| Eddy Raven discography | |
|---|---|
 Eddy Raven in 2016 | |
| Studio albums | 14 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| Music videos | 12 |
| Singles | 52 |
| No.1 Single | 6 |
The discography of American country music singer Eddy Raven consists of 14 studio albums and 52 singles. Although Raven first charted in 1974, he did not reach Top 10 on the Hot Country Songs charts until "She's Playing Hard to Forget" in 1982. Between then and 1990, Raven had six songs reach No. 1 on that chart, and twelve more that reached top 10.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [1] | CAN Country | ||
| That Cajun Country Sound |
| — | — |
| This Is Eddy Raven |
| — | — |
| Eyes |
| 55 | — |
| Desperate Dreams |
| 26 | — |
| I Could Use Another You |
| 41 | 8 |
| Love and Other Hard Times |
| 64 | — |
| Right Hand Man |
| 18 | — |
| Temporary Sanity |
| 31 | 25 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Right for the Flight |
|
| Wild Eyed and Crazy |
|
| Cookin' Cajun (with Jo-El Sonnier) |
|
| Living in Black and White |
|
| All Grassed Up (with Carolina Road) |
|
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| Thank God for Kids |
| — |
| The Best of Eddy Raven |
| 36 |
| Greatest Hits |
| — |
| Greatest Country Hits |
| — |
| 20 Favorites |
| — |
| I Got Mexico: The RCA Singles A's and B's |
| — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live at Billy Bob's Texas |
|
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [2] | CAN Country | |||
| 1962 | "Once a Fool" | — | — | — |
| 1969 | "Lied to Judy" | — | — | |
| 1973 | "Colinda" | — | — | That Cajun Country Sound |
| "Arkansas Sun" | — | — | — | |
| "Sam" | — | — | ||
| 1974 | "Last of the Sunshine Cowboys" | 63 | — | |
| "Carolina Country Morning" | — | — | ||
| "Ain't She Somethin' Else" | 46 | 34 | This Is Eddy Raven | |
| 1975 | "Good News, Bad News" | 27 | 40 | |
| "You're My Rainy Day Woman" | 68 | — | ||
| "Free to Be" | 34 | 46 | ||
| 1976 | "I Wanna Live" | 87 | — | |
| "Curse of a Woman" | 94 | — | — | |
| "I'm Losing It All" | 90 | — | ||
| 1978 | "Colinda" (re-release) | — | — | That Cajun Country Sound |
| "You're a Dancer" | 71 | — | — | |
| 1979 | "Sweet Mother Texas" | 44 | — | Eyes |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [2] | CAN Country | |||
| 1980 | "Dealin' with the Devil" | 25 | — | Eyes |
| "You've Got Those Eyes" | 30 | — | ||
| "Another Texas Song" | 34 | — | ||
| "Peace of Mind" | 23 | — | ||
| 1981 | "I Should've Called" | 13 | — | Desperate Dreams |
| "Who Do You Know in California" | 11 | — | ||
| 1982 | "A Little Bit Crazy" | 14 | 43 | |
| "She's Playing Hard to Forget" | 10 | — | ||
| "San Antonio Nights" | 25 | — | — | |
| 1984 | "I Got Mexico" | 1 | 1 | I Could Use Another You |
| "I Could Use Another You" | 9 | 6 | ||
| "She's Gonna Win Your Heart" | 9 | 5 | ||
| 1985 | "Operator, Operator" | 9 | 8 | Love and Other Hard Times |
| "I Wanna Hear It from You" | 8 | 6 | ||
| "You Should Have Been Gone by Now" | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1986 | "Sometimes a Lady" | 3 | 2 | Right Hand Man |
| "Right Hand Man" | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1987 | "You're Never Too Old for Young Love" | 3 | 6 | |
| "Shine, Shine, Shine" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1988 | "I'm Gonna Get You" | 1 | 1 | The Best of Eddy Raven |
| "Joe Knows How to Live" | 1 | 1 | ||
| "'Til You Cry" | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1989 | "In a Letter to You" | 1 | 1 | Temporary Sanity |
| "Bayou Boys" | 1 | 1 | ||
| "Sooner or Later" | 6 | 18 | ||
| 1990 | "Island" | 10 | 6 | |
| "Zydeco Lady" | 56 | 44 | ||
| 1991 | "Rock Me in the Rhythm of Your Love" | 60 | 80 | Right for the Flight |
| "Too Much Candy for a Dime" | 68 | 35 | ||
| 1998 | "Johnny's Got a Pistol" [3] | — | — | 20 Favorites |
| "Somebody's Tearin' the Flag" [3] | — | — | ||
| 2001 | "Cowboys Don't Cry" | 60 | — | Living in Black and White |
| "Living in Black and White" | — | — | ||
| 2002 | "New Orleans Is a Mighty Good Town" (with Buckwheat Zydeco) | — | — | |
| 2005 | "Tequila Tells" | — | — | Knowin' How to Live |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| Year | Single | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | "Catahoula" | The Bellamy Brothers (with Jo-El Sonnier) | Over the Line |
| Year | Video | Director [4] |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | "Dealin' with the Devil" [5] | — |
| 1984 | "She's Gonna Win Your Heart" | David Hogan |
| 1986 | "Sometimes a Lady" [6] | John Dahl |
| 1988 | "'Til You Cry" | Michael Salomon |
| 1990 | "Island" | Larry Boothby |
| 1994 | "Rip Rap Road" [7] | |
| 1996 | "Fais Do Do" (with Jo-El Sonnier) | Bob Whitt |
| 1997 | "Sugar Bee" (with Jo-El Sonnier) | |
| 1998 | "Catahoula" (with The Bellamy Brothers and Jo-El Sonnier) | chris rogers |
| "Johnny's Got a Pistol" [8] | ||
| "Somebody's Tearin' the Flag" | Tamara Walker | |
| 2000 | "Cowboys Don't Cry" | Larry Boothby |
| 2002 | "New Orleans Is a Mighty Good Town" (with Buckwheat Zydeco) | Peter Lippman |
Emmylou Harris is an American singer, songwriter and musician. A regarded figure in contemporary music, she is known for having a consistent artistic direction. Harris is considered one of the leading music artists behind the country rock genre in the 1970s and the Americana genre in the 1990s. Her music united both country and rock audiences in live performance settings. Her characteristic voice, musical style and songwriting have been acclaimed by critics and fellow recording artists.
Tracy Lee Lawrence is an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born in Atlanta, Texas, and raised in Foreman, Arkansas, Lawrence began performing at age 15 and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1990 to begin his country music career. He signed to Atlantic Records Nashville in 1991 and made his debut late that year with the album Sticks and Stones. Five more studio albums, as well as a live album and a compilation album, followed throughout the 1990s and into 2000 on Atlantic before the label's country division was closed in 2001. Afterward, he recorded for Warner Bros. Records, DreamWorks Records, Mercury Records Nashville, and his own labels, Rocky Comfort Records and Lawrence Music Group.
"Crazy" is a song written by Willie Nelson and popularized by country singer Patsy Cline in 1961. Nelson wrote the song while living in Houston, working for Pappy Daily's label D Records. He was also a radio DJ and performed in clubs. Nelson then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, working as a writer for Pamper Music. Through Hank Cochran, the song reached Patsy Cline. After her original recording and release, Cline's version reached number two on Billboard's Hot Country Singles, also crossing to the pop chart as a top 10 single.
Garland Perry "Hank" Cochran was an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting during the 1960s, Cochran was a prolific songwriter in the genre, including major hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold, and others. Cochran was also a recording artist between 1962 and 1980, scoring seven times on the Billboard country music charts, with his greatest solo success being the No. 20 "Sally Was a Good Old Girl." In 2014, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Edward Garvin Futch, known professionally as Eddy Raven, is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1962, Raven has recorded for several record labels, including ABC, Dimension, Elektra, RCA, Universal, and Capitol Records. After multiple albums which yielded few hit songs, his greatest commercial success came between 1984 and 1990, during which time Raven achieved six number-one singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. These were "I Got Mexico", "Shine, Shine, Shine", "I'm Gonna Get You", "Joe Knows How to Live", "In a Letter to You", and "Bayou Boys". Raven has a total of eighteen top-ten hits on that chart. Although his chart success diminished in the 1990s, Raven continued to record throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century. In addition to his own work, he has written singles for Don Gibson, Randy Cornor, Jeannie C. Riley, Connie Smith, and The Oak Ridge Boys among others. Raven's music is defined by mainstream country, country pop, Cajun music, and reggae, and he wrote a large number of his singles by himself or with Frank J. Myers.
Pamela Yvonne Tillis is an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is the daughter of country music singer Mel Tillis and ex-wife of songwriter Bob DiPiero. Tillis recorded unsuccessful pop material for Elektra and Warner Records in the 1980s before shifting to country music. In 1989, she had signed to Arista Nashville, entering top-40 on Hot Country Songs for the first time with "Don't Tell Me What to Do" in 1990. This was the first of five singles from her breakthrough album Put Yourself in My Place.
Loretta Lynn Morgan is an American country music singer and actress. She is the daughter of George Morgan, widow of Keith Whitley, and ex-wife of Jon Randall and Sammy Kershaw, all of whom are also country music singers. Morgan has been active as a singer since the age of 13, and charted her first single in 1979. She achieved her greatest success between 1988 and 1999, recording for RCA Records and the defunct BNA Records. Her first two RCA albums and her BNA album Watch Me are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The 1995 compilation Reflections: Greatest Hits is her best-selling album with a double-platinum certification; War Paint, Greater Need, and Shakin' Things Up, also on BNA, are certified gold.
Steven Noel Wariner is an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Initially a backing musician for Dottie West, he also worked with Bob Luman and Chet Atkins before beginning a solo career in the late 1970s. He has released eighteen studio albums and over fifty singles for several different record labels.
Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1990 and 1999, he had his greatest chart success recording for Universal Music Group Nashville's MCA and Decca branches, with a total of eight albums between those two labels. During this timespan, Chesnutt also charted twenty top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which eight reached number one: "Brother Jukebox", "I'll Think of Something", "It Sure Is Monday", "Almost Goodbye", "I Just Wanted You to Know", "Gonna Get a Life", "It's a Little Too Late", and a cover of Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". His first three albums for MCA along with a 1996 Greatest Hits package issued on Decca are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); 1994's What a Way to Live, also issued on Decca, is certified gold. After a self-titled album in 2002 on Columbia Records, Chesnutt has continued to record predominantly on independent labels.
"Don't Touch Me" is a song written by Hank Cochran. It was originally written for and recorded by American country artist Jeannie Seely. The song was released as a single on Monument Records in March 1966 and became a major Billboard country hit. "Don't Touch Me" became Seely's signature song and her biggest hit as a solo artist. It would later appear on her debut studio album and be re-recorded by Seely in later years.
The discography of American country music singer–songwriter, Pam Tillis, contains 14 studio albums, six compilation albums, one video album, 45 singles, 25 music videos and has appeared on 11 albums. Tillis's career was launched on the Warner Bros. label, where she releases several unsuccessful singles and her debut studio album: Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey (1983). Through Arista Nashville, her second studio album was released in January 1991 titled Put Yourself in My Place. The disc was her first commercial success, reaching number ten on America's Billboard Top Country Albums chart, number 69 on the Billboard 200 and number 12 on Canada's RPM country chart. The disc also certified gold in both countries and spawned five charting singles. Of these releases, "Don't Tell Me What to Do", "One of Those Things" and "Maybe It Was Memphis" reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. In September 1992, her third studio album was released called Homeward Looking Angel. The disc certified both gold and platinum in North America, while also spawning the Billboard and RPM top ten singles "Shake the Sugar Tree" and "Let That Pony Run".
American singer Brenda Lee has issued 29 studio albums, 26 compilation albums, and 4 video albums since 1959. Lee has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making her one of the most successful American pop singers of the 20th century. In the Sixties, she earned 46 Hot 100 singles in the United States, more than any female recording artist. Billboard ranked her the "Top Female Artist of the Decade (60s)" and 15th Greatest Hot 100 Female Artist of all time.
The discography of American country music artist, Kathy Mattea, contains 17 studio albums, four compilation albums, five video albums, one extended play (EP), 51 singles, 27 music videos and has made 19 additional album appearances. Under PolyGram and Mercury Records, Mattea's first two albums were releases: her eponymous debut album (1984) and From My Heart (1985). In 1986, Walk the Way the Wind Blows reached number 13 on America's Billboard Top Country Albums chart and spawned four top ten Billboard Hot Country Songs singles: "Love at the Five and Dime", the title track, "You're the Power" and "Train of Memories". It was followed by Untasted Honey (1987), which was Mattea's first album to certify gold in the United States. Of its four singles, "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" and "Goin' Gone" both topped the Billboard country chart. In 1989, PolyGram/Mercury released Willow in the Wind, which also certified gold and reached number six on the Billboard country albums chart. Its first single, "Come from the Heart", topped both the American and Canadian country charts. Its remaining three singles were also top ten North American country chart songs: "Burnin' Old Memories", "Where've You Been" and "She Came from Fort Worth".
"Sooner or Later" is a song recorded by American country music group The Forester Sisters on their 1987 album You Again. In 1989, the song was recorded by country artist Eddy Raven and released in December 1989 as the third single from his album Temporary Sanity. The song reached #6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The song was written by Susan Longacre, Bill LaBounty and Beckie Foster.
"Rose Garden" is a song written in 1967 by American singer-songwriter Joe South. It was first recorded by Billy Joe Royal on his 1967 studio album Billy Joe Royal Featuring "Hush". Versions by South himself and Dobie Gray appeared shortly after the original. Gray's version became a minor hit in North America in 1969.
"Eagle When She Flies" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. It was released in September 1991 as the third single from the album Eagle When She Flies. The song reached number 33 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
"Who Do You Know in California" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Eddy Raven. It was released in October 1981 as the second single from the album Desperate Dreams. The song reached #11 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
"Wastin' Gas" is a song recorded by Canadian country rock artist Dallas Smith for his second studio album, Lifted (2014). It was released October 28, 2014 through 604 Records and Big Loud Mountain Records as the lead single from the album, and fourth overall after the three released in support of Tippin' Point (2014). The song entered the Canadian Hot 100 at number 41 in November 2014, Smith's second highest peak. On the chart issued January 22, 2015, "Wastin' Gas" rose to No. 1 on the Canada Country airplay chart, becoming Smith's first chart topper.
Eyes is the third studio album by American country music singer Eddy Raven. It was released in 1980 on Dimension Records.
Sandra Mason Theoret was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician. Apart from her numerous songwriting credits, she was also a pianist and guitarist, and provided backing vocals for other artists. In 1967, her single "There You Go" reached No. 64 on the Billboard country chart.