| Buck Owens discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 39 |
| Live albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 16 |
| Singles | 97 |
| B-sides | 12 |
| No. 1 Singles (USA) | 21 |
The discography of Buck Owens, an American country music artist, consists of 39 studio albums, 16 compilation albums, 9 live albums, 97 singles, and 12 B-sides. After recording under the name Corky Jones and releasing a string of singles in the mid-1950s, Owens signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in February 1957.[1]
After releasing a series of singles over four years, Owens issued his first studio album in 1961, titled Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard, which included the #2 country hit "Foolin' Around". In 1962, Owens's second effort, You're for Me, also gained success after spawning three major hits and was followed by 1963's On the Bandstand. The songs "Act Naturally" and "Love's Gonna Live Here", released from his album The Best of Buck Owens (1963), were the first of 21 number one singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.[1] The songs set the trend for a series of Top 10 hits on the Billboard country chart and 13 number-one singles, including "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail", "Buckaroo", and "Open Up Your Heart".
During the 1960s and 1970s, Owens also issued a string of live albums, beginning with Carnegie Hall Concert (1966), which reached #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. That was followed by 1967's In Japan!, Buck Owens in London "Live" (1969), and Buck Owens Live in Scandinavia (1970). He had major hits in 1970 and 1971 with "The Kansas City Song", "I Wouldn't Live in New York City (If They Gave Me the Whole Damn Town)", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "Ruby (Are You Mad)", and "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms". During this time, Owens also collaborated with up-and-coming country artist Susan Raye on the albums We're Gonna Get Together (1970) and The Great White Horse (1970). Owens continued to record under Capitol until his contract expired in 1975 with the release of 41st Street Lonely Heart's Club.
In 1975, Owens signed with Warner Bros. Records and began recording in Nashville, Tennessee. He gained less creative control of his material, and his singles peaked in gradually lower chart positions. He issued two albums under the label: Buck 'Em (1976) and Our Old Mansion (1977). In 1979, his duet with Emmylou Harris, "Play Together Again, Again", reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. After leaving the label at the beginning of the 1980s, Owens semi-retired from the music business but returned with Dwight Yoakam in 1988 for the duet "Streets of Bakersfield". The song became his first number-one single since 1972's "Made in Japan", providing Owens a comeback.[1] With the success of the single, Owens returned to recording under Capitol with Hot Dog (1988), Act Naturally (1989), and Kickin' In (1991).
In 2018, Omnivore Recordings released Country Singer's Prayer, an album that Owens recorded for Capitol in November 1975 but was shelved in the wake of its singles ("The Battle of New Orleans" and "Country Singer's Prayer") having had little success on the charts.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | ||
| Buck Owens |
|
— | — |
| Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard |
|
— | — |
| You're for Me |
|
— | — |
| On the Bandstand |
|
— | — |
| Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins |
|
1 | — |
| Together Again |
|
1 | 88 |
| I Don't Care |
|
1 | 135 |
| I've Got a Tiger by the Tail |
|
1 | 43 |
| Before You Go |
|
1 | — |
| The Instrumental Hits of Buck Owens and His Buckaroos |
|
4 | — |
| Roll Out the Red Carpet |
|
1 | 106 |
| Dust on Mother's Bible |
|
1 | — |
| Open Up Your Heart |
|
1 | — |
| Your Tender Loving Care |
|
1 | 177 |
| It Takes People Like You |
|
1 | — |
| Sweet Rosie Jones |
|
2 | — |
| The Guitar Player |
|
27 | — |
| I've Got You on My Mind Again |
|
19 | 199 |
| Tall Dark Stranger |
|
2 | 122 |
| Big in Vegas |
|
9 | 141 |
| Your Mother's Prayer |
|
— | 198 |
| The Kansas City Song |
|
10 | 196 |
| I Wouldn't Live in New York City |
|
12 | 190 |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water |
|
11 | — |
| Ruby |
|
9 | — |
| In the Palm of Your Hand[A] |
|
21 | — |
| Ain't It Amazing Gracie |
|
17 | — |
| Arms Full of Empty |
|
32 | — |
| It's a Monster's Holiday |
|
10 | — |
| 41st Street Lonely Heart's Club |
|
21 | — |
| Buck 'Em |
|
— | — |
| Our Old Mansion |
|
— | — |
| Hot Dog! |
|
37 | — |
| Act Naturally |
|
— | — |
| Kickin' In |
|
— | — |
| Country Singer's Prayer |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US [2] | ||
| Christmas with Buck Owens and his Buckaroos |
|
12 |
| Christmas Shopping |
|
31 |
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | ||
| We're Gonna Get Together (with Susan Raye) |
|
10 | 154 |
| The Great White Horse (with Susan Raye) |
|
22 | — |
| Merry Christmas from Buck Owens and Susan Raye (with Susan Raye) |
|
— | — |
| Too Old to Cut Mustard (with Buddy Alan) |
|
35 | — |
| The Good Old Days (Are Here Again) (with Susan Raye) |
|
29 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | ||
| Carnegie Hall Concert |
|
1 | 114 |
| In Japan! |
|
1 | — |
| Buck Owens in London "Live" |
|
5 | 113 |
| Buck Owens Live in Scandinavia |
|
— | — |
| Live at John Ascuga's Nugget |
|
3 | — |
| Live at the White House |
|
10 | — |
| Live in New Zealand |
|
— | — |
| Live at the Sydney Opera House |
|
— | — |
| Live in Austin, TX |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
| Title | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [2] | |||
| Buck Owens |
|
— | |
| Buck Owens |
|
— | |
| The Fabulous Country Music Sound of Buck Owens |
|
— | |
| The Best of Buck Owens |
|
2 | |
| Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2 |
|
5 | |
| Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 3 |
|
12 | |
| Merry Hee Haw Christmas |
|
34 | |
| The Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 4 |
|
17 | |
| The Best of Buck and Susan (with Susan Raye) |
|
15 | |
| The Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 5 |
|
35 | |
| The Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 6 |
|
34 | |
| The Very Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 1 |
|
— | |
| The Very Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2 |
|
— | |
| 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection |
|
55 | |
| Coloring Book (EP) |
|
63 | |
| Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics |
|
— | |
| Classic #1 Hits |
|
49 | |
| Bakersfield Gold: Top 10 Hits 1959–1974 |
|
— | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | |||
| 1956 | "Down on the Corner of Love" | — | The Fabulous Country Music Sound of Buck Owens |
| "Right After the Dance" | — | ||
| "Hot Dog" (as Corky Jones) | — | non-album singles | |
| 1957 | "I'd Rather Have You" (with Pauline Parker) | — | |
| "There Goes My Heart" | — | ||
| "Country Girl (Leaving Dirty Tracks)" | — | ||
| "Come Back" | — | ||
| 1958 | "Sweet Thing" | — | |
| "I'll Take a Chance on Loving You" | — | Buck Owens | |
| 1959 | "Second Fiddle" | 24 | |
| "Under Your Spell Again" | 4 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions [4][5] |
Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | |||
| 1960 | "Above and Beyond" | 3 | — | — | 8 | Buck Owens |
| "Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)" | 2 | — | — | — | ||
| "Heartaches for a Dime" | — | — | — | — | Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard | |
| 1961 | "Foolin' Around" | 2 | 113 | — | — | |
| "Under the Influence of Love" | 2 | — | — | — | You're for Me | |
| 1962 | "Nobody's Fool but Yours" | 11 | — | — | — | |
| "Save the Last Dance for Me" | 11 | — | — | — | Together Again | |
| "Kickin' Our Hearts Around" | 8 | — | — | — | On the Bandstand | |
| "You're for Me" | 10 | — | — | — | You're for Me | |
| 1963 | "Act Naturally" | 1 | — | — | — | The Best of Buck Owens |
| "Love's Gonna Live Here" | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| 1964 | "My Heart Skips a Beat" | 1 | 94 | — | — | Together Again |
| "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)"[A] | 1 | 92 | 1 | — | I Don't Care | |
| "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail" | 1 | 25 | — | 12 | I've Got a Tiger by the Tail | |
| 1965 | "Before You Go"[B] | 1 | 83 | — | — | Before You Go |
| "Only You (Can Break My Heart)" | 1 | 120 | — | — | Your Tender Loving Care | |
| "Buckaroo" | 1 | 60 | — | — | The Instrumental Hits of Buck Owens and His Buckaroos | |
| 1966 | "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" | 1 | 57 | — | 92 | Open Up Your Heart |
| "Think of Me" | 1 | 74 | — | — | ||
| "Open Up Your Heart" | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| "Where Does the Good Times Go" | 1 | 114 | — | — | It Takes People Like You | |
| 1967 | "Sam's Place" | 1 | 92 | — | — | Your Tender Loving Care |
| "Your Tender Loving Care" | 1 | — | — | — | ||
| "It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me)" |
2 | 114 | 1 | — | It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me) | |
| 1968 | "How Long Will My Baby Be Gone" | 1 | — | 16 | — | Sweet Rosie Jones |
| "Sweet Rosie Jones" | 2 | — | 4 | — | ||
| "Let the World Keep On a Turnin'" (with Buddy Alan) | 7 | — | 36 | — | I've Got You on Mind Again | |
| "I've Got You on My Mind Again" | 5 | — | 6 | — | ||
| "Things I Saw Happening at the Fountain" | — | — | — | — | The Guitar Player | |
| 1969 | "Who's Gonna Mow Your Grass" | 1 | 106 | 1 | — | Buck Owens in London "Live" |
| "Johnny B. Goode" (live) | 1 | 114 | 4 | — | ||
| "Tall Dark Stranger" | 1 | — | 1 | — | Tall Dark Stranger | |
| "Big in Vegas" | 5 | 100 | 1 | — | Big in Vegas | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions [4][5] |
Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | |||
| 1970 | "The Kansas City Song" | 2 | — | 6 | The Kansas City Song |
| "I Wouldn't Live in New York City (If They Gave Me the Whole Dang Town)" |
9 | 110 | — | I Wouldn't Live in New York City | |
| 1971 | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | 9 | 119 | 8 | Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| "Ruby (Are You Mad)" | 3 | 106 | 3 | Ruby | |
| "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms" | 2 | — | 1 | ||
| 1972 | "I'll Still Be Waiting for You" (live) | 8 | — | 8 | Live at John Ascuaga's Nugget |
| "Made in Japan" | 1 | — | 1 | In the Palm of Your Hand | |
| "You Ain't Gonna Have 'Ol Buck to Kick Around No More" |
13 | — | 11 | ||
| "In the Palm of Your Hand" | 23 | — | 23 | ||
| 1973 | "Ain't It Amazing Gracie" | 14 | — | 7 | Ain't It Amazing Gracie |
| "Arms Full of Empty" | 27 | — | 22 | Arms Full of Empty | |
| "Big Game Hunter" | 8 | — | 7 | The Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 5 | |
| 1974 | "On the Cover of Music City News" | 9 | — | 13 | It's a Monster's Holiday |
| "(It's A) Monster's Holiday" | 6 | — | 9 | ||
| "Great Expectations" | 8 | — | 41 | ||
| 1975 | "41st Street Lonely Heart's Club" | 19 | — | 30 | 41st Street Lonely Heart's Club |
| "The Battle of New Orleans" | 51 | — | — | The Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 6 | |
| "Country Singer's Prayer" | — | — | — | ||
| 1976 | "Hollywood Waltz" | 44 | — | — | Buck 'Em |
| "California Okie" | 43 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | "World Famous Holiday Inn" | 90 | — | — | Our Old Mansion |
| "It's Been a Long, Long Time" | 100 | — | — | Buck 'Em | |
| "Our Old Mansion" | 91 | — | — | Our Old Mansion | |
| "Let the Good Times Roll" | — | — | — | ||
| 1978 | "Nights Are Forever Without You" | 27 | — | 55 | non-album singles |
| "Do You Wanna Make Love" | 80 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | "Play Together Again, Again" (with Emmylou Harris) | 11 | — | 44 | |
| "Hangin' In and Hangin' On" | 30 | — | — | ||
| "Let Jesse Rob the Train" | 22 | — | 49 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions [4][5] |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1980 | "Love Is a Warm Cowboy" | 42 | — | non-album singles |
| "Moonlight and Magnolias" | 72 | — | ||
| 1981 | "Without You" | 92 | — | |
| 1988 | "Hot Dog" | 46 | — | Hot Dog |
| 1989 | "A-11" | 54 | — | |
| "Put a Quarter in the Jukebox" | 60 | 60 | ||
| "Act Naturally" (with Ringo Starr) | 27 | 62 | Act Naturally | |
| "Gonna Have Love" (re-recording) | 76 | 79 | ||
| 1990 | "Tijuana Lady" | — | — | |
| 1992 | "If You Can't Find a Reason to Be Happy"[6] | — | — | Disney Country Kids |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions[4][5] |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | ||||
| 1961 | "Mental Cruelty" | Rose Maddox | 8 | — | non-album singles |
| 1963 | "We're the Talk of the Town" | 15 | — | ||
| 1970 | "We're Gonna Get Together" | Susan Raye | 13 | 6 | We're Gonna Get Together |
| "Togetherness" | 12 | 18 | |||
| "The Great White Horse" | 8 | 9 | The Great White Horse | ||
| 1971 | "Too Old to Cut Mustard" | Buddy Alan | 29 | 25 | Too Old to Cut Mustard |
| "Santa's Gonna Come in a Stage Coach" | Susan Raye | — | — | Merry Christmas from Buck Owens and Susan Raye | |
| 1972 | "Looking Back to See" | 13 | — | The Best of Buck and Susan | |
| 1973 | "The Good Ol' Days Are Here Again" | 35 | 52 | The Good Ol' Days (Are Here Again) | |
| 1975 | "Love Is Strange" | 20 | 47 | We're Gonna Get Together | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
| Year | Single | Artist | Peak positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [4] |
CAN Country [7] | ||||
| 1988 | "Streets of Bakersfield" | Dwight Yoakam | 1 | 1 | Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room |
| 1997 | "(Don't Put Me In) The Ex-Files" | The Bellamy Brothers | — | — | Lonely Planet |
| 1998 | "First Redneck on the Internet" | Cledus T. Judd | — | — | Did I Shave My Back for This? |
| 2001 | "I Was There" | Dwight Yoakam | — | — | Tomorrow's Sounds Today |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Christmas [4] | |||
| 1965 | "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" | 2 | Christmas with Buck |
| 1968 | "Christmas Shopping" | 5 | Christmas Shopping |
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| NLD | |||
| 1970 | "Amsterdam" | 13 | The Kansas City Song |
| Year | B-side | Peak chart positions[4] |
Original A-side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | |||
| 1960 | "I've Got a Right to Know" | 25 | — | "Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)" |
| 1961 | "High as the Mountains" | 27 | — | "Foolin' Around" |
| "Loose Talk" (with Rose Maddox) | 4 | — | "Mental Cruelty" | |
| 1962 | "I Can't Stop (My Lovin' You)" | 17 | — | "Kickin' Our Hearts Around" |
| 1963 | "House Down the Block" | 24 | — | "You're for Me" |
| "Sweethearts of Heaven" (with Rose Maddox) | 19 | — | "We're the Talk of the Town" | |
| 1964 | "Together Again" | 1 | — | "My Heart Skips a Beat" |
| "Don't Let Her Know" | 33 | 130 | "I Don't Care (Just as Long as You Love Me)" | |
| 1965 | "Gonna Have Love" | 10 | — | "Only You (Can Break My Heart)" |
| "If You Want a Love" | 24 | — | "Buckaroo" | |
| 1966 | "In the Palm of Your Hand" | 43 | — | "Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" |
| 1975 | "Weekend Daddy" | flip | — | "41st Street Lonely Hearts Club" |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | "Streets of Bakersfield" (with Dwight Yoakam)[8] | Marcus Stevens |
| "Hot Dog"[9] | Mick Kleber | |
| 1989 | "Act Naturally" (with Ringo Starr)[10] | George Bloom |
| 1992 | "Act Naturally"[11] | Russ Bates |
| "If You Can't Find a Reason to Be Happy" | Michael Salomon | |
| 1998 | "First Redneck on the Internet" (with Cledus T. Judd)[12] | John Lloyd Miller |
| 1999 | "The Ex Files" (with The Bellamy Brothers) |