Could it be I'm POLLING in love? ~~~ ILM 70s SOUL/FUNK/DISCO TRACKS POLL ~~~ RESULTS THREAD!

Sha-La-La is amazing cause it does all those terrible old timey things like a la la chorus and a novelty percussion and yet Green and Mitchell make it work

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193 (TIE). Teddy Pendergrass - I Don't Love You Anymore
151 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/pWgxSjf9VgY

193 (TIE). The Dramatics - In the Rain
151 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/iJQNedn8k4Q

Voted for both of these beautiful songs

I Don't Love You Anymore TOO LOW anywhere outside the top 5.

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192. Aaron Neville - Hercules
152 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/bySudtwSwnY

I've always loved this instrumental cover of "In The Rain"

https://youtu.be/UmNveARlZVY

Hercules is haunting.

It's an awesome driving song

All things considered my favorite Toussaint song.

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191. Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star
153 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/nGYpc7AuQjQ

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189 (TIE). The O'Jays - Listen to the Clock on the Wall
154 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/PzuAs8grqSg

189 (TIE). Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
154 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/oQwNN-0AgWc

That O'Jays song is so great, glad someone else helped me to get it into the top 200.

"Stayin' Alive" is great as well but feels out of place in this poll.

I could do without "Stayin' Alive" in both this and the disco-only poll.

Hi five ArchCarrier!

I wanted to vote for Time To Get Down, which wasn't nominated, so I voted for my second favorite O'Jays song instead

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187 (TIE). Jackson Sisters - I Believe in Miracles
154 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/7MYdr8Fkah0

187 (TIE). Funkadelic - I'll Bet You
154 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/ORm8Fa3q4Ro

Whoa, that Jacksons Sisters track rocks! I hadn't noticed it during the nominations process because I confused it with "You Sexy Thing" :)

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185 (TIE). Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
155 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/Tth-8wA3PdY

185 (TIE). Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces
155 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/FnH_zwVmiuE

"Stayin' Alive," ugh.

But I don't really care because I'm still so pumped at seeing "There But For The Grace of God Go I" crack the Top 200 despite not even being on the nominations list. So, high five to the other write-in voter!!

High five back! I put it on my ballot after I saw your vote for it. The single best discovery from the disco poll for me.

I Bet You, comically low.

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183 (TIE). Funkadelic - Red Hot Mama
156 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/GeNkRuYHy8k

183 (TIE). Chairmen of the Board - Finders Keepers
156 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/RLbchIebH9g

'I Believe in Miracles' is a classic but didn't quite make my ballot, glad to see it place.

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182. Al Wilson - Show and Tell
156 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/ItgAlRuafaU

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181. The Fatback Band - (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop
157 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/ptXveQbZvxs

Bus Stop!

Bus Stop!

Are You Ready?

To do the Bus Stop?

lol @ Bee Gees hate in this thread

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180. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La Femme
157 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/9UXA5reH0_o

"Stayin' Alive" is a terrific song, even if no "Turn the Beat Around"

I don't hate "Stayin' Alive" like I once did, but one the 100 best disco songs ever? And one of the 200 best Soul/Funk/Disco songs ever? Hell No.

Not exactly sure "I could do without 'Stayin' Alive' in both this and the disco-only poll" is hate, per se.

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179. The Jacksons - Blame It on the Boogie
158 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/mkBS4zUjJZo

Almost voted for this one. Went with what I think is an even more well-regarded Jacksons track instead.

"Finders Keepers" was my discovery of this poll. Never knew they were this funky (awesome clavinet again!). Great brass stabs too.

Here comes my number 3:

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178. The Stylistics - Peek-a-Boo
159 points / 2 votes
https://youtu.be/qZtgs54z3-U

Think I ended up cutting "Blame it on the Boogie" b/c I had at least 5 or 6 other Jackson family songs on my ballot.

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176 (TIE). The Supremes - Stoned Love
160 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/Rglxw5cbZWY

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176 (TIE). Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'
160 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/WlzY6cWpoMQ

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174 (TIE). Chic - At Last I Am Free
161 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/Qo0LYX6COv0

174 (TIE). Aretha Franklin - Angel
161 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/9FqZ1yyeVAI

"Finders Keepers" was my discovery of this poll. Never knew they were this funky (awesome clavinet again!).

that's what happens when you replace your backing band with Funkadelic

Cruisin' doesn't make the top 150? Come on voters!

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173. The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
162 points / 3 votes
https://youtu.be/F2U1OUxXSMM

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172. Bill Withers - Lovely Day
163 points / 4 votes
https://youtu.be/sYi7uEvEEmk

One of the few nominated Withers tracks that I *didn't* vote for!

"Lovely Day" was one of the two that got my vote.

Wow, I missed most of the whole top 50.

My very dilettante-ish ballot:

James Brown - The Payback
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Parliament - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
Hall & Oates - She's Gone
Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair
Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Parliament - Flashlight
Sly & The Family Stone - Luv N' Haight
Funkadelic - You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks
Trammps - Disco Inferno
Esther Phillips - Home Is Where the Hatred Is
Hall & Oates - Rich Girl
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
Trammps - Hooked for Life
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough
Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
Parliament - Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Rolling Stones - Miss You
James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
Funkadelic - Hit It and Quit It
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Edwin Starr - War
Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Al Green - Tired of Being Alone
Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby
Chic - Good Times
Temptations - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
Andrea True Connection - More, More, More
Sister Sledge - He's the Greatest Dancer
Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Isley Brothers - Fight the Power
Isley Brothers - That Lady
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia
Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up
Bill Withers - Lean on Me
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

Patti Jo - Make Me Believe in You
Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa
Bill Brandon - We Fell in Love While Dancing
Al Green - Belle
Caston & Majors - No One Will Know
Carol Douglas - Midnight Love Affair
Sister Sledge - Lost in Music
Diana Ross - Reach Out I'll Be There
War - The World Is a Ghetto
Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up
Chic - I Want Your Love
Soul Children - It's Out of My Hands
Fatback - (Are You Ready) Do the Bus Stop
Luther Ingram - (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
Roberta Flack - Do What You Gotta Do
Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23
Archie Bell and the Drells - Strategy
Temprees - Dedicated to the One I Love
Al Wilson - Earthquake
Phyllis Hyman - Loving You, Losing You
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
Rufus Thomas - The Breakdown
Ashford & Simpson - Stay Free
Detroit Emeralds - Feel the Need in Me

Andy Bey - Celestial Blues
Angela Bofill - Angel of the Night
B.T. Express - Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)
Dramatics - In the Rain
Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
O'Jays - Back Stabbers
Bunny Sigler - Great Big Liar
Busta Jones - (You) Keep on Making Me Hot
Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again
Donald Byrd - Change (Makes You Want to Hustle)
Peter Brown - Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me
McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Rasputin's Stash - Mr Cool
Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star
Rufus Thomas - I'll Be Your Santa Baby
Lamont Dozier - Going Back to My Roots
Laura Lee - Women's Love Rights
Earth, Wind & Fire - Evil
Supremes - High Energy
Supremes - I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking
Soul Children - I'll Be the Other Woman
Funkadelic - I'll Stay
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Gary Bartz - Music Is My Sanctuary
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Alice Clark - Never Did I Stop Loving You
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
Bohannon - Summertime Groove
Cheryl Lynn - Got to Be Real
Chi-Lites - (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People
Chic - Everybody Dance
Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
Marvin Gaye - When Did I Stop Loving You, When Did You Stop Loving Me
Mel & Tim - Starting All Over Again
Melba Moore - You Stepped Into My Life
Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter
Sister Sledge - Thinking of You
Sisters Love - Give Me Your Love
Gwen McCrae - All This Love That I'm Giving
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost
Isaac Hayes - Never Can Say Goodbye
Jackson 5 - Forever Came Today
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Jackson Sisters - I Believe in Miracles
Stylistics - Betcha by Golly, Wow
The Isley Brothers - Get Into Something
Sylvester - I Need Somebody to Love Tonight
David Porter - Can't See You When I Want To
Eddie Kendricks - My People...Hold On
Edwin Starr - Contact
Emotions - Best of My Love
MSFB - Love Is the Message
O'Jays - Christmas Ain't Christmas, New Year's Ain't New Year's Without the One You Love
Odyssey - Our Lives Are Shaped by What We Love
Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard
Undisputed Truth - You + Me = Love
First Choice - Dr. Love
Four Tops - Still Water (Love)
Genie Brown - Can't Stop Talking
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation
Jones Girls - You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else
Teddy Predergrass - Only You
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Eddie Kendricks - Girl, You Need a Change of Mind
Margie Joseph - Stop! In the Name of Love
Marvin Gaye - A Funky Space Reincarnation
Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs
Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again
Inner Life - I'm Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair)
Tamiko Jones - Let It Flow
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover
Beginning of the End - Funky Nassau

I've done a year-by-year breakdown for the Top 100:

1970 15
1971 15
1972 19
1973 14
1974 8
1975 6
1976 4
1977 5
1978 5
1979 9

That makes 71 for the first half of the decade, and 29 for the second half.

Thanks, ArchCarrier. This was fun. As mentioned on one of the other threads, I was mega-busy during the nominations and voting period so my ballot was thrown together at the last minute with tons of write-ins… and even then I completely forgot MJ's "Ain't No Sunshine" and The Commodores' "Sail On", two of my all-time favourite singles. These should have been in my top 3.

Here's my ballot (largely disco-free given we'd already done that poll).

1-50 (ranked)
Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New
Stylistics - People Make The World Go Round
Undisputed Truth - Ball Of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)
Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady
Billy Preston - Outa-Space
Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Herman Kelly - Dance To the Drummer’s Beat
O’Jays - Love Train
Stevie Wonder - Living for the City
Bill Withers - Lean on Me
Pleasure - Joyous
Jimmy Castor Bunch - It’s Just Begun
Pointer Sisters - Pinball Number Count
Commodores - Easy
Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
Isley Brothers - Fight the Power
First Choice - Yes, Maybe No
KC & The Sunshine Band - Queen Of Clubs
Emotions - Blind Alley
Hot Chocolate - Every 1's a Winner
Incredible Bongo Band - Apache
Lyn Collins - Think (About It)
Jackson 5 - Hum Along and Dance
5th Dimension - One Less Bell to Answer
20th Century Steel Band - Heaven and Hell Is On Earth
Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces
Isaac Hayes - Joy
Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can
Candi Staton - Mr and Mrs Untrue
Freda Payne - Unhooked Generation
David Porter - I’m Afraid The Masquerade Is Over
War - Low Rider
Fatback Band - Put Your Love (In My Tender Care)
S.O.U.L. - Burning Spear
Chairmen of the Board - Finders Keepers
Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones
Chi-Lites - Stoned Out of My Mind
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up
Chic - At Last I Am Free
Stylistics - Betcha By Golly, Wow
Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band - Express Yourself
Dionne Warwick & The Spinners - Then Came You
Chi-Lites - Oh Girl
Spinners - Ghetto Child
Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie
Aaron Neville - Hercules
Chi-Lites - Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)
Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits

51 to 100 (unranked):
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Ann Peebles - I'm Going to Tear Your Playhouse Down
Ashford & Simpson - Main Line
B.T. Express - Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)
Barry White - You're the First, the Last, My Everything
Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
Brick - Dazz
Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23
Cymande - The Message
Detroit Emeralds - Feel the Need in Me
Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World
Edwin Starr - War
Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child
Floaters - Float On
Four Tops - Still Water (Love)
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia
Honey Cone - Want Ads
Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat
James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
Joe Simon - Drowning in the Sea of Love
Joe Tex - Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman)
Johnny Bristol - Hang on in There Baby
Labi Siffre - I Got the…
Les McCann & Eddie Harris - Compared to What
Maceo & The Macks - Cross the Tracks
Major Harris - Love Won't Let Me Wait
Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man
Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You
Miracles - Love Machine
MSFB - T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)
O'Jays - Back Stabbers
Patti Jo - Make Me Believe in You
Peaches & Herb - Reunited
Pointer Sisters - Pointer Sisters - How Long (Betcha' Got a Chick on the Side)
Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Rose Royce - Wishing on a Star
Rufus Thomas - The Breakdown
Sly & The Family Stone - Runnin' Away
Supremes - Stoned Love
Sylvia - Pillow Talk
Syreeta - I Love Every Little Thing About You
Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes
Van McCoy - The Hustle
William DeVaughn - Be Thankful for What You've Got

^oh yeah, and I had a one-artist rule, with exceptions made for The Stylistics, The Chi-Lites, The O'Jays and the Undisputed Truth

That makes 71 for the first half of the decade, and 29 for the second half.

Pretty much the inverse on my ballot.

One more vote for the 80s next. A 60s poll would have far fewer opportunities for reappraisals and rediscoveries.

Great poll, thanks ArchCarrier! Surprises all the way through.

Here's my ballot, only the top 25 is ranked. Didn't limit by artist but I did avoid voting for disco giving that most of my favourites made the disco poll and it allowed me to bump a few things I thought might need the extra points:

Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues
Spinners - I'll Be Around
Cymande - Bra
O'Jays - Now That We Found Love
Sly & The Family Stone - Runnin' Away
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)
David Bowie - Golden Years
Syreeta - Spinnin' and Spinnin'
Stylistics - People Make the World Go Round
Cymande - The Message
Stevie Wonder - Creepin'
Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair
Raydio - You Can't Change That
Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know-It-All
Al Green - I'm Still in Love With You
Isley Brothers - That Lady
James Brown - King Heroin
Al Green - You Ought to Be With Me
Dionne Warwick - You're Gonna Need Me
Betty Wright - I Love the Way You Love
Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up
Fern Kinney - Baby Let Me Kiss You
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night
Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights
Four Tops - Still Water (Love)

Ace Spectrum - Don't Send Nobody Else
Al Green - Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
Al Green - Love and Happiness
Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming
Ann Peebles - I'm Going to Tear Your Playhouse Down
Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby
Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands
Bill Withers - Make a Smile for Me
Bill Withers - Use Me
Bobby "Blue" Bland - Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City
Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do for Love
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
Bobby Womack - I Can Understand It
Bobby Womack - Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out
Brass Construction - Love
Brick - Happy
Chairmen of the Board - Give Me Just a Little More Time
Chi-Lites - 24 Hours of Sadness
Commodores - Easy
Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead
Cymande - Brothers on the Slide
Cymande - Dove
David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love
Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
Delfonics - When You Get Right Down to It
Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - My Mistake (Was to Love You)
Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World
Eddie Kendricks - Girl, You Need a Change of Mind
Eddie Kendricks - My People...Hold On
Freda Payne - Band of Gold
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
Gaturs - Cold Bear
George McCrae - I Get Lifted
Gil Scott-Heron - Home Is Where the Hatred Is
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad Luck
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - I Miss You
Honey Cone - Want Ads
Hot Chocolate - Put Your Love in Me
Isaac Hayes - The Look of Love
Isley Brothers - Get Into Something
Isley Brothers - Footsteps in the Dark
James Brown - The Boss
James Fountain - Seven Day Lover
Jean Knight - Mr. Big Stuff
Joe Simon - Drowning in the Sea of Love
Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr - You Can't Blame Me
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Marvin Gaye - When Did I Stop Loving You, When Did You Stop Loving Me
Milton Wright - Magic Music
Minnie Riperton - Inside My Love
O'Jays - For the Love of Money
Odyssey - Our Lives Are Shaped by What We Love
Parliament - Mothership Connection (Star Child)
Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Raydio - Jack & Jill
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good
Sam Dees - What's It Gonna Be
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23
Sly & The Family Stone - Just Like a Baby
Sons of Robin Stone - Got to Get You Back
Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling in Love
Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me
Syl Johnson - I Hate I Walked Away
Syreeta - Cause We've Ended as Lovers
Syreeta - I'm Goin' Left
Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
War - All Day Music
War - The Cisco Kid
War - The World Is a Ghetto
Willie Hutch - Brother's Gonna Work It Out
Wilson Pickett - Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You

giving given

OK, I'm cool with an 80s poll. But how to define the boundaries? Is Italo allowed? Who can come up with a good definition?

Also, for this poll we had 1 week nominating, 2 weeks voting/campaigning, 1 week rollout. Was this OK for all of you?

Maybe do it as an 80s R&B poll? There was an Italo poll not so long ago.

Yeah, just call it R&B and let anyone nominate anything. The timetable seems ok to me.

Thanks so much to ArchCarrier for running this, it's been fantastic. Here's my ballot:

1. James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
2. James Brown - Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved
3. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
4. Stevie Wonder - He's Misstra Know-It-All
5. James Brown - Super Bad
6. Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair
7. Funkadelic - I'll Bet You
8. Al Green - Here I Am (Come and Take Me)
9. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tears of a Clown
10. Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go
11. Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa
12. Al Green - Tired of Being Alone
13. Donna Summer - I Feel Love
14. Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing
15. Al Green – Take Me To The River
16. B.B. King - Ain't Nobody Home
17. Funkadelic - Red Hot Momma
18. Funkadelic - Sexy Ways
19. Smokey Robinson - Cruisin'
20. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
21. Baby Huey - Listen to Me
22. Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia
23. Candi Staton - Summer Time
24. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
25. Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead
26. Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby
27. Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
28. James Brown - Funky Drummer
29. Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues
30. Sly & The Family Stone - In Time
31. Sly & The Family Stone - Luv N' Haight
32. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
33. Freda Payne - Band of Gold
34. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough
35. Parliament - Bop Gun (Endangered Species)
36. Stevie Wonder - Living for the City
37. Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones
38. Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
39. James Brown - Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing
40. Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover
41. Raydio - You Can't Change That
42. Parliament - Flashlight
43. Parliament - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
44. Marvin Gaye - Is That Enough
45. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
46. Chic - Good Times
47. Commodores - Easy
48. Smokey Robinson - Quiet Storm
49. Stevie Wonder – Big Brother
50. Earth, Wind & Fire - September
51. Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
52. Funkadelic - Get Off Your Ass and Jam
53. Al Green - Have You Been Making Out O.K.
54. Al Green - You Say It
55. Allen Toussaint - Last Train
56. Aretha Franklin - Angel

57. Average White Band - Pick Up the Pieces
58. Bee Gees - Night Fever
59. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
60. Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul
61. Edwin Starr - War
62. Fred Wesley & The JBs - Doing It to Death
63. Funkadelic - I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing
64. Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
65. Gene Chandler - Groovy Situation
66. Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia
67. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - If You Don't Know Me by Now
68. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody
69. Ike & Tina Turner - I Want to Take You Higher
70. Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
71. Isley Brothers - Live It Up
72. Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)
73. Parliament - Chocolate City
74. Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
75. Teddy Pendergrass - Turn Off the Lights
76. Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin'
77. Spinners - They Just Can't Stop It the (Games People Play)
78. Teddy Predergrass - Only You
79. Wild Tchoupitoulas - Brother John
80. Marvin Gaye – When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You?
81. Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter
82. Meters - Fire on the Bayou
83. Pointer Sisters - Fire
84. James Brown - Hot Pants
85. Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
86. King Floyd - Groove Me
87. Kool & The Gang - Jungle Boogie
88. Lou Rawls - Lady Love
89. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
90. O'Jays - For the Love of Money
91. Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke
92. Wilson Pickett - Get Me Back on Time, Engine No. 9
93. Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
94. Sly & The Family Stone - Runnin' Away
95. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ‎- I Don't Blame You At All
96. Smokey Robinson - Just My Soul Responding
97. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
98. Trammps - Disco Inferno
99. War - Low Rider
100. Winstons – Color Him Father

Think an 80s poll would be great, guess I sort of grew up with lots of 80s R&B, but rarely hear about any of it beside Prince, Michael Jackson and a few hits like I Feel For You. Would be really good to have something to dig into from the mid 80s which often seems like a bit of a desert.

mike t-diva, do you have a list of each track with its year? I want to start filing these track poll winners for a thing.

I only did the top 100 - here it is - but you can easily get the other dates by pasting the tracks into the Discogs search box, and digging into what comes up; it seldom takes long.

1 977 13 1 Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up 1970
2 967 12 0 Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair 1971
3 796 12 1 Stevie Wonder - Superstition 1972
4 699 12 1 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street 1972
5 693 11 0 Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone 1972
6 633 11 0 Freda Payne - Band of Gold 1970
7 606 10 0 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia 1973
8 589 9 1 Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child 1970
9 569 11 0 Spinners - I'll Be Around 1972
10 536 8 0 Earth, Wind & Fire - September 1978
11 522 9 0 Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover 1979
12 522 8 1 James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine 1970
13 476 8 0 Al Green - Let's Stay Together 1971
14 451 8 0 Chic - Good Times 1979
15 439 7 0 Al Green - Tired of Being Alone 1971
16 438 7 0 Donna Summer - I Feel Love 1977
17 433 7 0 George McCrae - Rock Your Baby 1974
18 428 7 1 Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes 1971
19 426 7 0 Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard 1979
20 425 7 0 Commodores - Easy 1977
21 422 6 0 Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady 1971
22 417 5 0 Funkadelic - Maggot Brain 1971
23 412 6 0 Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight 1979
24 410 8 0 Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her 1971
25 409 8 0 Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove 1978
26 408 8 2 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 1971
27 405 6 0 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Bad Luck 1975
28 401 6 0 Chic - I Want Your Love 1978
29 399 8 1 Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) 1970
30 393 7 0 Parliament - Flashlight 1977
31 386 5 0 Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up 1977
32 377 7 0 Isaac Hayes - Theme from Shaft 1971
33 374 6 0 Isley Brothers - That Lady 1973
34 368 8 0 Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain 1974
35 368 7 0 O'Jays - Back Stabbers 1972
36 365 7 0 Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough 1979
37 364 6 0 Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23 1971
38 360 6 0 Stylistics - People Make the World Go Round 1972
39 360 5 0 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - The Tears of a Clown 1970
40 348 6 0 Jackson 5 - I Want You Back 1970
41 345 6 0 Stylistics - Betcha by Golly, Wow 1972
42 344 7 0 Al Green - Love and Happiness 1973
43 344 5 0 Stevie Wonder - Living for the City 1973
44 340 7 0 Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) 1973
45 340 5 0 O'Jays - Love Train 1972
46 337 6 0 McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now 1979
47 333 5 0 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody 1975
48 332 6 0 Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 1974
49 330 5 1 Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues 1971
50 330 5 0 Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones 1972
51 327 6 0 Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing 1973
52 327 5 0 Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me to Stay 1973
53 320 7 0 Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead 1972
54 320 6 0 Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love and Hate 1972
55 320 5 0 Deniece Williams - Free 1976
56 317 4 0 Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You for Talkin' to Me Africa 1971
57 313 6 0 Earth, Wind & Fire - Fantasy 1977
58 312 5 0 Stevie Wonder - Creepin' 1974
59 309 6 0 Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World 1975
60 309 5 0 Temptations - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) 1970
61 307 6 0 Parliament - Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) 1975
62 305 6 0 Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground 1973
63 303 7 1 Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling in Love 1972
64 303 4 0 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 1970
65 302 5 0 Bill Withers - Lean on Me 1972
66 302 4 0 Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop 1973
67 300 4 0 Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go 1970
68 298 4 0 Hall & Oates - She's Gone 1973
69 297 6 0 Michael Jackson - Rock With You 1979
70 297 5 0 Dionne Warwick & the Spinners - Then Came You 1974
71 296 7 0 Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good 1974
72 293 5 0 Al Green - Here I Am (Come and Take Me) 1973
73 292 6 0 Chairmen of the Board - Give Me Just a Little More Time 1970
74 291 5 0 Eddie Kendricks - Girl, You Need a Change of Mind 1973
75 289 5 0 Crusaders - Street Life 1979
76 285 5 0 Sister Sledge - Lost in Music 1979
77 283 6 0 Diana Ross - Love Hangover 1976
78 282 6 0 William DeVaughn - Be Thankful for What You've Got 1974
79 281 5 0 Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster 1975
80 278 4 0 Lyn Collins - Think (About It) 1972
81 274 5 1 Stylistics - You Are Everything 1971
82 271 4 0 Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way 1976
83 271 3 1 Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - The Night 1972
84 269 5 0 Aretha Franklin - Day Dreaming 1972
85 269 4 0 Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness 1976
86 266 5 0 Minnie Riperton - Les Fleurs 1971
87 266 4 0 Rolling Stones - Miss You 1978
88 264 6 0 Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost 1973
89 262 3 0 Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours 1970
90 261 4 0 Allen Toussaint - Southern Nights 1975
91 259 5 0 Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again 1974
92 255 6 0 Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) 1970
93 255 5 0 Bill Withers - Use Me 1972
94 254 4 0 Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands 1971
95 249 6 0 Curtis Mayfield - Superfly 1972
96 249 5 0 Jacksons - Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground) 1978
97 244 6 0 Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together 1972
98 244 5 0 Sly & The Family Stone - Everybody Is a Star 1970
99 244 4 0 Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia 1970
100 244 4 0 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 1973

Since you asked for it...

Wanna Be POLLIN' Somethin' ~~~ It's the ILM 80's R&B TRACKS POLL! ~~~

i didn't manage to vote -- 'september' and 'i'll be around' might have been slightly higher -- but listening to the list makes me wonder if this was . . . the best music

Not sure where to put this so one place will be this thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvYXeBQzecU