Top R&B Songs of 1974 Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[T.K. 1004]
written by Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch

[20th Century 2140]
written by Carl Douglas

[20th Century 2133]
written by Peter Radcliffe, Tony Sepe & Barry White

[Philadelphia International 3550]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

[Avco 4634]
written by Thom Bell & Linda Creed

[RCA APBO-0232]
written by Waldo Holmes

instrumental
[Atlantic 3229]
written by Alan Gorrie, Hamish Stuart, Roger Ball, Malcolm Duncan, Onnie McIntyre & Robbie McIntosh

[20th Century 2120]
written by Barry White

featuring The Three Degrees
instrumental
[Philadelphia International 3540]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #479] charted as Lady Marmalade / What Can I Do for You? In US dance charts
[Epic 50048]
written by Bob Crewe & Kenny Nolan

[MGM 14748]
written by Clifton Davis

[RSO 409]
written by Bob Marley

[Buddah 403]
written by Jim Weatherly

[Atlantic 3025]
written by Eugene McDaniels

[Atlantic 3202]
written by Sherman Marshall & Phillip Pugh

[Pye 71002]
written by Des Parton

[MGM 14715]
written by Johnny Bristol

featuring Jackson Five
[Tamla 54252]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Tamla 54254]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Mercury 73643]
written by James "Diamond" Williams, William "Billy" Beck, Marvin "Merv" Pierce, Marshall Jones, Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner, Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks & Clarence Satchell

[Vibration 532]
written by Sylvia Robinson

[Scepter 12395]
written by Billy Nichols

[A&M 1544]
written by Billy Preston & Bruce Fisher

instrumental
[Roadshow 7001]
written by Richard "Rick" Thompson, Bill Risbrook, Terrell Wood, Barbara Joyce Lomas, Carlos Ward, Dennis Rowe & Louis Risbrook

[only released in the US]
[MCA 40198]
written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin

[Motown 1286]
written by Hal Davis, Donald Fletcher & Weldon Dean Parks

[RCA Victor 10128]
written by Johanna Hall & John Hall

[Roxbury 0236]
written by William DeVaughn

[Chelsea 3004]
written by Bob Crewe & Kenny Nolan

[ABC 11427]
written by Stevie Wonder

[Hi 2274]
written by Al Green

[Bell 45600]
written by Roger Greenaway & Tony Macaulay

[De-Lite 561]
written by Kool & The Gang & Gene Redd

[Avco 4640]
written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore & George David Weiss

[Brunswick 55505]
written by Stan McKenney & Eugene Record

[Back Beat 630]
written by Buzz Cason & Mac Gayden

from the movie Claudine
[Buddah 423]
written by Curtis Mayfield

as Grand Funk
[Capitol 4002]
written by John Ellison & Ernie Fields

[RCA Victor 10022]
written by Christopher Mark Jackson

[RCA Victor 0205]
written by Bobby Eli, John Freeman & Vinnie Barrett

[Epic 11035]
written by Lolly Vegas

[Atco 6961]
written by Bobby Eli & Vinnie Barrett

instrumental
[Event 213]
written by Peter Arpadys

[Philadelphia International 3544]
written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & Anthony Jackson

[RCA Victor 10066]
written by Wally Holmes

[Midland International 10113]
written by Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway & Geoff Stephens

B side to I Get Lifted
[T.K. 1007]
written by Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch

[Tamla 54245]
written by Stevie Wonder

[United Artists 375]
written by James Alexander & Zelda Samuels

instrumental
[Motown 1307]
written by Milan Williams

featuring Chaka Khan
[ABC 12032]
written by Chaka Khan & Ray Parker Jr

[Atlantic 2999]
written by Bobby Womack

[Mercury 73609]
written by Marshall Jones, Marvin Pierce, Leroy Bonner, James Williams, Ralph Middlebrooks & Clarence Satchell

[Buddah 433]
written by Tony Camillo & Mary Sawyer

[Tamla 54248]
written by Freddie Perren & Christine Perren

[Curtom 1997]
written by Ed Townsend

[Atlantic 3206]
written by Charles Simmons & Joe Jefferson

[T-Neck 2253]
written by Jim Seals & Dash Crofts

[Atlantic 3006]
written by Joseph B. Jefferson, Bruce Hawes & Charles Simmons

[Motown 1269]
written by Gloria Jones & Pam Sawyer

[Atlantic 3027]
written by Thom Bell & Linda Creed

[Truth 3206]
written by Homer Banks, Eddie Marion & Henderson Thigpen

[Stax 0196]
written by Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson & Carl Hampton

[Philadelphia International 3539]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

[Polydor 14223]
written by James Brown, John Starks & Fred Wesley

[De-Lite 1562]
written by Kool & The Gang & Khalis Bayyan

[20th Century 2141]
written by Barry White

instrumental
[20th Century 2162]
written by Barry White

[Polydor 14244]
written by James Brown

[Philadelphia International 3538]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

[T.K. 1003]
written by Harry Wayne Casey & Clarence Reid

(instrumentation by "The Temptations Band": The Commodores)
[Gordy 7138]
written by Jeffrey Bowen, Donald Baldwin & Lionel Richie

[ABC 11438]
written by McKinley Jackson & James Reddick

[Glades 1722]
written by Benjamin Latimore

[Polydor 14255]
written by Charles Bobbit, James Brown, John Starks & Fred Wesley

[A&M 1644]
written by Billy Preston & George Johnson

[Philadelphia International 3543]
written by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff

[Curtom 1999]
written by Curtis Mayfield

[Buddah 441]
written by Bettye Crutcher & Lester Snell

[Chess 2158]
written by Big Al Downing, Lance Quinn & Andrew Smith [music arranger]

[20th Century 2168]
written by Carl Douglas

[Columbia 4-46007]
written by Maurice White & Verdine White

[Tamla 54247]
written by Leonard Caston & Anita Poree

B side Cold Blooded charted from 7 december 1974 in US charts
[Polydot 14258]
written by James Brown

[London 1052]
written by Harry Williams

[Mercury 73469]
written by Don Covay & Erskin Watts

[T-Neck 2254]
written by Ronald Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr., Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper

[Hi 2262]
written by Al Green

[20th Century 2077]
written by Barry White

[Atco 7004]
written by Vinnie Barrett & Bobby Eli

[Roulette 7159]
written by Barbara Gaskin [soul singer]

[Haven 7000]
written by Dennis Lambert & Brian Potter

[Philadelphia International 3552]
written by Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead

instrumental
[Dakar 4539]
written by Hamilton Bohannon

[Capitol 3957]
written by Daryl Hall & John Oates

[Warner 7828]
written by Johnny "Guitar" Watson & Lenny Williams

live
[Tamla 54253]
written by Marvin Gaye, Gwen Gordy Fuqua & Sandra Greene

charted as Lady Marmalade / What Can I Do for You? In US dance charts
[Epic 50097]
written by James R. Ellison & Edward Batts

[A&M 1620]
written by Lefty Pedroski & Pat McManus

[Stax 0193]
written by Don Davis & Frank Johnson