Monday 15 February 2010

Richard Searling Top 25 of 1985

From Richard's column in Street Scene magazine January 1986

1 Alexander O'Neal - If You Were Here Tonight
2 Chapter 8 - How Can I Get Next To You
3 Skoolboyz - You Are My Love
4 Luther Vandross - My Sensitivity
5 Rene & Angela - You Dont Have To Cry
6 Lonnie Hill - Galveston Bay
7 Patti Austin - Only A Breath Away
8 Johnny Gill - Chemistry
9 Frederick - Somebody Wont Sleep Tonight
10 Smoke City - Dreams
11 Billy Griffin - Systematic
12 Bill Withers - Something That Turns You On
13 Levert - Im Still
14 Dennis Edwards - Coolin Out
15 Benny Lattimore - Wake Me Up
16 Andrew Barrax - I Just Cant Seem To Forget
17 Durrel Coleman - Do You Love Me
18 Johnnie Taylor - When She Stops Asking
19 Maze - I Want To Feel Im Wanted
20 Patti Labelle - I Cant Forget You
21 Willie Clayton - Love Pain
22 Atlantic Starr - Silver Shadow
23 David Camon - Night After Night
24 Joanna Gardner - I Could Never Love Another
25 Rockie Robbins - You Finally Found The One

Saturday 6 February 2010

Richard Searling Top 50 of the 1980s



Blues & Soul No.555 (Feb 27-March 12, 1990) 

1.ZINGARA Love’s Calling (Wheel 12”, 1981) 

2.ANITA BAKER No More Tears (Beverly Glen, 1983)

3.G.C. CAMERON Night Like This In Georgia (Malaco, 1983)

4.SHIRLEY BROWN This Love (Soundtown LP, 1984) 

5.CHAPTER 8 How Can I Get Next To You (Beverly Glen, 1985) 

6.THE CONTROLLERS My Love Is Real (Juana 12”, 1982) 

7.GLENN JONES Keep On Doin’ (RCA LP, 1983) 

8.JOHNNIE TAYLOR Shoot For The Stars (Beverly Glen 12”, 1984)

9.JAMES “D-TRAIN” WILLIAMS Shadow Of Another Love (Columbia LP, 1988)

10.GARFIELD FLEMING Don’t Send Me Away (Becket 12”, 1981) 

11.JEAN CARN Bet Your Lucky Star (TSOP LP, 1981) 

12.KENI BURKE Gotta Find My Way Back In Your Heart (RCA LP, 1981) 

13.LONNIE LISTON SMITH If You Take Care Of Me (Doctor Jazz 12”, 1984) 

14.CRYSTAL WINDS So Sad (Cashear LP, 1982) 

15.ANITA BAKER Been So Long (Elektra LP, 1986) 

16.L.J. REYNOLDS Southern Pearl (Capitol LP, 1981) 

17.J. BLACKFOOT Taxi (Soundtown LP, 1983) 

18.ATLANTIC STARR Let’s Get Closer (A&M LP, 1982) 

19.PATTI LABELLE I Can’t Forget You (Phil. Int. LP, 1985) 

20.BOBBY WOMACK Games (Beverly Glen LP, 1981) 

21.DENNIS EDWARDS (You’re My) Aphrodisiac (Motown LP, 1984) 

22.WALTER JACKSON Tell Me Where It Hurts (Columbia LP, 1981) 

23.LEON WARE Rockin’ You Eternally (Elektra LP, 1981) 

24.GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS All Our Love (MCA LP, 1987) 

25.GARY TAYLOR This Time (A&M LP, 1983) 

26.GLENN JONES You’re The Only One I Love (RCA LP, 1984) 

27.RONNIE McNEIR Love Suspect (Setting Sun LP, 1985) 

28.ROBERT WINTERS Magic Man (Buddah LP, 1981)

29.O’CONNER Too Sweet To Lose (Bearsville LP, 1981)

30.ROSIE GAINES Crazy (Epic 12”, 1987) 

31.DAVID RUFFIN I Wanna Be With You (Warner Bros. LP, 1980) 

32.TOMMY TATE We Don’t (Juana LP, 1981) 

33.SKOOLBOYZ You Are My Love (Columbia LP, 1985) 

34.GIFT OF DREAMS By My Side (Jam Power LP, 1983) 

35.THE VALENTINE BROTHERS Just Let Me Be Close To You (Bridge LP, 1982) 

36.CHANGE Sharing Your Love (Atlantic LP, 1982) 

37.HOWARD JOHNSON Keepin’ Love New (A&M LP, 1982) 

38.PARIS I Choose You (Kelli Arts 12”, 1984) 

39.DAVID SEA Night After Night (Crown Int., 1984) 

40.BeBe & CeCe WINANS Heaven (Capitol LP, 1988) 

41.ALEXANDER O’NEAL A Broken Heart Can Mend (Tabu LP, 1985) 

42.NDUGU & THE CHOCOLATE JAM CO. Come Into My Life Again (Epic LP, 1980) 

43.SMOKE CITY Dreams (Epic 12”, 1985)

44.LEVERT I’m Still (Tempre 12”, 1985) 

45.TYRONE DAVIS I Just Can’t Keep On Going (Columbia LP, 1980) 

46.LUTHER VANDROSS The Other Side Of The World (Epic 12”, 1985) 

47.BOBBY JONZ Thought You Were Lovin’ Me (Expansion 7”, 1984) 

48.THE WHISPERS So Good (Solar LP, 1984)

49.KENI BURKE One Minute More (RCA LP, 1982) 

50.THE S.O.S. BAND Tell Me If You Still Care (Tabu 12”, 1983)












Richard Searling Top 50 of 1993

1.RODNEY MANNSFIELD – “Nothin’ Better Than Lovin’ You” (A&M)
2.VERTICAL HOLD – “A Matter Of Time” (A&M)
3.KEITH WASHINGTON – “Is It Just Too Much” (Motown)
4.ANGIE & DEBBIE WINANS – “Light Of Love” (Capitol)
5.KEITH WASHINGTON – “Believe That” (Qwest)
6.THE ROCKMELONS/DOUG WILLIAMS – “Love’s Gonna Bring You Home”
(Mushroom/Expansion)
7.LOUIS LAMB – “Gentle As A Lamb” (5th Avenue)
8.NIKITA GERMAINE – “Sweet As It Comes” (Motown)
9.GENE RICE – “Come A Little Closer” (RCA)
10.BRIAN POWELL – “Smile” (Talkin Loud)
11.TONI BRAXTON – “Seven Whole Days” (Arista)
12.VICTOR HAYNES – “Days & Nights” (Expansion)
13.LUTHER VANDROSS – “Heaven Knows” (Epic)
14.WILL DOWNING – “Lovers Paradise” (Island)
15.REGINA BELLE – “Love” (Columbia)
16.WALTER & SCOTTY – “Rest My Lips” (Capitol)
17.PAUL JACKSON, JR./GLENN JONES – “Heaven Must Be Like This” (Atlantic Jazz)
18.MARQUIS UBU – “You Changed My Life” (Tribute/Expansion)
19.ANN HINES – “If I Didn’t Feel This Way” (Platinum Blue)
20.MICHAEL ROSS – “We Finally Meet” (Mihi)
21.DENNIS AUSTIN – “I’ll Shine For You” (Word/Expansion)
22.GEORGE JACKSON – “I Want That Love Back” (Black Grape)
23.MICA PARIS – “Positivity” (4th And Broadway)
24.NORMAN CONNORS/DENISE STEWART – “I Can’t Wait To See You Again” (MoJazz)
25.FOURPLAY/CHAKA KHAN – “Between The Sheets” (Warner Bros.)
26.RICK WEBB – “Think About It” (Expansion)
27.NU COLOURS – “Pain” (Polydor/Wild Card)
28.JEVETTA STEELE – “Love Is A Losing Game” (Columbia)
29.DIONNE WARWICK – “Where My Lips Have Been” (Arista)
30.CHRIS WALKER – “Love Tonight” (Pendulum)
31.INTRO – “Ecstacy Of Love” (Atlantic)
32.GARY TAYLOR – “After Affect” (Expansion)
33.J.BLACKFOOT – “Now Is The Time” (Platinum Blue)
34.TISHA – “Love’s Got A Hold On Me” (Capitol)
35.JON LUCIEN – “Lonely For You” (Mercury)
36.BELINDA A. SKINNER – “Surrender My Soul” (Expansion)
37.CUBA GOODING – “Meant To Be In Love” (Triune)
38.COMING OF AGE – “I’d Rather Be With You” (BMG/Zoo)
39.TEDDY PENDERGRASS – “Voodoo” (Elektra)
40.HERE AND NOW – “Let’s Start Over Again” (Atlantic)
41.WILTON FELDER/BOBBY WOMACK – “Forever” (PAR/Expansion)
42.KLEEER – “Ooh With You” (Old English)
43.GEORGE BENSON – “Love Remembers” (Warners)
44.BILLY AND SARAH GAINES – “Love’s The Key” (Expansion)
45.UNV – “Close Tonight” (Maverick/Sire)
46.LYNN WHITE – “I Don’t Know Why” (S.O.H)
47.THE WOOTEN BROTHERS – “Hasty Decisions” (A&M)
48.CHARLES BUSH – “If You Need It” (About Time)
49.DAWKINS AND DAWKINS – “God In You” (Benson/Expansion)
50.MAZE/FRANKIE BEVERLY – “Love Is” (Warner Bros.)

Richard Searling Top 50 of 1991

1.BILLY & SARAH GAINES – “I Found Someone” (Benson)
2.CALVIN BROOKS/HARI PARIS – “My Favorite Thing” (CB)
3.SHEILA HUTCHINSON – “Keep A Little Lovelight Burnin’” (Straight Life 12”)
4.HELEN BAYLOR – “Oasis” (Expansion)
5.JENNIFER HOLLIDAY – “It’s In There” (Arista)
6.MARVA HICKS – “One Good Reason” (Polydor)
7.PHYLLIS HYMAN – “When You Get Right Down To It” (Phil. Int.)
8.MARGARET BELL – “I Trust In You” (Reprise)
9.ESCOFFERY’S – “Where Is The Love” (Atlantic)
10.GLADYS KNIGHT – “Where Would I Be” (MCA)
11.OMAR CHANDLER – “If Only” (MCA)
12.GERALD LEVERT – “Just A Little Something” (EastWest)
13.BOBBY WOMACK/MICA PARIS – “I Wish I’d Never Met You” (Fourth & Broadway)
14.ATLANTIC STARR – “Love Crazy” (Reprise)
15.ERIC GABLE – “I Can Make You Feel Good” (Orpheus)
16.DESI – “Together Forever” (SOH 12”)
17.IZORA ARMSTEAD – “Don’t Let Love Slip Away” (UND 12”)
18.WILLIS DEMPO – “What’s Your Name?” (4 Sight)
19.GENE RICE – “Love Is Calling You” (RCA)
20.JAMM – “I Promise” (Onpoint/Fourth & Broadway)
21.LISA FISCHER – “So Intense” (Elektra)
22.CHRIS WALKER – “Make Me Feel” (Elektra)
23.MAGNUM FORCE – “Say Goodbye” (GMC)
24.AUDIO – “I’m In Love For The Very First Time” (Rare Groove)
25.FRED HAMMOND – “Mender Of Broken Hearts” (Benson)
26.BENITA ARTERBERRY – “All Or Nothing” (SBK)
27.DAVID PEASTON – “Luxury Of Love” (MCA)
28.KEITH WASHINGTON – “Lovers After All” (Qwest)
29.COMMISSIONED – “Secret Place” (Benson)
30.BRUCE PURSE – “Every Moment You Wait” (Next Plateau)
31.JON LUCIEN – “Sweet Control” (Mercury)
32.LOUIS PRICE – “Heart’s Devotion” (Motown)
33.SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS – “The Pressure (Pt. 2)” (A&M/Perspective)
34.BEBE & CECE WINANS – “Supposed To Be” (Capitol)
35.GREG WALKER – “Thank You” (TMR)
36.PEABO BRYSON – “Closer Than Close” (Sony/Columbia)
37.KARYN WHITE – “How I Want You” (Warner Bros.)
38.DEE HARVEY – “Leave Well Enough Alone” (Motown)
39.WILL DOWNING – “Giving My All To You” (Fourth & Broadway)
40.ALEX BUGNON/JANICE DEMPSEY – “So In Love” (Orpheus)
41.ROGER – “Take Me Back” (Reprise)
42.CHERRELLE – “Still In Love With You” (Tabu)
43.LUTHER VANDROSS – “She Doesn’t Mind” (Epic)
44.THE AFFAIR – “New Life” (ARP)
45.KENNY SMITH – “Call Me” (Command)
46.LEON WARE – “Heartbeat” (Expansion)
47.VESTA – “Special” (A&M)
48.KEITH SWEAT – “Give Me What I Want” (Elektra)
49.ROSIE GAINES – “I Only Wanna Be In Your Arms” (About Time)
50.FRANKIE KNUCKLES – “It’s Hard Sometime” (Virgin America)

Richard Searling Top 40 of 1996

1.ANN NESBY – Thrill Me (A&M/Perspective)
2.CHRIS WILLIS – Diamond In Me (Starsong)
3.RAMSEY LEWIS/MICHAEL LOGAN – Just A Little Lovin’ (GRP)
4.LUTHER VANDROSS – Nobody To Love (Epic)
5.WANDA – My Joy Is You (Expansion)
6.JENNIFER HOLLIDAY – Up Jumped Love (Geffen)
7.MELVIN DAVIS – Thinking Of You (P-Vine)
8.PARKES STEWART – Holdin’ On (Paradigm)
9.ART N’ SOUL – Nature Rise (Big Beat)
10.RODNEY MANNSFIELD – I Adore You (Expansion)
11.SWV/ROME – Use Your Heart (RCA)
12.THE DRAMATICS – Try Love Again (Hyped Int.)
13.J.MOSS/PAM TAYLOR – Turn To Jesus (Aviday/Expansion)
14.MAXWELL – ‘Til The Cops Come Knockin’ (Columbia)
15.OTIS & SHUGG – The Journey (Interscope)
16.JAKI GRAHAM – Walking On Water (Cutting Edge)
17.KENI BURKE – It’s Alright (Expansion)
18.RONEE MARTIN – Just As Long As I’m Loving You (MoJazz)
19.SKIP MARTIN – Better Late Than Never (P-Vine)
20.PUFF JOHNSON – The Love Between Me And You (Columbia)
21.JOE – All The Things (Your Man Won’t Do) (Island)
22.ART PORTER/LALAH HATHAWAY – One More Chance (Verve)
23.TOMMY TATE – If You’ve Got To Love Somebody (P-Vine)
24.ANGELA BOFILL – Galaxy Of My Love (Shanachie/Expansion)
25.KENNY LATTIMORE – Never Too Busy (Columbia)
26.THE ISLEY BROTHERS – Make Your Body Sing (Island)
27.LILLO THOMAS – That’s How Love Can Go (Brunswick)
28.DENNIS EDWARDS – When The Lights Come Down On Love
(Motown)
29.OMAR CHANDLER – Later Tonite (Expansion)
30.4-U – Everyday (Rip–It)
31.KINO – I’m The Man Your Mama Been Warnin’ You About (Columbia)
32.RICHARD ROGERS – The Underground (Expansion)
33.JESSE POWELL – I Like (MCA)
34.NOTATIONS – Gotta Cry For Two (Sunlight)
35.GEORGE BENSON – Summer Love (GRP)
36.SPECIAL GIFT – Tomorrow (Sunlight)
37.PAMELA WILLIAMS – The Secret Garden (Heads Up)
38.HELEN BAYLOR – Live And Let Live (Word)
39.JOHNNY GILL – All That He’s Supposed To Be (Motown)
40.KELLI WILLIAMS – I Wish (Word)


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Richard Searling Top 50 of 1992

1.BY ALL MEANS – “I Wanna Be Loved” (Motown)
2.NIKITA GERMAINE – “All Over You, All Over Me” (Motown)
3.RACHELLE FERRELL – “’Til You Come Back To Me” (Capitol)
4.EVERETTE HARP – “If I Had To Live My Life Without You” (Blue Note)
5.LINSEY – “Power To The People” (Expansion)
6.MIKE DAVIS – “All Alone” (Jive)
7.GARY BROWN – “Without You” (Capitol)
8.KISS THE SKY – “So Easy” (Motown)
9.CHRIS JASPER – “Thank You Jesus” (Gold Circle)
10.THE DELLS – “Somebody’s Gotta Move” (Phil. Int.)
11.WARREN BEASLEY – “Repossessed Love” (Ichiban)
12.CHUCKII BOOKER – “Games” (Atlantic)
13.TRUTH INC. – “Can I Get With You Tonight?” (Interscope)
14.MICHAEL COOPER – “Gotta Get You Undressed” (Reprise)
15.VERNESSA MITCHELL – “Be For Real” (Expansion)
16.MARION MEADOWS – “Love Was Never” (RCA)
17.JEFF FLOYD – “Who Said It (9 To 5)” (Murphy Floyd)
18.CHANTÉ MOORE – “Finding My Way Back To You” (MCA)
19.WALTER BEASLEY – “If You Ever Loved Someone” (Mercury)
20.KEVIN OWENS – “You’re My Everything” (JBR)
21.L.V. JOHNSON – “Discover Me” (Ichiban)
22.VANEESE THOMAS – “Fly Away” (Amherst)
23.CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS – “All I See” (MCA)
24.TOM GRANT – “I’ve Just Begun To Love You” (Verve)
25.GEORGE DUKE – “No Rhyme, No Reason” (Warner Bros.)
26.PORTRAIT – “On And On” (Capitol)
27.JEVETTA STEELE – “Where Do We Go From Here” (Une Musique)
28.BEN TANKARD – “Paradise” (Tribute)
29.JOEY DIGGS – “Your Love Keeps Working On Me” (Capitol)
30.GROVER WASHINGTON, JR./NANCY WILSON – “Your Love” (Columbia)
31.BRIAN McKNIGHT – “Love Me, Hold Me” (Mercury)
32.THREE SHADES BROWN – “Love Complications” (Atlantic)
33.COLONEL ABRAMS – “Good Things” (Acid Jazz)
34.THE JONES GIRLS – “Getting On With My Own Life” (ARP)
35.AL JOHNSON – “Style (I Like Yours Too)” (About Time)
36.GLENN JONES – “The Way You Do” (Atlantic)
37.LO-KEY – “I Got A Thang For Ya!” (A&M/Perspective)
38.CARL ANDERSON – “Love Will Follow” (GRP)
39.BENET – “Something Real” (EMI)
40.AFTER 7 – “Can He Love You Like This?” (Virgin)
41.MILIRA – “Ready For Love” (Motown)
42.CALLOWAY – “I Desire You” (Epic/Solar)
43.CHIC – “One And Only One” (Warner Bros.)
44.DAVID BLACK – “Nobody But You” (Capitol/Bust It)
45.NAJEE – “Just An Illusion” (EMI)
46.3RD AVENUE – “Show Me” (Epic/Solar)
47.LEROY HUTSON – “Share Your Love” (Expansion)
48.WENDY MOTEN – “Wonderin’” (EMI)
49.DOUBLE ACTION THEATRE – “Good Love” (Polydor)
50.HIROSHIMA – “With This Love” (Epic)

Richard Searling Top 40 of 1995

01. MARGI COLEMAN: I Need (Priority)
02. SOLO: (Last Night I Made Love) Like Never Before (Perspective)
03. MARK JOHNSON: Daydream (featuring James Robinson) (JVC)
04. PORTRAIT: All That Matters (Capitol)
05. MARION MEADOWS: One More Chance (featuring Blake & Asha) (RCA)
06. VERTICAL HOLD: Crash Course to Heartbreak (A&M)
07. IVAN MATIAS: So Good (To Come Home To) (Arista)
08. JEAN CARN: Don’t Stop Doin Whatcha Doin (Moja)
09. THE WINANS: Smile on Me (Qwest/Warner)
10. KUH LEDESMA: Keep On Lovin’ Me (Gold Koast?)
11. MICHAEL DAVIS: Solitaire (featuring James “D-Train” Williams) (Victor)
12. DENIECE WILLIAMS: Does Your Momma Know About Me
13. QUINCY JONES: Heaven’s Girl (featuring Ronald Isley & R. Kelly) (Qwest)
14. WILL DOWNING: I Can’t Make Love To You (feat. Marva King) (Mercury)
15. LEON WARE: Meltdown (Kitchen)
16. DEBORAH COX: Never Gonna Break My Heart Again (Arista)
17. JESSE: After the Rain (Capitol)
18. NICOLE JACKSON: Sensual Loving (Moja/Expansion)
19. NIGEL MARTINEZ: You’re So Good (Expansion)
20. IMPROMP2: Get Me Off (MoJazz)
21. GARY TAYLOR: Special (featuring Bridgette Bryant) (Morning Crew)
22. TINA MOORE: Color Me Blue (Scotti Bros.)
23. LARRY CORYELL: Tonight Is the Night (featuring Peabo Bryson) (CTI)
24. EVELYN KING: I Think About You (Expansion)
25. RONNIE McNEIR: I Got Someone (About Time)
26. PHYLLIS HYMAN: I’m Calling You (Phil. Int.)
27. BLU: Pillow Talk (Motown)
28. SIDE EFFECT: You’re Too Good to Be True (Dog House)
29. JOHN EDWARDS: Tin Man (?Jap P-Vine 1995/Kent 1996)
30. THE DRAMATICS: One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show (Groovesville)
31. SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS: Mercy Mercy Me (Motown)
32. ERIC ROBERSON: The Moon (Warner)
33. CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS: Dance 4 Me (Giant)
34. KEITH STATEN: Call on Me (Glorious Music)
35. RUSCOLA: Let’s Get Personal (Victory)
36. LSO: Down, Down, Down (Utopia/Bellmark)
37. GWEN McCRAE: Girlfriend’s Boyfriend (Homegrown)
38. TERRY GARMON: Any Way (Salt)
39. COZETTE MORGAN: All Out of Love (Nina)
40. UNV: First Time (Maverick/Warner)



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Friday 29 January 2010

Richard Searling Top 40 of 1994

1.PHIL PERRY: One Touch (GRP)
2.GARY: Any Time, Any Place (C4)
3.HOWARD HEWETT: Crystal Clear (Caliber)
4.IDENTITY CRISIS: I’ve Got What You Need (Tabu)
5.CHANTÉ MOORE: Old School Lovin’ (MCA)
6.GEORGE HOWARD: If You Were Mine (GRP)
7.J. LITTLE: You’re Gonna Miss Me (Atlantic)
8.BONEY JAMES: Happy Home (Warner)
9.PEABO BRYSON: Don’t Make Me Wait (Columbia)
10.ROBERT MOUSEY THOMPSON: Tell Me Pretty Lady (AM Tracks)
11.LALAH HATHAWAY: Long After U Have Gone (Virgin)
12.JEFF REDD: Down Low (EMI-ERG)
13.PAULINE WILSON: Deeper and Deeper (Noteworthy)
14.CARL ANDERSON: Always Come Running (GRP)
15.III FRUM THA SOUL: Distant Lover (Brown Street)
16.RON CARTIER: You, Me and Love (AM Tracks)
17.GLENN JONES: Here I Am (Atlantic)
18.NU SOUL HABITS: Cross My Heart (Motown)
19.MYCHAL MARCEL: Let’s Spend a Quiet Night (MM)
20.JESSE GRAHAM: When I Think of My Baby (Ichiban)
21.JERRY BUTLER: I Can’t Get Up the Nerve (Valley Vue)
22.DONALD HARRISON: Close the Door (CTI)
23.NORMAN BROWN: It Costs to Love (MoJazz)
24.FRONT PAGE: Closer (MCA)
25.VANESSA WILLIAMS: The Way That You Love (Mercury)
26.HUGHIE CRAWFORD: Give Me Your Love (ARP)
27.HIROSHIMA: One Fine Day (Qwest)
28.JAMARIAH: Beverley (Streete Heate)
29.VICTOR HAYNES: Tell Me Where You Are (Expansion)
30.MARION MEADOWS: You’ll Never Know What You’re Missing (RCA)
31.EL DeBARGE: You Got the Love I Want (Motown)
32.JADE: If the Lovin’ Ain’t Good (Giant)
33.THE DAZZ BAND: Ten Toes Up (Motown)
34.DRIZABONE: Woman and a Man (4th & B'way)
35.ANITA BAKER: I Apologize (Elektra)
36.LONDON JONES: What Makes a Man (MCA)

Friday 22 January 2010

Richard Searling Top 50 of 1990

1.HELEN BAYLOR – “There’s No Greater Love” (Word/Expansion)
2.LENNY WILLIAMS – “It’s Time” (Crush Music)
3.KOFI – “Lady Sits Alone” (Warlock)
4.CARL ANDERSON – “How Deep Does It Go” (GRP)
5.MARVIN GAYE – “I Love You Secretly (aka My Last Chance)” (Motown)
6.LONNIE LISTON SMITH – “Starflower” (Ichiban/Startrak)
7.GERALD ALSTON – “Getting Back Into Love” (Motown)
8.MICA PARIS – “Where Are The Children” (4th & Broadway) 12" Only
9.JOHNNY GILL – “My, My, My” (Motown)
10.CRAIG T. COOPER – “Quality Time” (Valley Vue)
11.GLENN JONES – “(Do You Love) The One You’re With” (Jive)
12.TERRY STEELE – “Prisoner Of Love” (SBK)
13.GARY TAYLOR – “Whatever” (Expansion)
14.THE WHISPERS – “Don’t Be Late For Love” (Capitol)
15.THE DOWN FIVE – “I Do Love You (You’re My Lady)” (Springfield)
16.JEFFREY OSBORNE – “Only Human” (Arista)
17.PATTI AUSTIN – “Through The Test Of Time” (GRP)
18.ROBBIE MYCHALS – “Holdin’ On To Love” (Alpha International)
19.PERRI – “Someone Like You” (MCA)
20.BYRON MILLER – “Got To Get It Right” (Nova)
21.DONNA McELROY – “Unconditional Love” (Reprise)
22.THE WINANS – “When You Cry” (Qwest)
23.LANCE ELLINGTON – “Pleasure And Pain” (A&M)
24.LORENZO SMITH – “Let Me Show You” (Alpha International)
25.ROBERT THOMPSON – “Give It A Try” (Konduko)
26.JEFF REDD – “Love High” (MCA)
27.SURFACE – “Give Her Your Love” (Columbia)
28.KEITH SWEAT – “Merry Go Round” (Elektra)
29.BEN TANKARD – “Be With You” (Tribute)
30.GREG WILLIS – “Give Her What She Wants” (Warlock)
31.ORTHEA BARNES – “’Til You Lose It” (Noteworthy)
32.AZ ONE – “All Of My Heart” (Profile)
33.ANITA BAKER – “Fairy Tales” (Elektra)
34.LEVERT – “All Season” (Atlantic)
35.BOBBI HUMPHREY – “Rainbows” (Warner Bros.)
36.FREDDIE JACKSON – “I’ll Be Waiting For You” (Capitol)
37.MIDNIGHT STAR – “One Life To Live” (Solar)
38.DUTCH ROBINSON – “Lowdown” (Expansion)
39.QUINN GOLDEN – “I Can’t Live With You” (Traction)
40.L.R. SUPERSTARS – “Come To Me” (Rare Grooves)
41.WHITNEY HOUSTON – “Feels So Good” (Arista)
42.ANTHONY AND DANETTE – “Turn Your Feelings On” (Expansion)
43.GEOFF McBRIDE – “No Sweeter Love” (Arista)
44.BOBBY LYLE – “Reach Out For Love” (Atlantic Jazz)
45.HOWARD HEWETT – “When Will It Be” (Elektra)
46.EVELYN KING – “Cross Your Mind” (EMI)
47.GEORGE HOWARD – “Shower You With Love” (MCA)
48.COLORS OF LCGC – “Weather The Storm” (Cantio)
49.STARPOINT – “Midnight Love” (Elektra)
50.THE WOOTEN BROTHERS – “Tell Me” (A&M)

Richard Searling Top 50 of 1989

‘SOUL SAUCE’ TOP 50 TRACKS OF 1989

1.RONNIE McNEIR Hold On (Expansion LP)
2.BY ALL MEANS I’d Rather Be Lonely (Island LP)
3.REGINA BELLE It Doesn’t Hurt Anymore (Columbia LP)
4.SUPERSTARS I Just Can’t Say It (C.H.S. 12”)
5.LIZ HOGUE Dream Lover (CBS Assoc. LP)
6.THERYL Open Up Your Heart (Hot Soul 12”)
7.GLAZE Promises (Rivertown 12”)
8.DAVID PEASTON Don’t Say No (Geffen LP)
9.GROVER WASHINGTON, JR. Sacred Kind Of Love (Columbia LP)
10.THE MANHATTANS Why You Wanna Love Me Like That (Valley Vue CD)
11.MICHAEL WHITE So Far Away (Electric Bird CD)
12.THE O’JAYS Fading (EMI LP)
13.ROSE ROYCE All I Wanna Do (Atlantic LP)
14.PEABO BRYSON All My Love (Capitol LP)
15.ALYSON WILLIAMS Just Call My Name (Def Jam LP)
16.MILES JAYE Message (Island LP)
17.NATALIE COLE I Can’t Cry (EMI LP)
18.MICHAEL JEFFRIES We Loved (Warner Bros. LP)
19.SHIRLEY BROWN Take Me To Your Heart (1st Mix) (Malaco Tape)
20.ERIC GABLE Hard Up (Geffen LP)
21.SHARON BRYANT Here I Am (Wing LP)
22.E.U. Taste Of Your Love (Virgin LP)
23.MIKI HOWARD Come Home To Me (Atlantic LP)
24.DAVID SEA Love Me Down (1st Mix) (Magic City Tape)
25.AMY KEYS Has It Come To This (Epic LP)
26.WILL DOWNING The Love We Share (Island LP)
27.CHERYL HUNTER Make Good Love To Me (Chelar 7”)
28.J.W. McGEE Another Love In Your Life (Quantum LP)
29.ADEVA So Right (Cooltempo LP)
30.EUGENE WILDE I Can’t Take It (MCA LP)
31.KRYSTOL Just Don’t Make It Hurt (Epic LP)
32.MICHAEL COOPER My Baby’s House (Warner Bros./Reprise LP)
33.RHONDA CLARK Between Friends (Tabu LP)
34.THE CONTROLLERS Just In Time (Capitol LP)
35.JOYCELYN RIPLEY Easy Lovin’ You (GDI 12”)
36.CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS Lift You Up (Geffen LP)
37.CANDYE McCORD So In Love (Chance LP)
38.PIECES OF A DREAM Lonely Hearts Of Love (EMI LP)
39.R.J.’s LATEST ARRIVAL You’re The One For Me (EMI LP)
40.WILLIE CLAYTON Say You Love Me (Polydor LP)
41.PERRI Feel So Good (Motown 12”)
42.WALTER BEASLEY You Are The One (Mercury LP)
43.Dee Dee WILDE Hold Me (4th & Broadway LP)
44.BERT ROBINSON I Can’t Let You Go (Capitol LP)
45.ROXANNE E. JORDAN I’m So Into You (Chance 7”)
46.THE TEMPTATIONS Special (Motown 12”)
47.DENIECE WILLIAMS I’m Free (Sparrow LP)
48.TASHAN Tears Of Joy (OBR/Def Jam LP)
49.VANESSA BELL ARMSTRONG You Make Me Wanna… (Jive LP)
50.THE DRAMATICS Please Say You’ll Be Mine (Volt LP)

Sunday 10 January 2010

Richard Searling Top 50 of 1987

Richard Searling's Top 50 of 1987

1.ROSIE GAINES – “Crazy” (Epic Promo 12”)
2.BERT ROBINSON – “Just A Little Love” (Capitol)
3.VANEESE THOMAS – “Let’s Talk It Over” (Geffen)
4.BeBe & CeCe WINANS – “Love Said Not So” (Capitol)
5.GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS – “It’s Gonna Take All Our Love” (MCA)
6.BOBBY JONZ – “Just Like A Woman” (Unreleased)
7.HARI PARIS – “You Hit My Love” (Caredja 7”)
8.GLENN JONES – “That Night Mood” (Jive)
9.GARRY GLENN – “Torch For You” (Jive)
10.COLONEL ABRAMS – “Soon You’ll Be Gone” (MCA)
11.MILLIE SCOTT – “Don’t Take Your Love” (Fourth & Broadway LP)
12.DUTCH ROBINSON – “Lowdown” (Catawba Unreleased)
13.STEPHANIE MILLS – “I Feel Good All Over” (MCA LP)
14.THE WHISPERS – “Give It To Me” (Solar LP)
15.WILLIE CLAYTON – “Your Sweetness” (Kirstee 12”)
16.ATLANTIC STARR – “All In The Name Of Love” (Warner Bros. LP)
17.TYRONE CURRY – “I’m So In Love With You” (Digital Soul 12”)
18.GIORGE PETTUS – “You’re Perfect” (MCA)
19.THE WATERS – “When You Love Somebody” (Waterwheel Edit)
20.PRIVATE JOY – “Love It Or Leave It” (Evejim 12”)
21.THE DRAMATICS – “Please Say You’ll Be Mine” (Unreleased)
22.KEITH SWEAT – “Make It Last Forever” (Vintertainment)
23.MARY LOVE COMER – “Come Out Of The Sandbox” (Co-Love 7”)
24.THE CONTROLLERS – “Keep In Touch” (MCA LP)
25.DYNASTY – “Lock On Love” (Solar LP Japanese)
26.JAMES ROBINSON – “You’re The One” (Tabu LP)
27.VESTA WILLIAMS – “I’m Comin’ Back” (A&M CD-Xtra)
28.JOHN WHITE – “(Can’t) Get You Out Of My System” (Geffen 7”)
29.VANESSA BELL ARMSTRONG – “You Bring Out The Best In Me” (Jive)
30.JOHNNY DEAN – “Don’t Disconnect My Heart” (Magic 7 7”)
31.ROBERT BROOKINS – “In The Beginning” (MCA)
32.PHYLLIS ST. JAMES – “You Give Me No Reason” (Unreleased)
33.DAVID HUDSON – “Night & Day” (Waylo)
34.KEITH THOMAS – “It’s Only Natural” (Dayspring)
35.DAVID RUFFIN – “Don’t Know Why You Treat Me” (RCA LP)
36.MINI & TYRONE CURRY – “Have We Lost” (Digital Soul LP)
37.MELI’SA MORGAN – “Love No More With You” (Capitol LP)
38.REGINA BELLE – “Show Me The Way” (Columbia)
39.RAY PARKER JR. – “Over You” (Geffen LP)
40.ÀNGELA WINBUSH – “Angel” (Mercury LP)
41.MILES JAYE – “Let’s Start Love Over” (Top Priority LP)
42.J.J. JOHNSON – “Don’t Go Away” (T.C.C. 7”)
43.BODY – “Possession” (MCA LP)
44.RONNIE McNEIR – “I’m So In Love With You Baby” (Expansion 12”)
45.LAKESIDE – “Just A Touch Away” (Solar LP)
46.JOHNNIE TAYLOR – “If I Lose Your Love” (Malaco LP)
47.THE O’JAYS – “Lovin’ You” (Phil. Int. LP)
48.ALEXANDER O’NEAL – “Hearsay” (Tabu LP)
49.THE VALENTINE BROTHERS – “Starship” (EMI America LP)
50.MASON – “Forever Yours” (Elektra LP)

Friday 1 January 2010

Richard Searling Top 50 of 2002

Richard Searling Top 50 of 2002

Vivienne McKone “Trust Me” (Rebop)
Lisa Shipman & Hallerin Hill “You’re the One” (Harborwood)
Johnson & Branson “Just a Chance” (Soul Japan)
Syleena Johnson “Faithful to You” (Jive)
David Josias “Ghetto Love” (IMI)
Kloud 9 “With Me” (Expansion)
Vivian Green “Keep On Going” (Columbia)
Keni Burke “Love Is Alive in My Heart” (Acid Jazz)
Floyd Taylor “When We Touch” (Malaco)
Incognito “If You Want My Love” (Rice)
Donell Jones “Lovin’ You” (Arista)
Maysa “Tailor Made Love” (N-Coded)
Mike Phillips feat. Jazdin Reddy “Wonderful and Special” (Hidden Beach)
Helen Baylor with Bob Carlisle “Harambee” (Diadem)
Gerald Levert “All That Matters” (Elektra)
Phyllis Hyman “Sleep on It” (Expansion)
D.J. Rogers Jr. “Where Is the Love” (Unissued by Motown)
Tasha’s World “All That’s on My Mind” (Brown Sugar)
Marvin Gaye “Music (Madhatter Remix)” (Sony Promo)
Tashan “After Hours” (Powerkingdom)
Peggi Blu “Can’t Go Back” (Expansion)
R. Kelly “Step in the Name of Love” (Jive Promo)
Glenn Jones “Every Time” (Peak)
Ebony Alleyne “In Love with a Stranger” (Okeh)
Cunnie Williams “Love or Drug” (Universal)
Don Blackman & the Family Tradition “This Thing Called Love” (Expansion)
Marion Meadows feat. Blake Harris “Flava” (Heads Up)
Lathun feat. India.Arie “When Love Came In” (Motown)
Jerald Daemyon Group feat. Kenny Allen “Kick It” (MacaDaemyon)
Angela Johnson “Rescue Me” (Dome)
Will Downing “Don’t Talk to Me Like That” (GRP)
Tonya Chester “Girlfriend” (CafédeSoul)
TC Carson “This Time” (Expansion)
China & Christopher Williams “Tell Me How Much” (Universal)
Michael Brown feat. Afrika Ansa “I Want You” (Revolver)
Rahsaan Patterson “You Make Life So Good” (MCA)
Leena Conquest “The Breeze” (CafédeSoul)
Jaheim “Put That Woman First” (Warner)
Pieces of a Dream feat. Tracy Hamlin “I Feel Like Singin’” (Heads Up)
Midnight Star “15th Avenue” (Reel Star)
Daisy Hicks “Back on My Feet” (Brown Sugar)
Ruff Endz “Sure Thing” (Epic)
Oliver Cheatham & Ken Norris “Just Another Lonely Night” (Island)
Elaine Stepter “More Than Friends” (Kon-Kord)
Greg Walker “So Much Better” (gregwalker.com)
Heather Headley “Fallin’ for You” (RCA)
Joseph Diamond feat. Jesse Robinson “Only Takes a Minute” (CafédeSoul)
The Rance Allen Group “Stay with Me” (Tyscot)
C-Nario “Don’t Take Your Love Away” (Chi-City)
Terry Steele with June “Qua” Kuramoto “So Strange” (JTS)

Richard Searling Top 50 of 2001

Richard Searling Top 50 of 2001

VANEESE THOMAS - Fortune (Unleashthe80s)
ALI OLLIE WOODSON - Drama In The Bedroom (Expansion)
BOB BALDWIN/JAMES ROBINSON - Stay (Expansion)
NATHAN HEATHMAN - Until We Meet Again (Expansion)
FONTELLA BASS/DAVID PEASTON - Special Lady (Justin Time)
LAFAYETTE REED - He’ll Never Be A True Gentleman (Connoisseur)
DENNIS TAYLOR - Lover For Life (Dome)
THE O’JAYS - I Don’t Know (MCA)
DENETRIA CHANCE - I’ll Always Remember You (Dome)
EDDIE M - Baby Leave The Lights On (Gold Circle)
MAURICE J. - Devoted To You (Phoenix Ent.)
SHABAZZ - Fall In Love Again (FER)
ANGIE STONE - Wish I Didn’t Miss You (J Records)
THE MAIN INGREDIENT - Won’t Let You Do That To Me (Magnatar)
THE ISLEY BROTHERS - You Deserve Better (DreamWorks)
MICA PARIS - Sixth Street (Chrysalis Japan)
JAARAD - You (Marimelj)
MARCY - You Could Be The One (Bradley House)
DANTE - 7 Days A Week (Unity)
WAYMAN TISDALE - Can’t Hide Love (Atlantic)
DENISE STEWART - Love Is (Expansion)
MICHAEL COOPER - This Heart Of Mine (Lightyear)
DAISY HICKS - Sweetest Feeling (Victor)
AQUABOX/GAVIN CHRISTOPHER - I Keep Runnin’ Back (Xacea Sounds)
GERALD LEVERT - Got Love (Elektra)
TIFFANY LAING - Revelations (Better Than B4) (Twelve Tribes Musical Empire)
MICHAEL BOHANNON - Make Love Last Forever (CafédeSoul)
NLG (THE NEW LOST GENERATION) - Thinkin Bout Cha (Omnibus)
CYNTHIA BIGGS/SHARON BRYANT - Every Little Thing (FER)
INCOGNITO - Stay Mine (Talkin Loud)
GARY TAYLOR - Gotta Be A Way (Expansion)
BETTY WRIGHT - Just Say The Word (Ms. B)
DONNIE - Do You Know (Giant Step)
JEFF FLOYD - Nobody Wants You (Wilbe)
BEVERLEI BROWN/DENNIS TAYLOR - Could Be You (Dome)
REN - Close Your Eyes (MusicMind)
KELIS - Shooting Stars (Virgin)
JANITA - Angel Eyes (Carport)
PHIL PERRY - Magic (Peak)
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - Step On Pt. II (RCA)
JACKIE JOHNSON - I Wanna Move With You (High Stacks)
MICHAEL AVERY - What Love Is (OK)
BRIAN McKNIGHT - What’s It Gonna Be (Motown)
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS - Where Would You Go? (Renegade)
JOE - Stutter (Slang Dance Remix) (Jive)
SHIRO/BAZIL MEADE - Sing The Blues (Pioneer)
GLADYS KNIGHT - If I Were Your Woman II (MCA)
LATHUN - Sweetest Thing (Epic/Red Star)
GRACE LITTLE - Somebody’s Gotta Move (PIR)
JAHEIM - Just In Case (Warner)

Richard Searling Top 50 of 2000

Richard Searling Top 50 of 2000

PHIL PERRY - My Book Of Love (Private Music)
DENNIS TAYLOR - Enough Is Enough (Dome)
CHRIS SIMPSON - World Changer (Orpheus)
JILL SCOTT - He Loves Me (Hidden Beach)
MARION MEADOWS - Next To You (Heads Up)
PRU - Hazy Shades (Capitol)
NOEL ELMOWY - Only For You (Expansion)
R. KELLY - Up & Outta Here (Arista)
KAREN BERNOD - Looking For Love (Natively Creative)
DAVID LASLEY - Expectations Of Love (Expansion)
T.C. CARSON - Truth (ATC)
FRANK McCOMB - Wasting Your Time (Columbia)
LENNY WILLIAMS - Oh, Oh, Oh (Volt)
LEDISI - Take Time (LeSun)
PAUL TAYLOR/PORTRAIT - My Love (N2K)
EUGE GROOVE - Give In To Me (Warner Bros.)
STRAZZ/CHANDLER HAYES – The Lady In My Life (2nd View/Mysislin)
ROGER SMITH/TEMPTATIONS – I’ll Always Love You (Miramar)
CARL THOMAS/KELLY PRICE - Giving My Love To You (Bad Boy)
LaTANYA/AL HUDSON - Yes, You’re My Baby (TVT)
REGGIE CALLOWAY – Man’s Gotta Do (Expansion)
RACHELLE FERRELL - Run To Me (Capitol)
KEITH SWEAT - Real Man (Elektra)
CHANTÉ MOORE - Better Than Making Love (MCA)
WILL DOWNING - Love Of My Life (Motown)
MAYSA LEAK - Mirrors (Expansion)
WOODY CUNNINGHAM – Rock’n You Eternally (Expansion)
RHYTHM LOGIC/ELLIS HALL – If Only You Knew (Videoarts Music)
MICHAEL BOHANNON - Build A Fire (CafédeSoul)
JAMIE HAWKINS - Lost My Mind (Unissued by Monami/EastWest)
KELLY PRICE - At Least The Little Things (Def Soul)
PHAT CAT PLAYERS - This Is Your Day (Parlane Ent.)
GERALD LEVERT - Dream With No Love (Motown)
NANETTE FRANK - Settle For My Love (Singing Lady Prods./Lancia East)
KEVIN McCORD - Let’s Chill (Chance)
SHEILA E. & E-TRAIN BAND - N Perfect Time (Concord Jazz)
JOE McBRIDE - Everything Remains The Same (Heads Up)
TARRALYN RAMSEY – Heaven (Verity)
DERRICK HUGHES - Want And Desire (B4Real)
WILL EASLEY – Don’t Ya Like It (Nivel)
WILL WHEATON - My Promise (Platinum Bass)
TEMPTATIONS - Proven And True (Motown)
ANDRÉ DE LANG - Could You Be (My Favourite Girl) (Expansion)
TOMMY SIMS - When You Go (Universal)
DONELL JONES – I’ll Go (New Line)
INDIA T- Keep It Up (Dome)
DARWIN HOBBS – Everyday (EMI Gospel)
NORMAN CONNORS - You Are My Starship (Starship/The Right Stuff)
TOSHI KUBOTA – Masquerade (Epic)
SLIM MAN - The Beginning (Bona Fide)

Richard Searling Top 50 of 1999

Richard Searling Top 50 for 1999

GERALD McCAULEY feat. LARRY SPRINGFIELD & CHANTÉ MOORE - Can We Do That? (MCK)
TRINA BROUSSARD - Sailing (So So Def)
RICKY LAWSON - So Special (Platinum Ent. Japan)
PIECES OF A DREAM feat. MAYSA LEAK - You And I (Blue Note)
CALVIN RICHARDSON - Looks Like (You’ve Been Crying) (Universal)
DOUBLE SCALE feat. GARY TAYLOR - No Me Without You (Windham Hill Jazz)
KEVIN TONEY - So Good (Shanachie)
VICTOR FIELDS - Promise (Regina)
III FRUM THA SOUL - Fever (BMG Japan)
JOE - Soon I’ll Be Loving You Again (Motown)
KUH LEDESMA - Keep On Loving Me (Expansion)
BOB JAMES feat. RASHEEDA - Sweet Talk Me Now (Warner Bros.)
BRIDGE - Crying For Love (FER)
HOLLOWAY - Everything You Do (Expansion)
BRIAN CULBERTSON feat. HOWARD HEWETT - The Secret Garden (Warner Bros.)
GENAI - Wouldn’t You (Expansion)
ROHN LAWRENCE - A Woman Like You (Jazzateria)
ANALYSIS feat. ANITA WYNN - Say You’re Gonna Love Me (Harvest)
GARY DES-ETAGES - If You Ever Fall In Love (Expansion)
GINA FOSTER - Expect A Miracle (Vivo)
SHELICK RIVERS feat. DENNIS TAYLOR - You Know Just When
DOUBLE SCALE feat. TIM OWENS - I Hear Angels (Windham Hill Jazz)
JENNIFER HOLLIDAY - A Woman’s Got The Power (Universal)
ANGIE B. STONE - Tell Me (Expansion)
DONNIE McCLURKIN & NANCEY JACKSON - You Haven’t Lived (Harmony)
DUNN PEARSON, JR. - I Don’t Know (Bounce)
BRIAN TARQUIN - Rainfall (Instinct)
DONNIE - Heaven Sent (Earth Seed)
ARMSTED CHRISTIAN - Take Our Time (SIAM)
SMOKEY ROBINSON - Easy To Love (Motown)
OLU - Sweet Melody (Gee Street)
FRED ROSS - Tuesday Heartbreak (?)
CRAIG T. COOPER - Night You Said (Expansion)
JANITA - Loving Every Minute (Expansion)
RAHSAAN PATTERSON - It’s Alright Now (MCA)
CAMELLE HINDS - Closer To The Source (Expansion)
FRANCIS ROSSO - Baby Don’t Go
CLOUD NINE - Make You Mine (Expansion)
DANIEL MAILS - Show Me The Way (?)
YOUTH EDITION - Working For Your Good (IMI)
WILLIAM MININFIELD - Takes Me To Heaven (?)
GRENIQUE - Star Of A Story (Motown)
NIKITA GERMAINE - My Lovin’ Man (FER)
PEABO BRYSON - On And On (Windham Hill)
CHANTÉ MOORE - I Cry To Myself (MCA)
CHANTAY SAVAGE - My Oh My (RCA)
GERRY DEVEAUX - Front Of The Line (Expansion)
ERIC BENÉT - Love Of My Own (Warner)
RAYMOND JONES - Making Love (UEG)
MODERN TRIBE - Reach The Top (Expansion)


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Richard Searling Top 50 of 1998

Richard Searling Top 50 of 1998

PHYLLIS HYMAN - Set A Little Trap (Philadelphia Int.)
KASHIF - Can We Just Get Along (Expansion)
ANGEL GRANT - Kisses Luv Lips (Flyte Tyme)
KENI BURKE - Indigenous Love (Expansion)
PATTI AUSTIN - Totally Unacceptable (Concord Vista)
THE TEMPTATIONS - Stay (Motown)
TAMIA - So Into You (Qwest)
PHIL PERRY - Do Not Disturb (Private Music)
VINCE EBO - Just To Be With You (FER)
ERICA BERRY - Believe (Expansion)
AL JOHNSON - Tranquility (Committee Records)
DEBORAH JORDAN - Ocean Of Love (Dome)
VINTAGE - Sticky Situation (Vintage Records)
JUANITA DAILEY - Love Hurts (Woo)
GLENN JONES - Here All The Time (SAR)
MZ. FISHE & THE NEW GROOVE - Make Love (Fish In A Dish)
BILL SHARPE/JEFFREY OSBORNE - Light On My Life (Passion Jazz)
PLUNKY & ONENESS - Just Know That I Love You (N.A.M.E. Brand)
NICOLAS BEARDE - Color Blind (Expansion)
ANGIE & DEBBIE WINANS - Love Won’t (Against The Flow)
ATLANTIC STARR - All Because Of You (Sound Asia)
JODY WATLEY - A Lifetime (Atlantic)
ELEMENTS OF LIFE - Make Sure You’re Right (BMG)
GINA FOSTER - Expect A Miracle (Vivo)
SEAN OLIVER - Sweetest Goodbye (Timewarp)
EBONI FOSTER - It’s OK (Universal)
GARY TAYLOR - Erotica (Morning Crew)
GABRIELA ANDERS - Wanting (Warner Bros.)
ALI - Maybe Today (Island)
HINDA HICKS - When You Touch Me There (Island)
ANDRE LEE - Tell Me That You Want My Love (Avanti)
ARETHA FRANKLIN - How Many Times (BMG)
LENNY REYNOLDS - Things Just Ain’t The Same (LR Records)
KELLY PRICE - Friend Of Mine (Island)
TUTU JONES - I Can’t Leave Your Love Alone (Bullseye)
NIGEL MARTINEZ - Just Another Lonely Night (Expansion)
EDDIE M. - Hold Me (JVC)
GREG WILLIS - Just Don’t Wanna Be Lonely (Viking)
KHANI COLE - Like Love (Finer Arts)
TAMI HERT - If You Were Mine (50/50)
KENNY LATTIMORE - Tomorrow (Columbia)
BABY LEE - True Lies (FER)
OTIS CLAY - You Want Me (Bullseye)
JEFF ROBINSON - No Matter How Far (Wild West)
PINAY - Come Go Away With Me (Classified)
KEITH WASHINGTON - I Love You (Universal)
VESTA - Somebody For Me (I.E. Music)
WENDELL BROWN - Crazy (Raw Deal)
PAMELA WILLIAMS - I’ve Got Love On My Mind (Heads Up)
LUTHER VANDROSS - Dream Lover (Virgin)


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Richard Searling Top 50 of 1997

Richard Searling Top 50 1997

ADRIANA EVANS - Looking For Your Love (RCA)
GINA BREEDLOVE - Free To Be Me (Geffen/Qwest)
AMIEKOLEH - Once You Find A Good Thing (Expansion)
CALVIN ROMANCE - It’s Alright (Elusive)
DALIA - I Wouldn’t Do That To You (Pure Records)
JONATHAN BUTLER - Do You Love Me? (N2K Encoded)
VANESSA RUBIN - That Was Then, This Is Now (RCA)
RONNIE McNEIR - Down In The Neighborhood (Expansion)
SAM SALTER - Your Face (LaFace)
PHAJJA - What Are You Waiting For? (Warner Bros.)
JOE - How Soon (Jive)
NORMAN CONNORS - Do I Dare (MoJazz)
TOWER OF POWER - It Really Doesn’t Matter (Sony)
JEFFREE - Love Loan (Creative Outlet)
THE WHISPERS - I Love You Babe (Interscope)
SIMONE HINES - I’m Ready (Sony)
ANDRÉ DE LANG - Only Good Love (Expansion)
BRIGETTE McWILLIAMS - It’s Morning Again (Virgin)
ERICKA YANCEY - So Good (RCA)
KEITH MARTIN - Whatever You Need (CDM)
KENI BURKE - I Get Off On You (Expansion)
NANCEY JACKSON - Totally (Harmony)
RAY GREENE - Always (Bob Grady Records)
DAVE HOLLISTER - It’s Alright (EMI)
WILL DOWNING - All About You (Mercury)
BILLY VALENTINE - Feast Or Famine (Expansion)
THE EMOTIONS - Don’t Abuse My Love (Expansion)
NANCY WILSON - If I Had My Way (Columbia)
WOODY CUNNINGHAM - Animal (Expansion)
GEORGE HOWARD - Find Your Way (GRP)
RAHSAAN PATTERSON - Spend The Night (MCA)
RAY OBIEDO - Sweet Summer Days (Windham Hill)
LUTHER VANDROSS - I Won’t Let You Do That To Me (Sony)
PATRICE RUSHEN - Hurry Up This Way Again (Discovery)
OLA - You Summarise (Rugged Ram)
JAKI GRAHAM - Rhythm Of Life (Expansion)
MARIO WINANS - Arouse Me (Motown)
BROWNSTONE - Five Miles To Empty (Sony)
JESSE JAMES - You Want Everything But Me (Gunsmoke)
MARY GRIFFIN - Just No Other Way To Love Me (Curb)
L.A. JAZZ SYNDICATE - Love Season (Brajo)
ZHANÉ - Crush (Motown)
JOYCE COOLING - On The Run (Heads Up)
KIRK WHALUM - After All This Time (Warner Bros.)
TARAL HICKS - Silly (Motown)
VELMA - Strip It Down (Expansion)
NO LIMITS - No Limits (No Limits)
THE BRAXTON BROTHERS - Givin’ My Love To You (Kokopelli)
SHADES - What Would You Do (Motown)
GERALD VEASLEY - When She Smiles (Heads Up)


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