Rolf Harris discography

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Rolf Harris discography
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Studio albums30
Live albums2
Compilation albums4
Singles48

The discography of Australian musician, singer-songwriter, painter and television personality Rolf Harris consists of 30 studio albums, 2 live albums, 4 compilation albums, and 48 singles. He often used unusual instruments in his performances: he played the didgeridoo and the stylophone and is credited with the invention of the wobble board. Harris also collaborated with other artists, including Kate Bush, Rick Parfitt, and The Wiggles.

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Harris began his career in music in the 1950s, releasing several songs including "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" (a Top 10 hit in Australia, the UK, and the US), "Sun Arise", "Jake the Peg", and his recording of "Two Little Boys" (which reached number 1 in the UK). In 1993, Harris did a cover of the Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven", featuring didgeridoo and wobble board. His last song was the 2009 Christmas song "Christmas in the Sun". Harris was convicted in England in 2014 of the sexual assault of four underage girls, which effectively ended his career.

In 1960, Harris' single "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" reached number 1 in Australia, and in 1969 "Two Little Boys" reached number 1 on both the Irish and UK charts. Harris is credited with inventing a simple homemade instrument called the wobble board. As well as his beatboxing, similar to eefing, Harris went on to use an array of unusual instruments in his music, including the didgeridoo (the sound of which was imitated on "Sun Arise" by four double basses), the Jew's harp and, later, the stylophone (for which he also lent his name and likeness for advertising).

Albums

Studio albums

YearTitleNotes
1959Rolf Harris Sings at the Down Under Club
  • Label: Queensway
1963Sun Arise
The Original Sun Arise
  • Label: Epic
1964The Court of King Caractacus
  • Label: Epic
1965All Together Now
  • Label: MFP
1966To My Darling Ronza
  • Label: Epic
Man with the Microphone
Shamus O'Sean the Leprechaun
  • Label: MFP
1968It's a Rolf World
The Rolf Harris Show
  • Label: Columbia
1970Mary's Boy Child
  • Label: Columbia
1971Instant Music
  • Label: Columbia
Jake the Peg in Vancouver Town
  • Label: Capitol
1972The Boy from Bassendean
  • Label: Rolf Harris Enterprises
1973In Many Moods
  • Label: Columbia
You Name It
  • Label: Capitol
Canadian release
1975She'll Be Right
  • Label: Festival, EMI
Reissued in circa 1999
1976Mirrored Image
  • Label: EMI
Turn On
  • Label: Capitol Records
Canadian release
1979Rolf on Saturday OK?
  • Label: BBC
1987Cartoon Time Favourites
  • Label:
1991Ideal
  • Label: EMI
1992Rolf Rules OK!
  • Label: Polygram Music / Australian Broadcasting Corporation
1996Animal Magic
  • Label: EMI
1997Can You Tell What It Is Yet?
  • Label: EMI
1999Bootleg
  • Label: Rolf Harris Enterprises
200070/30
  • Label: Rolf Harris Enterprises
2001King Rolf
  • Label: Disky
2004Now and Then – The New and the Vintage
  • Label: Rolf Harris Enterprises
2006A Portrait in Song
  • Label: ABC Music
As 'Rolf Harris and Friends'

Live albums

YearTitle
1966At the Cave, Vancouver (live)
  • Label: Capitol
1969Rolf Harris Live! At the Talk of the Town
  • Label: Columbia

Compilation albums

YearTitleNotes
1994The Definitive Rolf Harris
  • Label: EMI
2000The Best of Rolf Harris
  • Label: EMI
2006Songs for Kids
  • Label: ABC for Kids, Roadshow
Featured "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" with The Wiggles
2008The Platinum Collection
  • Label: EMI Gold

Singles

Date [5] TitleUK Catalogue No.
21 July 1960"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" / "Nick Teen and Al K. Hall"Columbia 45-DB 4483
1961"Tame Eagle" / "Uncomfortable Yogi"Columbia 45-DB 4556
"Six White Boomers" / "I've Lost My Mummy"Columbia 45-DB 4740
25 October 1962"Sun Arise" / "Someone's Pinched My Winkles"Columbia 45-DB 4888
28 February 1963"Johnny Day" / "In the Wet"Columbia 45-DB 4979
1963"I Know A Man" / "Living It Up"Columbia DB 7064
1964"Ringo for President" / "Head Hunter"Columbia DB 7349
"The Court of King Caractacus" / "The Five Young Apprentices"Columbia DB 7450
1965"Iko Iko" / "Sydney Town"Columbia DB 7554
"War Canoe" / "Linda"Columbia DB 7669
"Jake the Peg" / "Big Dog"Columbia DB 7803
1966"Hev Yew Gotta Loight, Boy?" / "Animals Pop Party"Columbia DB 8014
1967"Fijian Girl" / "You Got What It Takes"Columbia DB 8168
"If I Was a Richman" / "Borroloola"Columbia DB 8191
"I've Never Seen Anything Like It" / "Willy, Willy"Columbia DB 8285
"Pukka Chicken" / "Here Come the Bees (Love Has Gone)"Columbia DB 8314
1968"Hurry Home" / "Paris with You"Columbia DB 8349
13 September 1968"The Bloke That Invented Beer" / "Have a Beer"Columbia DB 8475
16 April 1969"Bluer Than Blue" / "The Monster"Columbia DB 8553
1969"Jag är Sven Gren (Med Ett Extra Ben)" / "Släpp Min Känguru Ut, Rut!"Columbia DB 2457
22 November 1969"Two Little Boys" / "I Love My Love"Columbia DB 8630
1970"Tennessee Birdwalk" / "Ned Kelly"Columbia DB 8700
"Mary's Boy Child" / "Christmas Is Here"Columbia DB 8730
1971"Take Back the Things (That We Said)" / "Salvation Army Citadel"Columbia DB 8762
"Vancouver Town '71" /Capitol 72645-F
"A Ram Sam Sam" / "Go Back Home"Columbia DB 8838
1972"So Earlye in the Evenin'" / "Watch Your Step"Columbia DB 8876
"She'll Be Right" / "Jindabyne"Columbia DB 8961
"Tutankamun" / "A Friend Like Me"Columbia DB 8905
1974"Papillon" / "Relax With Rolf"EMI 2154
"Little Pal" / "Lazy Day"EMI 2238
4 April 1975"Presbyterian Church" / "Black Midnight Swamp"EMI 2286
1975"Happy Birthday, Father Christmas" / "MacAdam"EMI 2380
1976"Yarrabangee" / "Yarrabangee" (Inst.)EMI 2462
1978"Back To W.A." / "Old Man Emu"Interfusion K7322
1979"Stuck to the Ice" / "The Gendarmes' Duet" (With Crom Harris)Columbia DB 9069
1981"Hey Jimmy Johnson" / "Ginger Tom"Rolf Harris Enterprides RHE 1
"War Canoe" / "Linda" (Re-Issue)EMI 5244
1982"The Dreaming" / "Dreamtime" (Kate Bush, both tracks feature Rolf on didgeridoo)EMI 5296
1985"Tommy (From 88 Pine)" / "Pavlova"Tembo Records TML 111
1987"Heigh Ho/Whistle While You Work" / "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"BBC Records and Tapes REH642
1991"Stylophonia" / "Stylophonia" (Land of Aus Instru-Mental)
(Two Little Boys, featuring sampled Rolf Harris vocal. Rolf performed and promoted the song on T.V.)
T.A. Scam Recordings MFD 005
"Sun Arise" / "Two Little Boys" (Re-Issue)EMI EM 210
1992"Stylophonia" ('92 Vocal Re-edit)/ "Stylophonia"
(Two Little Boys, featuring sampled Rolf Harris vocal. Rolf performed and promoted the song on T.V.)
T.A. Scam Recordings MFD 005
13 February 1993"Stairway to Heaven" / "Stairway to Heaven" (By The Australian Doors)Vertigo VER 73
12 December 1995"Ego Sum Pauper" / "Ego Sum Pauper" (Rolfamix) / "Old Shep"Rolf Harris Enterprises CD RHE 9
1 June 1996"Bohemian Rhapsody" / "This Is a Didgeridoo"Living Beat LBECD 41
25 October 1997"Sun Arise" / "Sun Arise" (808 State Remix)EMI CDROO 001
14 October 2000"Fine Day" / "Fine Day" (Remix)Tommy Boy TBCD 2155
7 December 2009"Christmas in the Sun" with Rick Parfitt

Charting singles

YearTitleChart positions
AUS
[6] [3]
CAN
[7]
IRE
[8]
NZ
[9]
UK
[4]
US
[10]
1960"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport"193*
"Nick Teen and Al K. Hall"
(B-side of "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport")
95
"The Big Black Hat"42
"Six White Boomers"12
1961"Sun Arise"61361
"Tie Me Kangaroo Down Cha Cha"
(Australian B-side of "Sun Arise")
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1963"Johnny Day"44
1964"The Court of King Caractacus"32116
"Ringo for President"85
1965"Sydney Town"53
1966"Jake the Peg"2353 [upper-alpha 1]
"Big Dog"
(B-side of "Jake the Peg")
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"Hey Yew Gotta Loight, Boy?" (Allan Smethurst)8854 [upper-alpha 1]
1968"Hurry Home"58
1969"Bluer Than Blue"30
"Two Little Boys"711119
1971"Vancouver Town '71"68
"Salvation Army Citadel"67
1979"Back to W.A."66
1982"The Dreaming"
(Kate Bush, features Rolf on didgeridoo)
9148
1993"Stairway to Heaven"7310227
1995"Ego Sum Pauper"83
1996"Bohemian Rhapsody"50
1997"Sun Arise" (Re-Recording)26
2000"Fine Day"24

Notes

  1. 1 2 Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

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