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Lefty Frizzell discography
Studio albums13
EPs1
Compilation albums10
Singles66
No.1 single6

Lefty Frizzell was an American country music singer-songwriter, who gained massive popularity in 1950, following an explosive debut two-sided single ("If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)," "I Love You A Thousand Ways"). He released a string of successful hits from 1950 to 1955. He released a country standard "Long Black Veil" in 1959, and released three mostly unnoticed LP's. After The Long Black Veil in 1959, Frizzell didn't chart another single until 1963. The next year, he released his last of six US Country chart toppers: "Saginaw, Michigan."

After that, he released his first charting album with the same title, and it peaked at No. 2 in the same year. In 1965, Frizzell charted his last Top 20 hit, titled, "She's Gone, Gone, Gone". After developing a drinking habit, he released songs that didn't chart very well, and in 1972, he left his longtime label Columbia Records, and signed to ABC Records. In 1975, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and was given the Grammy Hall of Fame Award. This success led to more money, then more drinking. On July 19, 1975, Frizzell suffered a massive stroke and later died at the age of 47.

After a 25-year career, Lefty Frizzell had charted a little over 30 singles, and released 13 studio albums. Today, he is regarded as one of the most influential voices in country music history, inspiring many of the next generation's artists. The following is collection of work gathered from 1950 to 2006:

Studio albums

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Title Album details
Songs of Jimmie Rodgers
  • Release date: October 8, 1951
  • Label: Columbia
Listen to Lefty
  • Release date: June 1952
  • Label: Columbia
Lefty Frizzell (EP)
  • Release date: January 1957
  • Label: Columbia
The One and Only
  • Release date: August 1959
  • Label: Columbia
Sings the Songs of Jimmie Rodgers
  • Release date: 1960
  • Label: Columbia Records
Saginaw, Michigan
  • Release date: April 1964
  • Label: Columbia
Sad Side of Love
  • Release date: October 1965
  • Label: Columbia
Great Sound
  • Release date: August 1966
  • Label: Columbia
Puttin' On
  • Release date: March 1967
  • Label: Columbia
Mom and Dad Waltz
  • Release date: May 1967
  • Label: Columbia
Signed, Sealed and Delivered
  • Release date: 1968
  • Label: Columbia
Mark of Time
  • Release date: January 1973
  • Label: Columbia
The Legendary
  • Release date: September 18, 1973
  • Label: ABC
Classic Style
  • Release dates: April 4, 1975
  • Label: ABC

Compilations

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Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US Country US
Country Favorites
  • Release date: early 1966
  • Label: Columbia
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: late 1966
  • Label: Columbia
Remembering... The Greatest Of
  • Release date: mid 1975
  • Label: ABC
43
ABC Collection
  • Release date: early 1977
  • Label: ABC
Treasure's Untold
The Best of
Life's Like Poetry
Look What Thoughts Will Do
  • Release date: January 28, 1997
  • Label: Columbia/Legacy
If You've Got the Money
  • Release date: May 24, 2005
  • Label: Living Era/ASV
16 Biggest Hits

Singles

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1950s

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Year Single Peak chart
positions
Album
US Country US
1950 "If You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)" 1 Listen to Lefty
"I Love You a Thousand Ways" 1
1951 "Look What Thoughts Will Do" 4
"Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday)" 7 non-album single
"My Baby's Just Like Money" Country Favorites
"I Want to Be with You Always" 1 29 Listen to Lefty
"Always Late (With Your Kisses) 1
"Mom and Dad's Waltz" 2
"Blue Yodel No.2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)" Songs of Jimmie Rodgers
"Brakeman's Blues"
"Travelin' Blues" 6
"My Rough and Rowdy Ways"
1952 "Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)" 1 Country Favorites
"How Long Will It Take (To Stop Loving You)" 7 Treasures Untold
"Don't Stay Away (Till' Love Grows Cold)" 2 Listen to Lefty
"It's Just You (I Could Love Always)" Treasures Untold
Forever (And Always) 6 non-album single
"You're Just Mine (Only In My Dreams)" Country Favorites
1953 "I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)" 3 non-album singles
"Hurry! (Bring Your Sweet Self Back to Me)" 8
"Never No Mo' Blues" Songs of Jimmie Rodgers
"California Blues"
"We Crucified Our Jesus" non-album singles
"Before You Go (Be Sure You Know)"
"Hopeless Love"
"Two Hearts Broken Now" Country Favorites
1954 "Run Em' Off" 8 Country Favorites
"My Little Her and Him" Mom and Dad's Waltz
"King Without a Queen" Country Favorites
"You're Too Late" non-album single
1955 "I Love You Mostly" 11 Country Favorites
"Making Believe" non-album singles
"I'll Sit Alone and Cry"
"Sweet Lies" Country Favorites
"Your Tomorrow's Will Never Come" non-album singles
1956 "First to Have a Second Chance"
"Promises"
"Just Can't Live That Fast (Any More)"
"Heart's Highway"
"From an Angel to a Devil" Country Favorites
"Lullaby Waltz" Mom and Dad's Waltz
1957 "Now That You Are Gone" Treasures Untold
"No One to Talk To (But the Blues)" Mom and Dad's Waltz
"Time Out for the Blues"
1958 "Silence" non-album single
"Cigarettes and Coffee Blues" 13 Mom and Dad's Waltz
1959 "The Long Black Veil" 6 Greatest Hits
"Farther Than My Eyes Can See" non-album single

1960s

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Year Single Peak chart
positions
Album
US Country US CAN Country
1960 "She's Gone" non-album singles
"What You Gonna Do Leroy"
1961 "Heaven's Plan"
"I Feel Sorry for Me"
1962 "Stranger" Saginaw, Michigan
1963 "Forbidden Lovers" 23 Remembering... The Greatest of Hits
"Don't Let Me See Her Cry" 30 Saginaw, Michigan
1964 "Saginaw, Michigan" 1 85
"The Nester" 28 non-album singles
"Make that One for the Road a Cup of Coffee"
1965 "She's Gone, Gone, Gone" 12 The Sad Side of Love
"A Little Unfair" 36
"Love Looks Good on You" 41
1966 "Mama" non-album single
"I Just Couldn't See the Forest (For the Trees)" 51 Puttin' On
1967 "You Gotta Be Puttin' Me On"
"Get This Stranger Outta Me"
"Anything You Can Spare"
1968 "Have I Ever Been Untrue" non-album singles
"The Marriage Bit" 59 35
"Wasted Way of Life"
1969 "An Article from Life" 64
"Honky Tonk Hill"

1970s

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Year Single Chart Positions Album
US Country US CAN Country
1970 "Watermelon Time in Georgia" 49 non-album singles
1972 "You, Babe" 59
1973 "Let Me Give Her the Flowers" Mark of Time
"I Can't Get Over You to Save My Life" 43 The Legendary Lefty Frizzell
1974 "I Never Go Around Mirrors" 25
"Railroad Lady" 52
"Lucky Arms" 21
1975 "Life's Like Poetry" 67 Classic Style
"Falling" 50 49
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