Melba Montgomery discography
| Melba Montgomery discography | |
|---|---|
 A trade ad for the single "What I Can Tell the Folks Back Home", 1967. | |
| Studio albums | 29 |
| Compilation albums | 11 |
| Singles | 62 |
| B-sides | 1 |
| Other appearances | 5 |
The discography of American country artist Melba Montgomery contains twenty nine studio albums, eleven compilation albums, sixty two singles, one charting B-side and five other appearances. Signing with United Artists Records in 1962, she recorded with George Jones on the self-penned "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds". It reached the top three of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[1] The pair's follow-up "Let's Invite Them Over" reached the top twenty, as did its B-side. Jones and Montgomery issued their debut studio album What's in Our Heart in November 1963, which peaked in the top ten of the Billboard Top Country Albums list.[2] They continued releasing albums together including Close Together (1966) and Party Pickin' (1967).[3] In 1963, Montgomery's debut solo singles reached the top-thirty of the country songs chart and the following year, her first pair of solo studio albums were issued.[1] She collaborated with Gene Pitney in 1965, releasing "Baby Ain't That Fine" that year. The song reached number fifteen and the duo then issued the studio album Being Together (1965).[2] Between 1965 and 1968 Montgomery released six solo studio efforts on both United Artists and Musicor, including Hallelujah Road (1966) and Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long (1967). Through Capitol Records, she recorded with Charlie Louvin in 1970 and "Something to Brag About", reached number eighteen in early 1971. The pair would release two studio albums together in 1971 and several more singles.[1]
Focusing more on a solo career, Montgomery's 1973 single "Wrap Your Love Around Me" reached the top forty. In 1974, her solo single "No Charge" topped the Hot Country Singles chart and hit the top-forty of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the biggest solo hit of her musical career.[1][2] An album of the same name would peak at number fourteen.[4] The following year, "Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" reached the top-twenty of the country singles chart and Montgomery released two more albums on the Elektra label.[2] Her second self-titled studio album was released in 1977 via United Artists Records, which included a cover of "Angel of the Morning".[5] In 1982, Montgomery released I Still Care, an album of cover songs.[3] Her 1986 single "Straight Talkin'" became her final Billboard chart appearance, reaching the top-seventy that year. After a several-year hiatus, Montgomery released the studio album Do You Know Where Your Man Is on Playback Records in 1992.[1] In 1997, Montgomery released her twenty-seventh studio record entitled This Time Around via a Swedish label. Things That Keep You Going, her most recent studio recording, was issued in December 2010 via RPM Music.[6]
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country [7] | ||
| What's in Our Heart (with George Jones) |
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3 |
| America's No. One Country and Western Girl Singer |
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| Bluegrass Hootenanny (with George Jones) |
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12 |
| Down Home |
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| I Can't Get Used to Being Lonely |
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| Being Together (with Gene Pitney) |
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| Hallelujah Road |
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| Country Girl |
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| Close Together (with George Jones) |
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28 |
| Melba Toast |
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| Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long |
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| Party Pickin' (with George Jones) |
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| I'm Just Living |
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| The Big Beautiful Country World of Melba Montgomery |
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| Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long |
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— |
| Something to Brag About (with Charlie Louvin) |
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45 |
| Baby You've Got What It Takes (with Charlie Louvin) |
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45 |
| Melba Montgomery |
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— |
| No Charge |
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14 |
| Don't Let the Good Times Fool You |
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47 |
| The Greatest Gift of All |
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| Melba Montgomery |
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| I Still Care |
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| Audiograph Alive |
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| No Charge |
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| Do You Know Where Your Man Is |
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| This Time Around |
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| Studio 102 Essentials |
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| Things That Keep You Going |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| A King & Two Queens (with George Jones and Judy Lynn) |
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| Queens of Country Music (with Dottie West) |
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| Famous Country Duets (with George Jones and Gene Pitney) |
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| Blue Moon of Kentucky (with George Jones) |
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| The Mood I'm In |
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| The Only Duets Ever Recorded (with George Jones) |
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| Aching Breaking Heart |
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| George Jones and Melba Montgomery (with George Jones) |
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| Vintage Collections: George Jones and Melba Montgomery (with George Jones) |
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| First Ladies of Country (with Norma Jean) |
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| Golden Moments |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [8] |
US [8] |
CAN Country [9] |
CAN [10] |
CAN AC [11] | |||
| "Shoe Old Ranger" | 1962 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "I'm No Longer in Your Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Your Picture (Keeps Smiling Back at Me)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Hall of Shame" | 1963 | 22 | — | — | — | — | Down Home |
| "The Greatest One of All" | 26 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Face" | 1964 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Big Big Heartaches" | — | — | — | — | — | America's No. One Country and Western Girl Singer | |
| "I Can't Get Used to Being Lonely" | 1965 | — | — | — | — | — | I Can't Get Used to Being Lonely |
| "I Saw It" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I'll Wait Till Seven" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Constantly" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long" | 1966 | — | — | — | — | — | Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long[A] |
| "Crossing Over Jordan" | — | — | — | — | — | Hallelujah Road | |
| "My Tiny Music Box" | — | — | — | — | — | Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long[A] | |
| "Won't Take Long" | — | — | — | — | — | Melba Toast | |
| "What Can I Tell the Folks Back Home" | 1967 | 61 | — | — | — | — | I'm Just Living |
| "Twilight Years" | — | — | — | — | — | Melba Toast | |
| "You Put Me Here" | 1968 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Our Little Man" (with Judy Lynn) |
— | — | — | — | — | I'm Just Living | |
| "Hallelujah Road" | — | — | — | — | — | Hallelujah Road | |
| "What's to Become of What's Left Me" | 1969 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "As Far as My Forgetting's Got" | — | — | — | — | — | The Big Beautiful Country World of Melba Montgomery | |
| "The Closer She Gets" | 1970 | — | — | — | — | — | Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long[A] |
| "Eloy Crossing" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "He's My Man" | 1971 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Hope I Never Love That Way Again" | 1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Wrap Your Love Around Me" | 1973 | 38 | — | 47 | — | — | Melba Montgomery[B] |
| "He'll Come Home" | 1974 | 58 | — | 47 | — | — | |
| "No Charge" | 1 | 39 | 1 | 47 | 24 | No Charge | |
| "Your Pretty Roses Came Too Late" | 67 | — | — | — | — | Don't Let the Good Times Fool You | |
| "If You Want the Rainbow" | 59 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" | 1975 | 15 | — | 14 | — | — | |
| "Searchin' (For Someone Like You)" | 45 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "He Loved You Right Out of My Mind" | — | — | — | — | — | The Greatest Gift of All | |
| "Love Was the Wind" | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Never Ending Love Affair" | 1977 | 83 | — | — | — | — | Melba Montgomery[B] |
| "Before the Pain Comes" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Angel of the Morning" | 22 | — | 48 | — | — | ||
| "Leavin' Me in Your Mind" | 1978 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "The Star" | 1980 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Straight Talkin'" | 1986 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — |
| "The Key's in the Mailbox" | 1990 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| "Your Heart Turned Left" | 1992 | — | — | — | — | — | Do You Know Where Your Man Is |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
As a collaborative artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [8] |
CAN Country [9] | |||
| "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" (with George Jones) |
1963 | 3 | — | What's in Our Heart |
| "Let's Invite Them Over" (with George Jones) |
17 | — | ||
| "Suppose Tonight Would Be Our Last" (with George Jones) |
1964 | — | — | |
| "Please Be My New Love" (with George Jones) |
31 | — | Blue Moon of Kentucky | |
| "Multiply the Heartaches" (with George Jones) |
25 | — | What's in Our Heart | |
| "House of Gold" (with George Jones) |
1965 | — | — | Bluegrass Hootenanny |
| "I Let You Go" (with George Jones) |
— | — | What's in Our Heart | |
| "Blue Moon of Kentucky" (with George Jones) |
— | — | Blue Moon of Kentucky | |
| "Baby Ain't That Fine" (with Gene Pitney) |
15 | — | Being Together | |
| "Being Together" (with Gene Pitney) |
1966 | — | — | |
| "Close Together (As You and Me)" (with George Jones) |
70 | — | Close Together | |
| "Party Pickin'" (with George Jones) |
1967 | 24 | — | Party Pickin' |
| "Something to Brag About" (with Charlie Louvin) |
1970 | 18 | 26 | Something to Brag About |
| "Did You Ever" (with Charlie Louvin) |
1971 | 26 | — | Baby You've Got What It Takes |
| "Baby You've Got What It Takes" (with Charlie Louvin) |
30 | — | ||
| "I'm Gonna Leave You" (with Charlie Louvin) |
60 | — | — | |
| "Baby What's Wrong with Us" (with Charlie Louvin) |
1972 | 66 | — | — |
| "A Man Likes Things Like That" (with Charlie Louvin) |
59 | — | — | |
| "Almost Over the Line" (with Lee Dillard) |
1987 | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Charted B-sides
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Original A-side |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [8] | |||
| "What's in Our Heart" (with George Jones) |
1963 | 20 | "Let's Invite Them Over" |
Other appearances
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"[12] | 1988 | none | K-Tel Presents Christmas Favorites |
| "Shameless Lies"[13] | 1994 | Marty Brown | Cryin', Lovin', Leavin' |
| "Milwaukee Here I Come"[14] | 1999 | John Prine | In Spite of Ourselves |
| "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds"[14] | |||
| "You Win Again"[15] | 2001 | Ralph Stanley | Clinch Mountain Sweethearts |
See also
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. country chart
- List of number-one country hits (United States)
- List of years in country music
Notes
- A^ Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long (1967)[16] is a separate studio album release from Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long (1970).[17]
- B^ Melba Montgomery (1973)[18] is a separate studio album release from Melba Montgomery (1978).[19]
References
- ^ a b c d e Coyne, Kevin John. "100 Greatest Women of Country Music -- Melba Montgomery (#73)". Country Universe. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d Ankeny, Jason. "Melba Montgomery Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Albums by Melba Montgomery". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "No Charge -- Melba Montgomery". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Melba Montgomery by Melba Montgomery". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Melba Montgomery Discography". Slipcue. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Billboard chart positions > albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ a b c d Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ a b "Search results for "Melba Montgomery" under Country Singles". RPM. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Search results for "Melba Montgomery" under Top Singles". RPM. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Search results for "Melba Montgomery" under Adult Contemporary". RPM. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "K-Tel Presents Christmas Favorites". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Cryin', Lovin', Leavin". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ a b "In Spite of Ourselves: Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Ralph Stanley & Friends: Clinch Mountain Sweethearts". Allmusic. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long by Melba Montgomery". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long by Melba Montgomery". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Melba Montgomery [ELEKTRA] by Melba Montgomery". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ "Melba Montgomery by Melba Montgomery". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 17 December 2014.