The Kentucky Headhunters discography

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The Kentucky Headhunters discography
Studio albums9
Compilation albums6
Music videos14
Singles27

The Kentucky Headhunters are an American country rock & southern rock band founded in 1968 as Itchy Brother. The band's discography comprises nine studio albums, six compilation albums, two video compilations and 27 singles. Of their albums, their 1989 debut Pickin' on Nashville is certified double platinum in the United States and Canada, while 1991's Electric Barnyard has a gold certification in both countries. Of the band's singles, four have reached Top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Their highest chart peak is the number 8 "Oh Lonesome Me", which was originally a Number One single for Don Gibson.

Contents

Studio albums

1980s and 1990s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
[1]
CAN
[2]
Pickin' on Nashville 241
Electric Barnyard
  • Release date: April 2, 1991
  • Label: Mercury Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
32979
Rave On!
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: Mercury Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
22102
Stompin' Grounds
  • Release date: April 29, 1997
  • Label: BNA Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s – 2020s

TitleAlbum detailsPeak positions
US Country
[1]
Songs from the Grass String Ranch
Soul
  • Release date: May 6, 2003
  • Label: Audium Entertainment
  • Formats: CD
Big Boss Man
  • Release date: June 21, 2005
  • Label: CBuJ Entertainment
  • Formats: CD
Dixie Lullabies
  • Release date: October 18, 2011
  • Label: Red Dirt
  • Formats: CD
75
On Safari
  • Release date: November 4, 2016
  • Label: Plowboy
  • Formats: CD, music download
That's a Fact Jack!
  • Release date: October 2, 2021
  • Label: Practice House
  • Formats: CD, music download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum details
The Best of The Kentucky Headhunters:
Still Pickin'
  • Release date: September 20, 1994
  • Label: Mercury Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Flying Under the Radar
  • Release date: June 13, 2006
  • Label: CBuJ Entertainment
  • Formats: CD
Authorized Bootleg: Live – Agara Ballroom – Cleveland, Ohio
The Kentucky Headhunters
  • Release date: December 8, 2011
  • Label: Hickory Records
  • Formats: music download
Snapshot: Kentucky Headhunters
  • Release date: June 23, 2014
  • Label: Hickory Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
Dixie Fried : The Best of The Mercury Years
  • Release date: October 12, 2018
  • Label: Wrasse Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
Live at the Ramblin' Man Fair
  • Release date: January 11, 2019
  • Label: Alligator Records
  • Formats: CD, music download

Collaborative albums

TitleAlbum details
That'll Work
(with Johnnie Johnson)
Meet Me in Bluesland
(with Johnnie Johnson)

Singles

1970s – 1990s

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[7]
CAN Country
[8]
1973"Shotgun Effie" (as Itchy Brother)
1989"Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine"25Pickin' on Nashville
1990"Dumas Walker"1554
"Oh Lonesome Me"819
"Rock 'n' Roll Angel"2330
1991"The Ballad of Davy Crockett"4982Electric Barnyard
"With Body and Soul"5630
"It's Chitlin' Time"6388
"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"60
1992"Let's Work Together" Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (soundtrack)
1993"Honky Tonk Walkin'"5477Rave On!!
"Blue Moon of Kentucky"
"Dixie Fried"71
1994"Sunday Blues" (with Johnnie Johnson)That'll Work
"Stumblin" (with Johnnie Johnson)
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"Shared Vision: The Songs of the Beatles
1997"Singin' the Blues"70Stompin' Grounds
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s – 2020s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[7]
2000"Too Much to Lose"66Songs from the Grass String Ranch
2001"Louisianna CoCo" [9]
2002"Love That Woman"
2003"Lonely Nights"Soul
2005"Big Boss Man"Big Boss Man
2006"Chug-a-Lug"
"Take These Chains from My Heart"
2011"Great Acoustics" [10] Dixie Lullabies
2016"Crazy Jim"On Safari
2017"God Loves a Rolling Stone" [11]
2018"Beaver Creek Mansion"
2021"How Could I" [12] That's a Fact Jack!
"That's a Fact Jack" [13]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Videography

Music videos

YearVideoDirector
1989"Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine" John Lloyd Miller
1990"Dumas Walker"
"Oh Lonesome Me" [14]
1991"The Ballad of Davy Crockett" [15]
"It's Chitlin' Time" [16] Sherman Halsey
"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line" [17] Retta Harvey
1992"Let's Work Together"Simon Wincer
1993"Honky Tonk Walkin'" [18] John Lloyd Miller
"Dixie Fried"
1997"Singin' the Blues" [19]
2000"Too Much to Lose"Brent Hedgecock
2001"Louisianna CoCo" [20] Jerad Sloan
2005"Big Boss Man" [21] Stephen Shepherd
2012"Great Acoustics" [22] Stacie Huckeba
2015"Stumblin'"Norry Niven

Video compilations

TitleAlbum details Certifications
(sales threshold)
Pickin' on Nashville: Videos
  • Release date: July 1, 1991
  • Label: Mercury Records
  • Formats: VHS
  • US: Gold
Best Pickin's
  • Release date: October 18, 1994
  • Label: Mercury Records
  • Formats: VHS

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