* soul originals *
SOUL ORIGINALS:
AFTER THE DANCE, Marvin Gaye (1976) Pop #74/R&B #14
REMAKE: Fourplay featuring El DeBarge (1991) R&B #2
AIN'T GONNA HURT NOBODY, Brick (1978) Pop #92/R&B #7
REMAKE: Kid 'N Play (1991) Pop #51/R&B #26
AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
(1967) Pop #19/R&B #3
REMAKE: Diana Ross (1970) Pop #1 (3 weeks)/R&B #1 (1 week)
AIN'T NOBODY HOME, Howard Tate (1966) Pop #63/R&B #12
REMAKE: B.B. King (1972) Pop #46/R&B #28
AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUSE PARTY, The Show Stoppers (1968) Pop
#87
REMAKE: The J. Geils Band (Early 1970s) Album track
AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
(1968) Pop #8/R&B #1
(1 week)
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1974) Pop #47/R&B #6
ALL AROUND THE WORLD (See: "Grits Ain't Groceries")
ALL I DO IS THINK OF YOU, The Jackson 5 (1975) R&B #50
REMAKE: Troop (1990) Pop #47/R&B #1 (1 week)
AM I THE SAME GIRL (See: "Soulful Strut")
AMEN, The Impressions (1965) Pop #7/R&B #17
REMAKE: Otis Redding (1968) Pop #36/R&B #15
ANNA (GO TO HIM), Arthur Alexander (1962) Pop #68/R&B #10
REMAKE: The Beatles (1964) Album track
ANY DAY NOW, Chuck Jackson (1962) Pop #23/R&B #2
REMAKE: Ronnie Milsap (1982) Pop #14
BABY, I LOVE YOU, Jimmy Holiday (1966) Pop #98/R&B #21
REMAKE: Little Milton (1970) Pop #82/R&B #6
BARETTA'S THEME (KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE SPARROW), Merry
Clayton (1975) Pop
#45/R&B #42
REMAKE: Rhythm Heritage (1976) Pop #20/R&B #19
BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW, The Stylistics (1972) Pop #3/R&B #2
REMAKES: Norman Connors featuring Phyllis Hyman (1977) Pop
#102/R&B #29; Prince
(1996)--Album track
BORDER SONG (HOLY MOSES), Dorothy Morrison (1970) Pop
#114/R&B #43
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1971) Pop #37/R&B #5
THE BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY, The Ad-Libs (1965) Pop #8
REMAKE: The Manhattan Transfer (1981) Pop #7
BOYS, The Shirelles (1960) B-side of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
REMAKE: The Beatles (1964) Album track
BRING IT ON HOME TO ME, Sam Cooke (1962) Pop #13/R&B #2
REMAKES: Eddie Floyd (1968) Pop #17/R&B #4; Lou Rawls (1970) Pop
#96/R&B #45
BURNING LOVE, Arthur Alexander (1971) Did not chart
REMAKE: Elvis Presley (1972) Pop #2
CALL ME, Aretha Franklin (1970) Pop #13/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: Phil Perry (1991) R&B #1 (1 week)
CHAPEL OF LOVE, Darlene Love (1963) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Dixie Cups (1964) Pop #1 (3 weeks)
THE CLAPPING SONG, Shirley Ellis (1965) Pop #8/R&B #4
REMAKE: Pia Zadora (1983) Pop #36/R&B #88
CLOSE YOUR EYES, The Five Keys (1955) R&B #5
REMAKE: Peaches & Herb (1967) Pop #8/R&B #4
COME SEE ABOUT ME, Nella Dodds (1964) Pop #74
REMAKES: The Supremes (1965) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #3; Jr. Walker
& The All-Stars (1968) Pop
#24/R&B #8
CRUISIN', Smokey Robinson (1979) Pop #4/R&B #4
REMAKE: D'Angelo (1995) Pop #53/R&B #10, Huey Lewis & Gwyneth
Paltrow (2000)
CRY BABY, Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters (1963) Pop #3/R&B #1 (3
weeks)
REMAKE: Janis Joplin (1971) Pop #42
CRY TO ME, Solomon Burke (1962) Pop #44/R&B #5
REMAKES: Betty Harris (1963) Pop #23/R&B #10; Freddie Scott (1967)
Pop #70/R&B #40
CUPID, Sam Cooke (1961) Pop #17/R&B #20
REMAKES: Tony Orlando & Dawn (1976) Pop #22; The Spinners (1980)
Pop #4/R&B #5
DARLING BABY, The Elgins (1966) Pop #72/R&B #4
REMAKE: Jackie Moore (1972) Pop #106/R&B #22
DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE, The "5" Royales (1957) Pop #81
REMAKES: The Shirelles (1961) Pop #3/R&B #2, The Mamas & The
Papas (1967) Pop #2, The
Temprees (1972) Pop #93/R&B #17
DEVIL IN HIS (HER) HEART, The Donays (circa 1962)
REMAKE: The Beatles (1964) Album track
DEVIL WITH THE BLUE DRESS, Shorty Long (1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels (1966) Pop #4
DIDN'T I (BLOW YOUR MIND THIS TIME), The Delfonics (1970) Pop
#10/R&B #3
REMAKES: Millie Jackson (1980) R&B #49/New Kids On The Block
(1989) Pop #8/R&B #34
DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY, The Exciters (1964) Pop #78
REMAKES: Manfred Mann (1964) Pop #1 (2 weeks); 2 Live Crew (1988)
R&B #62
DON'T LET GO, Roy Hamilton (1958) Pop #13/R&B #2
REMAKE: Isaac Hayes (1979) Pop #18/R&B #11
DON'T MAKE ME OVER, Dionne Warwick (1963) Pop #21/R&B #5
REMAKES: Brenda & The Tabulations (1970) Pop #77/R&B #15/Sybil
(1989) Pop #20/R&B #2
DON'T PLAY THAT SONG, Ben E. King (1962) Pop #11*/R&B #2
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1970) Pop #11*/R&B #1 (3 weeks)
DREAM MERCHANT (See: "Mr. Dream Merchant")
END OF OUR ROAD, Gladys Knight & The Pips (1968) Pop #15/Pop #5
REMAKE: Marvin Gaye (1970) Pop #40/R&B #7
EVERLASTING LOVE, Robert Knight (1967) Pop #13/R&B #14
REMAKES: Carl Carlton (1974) Pop #6/R&B #11; Rex Smith & Rachel
Sweet (1981) Pop #32;
Gloria Estefan (1995) Pop #27
EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO LOVE, Solomon Burke (1964) Pop
#58
REMAKE: Wilson Pickett (1967) Pop #29/R&B #19
FEVER, Little Willie John (1956) Pop #20/R&B #1 (5 weeks)
REMAKES: Peggy Lee (1958) Pop #8/R&B #5, The McCoys (1965) Pop
#7
FOR YOUR LOVE, Ed Townsend (1958) Pop #13/R&B #7
REMAKES: Sam & Bill (1965) Pop #95/R&B #14; Peaches & Herb
(1967) Pop #20/R&B #10; Gwen
McCrae (1973) R&B #17
FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE, Jerry Butler & The Impressions (1958)
Pop #11/R&B #3
REMAKES: Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters (1963) Pop #26; Jerry
Butler (1966)* Pop #99/R&B
#25; Oscar Toney, Jr. (1967) Pop #23/R&B #4; Jackie Wilson & Count
Basie (1968) Pop #49/R&B
#22; Linda Jones (1972) Pop #74/R&B #15; The Impressions (1981)
R&B #58
*New solo version of the 1958 hit.
FUNKY BROADWAY, Dyke & The Blazers (1967) Pop #65/R&B #17
REMAKE: Wison Pickett (1967) Pop #8/R&B #1 (1 week)
GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES), Carla Thomas (1961) Pop #10/R&B #2
REMAKE: Bernadette Peters (1980) Pop #31
GET IT WHILE YOU CAN, Howard Tate (1966) Did not chart
REMAKE: Janis Joplin (1971) Pop #78
GET READY, The Temptations (1966) Pop #29/R&B #1 (1 week)
REMAKES: Rare Earth (1970) Pop #4/R&B #20; King Curtis & The
Kingpins (1970) R&B #46; Syl
Johnson (1971) R&B #34; Smokey Robinson (1979) R&B #82
GIVING UP, Gladys Knight & The Pips (1964) Pop #38
REMAKES: The Ad-Libs (1969) R&B #34; Donny Hathaway (1972) Pop
#81/R&B #21
GO NOW, Bessie Banks (1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Moody Blues (1965) Pop #10
GOING IN CIRCLES, Friends of Distinction (1969) Pop #15/R&B #3
REMAKES: The Gap Band (1986) R&B #2; Luther Vandross (1995) R&B
#28
GOOD LOVIN', The Olympics (1965) Pop #81
REMAKE: The Young Rascals (1966) Pop #1 (1 week)
GRAZING IN THE GRASS, Hugh Masekela (1968) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B
#1 (4 weeks)
REMAKES: Friends of Distinction (1969) Pop #3/R&B #5; George
Howard (1993) R&B #78
GREATEST LOVE OF ALL, George Benson (1977) Pop #24/R&B #2
REMAKE: Whitney Houston (1986) Pop #1 (3 weeks)/R&B #3
GRITS AIN'T GROCERIES (ALL AROUND THE WORLD), Little Willie John
(1955) R&B #5
REMAKE: Little Milton (1969) Pop #73/R&B #13
GROOVY KIND OF LOVE, Patti LaBelle & The Blue Belles (circa 1963)
Did not chart
REMAKES: The Mindbenders (1966) Pop #2; Phil Collins (1988) Pop #1
(2 weeks)
HANG ON SLOOPY (MY GIRL SLOOPY), The Vibrations (1964) Pop #26
REMAKE: The McCoys (1965) Pop #1 (1 week)
HARD TO HANDLE, Otis Redding (1968) Pop #51/R&B #38
REMAKES: Patti Drew (1968) Pop #93/R&B #40; The Black Crowes
(1991) Pop #29
HARLEM SHUFFLE, Bob & Earl (1963) Pop #44
REMAKE: The Rolling Stones (1986) Pop #5
HAVE YOU SEEN HER, The Chi-Lites (1971) Pop #3/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: MC Hammer (1990) Pop #4/R&B #4
HE WILL BREAK YOUR HEART (HE DON'T LOVE YOU LIKE I LOVE YOU),
Jerry Butler (1960)
Pop #7/R&B #1 (7 weeks)
REMAKE: Tony Orlando & Dawn (1975) Pop #1 (3 weeks)
HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU, The Elgins (1966) Pop #50/R&B #9
REMAKE: Bonnie Pointer (1979) Pop #11/R&B #52
HERE I AM (COME AND TAKE ME), Al Green (1973) Pop #10/R&B #2
REMAKE: UB40 (1991) Pop #7
HEY THERE LONELY GIRL (BOY), Ruby & The Romantics (1963) Pop #27
REMAKES: Eddie Holman (1970) Pop #2/R&B #4; The Flakes (1980)
R&B #66; Stacy Lattisaw
(1983) Pop #108/R&B #71; Gerry Woo (1987) R&B #27
HI-DE-HO (THAT OLD SWEET ROLL), Dusty Springfield (1968) Did not
chart
REMAKE: Blood, Sweat & Tears (1970) Pop #14
HOW CAN I FORGET, Jimmy Holiday (1963) Pop #57/R&B #8
COVER: Ben E. King (1963) Pop #85/R&B #29
HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU), Marvin Gaye (1964) Pop
#6/R&B #4
REMAKES: Jr. Walker & The All-Stars (1966) Pop #18/R&B #3; James
Taylor (1975) Pop #5;
Tyrone Davis (1980) R&B #36
HURT, Roy Hamilton (1955) R&B #8
REMAKES: Timi Yuro (1961) Pop #4/R&B #22; The Manhattans (1975)
Pop #97/R&B #10; Elvis
Presley (1976) Pop #28
I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN, Ann Peebles (1973) Pop #38/R&B #6
REMAKES: Eruption (1978) Pop #18/R&B #30; Tease (1988) R&B #34
I DO, The Marvelows (1965) Pop #37/R&B #7
REMAKE: The J. Geils Band (1982) Pop #24
I DO LOVE YOU, Billy Stewart (1965) Pop #24/R&B #6
REMAKE: GQ (1979) Pop #20/R&B #5
IF YOU NEED ME, Wilson Pickett (1963) Pop #64/R&B #30
COVER: Solomon Burke (1963) Pop #37/R&B #2
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, Gladys Knight & The Pips (1967)
Pop #2/R&B #1 (6
weeks)
REMAKES: Marvin Gaye (1968) Pop #1(7 weeks)/R&B #1(7 weeks),
Creedence Clearwater Revival
(1976) Pop #43, Roger (1981) Pop #79/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
(I KNOW) I'M LOSING YOU, The Temptations (1966) Pop #8/R&B #1 (2
weeks)
REMAKE: Rare Earth (1970) Pop #7/R&B #20
I PITY THE FOOL, Bobby "Blue" Bland (1961) Pop #46/R&B #1 (1 week)
REMAKE: Ann Peebles (1971) Pop #85/R&B #18
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU, Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1956) Did not chart
REMAKE: Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968) Album track
I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER, Dionne Warwick (1967) Pop #4/R&B #8
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1968) Pop #10/R&B #3
I SHOT THE SHERIFF, Bob Marley & The Wailers (1973) Did not chart
REMAKE: Eric Clapton (1974) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B #33
I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER, Sly & The Family Stone (1969) Pop
#60/R&B #24 and (1970)
Pop #38
REMAKES: Ike & Tina Turner (1970) Pop #34/R&B #25; Kool & The
Gang (1971) Pop #105/R&B
#35
I'LL BE THERE, The Jackson 5 (1970) Pop #1 (5 weeks)/R&B #1 (6
weeks)
REMAKE: Mariah Carey (1992) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #11
I'LL TAKE YOU THERE, The Staple Singers* (1972) Pop #1 (1
week)/R&B #1 (4 weeks)
REMAKES: Big Daddy Kane (1989) R&B #73; BeBe & CeCe Winans
(1992) Pop #90/R&B #1 (1
week)
*The Staple Singers actually lifted the introduction to "I'll Take You
There" from the Reggae
instrumental "The Liquidator" by Harry J. Allstars (1969).
I'LL TRY SOMETHING NEW, The Miracles (1962) Pop #39/R&B #11
REMAKES: The Supremes & The Temptations (1969) Pop #25/R&B #8;
A Taste of Honey (1982)
Pop #41/R&B #9
I'M EVERY WOMAN, Chaka Khan (1978) Pop #21/R&B #1 (3 wks)
REMAKE: Whitney Houston (1993) Pop #4
I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME, Dee Dee Warwick (1966) Pop
#88/R&B #13
REMAKES: Madeline Bell (1968) Pop #26/R&B #32; The Supremes &
The Temptations (1969) Pop
#2/R&B #2
I'M IN LOVE, Wilson Pickett (1967) Pop #45/R&B #4
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1974) Pop #19/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD, Earl-Jean (1964) Pop #38
REMAKE: Herman's Hermits (1964) Pop #13
THE "IN" CROWD, Dobie Gray (1965) Pop #13/R&B #11
REMAKE: The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1965) Pop #5/R&B #2
IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT, The Five Satins (1956) Pop #24/R&B #3
REMAKE: Boyz II Men (1992) Pop #3/R&B #4
IT'S ALL OVER NOW, The Valentinos (1964) Pop #94
COVER: The Rolling Stones (1964) Pop #26
REMAKE: Bobby Womack & Bill Withers (1975) R&B #68
IT'S GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE, The Royalettes (1965) Pop #41/R&B #28
REMAKE: Deniece Williams (1982) Pop #10/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
IT'S SO HARD TO TO SAY GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY, G.C. Cameron
(1975) R&B #38
REMAKE: Boyz II Men (1991) Pop #2/R&B #1 (1 week)
IT'S TOO LATE, Chuck Willis (1956) R&B #3
REMAKE: Ted Taylor (1969) Pop #118/R&B #30
IT'S YOUR THING, The Isley Brothers (1969) Pop #2/R&B #1 (4 weeks)
REMAKES: Senor Soul (1969) R&B #39; Moms Mabley (1969) Did not
chart; Salt-N-Pepa featuring
EU* (1988) R&B #4
*Recorded as "Shake Your Thing."
I'VE BEEN HURT, The Tams (1965) Did not chart
REMAKE: Bill Deal & The Rhondels (1969) Pop #35
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW, Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
(1972) Pop #3/R&B #1 (2
weeks)
REMAKE: Simply Red (1989) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B #38
KEEP ON DANCING, The Avantis (1963) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Gentrys (1965) Pop #4
KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG, Robertta Flack (1973) Pop #1 (5
weeks)/R&B #2
REMAKES: Al B. Sure! (1989) Pop #80/R&B #14; The Fugees (1996)
KNOCK ON WOOD, Eddie Floyd (1966) Pop #28/R&B #1 (1 week)
REMAKES: Otis Redding & Carla Thomas (1967) Pop #30/R&B #8; Amii
Stewart (1979) Pop #1 (1
week)/R&B #6
LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES, Chris Kenner (1963) Pop #77
REMAKES: Cannibal & The Headhunters (1965) Pop #30; Thee
Midniters (1965) Pop #67; Wilson
Pickett (1966) Pop #6/R&B #1 (1 week)
LATELY, Stevie Wonder (1981) Pop #64/R&B #29
REMAKE: Jodeci (1993) Pop #4/R&B #1 (4 weeks)
LEAN ON ME, Bill Withers (1972) Pop #1(3 weeks)/R&B #1(1 week)
REMAKE: Club Nouveau (1987) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #2
LET'S GET IT ON, Marvin Gaye (1973) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #1 (6
weeks)
REMAKE: By All Means (1990) R&B #3
LET'S STAY TOGETHER, Al Green (1972) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B #1 (9
weeks)
REMAKES: Isaac Hayes (1972) Pop #48/R&B #25; Margie Joseph
(1973) R&B #43; Bobby Militello
featuring Jean Carne (1983) R&B #74; Tina Turner (1984) Pop
#26/R&B #3
LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE, Thurston Harris & The Sharps (1957) Pop
#6/R&B #2
REMAKE: The Jackson Five (1972) Pop #13/R&B #8
LITTLE DARLIN', The Gladiolas* (1957) Pop #41/R&B #11
COVER: The Diamonds (1957) Pop #2/R&B #2
*Group later changed its name to Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
("Stay," 1960).
LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE, The Valentinos (1962) Pop #72/R&B #8
REMAKES: The J. Geils Band (1971) Pop #39, Bobby Womack (1974)
Pop #10/R&B #1 (3 weeks)
LOVE AND HAPPINESS, Earnest Jackson (1973) Pop #58/R&B #22
REMAKES: Al Green (1977) Pop #104/R&B #92; David Sanborn (1985)
Pop #103/R&B #66
LOVE BALLAD, L.T.D. (1976) Pop #20/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: George Benson (1979) Pop #18/R&B #3
LOVE CHANGES, Mother's Finest (1979) R&B #26
REMAKE: Kashif & Meli'sa Morgan (1988) R&B #2
LOVE IS STRANGE, Mickey & Sylvia (1957) Pop #11/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKES: Peaches & Herb (1967) Pop #13/R&B #16; Donnie Elbert
(1974) R&B #70
LOVE-ITIS, Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds (1967) B-side of "Get
Down"
REMAKE: J. Geils Band (Early 1970s) Album track
LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET, The Moments (1970) Pop #3/R&B #1 (5
weeks)
REMAKE: Stacy Lattisaw (1981) Pop #26/R&B #2
MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF, Jerry Butler (1962) Pop #20/R&B #18
REMAKES: The Walker Brothers (1965) Pop #15; Dionne Warwick
(1970) Pop #37/R&B #26;
Michael Henderson (1982) R&B #68; Ron Banks (1984) R&B #31
MAY I, Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs (ca. 1962) Did not chart
REMAKE: Bill Deal & The Rhondels (1969) Pop #39
MAYBE, The Chantels (1958) Pop #15/R&B #2
REMAKE: The Three Degrees (1970) Pop #29/R&B #4
Both versions of "Maybe" were produced by Richard Barrett.
MERCY, MERCY, MERCY, Cannonball Adderley (1967) Pop #11/R&B #2
COVERS: Larry Williams & Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1967) Pop
#96/R&B #23, The Buckinghams
(1967) Pop #5; Marlena Shaw (1967) Pop #58/R&B #33
MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA*, Cissy Houston (1971) Did not chart
REMAKE: Gladys Knight & The Pips (1973) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #1 (4
weeks)
*This song began life under the title "Midnight Plane To Houston."
MR. DREAM MERCHANT, Jerry Butler (1967) Pop #38/R&B #23
REMAKE: New Birth (1975) Pop #36/R&B #1 (1 week)
MISTY BLUE, Joe Simon (1972) Pop #91/R&B #47
REMAKE: Dorothy Moore (1976) Pop #3/R&B #2
MORE LOVE, The Miracles (1967) Pop #23/R&B #5
REMAKE: Kim Carnes (1980) Pop #10
MUSTANG SALLY, Sir Mack Rice (1965) Pop #108/R&B #15
REMAKE: Wilson Pickett (1966) Pop #23/R&B #6
MY GUY, Mary Wells (1964) Pop #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: Sister Sledge (1982) Pop #23/R&B #14
NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE, The Jackson Five (1971) Pop #2/R&B #1 (3
weeks)
REMAKES: Isaac Hayes (1971) Pop #22/R&B #5; Gloria Gaynor (1974)
Pop #9/R&B #34
NIGHT TRAIN, Jimmy Forrest (1952) R&B #1 (7 weeks)
REMAKE: James Brown & The Famous Flames (1962) Pop #35/R&B #5
NOBODY BUT ME, The Isley Brothers (1963) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Human Beinz (1968) Pop #8
OH GIRL, The Chi-Lites (1972) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKES: Glenn Jones (1988) R&B #38; Paul Young (1990) Pop #8
OH WHAT A NIGHT, The Dells* (1956) R&B #5
REMAKE: The Dells* (1969) Pop #10/R&B #1 (1 week)
*Two entirely different versions.
ON BROADWAY, The Drifters (1963) Pop #9/R&B #7
REMAKE: George Benson (1978) Pop #7/R&B #2
ONE MINT JULEP, The Clovers (1952) R&B #2
REMAKE: Ray Charles (1961) Pop #8/R&B #1 (1 week)
ONE NIGHT AFFAIR, The O'Jays (1969) Pop #68/R&B #15
REMAKES: Jerry Butler (1972) Pop #52/R&B #6; Samona Cooke (1978)
R&B #91
ONLY SIXTEEN, Sam Cooke (1959) Pop #28/R&B #13
REMAKE: Dr. Hook (1976) Pop #6
ONLY YOU, The Platters* (1954) Did not chart
REMAKES: The Platters* (1955) Pop #5/R&B #1 (7 weeks); The
Hilltoppers (1955) Pop #8; Franck
Pourcel's French Fiddles (1959) Pop #9/R&B #18; Mr. Acker Bilk (1963)
Pop #77; Bobby Hatfield
(1969) Pop #95; Ringo Starr (1975) Pop #6
*Yes, they cut it twice!
PAPA WAS A ROLLIN? STONE, The Undisputed Truth (1972) Pop
#63/R&B #24
REMAKES: The Temptations (1972) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B #5; Wolf
(1983) Pop #55/R&B #47; Was
(Not Was) (1990) R&B #60; George Michael (medley with Seal?s
"Killer") (1993) Pop #69/R&B #88
PAPA?S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG, James Brown (1965) Pop #8/R&B #1
(8 weeks)
REMAKE: Otis Redding (1969) Pop #41/R&B #10
PART-TIME LOVE, Little Johnny Taylor (1963) Pop #19/R&B #1 (1 week)
REMAKE: Ann Peebles (1970) Pop #45/R&B #7
PATCHES, Chairmen of the Board (1969) Did not chart
REMAKE: Clarence Carter (1970) Pop #4/R&B #2
PHILLY DOG, The Mar-Keys (1966) Pop #89/R&B #19
REMAKES: Herbie Mann (1966) Pop #93/R&B #36
PIECE OF MY HEART, Erma Franklin (1967) Pop #62/R&B #10
REMAKE: Janis Joplin (1968) Pop #12
PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC, Wild Cherry (1976) Pop #1 (3 weeks)/R&B
#1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: Vanilla Ice (1991) Pop #4/R&B #22
PLEASE MR. POSTMAN, The Marvelettes (1961) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B
#1 (7 weeks)
REMAKES: The Beatles (1964)?LP track; The Carpenters (1975) Pop
#1 (1 week)
PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE, Percy Mayfield (1950) R&B #1
(2 weeks)
REMAKES: The Moonglows (1957) Pop #73/R&B #5; Wade Flemons
(1961) R&B #20
PONY TIME, Don Covay & The Goodtimers (1961) Pop #60
COVER: Chubby Checker (1961) Pop #1 (3 weeks)/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
POWER OF LOVE, Joe Simon (1972) Pop #11/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: Martha Reeves (1974) Pop #76/R&B #24
PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS, Jackie Moore (1970) Pop #30/R&B #21
REMAKE: O.V. Wright (1978) R&B #50
RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA, Tony Joe White (1969) Did not chart
REMAKE: Brook Benton (1970) Pop #4/R&B #1 (1 week)
RELEASE ME, Esther Phillips (1962) Pop #8/R&B #1 (3 weeks)
REMAKE: Engelbert Humperdinck (1967) Pop #4
RESPECT, Otis Redding (1965) Pop #35/R&B #4
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1967) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #1 (8 weeks)
RESPECTABLE, The Isley Brothers (1959) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Outsiders (1966) Pop #16
RESPECT YOURSELF, The Staple Singers (1971) Pop #12/R&B #2
REMAKE: Bruce Willis* (1987) Pop #5/R&B #20
RIVERS OF BABYLON, The Melodians (1969) Did not chart
REMAKE: Boney M (1978) Pop #30
SEA OF LOVE, Phil Phillips (1959) Pop #2/R&B #1 (1 week)
REMAKES: Del Shannon (1981) Pop #33, The Honeydrippers (1984)
Pop #3
SHA-LA-LA, The Shirelles (1964) Pop #69
REMAKE: Manfred Mann (1965) Pop #12
SHAKE, Sam Cooke (1965) Pop #7/R&B #2
REMAKE: Otis Redding (1967) Pop #47/R&B #16
SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME, Bobby "Blue" Bland (1964) Pop #42
REMAKES: Aretha Franklin (1969) Pop #13/R&B #1 (5 weeks), Kenny
Rogers (1981) Pop #14
SHE'S LOOKIN' GOOD, Rodger Collins (1967) Pop #101/R&B #44
REMAKE: Wilson Pickett (1968) Pop #15/R&B #7
SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL, The Soul Brothers Six (1967) Pop #91
REMAKE: Grand Funk Railroad (1974) Pop #3
SOOKIE SOOKIE, Don Covay & The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
(1965) Did not chart
REMAKE: Steppenwolf (1968--flip side of "Magic Carpet Ride")
SOULFUL STRUT (AM I THE SAME GIRL), Barbara Acklin (1968) Pop
#79/R&B #33
REMAKE: Young-Holt Unlimited (1969) Pop #3/R&B #3*
*Both versions were actually the same recording. Young-Holt simply
replaced Acklin's vocals with a
piano.
STAND BY ME (STAND BY ME FATHER), The Soul Stirrers (1959)
REMAKES: Ben E. King (1961) Pop #4/R&B #1 (4 weeks), Cassius Clay*
(1964) Did not chart,
Spyder Turner (1967) Pop #12/R&B #3, David & Jimmy Ruffin (1970)
Pop #61/R&B #24, John
Lennon (1975) Pop #20, Mickey Gilley (1980) Pop #22, Maurice White
(1985) Pop #50/R&B #6
*Yes, the future Muhammad Ali!
STIR IT UP, Bob Marley & The Wailers (1973) Did not chart
COVER: Johnny Nash (1973) Pop #12
TAINTED LOVE, Gloria Jones (1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: Soft Cell (1982) Pop #8
TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS (ROCK ME A LITTLE WHILE), Kim Weston
(1965) Pop #50/R&B #4
REMAKE: The Doobie Brothers (1975) Pop #11
TAKE ME TO THE RIVER, Al Green (early 1970s) Did not chart
REMAKES: Syl Johnson (1975) Pop #48/R&B #7; The Talking Heads
(1978) Pop #26
TELL MAMA (TELL DADDY), Clarence Carter (1966) R&B #35
REMAKE: Etta James (1967) Pop #23/R&B #10
THAT LADY (WHO'S THAT LADY), Isley Bros. (1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Isley Brothers (1973) Pop #6/R&B #2
(Yes, they cut it twice.)
THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT'S IN HIS KISS), Merry Clayton (1963) Did
not chart
REMAKE: BETTY EVERETT (1964) Pop #6
THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE, The Persuaders (1971) Pop
#15/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: The Pretenders (1982) Album track
THIS DIAMOND RING, Sammy Ambrose* (ca. 1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: Gary Lewis & The Playboys (1965) Pop #1 (2 wks)
*I don't know who he was, either.
TIME IS ON MY SIDE, Irma Thomas (1964) Did not chart
COVER: The Rolling Stones (1964) Pop #6
TOGETHER, The Intruders (1967) Pop #48/R&B #9*
REMAKE: Tierra (1980) Pop #18/R&B #9*
*Coincidence? You decide!
TRY (JUST A LITTLE BIT HARDER), Lorraine Ellison (1967) Did not chart
REMAKE: Janis Joplin (Album track)
TRYIN' TO LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU, Otis Clay (1972) Pop
#102/R&B#24
REMAKE: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (1981) Pop #5
TURN THE BEAT AROUND, Vickie Sue Robinson (1976) Pop #10/R&B #2
REMAKE: Gloria Estefan (1994) Pop #13
TWIST AND SHOUT, The Top Notes (1962) Did not chart
REMAKES: The Isley Brothers (1962) Pop #17/R&B #2; The Beatles
(1964) Pop #2
UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO), Stevie
Wonder (1967)
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1974) Pop #3/R&B #1
WHAT A MAN, Linda Lyndell (1968) R&B #50
REMAKES: Laura Lee (1969) Did not chart; Salt 'n' Pepa w/En Vogue
(1994)
WHAT'LL I DO (FOR SATISFACTION), Johnny Daye (1968) Did not chart
REMAKE: Janet Jackson (1993)
WIND BENEATH MY WINGS (HERO), Lou Rawls (1983) Pop #65/R&B #60
REMAKES: Gladys Knight & The Pips (1983) Pop #104/R&B #64, Bette
Midler (1989) Pop #1 (1
week)
YES I'M READY, Barbara Mason (1965) Pop #5/R&B #2
REMAKE: Teri DeSario with KC* (1979) Pop #2/R&B #20
*Another painful memory. Sorry again.
YOU BETTER MOVE ON, Arthur Alexander (1962) Pop #24
REMAKE: The Rolling Stones (circa 1965) Album track
YOU BETTER RUN, The Young Rascals (1966) Pop #20
REMAKE: Pat Benatar (1980) Pop #42
YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN, The Phil Upchurch Combo (1961) Pop #29
REMAKE: The Dovells (1963) Pop #3/R&B #10
YOU'RE NO GOOD, Dee Dee Warwick (1963) Did not chart
REMAKES: Betty Everett (1963) Pop #51; Linda Ronstadt (1975) Pop #1
(1 week)
YOU'VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY, Brenda Holloway (1967) Pop
#39/R&B #40
REMAKE: Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969) Pop #2/R&B #46
AFTER THE DANCE, Marvin Gaye (1976) Pop #74/R&B #14
REMAKE: Fourplay featuring El DeBarge (1991) R&B #2
AIN'T GONNA HURT NOBODY, Brick (1978) Pop #92/R&B #7
REMAKE: Kid 'N Play (1991) Pop #51/R&B #26
AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
(1967) Pop #19/R&B #3
REMAKE: Diana Ross (1970) Pop #1 (3 weeks)/R&B #1 (1 week)
AIN'T NOBODY HOME, Howard Tate (1966) Pop #63/R&B #12
REMAKE: B.B. King (1972) Pop #46/R&B #28
AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A HOUSE PARTY, The Show Stoppers (1968) Pop
#87
REMAKE: The J. Geils Band (Early 1970s) Album track
AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
(1968) Pop #8/R&B #1
(1 week)
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1974) Pop #47/R&B #6
ALL AROUND THE WORLD (See: "Grits Ain't Groceries")
ALL I DO IS THINK OF YOU, The Jackson 5 (1975) R&B #50
REMAKE: Troop (1990) Pop #47/R&B #1 (1 week)
AM I THE SAME GIRL (See: "Soulful Strut")
AMEN, The Impressions (1965) Pop #7/R&B #17
REMAKE: Otis Redding (1968) Pop #36/R&B #15
ANNA (GO TO HIM), Arthur Alexander (1962) Pop #68/R&B #10
REMAKE: The Beatles (1964) Album track
ANY DAY NOW, Chuck Jackson (1962) Pop #23/R&B #2
REMAKE: Ronnie Milsap (1982) Pop #14
BABY, I LOVE YOU, Jimmy Holiday (1966) Pop #98/R&B #21
REMAKE: Little Milton (1970) Pop #82/R&B #6
BARETTA'S THEME (KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE SPARROW), Merry
Clayton (1975) Pop
#45/R&B #42
REMAKE: Rhythm Heritage (1976) Pop #20/R&B #19
BETCHA BY GOLLY, WOW, The Stylistics (1972) Pop #3/R&B #2
REMAKES: Norman Connors featuring Phyllis Hyman (1977) Pop
#102/R&B #29; Prince
(1996)--Album track
BORDER SONG (HOLY MOSES), Dorothy Morrison (1970) Pop
#114/R&B #43
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1971) Pop #37/R&B #5
THE BOY FROM NEW YORK CITY, The Ad-Libs (1965) Pop #8
REMAKE: The Manhattan Transfer (1981) Pop #7
BOYS, The Shirelles (1960) B-side of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
REMAKE: The Beatles (1964) Album track
BRING IT ON HOME TO ME, Sam Cooke (1962) Pop #13/R&B #2
REMAKES: Eddie Floyd (1968) Pop #17/R&B #4; Lou Rawls (1970) Pop
#96/R&B #45
BURNING LOVE, Arthur Alexander (1971) Did not chart
REMAKE: Elvis Presley (1972) Pop #2
CALL ME, Aretha Franklin (1970) Pop #13/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: Phil Perry (1991) R&B #1 (1 week)
CHAPEL OF LOVE, Darlene Love (1963) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Dixie Cups (1964) Pop #1 (3 weeks)
THE CLAPPING SONG, Shirley Ellis (1965) Pop #8/R&B #4
REMAKE: Pia Zadora (1983) Pop #36/R&B #88
CLOSE YOUR EYES, The Five Keys (1955) R&B #5
REMAKE: Peaches & Herb (1967) Pop #8/R&B #4
COME SEE ABOUT ME, Nella Dodds (1964) Pop #74
REMAKES: The Supremes (1965) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #3; Jr. Walker
& The All-Stars (1968) Pop
#24/R&B #8
CRUISIN', Smokey Robinson (1979) Pop #4/R&B #4
REMAKE: D'Angelo (1995) Pop #53/R&B #10, Huey Lewis & Gwyneth
Paltrow (2000)
CRY BABY, Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters (1963) Pop #3/R&B #1 (3
weeks)
REMAKE: Janis Joplin (1971) Pop #42
CRY TO ME, Solomon Burke (1962) Pop #44/R&B #5
REMAKES: Betty Harris (1963) Pop #23/R&B #10; Freddie Scott (1967)
Pop #70/R&B #40
CUPID, Sam Cooke (1961) Pop #17/R&B #20
REMAKES: Tony Orlando & Dawn (1976) Pop #22; The Spinners (1980)
Pop #4/R&B #5
DARLING BABY, The Elgins (1966) Pop #72/R&B #4
REMAKE: Jackie Moore (1972) Pop #106/R&B #22
DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE, The "5" Royales (1957) Pop #81
REMAKES: The Shirelles (1961) Pop #3/R&B #2, The Mamas & The
Papas (1967) Pop #2, The
Temprees (1972) Pop #93/R&B #17
DEVIL IN HIS (HER) HEART, The Donays (circa 1962)
REMAKE: The Beatles (1964) Album track
DEVIL WITH THE BLUE DRESS, Shorty Long (1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels (1966) Pop #4
DIDN'T I (BLOW YOUR MIND THIS TIME), The Delfonics (1970) Pop
#10/R&B #3
REMAKES: Millie Jackson (1980) R&B #49/New Kids On The Block
(1989) Pop #8/R&B #34
DO WAH DIDDY DIDDY, The Exciters (1964) Pop #78
REMAKES: Manfred Mann (1964) Pop #1 (2 weeks); 2 Live Crew (1988)
R&B #62
DON'T LET GO, Roy Hamilton (1958) Pop #13/R&B #2
REMAKE: Isaac Hayes (1979) Pop #18/R&B #11
DON'T MAKE ME OVER, Dionne Warwick (1963) Pop #21/R&B #5
REMAKES: Brenda & The Tabulations (1970) Pop #77/R&B #15/Sybil
(1989) Pop #20/R&B #2
DON'T PLAY THAT SONG, Ben E. King (1962) Pop #11*/R&B #2
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1970) Pop #11*/R&B #1 (3 weeks)
DREAM MERCHANT (See: "Mr. Dream Merchant")
END OF OUR ROAD, Gladys Knight & The Pips (1968) Pop #15/Pop #5
REMAKE: Marvin Gaye (1970) Pop #40/R&B #7
EVERLASTING LOVE, Robert Knight (1967) Pop #13/R&B #14
REMAKES: Carl Carlton (1974) Pop #6/R&B #11; Rex Smith & Rachel
Sweet (1981) Pop #32;
Gloria Estefan (1995) Pop #27
EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO LOVE, Solomon Burke (1964) Pop
#58
REMAKE: Wilson Pickett (1967) Pop #29/R&B #19
FEVER, Little Willie John (1956) Pop #20/R&B #1 (5 weeks)
REMAKES: Peggy Lee (1958) Pop #8/R&B #5, The McCoys (1965) Pop
#7
FOR YOUR LOVE, Ed Townsend (1958) Pop #13/R&B #7
REMAKES: Sam & Bill (1965) Pop #95/R&B #14; Peaches & Herb
(1967) Pop #20/R&B #10; Gwen
McCrae (1973) R&B #17
FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE, Jerry Butler & The Impressions (1958)
Pop #11/R&B #3
REMAKES: Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters (1963) Pop #26; Jerry
Butler (1966)* Pop #99/R&B
#25; Oscar Toney, Jr. (1967) Pop #23/R&B #4; Jackie Wilson & Count
Basie (1968) Pop #49/R&B
#22; Linda Jones (1972) Pop #74/R&B #15; The Impressions (1981)
R&B #58
*New solo version of the 1958 hit.
FUNKY BROADWAY, Dyke & The Blazers (1967) Pop #65/R&B #17
REMAKE: Wison Pickett (1967) Pop #8/R&B #1 (1 week)
GEE WHIZ (LOOK AT HIS EYES), Carla Thomas (1961) Pop #10/R&B #2
REMAKE: Bernadette Peters (1980) Pop #31
GET IT WHILE YOU CAN, Howard Tate (1966) Did not chart
REMAKE: Janis Joplin (1971) Pop #78
GET READY, The Temptations (1966) Pop #29/R&B #1 (1 week)
REMAKES: Rare Earth (1970) Pop #4/R&B #20; King Curtis & The
Kingpins (1970) R&B #46; Syl
Johnson (1971) R&B #34; Smokey Robinson (1979) R&B #82
GIVING UP, Gladys Knight & The Pips (1964) Pop #38
REMAKES: The Ad-Libs (1969) R&B #34; Donny Hathaway (1972) Pop
#81/R&B #21
GO NOW, Bessie Banks (1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Moody Blues (1965) Pop #10
GOING IN CIRCLES, Friends of Distinction (1969) Pop #15/R&B #3
REMAKES: The Gap Band (1986) R&B #2; Luther Vandross (1995) R&B
#28
GOOD LOVIN', The Olympics (1965) Pop #81
REMAKE: The Young Rascals (1966) Pop #1 (1 week)
GRAZING IN THE GRASS, Hugh Masekela (1968) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B
#1 (4 weeks)
REMAKES: Friends of Distinction (1969) Pop #3/R&B #5; George
Howard (1993) R&B #78
GREATEST LOVE OF ALL, George Benson (1977) Pop #24/R&B #2
REMAKE: Whitney Houston (1986) Pop #1 (3 weeks)/R&B #3
GRITS AIN'T GROCERIES (ALL AROUND THE WORLD), Little Willie John
(1955) R&B #5
REMAKE: Little Milton (1969) Pop #73/R&B #13
GROOVY KIND OF LOVE, Patti LaBelle & The Blue Belles (circa 1963)
Did not chart
REMAKES: The Mindbenders (1966) Pop #2; Phil Collins (1988) Pop #1
(2 weeks)
HANG ON SLOOPY (MY GIRL SLOOPY), The Vibrations (1964) Pop #26
REMAKE: The McCoys (1965) Pop #1 (1 week)
HARD TO HANDLE, Otis Redding (1968) Pop #51/R&B #38
REMAKES: Patti Drew (1968) Pop #93/R&B #40; The Black Crowes
(1991) Pop #29
HARLEM SHUFFLE, Bob & Earl (1963) Pop #44
REMAKE: The Rolling Stones (1986) Pop #5
HAVE YOU SEEN HER, The Chi-Lites (1971) Pop #3/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: MC Hammer (1990) Pop #4/R&B #4
HE WILL BREAK YOUR HEART (HE DON'T LOVE YOU LIKE I LOVE YOU),
Jerry Butler (1960)
Pop #7/R&B #1 (7 weeks)
REMAKE: Tony Orlando & Dawn (1975) Pop #1 (3 weeks)
HEAVEN MUST HAVE SENT YOU, The Elgins (1966) Pop #50/R&B #9
REMAKE: Bonnie Pointer (1979) Pop #11/R&B #52
HERE I AM (COME AND TAKE ME), Al Green (1973) Pop #10/R&B #2
REMAKE: UB40 (1991) Pop #7
HEY THERE LONELY GIRL (BOY), Ruby & The Romantics (1963) Pop #27
REMAKES: Eddie Holman (1970) Pop #2/R&B #4; The Flakes (1980)
R&B #66; Stacy Lattisaw
(1983) Pop #108/R&B #71; Gerry Woo (1987) R&B #27
HI-DE-HO (THAT OLD SWEET ROLL), Dusty Springfield (1968) Did not
chart
REMAKE: Blood, Sweat & Tears (1970) Pop #14
HOW CAN I FORGET, Jimmy Holiday (1963) Pop #57/R&B #8
COVER: Ben E. King (1963) Pop #85/R&B #29
HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU), Marvin Gaye (1964) Pop
#6/R&B #4
REMAKES: Jr. Walker & The All-Stars (1966) Pop #18/R&B #3; James
Taylor (1975) Pop #5;
Tyrone Davis (1980) R&B #36
HURT, Roy Hamilton (1955) R&B #8
REMAKES: Timi Yuro (1961) Pop #4/R&B #22; The Manhattans (1975)
Pop #97/R&B #10; Elvis
Presley (1976) Pop #28
I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN, Ann Peebles (1973) Pop #38/R&B #6
REMAKES: Eruption (1978) Pop #18/R&B #30; Tease (1988) R&B #34
I DO, The Marvelows (1965) Pop #37/R&B #7
REMAKE: The J. Geils Band (1982) Pop #24
I DO LOVE YOU, Billy Stewart (1965) Pop #24/R&B #6
REMAKE: GQ (1979) Pop #20/R&B #5
IF YOU NEED ME, Wilson Pickett (1963) Pop #64/R&B #30
COVER: Solomon Burke (1963) Pop #37/R&B #2
I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, Gladys Knight & The Pips (1967)
Pop #2/R&B #1 (6
weeks)
REMAKES: Marvin Gaye (1968) Pop #1(7 weeks)/R&B #1(7 weeks),
Creedence Clearwater Revival
(1976) Pop #43, Roger (1981) Pop #79/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
(I KNOW) I'M LOSING YOU, The Temptations (1966) Pop #8/R&B #1 (2
weeks)
REMAKE: Rare Earth (1970) Pop #7/R&B #20
I PITY THE FOOL, Bobby "Blue" Bland (1961) Pop #46/R&B #1 (1 week)
REMAKE: Ann Peebles (1971) Pop #85/R&B #18
I PUT A SPELL ON YOU, Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1956) Did not chart
REMAKE: Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968) Album track
I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER, Dionne Warwick (1967) Pop #4/R&B #8
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1968) Pop #10/R&B #3
I SHOT THE SHERIFF, Bob Marley & The Wailers (1973) Did not chart
REMAKE: Eric Clapton (1974) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B #33
I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER, Sly & The Family Stone (1969) Pop
#60/R&B #24 and (1970)
Pop #38
REMAKES: Ike & Tina Turner (1970) Pop #34/R&B #25; Kool & The
Gang (1971) Pop #105/R&B
#35
I'LL BE THERE, The Jackson 5 (1970) Pop #1 (5 weeks)/R&B #1 (6
weeks)
REMAKE: Mariah Carey (1992) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #11
I'LL TAKE YOU THERE, The Staple Singers* (1972) Pop #1 (1
week)/R&B #1 (4 weeks)
REMAKES: Big Daddy Kane (1989) R&B #73; BeBe & CeCe Winans
(1992) Pop #90/R&B #1 (1
week)
*The Staple Singers actually lifted the introduction to "I'll Take You
There" from the Reggae
instrumental "The Liquidator" by Harry J. Allstars (1969).
I'LL TRY SOMETHING NEW, The Miracles (1962) Pop #39/R&B #11
REMAKES: The Supremes & The Temptations (1969) Pop #25/R&B #8;
A Taste of Honey (1982)
Pop #41/R&B #9
I'M EVERY WOMAN, Chaka Khan (1978) Pop #21/R&B #1 (3 wks)
REMAKE: Whitney Houston (1993) Pop #4
I'M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME, Dee Dee Warwick (1966) Pop
#88/R&B #13
REMAKES: Madeline Bell (1968) Pop #26/R&B #32; The Supremes &
The Temptations (1969) Pop
#2/R&B #2
I'M IN LOVE, Wilson Pickett (1967) Pop #45/R&B #4
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1974) Pop #19/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
I'M INTO SOMETHING GOOD, Earl-Jean (1964) Pop #38
REMAKE: Herman's Hermits (1964) Pop #13
THE "IN" CROWD, Dobie Gray (1965) Pop #13/R&B #11
REMAKE: The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1965) Pop #5/R&B #2
IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT, The Five Satins (1956) Pop #24/R&B #3
REMAKE: Boyz II Men (1992) Pop #3/R&B #4
IT'S ALL OVER NOW, The Valentinos (1964) Pop #94
COVER: The Rolling Stones (1964) Pop #26
REMAKE: Bobby Womack & Bill Withers (1975) R&B #68
IT'S GONNA TAKE A MIRACLE, The Royalettes (1965) Pop #41/R&B #28
REMAKE: Deniece Williams (1982) Pop #10/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
IT'S SO HARD TO TO SAY GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY, G.C. Cameron
(1975) R&B #38
REMAKE: Boyz II Men (1991) Pop #2/R&B #1 (1 week)
IT'S TOO LATE, Chuck Willis (1956) R&B #3
REMAKE: Ted Taylor (1969) Pop #118/R&B #30
IT'S YOUR THING, The Isley Brothers (1969) Pop #2/R&B #1 (4 weeks)
REMAKES: Senor Soul (1969) R&B #39; Moms Mabley (1969) Did not
chart; Salt-N-Pepa featuring
EU* (1988) R&B #4
*Recorded as "Shake Your Thing."
I'VE BEEN HURT, The Tams (1965) Did not chart
REMAKE: Bill Deal & The Rhondels (1969) Pop #35
IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW, Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes
(1972) Pop #3/R&B #1 (2
weeks)
REMAKE: Simply Red (1989) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B #38
KEEP ON DANCING, The Avantis (1963) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Gentrys (1965) Pop #4
KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG, Robertta Flack (1973) Pop #1 (5
weeks)/R&B #2
REMAKES: Al B. Sure! (1989) Pop #80/R&B #14; The Fugees (1996)
KNOCK ON WOOD, Eddie Floyd (1966) Pop #28/R&B #1 (1 week)
REMAKES: Otis Redding & Carla Thomas (1967) Pop #30/R&B #8; Amii
Stewart (1979) Pop #1 (1
week)/R&B #6
LAND OF A THOUSAND DANCES, Chris Kenner (1963) Pop #77
REMAKES: Cannibal & The Headhunters (1965) Pop #30; Thee
Midniters (1965) Pop #67; Wilson
Pickett (1966) Pop #6/R&B #1 (1 week)
LATELY, Stevie Wonder (1981) Pop #64/R&B #29
REMAKE: Jodeci (1993) Pop #4/R&B #1 (4 weeks)
LEAN ON ME, Bill Withers (1972) Pop #1(3 weeks)/R&B #1(1 week)
REMAKE: Club Nouveau (1987) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #2
LET'S GET IT ON, Marvin Gaye (1973) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #1 (6
weeks)
REMAKE: By All Means (1990) R&B #3
LET'S STAY TOGETHER, Al Green (1972) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B #1 (9
weeks)
REMAKES: Isaac Hayes (1972) Pop #48/R&B #25; Margie Joseph
(1973) R&B #43; Bobby Militello
featuring Jean Carne (1983) R&B #74; Tina Turner (1984) Pop
#26/R&B #3
LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE, Thurston Harris & The Sharps (1957) Pop
#6/R&B #2
REMAKE: The Jackson Five (1972) Pop #13/R&B #8
LITTLE DARLIN', The Gladiolas* (1957) Pop #41/R&B #11
COVER: The Diamonds (1957) Pop #2/R&B #2
*Group later changed its name to Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
("Stay," 1960).
LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE, The Valentinos (1962) Pop #72/R&B #8
REMAKES: The J. Geils Band (1971) Pop #39, Bobby Womack (1974)
Pop #10/R&B #1 (3 weeks)
LOVE AND HAPPINESS, Earnest Jackson (1973) Pop #58/R&B #22
REMAKES: Al Green (1977) Pop #104/R&B #92; David Sanborn (1985)
Pop #103/R&B #66
LOVE BALLAD, L.T.D. (1976) Pop #20/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: George Benson (1979) Pop #18/R&B #3
LOVE CHANGES, Mother's Finest (1979) R&B #26
REMAKE: Kashif & Meli'sa Morgan (1988) R&B #2
LOVE IS STRANGE, Mickey & Sylvia (1957) Pop #11/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKES: Peaches & Herb (1967) Pop #13/R&B #16; Donnie Elbert
(1974) R&B #70
LOVE-ITIS, Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds (1967) B-side of "Get
Down"
REMAKE: J. Geils Band (Early 1970s) Album track
LOVE ON A TWO-WAY STREET, The Moments (1970) Pop #3/R&B #1 (5
weeks)
REMAKE: Stacy Lattisaw (1981) Pop #26/R&B #2
MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF, Jerry Butler (1962) Pop #20/R&B #18
REMAKES: The Walker Brothers (1965) Pop #15; Dionne Warwick
(1970) Pop #37/R&B #26;
Michael Henderson (1982) R&B #68; Ron Banks (1984) R&B #31
MAY I, Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs (ca. 1962) Did not chart
REMAKE: Bill Deal & The Rhondels (1969) Pop #39
MAYBE, The Chantels (1958) Pop #15/R&B #2
REMAKE: The Three Degrees (1970) Pop #29/R&B #4
Both versions of "Maybe" were produced by Richard Barrett.
MERCY, MERCY, MERCY, Cannonball Adderley (1967) Pop #11/R&B #2
COVERS: Larry Williams & Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1967) Pop
#96/R&B #23, The Buckinghams
(1967) Pop #5; Marlena Shaw (1967) Pop #58/R&B #33
MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA*, Cissy Houston (1971) Did not chart
REMAKE: Gladys Knight & The Pips (1973) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #1 (4
weeks)
*This song began life under the title "Midnight Plane To Houston."
MR. DREAM MERCHANT, Jerry Butler (1967) Pop #38/R&B #23
REMAKE: New Birth (1975) Pop #36/R&B #1 (1 week)
MISTY BLUE, Joe Simon (1972) Pop #91/R&B #47
REMAKE: Dorothy Moore (1976) Pop #3/R&B #2
MORE LOVE, The Miracles (1967) Pop #23/R&B #5
REMAKE: Kim Carnes (1980) Pop #10
MUSTANG SALLY, Sir Mack Rice (1965) Pop #108/R&B #15
REMAKE: Wilson Pickett (1966) Pop #23/R&B #6
MY GUY, Mary Wells (1964) Pop #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: Sister Sledge (1982) Pop #23/R&B #14
NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE, The Jackson Five (1971) Pop #2/R&B #1 (3
weeks)
REMAKES: Isaac Hayes (1971) Pop #22/R&B #5; Gloria Gaynor (1974)
Pop #9/R&B #34
NIGHT TRAIN, Jimmy Forrest (1952) R&B #1 (7 weeks)
REMAKE: James Brown & The Famous Flames (1962) Pop #35/R&B #5
NOBODY BUT ME, The Isley Brothers (1963) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Human Beinz (1968) Pop #8
OH GIRL, The Chi-Lites (1972) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKES: Glenn Jones (1988) R&B #38; Paul Young (1990) Pop #8
OH WHAT A NIGHT, The Dells* (1956) R&B #5
REMAKE: The Dells* (1969) Pop #10/R&B #1 (1 week)
*Two entirely different versions.
ON BROADWAY, The Drifters (1963) Pop #9/R&B #7
REMAKE: George Benson (1978) Pop #7/R&B #2
ONE MINT JULEP, The Clovers (1952) R&B #2
REMAKE: Ray Charles (1961) Pop #8/R&B #1 (1 week)
ONE NIGHT AFFAIR, The O'Jays (1969) Pop #68/R&B #15
REMAKES: Jerry Butler (1972) Pop #52/R&B #6; Samona Cooke (1978)
R&B #91
ONLY SIXTEEN, Sam Cooke (1959) Pop #28/R&B #13
REMAKE: Dr. Hook (1976) Pop #6
ONLY YOU, The Platters* (1954) Did not chart
REMAKES: The Platters* (1955) Pop #5/R&B #1 (7 weeks); The
Hilltoppers (1955) Pop #8; Franck
Pourcel's French Fiddles (1959) Pop #9/R&B #18; Mr. Acker Bilk (1963)
Pop #77; Bobby Hatfield
(1969) Pop #95; Ringo Starr (1975) Pop #6
*Yes, they cut it twice!
PAPA WAS A ROLLIN? STONE, The Undisputed Truth (1972) Pop
#63/R&B #24
REMAKES: The Temptations (1972) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B #5; Wolf
(1983) Pop #55/R&B #47; Was
(Not Was) (1990) R&B #60; George Michael (medley with Seal?s
"Killer") (1993) Pop #69/R&B #88
PAPA?S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG, James Brown (1965) Pop #8/R&B #1
(8 weeks)
REMAKE: Otis Redding (1969) Pop #41/R&B #10
PART-TIME LOVE, Little Johnny Taylor (1963) Pop #19/R&B #1 (1 week)
REMAKE: Ann Peebles (1970) Pop #45/R&B #7
PATCHES, Chairmen of the Board (1969) Did not chart
REMAKE: Clarence Carter (1970) Pop #4/R&B #2
PHILLY DOG, The Mar-Keys (1966) Pop #89/R&B #19
REMAKES: Herbie Mann (1966) Pop #93/R&B #36
PIECE OF MY HEART, Erma Franklin (1967) Pop #62/R&B #10
REMAKE: Janis Joplin (1968) Pop #12
PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC, Wild Cherry (1976) Pop #1 (3 weeks)/R&B
#1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: Vanilla Ice (1991) Pop #4/R&B #22
PLEASE MR. POSTMAN, The Marvelettes (1961) Pop #1 (1 week)/R&B
#1 (7 weeks)
REMAKES: The Beatles (1964)?LP track; The Carpenters (1975) Pop
#1 (1 week)
PLEASE SEND ME SOMEONE TO LOVE, Percy Mayfield (1950) R&B #1
(2 weeks)
REMAKES: The Moonglows (1957) Pop #73/R&B #5; Wade Flemons
(1961) R&B #20
PONY TIME, Don Covay & The Goodtimers (1961) Pop #60
COVER: Chubby Checker (1961) Pop #1 (3 weeks)/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
POWER OF LOVE, Joe Simon (1972) Pop #11/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: Martha Reeves (1974) Pop #76/R&B #24
PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS, Jackie Moore (1970) Pop #30/R&B #21
REMAKE: O.V. Wright (1978) R&B #50
RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA, Tony Joe White (1969) Did not chart
REMAKE: Brook Benton (1970) Pop #4/R&B #1 (1 week)
RELEASE ME, Esther Phillips (1962) Pop #8/R&B #1 (3 weeks)
REMAKE: Engelbert Humperdinck (1967) Pop #4
RESPECT, Otis Redding (1965) Pop #35/R&B #4
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1967) Pop #1 (2 weeks)/R&B #1 (8 weeks)
RESPECTABLE, The Isley Brothers (1959) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Outsiders (1966) Pop #16
RESPECT YOURSELF, The Staple Singers (1971) Pop #12/R&B #2
REMAKE: Bruce Willis* (1987) Pop #5/R&B #20
RIVERS OF BABYLON, The Melodians (1969) Did not chart
REMAKE: Boney M (1978) Pop #30
SEA OF LOVE, Phil Phillips (1959) Pop #2/R&B #1 (1 week)
REMAKES: Del Shannon (1981) Pop #33, The Honeydrippers (1984)
Pop #3
SHA-LA-LA, The Shirelles (1964) Pop #69
REMAKE: Manfred Mann (1965) Pop #12
SHAKE, Sam Cooke (1965) Pop #7/R&B #2
REMAKE: Otis Redding (1967) Pop #47/R&B #16
SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME, Bobby "Blue" Bland (1964) Pop #42
REMAKES: Aretha Franklin (1969) Pop #13/R&B #1 (5 weeks), Kenny
Rogers (1981) Pop #14
SHE'S LOOKIN' GOOD, Rodger Collins (1967) Pop #101/R&B #44
REMAKE: Wilson Pickett (1968) Pop #15/R&B #7
SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL, The Soul Brothers Six (1967) Pop #91
REMAKE: Grand Funk Railroad (1974) Pop #3
SOOKIE SOOKIE, Don Covay & The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
(1965) Did not chart
REMAKE: Steppenwolf (1968--flip side of "Magic Carpet Ride")
SOULFUL STRUT (AM I THE SAME GIRL), Barbara Acklin (1968) Pop
#79/R&B #33
REMAKE: Young-Holt Unlimited (1969) Pop #3/R&B #3*
*Both versions were actually the same recording. Young-Holt simply
replaced Acklin's vocals with a
piano.
STAND BY ME (STAND BY ME FATHER), The Soul Stirrers (1959)
REMAKES: Ben E. King (1961) Pop #4/R&B #1 (4 weeks), Cassius Clay*
(1964) Did not chart,
Spyder Turner (1967) Pop #12/R&B #3, David & Jimmy Ruffin (1970)
Pop #61/R&B #24, John
Lennon (1975) Pop #20, Mickey Gilley (1980) Pop #22, Maurice White
(1985) Pop #50/R&B #6
*Yes, the future Muhammad Ali!
STIR IT UP, Bob Marley & The Wailers (1973) Did not chart
COVER: Johnny Nash (1973) Pop #12
TAINTED LOVE, Gloria Jones (1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: Soft Cell (1982) Pop #8
TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS (ROCK ME A LITTLE WHILE), Kim Weston
(1965) Pop #50/R&B #4
REMAKE: The Doobie Brothers (1975) Pop #11
TAKE ME TO THE RIVER, Al Green (early 1970s) Did not chart
REMAKES: Syl Johnson (1975) Pop #48/R&B #7; The Talking Heads
(1978) Pop #26
TELL MAMA (TELL DADDY), Clarence Carter (1966) R&B #35
REMAKE: Etta James (1967) Pop #23/R&B #10
THAT LADY (WHO'S THAT LADY), Isley Bros. (1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: The Isley Brothers (1973) Pop #6/R&B #2
(Yes, they cut it twice.)
THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (IT'S IN HIS KISS), Merry Clayton (1963) Did
not chart
REMAKE: BETTY EVERETT (1964) Pop #6
THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE, The Persuaders (1971) Pop
#15/R&B #1 (2 weeks)
REMAKE: The Pretenders (1982) Album track
THIS DIAMOND RING, Sammy Ambrose* (ca. 1964) Did not chart
REMAKE: Gary Lewis & The Playboys (1965) Pop #1 (2 wks)
*I don't know who he was, either.
TIME IS ON MY SIDE, Irma Thomas (1964) Did not chart
COVER: The Rolling Stones (1964) Pop #6
TOGETHER, The Intruders (1967) Pop #48/R&B #9*
REMAKE: Tierra (1980) Pop #18/R&B #9*
*Coincidence? You decide!
TRY (JUST A LITTLE BIT HARDER), Lorraine Ellison (1967) Did not chart
REMAKE: Janis Joplin (Album track)
TRYIN' TO LIVE MY LIFE WITHOUT YOU, Otis Clay (1972) Pop
#102/R&B#24
REMAKE: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (1981) Pop #5
TURN THE BEAT AROUND, Vickie Sue Robinson (1976) Pop #10/R&B #2
REMAKE: Gloria Estefan (1994) Pop #13
TWIST AND SHOUT, The Top Notes (1962) Did not chart
REMAKES: The Isley Brothers (1962) Pop #17/R&B #2; The Beatles
(1964) Pop #2
UNTIL YOU COME BACK TO ME (THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO), Stevie
Wonder (1967)
REMAKE: Aretha Franklin (1974) Pop #3/R&B #1
WHAT A MAN, Linda Lyndell (1968) R&B #50
REMAKES: Laura Lee (1969) Did not chart; Salt 'n' Pepa w/En Vogue
(1994)
WHAT'LL I DO (FOR SATISFACTION), Johnny Daye (1968) Did not chart
REMAKE: Janet Jackson (1993)
WIND BENEATH MY WINGS (HERO), Lou Rawls (1983) Pop #65/R&B #60
REMAKES: Gladys Knight & The Pips (1983) Pop #104/R&B #64, Bette
Midler (1989) Pop #1 (1
week)
YES I'M READY, Barbara Mason (1965) Pop #5/R&B #2
REMAKE: Teri DeSario with KC* (1979) Pop #2/R&B #20
*Another painful memory. Sorry again.
YOU BETTER MOVE ON, Arthur Alexander (1962) Pop #24
REMAKE: The Rolling Stones (circa 1965) Album track
YOU BETTER RUN, The Young Rascals (1966) Pop #20
REMAKE: Pat Benatar (1980) Pop #42
YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN, The Phil Upchurch Combo (1961) Pop #29
REMAKE: The Dovells (1963) Pop #3/R&B #10
YOU'RE NO GOOD, Dee Dee Warwick (1963) Did not chart
REMAKES: Betty Everett (1963) Pop #51; Linda Ronstadt (1975) Pop #1
(1 week)
YOU'VE MADE ME SO VERY HAPPY, Brenda Holloway (1967) Pop
#39/R&B #40
REMAKE: Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969) Pop #2/R&B #46
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