The Kentucky Headhunters discography

The Kentucky Headhunters discography
The Kentucky Headhunters discography
Studio albums	9
Compilation albums	6
Singles	27
Music videos	14

The Kentucky Headhunters are an American country rock & southern rock band founded in 1968 as Itchy Brother. The band's discography comprises nine studio albums, six compilation albums, two video compilations and 27 singles. Of their albums, their 1989 debut Pickin' on Nashville is certified double platinum in the United States and Canada, while 1991's Electric Barnyard has a gold certification in both countries. Of the band's singles, four have reached Top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Their highest chart peak is the number 8 "Oh Lonesome Me", which was originally a Number One single for Don Gibson.

Studio albums

1980s and 1990s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications (sales threshold)
Title	Album details	US Country ^[1]	US ^[1]	CAN ^[2]	Certifications (sales threshold)
Pickin' on Nashville	Release date: October 17, 1989 Label: Mercury Records Formats: CD, cassette, LP	2	41	—	CAN: 2× Platinum^[3] US: 2× Platinum^[4]
Electric Barnyard	Release date: April 2, 1991 Label: Mercury Records Formats: CD, cassette	3	29	79	CAN: Gold^[5] US: Gold^[6]
Rave On!	Release date: 1993 Label: Mercury Records Formats: CD, cassette	22	102	—
Stompin' Grounds	Release date: April 29, 1997 Label: BNA Records Formats: CD, cassette	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s – 2020s

Title	Album details	Peak positions
Title	Album details	US Country ^[1]
Songs from the Grass String Ranch	Release date: June 13, 2000 Label: Audium Entertainment Formats: CD, cassette	—
Soul	Release date: May 6, 2003 Label: Audium Entertainment Formats: CD	—
Big Boss Man	Release date: June 21, 2005 Label: CBuJ Entertainment Formats: CD	—
Dixie Lullabies	Release date: October 18, 2011 Label: Red Dirt Formats: CD	75
On Safari	Release date: November 4, 2016 Label: Plowboy Formats: CD, music download	—
That's a Fact Jack!	Release date: October 2, 2021 Label: Practice House Formats: CD, music download	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title	Album details
The Best of The Kentucky Headhunters: Still Pickin'	Release date: September 20, 1994 Label: Mercury Records Formats: CD, cassette
Flying Under the Radar	Release date: June 13, 2006 Label: CBuJ Entertainment Formats: CD
Authorized Bootleg: Live – Agara Ballroom – Cleveland, Ohio	Release date: September 22, 2009 Label: Mercury Records Nashville Formats: CD
The Kentucky Headhunters	Release date: December 8, 2011 Label: Hickory Records Formats: music download
Snapshot: Kentucky Headhunters	Release date: June 23, 2014 Label: Hickory Records Formats: CD, music download
Dixie Fried : The Best of The Mercury Years	Release date: October 12, 2018 Label: Wrasse Records Formats: CD, music download
Live at the Ramblin' Man Fair	Release date: January 11, 2019 Label: Alligator Records Formats: CD, music download

Collaborative albums

Title	Album details
That'll Work (with Johnnie Johnson)	Release date: August 17, 1993 Label: Elektra/Nonesuch Formats: CD, cassette
Meet Me in Bluesland (with Johnnie Johnson)	Release date: June 2, 2015 Label: Alligator Records Formats: CD, music download

Singles

1970s – 1990s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
Year	Single	US Country ^[7]	CAN Country ^[8]	Album
1973	"Shotgun Effie" (as Itchy Brother)	—	—	—
1989	"Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine"	25	—	Pickin' on Nashville
1990	"Dumas Walker"	15	54
	"Oh Lonesome Me"	8	19
	"Rock 'n' Roll Angel"	23	30
1991	"The Ballad of Davy Crockett"	49	82	Electric Barnyard
	"With Body and Soul"	56	30
	"It's Chitlin' Time"	63	88
	"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"	60	—
1992	"Let's Work Together"	—	—	Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (soundtrack)
1993	"Honky Tonk Walkin'"	54	77	Rave On!!
	"Blue Moon of Kentucky"	—	—
	"Dixie Fried"	71	—
1994	"Sunday Blues" (with Johnnie Johnson)	—	—	That'll Work
	"Stumblin" (with Johnnie Johnson)	—	—	That'll Work
	"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"	—	—	Shared Vision: The Songs of the Beatles
1997	"Singin' the Blues"	70	—	Stompin' Grounds
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s – 2020s

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
Year	Single	US Country ^[7]	Album
2000	"Too Much to Lose"	66	Songs from the Grass String Ranch
2001	"Louisianna CoCo"^[9]	—
2002	"Love That Woman"	—
2003	"Lonely Nights"	—	Soul
2005	"Big Boss Man"	—	Big Boss Man
2006	"Chug-a-Lug"	—
2006	"Take These Chains from My Heart"	—
2011	"Great Acoustics"^[10]	—	Dixie Lullabies
2016	"Crazy Jim"	—	On Safari
2017	"God Loves a Rolling Stone"^[11]	—
2018	"Beaver Creek Mansion"	—
2021	"How Could I"^[12]	—	That's a Fact Jack!
2021	"That's a Fact Jack"^[13]	—	That's a Fact Jack!
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videography

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
1989	"Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine"	John Lloyd Miller
1990	"Dumas Walker"
1990	"Oh Lonesome Me"^[14]
1991	"The Ballad of Davy Crockett"^[15]
	"It's Chitlin' Time"^[16]	Sherman Halsey
	"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"^[17]	Retta Harvey
1992	"Let's Work Together"	Simon Wincer
1993	"Honky Tonk Walkin'"^[18]	John Lloyd Miller
1993	"Dixie Fried"
1997	"Singin' the Blues"^[19]
2000	"Too Much to Lose"	Brent Hedgecock
2001	"Louisianna CoCo"^[20]	Jerad Sloan
2005	"Big Boss Man"^[21]	Stephen Shepherd
2012	"Great Acoustics"^[22]	Stacie Huckeba
2015	"Stumblin'"	Norry Niven

Video compilations

Title	Album details	Certifications (sales threshold)
Pickin' on Nashville: Videos	Release date: July 1, 1991 Label: Mercury Records Formats: VHS	US: Gold
Best Pickin's	Release date: October 18, 1994 Label: Mercury Records Formats: VHS

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Billboard charted albums for The Kentucky Headhunters". Allmusic. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Top Albums/CDs". RPM. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Kentucky Headhunters – Pickin' On Nashville". Music Canada.
^ "American album certifications – Kentucky Headhunters – Pickin%27 On Nashville". Recording Industry Association of America.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Kentucky Headhunters – Electric Barnyard". Music Canada.
^ "American album certifications – Kentucky Headhunters – Electric Barnyard". Recording Industry Association of America.
^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ "RPM search results for The Kentucky Headhunters". RPM. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ Tom Lounges (August 30, 2002). "Kentucky Headhunters search for niche". The Times. Munster, Indiana. pp. D7. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
^ "Kentucky HeadHunters release new single". Country Standard Time. August 18, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
^ "Kentucky Headhunters - God Loves A Rolling Stone". Play MPE. April 14, 2017.
^ "The Kentucky Headhunters Announce a New LP and Release 'How Could I'". 29 September 2021.
^ "The Kentucky Headhunters New Album". 22 October 2021.
^ "Music video for "Oh Lonesome Me"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ "Music video for "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ "New Videoclips". Billboard. October 12, 1991. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
^ "Music video for "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ "Music video for "Honky Tonk Walkin'"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ "Production Notes". Billboard. May 3, 1997. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
^ "Music video for "Louisianna CoCo"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ "Music video for "Big Boss Man"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
^ Huckeba, Stacie (February 10, 2012). "The Kentucky Headhunters ~ "Great Acoustics"". Vimeo. Retrieved August 8, 2016.

[Albums-1] "Billboard charted albums for The Kentucky Headhunters". Allmusic. Retrieved December 20, 2011.

[2] "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada - Top Albums/CDs". RPM. Retrieved December 20, 2011.

[CanadaKentucky_HeadhuntersPickin'_On_NashvillealbumCertRef-3] "Canadian album certifications – Kentucky Headhunters – Pickin' On Nashville". Music Canada.

[United_StatesKentucky_HeadhuntersPickin%27_On_NashvillealbumCertRef-4] "American album certifications – Kentucky Headhunters – Pickin%27 On Nashville". Recording Industry Association of America.

[CanadaKentucky_HeadhuntersElectric_BarnyardalbumCertRef-5] "Canadian album certifications – Kentucky Headhunters – Electric Barnyard". Music Canada.

[United_StatesKentucky_HeadhuntersElectric_BarnyardalbumCertRef-6] "American album certifications – Kentucky Headhunters – Electric Barnyard". Recording Industry Association of America.

[whitburn-7] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[8] "RPM search results for The Kentucky Headhunters". RPM. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[9] Tom Lounges (August 30, 2002). "Kentucky Headhunters search for niche". The Times. Munster, Indiana. pp. D7. Retrieved April 12, 2022.

[10] "Kentucky HeadHunters release new single". Country Standard Time. August 18, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

[11] "Kentucky Headhunters - God Loves A Rolling Stone". Play MPE. April 14, 2017.

[12] "The Kentucky Headhunters Announce a New LP and Release 'How Could I'". 29 September 2021.

[13] "The Kentucky Headhunters New Album". 22 October 2021.

[14] "Music video for "Oh Lonesome Me"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[15] "Music video for "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[16] "New Videoclips". Billboard. October 12, 1991. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

[17] "Music video for "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[18] "Music video for "Honky Tonk Walkin'"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[19] "Production Notes". Billboard. May 3, 1997. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

[20] "Music video for "Louisianna CoCo"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[21] "Music video for "Big Boss Man"". CMT. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

[22] Huckeba, Stacie (February 10, 2012). "The Kentucky Headhunters ~ "Great Acoustics"". Vimeo. Retrieved August 8, 2016.

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Studio albums	Pickin' on Nashville Electric Barnyard Rave On!! That'll Work (with Johnnie Johnson) Stompin' Grounds Songs from the Grass String Ranch Soul Big Boss Man Dixie Lullabies Meet Me in Bluesland (with Johnnie Johnson) On Safari That's a Fact Jack!
Compilation albums	The Best of The Kentucky Headhunters: Still Pickin' Flying Under the Radar Authorized Bootleg: Live – Agara Ballroom – Cleveland, Ohio
Notable singles	"Dumas Walker" "Oh Lonesome Me" "Rock 'n' Roll Angel" "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" "Let's Work Together" "Blue Moon of Kentucky" "Dixie Fried" "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" "Singin' the Blues" "Big Boss Man" "Chug-a-Lug" "Take These Chains from My Heart"
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