| Ricky Skaggs discography | |
|---|---|
 Ricky Skaggs in 2007. | |
| Studio albums | 32 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 16 |
| Singles | 42 |
| No.1 Single | 11 |
Ricky Skaggs is an American country music and bluegrass singer, musician, producer and composer. He primarily plays mandolin; however, he also plays fiddle, guitar, mandocaster and banjo.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions [1] | Certifications [2] (sales thresholds) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | |||
| That's It! |
| — | — | — | — | |
| Sweet Temptation |
| — | — | — | — | |
| Waitin' for the Sun to Shine |
| 2 | 77 | — | — | |
| Family & Friends |
| 52 | — | — | — | |
| Highways & Heartaches |
| 1 | 61 | — | — |
|
| Don't Cheat in Our Hometown |
| 1 | — | 1 | 87 |
|
| Country Boy |
| 1 | 180 | — | — |
|
| Love's Gonna Get Ya! |
| 3 | — | — | — | |
| Comin' Home to Stay |
| 12 | — | — | — | |
| Kentucky Thunder |
| 18 | — | 27 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions [1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US Grass | US Indie | ||
| My Father's Son |
| 68 | — | — |
| Solid Ground [A] |
| 72 | — | — |
| Life Is a Journey |
| — | — | — |
| Solo (Songs My Dad Loved) |
| 39 | 1 | 46 |
| Mosaic |
| 50 | — | — |
| Country Hits Bluegrass Style |
| 51 | 3 | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| Title | Album details | Artist | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | US Grass | US Indie | |||
| Second Generation Bluegrass |
| Keith Whitley | — | — | — | — |
| That Down Home Feeling |
| Buck White & The Down Home Folks | — | — | — | — |
| One Way Track |
| Boone Creek | — | — | — | — |
| Skaggs & Rice |
| Tony Rice | — | — | — | — |
| Bluegrass Rules! |
| Kentucky Thunder | 45 | — | — | — |
| Ancient Tones |
| 46 | — | — | — | |
| Soldier of the Cross |
| 65 | — | — | — | |
| Big Mon: The Songs of Bill Monroe |
| Various Artists | 42 | — | — | 34 |
| History of the Future |
| Kentucky Thunder | 35 | — | 10 | — |
| Ricky Skaggs and Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe |
| Various Artists | 36 | — | 11 | — |
| The Three Pickers |
| Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson | 24 | 179 | 2 | — |
| Brand New Strings |
| Kentucky Thunder | 60 | — | 1 | — |
| Instrumentals |
| 73 | — | 1 | — | |
| Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby |
| Bruce Hornsby | 37 | — | 1 | — |
| Salt of the Earth |
| The Whites | 45 | — | 1 | 47 |
| Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass: Tribute to 1946 and 1947 |
| Kentucky Thunder | 29 | 191 | 1 | 26 |
| Music to My Ears |
| 52 | — | 2 | — | |
| Hearts Like Ours |
| Sharon White | — | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Grass | ||
| A Skaggs Family Christmas: Volume One |
| — |
| A Skaggs Family Christmas: Volume Two |
| 3 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications [2] (sales thresholds) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US Grass | |||
| Live in London |
| 1 | — |
|
| Live at the Charleston Music Hall (with Kentucky Thunder) |
| 32 | 2 | |
| Cluck Ol' Hen (with Bruce Hornsby) |
| 38 | 1 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | ||
| Favorite Country Songs |
| 24 | 181 |
| Personal Choice |
| — | — |
| Super Hits |
| — | — |
| Country Pride |
| — | — |
| Country Gentleman: The Best of Ricky Skaggs [B] |
| — | — |
| 16 Biggest Hits |
| — | — |
| The Essential Ricky Skaggs |
| — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions [3] | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1979 | "I'll Take the Blame" | 86 | — | Sweet Temptation |
| 1981 | "Don't Get Above Your Raisin'" | 16 | 47 | Waitin' for the Sun to Shine |
| "You May See Me Walkin'" | 9 | 16 | ||
| "Crying My Heart Out Over You" | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1982 | "I Don't Care" | 1 | 2 | |
| "Heartbroke" | 1 | 1 | Highways and Heartaches | |
| "I Wouldn't Change You If I Could" | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1983 | "Highway 40 Blues" | 1 | 1 | |
| "You've Got a Lover" | 2 | 1 | ||
| "Don't Cheat in Our Hometown" | 1 | 1 | Don't Cheat in Our Hometown | |
| 1984 | "Honey (Open That Door)" | 1 | 1 | |
| "Uncle Pen" | 1 | 1 | ||
| "Something in My Heart" | 2 | 1 | Country Boy | |
| 1985 | "Country Boy" | 1 | 1 | |
| "You Make Me Feel Like a Man" | 7 | 8 | Live in London | |
| 1986 | "Cajun Moon" | 1 | 1 | |
| "I've Got a New Heartache" | 10 | 7 | ||
| "Love's Gonna Get You Someday" | 4 | 1 | Love's Gonna Get Ya! | |
| 1987 | "I Wonder If I Care as Much" | 30 | 21 | |
| "Love Can't Ever Get Better Than This" (with Sharon White) | 10 | 7 | ||
| "I'm Tired" | 18 | 6 | Comin' Home to Stay | |
| 1988 | "(Angel on My Mind) That's Why I'm Walkin'" | 33 | 30 | |
| "Thanks Again" | 17 | 10 | ||
| "Old Kind of Love" | 30 | * | ||
| 1989 | "Lovin' Only Me" | 1 | 1 | Kentucky Thunder |
| "Let It Be You" | 5 | 3 | ||
| "Heartbreak Hurricane" | 13 | 5 | ||
| * denotes unknown peak positions | ||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions [3] | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1990 | "Hummingbird" | 20 | 15 | Kentucky Thunder |
| "He Was On to Somethin' (So He Made You)" | 25 | 6 | ||
| 1991 | "Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)" | 37 | 15 | My Father's Son |
| "Same Ol' Love" | 12 | 23 | ||
| 1992 | "From the Word Love" | 43 | 58 | |
| 1995 | "Solid Ground" | 57 | 56 | Solid Ground |
| 1996 | "Back Where We Belong" [4] | — | — | |
| "Cat's in the Cradle" | 45 | 44 | ||
| "When" [5] | — | — | ||
| 2002 | "Halfway Home Cafe" | 56 | — | History of the Future |
| 2003 | "A Simple Life" | — | — | Live at the Charleston Music Hall |
| 2004 | "Spread a Little Love Around" | — | — | Brand New Strings |
| 2005 | "Enjoy the Ride" | — | — | |
| 2010 | "Someday Soon" | — | — | Mosaic |
| 2014 | "Forever's Not Long Enough" (with Sharon White) | — | — | Hearts Like Ours |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | CAN | |||||
| 1991 | "Restless" | Mark O'Connor (with Vince Gill and Steve Wariner) | 25 | 19 | — | The New Nashville Cats | |
| 1998 | "Same Old Train" | Various Artists | 59 | — | — | Tribute to Tradition | |
| 2014 | "Make You Mine" | High Valley | — | 5 | 58 | County Line | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | "Don't Get Above Your Raisin'" | |
| 1982 | "Heartbroke" | |
| 1984 | "Honey (Open That Door)" | Martin Kahan |
| 1985 | "Country Boy" (with Bill Monroe) | |
| "You Make Me Feel Like a Man" | ||
| 1986 | "Cajun Moon" | |
| "New Star Shining" (with James Taylor) | Jon Small | |
| 1989 | "Let It Be You" | Jack Cole |
| 1991 | "Restless" (with Mark O'Connor, Vince Gill, and Steve Wariner) | |
| "Life's Too Long (To Live Like This)" | Doug Freel | |
| 1992 | "Same Ol' Love" | Steve Gebhardt |
| "From the Word Love" | Wayne Miller | |
| 1994 | "The Mind of Christ" | Stan Strickland |
| 1995 | "Solid Ground" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 1996 | "Step of Faith" (with Carman) | Steve Yake |
| "Cat's in the Cradle" | Daniel Pearl/Ricky Skaggs/Stan Strickland | |
| 1998 | "Same Old Train" (Various Artists) | Steve Boyle |
| 2005 | "Love Came Gently" | Marie Najame |
| 2008 | "Old Enough" (with The Raconteurs and Ashley Monroe) | Autumn de Wilde |
| 2011 | "Somebody's Prayin' |
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"Go Rest High on That Mountain" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in August 1995 as the sixth single from his album When Love Finds You. It is a eulogic ballad. Gill began writing the song following the death of country music singer Keith Whitley in 1989. Gill did not finish the song until a few years later following the death of his older brother Bob of a heart attack in 1993. Ricky Skaggs and Patty Loveless both sang background vocals on the record.
"How Blue" is a song written by John Moffat, and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released in September 1984 as the first single from the album My Kind of Country. It was her third number one single on the Billboard country music chart and would be the first of a series of number one singles during the 1980s and 1990s.
"Somebody Should Leave" is a song written by Harlan Howard and Chick Rains, and recorded by American country music artist, Reba McEntire. It was released in January 1985 as the second single from her album My Kind of Country. It was McEntire's second number one single in a row on the Billboard country music chart, being the first of a series of number one singles McEntire would acquire under MCA.
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"Uncle Pen" is a song written and originally recorded by Bill Monroe. Besides Monroe, the song was recorded by Porter Wagoner in 1956, Goose Creek Symphony in 1971, Michael Nesmith of The Monkees in 1973 on his solo album Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash, and Ricky Skaggs in 1984. The song was Skaggs' ninth #1 single on the country chart. The single went to #1 for one week and spent a total of 13 weeks on the country chart. Bill Monroe played a character named "Uncle Pen" disappointed at the citification of Ricky Skaggs in the 1985 video for "Country Boy". The improvisational-rock band Phish has performed their version of "Uncle Pen" over 200 times in the band's 30+ year career. Leon Russell recorded the song as "Hank Wilson" in 1973.
"Country Boy" is a song written by Tony Colton, Albert Lee, and Ray Smith of the British band Heads Hands & Feet, and recorded by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in February 1985 as the second single and title track from the album Country Boy. The song was Skaggs' ninth #1 country hit. The single went to #1 for one week and spent a total of 13 weeks on the country chart.
Highways & Heartaches is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1982 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
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Live in London is the first live album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1985 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.