Top R&B Songs of 1972 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[recorded live in manchester, england] [novelty]
[Chess 2131]
written by Chuck Berry

[Epic 10902]
written by Johnny Nash

[Motown 1197]
written by Jimmie Thomas

[Motown 1207]
written by Don Black & Walter Scharf

R Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1973 Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1973
[Atlantic 2864]
written by Ewan MacColl

[Philadelphia International 3521]
written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Cary Gilbert

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #74]
[Tamla 54226]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #205]
[Sussex 235]
written by Bill Withers

[Brunswick 55471]
written by Eugene Record

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #168]
[Gordy 7121]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #276]
[Stax 0125]
written by Alvertis Isbell

[Philadelphia International 3520]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

featuring Russell Thompkins Jr.
[Avco 4591]
written by Thom Bell & Linda Creed

[Atlantic 2927]
written by Melvin Steals & Mervin Steals

[Glades 1703]
written by Timmy Thomas

instrumental
[A&M 1320]
written by Billy Preston & Joe Greene [American singer]

[Atlantic 2879]
written by Ralph MacDonald & William Salter

[United Artists 50910]
written by Eddie Cornelius

[Sussex 241]
written by Bill Withers

[Dial 1010]
written by Joe Tex

[Hi 2216]
written by Al Green, Al Jackson Jr. & Willie Mitchell

[Hi 2227]
written by Al Green, Al Jackson Jr. & Willie Mitchell

[RCA Victor 0731]
written by J.R. Bailey, Rudy Clark & Ken Williams

[Avco 4603]
written by Thom Bell, Linda Creed & Anthony Bell

[Hi 2211]
written by Al Green, Al Jackson Jr. & Willie Mitchell

B side to How Could I Let You Get Away
[Atlantic 2904]
written by Thom Bell & Phil Hurtt

[KoKo 2111]
written by Homer Banks, Carl Hampton & Raymond Jackson

[Philadelphia International 3517]
written by Leon Huff, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead

[Atlantic 2866]
written by Aretha Franklin

[Motown 1195]
written by Smokey Robinson

[Curtom 1975]
written by Curtis Mayfield

[Motown 1205]
written by Clifton Davis

[Volt 4075]
written by Tony Hester

[Avco 4602]
written by Sandy Linzer

[Dunhill/ABC 4330]
written by Brian Potter & Dennis Lambert

featuring Barry White
[Uni 55319]
written by Barry White

[Westbound 209]
written by Abrim Tilmon

instrumental
[Polydor 15030]
written by Bill Ador

as The Jimmy Castor Bunch
[novelty]
[RCA Victor 1029]
written by Harry Jensen, Gerald Thomas, Douglas Gibson, Robert Manigault, Jimmy Castor & Langdon Fridie Jr.

[Curtom 1978]
written by Curtis Mayfield

[Avco 4587]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[United Artists 50975]
written by Sylvester Allen, Harold Brown, Morris Dickerson, Leroy Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar Levitin & Howard Scott

[Bell 45,195]
written by Tony Macaulay

[Tamla 54228]
written by Marvin Gaye

[Soul 35094]
written by Kris Kristofferson

[Motown 1200]
written by Smokey Robinson

[Westbound 192]
written by Abrim Tilmon

[Epic 10829]
written by Sylvester Stewart

[Motown 1216]
written by James Sheppard & William H. Miller

[Gordy 7115]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

[Spring 128]
written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Joe Simon

[Stax 0117]
written by Posie Knight & Jerry Weaver

instrumental
[Soul 35095]
written by Johnny Bristol & Marilyn McLeod

[Motown 1202]
written by Leon Ware & Arthur "T-Boy" Ross

[Polydor 14139]
written by James Brown, Fred Wesley & Joe Mims

[Motown 1199]
written by Bobby Day

[20th Century 2002]
written by Ralph Eskridge, Randolph Murph & Clarence Johnson

[Stax 0127]
written by Phillip Mitchell

[United Artists 50867]
written by Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar & Howard E. Scott

[Motown 1214]
written by Stephen Schwartz

as Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band
instrumental
[Sussex 233]
written by Dennis Coffey

[Polydor 14109]
written by James Brown & Bobby Byrd

[T-Neck 935]
written by Herman Kelly, Clyde Otis, O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley & Rudolph Isley

[Westbound 203]
written by Abrim Tilmon

[Avco 4595]
written by Linda Creed, Thom Bell & George Perry

[Hot Wax 7113]
written by Ron Dunbar, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & General Johnson

[Invictus 9125]
written by Brian Holland & Lamont Dozier

[Spring 123]
written by Millie Jackson & Billy Nichols

[United Artists 50954]
written by Eddie Cornelius

charted as All the King's Horses / April Fools in US R&B charts
[Atlantic 2883]
written by Aretha Franklin

[Enterprise 9042]
written by Isaac Hayes

live
[Bell 45,170]
written by James W. Alexander & Willie Hutchinson

with Peace
[United Artists 50946]
written by Jim Ford

produced by Curtis Mayfield
[Buddah 331]
written by Curtis Mayfield

[United Artists 50902]
written by Darryl Carter, Bobby Womack & Linda Womack

instrumental
[Enterprise 9058]
written by Isaac Hayes

[Polydor 14153]
written by James Brown

[Warner 7612]
written by Stephen "Doc" Kupka & Emilio Castillo

[Stax 0137]
written by Gary William Friedman & Herb Shapiro

[Westbound 201]
written by Denise LaSalle

[Polydor 14125]
written by James Brown

[Motown 1201]
written by Wade Brown, David Jones Jr. & Johnny Bristol

[Tamla 54216]
written by Stevie Wonder

[United Artists 50996]
written by Eddie Cornelius & Carter Cornelius

[spoken]
[Polydor 14116]
written by James Brown, Charles Bobbit, Dave Matthews & Manny Rosen

[Stax 0119]
written by John Colbert & Norman West

[Chimneyville 443]
written by King Floyd

[Spring 127]
written by Raeford Gerald

[Westbound 206]
written by Denise LaSalle

[Alston 4614]
written by Betty Wright, Clarence Reid & Willie Clarke

[KoKo 2113]
written by Homer Banks, Carl Hampton & Raymond Jackson

instrumental
[Polydor 14129]
written by Bill Doggett, Henry Glover, Billy Butler, Shep Shepherd & Clifford Scott

[Hot Wax 7204]
written by William Weatherspoon & Angelo Bond

[Mercury 73335]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

[T-Neck 934]
written by Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr. & Rudolph Isley

[Dakar 4501]
written by Richard Parker & Willie Henderson

[Brunswick 55478]
written by Carl Davis & Eugene Record

[Tamla 54221]
written by Kenneth Stover & Marvin Gaye

[Dial 1012]
written by Joe Tex

as Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
[Tamla 54220]
written by Wade Brown, David Jones Jr. & Johnny Bristol