Mel Tillis discography

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Mel Tillis discography
Studio albums38
Live albums5
Compilation albums17
Singles98
Collaborations4
No. 1 singles6

This is a detailed discography for American country music singer Mel Tillis.

Contents

Studio albums

1960s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
[1]
Stateside
Life's That Way (re-released as Life Turned Her That Way)
  • Release date: January 1967
  • Label: Kapp Records
21
Mr. Mel
  • Release date: August 1967
  • Label: Kapp Records
20
Let Me Talk to You
  • Release date: January 1968
  • Label: Kapp Records
17
Something Special
  • Release date: August 1968
  • Label: Kapp Records
36
Who's Julie
  • Release date: March 1969
  • Label: Kapp Records
35
Mel Tillis Sings "Old Faithful"
  • Release date: August 1969
  • Label: Kapp Records
26
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
US Country
[1]
CAN Country
[2]
She'll Be Hanging Round Somewhere
  • Release date: 1970
  • Label: Kapp Records
One More Time30
The Arms of a Fool/Commercial Affection
  • Release date: January 1971
  • Label: MGM Records
22
Would You Want the World to End
  • Release date: May 1972
  • Label: MGM Records
38
I Ain't Never
  • Release date: October 1972
  • Label: MGM Records
18
Sawmill
  • Release date: August 1973
  • Label: MGM Records
3
Stomp Them Grapes
  • Release date: July 1974
  • Label: MGM Records
24
Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
  • Release date: March 1975
  • Label: MGM Records
35
M-M-Mel
  • Release date: August 1975
  • Label: MGM Records
21
Welcome to Mel Tillis Country
  • Release date: October 1976
  • Label: MGM Records
36
Love Revival14
Heart Healer
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: MCA Records
6
Love's Troubled Waters
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: MCA Records
15
I Believe in You
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: MCA Records
14
Are You Sincere
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: MCA Records
1711
Mr. Entertainer
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: MCA Records
2111
Me and Pepper464
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s and 1990s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
US Country
[1]
CAN Country
[2]
Your Body Is an Outlaw
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: Elektra Records
25
Southern Rains
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: Elektra Records
22
It's a Long Way to Daytona
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: Elektra Records
38
After All This Time
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: MCA Records
34
New Patches
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: MCA Records
3414
California Road
New Patches
  • Release date: 1988
  • Label: Radio Records
Big Balls in Cowtown
  • Release date: 1988
  • Label: Radio Records
Beyond the Sunset
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: Radio Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s and 2010s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart
positions
US Country
[1]
US Comedy
[3]
Wings of My Victory
  • Release date: 2001
  • Label: Radio Records
The Father's Son
  • Release date: 2005
  • Label: Radio Records
You Ain't Gonna Believe This753
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Collaborations

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
[1]
Living and Learning
(with Sherry Bryce)
  • Release date: November 1971
  • Label: MGM Records
29
Let's Go All the Way Tonight
(with Sherry Bryce)
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: MGM Records
22
Mel and Nancy
(with Nancy Sinatra)
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: Elektra Records
56
Old Dogs
(with Bobby Bare, Waylon Jennings, and Jerry Reed)
61

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
[1]
Recorded Live at the
Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas
  • Release date: July 1971
  • Label: MGM Records
22
Mel Tillis On Stage at the
Birmingham Municipal Auditorium
  • Release date: February 1973
  • Label: MGM Records
34
Mel Tillis and the Statesiders Live
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: MGM Records
47
M-M-Mel Live
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: MCA Records
24
Branson City Limits
  • Release date: July 13, 1999
  • Label: Unison Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
[1]
Heart Over Mind
Walk on Boy
Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits
  • Release date: January 1969
  • Label: Kapp Records
32
Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
  • Release date: September 1971
  • Label: Kapp Records
The Very Best of Mel Tillis
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: MGM Records
32
Detroit City
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: Pickwick/Hilltop
Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: MGM Records
17
The Best of Mel Tillis
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: MGM Records
30
The Best of Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: MGM Records
28
24 Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: MGM Records
49
Great
The Very Best of Mel Tillis
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: MCA Records
Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: Elektra Records
58
American Originals
  • Release date: 1990
  • Label: Columbia Records
Greatest Hits
Memory Maker
All His Greatest Hits
  • Release date: September 1, 1998
  • Label: PolyGram
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1950s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[4]
1957"Honky Tonk Song"
"Case of the Blues"
"Juke Box Man"
"Take My Hand"
1958"Lonely Street"Walk on Boy
"The Violet and the Rose"24
"Finally"28
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1960s

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[4]
CAN Country
[5]
1960"Loco Weed"Walk on Boy
"Walk on Boy"
1961"Hearts of Stone"
1962"If I Lost Your Love"
"Half Laughing, Half Crying"
1963"How Come Your Dog Don't Bite Nobody But Me"
(with Webb Pierce)
25
"Couldn't See the Forest for the Trees"
1964"It'll Be Easy"
1965"Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back"Great
"Wine"15Stateside
"Mr. Dropout"
1966"Mental Revenge"
"Stateside"17
1967"Life Turned Her That Way" [A] 11Life Turned Her That Way
"Goodbye Wheeling"20Mr. Mel
"Survival of the Fittest"71
"All Right (I'll Sign the Papers)"26Let Me Talk to You
1968"Something Special"17Something Special
"Destroyed by the Man"3126
1969"Who's Julie"1011Who's Julie
"Old Faithful"1516Old Faithful
"These Lonely Hands of Mine"913Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits
"She'll Be Hanging Round Somewhere"104She'll Be Hanging Round Somewhere
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[4]
CAN Country
[5]
1970"Heart Over Mind"35She'll Be Hanging Round Somewhere
"Heaven Everyday"53One More Time
"Too Lonely, Too Long"2529Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
"Commercial Affection"814The Arms of a Fool/
Commercial Affection
"The Arms of a Fool" [B] 413
1971"One More Drink"56Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
"Brand New Mister Me"846The Very Best of Mel Tillis
"Untouched"1417
1972"Would You Want the World to End"1224Would You Want the World to End
"I Ain't Never"11I Ain't Never
"Neon Rose"33
1973"Thank You for Being You"2112Sawmill
"Sawmill"25
"Midnight, Me, and the Blues"22Stomp Them Grapes
1974"Stomp Them Grapes"34
"Memory Maker"33I Ain't Never
1975"The Best Way I Know How"713Mel Tillis and the Statesiders
"Woman in the Back of My Mind"45
"Lookin' for Tomorrow (And Findin' Yesterdays)"164M-M-Mel
1976"Mental Revenge"159
"Love Revival"1115Love Revival
"Come on Home"Welcome to Tillis Country
"Good Woman Blues"11Love Revival
"Heart Healer"11Heart Healer
1977"Burning Memories"93
"I Got the Hoss"33Love's Troubled Waters
"What Did I Promise Her Last Night"42
1978"I Believe in You"11I Believe in You
"Ain't No California"42
1979"Send Me Down to Tucson"24Are You Sincere
"Coca-Cola Cowboy"13Mr. Entertainer
"Blind in Love"616Me and Pepper
"Lying Time Again"612
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s and 1990s

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[4]
CAN Country
[5]
1980"Your Body Is an Outlaw"332Your Body Is an Outlaw
"Steppin' Out"9
"Southern Rains"11Southern Rain
1981"Million Old Goodbyes"810
"One Night Fever"10
1982"It's a Long Way to Daytona"36It's a Long Way to Daytona
"The One That Got Away"37
"Stay a Little Longer"17Greatest Hits
1983"In the Middle of the Night"1010After All This Time
"A Cowboy's Dream"49
"She Meant Forever When She Said Goodbye"53
1984"New Patches"1010New Patches
"Slow Nights" (with Glen Campbell)47
1985"You Done Me Wrong"3746California Road
"California Road"61
1988"You'll Come Back (You Always Do)"31 Tough Guys Don't Dance (soundtrack)
1989"City Lights"67New Patches(1988)
1991"Tall Drink of Water"Greatest Hits(1991)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

Collaborations

YearSingleArtistPeak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[4]
CAN Country
[5]
1959"Sawmill" Bill Phillips 27
"Georgia Town Blues"24
1967"I Wish I Felt This Way at Home" Bob Wills
1971"Take My Hand" [C] Sherry Bryce 815Living and Learning
"Living and Learning"916
1972"Anything's Better Than Nothing"38
1973"Let's Go All the Way Tonight"2663Let's Go All the Way Tonight
1974"Don't Let Go"1117
"You Are the One"1446
1975"Mr. Right and Mrs. Wrong"32
1981"Texas Cowboy Night" Nancy Sinatra 23Mel and Nancy
1982"Play Me or Trade Me"43
1999"Still Gonna Die" [6] Old Dogs Old Dogs
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

B-sides

YearB-sidePeak positionsOriginal A-side
US Country
[4]
1979"Charlie's Angel"flip"Send Me Down to Tucson"
1982"Where Would I Be" (with Nancy Sinatra)flip"Play Me or Trade Me"

Notes

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