Billy "Crash" Craddock discography

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Billy "Crash" Craddock discography
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Craddock in 1971
Studio albums19
Live albums3
Compilation albums15
Music videos2
Singles65
No. 1 Singles10

The discography for country singer Billy "Crash" Craddock consists of nineteen studio albums, three live albums, fifteen compilation albums and sixty-five singles.

Contents

Studio albums

1960s–1970s

TitleDetailsPeak positions
US Country
I'm Tore Up
Knock Three Times 18
You Better Move On
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: Cartwheel Records
37
Two Sides of "Crash" 29
Mr. Country Rock
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: ABC Records
20
Rub It In [lower-alpha 1]
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: ABC Records
6
Still Thinkin' 'bout You 11
Easy as Pie
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: ABC/Dot Records
8
Crash
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: ABC/Dot Records
8
Singing Is Believing
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: BCC Records
Billy "Crash" Craddock 14
Turning Up and Turning On [lower-alpha 2]
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: Capitol Records
20
Laughing and Crying, Living and Dying
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: Capitol Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s–2000s

TitleDetailsPeak positions
US Country
Changes
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: Capitol Records
71
Crash Craddock
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: Capitol Records
The New Will Never Wear Off of You
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: Capitol Records
Crash Craddock
  • Release date: 1986
  • Label: MCA/Dot Records
Back on Track
Christmas Favorites
  • Release date: 2006
  • Label: Cee Cee Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

TitleDetailsPeak positions
US Country
Live!
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: ABC/Dot Records
11
Crash Craddock Live!
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: Cee Cee Records
Live -n- Kickin'
  • Release date: 2009
  • Label: Cee Cee Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleDetailsPeak positions
US Country
The Best of Billy "Crash" Craddock 50
Billy "Crash" Craddock
Greatest Hits Volume One
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: ABC Records
21
Billy "Crash" Craddock 16 Favorite Hits
The First Time
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: ABC/Dot Records
37
Sings His Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: ABC/Dot Records
30
The Best of Billy "Crash" Craddock
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: MCA Records
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: Capitol Records
Crash's Greatest Hits
Boom Boom Baby
Crash's Smashes
The Best of Billy "Crash" Craddock
Mr. Country Rock: The Definitive Collection
  • Release date: 2016
  • Label: Hump Head Country
25 Best
  • Release date: March 21, 2018
  • Label: A.IM Media
Boom Boom Billy - The Rock 'N' Roll Years
  • Release date: April 12, 2019
  • Label: Jasmine Music
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1950s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US
1957"Smacky-Mouth"
"Birddoggin'"
1958"Ah, Poor Little Baby"
1959"Am I to Be the One"
"Sweetie Pie"
"Don't Destroy Me"94
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1960s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
AUS
1960"Boom Boom Baby"1
"I Want That"7
"Well, Don't You Know"8
"All I Want Is You"91
"One Last Kiss"1
"Blabbermouth"
1961"Heavenly Love" / "Good Time Billy" (Double A-Side)64
"Truly True"90
1962"A Diamond Is Forever"
1964"Betty, Betty"I'm Tore Up
"My Baby's Got Flat Feet"
"Teardrops on Your Letter"
1966"There Ought to Be a Law"
1967"Whipping Boy"
"Go on Home Girl"
1968"Your Love Is What Is"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Country US CAN Country CAN CAN AC AUS
1971"Knock Three Times"311321Knock Three Times
"Dream Lover"5You Better Move On
"You Better Move On"10
1972"Your Love Is What Is"
"Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves on the Trees)"101Two Sides of "Crash"
"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door"51
"Afraid I'll Want to Love Her One More Time"2219
1973"Don't Be Angry"3322
"Slippin' and Slidin'"1413Mr. Country Rock
"'Till the Water Stops Runnin'"818
"Sweet Magnolia Blossom"31
1974"Rub It In"11611850Rub It In
"Ruby Baby"13327845
1975"Still Thinkin' 'bout You"41Still Thinkin' 'bout You
"I Love the Blues and the Boogie Woogie"106
"Easy as Pie"25418150Easy as Pie
1976"Walk Softly"74
"You Rubbed It in All Wrong"44
"Broken Down in Tiny Pieces"12Crash
1977"Just a Little Thing"2821
"A Tear Fell"74
"The First Time"1015The First Time
1978"I Cheated on a Good Woman's Love"44Billy "Crash" Craddock
"Another Woman"92Crash
"I Think I'll Go Somewhere (And Cry Myself to Sleep)"50
"I've Been Too Long Lonely Baby"2828Billy "Crash" Craddock
"Don Juan"57Crash
"Hubba Hubba"1414Turning Up and Turning On
"If I Could Write a Song as Beautiful as You"48
1979"My Mama Never Heard Me Sing"2824Laughing and Crying, Living and Dying
"Robinhood"1634
"Till I Stop Shakin'"2444
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
US Country CAN Country
1980"I Just Had You on My Mind"22Changes
"Sea Cruise"50
"A Real Cowboy (You Say You're)"2017Crash Craddock
1981"It Was You"37
"I Just Need You for Tonight"1120The New Will Never Wear Off of You
"Now That the Feelings Gone"38Changes
1982"Love Busted"28The New Will Never Wear Off of You
"The New Will Never Wear Off of You"62
1983"Tell Me When I'm Hot"86
1989"Just Another Miserable Day (Here in Paradise)"68Back on Track
"To Love Somebody"91
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1989"Just Another Miserable Day (Here in Paradise)"Jason Furrate/Doug Smoot [2]

Notes

  1. Rub It In also peaked at number 142 on the Billboard 200 and at number 95 in Australia. [1]
  2. Turning Up and Turning On also peaked at number 24 on the RPM Country Albums chart in Canada.

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