American country music singer Steve Azar has released seven studio albums, thirteen singles, and seven music videos. Azar debuted in 1996 with the album Heartbreak on the former River North Records, which charted two of its three singles on Billboard Hot Country Songs in 1996. 2002's Waitin' on Joe, released on Mercury Records, accounted for his highest-charting single, "I Don't Have to Be Me ('til Monday)", which went to number 2 on Hot Country Songs and number 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year. Only one other single, the title track, charted from this project. After being sidelined with a cyst on his vocal cords, he charted his last Mercury release "Doin' It Right" in 2005.
| Steve Azar discography | |
|---|---|
 Azar in 2009 | |
| Studio albums | 7 |
| Singles | 13 |
| Music videos | 7 |
All of Azar's subsequent albums have been released independently, first on Dang Records and then on Ride Records. His independent releases are Indianola (2008), Slide On Over Here (2009), Delta Soul: Volume 1 (2011), Down at the Liquor Store (2017), and My Mississippi Reunion (2020). Slide On Over Here charted additional top-40 Hot Country Songs entries in "Moo La Moo" and "Sunshine (Everybody Needs a Little)". Down at the Liquor Store was recorded in collaboration with various backing musicians for B. B. King and Elvis Presley, and was credited to Steve Azar and the King's Men.
Studio albums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country[1] | US Heat[2] | ||
| Heartbreak Town |
|
— | — |
| Waitin' on Joe |
|
29 | 31 |
| Indianola |
|
— | — |
| Slide On Over Here |
|
57 | — |
| Delta Soul: Volume 1 |
|
— | — |
| Down at the Liquor Store (as Steve Azar and the King's Men) |
|
— | — |
| My Mississippi Reunion (with Cedric Burnside) |
|
— | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country[3] | US[4] | |||
| 1996 | "Someday"[A] | 51 | — | Heartbreak Town |
| "I Never Stopped Loving You" | 50 | — | ||
| 1997 | "Nights Like This"[5] | — | — | |
| 2001 | "I Don't Have to Be Me ('til Monday)" | 2 | 35 | Waitin' on Joe |
| 2002 | "Waitin' on Joe" | 28 | — | |
| 2005 | "Doin' It Right" | 47 | — | — |
| 2006 | "You Don't Know a Thing" | 49 | — | Indianola |
| 2008 | "I Won't Let You Lead Me Down"[6] | — | — | |
| 2009 | "You're My Life" | 52 | — | |
| "Moo La Moo" | 39 | — | Slide On Over Here | |
| 2010 | "Sunshine (Everybody Needs a Little)" | 27 | — | |
| 2011 | "Hard Road"[7] | — | — | |
| 2020 | "Coldwater"[8] | — | — | My Mississippi Reunion |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Other charted songs
edit| Year | Single | Peak positions[3] |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| 2006 | "Catfish Christmas" | 53 |
Music videos
edit| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Someday"[9] | — |
| 2001 | "I Don't Have to Be Me ('til Monday)"[10] | Eric Welch |
| 2002 | "Waitin' on Joe"[11] | Steven Goldmann |
| 2005 | "Catfish Christmas"[12] | — |
| 2006 | "You Don't Know a Thing"[13] | Peter Zavadil |
| 2009 | "Moo La Moo"[14] | Eric Welch |
| 2010 | "Sunshine (Everybody Needs a Little)"[15] |
References
edit- ^ "Steve Azar chart history: Top Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ "Steve Azar chart history: Heatseekers". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ a b "Steve Azar chart history: Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ "Steve Azar chart history: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ "Reviews". Billboard. July 12, 1997. p. 77.
- ^ "Steve Azar And Harry Nelson Launch Ride Records". All Access. April 14, 2008. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ Alanna Conaway (April 25, 2011). "Steve Azar, 'Hard Road' - Story Behind the Lyrics". The Boot. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ Lorie Hollabaugh (August 20, 2020). "Steve Azar Debuts 'Coldwater' Collaboration In Advance Of New Album 'My Mississippi Reunion'". MusicRow. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
- ^ Gary Pettus. "A career in gear". The Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. pp. D1, D2. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "'I Don't Have to Be Me' video". DailyMotion. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ Phyllis Stark (March 22, 2003). "Nashville Scene". Billboard. p. 48.
- ^ "'Catfish Christmas' video". Vevo. 3 March 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ^ "Steve Azar Films Music Video With John Daly". CMT. August 24, 2006. Archived from the original on September 29, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ "Moo La Moo video". MTV. Archived from the original on October 7, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ "Sunshine (Everybody Needs a Little)". CMT. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2019.