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Motown 50
Various Artists, 2008
- Soul
- Early R&B
40
An Innocent Man
Billy Joel, 1983
- Rock & Roll
- Doo-Wop
- Piano Rock
- Pop/Rock
40
Don't Play That Song!
Ben E. King, 1962
- Doo-Wop
- Pop Soul
- Brill Building
40
The Best of The Drifters
The Drifters, 2003
- Soul
- Doo-Wop
- Pop Soul
- Pop
40
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The Tokens, 1961
- Doo-Wop
40
The Way I See It
Raphael Saadiq, 2008
- Funk
- Soul
- New Orleans R&B
- Neo-Soul
40
Middle of Nowhere
Hanson, 1997
- Doo-Wop
- Teen Pop
- Pop
40
My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino, Volume 1
Fats Domino, 1990
- Rock & Roll
- New Orleans R&B
40
The Very Best of Dr. John
Dr. John, 2001
- Rock & Roll
- New Orleans R&B
- Piano Blues
40
Going to a Go-Go / Away We A-Go-Go
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, 2002
- Soul
- Doo-Wop
- Pop Soul
40
The Very Best Of
The Coasters, 1994
- Rock & Roll
- Doo-Wop
40
20 Greatest Hits
Jackie Wilson, 2002
- Chicago Soul
- Early R&B
40
The Definitive Collection
Neil Sedaka, 2007
- Rock & Roll
- Doo-Wop
- Pop
40
The Best Of The Stylistics
The Stylistics, 1975
- Soul
- Early R&B
40
Let Them Talk
Hugh Laurie, 2011
- New Orleans R&B
- Blues
- Country Blues
- Piano Blues
40
Runaround Sue
Dion, 1961
- Doo-Wop
- Pop Rock
40
Locked Down
Dr. John, 2012
- New Orleans R&B
- Blues Rock
40
American Graffiti
Various Artists, 1973
- Rock & Roll
- Rockabilly
- Doo-Wop
- Brill Building
40
Bring It on Home... The Soul Classics
Aaron Neville, 2006
- Soul
- Deep Soul
- New Orleans R&B
40
Freak Out!
The Mothers of Invention, 1995
- Musique concrete
- Rock
- Doo-Wop
- Jazz
40
The Magic Touch: An Anthology
The Platters, 1991
- Rock & Roll
- Doo-Wop
40
Greatest Hits
Dion, 2003
- Doo-Wop
- Pop Rock
40
Stand by Me: The Very Best of the Drifters
The Drifters, 2015
- Soul
- Doo-Wop
40
In the Right Place
Dr. John, 1973
- Funk
- Soul
- New Orleans R&B
40
Stand By Me
Various Artists, 1986
- Rock & Roll
- Doo-Wop
40
All Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965
The Drifters, 1988
- Doo-Wop
40
The Montreux Years
Dr. John, 2023
- Psychedelic Soul
- New Orleans R&B
40
Rhythm of the Rain
The Cascades, 1963
- Doo-Wop
- Pop Rock
40
What Everyone's Thinking
AJR, 2016
- Doo-Wop
- Indie Pop
40
Things Happen That Way
Dr. John, 2022
- Psychedelic Rock
- Funk
- New Orleans R&B
40
Baby It's You
The Shirelles, 1962
- Girl Group
- Doo-Wop
- Pop Soul
- Pop
- Brill Building
40
Remember When
The Platters, 1959
- Doo-Wop
- Traditional Pop
40
The Meters
The Meters, 1969
- Funk
- New Orleans R&B
40
The Best of Gene Pitney
Gene Pitney, 1998
- Doo-Wop
- Brill Building
- Country Pop
40
Back to Mono (1958-1969)
Phil Spector, 1991
- Girl Group
- Doo-Wop
- Pop Soul
- Baroque Pop
- Brill Building
40
Gris-Gris
Dr. John, 1968
- Psychedelic Rock
- New Orleans R&B
40
The River in Reverse

The finished work of Allen Toussaint and Elvis Costello evolved into an elegant, eloquent protest album that includes seven songs from Toussaint's remarkable catalog; five newly written by the two; and one artful, aching new song written by Costello
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint, 2006
- Soul
- New Orleans R&B
- Adult Contemporary
40
The Essential Dion
Dion, 2005
- Doo-Wop
- Pop Rock
40
The Temptations Sing Smokey
The Temptations, 1965
- Soul
- Doo-Wop
40
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley, 1957
- Rock & Roll
- Early R&B
40

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