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The Sounds of Blackness Top Songs

Top Songs / Chart Singles Discography

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Video playlist - by chronological order

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Date

Title

Album

Comment

Video

1991

05/1991

③ Optimistic by The Sounds of Blackness

from The Evolution of Gospel

17
dance

3
R&B

28
UK

[artist #3 hit]
[R]
[Perspective 0001]
written by Jimmy Jam (as James Harris), Terry Lewis & Gary Hines

09/1991

The Pressure (Pt. 1) by The Sounds of Blackness

from The Evolution of Gospel

✫1
dance

16
R&B

[Perspective 0007]
written by Gary Hines, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

1992

Soul Holidays by The Sounds of Blackness

55
R&B

[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
written by Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis, Jimmy Wright (as James Wright), Jamecia Bennett & Ann Bennett-Nesby

01/1992

Testify by The Sounds of Blackness

from The Evolution of Gospel

7
dance

12
R&B

[Perspective 0006]
written by Gary Hines, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

12/1992

Joy by The Sounds of Blackness

27
dance

72
R&B

[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[from the movie Mo' Money]
written by Lance Alexander & Tony Tolbert

1993

05/1993

⑤ I'm Going All the Way by The Sounds of Blackness

from Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum

27
UK

[artist #5 hit]
written by Lula Nesby & Jimmy Wright (as James Wright)

1994

03/1994

① I Believe by The Sounds of Blackness

from Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum

101

99
US

✫1
dance

15
R&B

17
UK

[artist #1 hit]
[Perspective 7446]
written by Marshall Jones, Marvin Pierce, Ralph Middlebrooks, Leroy Bonner, Clarence Satchell, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris), Terry Lewis, Junie Morrison (as Walter Morrison), Norman Napier & Gregory Webster

07/1994

④ Everything Is Gonna Be Alright by The Sounds of Blackness

from Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum

10
dance

29
R&B

29
UK

[artist #4 hit]
[Perspective 7462]
written by Jimmy Jam (as James Harris), Terry Lewis, Burt Bacharach & Hal David

12/1994

② I'm Going All the Way by The Sounds of Blackness

from Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum

41
dance

39
R&B

14
UK

[artist #2 hit]
[R]
[Perspective 7480]
written by Lula Nesby & Jimmy Wright (as James Wright)

1995

10.

08/1995

Black Butterfly by The Sounds of Blackness

86
R&B

[Perspective 7500]
written by Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) & Terry Lewis

1996

11.

01/1996

Children of the World (Theme from People) by The Sounds of Blackness

19
dance

90
R&B

141
UK

[Lightyear 54169]
written by Jason Miles & Nona Hendryx

1997

12.

1997

Hold On (Change Is Comin') by The Sounds of Blackness

22
R&B

[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[Perspective album cut]
written by Willie Clarke (as Willie James Clarke), Clarence Reid (as Clarence Henry Reid), Levi Seacer Jr., Billy Steele (as Billy O'Dell Steele), Larry Troutman & Roger (as Roger Troutman)