Discography

1963: R&B Charts ended by Billboard Magazine

Novelty songs; Girl Groups; More Dance Craze Songs; Emerging Soul Genre
  • AC Reed - (Age 29123 1963) I Stay Mad
  • Ada Ray - (Zell's 252 1963) No Longer Believe in Miracles
  • Anna King - (Smash 1858 1963) If Somebody Told You
  • Barbara Lewis - (Atlantic 2184 1963) Hello Stranger
  • Ben E. King - (Atco 6267 1963) I (Who Have Nothing)
  • Betty Everett - (Vee-Jay 566 1963) Chained To Your Love
  • Bill Robinson & Quails - (American 6000 1963) The Cow
  • Billy Bland - (Old Town 1143 1963) Doin' the Mule
  • Billy Guy - (ABC Paramount 10397 1963) (She's a) Humdinger
  • Bob & Earl - (Marc 104 1963) Harlem Shuffle
  • Bobby Comstock - (Lawn 202 1963) Let's Stomp
  • Bobby Powell - (Whit 717 1963) Done Got Over / I'm Gonna Leave You
  • Booker T & the MGs - (Stax 134 1963) Big Train
  • Carla Thomas - (Atlantic 22121963) Gee Whiz It's Christmas
  • Chubby Checker - (Parkway 849 1963) Limbo Rock
  • Chuck Jackson - (Wand 141 1963) Big New York
  • Debbie Brimer - (Danrite 103 1963) Hotel Happiness / I Turned to the Bottle
  • Dee Clark - (Constellation 108 1963) I'm Going Home
  • Dee Dee Sharp - (Cameo 244 1963) Do the Bird
  • Del Mars - (Mercury 72244 1963) Snacky Poo
  • Diane Ray - (Mercury 72117 1963) Please Don't Talk to the Lifeguard
  • Donald & the Delighters - (Cortland 109 1963) Wang Dang Dula
  • Donald Height - (Jubilee 5461 1963) Soul Monkey Twist
  • Doris Troy - (Atlantic 2188 1963) Just One Look
  • Eddie Bo - (Cinderella 1203 1963) Shake Rock and Soul
  • Eddie Kirk - (Volt 106 1963) The Hawg Pts 1 / 2
  • Eskew Reeder Jr - (Instant 3258 1963) Undivided Love
  • Essau Isaacs & Group - (Melron 5??? 1963) Milk That Cow
    Melron = Philadelphia label
  • Etta James - (Argo 5452 1963) Two Sides (To Every Story)
  • Faron Young - (Capitol 6025 1963) Hello Walls / Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
    re-issue of two earlier hits
  • Five Du-Tones - (One-derful 4815 1963) Shake a Tail Feather
  • Fox Hall - (Limelight 3003 1963) Do The Rock 'N Roll
  • Frankie & the Del Stars - (Foremost ???? 1963) Don't Shine Me On Pt 1 / Pt 2
  • Freddie Hall - (CJ 601 1963) She's A Upsetter
  • Freddy Butler & Fountain's Pens of Rhythm - (M&M 332 1963?) Pitter Patter
  • Gabriel Hearns - (Norman ???? 1963) Gabriel Blow Your Horn Pt 2
    St Louis DJ; anyone have Norman label info?
  • Garnett Mimms - (United Artists 629 1963) Cry Baby
  • George Jackson - (Prann 5003 1963) Won't Nobody Cha Cha With Me
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  • Harold Burrage - (M Pac 7204 1963) I'll Take One
  • Harvey Scales & Seven Sounds - (Cuca J1155 1963) New York City
  • Herbert Hunter - (Hit 78 1963) Twist It Up
  • Inez & Charlie Foxx - (Symbol 919 1963) Mockingbird
  • Irma Thomas - (Minit 666 1963) Hittin' On Nothing
  • Jackie Dunham - (Don Dee ???? 1963) All Around the World
  • Jackie Shane - (Sue 788 1963) In My Tenement
  • James Brown - (vinyl LP King 826 1963) Live At The Apollo
    Possibly his best piece of work of all time!!! Represents a bridge
    from R&B to the soul genre.
  • James Brown - (King 5701 1963) Three Hearts In A Tangle
  • Jesse Thomas - (Teem 1001 1963) All of My Love / Can it Be Love
  • Jewel & the Rubies - (ABC Paramount 10485 1963) Kidnapper
  • Jimie Kay & Moon Reyes - (Alpac 1912 1963) Highleggin Party
  • Jimmy Gilmer & Fireballs - (Dot 16487 1963) Sugar Shack
  • Jocko Henderson - (Wand 112 1963) A Little Bit Of Everything
  • Joe Melvin - (Jetstream 727 1963) Friends in Showbusiness
  • Johnny & Vibratones - (Warner Brothers 5043 1963) Bird Stompin'
  • Johnny Copeland - (Paradise 1013 1963) Heebies Jeebies
  • Johnny Copeland - (Golden Eagle 107 1963) Mama Told Me
  • Johnny Cymbal - (Kapp K503 1963) Mr Bassman
  • Johnny Niles - (Mercury 72132 1963) Wig Job
  • Little Stevie Wonder - (Tamla 54080 1963) Fingertips, Parts 1 and 2
  • Kingsmen - (Wand 143 1963) Louie Louie
    huge rock & roll hit single; re-issued many times on various labels
    defined the end of rock & roll popularity in New Orleans
  • Koko Taylor - (USA 745 1963) Honky Tonky
  • LB Wilson - (Vivid 1002 1963) Don't
  • Larry Bright - (Del-Fi 4209 1963) Do the Thing
  • Little Eva - (Dimension 1011 1963) Old Smokey Locomotion
  • Larry Seibert - (Whit 1 1963) You Said
  • Little Bernie - (Jove 100 1963) Do the The Waddle
  • Little Betty - (Alto 2006 1962) Twistin' Schoo
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  • Little Emmett Sutton - (Federal 12501 1963) Mom Won't You Teach Me To Monkey
  • Little Eva - (Dimension 1006 1963) Let's Turkey Trot
  • Little Freddie And The Ripcords - (Little Rick 119 1963) Goodbye New York Hello New Orleans
  • Little Jerry Williams - (Academy 5858 1963) Hum Baby
  • Little Johnny Taylor - (Galaxy 722 1963) Part Time Love
    last true "delta blues" song written when blues was considered old fashioned
  • Little Richard - (Little Star 123 1963) Every Night About this Time
  • Little Scooter Bill - (Razorback 111 1963) Let's Do the Itch
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  • Little Stevie Wonder - (Tamla 54080 1963) ) Fingertips, Pts. 1 & 2
  • Lenny Welch - (Cadence 1439 1963) Since I Fell for You
  • Lonesome Sundown - (Excello 2236 1963) I'm A Samplin' Man
  • Margie Hendrix - (Tangerine 940 1963) Let No One Hold You
  • Mary Wells - (Motown 1035 1963) Two Lovers
  • Merced & Bluenotes - (Tri Phi 1023 1963) Whole Lotta Nothin'
  • Nathaniel Mayer - (Fortune 554 1963) I'm Not Gonna Cry
  • Otis Redding - (Volt 112 1963) Pain in My Heart
  • Patrice Holloway - (Taste 125 1963) Do the Del Viking
  • Phillip Walker & Bea Bopp - (Gilkey 101 1963) The Shovel
  • Ray Charles - (ABC-Paramount 10481 1963) Busted
  • Ray Sharpe - (Gregmark 14 1963) The Bus Song
  • Ricky Allen - (Age 29118 1963) Cut You Lose
  • Ricky Allen - (Age 29125 1963) The Big Fight
  • Rogers Collins - (Galaxy 715 1963) Working Girl
  • Rolf Harris - (Epic 9596 1963) Tie Me Kangaroo Down
  • Ruby & Romantics - (Kapp 501 1963) Our Day Will Come
  • Rufus Thomas - (Stax 130 1963) The Dog / Did You Ever Love A Woman
  • Rufus Thomas - (Stax 140 1963) Walking The Dog / Fine And Mellow
  • Sam Cooke - (RCA Victor 47-8164 1963) Another Saturday Night
  • Sebastian & House Rockers - (Key 302 1963) Nobody Can't Do the Dog Like I Do
  • Shorty Long (Soul 35001 1964) Devil With the Blue Dress
  • Skip Cole - (Suave 718 1963) Do the Whip
  • Sky Saxon & Electra Fires - (Joie 626 1963) Trouble With My Baby / Do the Swim
  • Smokey Smothers - (Federal 12488 1963) Way Up In The Mountains
  • Solomon Burke - (Atlantic 2196 1963) Stupidity
  • The Aqua Nites - (Astra 1000 1963) Carioca
  • The Avalons - (Olimpic 240 1963) Malanese
  • The Blenders - (Witch 117 1963) Squat & Squirm
  • The Blue Orbits - (Kool 1021 1963) Let's Do the Hip
  • The Crystals - (Philles 111 Promo 1963) Let's Dance the Screw Pt 1
    withdrawn by Phil Spector
  • The Crystals - (Philles 115 1963) Then He Kissed Me
  • The Drifters - (Atlantic 2182 1963) On Broadway
  • The Cymbals - (Amazon 709 1963) Shout Mama Linda
  • The Essex - (Roulette 4530 1963) She's Got Everything
  • The Cascades - (Valiant 6026 1963) Rhythm of the Rain
  • The Cymbals - (Amazon 709 1963) Shout Mama Linda
  • The Drifters - (Atlantic 2182 1963) On Broadway
  • The Emotions - (Jonsal 79043 1963) Mashed Potatoes
  • The Exciters - (Dig ???? 1963) The Clyde
    Anyone know if this is an unissued single; Johnny Otis' Dig label or something else? The Exciters - sounds as if it both male & female vocals, not the all girl group
  • The Five Du Tones - (One der Ful 4811 1963) The Flea
  • The Five Du Tones - (One DerFul 4851 1963) Divorce Cout
  • The Quails - (Harvey 120 1963) Over the Hump
  • The Marlynns - (Tower 103163 1963) The Break / My Heart is Yours
  • The Mighty Cravers - (Keynote 505 1963) Soul Food
  • The Mixtures - (Linda 108 1963) Olive Oyl
  • The Ohio Untouchables - (Lupine 1010 1963) Forgive Me Darling / Love Is Amazing
  • The Olympics - (Tri Disc 106 1963) The Bounce / Fireworks
  • The Olympics - (Tri Disc 107 1963) Dancin' Holiday
  • The Persians - (Goldisc G-17 1963) Let's Monkey Again
  • The Rebels - (Swan 4125 1963) Wild Weekend
  • The Ronnettes - (Philles 116 1963) Be My Baby
  • The Tikis - (Minaret 115 1963) One More Chance / Big Feet
  • The Vels - (Trebco 16 1957 1963) Mysterious Teenage
  • Timmie Shaw - (Wand 146 1963) Gonna Send You Back to Georgia
  • Wayne Cochran - (King 5832 1963) Monkey Monkey (You Do It Like This)
  • Wild Child Gibson - (Astra 1008 1963) Uncle John

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1942 - 1954 - Early R&B Years

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