The discography of Australian musician, singer-songwriter, painter and television personality Rolf Harris consists of 30 studio albums, 2 live albums, 4 compilation albums, and 48 singles. He often used unusual instruments in his performances: he played the didgeridoo and the stylophone and is credited with the invention of the wobble board. Harris also collaborated with other artists, including Kate Bush, Rick Parfitt, and The Wiggles.
| Rolf Harris discography | |
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| Studio albums | 30 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Singles | 48 |
Harris began his career in music in the 1950s, releasing several songs including "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" (a Top 10 hit in Australia, the UK, and the US), "Sun Arise", "Jake the Peg", and his recording of "Two Little Boys" (which reached number 1 in the UK). In 1993, Harris did a cover of the Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven", featuring didgeridoo and wobble board. His last song was the 2009 Christmas song "Christmas in the Sun". Harris was convicted in England in 2014 of the sexual assault of four underage girls, which effectively ended his career.
In 1960, Harris' single "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" reached number 1 in Australia, and in 1969 "Two Little Boys" reached number 1 on both the Irish and UK charts. Harris is credited with inventing a simple homemade instrument called the wobble board. As well as his beatboxing, similar to eefing, Harris went on to use an array of unusual instruments in his music, including the didgeridoo (the sound of which was imitated on "Sun Arise" by four double basses), the Jew's harp and, later, the stylophone (for which he also lent his name and likeness for advertising).
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1959 | Rolf Harris Sings at the Down Under Club
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| 1963 | Sun Arise
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The Original Sun Arise
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| 1964 | The Court of King Caractacus
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| 1965 | All Together Now
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| 1966 | To My Darling Ronza
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Man with the Microphone
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Shamus O'Sean the Leprechaun
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| 1968 | It's a Rolf World
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The Rolf Harris Show
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| 1970 | Mary's Boy Child
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| 1971 | Instant Music
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Jake the Peg in Vancouver Town
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| 1972 | The Boy from Bassendean
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| 1973 | In Many Moods
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You Name It
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| 1975 | She'll Be Right
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Reissued in circa 1999 |
| 1976 | Mirrored Image
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Turn On
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| 1979 | Rolf on Saturday OK?
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| 1987 | Cartoon Time Favourites
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| 1991 | Ideal
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| 1992 | Rolf Rules OK!
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| 1996 | Animal Magic
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| 1997 | Can You Tell What It Is Yet?
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| 1999 | Bootleg
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| 2000 | 70/30
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| 2001 | King Rolf
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| 2004 | Now and Then – The New and the Vintage
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| 2006 | A Portrait in Song
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As 'Rolf Harris and Friends' |
Live albums
edit| Year | Title |
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| 1966 | At the Cave, Vancouver (live)
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| 1969 | Rolf Harris Live! At the Talk of the Town
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Compilation albums
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1994 | The Definitive Rolf Harris
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| 2000 | The Best of Rolf Harris
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| 2006 | Songs for Kids
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Featured "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" with The Wiggles |
| 2008 | The Platinum Collection
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Singles
edit| Date[5] | Title | UK Catalogue No. |
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| 21 July 1960 | "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" / "Nick Teen and Al K. Hall" | Columbia 45-DB 4483 |
| 1961 | "Tame Eagle" / "Uncomfortable Yogi" | Columbia 45-DB 4556 |
| "Six White Boomers" / "I've Lost My Mummy" | Columbia 45-DB 4740 | |
| 25 October 1962 | "Sun Arise" / "Someone's Pinched My Winkles" | Columbia 45-DB 4888 |
| 28 February 1963 | "Johnny Day" / "In the Wet" | Columbia 45-DB 4979 |
| 1963 | "I Know A Man" / "Living It Up" | Columbia DB 7064 |
| 1964 | "Ringo for President" / "Head Hunter" | Columbia DB 7349 |
| "The Court of King Caractacus" / "The Five Young Apprentices" | Columbia DB 7450 | |
| 1965 | "Iko Iko" / "Sydney Town" | Columbia DB 7554 |
| "War Canoe" / "Linda" | Columbia DB 7669 | |
| "Jake the Peg" / "Big Dog" | Columbia DB 7803 | |
| 1966 | "Hev Yew Gotta Loight, Boy?" / "Animals Pop Party" | Columbia DB 8014 |
| 1967 | "Fijian Girl" / "You Got What It Takes" | Columbia DB 8168 |
| "If I Was a Richman" / "Borroloola" | Columbia DB 8191 | |
| "I've Never Seen Anything Like It" / "Willy, Willy" | Columbia DB 8285 | |
| "Pukka Chicken" / "Here Come the Bees (Love Has Gone)" | Columbia DB 8314 | |
| 1968 | "Hurry Home" / "Paris with You" | Columbia DB 8349 |
| 13 September 1968 | "The Bloke That Invented Beer" / "Have a Beer" | Columbia DB 8475 |
| 16 April 1969 | "Bluer Than Blue" / "The Monster" | Columbia DB 8553 |
| 1969 | "Jag är Sven Gren (Med Ett Extra Ben)" / "Släpp Min Känguru Ut, Rut!" | Columbia DB 2457 |
| 22 November 1969 | "Two Little Boys" / "I Love My Love" | Columbia DB 8630 |
| 1970 | "Tennessee Birdwalk" / "Ned Kelly" | Columbia DB 8700 |
| "Mary's Boy Child" / "Christmas Is Here" | Columbia DB 8730 | |
| 1971 | "Take Back the Things (That We Said)" / "Salvation Army Citadel" | Columbia DB 8762 |
| "Vancouver Town '71" / | Capitol 72645-F | |
| "A Ram Sam Sam" / "Go Back Home" | Columbia DB 8838 | |
| 1972 | "So Earlye in the Evenin'" / "Watch Your Step" | Columbia DB 8876 |
| "She'll Be Right" / "Jindabyne" | Columbia DB 8961 | |
| "Tutankamun" / "A Friend Like Me" | Columbia DB 8905 | |
| 1974 | "Papillon" / "Relax With Rolf" | EMI 2154 |
| "Little Pal" / "Lazy Day" | EMI 2238 | |
| 4 April 1975 | "Presbyterian Church" / "Black Midnight Swamp" | EMI 2286 |
| 1975 | "Happy Birthday, Father Christmas" / "MacAdam" | EMI 2380 |
| 1976 | "Yarrabangee" / "Yarrabangee" (Inst.) | EMI 2462 |
| 1978 | "Back To W.A." / "Old Man Emu" | Interfusion K7322 |
| 1979 | "Stuck to the Ice" / "The Gendarmes' Duet" (With Crom Harris) | Columbia DB 9069 |
| 1981 | "Hey Jimmy Johnson" / "Ginger Tom" | Rolf Harris Enterprides RHE 1 |
| "War Canoe" / "Linda" (Re-Issue) | EMI 5244 | |
| 1982 | "The Dreaming" / "Dreamtime" (Kate Bush, both tracks feature Rolf on didgeridoo) | EMI 5296 |
| 1985 | "Tommy (From 88 Pine)" / "Pavlova" | Tembo Records TML 111 |
| 1987 | "Heigh Ho/Whistle While You Work" / "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" | BBC Records and Tapes REH642 |
| 1991 | "Stylophonia" / "Stylophonia" (Land of Aus Instru-Mental) (Two Little Boys, featuring sampled Rolf Harris vocal. Rolf performed and promoted the song on T.V.) |
T.A. Scam Recordings MFD 005 |
| "Sun Arise" / "Two Little Boys" (Re-Issue) | EMI EM 210 | |
| 1992 | "Stylophonia" ('92 Vocal Re-edit)/ "Stylophonia" (Two Little Boys, featuring sampled Rolf Harris vocal. Rolf performed and promoted the song on T.V.) |
T.A. Scam Recordings MFD 005 |
| 13 February 1993 | "Stairway to Heaven" / "Stairway to Heaven" (By The Australian Doors) | Vertigo VER 73 |
| 12 December 1995 | "Ego Sum Pauper" / "Ego Sum Pauper" (Rolfamix) / "Old Shep" | Rolf Harris Enterprises CD RHE 9 |
| 1 June 1996 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" / "This Is a Didgeridoo" | Living Beat LBECD 41 |
| 25 October 1997 | "Sun Arise" / "Sun Arise" (808 State Remix) | EMI CDROO 001 |
| 14 October 2000 | "Fine Day" / "Fine Day" (Remix) | Tommy Boy TBCD 2155 |
| 7 December 2009 | "Christmas in the Sun" with Rick Parfitt |
Charting singles
edit| Year | Title | Chart positions | |||||
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CAN [7] |
IRE [8] |
NZ [9] |
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US [10] | ||
| 1960 | "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 3* |
| "Nick Teen and Al K. Hall" (B-side of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport") |
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| "The Big Black Hat" | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Six White Boomers" | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1961 | "Sun Arise" | 61 | — | — | — | 3 | 61 |
| "Tie Me Kangaroo Down Cha Cha" (Australian B-side of "Sun Arise") |
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| 1963 | "Johnny Day" | — | — | — | — | 44 | — |
| 1964 | "The Court of King Caractacus" | 32 | — | — | — | — | 116 |
| "Ringo for President" | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1965 | "Sydney Town" | 53 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1966 | "Jake the Peg" | 23 | — | — | — | 53[A] | — |
| "Big Dog" (B-side of "Jake the Peg") |
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| "Hey Yew Gotta Loight, Boy?" (Allan Smethurst) | 88 | — | — | — | 54[A] | — | |
| 1968 | "Hurry Home" | 58 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1969 | "Bluer Than Blue" | — | — | — | — | 30 | — |
| "Two Little Boys" | 7 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 119 | |
| 1971 | "Vancouver Town '71" | — | 68 | — | — | — | — |
| "Salvation Army Citadel" | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1979 | "Back to W.A." | 66 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982 | "The Dreaming" (Kate Bush, features Rolf on didgeridoo) |
91 | — | — | — | 48 | — |
| 1993 | "Stairway to Heaven" | 73 | — | 10 | 22 | 7 | — |
| 1995 | "Ego Sum Pauper" | — | — | — | — | 83 | — |
| 1996 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | — | — | — | — | 50 | — |
| 1997 | "Sun Arise" (Re-Recording) | — | — | — | — | 26 | — |
| 2000 | "Fine Day" | — | — | — | — | 24 | — |
- "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" charted in 1963 was a U.S. re-recording[citation needed]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 11 July 1964. Retrieved 10 December 2016 – via Google Books.
- ^ "RPM Weekly: July 31, 1971". RPM. Retrieved 24 May 2023 – via Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 125.
- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 244. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ Date of entering the UK Singles Chart
- ^ Peaks before 1988:
- 1960s: Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book (1940–1969). Turramurra, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book, 2005. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
- 1970s and early 1980s: Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992: 23 years of hit singles & albums from the top 100 charts. St Ives, N.S.W, Australia: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "RPM Weekly – July 24, 1971". RPM. Retrieved 24 May 2023 – via Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ "The Irish Charts – Search for Rolf Harris in Artist". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Rolf Harris – Stairway to Heaven". charts.nz. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Peaks on the Hot 100:
- "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport": "Billboard Hot 100: Week of July 13, 1963". Billboard. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- "Nick Teen and Al K. Hall": "Billboard Hot 100: Week of September 28, 1963". Billboard. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- "Sun Arise": "Billboard Hot 100: Week of April 13, 1963". Billboard. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
External links
edit- Rolf Harris discography discography at Discogs