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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Hits List: Barry White

This man sang with so much passion and soul that he became a legend.  He's the king of romance; his songs are aphrodisiacs.  Here is the Hits List from the great Barry White:

1966:  "Man Ain't Nothin'"
1967:  "All in the Run of a Day"
1970:  "In the Ghetto"

1973:  "I'm Gonna' Love You Just a Little More Baby" (#3, #1 R&B, #27 Easy Listening, #23 U.K., #26 Australia, #10 Canada, #14 New Zealand)
           "I've Got So Much to Give" (#32, #5 R&B, #46 EL)
           "Never, Never Gonna' Give Ya Up" (#7, #2 R&B, #40 EL, #14 U.K., #8 Australia, #36 Canada, #9 New Zealand)

1974:  "Honey Please, Can't Ya See" (#44, #6 R&B, #22 Canada)
            "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" (#1, #1 R&B, #26 EL, #8 U.K., #23 Australia, #5 Canada, #12 New Zealand)
            "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" (#2, #1 R&B, #1 U.K., #60 Australia, #7 Canada, #13 New Zealand)
1975:  "What Am I Gonna' Do with You" (#8, #1 RB, #5 U.K., #23 Canada, #19 New Zealand)
            "I'll Do for You Anything You Want Me To" (#40, #4 R&B, #20 U.K., #50 Canada)
            "Let the Music Play" (#32, #4 R&B, #9 U.K., #87 Australia, #58 Canada, #23 New Zealand)
1976:  "You See the Trouble with Me" (#14 R&B, #2 U.K., #23 Canada, #15 New Zealand)
            "Baby, We Better Try to Get It Together" (#92, #29 R&B, #15 U.K.)
            "Don't Make Me Wait Too Long" (#20 R&B, #17 R&B)
1977:  "I'm Qualified to Satisfy You" (#25 R&B, #37 U.K.)
           "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" (#4, #1 R&B, #40 U.K., #11 Canada)
           "Playing Your Game, Baby" (#8 R&B, #95 Canada)

1978:  "Oh What a Night for Dancing" (#24, #13 R&B, #31 Canada)
           "Your Sweetness Is My Weakness" (#60, #2 R&B, #58 Canada)
           "Just the Way You Are" (#45 R&B, #12 U.K.)
1979:  "Sha La La Means I Love You" (#55 U.K.)
           "Any Fool Can See (You Were Meant for Me" (#37 R&B)
           "It Ain't Love, Babe (Until You Give It)" (#58 R&B)
           "I Love to Sing the Songs I Sing" (#53 R&B)
           "How Did You Know It Was Me?" (#64 R&B)
1980:  "Love Ain't Easy" (#75 R&B)
           "Sheet Music" (#43 R&B)
           "Love Makin' Music" (#25 R&B)
           "I Believe in Love" (#71 R&B)

1981:  "Didn't We Make It Happen, Baby" (with Glodean White) (#78 R&B)
           "I Want You" (with Glodean White) (#79 R&B)
           "You're the Only One for Me" (with Glodean White)
           "Louie Louie"
           "Beware" (#49 R&B)
1982:  "Change" (#12 R&B)
           "Passion" (#65 R&B)

1983:  "America"
1984:  "Don't Let Them Blow Your Mind"
1987:  "Sho' You Right" (317 R&B, #14 U.K.)
           "For Your Love ("I'll Do Most Anything)" (#27 R&B, #94 U.K.)
1988:  "Never, Never Gonna' Give You Up" (remix--#63 U.K.)
1989:  "Super Lover" (#34 R&B)
           "Follow That and See (Where It Leads Y'All)"
1990:  "I Wanna' Do It Good to Ya" (#26 R&B)
           "When Will I See You Again" (#32 R&B)
           "The Secret Garden (sweet Seduction Suite)" (with Quincy Jones, Al B. Sure!, James Ingram and El DeBarge) (#31, #1 R&B, #26 Adult Contemporary, #67 U.K.)
1991:  "Put Me in Your Mix" (#2 R&B)
           "All of Me" (with Big Daddy Kane) (#14 R&B)
1992:  "Dark and Lovely (You Over There)" (with Isaac Hayes) (#29 R&B)


1994:  "Practice What You Preach" (#18, #1 R&B, #20 U.K., #31 Canada, #36 New Zealand)
1995:  "Love is the Icon"
           "Come On" (#87, #12 R&B, #88 Canada)
           "I Only Want to Be with You" (#36 U.K.)
           "There It Is" (#54 R&B)
1996:  "Slow Jams" (with Quincy Jones, Babyface, Tamia and Portrait) (#68< #19 R&B)
           "In Your Wildest Dreams" (#34 R&B, #32 U.K., #2 Australia, #22 New Zealand)
1999:  "Staying Power" (#45 R&B)
           "The Longer We Make Love" (with Lisa Stansfield & Chaka Khan)
2000:  "Let the Music Play" (#45 U.K.)

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