This is a detailed discography for American country music singer-songwriter Don Williams that includes information on all of his studio albums, singles, greatest hits compilations and live albums. Don Williams was active from 1967 until his death in 2017.[1] He was one of the best-selling male vocalists in country music in the 1970s and early 1980s.[2]
| Don Williams discography | |
|---|---|
 Don Williams performing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on November 5, 2006 | |
| Studio albums | 25 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 13 |
| Singles | 62 |
| Music videos | 7 |
| #1 Singles | 21 |
Studio albums
edit1970s
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] |
US [3] |
AUS[4] | CAN Country | ||
| Don Williams Volume One |
|
5 | — | — | — |
| Don Williams Volume Two |
|
13 | — | — | — |
| Don Williams Vol. III |
|
3 | — | — | — |
| You're My Best Friend |
|
5 | — | — | — |
| Harmony |
|
1 | — | — | — |
| Visions |
|
4 | — | 98 | — |
| Country Boy |
|
9 | — | — | 11 |
| Expressions |
|
2 | 161 | — | 1 |
| Portrait |
|
11 | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
1980s
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] |
US [3] |
AUS[4] | CAN Country | |||
| I Believe in You |
|
2 | 57 | 47 | 3 | |
| Especially for You |
|
5 | 109 | — | — | |
| Listen to the Radio |
|
6 | 166 | — | — | |
| Yellow Moon |
|
12 | 44 | — | — | |
| Cafe Carolina |
|
13 | — | — | 1 | |
| New Moves |
|
29 | — | — | — | |
| Traces |
|
— | — | — | — | |
| One Good Well |
|
54 | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
1990s
edit| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] | ||
| True Love |
|
56 |
| Currents |
|
— |
| Borrowed Tales |
|
— |
| Flatlands |
|
— |
| I Turn the Page |
|
69 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
2000s and 2010s
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] |
US [3] | ||
| My Heart to You |
|
— | — |
| And So It Goes |
|
20 | 100 |
| Reflections |
|
19 | 124 |
Live albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| An Evening with Don Williams: Best Of Live |
|
| Live Greatest Hits, Volume Two |
|
| Don Williams in Ireland |
|
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications (sales threshold) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [3] |
AUS[4] | CAN Country | |||
| Greatest Hits, Volume One |
|
5 | — | — | |
| The Best of Don Williams, Volume II |
|
7 | — | 2 |
|
| Now & Then |
|
— | 31 | — | |
| The Best of Don Williams, Volume III |
|
18 | — | — |
|
| Greatest Hits Volume IV |
|
60 | — | — | |
| Lovers and Best Friends |
|
— | — | — | |
| 20 Greatest Hits |
|
14 | — | — | |
| Greatest Country Hits |
|
— | — | — | |
| The Best of Don Williams |
|
— | — | — | |
| 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection |
|
74 | — | — | |
| Gold |
|
— | — | — | |
| 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection, Vol. 2 |
|
— | — | — | |
| The Definitive Collection |
|
48 | — | — | |
| Icon: Don Williams |
|
43 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Singles
edit1970s
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [6] |
US Bubbling [6] |
AUS [4] |
CAN Country | UK [7] | |||
| 1973 | "The Shelter of Your Eyes" | 14 | — | — | — | — | Don Williams Volume One |
| "Come Early Morning" | 12 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Amanda" | 33 | — | 65 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | "Atta Way to Go" | 13 | — | — | 57 | — | Don Williams Volume Two |
| "We Should Be Together" | 5 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Down the Road I Go" | 62 | — | — | 50 | — | ||
| "I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me" | 1 | — | — | 10 | — | Don Williams Vol. III | |
| "The Ties That Bind" | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | ||
| 1975 | "You're My Best Friend" | 1 | — | 50 | 1 | 35 | You're My Best Friend |
| "(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight" | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | ||
| "'Til the Rivers All Run Dry" | 1 | — | — | — | — | Harmony | |
| 1976 | "Say It Again" | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | |
| "I Recall a Gypsy Woman" | — | — | — | — | 13 | Don Williams Volume One | |
| "She Never Knew Me" | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | — | Harmony | |
| 1977 | "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" | 1 | 8 | — | 6 | — | Visions |
| "I'm Just a Country Boy" | 1 | 10 | — | 1 | 57[A] | Country Boy | |
| 1978 | "I've Got a Winner in You" | 7 | — | — | 10 | — | |
| "Rake and Ramblin' Man" | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | ||
| "Tulsa Time" | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | — | Expressions | |
| 1979 | "Lay Down Beside Me" | 3 | — | 88 | 2 | — | |
| "It Must Be Love" | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | ||
| "Love Me Over Again" | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | Portrait | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
1980s
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [6] |
US [6] |
US AC [8] |
AUS [4] |
CAN Country | CAN AC | |||
| 1980 | "Good Ole Boys Like Me" | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | — | Portrait |
| "I Believe in You" | 1 | 24 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 7 | I Believe in You | |
| 1981 | "Falling Again" | 6 | — | 39 | — | 3 | — | |
| "Miracles" | 4 | — | 32 | — | 2 | — | Especially for You | |
| "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| 1982 | "Listen to the Radio" | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | Listen to the Radio |
| "Mistakes" | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | ||
| "If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)" | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| 1983 | "Love Is on a Roll" | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | Yellow Moon |
| "Nobody but You" | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| "Stay Young" | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | ||
| 1984 | "That's the Thing About Love" | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | Cafe Carolina |
| "Maggie's Dream" | 11 | — | — | — | 13 | — | ||
| 1985 | "Walkin' a Broken Heart" | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | — | |
| "It's Time for Love" | 20 | — | — | — | 49 | — | ||
| 1986 | "We've Got a Good Fire Goin'" | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | New Moves |
| "Heartbeat in the Darkness" | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | ||
| "Then It's Love" | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | — | ||
| 1987 | "Señorita" | 9 | — | — | — | 12 | — | |
| "I'll Never Be in Love Again" | 4 | — | — | — | 15 | — | ||
| "I Wouldn't Be a Man" | 9 | — | — | — | 7 | — | Traces | |
| 1988 | "Another Place, Another Time" | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Desperately" | 7 | — | — | — | 5 | — | ||
| 1989 | "Old Coyote Town" | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
| "One Good Well" | 4 | — | — | — | 3 | — | One Good Well | |
| "I've Been Loved by the Best" | 4 | — | — | — | 11 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||
1990s and beyond
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [6] |
CAN Country | |||
| 1990 | "Just as Long as I Have You" | 4 | 11 | One Good Well |
| "Maybe That's All It Takes" | 22 | 47 | ||
| "Back in My Younger Days" | 2 | 1 | True Love | |
| 1991 | "True Love" | 4 | 5 | |
| "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy" | 7 | 17 | ||
| 1992 | "It's Who You Love" | 73 | — | Currents |
| "Too Much Love" | 72 | — | ||
| "Catfish Bates"[9] | — | — | ||
| 1995 | "Fever" | — | — | Borrowed Tales |
| "Games People Play" | — | — | ||
| 1998 | "Cracker Jack Diamond" | — | 87 | I Turn the Page |
| "Pretty Little Baby Child" | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | "My Heart to You" | — | — | My Heart to You |
| 2012 | "I Just Come Here for the Music" (with Alison Krauss) | — | — | And So It Goes |
| 2014 | "I'll Be Here in the Morning"[10] | — | — | Reflections |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Other singles
editFeatured singles
edit| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [6] |
CAN Country | ||||
| 1981 | "If I Needed You" | Emmylou Harris | 3 | 1 | Cimarron |
Promotional singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak positions |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [6] | |||
| 1980 | "Could You Ever Really Love a Poor Boy" | 97 | — |
Music videos
edit| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "Heartbeat in the Darkness" | Sherman Halsey |
| 1989 | "I've Been Loved by the Best" | Phil Olsman |
| 1995 | "Fever" | Bob Gabrielsen |
| 2004 | "My Heart to You" | John Donegan |
| 2012 | "Imagine That" (with Keith Urban) | David McClister |
| 2014 | "I'll Be Here in the Morning"[11] | Bill Filipiak |
| "Sing Me Back Home"[12] |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
References
edit- ^ Don Williams, Country's 'Gentle Giant,' Dead at 78. Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 8, 2017
- ^ Roslyn Sulcas (September 8, 2017). "Don Williams, Singer of Plain-Spoken Country Songs, Dies at 78". New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Artist Chart History – Don Williams". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 338. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ a b c "Gold & Platinum Database Search: Don Williams". RIAA. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 463–464. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "UK Singles Chart history for Don Williams". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Top Adult Songs 1961–2006. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-169-7.
- ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. August 22, 1992.
- ^ "Future Releases for Country Radio Stations". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Don Williams : I'll be Here in the Morning". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Don Williams : Sing Me Back Home". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2014.