This is the discography of British singer Helen Shapiro.
| Helen Shapiro discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 18 |
| EPs | 7 |
| Compilation albums | 20 |
| Singles | 43 |
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
GER [2] | ||
| 'Tops' with Me |
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2 | 22 |
| Helen's Sixteen |
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— | — |
| Helen in Nashville |
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| Helen Hits Out! |
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| All for the Love of Music |
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| Straighten Up and Fly Right |
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| Echoes of the Duke |
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— | — |
| The Quality of Mercer |
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| I Can't Get Started |
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| The Pearl |
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| I Want To See You |
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| Kadosh |
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| Nothing but the Best |
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| Enter into His Gates |
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| Sing Swing Together |
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| By Request |
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| Simply Shapiro |
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| What Wondrous Love Is This |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| 12 Hits and a Miss |
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| A Teenager in Love |
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| Greatest Hits |
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| The Very Best of Helen Shapiro |
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| The Hits of Helen Shapiro |
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| 25th Anniversary Album |
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| The E.P. Collection |
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| The Best of the EMI Years |
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| The Very Best of Helen Shapiro |
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| Sensational – The Uncollected Helen Shapiro |
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| The Essential Collection |
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| Helen Shapiro at Abbey Road 1961–1967 |
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| The Gospel Collection |
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| The Ultimate Helen Shapiro |
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| A's B's & EP's |
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| The Very Best of Helen Shapiro |
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| The Ultimate Helen Shapiro |
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| You Don't Know – All the Hits 1961–1962 |
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| The Very Best of Helen Shapiro |
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| Face The Music – The Complete Singles 1967–1984 |
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EPs
edit| Title[A] | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| UK [3][4] | ||
| Helen |
|
1 |
| Helen's Hit Parade |
|
1 |
| More Hits from Helen |
|
12 |
| A Teenager Sings the Blues |
|
15 |
| Even More Hits from Helen |
|
— |
| 'Tops' with Me (No. 1) |
|
— |
| 'Tops' with Me (No. 2) |
|
— |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Label | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS [5] |
BEL (FL) [6] |
BEL (WA) [7] |
GER [2] |
IRE [8] |
NL [9] |
NOR [10] |
NZ [11] |
Canada [12][13] |
US [14] | ||||
| "Don't Treat Me Like a Child" b/w "When I'm with You" |
1961 | 3 | 90 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 4 | — | — | Columbia | Non-album singles |
| "You Don't Know" b/w "Marvellous Lie" |
1 | 50 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 15 | 2 | 1 | — | — | |||
| "Walkin' Back to Happiness" b/w "Kiss 'n' Run" |
1 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 100 | |||
| "Goody Goody" (France and Belgium-only release) b/w "After You've Gone" |
1962 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Helen (EP) | |
| "Tell Me What He Said" b/w "I Apologise" |
2 | 46 | — | 30 | 31 | 3 | — | 5 | 4 | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "When I'm with You" (Japan-only release) b/w "The Young Ones" (by Cliff Richard and the Shadows) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Let's Talk About Love" b/w "Sometime Yesterday" |
23 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | |||
| "Sweet Nothin's" (Japan-only release) b/w "Little Devil" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 'Tops' with Me | ||
| "Little Miss Lonely" b/w "I Don't Care" |
8 | 28 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | 9 | — 4 |
— | Non-album singles | ||
| "Keep Away from Other Girls" b/w "Cry My Heart Out" |
40 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "A Teenager Sings the Blues" (Netherlands-only release) b/w "Blues in the Night" |
1963 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Queen for Tonight" b/w "Daddy Couldn't Get Me One of Those" |
33 | 97 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Woe Is Me" b/w "I Walked Right In (With My Eyes Wide Open)" |
35 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Helen in Nashville | ||
| "Not Responsible" b/w "No Trespassing" |
— | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Look Who It Is" b/w "Walking in My Dreams" (from Helen's Sixteen) |
47 | 33 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Schlafen kann ich nie (I Cried Myself To Sleep Last Night)" (Germany-only release) b/w "Glaube mir, Jonny (Tearaway Johnny)" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Fever" b/w "Ole Father Time" |
1964 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Look Over Your Shoulder" b/w "You Won't Come Home" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Shop Around" b/w "He Knows How to Love Me" (Non-album track) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Helen Hits Out! | ||
| "I Wish I'd Never Loved You" b/w "I Was Only Kidding" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| "Tomorrow Is Another Day" b/w "It's So Funny I Could Cry" |
1965 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Here in Your Arms" b/w "Only Once" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Sag, daß es schön ist" (Germany-only release) b/w "Rote Rosen und Vergißmeinnicht" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Something Wonderful" b/w "Just a Line" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Forget About the Bad Things" b/w "Wait a Little Longer" |
1966 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Ich such mir meinen Bräutigam alleine aus" (Germany-only release) b/w "Ein Weg zu deinem Herzen (Wait a Little Longer)" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "In My Calendar" b/w "Empty House" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Make Me Belong to You" b/w "The Way of the World" |
1967 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "She Needs Company" b/w "Stop and You Will Become Aware" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "You'll Get Me Loving You" b/w "Silly Boy (I Love You)" |
1968 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Pye | |
| "Today Has Been Cancelled" b/w "Face the Music" |
1969 | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "You've Guessed" b/w "Take Me for a While" |
— | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Take Down a Note Miss Smith" b/w "Couldn't You See" |
1970 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Das ist nicht die feine englische Art" (Germany-only release) b/w "Ein Weg zu deinem Herzen (Wait a Little Longer)" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Waiting on the Shores of Nowhere" b/w "A Glass of Wine" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Prophet" (both sides by Ella Stone (Helen Shapiro) and Moss (Al Saxon) b/w "Now or Never" |
1972 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Phoenix | |
| "You're a Love Child" b/w "That's the Reason I Love You" |
1975 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DJM | |
| "If You Feel He Cares" (recorded under the pseudonym "Sweet Thing") b/w "It Only Hurts When I Love" |
1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Magnet | |
| "Can't Break the Habit" b/w "For All the Wrong Reasons" |
1977 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Arista | All for the Love of Music |
| "Every Little Bit Hurts" b/w "Touchin' Wood" |
1978 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Let Yourself Go" b/w "Funny" |
1983 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Oval | Straighten Up and Fly Right |
| "Brickyard Blues" b/w "Just Another Weekend" |
1984 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Walking Back to Happiness" (both sides re-recordings) b/w "Let's Talk About Love" |
1989 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Calligraph | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ This is a list of EPs released in the UK. Various other EPs were released elsewhere.
References
edit- ^ a b "Helen Shapiro | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "everyHit.com - UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". www.everyhit.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Britain's Top EP's" (PDF). Record Mirror. 3 November 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
- ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". www.ultratop.be. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Chart positions are from the Evening Herald.
- ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "flavour of new zealand - search lever". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - February 4, 1963".
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - December 24, 1962".
- ^ "Helen Shapiro". Billboard. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
