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Buck Owens discography
Studio albums39
Live albums9
Compilation albums16
Singles97
B-sides12
No. 1 Singles (USA)21

The discography of Buck Owens, an American country music artist, consists of thirty nine studio albums, sixteen compilation albums, nine live albums, ninety seven singles, and twelve B-sides. After recording under the name, Corky Jones and releasing a string of singles in the mid 1950s, Owens signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in February 1957.[1]

After releasing a series of singles over four years, Owens issued his first studio album in 1961 entitled, Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard, which included the #2 country hit, "Foolin' Around." In 1962, Owens's second effort, You're for Me, would also gain success after spawning three major hits, which would be followed by 1963's On the Bandstand. The songs, "Act Naturally" and "Love's Gonna Live Here," released from his album, The Best of Buck Owens (1963) would become the first of twenty one number one singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[1] The songs set the trend for a series of Top 10 hits on the Billboard country chart, including thirteen number one singles such as, "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail," "Buckaroo," and "Open Up Your Heart."

During the 1960s and 1970s, Owens also issued a string of live albums, beginning with Carnegie Hall Concert (1966), which reached #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. This was followed by 1967's In Japan!, Buck Owens in London "Live" (1969), and Buck Owens Live in Scandinavia (1970). He had major hits in 1970 and 1971 with "The Kansas City Song," "I Wouldn't Live in New York City (If They Gave Me the Whole Damn Town)," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "Ruby (Are You Mad)," and "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms." During this time, Owens also collaborated with upcoming country artist, Susan Raye on the albums We're Gonna Get Together (1970) and The Great White Horse (1970). Owens continued to record under Capitol until his contract expired in 1975 with the release of 41st Street Lonely Heart's Club.

In 1975, Owens signed with Warner Bros. Records and began recording in Nashville, Tennessee. He gained less creative control of his material, and his singles peaked in gradually lower chart positions. He issued two albums under the label: Buck 'Em (1976) and Our Old Mansion (1977). In 1979, his duet with Emmylou Harris, "Play Together Again, Again," reached #11 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. After leaving the label at the beginning of the 1980s, Owens semi-retired from the music business, but returned with Dwight Yoakam in 1988 for the duet, "Streets of Bakersfield." The song became his first number one single since 1972's "Made in Japan," providing Owens a comeback.[1] With the success of the single, Owens returned to recording under Capitol with 1988's Hot Dog, Act Naturally (1989), and Kickin' In (1991).

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album details Chart positions[2]
US Country US
1961 Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard
  • Released: August 28, 1961
  • Label: Capitol
1962 You're for Me
  • Released: October 1, 1962
  • Label: Capitol
1963 On the Bandstand
  • Released: April 29, 1963
  • Label: Capitol
2
Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins
  • Released: November 11, 1963
  • Label: Capitol
1
1964 Together Again
  • Released: July 20, 1964
  • Label: Capitol
1 88
I Don't Care
  • Released: November 2, 1964
  • Label: Capitol
1 135
1965 I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
  • Released: March 10, 1965
  • Label: Capitol
1 43
Before You Go
  • Released: July 26, 1965
  • Label: Capitol
1
The Instrumental Hits of
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos
  • Released: July 26, 1965
  • Label: Capitol
4
1966 Roll Out the Red Carpet
  • Released: February 7, 1966
  • Label: Capitol
1 106
Dust on Mother's Bible
  • Released: May 2, 1966
  • Label: Capitol
1
Open Up Your Heart
  • Released: December 27, 1966
  • Label: Capitol
1
1967 Your Tender Loving Care
  • Released: August 7, 1967
  • Label: Capitol
1 177
1968 It Takes People Like You
  • Released: January 2, 1968
  • Label: Capitol
1
Sweet Rosie Jones
  • Released: July 1, 1968
  • Label: Capitol
2
The Guitar Player
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: Capitol
27
I've Got You on My Mind Again
  • Released: December 30, 1968
  • Label: Capitol
19 199
1969 Tall Dark Stranger
  • Released: September 29, 1969
  • Label: Capitol
2 122
Big in Vegas
  • Released: December 29, 1969
  • Label: Capitol
9
1970 Your Mother's Prayer
  • Released: March 2, 1970
  • Label: Capitol
198
The Kansas City Song
  • Released: July 6, 1970
  • Label: Capitol
10 196
I Wouldn't Live in New York City
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Capitol
12 190
1971 Bridge Over Troubled Water
  • Released: February 15, 1971
  • Label: Capitol
11
Ruby
  • Released: June 21, 1971
  • Label: Capitol
9
1973 In the Palm of Your Hand[A]
  • Released: January 8, 1973
  • Label: Capitol
21
Ain't It Amazing Gracie
  • Released: March 14, 1973
  • Label: Capitol
17
Arms Full of Empty
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Capitol
32
1974 It's a Monster's Holiday
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Capitol
10
1975 41st Street Lonely Heart's Club
  • Released: May 6, 1975
  • Label: Capitol
21
1976 Buck 'Em
1977 Our Old Mansion
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Warner Bros. Records
1988 Hot Dog
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Capitol
37
1989 Act Naturally
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Capitol
1991 Kickin' In
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Capitol
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Notes
  • A ^ In the Palm of Your Hand also peaked at #70 on the RPM Top Albums chart in Canada.

Holiday albums

Year Album details Chart positions
US
[2]
1965 Christmas with Buck Owens
  • Released: October 4, 1965
  • Label: Capitol
12
1968 Christmas Shopping
  • Released: October 7, 1968
  • Label: Capitol
31

Collaborations

Year Album details Chart positions[2]
US Country US
1970 We're Gonna Get Together (with Susan Raye)
  • Released: April 6, 1970
  • Label: Capitol
10 154
The Great White Horse (with Susan Raye)
  • Released: September 8, 1970
  • Label: Capitol
22
1971 Merry Christmas
from Buck Owens and Susan Raye
(with Susan Raye)
  • Released: 1971
  • Label: Capitol
1972 Too Old to Cut Mustard (with Buddy Alan)
  • Released: January 2, 1972
  • Label: Capitol
35
1973 The Good 'Ol Days (Are Here Again) (with Susan Raye)
  • Released: July 1973
  • Label: Capitol
29
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Year Album details Chart positions[2]
US Country US
1966 Carnegie Hall Concert
  • Released: July 26, 1966
  • Label: Capitol
1 114
1967 In Japan!
  • Released: May 1, 1967
  • Label: Capitol
1
1969 Buck Owens in London "Live"
  • Released: June 2, 1969
  • Label: Capitol
5 113
1970 Buck Owens Live in Scandinavia
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Capitol
1972 Live at John Ascuga's Nugget
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Capitol
3
Live at the White House
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Capitol
10
1974 Live in New Zealand
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Capitol
Live at the Sydney Opera House
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Capitol
2007 Live in Austin, TX
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: New West
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Year Album details Chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[2]
1960 Buck Owens
  • Released: 1960
  • Label: La Brea
1961 Buck Owens
  • Released: January 30, 1961
  • Label: Capitol
1962 The Fabulous Country Music Sound of Buck Owens
1964 The Best of Buck Owens
  • Released: June 1, 1964
  • Label: Capitol
2
1968 Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2
  • Released: April 1, 1968
  • Label: Capitol
5
1969 Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 3
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: Capitol
12
1970 Merry Hee Haw Christmas
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Capitol
34
1971 The Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 4
  • Released: October 4, 1971
  • Label: Capitol
17
1972 The Best of Buck and Susan (with Susan Raye)
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Capitol
15
1974 The Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 5
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Capitol
35
1976 The Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 6
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: Capitol
34
1994 The Very Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 1
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Rhino
The Very Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Capitol
2006 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: August 1, 2006
  • Label: Rhino
55
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

Year Song Peak chart positions[4][5] Album
US Country US CAN Country CAN NLD
1956 "Down on the Corner of Love" The Fabulous Country Music
Sound of Buck Owens
"Right After the Dance"
1957 "Hot Dog" (as Corky Jones) non-album singles
"I'd Rather Have You" (with Pauline Parker)
"There Goes My Heart"
"Country Girl (Leaving Dirty Tracks)"
"Come Back"
1958 "Sweet Thing"
"I'll Take a Chance on Loving You" Buck Owens
1959 "Second Fiddle" 24
"Under Your Spell Again" 4
1960 "Above and Beyond" 3
"Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)" 2
1961 "Foolin' Around" 2 113 Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard
"Under the Influence of Love" 2 You're for Me
1962 "Nobody's Fool But Yours" 11
"Save the Last Dance for Me" 11 Together Again
"Kickin' Our Hearts Around" 8 On the Bandstand
"You're for Me" 10 You're for Me
1963 "Act Naturally" 1 The Best of Buck Owens
"Love's Gonna Live Here" 1
1964 "My Heart Skips a Beat" 1 94 Together Again
"I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" 1 92 1 I Don't Care
"I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" 1 25 12 I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
1965 "Before You Go" 1 83 Before You Go
"Only You (Can Break My Heart)" 1 120 Your Tender Loving Care
"Buckaroo" 1 60 The Instrumental Hits
of Buck Owens and His Buckaroos
1966 "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" 1 57 92 Open Up Your Heart
"Think of Me" 1 74
"Open Up Your Heart" 1
"Where Does the Good Times Go" 1 114 It Takes People Like You
1967 "Sam's Place" 1 92 Your Tender Loving Care
"Your Tender Loving Care" 1
"It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me)" 2 114 It Takes People Like You
(To Make People Like Me)
1968 "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone" 1 Sweet Rosie Jones
"Sweet Rosie Jones" 2 4
"Let the World Keep on a Turnin'" (with Buddy Alan) 7 36 I've Got You on Mind Again
"I've Got You on My Mind Again" 5 6
"Things I Saw Happening at the Fountain" The Guitar Player
1969 "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" 1 106 1 Buck Owens in London "Live"
"Johnny B. Goode" (live) 1 114 4
"Tall Dark Stranger" 1 1 Tall Dark Stranger
"Big in Vegas" 5 100 1 Big in Vegas
1970 "The Kansas City Song" 2 6 The Kansas City Song
"Amsterdam" 13
"I Wouldn't Live in New York City If They Gave Me the Whole Damn Town)" 9 110 I Wouldn't Live in New York City
1971 "Bridge Over Troubled Water" 9 119 8 Bridge Over Troubled Water
"Ruby (Are You Mad)" 3 106 3 Ruby
"Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms" 2 1
1972 "I'll Still Be Waiting for You" (live) 8 8 Live at John Ascuga's Nugget
"Made in Japan" 1 1 In the Palm of Your Hand
"You Ain't Gonna Have 'Ol Buck to Kick Around No More" 13 11
"In the Palm of Your Hand" 23 23
1973 "Ain't It Amazing Gracie" 14 7 Ain't It Amazing Gracie
"Arms Full of Empty" 27 22 Arms Full of Empty
"Big Game Hunter" 8 7 The Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 5
1974 "On the Cover of Music City News" 9 13 It's a Monster's Holiday
"(It's A) Monster's Holiday" 6 9
"Great Expectations" 8 41
1975 "41st Street Lonely Heart's Club" 19 30 41st Street Lonely Heart's Club
"The Battle of New Orleans" 51 The Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 6
"Country Singer's Prayer"
1976 "Hollywood Waltz" 44 Buck 'Em
"California Okie" 43
1977 "World Famous Holiday Inn" 90 Our Old Mansion
"It's Been a Long, Long Time" 100 Buck 'Em
"Our Old Mansion" 91 Our Old Mansion
"Texas Tornado"
1978 "Nights Are Forever Without You" 27 55 non-album singles
"Do You Wanna Make Love" 80
1979 "Play Together Again, Again" (with Emmylou Harris) 11 44
"Hangin' In and Hangin' On" 30
"Let Jesse Rob the Train" 22 49
1980 "Love Is a Warm Cowboy" 42
"Moonlights and Magnolias" 72
1981 "Without You" 92
1988 "Hot Dog" 46 Hot Dog
1989 "A-11" 54
"Put Another Quarter in the Jukebox" 60 60
"Act Naturally" (with Ringo Starr) 27 62 Act Naturally
"Gonna Have Love" (re-recording) 76 79
1990 "Tijuana Lady"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Collaborations

Year Song Artist Peak chart positions[4][5] Album
US Country CAN Country
1961 "Mental Cruelty" Rose Maddox 8 non-album singles
1963 "We're the Talk of the Town" 15
1970 "We're Gonna Get Together" Susan Raye 13 6 We're Gonna Get Together
"Togetherness" 12 18
"The Great White Horse" 8 9 The Great White Horse
1971 "Too Old to Cut Mustard" Buddy Alan 29 25 Too Old to Cut Mustard
"Santa's Gonna Come in a Stage Coach" Susan Raye Merry Christmas from Buck Owens and Susan Raye
1972 "Looking Back to See" 13 The Best of Buck and Susan
1973 "The Good Ol' Days Are Here Again" 35 52 The Good Ol' Days (Are Here Again)
1975 "Love Is Strange" 20 47 We're Gonna Get Together
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Guest singles

Year Single Artist Peak chart positions Album
US Country
[4]
1988 "Streets of Bakersfield" Dwight Yoakam 1 Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
1997 "(Don't Put Me In) The Ex-Files" The Bellamy Brothers Lonely Planet
1998 "First Redneck on the Internet" Cledus T. Judd Did I Shave My Back for This?
2001 "I Was There" Dwight Yoakam Tomorrow's Sounds Today
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Christmas singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
[4]
1965 "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" 2 Christmas with Buck
1968 "Christmas Shopping" 5 Christmas Shopping

B-sides

Year Single Peak chart positions[4] A-Side Single
US Country US
1960 "I've Got a Right to Know" 25 "Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)"
1961 "High as the Mountains" 27 "Foolin' Around"
"Loose Talk" (with Rose Maddox) 4 "Mental Cruelty"
1962 "I Can't Stop (My Lovin' You)" 17 "Kickin' Our Hearts Around"
1963 "House Down the Block" 24 "You're for Me"
"Sweethearts of Heaven" (with Rose Maddox) 19 "We're the Talk of the Town"
1964 "Together Again" 1 "My Heart Skips a Beat"
"Don't Let Her Know" 33 130 "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)"
1965 "Gonna Have Love" 10 "Only You (Can Break My Heart)"
"If You Want a Love" 24 "Buckaroo"
1966 "In the Palm of Your Hand" 43 "Waitin' In Your Welfare Line"
1975 "Weekend Daddy" flip "41st Street Lonely Hearts Club"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
  • A"Amsterdam" peaked at #13 on Dutch Top 40.


Music videos

Year Video Director
1988 "Streets of Bakersfield" Marcus Stevens
1998 "First Redneck on the Internet" John Lloyd Miller

References

  1. ^ a b c Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Buck Owens > Biography". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Billboard chart positions> albums". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  3. ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum - Buck Owens albums". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Billboard chart positions > singles". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
  5. ^ a b "Search results for "Buck Owens"". RPM. Retrieved 2009-11-03. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)