Bill Cosby discography

Bill Cosby discography
Studio albums	16
Live albums	23
Singles	6

American entertainer Bill Cosby released 23 albums of stand-up comedy, 16 studio albums of music, and six singles. He was known mainly for his stand-up comedy, with his first album of comedy Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right! being released in 1963. He has also recorded several albums of music. Additionally, Cosby charted six singles on various Billboard charts, including "Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)", a number four hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967.

Stand-up albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US BB [1]	US CB [2]
Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!	Released: 1963 Label: Warner Bros. Records Format: LP	21	32
I Started Out as a Child	Released: 1964 Label: Warner Bros. Records Format: LP	32	48
Why Is There Air?	Released: 1965 Label: Warner Bros. Records Format: LP	19	19
Wonderfulness	Released: 1966 Label: Warner Bros. Records Format: LP	7	8
Revenge	Released: 1967 Label: Warner Bros. Records Format: LP	2	2
To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With	Released: 1968 Label: Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Records Format: LP	7	4
200 M.P.H.	Released: 1968 Label: Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Records Format: LP	16	17
It's True! It's True!	Released: 1969 Label: Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Records Format: LP	37	43
8:15 12:15	Released: 1969 Label: Tetragrammaton Records Format: LP	62	55
Sports	Released: 1969 Label: Uni Records Format: LP	—	—
Live: Madison Square Garden Center	Released: 1970 Label: Uni Records Format: LP	165	—
When I Was a Kid	Released: 1971 Label: Uni Records Format: LP	72	74
For Adults Only	Released: 1971 Label: Uni Records Format: LP	181	—
Inside the Mind of Bill Cosby	Released: 1972 Label: Uni Records Format: LP	191	—
Fat Albert	Released: 1973 Label: MCA Records Format: LP	—	—
My Father Confused Me... What Must I Do? What Must I Do?	Released: 1977 Label: Capitol/EMI Records Format: LP	—	—
Bill's Best Friend	Released: 1978 Label: Capitol/EMI Format: LP	—	—
Himself	Released: 1982 Label: Motown Format: LP; Bill Cosby: Himself video released in 1983	—	—
Hardheaded Boys	Released: 1985 Label: Nicetown Records Format: LP	—	—
Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand	Released: 1986 Label: Geffen Records Format: LP	—	—
Bill Cosby: 49	Released: 1987 Label: Format: VHS only Recorded live at the Chicago Theatre, September, 1986 [3]	—	—
Oh, Baby!	Released: 1991 Label: Geffen Records Format: LP	—	—
Bill Cosby: Mr. Sapolsky, with Love	Released: 1996 Label: Format: Special	—	—
Far from Finished...	Released: 2013 Label: Format: Special and album [4]	—	—N/a
77	Unreleased Netflix special	—N/a	—N/a
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music albums

• Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings (1967) (No. 18 Billboard, No. 15 Cashbox) ^{[1] [2]}
• Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band! (1968) (No. 74 Billboard, No. 46 Cashbox) ^{[1] [2]}
• Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral & Marching Band (1971)
• Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs (1971)
• Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert  –as master of ceremonies (Columbia, 1972)
• Bill Cosby Presents Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral Marching Band (1972)
• At Last Bill Cosby Really Sings (1974)
• Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days (1976)
• Disco Bill (1977)
• Where You Lay Your Head (1990)
• My Appreciation (1991)
• Hello Friend: To Ennis, With Love (1997)
• Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby –The Original Jam Sessions 1969 (2004)
• Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby –The New Mixes Vol. 1 (2004)
• State of Emergency (2009)
• Keep Standing (2010)

Compilations

• The Best of Bill Cosby (1969) (No. 51 Billboard, No. 44 Cashbox) ^{[1] [2]}
• More of the Best of Bill Cosby (1970) (No. 80 Billboard, No. 75 Cashbox) ^{[1] [2]}
• Bill (1973)
• Down Under (1975)
• Cosby and the Kids/Cosby Classics (1986)
• Bill Cosby At His Best (1992)
• 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill Cosby (2001)
• The Bill Cosby Collection (2004)
• Icon (2011)

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Album
		US [5]	US R&B [5]	US AC [5]	Canada
"Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)"	1967	4	18	—	2 [6]	Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings
"Hooray for the Salvation Army Band"	1967	71	—	—	—	Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band!
"Funky North Philly"	1968	91	—	—	—
"Hikky Burr"	1969	—	—	—	77 [7]	—N/a
"Grover Henson Feels Forgotten"	1970	70	—	17	74 [8]
"Yes, Yes, Yes"	1976	46	11	—	—	Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days
"I Luv Myself Better Than I Luv Myself"	1976	—	59	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 37. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
2. Hoffmann, Frank; Albert, George (1988). The Cashbox Album Charts, 1955–1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 81. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
3. Cosby, Camille O.; Lewis, David, Bill Cosby: 49 (Documentary, comedy), Bill Cosby, retrieved November 5, 2020
4. Lowry, Brian (November 19, 2013). "TV Review: 'Bill Cosby: Far From Finished'". Variety. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
5. "Chart history for Bill Cosby". Billboard . Retrieved August 19, 2020.
6. "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 21, 1967" (PDF).
7. "RPM Top 100 Singles – January 31, 1970" (PDF).
8. "RPM Top 100 Singles - May 23, 1970" (PDF).