Good R&B or Pop songs (1977-1983)

Teena Marie (RIP) I like Lovergirl and her other songs.

Don't leave me this way - Thelma Houston

That's a really wide net for an era which produced some of the best music ever in either genre. Where do you start?

"Go Your Own Way"

"No Compassion" - Talking Heads

"Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" - Billy Joel

"Marquee Moon" - Television

"The Sad Cafe" - Eagles

"Simple Man, Simple Dreams" - Linda Ronstadt

I love to dance to "Upside Down" by Diana Ross

"Don't Stand So Close to Me" - the Police

"The Load Out/Stay" - Jackson Browne

"Prove It" - Television

"I Feel Love" - Donna Summer

"On the Radio" - Donna Summer

"Atomic" - Blondie

"The Tide Is High" - Blondie

"Point Blank" - Bruce Springsteen

"Because the Night" (live) - Bruce Springsteen

This never fails to put me in a good mood.

Bah-dee-ah!

"I Know A Heartache When I See One" by the incomparable Jennifer Warnes.

Little red corvette - prince

Another brick in the wall - PF

Staying alive - BG

Patrice Rushen - Forget Me Nots

He's the Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge

Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton

Best make out song ever:

Another vote for EWF's September.

Gap Band's Early in the Morning

I've developed a massive headache reading thru the posts, remembering endless popper/coke lost weekends.

Smile by The Emotions

Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb

Jeopardy - Greg Kihn Band

Encore by Cheryl Lynn

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Do You Love What You Feel by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan

Ray Parker Jr - I Still Can't Get Over Loving You

The R&B version of Every Breath You Take. Including the creepy line "Don't you try to leave, it'll be the last thing you ever do"

This one, R36?

No, R37. The Police's version

There's a Police "R&B version," R38? Please, a link.

Patrice Rushen- Haven't You Heard

Shalamar - A Night To Remember

Chaka Khan: I’m Every Woman, Clouds, and Whatcha Gonna For Me

[quote]There's a Police "R&B version," [R38]?

Reread the headline, R39.

I was at that concert, too, r19.

Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica

Mary Jane- Rick James

Street Life- The Crusaders

I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)

George Benson - Give Me The Night

Michael Jackson - "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" (1979)

Most of Stephanie Mills' albums from that era.

I Specialize In Love - Sharon Brown You're The One For Me - D-Train All Night Thing - Invisible Mans Band I Like What You're Doing To Me - Young & Company I Hear Music In The Streets - Unlimited Touch

All funky, all solid, all somewhat forgotten

Native new yorker from Odessey

r53 = Zombie

Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life- Indeep

Midnight Star - No Parking On The Dance Floor

If Only You Knew by Patti LaBelle.

Meester your eyesh are full of esitation

R32 Even better is The Break Up Song.

Split Enz - I Got You

A modern day pop classic

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?

Commodores - Brick House

George Duke’s GUARDIAN OF THE LIGHT album. Thank me later.

Yvonne Elliman, "If I Can't Have You"

I'll Never Love This Way Again by Dionne Warwick.

I want your love-Chic

I'm Caught Up In One Night Love Affairs - Inner Life - 1979.

One On One, Hall and Oates

Whatcha Gonna Do With My Lovin', Stephanie Mills.

Rufus and Chaka Khan - "Ain't Nobody"

"Waiting By the Hotline" by Deniece Williams

"Shame" - Evelyn "Champagne" King

"You Know How To Love Me" - Phyllis Hyman (apologies for^^ Shame^^r72)

"Never Too Much" - Luther Vandross

"Can We Still Be Friends?" by Todd Rundgren

Paul McCartney & Wings - Arrow Through Me

I Can Make You Feel Good - Shalamar

Some of your choices are either a huge fuck-you to the OP, or indicate that you don't understand the question.

Old-school DL'ers would have eaten your lunch over shit like this. I shudder to think what's in YOUR Spotify Daily Mixes.

Melba Moore - You Stepped Into My Life

Those were prime years for Crystal Gayle and the Pointer Sisters

Drive Me Wild by Vanity 6

Sheila and B. Devotion- Spacer

This song was playing everywhere in NYC in 1980. S.O.S. Band - Take Your Time (Do It Right)

RING MY BELL by Anita Ward. About as pop as they come!!

Okay, it's hokey but not any worse than Barry Manilow. William Bell - Tryin' To Love Two

From late '76 and early '77.

Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.- You Don't Have to Be a Star

Johnny Mathis Deniece Williams, Too Much Too Little Too Late

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Unlimited Touch - Searching to Find The One

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Exile - Kiss You All Over

Tempted

How Long

Running Away - Roy Ayers

"When Boys Talk" - Indeep

Shalamar - Make That Move

Georgy Porgy featuring Cheryl Lynn

Sylvester - You Make Feel(Mighty Real)

Diana Ross - Theme From Mahogany

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Square Biz- Teena Marie

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This is one of the better music threads I've seen on the DL.

All Night Long- Mary Jane Girls

Rufus and Chaka Khan- Do You Love What You Feel

Midnight Train To Georgia by Gladys Knight and The Pips

Sorry, I didn't notice the 1977-1983 in OP's request. That would rule out Gladys and the Pips.

M - "Pop Muzik"

The Human League - Love Action (I Believe In Love) . Better than the ubiquitous Don't You Want Me.

Dirty Back Road - The B-52's.

I'm sure this is about anal sex.

the best song of 1981