Top R&B Songs of the 1960s Greatest Hits and Chart Singles

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #161]
[ABC-Paramount 10330]
written by Don Gibson

[Columbia 42674]
written by Jerome "Doc" Pomus & Mort Shuman

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #149]
[Warner 5151]
written by Don Everly & Phil Everly

hit for Vaughn Deleath in 1927
[RCA Victor 47-7810]
written by Lou Handman & Roy Turk

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #80]
[Tamla 54176]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

instrumental
[London 9561]
written by Joe Meek

adapted from the italian song "o sole mio", 1899
[RCA Victor 47-7777]
written by Wally Gold & Aaron Schroeder

[Colpix 186]
written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #206]
[Motown 1098]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #466]
[Big Top 3067]
written by Charles Westover & Max Crook

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #324]
[Motown 1066]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #350]
[Dimension 1000]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

with The Leon Young String Chorale
instrumental
[Atco 6217]
written by Acker Bilk & Robert Mellin

harmonica-player is delbert mcclinton
[Smash 1731]
written by Margaret Cobb & Bruce Channel

[RCA Victor 47-8188]
written by Bill Giant, Bernie Baum & Florence Kaye

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #34]
[Philles 124]
written by Phil Spector, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #182]
[Atlantic 2071]
written by Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman

Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1961 instrumental
[Columbia 4-41490]
written by Max Steiner & Mack Discant

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #2]
[London 9766]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #444]
[Atco 6359]
written by Sonny Bono

[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, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards & Fonce Mizell

[Capitol 4945]
written by Rokusuke Ei, Hachidai Nakamura, Abraham Quintanilla Jr. & Pete Astudillo

[RCA Victor 47-8100]
written by Winfield Scott & Otis Blackwell

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #232]
[Monument 421]
written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson

[Cadence 1384]
written by Phil Kaufman & Mike Anthony

[Vanguard 35017]
written by Gus Cannon & Hosea Woods

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #28] [recorded some days before his death]
[Volt 157]
written by Otis Redding & Steve Cropper

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #22]
[Philles 116]
written by Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry & Phil Spector

[RCA Victor 47-7740]
written by John Leslie McFarland & Aaron Schroeder

[ABC-Paramount 10329]
written by Tommy Roe

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #125] originally released as "Tomorrow"
[Scepter 1211]
written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King

[Motown 1097]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[RCA Victor 47-8041]
written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller & Doc Pomus

[MGM 12923]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield

[Cub 9067]
written by Fred Tobias & Clint Ballard Jr.

produced by Quincy Jones
[Mercury 72119]
written by Herb Wiener, Wally Gold & John Gluck Jr.

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #472]
[Motown 1060]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[MGM 12899]
written by Jack Keller & Howard Greenfield

[Valiant 6026]
written by John Claude Gummoe

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #54]
[Atlantic 2326]
written by Percy Sledge

as Millie Small
[Smash 1893]
written by Robert Spencer, Morris Levy & Johnny Roberts [gangster]

instrumental
[Dot 16479]
written by Bob Berryhill, Pat Connolly, Jim Fuller & Ron Wilson

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #363]
[Mala 565]
written by Wayne Carson Thompson

[Capitol 4804]
written by Noel Sherman & Joe Sherman

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #57] melody based on the Bach cantata Sleepers Awake
[Deram 7507]
written by Gary Brooker, Keith Reid & Matthew Fisher

[Tamla 54174]
written by Ron Miller & Orlando Murden

[Motown 1137]
written by Kenny Gamble, Jerry Ross & Jerry Williams

[Tamla 54151]
written by Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, Henry Cosby & Sylvia Moy

[Motown 1107]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr. & Frank De Vol

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #493]
[Philles 115]
written by Phil Spector, Ellie Greenwich & Jeff Barry

[London 9823]
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards

[Motown 1056]
written by William "Smokey" Robinson

instrumental
[RCA Victor 7840]
written by Floyd Cramer

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

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #377]
[ABC-Paramount 10244]
written by Percy Mayfield

[Vee-Jay 485]
written by Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio

[Liberty 55521]
written by Benjamin Weisman, Dorothy Wayne & Marilynn Garrett

live
[Reprise 20198]
written by Pete Seeger & Lee Hays

as The Young Rascals
[Atlantic 45-2401]
written by Felix Cavaliere & Eddie Brigati

[Laurie 3152]
written by Ronald Mack

as Diana Ross & the Supremes
[Motown 1111]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[Vee-Jay 456]
written by Bob Gaudio

[Philips 40084]
written by Ray Hildebrand

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #114]
[Philles 112]
written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry & Ellie Greenwich

[Decca 31827]
written by John Medora, David White, Len Barry, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[Motown 1074]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #5]
[Atlantic 2403]
written by Otis Redding

Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1970
[Soul City 772]
written by Galt MacDermot, James Rado & Gerome Ragni

[Monogram 505]
written by Jim Lee

charted as Blue Bayou / Mean Woman Blues in UK charts
[Monument 824]
written by Claude Demetrius

[RCA Victor 8046]
written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #412]
[Capitol 5950]
written by Bobbie Gentry

as U.S. Bonds
[Legrand 1008]
written by Gene Barge, Frank Guida & Joseph Royster

[Epic 9509]
written by Paul Evans & Al Byron

instrumental
[Jamie 1156]
written by Aaron Schroeder, Don Costa & Wally Gold

#1 hit for Larry Clinton in 1939
[Atco 6273]
written by Peter DeRose & Mitchell Parish

[Atco 6463]
written by Otis Redding, Arthur Conley & Sam Cooke

adapted from Cach's Minuet in G
[DynoVoice 209]
written by Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell & Johann Sebastian Bach

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #339]
[Motown 1101]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[Tamla 54180]
written by Stevie Wonder, Hank Cosby & Sylvia Moy

[ABC-Paramount 10345]
written by Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold

[novelty]
[Kapp 342]
written by Paul Vance & Lee Pockriss

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

[Vee-Jay 465]
written by Bob Crewe & Bob Gaudio

Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1961 instrumental
[United Artists 274]
written by Ernest Gold

originally titled "so in love"
[Parkway 871]
written by George Williams [George R. Williams], Bill Jackson & Roy Straigis

[Tamla 54188]
written by Ron Miller & Bryan Wells

[RCA Victor 8098]
written by Arthur Kent & Sylvia Dee

[Motown 1103]
written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.

[Gordy 7093]
written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong

[Parrot 9737]
written by Les Reed & Gordon Mills

[Decca 31093]
written by Dub Albritton & Ronnie Self

[Liberty 55580]
written by Jan Berry & Brian Wilson

charted as Walk Right Back / Ebony Eyes in UK charts
[Warner 5199]
written by John D. Loudermilk

[Soul City 779]
written by Laura Nyro

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

[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #342]
[Laurie 3110]
written by Dion DiMucci & Ernie Maresca

hit for Dick Haymes in 1945
[Era 3068]
written by Victor Young & Edward Heyman

[Cameo 171]
written by Dave Appell, Kal Mann & Bernie Lowe

[Uni 55038]
written by Tony Macaulay & John Macleod