Here is a detailed discography for American country music artist Ray Price.
| Ray Price discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 51 |
| Compilation albums | 20 |
| Singles | 116 |
| No. 1 Singles | 9 |
Studio albums
edit1950s – 1960s
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | ||
| Ray Price Sings Heart Songs |
|
— | — |
| Talk to Your Heart |
|
— | — |
| Faith |
|
— | — |
| Ray Price Sings San Antonio Rose |
|
— | — |
| Night Life |
|
1 | — |
| Love Life |
|
3 | — |
| Burning Memories |
|
8 | — |
| Western Strings |
|
18 | — |
| The Other Woman |
|
3 | — |
| Another Bridge to Burn |
|
1 | — |
| Touch My Heart |
|
1 | 129 |
| Danny Boy |
|
3 | 106 |
| Take Me as I Am |
|
5 | — |
| She Wears My Ring |
|
6 | — |
| Sweetheart of the Year |
|
37 | — |
| You Wouldn't Know Love |
|
12 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
1970s
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN | |||
| For the Good Times |
|
1 | 28 | 33 | |
| I Won't Mention It Again |
|
1 | 49 | 46 | |
| The Lonesomest Lonesome |
|
3 | 145 | — | |
| She's Got to Be a Saint |
|
4 | 161 | — | |
| You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me |
|
24 | — | — | |
| This Time, Lord |
|
— | — | — | |
| Like Old Times Again |
|
7 | — | — | |
| If You Ever Change Your Mind |
|
33 | — | — | |
| Say I Do |
|
29 | — | — | |
| Rainbows and Tears |
|
45 | — | — | |
| Hank'n Me |
|
42 | — | — | |
| Reunited |
|
47 | — | — | |
| Precious Memories |
|
— | — | — | |
| How Great Thou Art |
|
— | — | — | |
| There's Always Me |
|
— | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
1980s
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| Town and Country |
|
17 |
| Somewhere in Texas |
|
— |
| Master of the Art |
|
48 |
| Welcome to Ray Price Country |
|
— |
| Portrait of a Singer |
|
56 |
| A Revival of Old Time Singing |
|
— |
| The Heart of Country Music |
|
— |
| Just Enough Love |
|
64 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
1990s – 2010s
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | |||
| Step One Records' Hall of Fame Series |
|
— | — | |
| Sometimes a Rose |
|
— | — | |
| The Old Rugged Cross |
|
— | — | |
| Prisoner of Love |
|
— | — | |
| Time |
|
— | — | |
| Beauty Is... The Final Sessions |
|
22 | 143 |
|
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Christmas albums
edit| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| The Ray Price Christmas Album |
|
| A Christmas Gift for You |
|
Collaborations
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | |||
| San Antonio Rose (with Willie Nelson) |
|
3 | 70 | 1 |
|
| Memories That Last (with Faron Young) |
|
— | — | — | |
| Run That by Me One More Time (with Willie Nelson) |
|
62 | — | — | |
| Last of the Breed (with Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson) |
|
7 | 64 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Compilation albums
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications (sales threshold) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | |||
| Ray Price's Greatest Hits |
|
— | — | |
| The Same Old Me |
|
— | — | |
| Ray Price's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 |
|
17 | — | |
| The World of Ray Price |
|
18 | — | |
| Make the World Go Away |
|
— | — | |
| Welcome to My World |
|
21 | 146 | |
| Ray Price's All-Time Greatest Hits |
|
7 | 165 |
|
| The Best of Ray Price |
|
25 | — | |
| Help Me |
|
— | — | |
| A Tribute to Willie and Kris |
|
59 | — | |
| The Honky-Tonk Years (1951-1957) |
|
— | — | |
| Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 |
|
— | — | |
| Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 |
|
— | — | |
| Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 |
|
— | — | |
| American Originals |
|
— | — | |
| By Request – Greatest Hits, Vol. 4 |
|
— | — | |
| The Essential Ray Price 1951-1962 |
|
— | — | |
| Super Hits |
|
— | — | |
| 16 Biggest Hits |
|
— | — | |
| The Essential Ray Price |
|
— | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Singles
edit1950s
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [5] |
US [5] | |||
| 1952 | "Talk to Your Heart" | 3 | — | — |
| "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" | 4 | — | The World of Ray Price | |
| 1954 | "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" | 2 | — | — |
| "I'm Much too Young to Die" | 13 | — | ||
| 1956 | "Run Boy" | 5 | — | |
| "Crazy Arms" | 1 | 27 | Ray Price's Greatest Hits | |
| "I've Got a New Heartache" | 2 | — | ||
| 1957 | "I'll Be There (When You Get Lonely)" | 12 | — | |
| "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" | 1 | 63 | ||
| 1958 | "Curtain in the Window" | 3 | — | The Same Old Me |
| "City Lights" | 1 | 71 | Ray Price's Greatest Hits | |
| "That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome" | 7 | — | — | |
| 1959 | "Heartaches by the Number" | 2 | — | Ray Price's Greatest Hits |
| "The Same Old Me" | 1 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||
1960s
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [5] |
US [5] |
CAN Country [6] | |||
| 1960 | "One More Time" | 5 | — | — | Ray Price's Greatest Hits |
| "I Wish I Could Fall in Love Today" | 5 | — | — | — | |
| 1961 | "Heart Over Mind" | 5 | — | — | |
| "The Twenty-Fourth Hour" | 13 | — | — | Night Life | |
| "Soft Rain" | 3 | 115 | — | The Same Old Me | |
| 1962 | "I've Just Destroyed the World (I'm Living in)" | 12 | — | — | |
| "Pride" | 5 | — | — | Night Life | |
| "Walk Me to the Door" | 7 | — | — | Burning Memories | |
| 1963 | "Make the World Go Away" | 2 | 100 | — | |
| "Night Life" | 28 | — | — | Night Life | |
| 1964 | "Burning Memories" | 2 | — | — | Burning Memories |
| "Please Talk to My Heart" | 7 | — | 1 | Love Life | |
| "A Thing Called Sadness" | 38 | — | — | Burning Memories | |
| 1965 | "The Other Woman (In My Life)" | 2 | — | — | The Other Woman |
| "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" | 11 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | "A Way to Survive" | 7 | — | — | Touch My Heart |
| "Touch My Heart" | 3 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | "Danny Boy" | 9 | 60 | — | Danny Boy |
| "Crazy" | 73 | — | — | ||
| "I'm Still Not Over You" | 6 | — | 16 | Take Me as I Am | |
| "Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go)" | 8 | — | 3 | ||
| 1968 | "I've Been There Before" | 11 | — | 35 | She Wears My Ring |
| "She Wears My Ring" | 6 | — | 7 | ||
| "Set Me Free" | 51 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | "Sweetheart of the Year" | 11 | — | 8 | Sweetheart of the Year |
| "Raining in My Heart" | 14 | — | — | You Wouldn't Know Love | |
| "April's Fool" | 14 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
1970s
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [5] |
US [5] |
US AC [7] |
CAN Country [6] |
CAN [6] |
CAN AC [6] | |||
| 1970 | "You Wouldn't Know Love" | 8 | — | — | 15 | — | — | You Wouldn't Know Love |
| "For the Good Times" | 1 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 10 | For the Good Times | |
| 1971 | "I Won't Mention It Again" | 1 | 42 | 4 | 1 | — | — | I Won't Mention it Again |
| "I'd Rather Be Sorry" | 2 | 70 | — | 2 | 74 | 27 | ||
| 1972 | "The Lonesomest Lonesome" | 2 | 109 | — | 2 | — | — | The Lonesomest Lonesome |
| "She's Got to Be a Saint" | 1 | 93 | — | 2 | — | — | She's Got to Be a Saint | |
| 1973 | "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" | 1 | 82 | — | 2 | — | 37 | You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me |
| 1974 | "Storms of Troubled Times" | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Like a First Time Thing" | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Like Old Times Again" | 4 | — | — | 5 | — | — | Like Old Times Again | |
| 1975 | "Roses and Love Songs" | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | |
| "The Farthest Thing from My Mind" | 17 | — | — | 46 | — | — | ||
| "If You Ever Change Your Mind" | 31 | — | — | 45 | — | — | If You Ever Change Your Mind | |
| "Say I Do" | 40 | — | — | 34 | — | — | Say I Do | |
| 1976 | "That's All She Wrote" | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | Rainbows and Tears |
| "To Make a Long Story Short" | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "A Mansion on the Hill" | 14 | — | — | 16 | — | — | Hank 'n Me | |
| 1977 | "Help Me" | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | Help Me |
| "Different Kind of Flower" | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | Reunited | |
| "Born to Love Me" | 21 | — | — | 36 | — | — | — | |
| 1978 | "Feet" | 19 | — | — | 22 | — | — | There's Always Me |
| 1979 | "There's Always Me" | 30 | — | — | 34 | — | — | |
| "That's the Only Way to Say Good Mornin'" | 18 | — | — | 44 | — | — | ||
| "Misty Morning Rain" | 43 | — | — | 50 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||
1980s – 1990s
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [5] |
CAN Country [6] | |||
| 1981 | "Getting Over You Again" | 28 | — | Town and Country |
| "It Don't Hurt Me Half as Bad" | 6 | — | ||
| "Diamonds in the Stars" | 9 | 22 | ||
| 1982 | "Forty and Fadin'" | 18 | 7 | |
| "Wait Till Those Bridges Are Gone" | 62 | — | Somewhere in Texas | |
| "Somewhere Down in Texas" | 55 | — | ||
| 1983 | "Willie Write Me a Song" | 72 | 42 | Master of the Art |
| "Scotch and Soda" | 70 | — | ||
| "Coors in Colorado" | — | — | ||
| 1985 | "(She's Got a Hold of Me Where It Hurts) She Won't Let Go" |
77 | 53 | Welcome to Ray Price Country |
| "I'm Not Leaving (I'm Just Getting Out of the Way)" | 81 | — | ||
| "Five Fingers" | 67 | — | ||
| 1986 | "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" | 60 | — | Portrait of a Singer |
| "All the Way" | 73 | — | ||
| "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" | 86 | — | ||
| "When You Gave Your Love to Me" | 55 | — | Just Enough Love | |
| 1987 | "Just Enough Love" | 52 | — | |
| 1988 | "Big Ole Teardrops" | 68 | — | |
| "Don't the Morning Always Come too Soon" | 55 | — | ||
| "I'd Do It All Over Again" | 83 | — | ||
| 1989 | "Love Me Down to Size" | 79 | — | Step One Records' Hall of Fame Series |
| 1992 | "A Way to Free Myself" | — | — | Sometimes a Rose |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Other singles
editCollaborations
edit| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [5] |
CAN Country [6] | ||||
| 1954 | "If You Don't Somebody Else Will" | The Cherokee Cowboys | 8 | — | — |
| 1980 | "Faded Love" | Willie Nelson | 3 | 3 | San Antonio Rose |
| "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" | 11 | 8 | |||
| 1983 | "One Fiddle, Two Fiddle" | Johnny Gimble and the Texas Swing Band |
70 | — | Honkytonk Man (soundtrack) |
| 1984 | "A New Place to Begin" | The Cherokee Cowboys | 87 | — | — |
| "Better Class of Loser" | 73 | — | |||
| "What Am I Gonna Do Without You" | 77 | — | |||
| 1992 | "A Whole Lot of You" | Faron Young | — | — | Memories That Last |
| "She's in Paris" | — | — | Step One Records' Hall of Fame Series | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Guest singles
edit| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [5] |
CAN Country [6] | ||||
| 1959 | "One Way to Give and Take" | Billy Walker | — | — | — |
| 1982 | "Old Friends" | Roger Miller and Willie Nelson | 19 | 18 | Old Friends |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Christmas singles
edit| Year | Single | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | "Jingle Bells" | The Ray Price Christmas Album |
| 1987 | "For Christmas" | Christmas Gift for You |
Charted B-sides
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Original A-side | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [5] |
US [5] | |||
| 1954 | "Release Me" | 6 | — | "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" |
| 1956 | "You Done Me Wrong" | 7 | — | "Crazy Arms" |
| "Wasted Words" | 4 | — | "I've Got a New Heartache" | |
| 1958 | "It's All Your Fault" | flip | — | "Curtain in the Window" |
| "Invitation to the Blues" | 3 | 92 | "City Lights" | |
| 1959 | "Under Your Spell Again" | 5 | — | "Same Old Me" |
| 1960 | "I Can't Run Away from Myself" | 23 | — | "Wish I Could Fall in Love Today" |
| 1961 | "The Twenty-Fourth Hour" | 13 | — | "Heart Over Mind" |
| "Here We Are Again" | 26 | — | "Soft Rain" | |
| 1962 | "Big Shoes" | 22 | — | "I've Just Destroyed the World (I'm Living in)" |
| "You Took Her Off My Hands (Now Please Take Her Off My Mind)" |
11 | — | "Walk Me to the Door" | |
| 1963 | "Night Life" | 28 | — | "Make the World Go Away" |
| 1964 | "That's All That Matters" | 34 | — | "Burning Memories" |
| 1966 | "I'm Not Crazy Yet" | 28 | — | "A Way to Survive" |
| 1970 | "Grazin' in Greener Pastures" | flip | — | "For the Good Times" |
| 1972 | "That's What Leaving's About" | 66 | — | "The Lonesomest Lonesome" |
| 1976 | "We're Getting There" | 47 | — | "To Make a Long Story Short" |
| 1983 | "San Antonio Rose" (with Johnny Gimble and the Texas Swing Band) |
flip | — | "One Fiddle, Two Fiddle" |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
References
edit- ^ "American album certifications – Ray Price – For the Good Times". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Matt Bjorke (May 13, 2015). "Country Album Chart Report For May 13, 2015". Roughstock. Sales figure given here
- ^ "American album certifications – Ray Price – San Antonio Rose". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "American album certifications – Ray Price – All Time Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 332–334. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Search results for "Ray Price" (Canadian Chart Positions)". RPM. Retrieved January 17, 2009.
- ^ "Billboard Chart Positions - singles". allmusic. Retrieved January 17, 2009.