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1 Darrell Banks – “Open the door to your heart” – Revilot (Detroit – 1966)
2 Willie Tee – “First taste of hurt” – Gatur (New Orleans – c. 1970)
3 Benny Johnson – “Visions of Paradise” – Today (Hunt Valley – 1973)
4 The Impressions – “Wherever you leadeth me” – Curtom LP (Chicago – 1968)
5 Emanuel Laskey – “I’m a peace loving man” & “Sweet lies” – Thelma (Detroit – 1966)
6 Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers – “One girl” – Gordy LP (Detroit – 1967)
7 Matt Brown – “Thank you baby” – Jar-Val (Atlanta – c. 1972)
8 Skip Jackson & the Shantons – “I’m on to you girl”
& “Promise that you’ll wait” – Dot-Mar (Jersey City – 1969)
9 The Whispers – “Needle in a haystack” – Soul Clock LP (Los Angeles – 1970)
10 The Topics – “God and you” – TSG LP (New York – 1976)
11 Ernie Johnson – “I can’t stop the pain” – Artco (Phoenix – 1967)
12 Bobby Williams – “Baby I need your love” – Sure-Shot (Detroit – 1966)
13 Leon Haywood – Consider the source – Capitol (Los Angeles – 1969)
14 Friday, Saturday & Sunday – “There must be something” – Dig (Miami – 1971)
15 Johnny Summers – “I can’t let go” – Yorktown (Los Angeles – c. 1968)
16 Moses Smith – “Keep on striving” – Cotillion (Philadelphia – 1970)
17 The Temprees – “That’s why I love you” – Kent CD (UK) (Memphis – early 1970’s)
18 Alex Brown – “I’m not responsible” – Sundi LP (Los Angeles – 1970)
19 Bobby Bland – “This time I’ll be true” – MCA CD (Houston – 1969)
20 Bobby Womack – “You’re messing up a good thing” – United Artists LP (Muscle Shoals – 1974)
21 Shelley Fisher – “Girl, I love you” – Dalyer (Chicago – 1972)
22 Sam Moultrie – “I’ll always love you” – Warren (Muscle Shoals – 1971)
23 Don Varner – “When it’s over” – Charly LP (UK) (Muscle Shoals – 1967)
24 Celest Hardie – “You’re gone” – Reynolds (San Francisco – 1972)
25 George Hughley – “That’s why I cry” – Buddah (Atlanta – 1970)
26 Jimmie Reed, Jr. – “I ain’t going no where” – Mercury (Chicago – 1967)
27 Tony Troutman – “What’s the use” – Jerri (Atlanta – 1976)
28 Al Scott/Mr. Soul – “What happened to yesterday”– Genuine (New York – 1966)
29 Dee Dee Warwick – “Where is that rainbow” – Mercury (New York – 1969)
30 Na Allen – “Thanks for nothing” – Atco (Memphis – 1970)
31 Mark Putney – “Todays man” – Ovide (Houston – 1969)
32 Dee Edwards – “(I can) Deal with that” – De·To (Detroit – 1977)
33 William Branch – “Smiling eyes” – Rainbow (Birmingham, Al – 1978)
34 Jacqueline Jones – “A frown on my face” – Loadstone (San Francisco – 1974)
35 The Constellations – “I don’t know about you” – Gemini Star (New York – 1968)
36 Lee Williams & Cymbal’s – “A girl from a country town” – Rapda (Englewood, NJ – 1972)
37 Al Jones – “Let your heart be your guide” – KRL CD (UK) (New York – early 1970’s)
38 Robert Tanner – “Sweet memories” – Megatone (Lynchburg, Va – 1969)
39 Rhonda Davis – “Can you remember” – Duke (Berkeley – 1972)
40 Garland Green – “Come through me” – Kent LP (UK) (Miami – 1973)
41 J.J. Barnes – “Call on me baby” – Goldmine CD (UK) (Detroit – 1970)
42 Marvin Gaye – “It’s a desperate situation” – Motown CD (EU) (Detroit – 1968)
43 The Kittens – “How long (can I go on)” – Chess (Chicago – 1968)
44 Billy Butler & the Chanters – “My heart is hurtin’” – OKeh (Chicago – 1964)
45 Jerri Jackson – “I can almost believe” – Parallax (Cincinnati – c. 1969)
46 Tony Joe White – “What does it take (to win your love)” – Monument LP (Nashville – 1970)
47 Claude Huey – “Feel good all over” – Early Bird (San Francisco – 1966)
48 Sam Williams – “Love slipped through my fingers” – Tower (New York – 1967)
49 Delilah Moore – “I’ll just walk away” – Money (Los Angeles – 1972)
50 Bettye Swann – “You gave me love” – Money LP (Los Angeles – 1967)
51 Tommy Tate – “If you got to love somebody” – KoKo (DJ) (Muscle Shoals – c. 1977)
52 Towana & the Total Destruction – “Wear your natural, baby” – Romark (Los Angeles – early 1970’s)
53 Hot Sauce – “Bring it home (and give it to me)” – Volt (Memphis & Detroit – 1971)
54 Young Ladies – “I’m tired of running around” – Stang (Englewood, NJ – 1970)
55 Pep Brown – “Are you leaving me?” – Lava (Muscle Shoals – 1972)
56 Melvin Davis – “I must love you” – Groovesville (Detroit – 1966)
57 Chicago Pete & the Detroiters – “I’m begging you” – Valerie (Detroit – late 1970’s)
58 The Earle’s – “Everybody’s got somebody” & “Someday baby” – Tee-Ti (St. Louis – 1970)
59 Jeanie Tracy – “Making new friends” – Brown Door (Bay Area – 1975)
60 Darrow Fletcher – “It’s no mistake” – Crossover (Los Angeles – 1975)
61 Sven Zetterberg – “Heartaches was all you got” – Last Buzz (Bromma, Sweden – 2003)
62 Ernest Mosley – “Stubborn heart” – La-Cindy (Chicago – c. 1967)
63 Robert Parker – “I caught you in a lie” – Nola (New Orleans – 1967)
64 Edwin Starr – “Headline news” – Ric-Tic (Detroit – 1966)
65 Willie Pickett – “On the stage of life” – Eastern (Detroit – 1972)
66 Purple Mundi – “Stop hurting me baby” – Cat (Miami – 1971)
67 Frank Dell – “He broke your game wide open” – Valise (New York – 1967)
68 Aretha Franklin – “I can’t see myself leaving you” – Atlantic LP (New York – 1968)
69 Delegates of Soul – “What a lucky guy I am” & “I’ll come running back” – UpLook (Philadelphia – 1970)
70 John Bowie – “You’re gonna miss a good thing” & “At the end of the day” – Merben (Philadelphia – 1966)
71 Al Wilson – “Now I know what love is” – Soul City (Los Angeles – 1967)
72 Sidney Barnes – “I hurt on the other side” – Blue Cat (DJ) (New York – 1966)
73 Cynthia Sheeler – “I’ll cry over you (Pt. I)” – JB’s (Baton Rouge – 1975)
74 Jackey Beavers – “Lover come back” – Sound Stage 7 (Nashville – 1971)
75 Lorraine Chandler – “I can’t change” – RCA Victor (Chicago – 1966)
76 Herb Ward – “Honest to goodness” – RCA Victor (Philadelphia – 1968)
77 Freddie Terrell & the Blue Rhythm Band – “You had it made”
& “Why not me?” – Capitol (DJ) (Atlanta – 1970)
78 Louis Curry – “You’re just plain nice” – Reel (Detroit – c. 1965)
79 Terry Callier – “Look at me now” – Cadet (Chicago – 1968)
80 The Volumes – “Ain’t gonna give you up” – Karen (Detroit – 1970)
81 Billy Hambric – “She said goodbye” & “I found true love” – Drum (New York – 1965)
82 Nathan Williams – “What price” – Lime (Los Angeles – 1971)
83 The Natural Four – “I thought you were mine” – ABC (Berkeley – 1970)
84 The T.S.U. Toronadoes – “Got to get through to you” – Atlantic (Houston – 1969)
85 Betty Lloyd – “I’m catching on” – BSC (Detroit – c. 1965)
86 Don Gardner – “Cheatin’ kind” – Sedgrick (Chicago – 1967)
87 Phillip Mitchell – “Little things” – Hi (Memphis – 1972)
88 Jimmy Hicks – “Tell her that I love you” – Big Deal (New Orleans – 1972)
89 Robert Moore – “Tears of the world” – Blue Candle (Miami – 1973)
90 The Arabians – “(Please) Take a chance on me” – Le-Mans (Detroit – c. 1964)
91 The Camaro’s – “We’re not too young (to fall in love)” – Dar Cha (Detroit – c.1969)
92 Johnny Moore – “Such a wonderful feeling” – Blue Rock (Chicago – 1968)
93 Major Harris – “Call me tomorrow” – OKeh (Los Angeles – 1968)
94 Dennis Edwards – “I didn’t have to (but I did)” – International Soulsville (Detroit – c. 1965)
95 Art Gentry – “This is my chance” – Ace CD (UK) (Muscle Shoals – 1972)
96 Billy Keene – “Somebody please” – Dottie (Los Angeles – 1969)
97 Chuck Jackson – “Where you gonna run to now” – Motown LP (Detroit – 1967)
98 Major Lance – “Without a doubt” – OKeh (Chicago – 1967)
99 Reuben Howell – “You can’t stop a man in love” – Motown LP (Muscle Shoals – 1973)
100 The Fidels – “Boys will be boys (girls will be girls)” – Maverick (Los Angeles – 1969)
101 Alexander Patten – “A lil lovin’ sometimes” – Capitol (Los Angeles – 1966)
102 The Artistics – “You left me” – Brunswick (Chicago – 1968)
103 Magnetics – “When I’m with my baby” – Sable (Chicago – c. 1967)
104 Danny Williams – “All those lies” – Musical Energy (Bay Area – c. 1977)
105 Otis Clay – “You did something to me” – Hi (Memphis – 1974)
106 The Temptations – “(Loneliness made me realize) It’s you that I need” – Gordy LP (Detroit – 1967)
107 Candi Staton – “Too hurt to cry” – Fame LP (Muscle Shoals – 1970)
108 Ray Lewis – “Sitting at home with my baby (tight’n our love up)” – D’ar/D’or (New York – 1969)
109 E.J. & the Echoes – “Put a smile on your face” – Diamond Jim (Detroit – 1967)
110 Jimmy Delphs – “Almost” – Carla (Detroit – 1967)
111 Barbara Lynn – “You’re losing me” – Atlantic LP (Clinton, Ms – 1968)
112 Bobby Kline – “Say something nice to me” & “Taking care of business” – MB (New York – 1967)
113 Wilson Pickett – “How will I ever know” – Wicked (Nashville – 1975)
114 Reggie Soul & the Soul Swingers – “My world of ecstasy” – Capri (Chicago – 1968)
115 Barbara Mason – “You better stop it” – Arctic (Philadelphia – 1969)
116 June Taylor – “Pick up the pieces” – Music Now (Detroit – c. 1970)
117 The Imperial C’s – “Someone tell her” – Phil–L.A. of Soul (Philadelphia – 1967)
118 Lee Garrett – “I can’t break the habit” – Harthon (Philadelphia – 1967)
119 Ron & Candy – “Lovely weekend” – Inner City (Los Angeles – 1972)
120 Brenda Jones – “Big mistake” – Mecury (New York – 1974)
121 Barbara Hall – “You brought it on yourself” – InnoVation II (Chicago – 1975)
122 The Up Tights – “Look a little higher” – Alley (Jonesboro – 1969)
123 Jean Wells – “What have I got to lose” – Calla LP (Philadelphia – 1968)
124 Buddy Smith – “When you lose the one you love” – Brute (Detroit – c. 1966)
125 The O’Jays – “Just another guy” – Bell LP/Sundazed CD (New York – 1968)
126 Kelly & Soul Explosions – “Talking about my baby’s love” – Dynamite (Norfolk, Va – c. 1971)
127 The Paramount Four – “Sorry ain’t the word” – Kent 6T’s (UK) (Nashville – 1970)
128 The Hesitations – “Wait a minute” – Kapp (Detroit – 1967)
129 Willie Parker – “Don’t hurt the one you love” – M-Pac! (Chicago – 1967)
130 Chubby Checker – “You just don’t know (what you do to me)” – Parkway (DJ) (Philadelphia – 1965)
131 The Professionals – “That’s why I love you” – Groove City (Detroit – c. 1965)
132 Ronnie McNeir – “Sitting in my class” & “Isn’t she a pretty girl” – De•To (Detroit – 1966)
133 Loleatta Holloway – “Our love” – Aware (Atlanta – 1973)
134 Earl Jackson – “Soul self satisfaction” – ABC (Chicago – 1968)
135 Ella Woods – “I need your love” – Merging (Los Angeles – early 1970’s)
136 Pat & the Blenders – “Just because”
& “(All I need is your) Good, good lovin’” – Fast Eddie (Philadelphia – 1968)
137 Shirley Lawson – “One more chance” – Back Beat (Detroit – 1966)
138 Linda Jones – “If only (we had met sooner)” – Loma LP (New York – 1967)
139 The Poets – “Wrapped around your finger” – J-2 (New York – 1966)
140 Joe Valentine – “I lost the only love I had” – Val (Austin – c. 1968)
141 Bobby Burn – “I’m a dreamer” – Chant (Atlanta – 1968)
142 The Jades – “Lucky fellow” – Mode (New Orleans – c. 1967)
143 Steve Mancha – “He stole the love that was mine” – Goldmine CD (UK) (Detroit – 1967)
144 The Vibrations – “End up crying” – OKeh (New York – 1964)
145 The Voice Masters – “You’ve hurt me baby” & “If a woman catches a fool” – Bamboo (Chicago – 1968)
146 Marvin Smith – “Who will do your running now” – Mayfield (Chicago – c. 1970)
147 Bernard DuPree – “You are going to miss me” – Granger (New York – c. 1965)
148 The Tempests – “I don’t want to lose her” – Smash LP (Charlotte – 1967)
149 Jimmie Raye “Mr. Soul Spectacular” – “That’ll get it” – Moon Shot DJ (New York – 1968)
150 Dean Parrish – “Determination” – Boom (New York – 1966)
