Mel Tillis discography

Mel Tillis discography
Mel Tillis discography
Studio albums	38
Compilation albums	17
Singles	98
No.1 Single	6

This is a detailed discography for American country music singer Mel Tillis.

Studio albums

1960s

Title	Album details	Peak positions
Title	Album details	US Country [1]
Stateside	Release date: September 1966 Label: Kapp Records	—
Life's That Way (re-released as Life Turned Her That Way)	Release date: January 1967 Label: Kapp Records	21
Mr. Mel	Release date: August 1967 Label: Kapp Records	20
Let Me Talk to You	Release date: January 1968 Label: Kapp Records	17
Something Special	Release date: August 1968 Label: Kapp Records	36
Who's Julie	Release date: March 1969 Label: Kapp Records	35
Mel Tillis Sings "Old Faithful"	Release date: August 1969 Label: Kapp Records	26
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	US Country [1]	CAN Country [2]
She'll Be Hanging Round Somewhere	Release date: 1970 Label: Kapp Records	—	—
One More Time	Release date: August 1970 Label: MGM Records	30	—
The Arms of a Fool/Commercial Affection	Release date: January 1971 Label: MGM Records	22	—
Would You Want the World to End	Release date: May 1972 Label: MGM Records	38	—
I Ain't Never	Release date: October 1972 Label: MGM Records	18	—
Sawmill	Release date: August 1973 Label: MGM Records	3	—
Stomp Them Grapes	Release date: July 1974 Label: MGM Records	24	—
Mel Tillis and the Statesiders	Release date: March 1975 Label: MGM Records	35	—
M-M-Mel	Release date: August 1975 Label: MGM Records	21	—
Welcome to Mel Tillis Country	Release date: October 1976 Label: MGM Records	36	—
Love Revival	Release date: 1976 Label: MCA Records	14	—
Heart Healer	Release date: 1977 Label: MCA Records	6	—
Love's Troubled Waters	Release date: 1977 Label: MCA Records	15	—
I Believe in You	Release date: 1978 Label: MCA Records	14	—
Are You Sincere	Release date: 1979 Label: MCA Records	17	11
Mr. Entertainer	Release date: 1979 Label: MCA Records	21	11
Me and Pepper	Release date: 1979 Label: Elektra Records	46	4
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s and 1990s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	US Country [1]	CAN Country [2]
Your Body Is an Outlaw	Release date: 1980 Label: Elektra Records	25	—
Southern Rain	Release date: 1980 Label: Elektra Records	22	—
It's a Long Way to Daytona	Release date: 1982 Label: Elektra Records	38	—
After All This Time	Release date: 1983 Label: MCA Records	34	—
New Patches	Release date: 1984 Label: MCA Records	34	14
California Road	Release date: 1985 Label: RCA Records	—	—
New Patches	Release date: 1988 Label: Radio Records	—	—
Big Balls in Cowtown	Release date: 1988 Label: Radio Records	—	—
Beyond the Sunset	Release date: 1993 Label: Radio Records	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s and 2010s

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	US Country [1]	US Comedy [3]
Wings of My Victory	Release date: 2001 Label: Radio Records	—	—
The Father's Son	Release date: 2005 Label: Radio Records	—	—
You Ain't Gonna Believe This	Release date: September 21, 2010 Label: Show Dog-Universal Music	75	3
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Collaborations

Title	Album details	Peak positions
Title	Album details	US Country [1]
Living and Learning (with Sherry Bryce)	Release date: November 1971 Label: MGM Records	29
Let's Go All the Way Tonight (with Sherry Bryce)	Release date: 1974 Label: MGM Records	22
Mel and Nancy (with Nancy Sinatra)	Release date: 1981 Label: Elektra Records	56
Old Dogs (with Bobby Bare, Waylon Jennings, and Jerry Reed)	Release date: December 1, 1998 Label: Atlantic Records	61

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
Title	Album details	US Country [1]
Recorded Live at the Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas	Release date: July 1971 Label: MGM Records	22
Mel Tillis On Stage at the Birmingham Municipal Auditorium	Release date: February 1973 Label: MGM Records	34
Mel Tillis and the Statesiders Live	Release date: 1978 Label: MGM Records	47
M-M-Mel Live	Release date: 1980 Label: MCA Records	24
Branson City Limits	Release date: July 13, 1999 Label: Unison Records	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
Title	Album details	US Country [1]
Heart Over Mind	Release date: 1962 Label: Columbia Records	—
Walk on Boy	Release date: February 1966 Label: Harmony Records	—
Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits	Release date: January 1969 Label: Kapp Records	32
Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits, Vol. 2	Release date: September 1971 Label: Kapp Records	—
The Very Best of Mel Tillis	Release date: 1972 Label: MGM Records	32
Detroit City	Release date: 1973 Label: Pickwick/Hilltop	—
Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits	Release date: 1974 Label: MGM Records	17
The Best of Mel Tillis	Release date: 1975 Label: MGM Records	30
The Best of Mel Tillis and the Statesiders	Release date: 1976 Label: MGM Records	28
24 Greatest Hits	Release date: 1977 Label: MGM Records	49
Great	Release date: 1979 Label: Gusto Records	—
The Very Best of Mel Tillis	Release date: 1981 Label: MCA Records	—
Greatest Hits	Release date: 1982 Label: Elektra Records	58
American Originals	Release date: 1990 Label: Columbia Records	—
Greatest Hits	Release date: 1991 Label: Curb Records	—
Memory Maker	Release date: 1995 Label: Mercury Records	—
All His Greatest Hits	Release date: September 1, 1998 Label: PolyGram	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1950s

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
Year	Single	US Country [4]	Album
1957	"Honky Tonk Song"	—	N/A
	"Case of the Blues"	—
	"Juke Box Man"	—
	"Take My Hand"	—
1958	"Lonely Street"	—	Walk on Boy
	"The Violet and the Rose"	24
	"Finally"	28
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1960s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
Year	Single	US Country [4]	CAN Country [5]	Album
1960	"Loco Weed"	—	—	Walk on Boy
1960	"Walk on Boy"	—	—
1961	"Hearts of Stone"	—	—
1962	"If I Lost Your Love"	—	—
1962	"Half Laughing, Half Crying"	—	—	N/A
1963	"How Come Your Dog Don't Bite Nobody But Me" (with Webb Pierce)	25	—
1963	"Couldn't See the Forest for the Trees"	—	—
1964	"It'll Be Easy"	—	—
1965	"Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back"	—	—	Great
	"Wine"	15	—	Stateside
	"Mr. Dropout"	—	—
1966	"Mental Revenge"	—	—
1966	"Stateside"	17	—
1967	"Life Turned Her That Way"^[A]	11	—	Life Turned Her That Way
	"Goodbye Wheeling"	20	—	Mr. Mel
	"Survival of the Fittest"	71	—	Mr. Mel
	"All Right (I'll Sign the Papers)"	26	—	Let Me Talk to You
1968	"Something Special"	17	—	Something Special
	"Destroyed by the Man"	31	26	Something Special
	"Who's Julie"	10	11	Who's Julie
1969	"Old Faithful"	15	16	Old Faithful
	"These Lonely Hands of Mine"	9	13	Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits
	"She'll Be Hanging Round Somewhere"	10	4	She'll Be Hanging Round Somewhere
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
Year	Single	US Country [4]	CAN Country [5]	Album
1970	"Heart Over Mind"	3	5	She'll Be Hanging Round Somewhere
	"Heaven Everyday"	5	3	One More Time
	"Too Lonely, Too Long"	25	29	Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
	"Commercial Affection"	8	14	The Arms of a Fool/ Commercial Affection
	"The Arms of a Fool"^[B]	4	13	The Arms of a Fool/ Commercial Affection
1971	"One More Drink"	56	—	Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
	"Brand New Mister Me"	8	46	The Very Best of Mel Tillis
	"Untouched"	14	17	The Very Best of Mel Tillis
1972	"Would You Want the World to End"	12	24	Would You Want the World to End
	"I Ain't Never"	1	1	I Ain't Never
	"Neon Rose"	3	3	I Ain't Never
1973	"Thank You for Being You"	21	12	Sawmill
	"Sawmill"	2	5	Sawmill
	"Midnight, Me, and the Blues"	2	2	Stomp Them Grapes
1974	"Stomp Them Grapes"	3	4	Stomp Them Grapes
1974	"Memory Maker"	3	3	I Ain't Never
1975	"The Best Way I Know How"	7	13	Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
	"Woman in the Back of My Mind"	4	5	Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
	"Lookin' for Tomorrows (And Findin' Yesterdays)"	16	4	M-M-Mel
1976	"Mental Revenge"	15	9	M-M-Mel
	"Love Revival"	11	15	Love Revival
	"Come on Home"	—	—	Welcome to Tillis Country
	"Good Woman Blues"	1	1	Love Revival
	"Heart Healer"	1	1	Heart Healer
1977	"Burning Memories"	9	3	Heart Healer
	"I Got the Hoss"	3	3	Love's Troubled Waters
	"What Did I Promise Her Last Night"	4	2	Love's Troubled Waters
1978	"I Believe in You"	1	1	I Believe in You
1978	"Ain't No California"	4	2	I Believe in You
1979	"Send Me Down to Tucson"	2	4	Are You Sincere
	"Coca-Cola Cowboy"	1	3	Mr. Entertainer
	"Blind in Love"	6	16	Me and Pepper
	"Lying Time Again"	6	12	Me and Pepper
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s and 1990s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
Year	Single	US Country [4]	CAN Country [5]	Album
1980	"Your Body Is an Outlaw"	3	32	Your Body Is an Outlaw
	"Steppin' Out"	9	—	Your Body Is an Outlaw
	"Southern Rains"	1	1	Southern Rain
1981	"Million Old Goodbyes"	8	10
1981	"One Night Fever"	10	—
1982	"It's a Long Way to Daytona"	36	—	It's a Long Way to Daytona
	"The One That Got Away"	37	—	It's a Long Way to Daytona
	"Stay a Little Longer"	17	—	Greatest Hits
1983	"In the Middle of the Night"	10	10	After All This Time
	"A Cowboy's Dream"	49	—
	"She Meant Forever When She Said Goodbye"	53	—
1984	"New Patches"	10	10	New Patches
1984	"Slow Nights" (with Glen Campbell)	47	—	New Patches
1985	"You Done Me Wrong"	37	46	California Road
1985	"California Road"	61	—	California Road
1988	"You'll Come Back (You Always Do)"	31	—	Tough Guys Don't Dance (soundtrack)
1989	"City Lights"	67	—	New Patches (1988)
1991	"Tall Drink of Water"	—	—	Greatest Hits (1991)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

Collaborations

Year	Single	Artist	Peak chart positions		Album
Year	Single	Artist	US Country [4]	CAN Country [5]	Album
1959	"Sawmill"	Bill Phillips	27	—	N/A
1959	"Georgia Town Blues"	Bill Phillips	24	—
1967	"I Wish I Felt This Way at Home"	Bob Wills	—	—
1971	"Take My Hand"^[C]	Sherry Bryce	8	15	Living and Learning
1971	"Living and Learning"		9	16
1972	"Anything's Better Than Nothing"		38	—
1973	"Let's Go All the Way Tonight"		26	63	Let's Go All the Way Tonight
1974	"Don't Let Go"		11	17
1974	"You Are the One"		14	46
1975	"Mr. Right and Mrs. Wrong"		32	—
1981	"Texas Cowboy Night"	Nancy Sinatra	23	—	Mel and Nancy
1982	"Play Me or Trade Me"	Nancy Sinatra	43	—	Mel and Nancy
1999	"Still Gonna Die"[6]	Old Dogs	—	—	Old Dogs
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

B-sides

Year	B-side	Peak positions	Original A-side
Year	B-side	US Country [4]	Original A-side
1979	"Charlie's Angel"	flip	"Send Me Down to Tucson"
1982	"Where Would I Be" (with Nancy Sinatra)	flip	"Play Me or Trade Me"

Notes

A ^ "Life Turned Her That Way" also peaked at number 28 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[4]
B ^ "The Arms of a Fool" also peaked at number 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[4]
C ^ "Take My Hand" also peaked at number 10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.[4]

References

"Billboard chart positions, albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
"Search results for "Mel Tillis" under country albums/CD's". RPM. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
"You Ain't Gonna Believe This search results". Billboard. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
"Search results for "Mel Tillis" under country singles". RPM. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
"Singles". Billboard: 16. April 17, 1999.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[americanalbums-1] "Billboard chart positions, albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 October 2010.

[canadianalbums-2] "Search results for "Mel Tillis" under country albums/CD's". RPM. Retrieved 16 October 2010.

[3] "You Ain't Gonna Believe This search results". Billboard. Retrieved 16 October 2010.

[whitburn-4] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[rpm-5] "Search results for "Mel Tillis" under country singles". RPM. Retrieved 16 October 2010.

[6] "Singles". Billboard: 16. April 17, 1999.

Mel Tillis
Collaboration albums	Old Dogs
Notable singles	"Life Turned Her That Way" "I Ain't Never" "Good Woman Blues" "Heart Healer" "I Got the Hoss" "What Did I Promise Her Last Night" "I Believe in You" "Ain't No California" "Send Me Down to Tucson" "Coca-Cola Cowboy" "Blind in Love" "Lying Time Again" "Southern Rains" "Stay a Little Longer" "City Lights"
Related articles	Discography Pam Tillis "Detroit City" "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town" "Honey (Open That Door)"