The Statler Brothers discography

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The Statler Brothers discography
Studio albums37
Live albums3
Compilation albums18
Music videos14
Singles83

The discography of American country music group The Statler Brothers consists of 37 studio albums, 18 compilation albums, three live albums, 83 singles, and 14 music videos. The group debuted in 1965 with "Flowers on the Wall", a number two Billboard Hot Country Songs and number four Hot 100 hit. Although they never made top 40 on the Hot 100 again, The Statler Brothers continued to chart on Hot Country Songs until 1990, reaching number one with "Do You Know You Are My Sunshine" in 1978, "Elizabeth" in 1984, and "My Only Love" and "Too Much on My Heart", both in 1985.

Contents

All studio albums listed have been issued on compact disc at some point, with the exception of Harold, Lew, Phil and Don; Short Stories ; The Originals ; and The Legend Goes On . The first eight Mercury titles (not counting the album released under the Lester "Roadhog" Moran and the Cadillac Cowboys moniker) were made available in a box-set release titled The Complete Original Albums Collection (2012); this marked the first CD appearance of five of those albums.

Studio albums

1960s and 1970s

TitleDetailsPeak positions Certifications
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
CAN Country
[3]
Flowers on the Wall 10125
Sing the Big Hits
  • Release date: 1967
  • Label: Columbia
16
How Great Thou Art
  • Release date: 1969
  • Label: Columbia
Bed of Rose's 5126
Pictures of Moments to Remember
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: Mercury
16181
Innerview
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: Mercury
12
Country Music Then and Now
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: Mercury
7
Country Symphonies in E Major
  • Release date: 1972
  • Label: Mercury
11
Carry Me Back
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: Mercury
11
Thank You World
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: Mercury
36
Alive at the Johnny Mack Brown High School
(as Lester "Roadhog" Moran and the Cadillac Cowboys)
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: Mercury
Sons of the Motherland
  • Release date: 1974
  • Label: Mercury
29
Holy Bible Old Testament
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: Mercury
26
Holy Bible New Testament
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: Mercury
22
Harold, Lew, Phil and Don
  • Release date: 1976
  • Label: Mercury
21
Country America Loves
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: Mercury
10
Short Stories
  • Release date: 1977
  • Label: Mercury
21
Entertainers...On and Off the Record
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: Mercury
5155
Christmas Card
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: Mercury
17183
  • US: Platinum [7]
The Originals
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: Mercury
818321
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

TitleDetailsPeak positions Certifications
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
CAN Country
[3]
10th Anniversary
  • Release date: 1980
  • Label: Mercury
13169
Years Ago
  • Release date: 1981
  • Label: Mercury
9103
The Legend Goes On
  • Release date: 1982
  • Label: Mercury
17201
Today
  • Release date: 1983
  • Label: Mercury
1019316
Atlanta Blue
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: Mercury
8177
Pardners in Rhyme
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: Mercury
1
Christmas Present
  • Release date: 1985
  • Label: Mercury
42
Four for the Show
  • Release date: 1986
  • Label: Mercury
7183
Radio Gospel Favorites
  • Release date: 1986
  • Label: Mercury
31
Maple Street Memories
  • Release date: 1987
  • Label: Mercury
9
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s and 2000s

TitleDetailsPeak positions Certifications
US Country
[1]
Music, Memories, and You
  • Release date: 1990
  • Label: Mercury
31
All American Country
  • Release date: 1991
  • Label: Mercury
67
Words and Music
  • Release date: 1992
  • Label: Mercury
Gospel Favorites
  • Release date: 1992
  • Label: Mercury
Home
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: Mercury
Showtime
  • Release date: 2001
  • Label: Crossroads
Amen
  • Release date: 2002
  • Label: Crossroads
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleDetailsPeak positions Certifications
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
The World of the Statler Brothers
  • Release date: 1973
  • Label: Columbia
The Best of the Statler Bros.
  • Release date: 1975
  • Label: Mercury
2121
Holy Bible: The Old and New Testaments
  • Release date: 1978
  • Label: Mercury
44
The Best of the Statler Bros. Rides Again, Vol. II
  • Release date: 1979
  • Label: Mercury
4
The Statlers' Greatest Hits
  • Release date: 1988
  • Label: Mercury
21
30th Anniversary Celebration
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: Mercury
The Complete Lester "Roadhog" Moran & The Cadillac Cowboys
  • Release date: 1994
  • Label: Mercury
Legendary Country Singers
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: Time Life Music
The Statler Brothers Sing the Classics
  • Release date: 1995
  • Label: Heartland Music
The Gospel Spirit
  • Release date: August 24, 2004
  • Label: Mercury Nashville
20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of the Statler Brothers
  • Release date: September 21, 2004
  • Label: Mercury Nashville
The Definitive Collection
  • Release date: April 19, 2005
  • Label: Mercury Nashville
Gold
  • Release date: January 10, 2006
  • Label: Mercury Nashville
The Gospel Music of
the Statler Brothers Volume 1
  • Release date: May 18, 2010
  • Label: Gaither Music Group
16113
The Gospel Music of
the Statler Brothers Volume 2
  • Release date: May 18, 2010
  • Label: Gaither Music Group
17116
Icon
  • Release date: November 2, 2010
  • Label: Mercury Nashville
The Complete Original Albums Collection
  • Release date: 2012
  • Label: Reader's Digest Music
The Complete Mercury Christmas Recordings
  • Release date: November 4, 2014
  • Label: Real Gone Music
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

TitleDetailsPeak positions
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
Live and Sold Out
  • Release date: 1989
  • Label: Mercury
40
Farewell Concert
  • Release date: 2003
  • Label: Compendia
Best from the Farewell Concert
  • Release date: 2013
  • Label: Gaither Music Group
24145
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1960s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[17]
US
[17]
CAN
[18]
1964"The Wreck of the Old 97"Non-album single
"I Still Miss Someone"Flowers on the Wall
1965"Flowers on the Wall"241
"My Darling Hildegard"11058
1966"Green Grass" [lower-alpha 1] Non-album singles
"The Right One"30
"That'll Be the Day"37
1967"Ruthless"10Sing the Big Hits
"You Can't Have Your Kate and Edith, Too"10
1968"Jump for Joy"60Non-album singles
"Sissy"75
1969"I'm the Boy"60
"Oh Happy Day"How Great Thou Art
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[17]
US
[17]
CAN Country
[18]
CAN
[21]
1970"Bed of Rose's"958386Bed of Rose's
1971"New York City"1934
"Pictures"1327Pictures of Moments to Remember
"You Can't Go Home"2336
1972"Do You Remember These"2105Innerview
"The Class of '57"63Country Music Then and Now
1973"Monday Morning Secretary"2010Country Symphonies in E Major
"Woman Without a Home"2922
"Carry Me Back"269Carry Me Back
1974"Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott"2232
"Thank You World"3145Thank You World
"Susan When She Tried"1518Sons of the Motherland
1975"All American Girl"3136
"I'll Go to My Grave Loving You"3931The Best of the Statler Bros.
1976"How Great Thou Art"3929Holy Bible New Testament
"Your Picture in the Paper"1319Harold, Lew, Phil and Don
"Thank God I've Got You"10Country America Loves
1977"The Movies"1015
"I Was There"88
"Silver Medals and Sweet Memories"1810Short Stories
"Some I Wrote"1745
1978"Do You Know You Are My Sunshine"15Entertainers...On and Off the Record
"Who Am I to Say"360
"The Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell"57
"I Believe in Santa's Cause"Christmas Card
1979"How to Be a Country Star"718The Originals
"Here We Are Again"1128
"Nothing as Original as You"1033
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1980s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[17]
CAN Country
[18]
1980"(I'll Even Love You) Better Than I Did Then"88The Best of the Statler Bros. Rides Again, Vol. II
"Charlotte's Web"52710th Anniversary
"Don't Forget Yourself"13
1981"In the Garden"35Years Ago
"Don't Wait on Me"536
"Years Ago"12
1982"You'll Be Back (Every Night in My Dreams)"3
"Whatever"713The Legend Goes On
"A Child of the Fifties"17
1983"Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)"226Today
"Guilty"916
"Elizabeth"112
1984"Atlanta Blue"32Atlanta Blue
"One Takes the Blame"820
"My Only Love"13
1985"Hello Mary Lou"33Pardners in Rhyme
"Too Much on My Heart"11
"Christmas Eve (Kodia's Theme)"Christmas Present
1986"Sweeter and Sweeter"834Pardners in Rhyme
"Count On Me"54Four for the Show
"Only You"36
"Forever"711
1987"I'll Be the One"1024Maple Street Memories
"Maple Street Mem'ries"42
1988"The Best I Know How"1533
"Am I Crazy?"27
"Let's Get Started If We're Gonna Break My Heart"1224The Statlers' Greatest Hits
1989"Moon Pretty Moon"3658
"More Than a Name on a Wall"613
"Don't Wait on Me" (Live)67Live and Sold Out
"A Hurt I Can't Handle"5664
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s and 2000s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
[17]
CAN Country
[18]
1990"Walking Heartache in Disguise" [lower-alpha 2] Live and Sold Out
"Small Small World"5436Music, Memories and You
"Nobody Else" [23]
1991"Remember Me" [24] All American Country
"You've Been Like a Mother to Me" [25]
"There's Still Times" [26]
"Put It on the Card" [27]
1992"Nobody Loves Here Anymore" [28] Words and Music
"Same Way Everytime"
1993"What We Love to Do"Home
2001"It Should Have Been Me"Showtime
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

YearSong titleDirector
1982"Whatever"
1983"Guilty"
1984"Elizabeth"
"Atlanta Blue"Marc Ball
1985"My Only Love"Jim Owens
"Sweeter and Sweeter"
"Christmas Eve (Kodia's Theme)"
1986"Only You"Billy Galvin
1987"Maple Street Mem'ries"
1988"Let's Get Started If We're Gonna Break My Heart" Michael Salomon
1990"Small, Small World" Deaton Flanigen
"Nobody Else"
1991"You've Been Like a Mother to Me"
1993"What We Love to Do"

See also

Notes

  1. "Green Grass" was quickly withdrawn at the request of the song's publisher to make way for Gary Lewis' recording. [19] [20] The single was reissued with the same catalog number (Columbia 4-43624), but with "The Right One" replacing the song in question. [19] [20]
  2. "Walking Heartache in Disguise" did not chart on Hot Country Songs, but peaked at No. 8 on Hot Country Radio Breakouts. [22]

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