues

from In a Moment

31
US

10
R&B

[Yew 1001]
written by Alfred Brown, Ronald Hamilton, James Harris [The Intrigues] & James Lee

85.

05/1969

The April Fools by Dionne Warwick

from Dionne Warwick's Greatest Motion Picture Hits

37
US

8
AC

33
R&B

[Scepter 12249]
written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David

86.

04/1969

We Got More Soul by Dyke and the Blazers

35
US

7
R&B

[Original Sound 86]
written by Arlester Christian

87.

12/1969

Love Bones by Johnnie Taylor

from The Johnnie Taylor Philosophy Continues

43
US

4
R&B

[Stax 0055]
written by Don Davis & Al Bell (Alvertis Isbell)

88.

08/1969

You Got Yours and I'll Get Mine by The Delfonics

from The Delfonics Super Hits

40
US

6
R&B

[Philly Groove 157]
written by Thom Bell & William Hart

89.

12/1969

Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn (Part 2) by James Brown

from It's a New Day – Let a Man Come In

40
US

6
R&B

[King 6275]
written by James Brown

90.

09/1969

World (Part 1) by James Brown

from It's a New Day – Let a Man Come In

37
US

8
R&B

[King 6258]
written by James Brown

91.

02/1969

Cloud Nine by Mongo Santamaría

32
US

30
AC

33
R&B

[instrumental]
[Columbia 44740]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

92.

07/1969

Abraham, Martin and John by The Miracles

from Time Out for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

33
US

16
R&B

as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
[Tamla 54184]
written by Dick Holler

93.

07/1969

Nobody but You Babe by Clarence Reid

40
US

7
R&B

[Alston 4574]
written by Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke

94.

05/1969

Love Man by Otis Redding

from Love Man

72
US

17
R&B

43
UK

[Atco 6677]
written by Otis Redding

95.

06/1969

Mrs. Robinson by Booker T. & the MG's

from The Booker T. Set

37
US

20
AC

35
R&B

[instrumental]
[Stax 0037]
written by Paul Simon

96.

02/1969

Soulshake by Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson

from Soulshake

37
US

13
R&B

[SSS International 761]
written by Margaret Lewis & Myrna Smith

97.

06/1969

Abraham, Martin and John by Moms Mabley

35
US

18
R&B

[Mercury 72935]
written by Dick Holler

98.

11/1969

What You Gave Me by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

from Easy

49
US

6
R&B

[Tamla 54187]
written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson

99.

08/1969

Here I Go Again by The Miracles

from Time Out for Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

37
US

15
R&B

as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
[Tamla 54183]
written by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore (as Warren Moore), Terry Johnson & Al Cleveland

100.

03/1969

Don't Touch Me by Bettye Swann

38
US

14
R&B

[Capitol 2382]
written by Hank Cochran

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