Billboard Hot Soul Hits


Billboard Hot Soul Hits is a series of compilation albums released by Rhino Records in 1995, compiling 50 hit soul music recordings, which were popular in the 1970s. Five albums were released, containing ten songs from a specific year from 1970 through 1974. This series follows Rhino's Billboard Top R&B Hits series which covers the years 1955-1969. It is followed chronologically by Billboard Hot R&B Hits, covering the years 1980-1989, skipping the years 1975-1979.
All tracks on the albums were hits on the Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles chart. Several of the tracks were crossover hits onto the pop charts.

1970

  1. "Love on a Two-Way Street" — The Moments 3:46
  2. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" — Sly & the Family Stone 4:52
  3. "ABC" — The Jackson 5 2:59
  4. "Rainy Night in Georgia" — Brook Benton 3:52
  5. "The Thrill Is Gone" — B.B. King 4:02
  6. "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" — Delfonics 3:23
  7. "Patches" — Clarence Carter 3:13
  8. "Super Bad " — James Brown 5:04
  9. "Call Me" — Aretha Franklin 3:18
  10. "Turn Back the Hands of Time" — Tyrone Davis 2:38

1971

  1. "Want Ads" — Honey Cone 2:46
  2. "Smiling Faces Sometimes" — Undisputed Truth 3:18
  3. "Have You Seen Her" — Chi-Lites 5:10
  4. "Bridge over Troubled Water" — Aretha Franklin 5:32
  5. "Don't Knock My Love " Wilson Pickett 2:15
  6. "(Do The) Push and Pull " — Rufus Thomas 3:21
  7. "Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone" — Johnnie Taylor 3:01
  8. "If I Were Your Woman" — Gladys Knight & The Pips 3:13
  9. "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" — The Persuaders 3:23
  10. "Hot Pants" — James Brown 3:09

1972

  1. "If You Don't Know Me by Now" — Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes 3:27
  2. "Betcha by Golly, Wow" — The Stylistics with Russell Thompkins Jr. 3:19
  3. "I'll Be Around" — The Spinners 3:11
  4. "I'm Still in Love With You" — Al Green 3:13
  5. "In the Rain" — The Dramatics 4:33
  6. "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" — Luther Ingram 3:27
  7. "Oh Girl" — The Chi-Lites 3:50
  8. "Day Dreaming" — Aretha Franklin 2:46
  9. "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing" — James Brown 3:15
  10. "Outa-Space" — Billy Preston 4:10

1973

  1. "Why Can't We Live Together" — Timmy Thomas 3:55
  2. "Love Jones" — Brighter Side of Darkness 3:20
  3. "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" — The Spinners 3:21
  4. "The Love I Lost " — Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes 3:38
  5. "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" — Barry White 4:09
  6. "I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)" — Johnnie Taylor 4:34
  7. "That Lady " — Isley Brothers 3:21
  8. "Angel" — Aretha Franklin 3:33
  9. "Stoned Out of My Mind" — Chi-Lites 3:03
  10. "Space Race" — Billy Preston 3:28

1974

  1. "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" — MFSB featuring the Three Degrees 3:36
  2. "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" — Barry White 3:43
  3. "Jungle Boogie" — Kool & the Gang 3:06
  4. "Sideshow — Blue Magic 4:12
  5. "Then Came You" — Dionne Warwick and the Spinners 3:59
  6. "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" — B. T. Express 3:14
  7. "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" — Gladys Knight & the Pips 3:19
  8. "I'm in Love" — Aretha Franklin 2:47
  9. "My Thang" — James Brown 4:19
  10. "Mighty Love " — The Spinners 3:14