Jimmy Dean discography

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Jimmy Dean discography
Studio albums42
Compilation albums7
Singles65
No.1 Single2

This article presents the discography of American country music singer, Jimmy Dean.

Contents

Albums

1950s–1960s

TitleDetailsPeak positions
US Country
Sings His Television Favorites
Jimmy Dean's Hour of Prayer
Bumming Around
  • Release date: 1959
  • Label: Mercury Records
Favorites of Jimmy Dean
Hymns by Jimmy Dean
Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales
  • Release date: 1961
  • Label: Columbia Records
Portrait of Jimmy Dean
  • Release date: 1962
  • Label: Columbia Records
Everybody's Favorites
  • Release date: 1963
  • Label: Columbia Records
Golden Favorites
  • Release date: 1964
  • Label: Hilltop Records
Jimmy Dean Guest Star
The Songs We All Love Best
  • Release date: 1964
  • Label: Columbia Records
Bummin' Around
(with Johnny Horton)
Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card
  • Release date: 1965
  • Label: Columbia Records
Sings His Television Favorites
The First Thing Ev'ry Morning
  • Release date: 1965
  • Label: Columbia Records
1
Big Ones
  • Release date: 1966
  • Label: Columbia Records
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1966
  • Label: Columbia Records
22
Jimmy Dean Is Here!10
Jimmy Dean Show
  • Release date: 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
Most Richly Blessed
  • Release date: 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
Mr. Country Music
  • Release date: 1967
  • Label: Harmony Records
Everybody's Favourite
A Thing Called Love
  • Release date: 1968
  • Label: RCA Victor
20
Country's Favorite Son
  • Release date: 1968
  • Label: Harmony Records
Dean's List
  • Release date: 1968
  • Label: Columbia Records
Jimmy Dean Show
  • Release date: 1968
  • Label: RCA Victor
Gotta Travel On
  • Release date: 1969
  • Label: Harmony Records
Speaker of the House
  • Release date: 1969
  • Label: RCA Victor
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s–1980s

TitleDetailsPeak positions
US Country
The Dean of Country Music
  • Release date: 1970
  • Label: RCA Victor
Country Boy and Country Girl
(with Dottie West)
  • Release date: December 1970
  • Label: RCA Victor
42
Everybody Knows
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: RCA Victor
41
These Hands
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: RCA Victor
43
Bummin' Around
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: Hilltop Records
I.O.U.
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: Casino Records
Country Music Show 1954-55
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: Castle Records
American Originals
  • Release date: 1989
  • Label: Columbia Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s–2000s

TitleDetails
24 Greats
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: Deluxe Records
Greatest Songs
Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card
Inspirational Songs
  • Release date: 1998
  • Label: Curb Records
20 Great Story Songs
  • Release date: 1999
  • Label: Curb Records
The Complete Columbia Hits & More

Singles

1950s singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
1952"Bumming Around"5Favorites by Jimmy Dean
1953"The Queen of Hearts"
1954"Release Me"
1955"Big Blue Diamonds"
"Find 'Em, Fool 'Em, Leave 'Em Alone"
1956"Freight Train Blues"Jimmy Deans Sings His Television Favorites
"Hello Mr. Blues"
1957"Losing Game"
"Look on the Good Side"
"Deep Blue Sea"67
"Little Sandy Sleightfoot"32
1958"Bumming Around" (re-recording)Jimmy Dean Sings His Television Favorites
"Starlight, Starbright"
"What This Old World Needs"Jimmy Dean Sings His Television Favorites
"School of Love"
"Shark in the Bathtub"
1959"Weekend Blue"
"Bumming Around" (re-release)106Bumming Around
"Counting Tears"
"Thanks for the Dream"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1960s singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US AC
[1]
CAN Country
[3]
UK
[4]
1960"Little Boy Lost"
1961"Give Me Back My Heart"
"Big Bad John"1112Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales
"Oklahoma Bill"
"Dear Ivan"9246Jimmy Dean's Greatest Hits
1962"The Cajun Queen"16224
"To a Sleeping Beauty"15266Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales
"PT-109"382Portrait of Jimmy Dean
"Steel Men"4112
"Little Black Book"10291033
"Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonite"73
1963"This Ole House"128Everybody's Favorite
"Mile Long Train"
"The Funniest Thing I Ever Heard"
"Mind Your Own Business" 35
1964"Shenandoah"The Songs We All Love Best
"Sam Hill"Jimmy Dean's Greatest Hits
"Yes, Patricia, There Is a Santa Claus"Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card
1965"The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev'ry Night)"19119The First Thing Ev'ry Morning
"Harvest of Sunshine"35
"Blue Christmas"Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card
1966"Things Have Gone to Pieces"The Big Ones
"Once a Day"
"Stand Beside Me"10Jimmy Dean Is Here
1967"Sweet Misery"1613The Jimmy Dean Show
"Ninety Days"41
"I'm a Swinger"30
1968"A Thing Called Love"2114A Thing Called Love
"Born to Be by Your Side"52
"A Hammer and Nails"2212Mr. Country Music
1969"A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose"52A Thing Called Love
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US AC
[1]
AUS
[5]
CAN Country
[3]
CAN
[6]
CAN AC
[7]
1970"When Judy Smiled"Dean of Country Music
"Us"
"Weakness in a Man"
1971"Everybody Knows"54Everybody Knows
1972"Who Put the Leaving in Your Eyes"
"The One You Say Good Morning To"38
1973"I'm Gonna Be Gone"
"The Days When Jim Liked Jenny"
1973"Your Sweet Love (Keeps Me Homeward Bound)"90
1976"I.O.U"935471838303I.O.U.
"To a Sleeping Beauty" (re-recording)85
"Angel in an Apron"
1977"I.O.U." (re-release)90
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s singles

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
1983"I.O.U." (re-recording)77

Other singles

Singles with Dottie West

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
1971"Slowly"29Country Boy and Country Girl
YearSingleArtist(s)Peak positionsAlbum
US Country
[1]
1967"Chet's Tune"Some of Chet's Friends38

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