Debby Boone discography
| Debby Boone discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 12 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Singles | 16 |
| No. 1 Singles | 2 |
This article documents the discography of American pop, Christian, and country music singer, Debby Boone. She first recorded with her family, charting twice with her sisters as the Boones on the Billboard AC chart. As a solo artist, Boone has released 12 studio albums and four compilation albums. Boone also placed 15 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Country Songs, and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart including two Number One songs – "You Light Up My Life" (10 weeks – Hot 100, 1 week – AC) and "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again" (1 week – Country). Boone's You Light Up My Life album and single were both certified platinum.
Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | AUS[1] | US Christian | CAN | |||
| You Light Up My Life |
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6 | 6 | 73 | — | 1 | US: Platinum[2] |
| Midstream |
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— | 147 | — | — | — | |
| Debby Boone |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| Love Has No Reason |
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17 | — | — | — | — | |
| With My Song |
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— | — | — | 9 | — | |
| Savin' It Up |
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49 | — | — | — | — | |
| Surrender |
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— | — | — | 7 | — | |
| Choose Life |
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— | — | — | 7 | — | |
| Friends for Life |
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— | — | — | 4 | — | |
| Be Thou My Vision |
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— | — | — | 23 | — | |
| Home for Christmas |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| Reflections of Rosemary |
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
Compilation albums
[edit]| Title | Details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Christian | ||
| The Best of Debby Boone |
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— |
| Love Put a Song in My Heart |
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— |
| Reflections |
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33 |
| You Light Up My Life: Greatest Inspirational Songs |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
Reissues
[edit]| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Home for Christmas[A] |
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| Greatest Hymns[B] |
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| Home for Christmas[A] |
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| Surrender/Choose Life |
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| With My Song ... I Will Praise Him/Friends for Life |
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Other albums
[edit]| Title | Artist | Details |
|---|---|---|
| The Pat Boone Family | The Pat Boone Family |
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| All in the Boone Family | The Boone Family |
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| The Family Who Prays | The Boone Family with the First Nashville Jesus Band |
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| The Pat Boone Family in the Holy Land | The Pat Boone Family |
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| The Boone Family Christmas | The Boone Family |
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| Glass Castle | The Boone Girls (a.k.a. The Boones) |
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| First Class |
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| Heavenly Love |
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| Highlights: Best of the Boone Girls Plus Two |
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Singles
[edit]1970s
[edit]| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | US AC | AUS[1] | CAN Country | CAN | CAN AC | ||||
| 1977 | "You Light Up My Life" | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | US: Platinum[3] | You Light Up My Life |
| 1978 | "California" | — | 50 | 20 | — | — | 60 | 21 | Midstream | |
| "God Knows" | 22 | 74 | 14 | 86 | — | 98 | — | |||
| "When You're Loved" | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "In Memory of Your Love" | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979 | "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" | 11 | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | Debby Boone | |
| "Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart" | 25 | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | |||
| "See You in September" | 41 | — | 45 | — | 45 | — | — | — | ||
| "Everybody's Somebody's Fool" | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||
1980s
[edit]| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US AC | CAN Country | |||
| 1980 | "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again" | 1 | 31 | 20 | Love Has No Reason |
| "Free to Be Lonely Again" | 14 | — | — | ||
| "Take It Like a Woman" | 44 | — | — | ||
| "Lord, I Believe" | — | — | — | With My Song | |
| 1981 | "Perfect Fool" | 23 | 37 | 20 | Savin' It Up |
| "It'll Be Him" | 46 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | "Keep the Flame Burning" | — | — | — | Surrender |
| 1985 | "The Time Is Now" | — | — | — | Choose Life |
| "Choose Life" | — | — | — | ||
| 1987 | "Masihlanganeni (Let Us Stand Together)" | — | — | — | Friends for Life |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Other singles
[edit]Guest singles
[edit]| Year | Title | Artist | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| US AC | |||
| 1972 | "Children Learn What They Live" | The Boone Family | — |
| "Curiosity Killed the Cat" | The Boone Girls | — | |
| "Bless the Beasts and Children" | — | ||
| 1973 | "You Don't Own Me" | — | |
| 1974 | "Please Mr. Postman" | Pat Boone Family | — |
| 1975 | "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" | The Boones | 25 |
| 1977 | "Hasta Mañana" | 32 | |
| 1978 | "When I'm with You I'm Feeling Good (Theme from Matilda)" | Pat Boone | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Charted B-sides
[edit]| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Original A-side | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | US AC | |||
| 1978 | "Baby, I'm Yours" | 33 | flip | 18 | "God Knows" |
Other album appearances/credits
[edit]- 1978: The Magic Of Lassie – various artists; "Brass Rings & Day Dreams", "There'll Be Other Friday Nights", "When You're Loved"
- 1979: On This Christmas Night – various artists; "The Gift Of Love"
- 1980: Cranston Thorndike & The Dragon – various artists; voice of Cranston's Mother, music/lyrics co-writer
- 1982: Good Night, Sleep Tight – various artists; "I Thank the Father"
- 1983: Solo – Steve Archer; "Evermore" (duet)
- 1989: Bowling in Paris – Stephen Bishop; background vocals
- 1995: Sing Me To Sleep, Mommy – various artists; "Sleep My Child"
- 1996: The Holiday Collection: Volume 1 – various artists; "The Gift Of Life"
- 1996: A Hollywood Christmas – various artists; "White Christmas"
- 1997: Cole Porter: A Musical Toast – various artists; "Do I Love You?"
- 1998: My Dream Come True – Ryan DeHeus; "Someone To Watch Over Me"
- 2000: Shake Those Hula Hips – Big Kahuna and the Copa Cat Pack; "Little Grass Shack", "Princess Poo-poo-ly Has Plenty Papaya"
- 2008: The Real Me – John Sawyer; "I'm Always On Your Side"
- 2012: Christmas Around the World with Perry Como; featured guest
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 42. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "American album certifications – Debby Bone – You Light Up My Life". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "American single certifications – Debby Bone – You Light Up My Life". Recording Industry Association of America.
External Links
[edit]- Debby Boone discography at Discogs