Bill Cosby discography

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Bill Cosby discography
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Studio albums16
Live albums23
Singles6

American former comedian 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.

Contents

Stand-up albums

YearTitleNotes
1963 Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right! album
1964 I Started Out as a Child
1965 Why Is There Air?
1966 Wonderfulness
1967 Revenge
1968 To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With
200 M.P.H.
1969 It's True! It's True!
8:15 12:15
Sports
1970 Live: Madison Square Garden Center
1971 When I Was a Kid
For Adults Only
1972 Inside the Mind of Bill Cosby
1973 Fat Albert
1977 My Father Confused Me... What Must I Do? What Must I Do?
1978 Bill's Best Friend
1982 Himself album; Bill Cosby: Himself video released in 1983
1985Hardheaded Boysalbum
1986 Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand
1987Bill Cosby: 49Recorded live at the Chicago Theatre, September, 1986, released as VHS only [1]
1991 Oh, Baby! album
1996Bill Cosby: Mr. Sapolsky, with Lovespecial
2013Far from Finished...special and album [2]
201477cancelled unreleased Netflix special

Music albums

Compilations

Singles

YearTitlePeak positions [3] Album
US US R&B US AC Canada
1967"Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)"4182 [4] Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings
"Hooray for the Salvation Army Band"71Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band!
1968"Funky North Philly"91
1969"Hikky Burr"77 [5]
1970"Grover Henson Feels Forgotten"701774 [6]
1976"Yes, Yes, Yes"4611Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days
"I Luv Myself Better Than I Luv Myself"59

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References

  1. Cosby, Camille O.; Lewis, David, Bill Cosby: 49 (Documentary, Comedy), Bill Cosby, Bill Cosby, retrieved November 5, 2020
  2. Lowry, Brian (November 19, 2013). "TV Review: 'Bill Cosby: Far From Finished'". Variety. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  3. "Chart history for Bill Cosby". Billboard. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  4. "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 21, 1967" (PDF).
  5. "RPM Top 100 Singles - January 31, 1970" (PDF).
  6. "RPM Top 100 Singles - May 23, 1970" (PDF).