Porter Wagoner discography
| Porter Wagoner discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 53 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Singles | 80 |
| No.1 Single | 3 |
This is a detailed discography for American country music artist Porter Wagoner. In his 1992 biography A Satisfied Mind: The Country Music Life of Porter Wagoner, Steve Eng estimated that Wagoner had released "at best count...more than eighty albums and numberless singles".[1] By that time Wagoner had released eighty-one Billboard-charting songs, including forty-nine songs that reached the Top 20, twenty-nine songs that reached the Top 10, and fifteen songs that reached the Top 5.[1] Wagoner's writing credits by 1992 included "about 175" songs according to Eng.[2]
Wagoner's albums were released over a span of fifty years, starting with A Satisfied Mind in 1957. After going on a hiatus in the 1990s, Wagoner returned to releasing albums in the 2000s, culminating with the 2007 release of Wagonmaster shortly before his death that same year.[3] Wagoner's material was often re-issued through budget albums released under the RCA Camden label.[4]
RCA albums (1950 - 1970s)
[edit]RCA Victor albums
[edit]Credits adapted from pages 445 - 450 of A Satisfied Mind: The Country Life of Porter Wagoner[5] and from various sections of the fifty-eight-part RCA discography published by Both Sides Now Publications.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | ||
| Satisfied Mind |
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— | — |
| A Slice of Life: Songs Happy 'n' Sad |
|
— | — |
| Porter Wagoner and Skeeter Davis Sing Duets (with Skeeter Davis) |
|
— | — |
| The Porter Wagoner Show |
|
13 | — |
| Y'All Come |
|
17 | — |
| 3 Country Gentlemen |
|
— | — |
| Porter Wagoner in Person |
|
5 | — |
| The Blue Grass Story |
|
— | — |
| The Thin Man from West Plains |
|
— | — |
| The Grand Ole Gospel (with the Blackwood Brothers) |
|
— | — |
| On the Road: The Porter Wagoner Show |
|
— | — |
| Confessions of a Broken Man |
|
6 | — |
| Soul of a Convict and Other Great Prison Songs |
|
7 | — |
| The Cold Hard Facts of Life |
|
4 | 199 |
| More Grand Ole Gospel (with the Blackwood Brothers) |
|
— | — |
| The Bottom of the Bottle |
|
19 | — |
| Porter Wagoner and the Blackwood Brothers Quartet in Gospel Country (with the Blackwood Brothers) |
|
— | — |
| The Carroll County Accident |
|
4 | 161 |
| Me and My Boys |
|
38 | — |
| You Got-ta Have a License |
|
9 | 190 |
| Skid Row Joe - Down in the Alley |
|
22 | — |
| Simple As I Am |
|
11 | — |
| Porter Wagoner Sings His Own |
|
29 | — |
| What Ain't to Be, Just Might Happen |
|
29 | — |
| Ballads of Love |
|
26 | — |
| Experience |
|
37 | — |
| I'll Keep On Lovin' You |
|
42 | — |
| The Farmer |
|
34 | — |
| Tore Down |
|
28 | — |
| Highway Headin' South |
|
28 | — |
| Sing Some Love Songs, Porter Wagoner |
|
48 | — |
| Porter |
|
— | — |
| Porter Wagoner Today |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
RCA Camden albums
[edit]The following albums were released under RCA Victor's budget label, RCA Camden. These albums served as a means of reissuing material that had been previously featured on albums released under the RCA Victor label.
Credits adapted from pages 445 - 450 of A Satisfied Mind: The Country Life of Porter Wagoner[5] and from part fifty-seven of the RCA discography published by Both Sides Now Publications.[17]
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| A Satisfied Mind | 1963 |
| An Old Log Cabin For Sale | 1965 |
| "Your Old Love Letters" and Other Country Hits | 1966 |
| I'm Day Dreamin' Tonight | 1967 |
| Green, Green Grass of Home | 1967 |
| Country Feeling | 1969 |
| Eddy Arnold, Bobby Bare, Don Gibson, Hank Snow, Porter Wagoner Sing Popular Country Songs | 1969 |
| Howdy, Neighbor, Howdy | 1970 |
| Porter Wagoner Country | 1971 |
| Blue Moon of Kentucky * | 1971 |
| The Silent Kind | 1973 |
* Reissued in 1977 by Pickwick Records.
Compilation albums
[edit]Credits adapted from pages 447, 448, and 450 of A Satisfied Mind: The Country Life of Porter Wagoner[18], parts eleven and fourteen of the RCA discography published by Both Sides Now Publications,[10][13] and part two of the RCA Special Products Album Discography also published by Both Sides Now Publications.[19]
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | ||
| The Best of Porter Wagoner |
|
— | — |
| The Best of Porter Wagoner, Volume II |
|
31 | — |
| The Best of Porter Wagoner |
|
— | — |
1980s
[edit]| Title | Details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| A Fool Like Me |
|
— |
| Not a Cloud in the Sky |
|
— |
| Viva Porter Wagoner |
|
48 |
| Sorrow on the Rocks |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
2000s
[edit]| Title | Details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| The Best I've Ever Been |
|
— |
| Unplugged |
|
— |
| 22 Grand Ole Gospel 2003 |
|
— |
| Something to Brag About (with Pamela Gadd) |
|
— |
| 18 Grand Ole Gospel 2005 |
|
— |
| Gospel 2006 |
|
— |
| The Versatile |
|
— |
| Wagonmaster |
|
63 |
| Best of Grand Old Gospel 2008 |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
Singles
[edit]1950s
[edit]| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | |||
| 1954 | "Company's Comin'" | 7 | Satisfied Mind |
| 1955 | "A Satisfied Mind" | 1 | |
| "Eat, Drink and Be Merry (Tomorrow You'll Cry)" | 3 | ||
| 1956 | "What Would You Do? (if Jesus Came to Your House)" | 8 | The Porter Wagoner Show |
| "Uncle Pen" | 14 | A Slice of Life | |
| "Tryin' to Forget the Blues" | 11 | Your Old Love Letters | |
| 1957 | "I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name" | 11 | A Slice of Life |
| 1959 | "Me and Fred and Joe and Bill" | 29 | An Old Log Cabin for Sale |
1960s
[edit]| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | |||
| 1960 | "The Girl Who Didn't Need Love" | 26 | — | — | Thin Man from the West Plains |
| "Falling Again" | 26 | — | — | Country Feeling | |
| "An Old Log Cabin for Sale" | 30 | — | — | In Person | |
| 1961 | "Your Old Love Letters" | 10 | — | — | The Porter Wagoner Show |
| 1962 | "Misery Loves Company" | 1 | — | — | A Slice of Life |
| "Cold Dark Waters" | 10 | — | — | I'm Day Dreamin' Tonight | |
| "I've Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand" | 7 | — | — | The Porter Wagoner Show | |
| 1963 | "My Baby's Not Here (In Town Tonight)" | 20 | — | — | In Person |
| "In the Shadows of the Wine" | 29 | — | — | The Bottom of the Bottle | |
| 1964 | "Howdy Neighbor Howdy" | 19 | — | — | In Person |
| "Sorrow on the Rocks" | 5 | — | — | The Thin Man from West Plains | |
| "I'll Go Down Swinging" | 11 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | "I'm Gonna Feed You Now" | 21 | — | — | |
| "Green Green Grass of Home" | 4 | — | — | On the Road | |
| "Skid Row Joe" | 3 | — | — | The Best | |
| 1966 | "I Just Came to Smell the Flowers" | 21 | — | — | Confessions of a Broken Man |
| "Ole Slew-Foot" | 48 | — | — | Green, Green Grass of Home | |
| 1967 | "The Cold Hard Facts of Life" | 2 | — | — | The Cold Hard Facts of Life |
| "Julie" | 15 | — | — | ||
| "Woman Hungry" | 24 | — | — | — | |
| 1968 | "Be Proud of Your Man" | 16 | — | — | Country |
| "The Carroll County Accident"[A] | 2 | 92 | 1 | The Carroll County Accident | |
| 1969 | "Big Wind" | 3 | — | — | Me and My Boys |
| "When You're Hot You're Hot" | 21 | — | 6 | You Gotta Have a License | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
1970s
[edit]| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | |||
| 1970 | "You Gotta Have a License" | 41 | — | 42 | You Gotta Have a License |
| "Little Boy's Prayer" | 43 | — | — | ||
| "Jim Johnson" | 41 | — | 42 | Simple as I Am | |
| 1971 | "The Last One to Touch Me" | 18 | — | 13 | |
| "Charley's Picture" | 15 | 116 | 10 | ||
| "Be a Little Quieter" | 11 | — | 20 | Sings His Own | |
| 1972 | "What Ain't to Be Just Might Happen" | 8 | — | 10 | What Ain't to Be Just Might Happen |
| "A World Without Music" | 14 | — | 5 | Experience | |
| "Katy Did" | 16 | — | 6 | ||
| 1973 | "Lightening the Load" | 54 | — | 61 | I'll Keep On Loving You |
| "Wake Up, Jacob" | 37 | — | 52 | The Farmer | |
| "George Leroy Chickashea" | 43 | — | 84 | Tore Down | |
| 1974 | "Tore Down/Nothing Between" | 46 | — | — | |
| "Highway Headin' South" | 15 | — | 34 | Highway Headin' South | |
| "Carolina Moonshiner" | 19 | — | — | — | |
| 1975 | "Indian Creek" | 96 | — | — | |
| 1976 | "When Lea Jane Sang" | 66 | — | — | |
| 1977 | "I Haven't Learned a Thing" (with Merle Haggard) | 76 | — | — | Porter |
| 1978 | "Mountain Music" | 64 | — | 43 | — |
| "Ole Slew-Foot/I'm Gonna Feed 'Em Now" | 31 | — | 51 | Today | |
| 1979 | "I Want to Walk You Home" | 34 | — | 43 | — |
| "Everything I've Always Wanted" | 32 | — | — | ||
| "Hold On Tight" | 64 | — | — | Porter Wagoner | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
1980s–2000s
[edit]| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1980 | "Is It Only Cause You're Lonely" | 84 | — | — |
| 1982 | "Turn the Pencil Over" | 53 | — | |
| 1983 | "This Cowboy's Hat" | 35 | 43 | Viva |
| 2007 | "Committed to Parkview" | — | — | Wagonmaster |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Other singles
[edit]Guest singles
[edit]| Year | Single | Artist | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | |||
| 1967 | "Chet's Tune" | Some of Chet's Friends | 38 |
| 1985 | "One Big Family" | Heart of Nashville | 61 |
Music videos
[edit]| Year | Video |
|---|---|
| 2007 | "Committed To Parkview" |
Notes
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b Eng 1992, pp. 14.
- ^ Eng 1992, pp. 15.
- ^ Dan Cooper. "Porter Wagoner Biography by Dan Cooper". AllMusic. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
- ^ Eng 1992, pp. 133.
- ^ a b Eng 1992, pp. 445–450.
- ^ David Edwards; Mike Callahan; Patrice Eyries (2018). "RCA Discography Part 5" (PDF). Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ David Edwards; Mike Callahan; Patrice Eyries (2018). "RCA Discography Part 8" (PDF). Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ David Edwards; Mike Callahan; Patrice Eyries (2018). "RCA Discography Part 9" (PDF). Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ David Edwards; Mike Callahan; Patrice Eyries (2018). "RCA Discography Part 10" (PDF). Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ a b David Edwards; Mike Callahan; Patrice Eyries (2018). "RCA Discography Part 11" (PDF). Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ David Edwards; Mike Callahan; Patrice Eyries (2018). "RCA Discography Part 12" (PDF). Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ David Edwards; Mike Callahan; Patrice Eyries (2018). "RCA Discography Part 13" (PDF). Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ a b David Edwards; Mike Callahan; Patrice Eyries (2018). "RCA Discography Part 14" (PDF). Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ David Edwards; Mike Callahan; Patrice Eyries (2018). "RCA Discography Part 15" (PDF). Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ David Edwards; Mike Callahan; Patrice Eyries (2018). "RCA Discography Part 17" (PDF). Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ David Edwards; Mike Callahan; Patrice Eyries (2018). "RCA Discography Part 18" (PDF). Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ David Edwards; Mike Callahan; Patrice Eyries (2018). "RCA Discography Part 57" (PDF). Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ Eng 1992, pp. 447, 448, and 450.
- ^ Mike Callahan; Dave Edwards; Michel Ruppli (September 13, 2019). "RCA Special Products Album Discography, Part 2 Consolidated Series (1973-1996)". Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
Bibliography
[edit]- Eng, Steve (1992). A Satisfied Mind: The Country Music Life of Porter Wagoner. Rutledge Hill Press. ISBN 1-55853-133-5.