Joe Brown discography
| Joe Brown discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 14 |
| EPs | 7 |
| Soundtrack albums | 1 |
| Live albums | 8 |
| Compilation albums | 14 |
| Singles | 54 |
| Video albums | 3 |
| Cast recording albums | 2 |
This article is the discography of English rock and roll singer and guitarist Joe Brown.
Albums
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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| UK [1] | |||
| 1962 | A Picture of You |
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3 |
| 1963 | Joe Brown / Mark Wynter |
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| 1964 | Here Comes Joe! |
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| 1968 | Joe Brown |
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| 1972 | Brown's Home Brew |
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| 1974 | Together |
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| 1992 | Come On Joe |
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| 1997 | Fifty Six and Taller Than You Think |
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| 1999 | On a Day Like This |
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| 2004 | Jiggery Pokery |
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| Hittin the High Spots |
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| 2006 | Down to Earth |
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127[2] |
| 2008 | More of the Truth |
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163[2] |
| 2012 | The Ukulele Album |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Live albums
[edit]| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | |||
| 1963 | Joe Brown – Live! |
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14 |
| 1977 | Joe Brown Live |
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| 1991 | On Stage |
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| 2001 | A Showbusiness Lifetime |
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| 2007 | Live in Germany |
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| 2011 | Live in Liverpool |
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| 2017 | Just Joe |
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| 2019 | In Concert |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
Soundtrack albums
[edit]| Year | Title | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | What a Crazy World |
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Cast recording albums
[edit]| Year | Title | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Charlie Girl |
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| 1979 | Oh Boy! |
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Compilation albums
[edit]| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] | |||
| 1962 | A Picture of Joe Brown |
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| 1966 | Bits of Joe Brown |
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| 1974 | The Joe Brown Collection |
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| 1988 | Hits & Pieces |
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| 1990 | A Golden Hour of Joe Brown |
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| 1993 | The Joe Brown Story |
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| 1994 | Joe Brown Live! ...and in the Studio |
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| 1998 | A Picture of You |
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| 2002 | Joe Brown |
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| 2007 | Crazy Mixed-Up Kid: The Complete Pye/Piccadilly Recordings |
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| 2008 | The Very Best of Joe Brown: 50th Anniversary |
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14 |
| 2016 | The Best of Joe Brown and the Bruvvers |
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| 2019 | 60th Anniversary Box Set |
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| 2021 | Gold |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Video albums
[edit]| Year | Title | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | In Concert |
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| 2005 | An Audience with Joe Brown in Concert |
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| 2011 | Live in Liverpool |
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EPs
[edit]| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] | |||
| 1962 | A Picture of Joe Brown |
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| 1963 | Just for Fun |
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| Joe Brown Hit Parade |
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20 | |
| All Things Bright and Beautiful |
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| The Big Hits of Joe Brown and Mark Wynter |
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| 1967 | With a Little Help from My Friends |
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| 1979 | Joe Brown |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Singles
[edit]| Year | Title[A] | Peak chart positions |
Album | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS | IRE [4] | ||||
| 1959 | "People Gotta Talk" b/w "Comes the Day" |
— | — | — | Non-album singles[B] | Decca |
| 1960 | "Savage (Part 1)" (as the Sneaky Petes) b/w "Savage (Part 2)" |
— | — | — | ||
| "The Darktown Strutters' Ball" (with the Bruvvers) b/w "Swagger" |
34 | — | — | |||
| "Jellied Eels" (with the Bruvvers) b/w "Dinah" |
— | — | — | |||
| 1961 | "Shine" b/w "The Swtch" |
33 | — | — | A Picture of You | Pye |
| "Crazy Mixed Up Kid" b/w "Stick Around" |
— | — | — | Non-album single
A Picture of You |
Piccadilly | |
| "Good Luck and Goodbye" b/w "I'm Henery the Eighth I Am" |
— | — | — | A Picture of You | ||
| "What a Crazy World We're Living In" (with the Bruvvers) b/w "Pop Corn" |
37 | — | — | |||
| 1962 | "A Lay-About's Lament" (with the Bruvvers) b/w "A Picture of You" |
— 2 |
40 | — 2 | ||
| "Your Tender Look" (with the Bruvvers) b/w "The Other Side of Town" |
31 | — | — | Joe Brown / Mark Wynter | ||
| "It Only Took a Minute" (with the Bruvvers) b/w "All Things Bright and Beautiful" |
6 | — | 8 | |||
| 1963 | "That's What Love Will Do" (with the Bruvvers) b/w "Hava Nagila (The Hora)" |
3 | 32 | 2 | Here Comes Joe! | |
| "Nature's Time for Love" (with the Bruvvers) b/w "The Spanish Bit" |
26 | — | — | |||
| "Sally Ann" (with the Bruvvers) b/w "There's Only One of You" |
28 | — | — | |||
| "Little Ukulele" (with the Bruvvers) b/w "Hercules Unchained" |
— | — | — | Non-album single
Here Comes Joe! | ||
| 1964 | "You Do Things to Me" (with the Bruvvers) b/w "Everybody Calls Me Joe" |
— | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Don't" (with the Bruvvers) b/w "Just Like That" (as Joe Brown) |
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| 1965 | "Teardrops in the Rain" (with the Bruvvers) b/w "Lonely Circus" |
— | — | — | Pye | |
| "Sicilian Tarantella" b/w "Thinkin' That I Loves You" (with the Bruvvers) |
— | — | — | Non-album single[C] | ||
| "Charlie Girl" b/w "My Favourite Occupation" |
— | — | — | Charlie Girl | ||
| 1966 | "Sea of Heartbreak" b/w "Mrs. O's Theme" |
51[D] | — | — | Non-album single[C] | |
| "Little Ray of Sunshine" b/w "Your Loving Touch" |
— | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "A Satisfied Mind" b/w "Stay a Little While" |
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| "Th' Wife" (with the Bruvvers)[E] b/w "The Rich Man's Son and the Poor Man's Daughter" |
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| 1967 | "With a Little Help from My Friends" b/w "Show Me Around" |
32 | 86 | — | ||
| 1968 | "Bottle of Wine" b/w "Blue Tuesday" |
— | — | — | Joe Brown | MCA |
| "Katerine" b/w "Davy the Fat Boy" |
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| 1969 | "Suzanne" b/w "Sweet Music" |
— | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Adieu, monsieur le professeur" (US-only release) b/w "Diamonds of Dew" |
— | — | — | Kapp | ||
| 1970 | "Molly Perkins" b/w "Captain of My Love Ship" |
— | — | — | Penny Farthing | |
| "Come Up and See Me Sometime" b/w "Give Me Muddy Water" |
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| 1971 | "Worksong" (as Browns Home Brew) b/w "Marching Seasons" |
— | — | — | Brown's Home Brew | Bell |
| 1972 | "Billy Come Down" (as Brown's Home Brew) b/w "Hit Me Across the Head with a Spoon Mama" |
— | — | — | Brown's Home Brew
Non-album track | |
| 1973 | "Hey Mama" b/w "Misty Mountain" |
33 | — | — | Non-album single | Ammo |
| 1974 | "Tennessee Mash Man" (as Brown's Home Brew) b/w "Papal Rock" |
— | — | — | Non-album single
Together |
Vertigo |
| "Build a Wall" (as Brown's Home Brew) b/w "Every Time You Win One" |
— | — | — | Together | ||
| "Cincinnati Floor" (as Brown's Home Brew; US promo-only release) b/w "Cincinnati Floor" |
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| 1975 | "Always Laughing" b/w "We Never Were That Kind" |
— | — | — | Non-album singles | Decca |
| 1977 | "The Boxer" b/w "You Are the Music in My World" |
— | — | — | Power Exchange | |
| "All Things Bright and Beautiful" (with Vicki Brown) b/w "To Be a Pilgrim" |
— | — | — | Joe Brown Live
Non-album track | ||
| 1979 | "Free Inside" b/w "Rainy Changes" |
— | — | — | Non-album single[F] | Acrobat |
| 1980 | "The Highland Widow's Lament" (by Maurice Roeves) b/w "Silent Night" (as Joe Brown and Family) |
— | — | — | Non-album singles | EMI |
| "Little Children" (as Joe Brown and the Family) b/w "Cooky and Lila" |
— | — | — | Solid Gold | ||
| 1983 | "Give Us a Break" (with the Harry South Band) b/w "Make You, Break You" |
— | — | — | Non-album single[G] | BBC |
| 1997 | "Old Chunk of Coal" (promo-only release) b/w "Fifty Six and Taller Than You Think"/"Early in the Morning" |
— | — | — | Fifty Six and Taller Than You Think | Demon |
| 1999 | "On a Day Like This" b/w "Come On Joe"/"I'll See You in My Dreams" |
— | — | — | On a Day Like This
Non-album tracks |
Round Tower Music |
| "That's the Way the World Goes Round" | — | — | — | On a Day Like This | ||
| 2006 | "One Trick Pony" (promo-only release) | — | — | — | Down to Earth | Track |
| "Reuben" (featuring Sam Brown; promo-only release) | — | — | — | |||
| 2008 | "Everybody's Famous" (promo-only release) | — | — | — | More of the Truth | |
| "You Were Everywhere" (promo-only release) b/w "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" |
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| 2012 | "The Ace of Spades" | — | — | — | The Ukulele Album | Joe Brown Productions |
| "I'll See You in My Dreams" | — | — | — | |||
| 2019 | "All I Want for Christmas Is Peace" | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Unless stated otherwise, the B-side is by the same artist as the A-side.
- ^ Included on the 1962 compilation A Picture of Joe Brown.
- ^ a b Included on the 1966 compilation Bits of Joe Brown.
- ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
- ^ This single was withdrawn from release in the UK, but was released in Germany and Australia.
- ^ End title theme from the film Porridge.
- ^ Theme from the BBC TV series Give Us a Break.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Joe Brown | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ a b "The Official Zobbel Homepage". www.zobbel.de. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
- ^ "everyHit.com - UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". www.everyhit.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ Chart positions prior to October 1962 are from the Evening Herald. Subsequent positions are from "The Irish Charts". www.irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 18 May 2021.