George Jones singles discography
| George Jones discography | |
|---|---|
 Jones performing at Harrah's Metropolis in Metropolis, Illinois in June 2002 | |
| Music videos | 21 |
| Singles | 134 |
| Top 10 single | 69 |
| No.1 single | 10 |
George Jones was an American country music singer-songwriter who has been widely regarded as "The Greatest Country Music Singer," and an extremely influential one. His voice has become iconic to country, as he inspired artists like Ricky Van Shelton, Alan Jackson, Vince Gill, Patty Loveless, and even other artists like Gram Parsons and Bob Dylan.
George Jones' first releases were made in 1954; he started off as a 22-year-old honky-tonk Hank Williams imitator who couldn't find his own image. It wasn't until the early-mid 1960s that his voice matured into his very own, and he released multiple No. 1 hits. During the 1960s, he was one of the busiest recording artists in country music. By the late-1970s Jones become addicted to cocaine, in addition to his excessive drinking, and the combination of the drugs and excessive alcohol took it's toll and contributed to missing concerts and tours often. Also, according to Jones' 1996 autobiography, shady concert promoters in the late '70s and early '80s would deliberately book the singer in multiple places on the same night...knowing he wouldn't be there. His commercial career was revitalized in the spring of 1980 after he released his most famous classic: "He Stopped Loving Her Today." The song resumed Jones' success just as he had gotten clean of his near-fatal cocaine addiction. He met his future wife, Nancy, in 1981 and they married in early 1983. She single handedly took control of her new husband's resurgent career and she became his manager. Anyone in the music industry that wanted contact with George Jones now had to go through his wife. Jones' career flourished throughout the 1980s and well into the 1990s. Country radio turned their back on the singer by the early 1990s but he continued making records and touring all over the country and Canada. Since the release of "He Stopped Loving Her Today", which has been titled as The Greatest Country Song, Jones has become a beloved figure in music. When he died in April 2013, he had charted more songs than any other country music artist.
The following is a chronicle of singles released by George Jones. The releases cover his first to last releases from 1954 and on:
Singles[]
1950s[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | |||
| 1954 | "No Money in This Deal" | — | — | N/A |
| "Play It Cool, Man" | — | — | Grand Ole Opry's New Star | |
| "You All Goodnight" | — | — | The Crown Prince of Country Music | |
| "Let Him Know" | — | — | The Grand Ole Opry's New Star | |
| 1955 | "Hold Everything" | — | — | |
| "Why Baby Why" | 4 | — | ||
| 1956 | "What Am I Worth" | 7 | — | |
| "I'm Ragged But I'm Right" | — | — | ||
| "You Gotta Be My Baby" | 7 | — | ||
| "Boat of Life" | — | — | ||
| "Just One More" | 3 | — | 14 Top Country Favorites | |
| 1957 | "Don't Stop the Music" | 10 | — | |
| "Too Much Water" | 13 | — | ||
| "Tall, Tall Trees" | — | — | The Novelty Side of George Jones | |
| "Cup of Loneliness" | — | — | Country Church Time | |
| "A New Baby for Christmas" | — | — | N/A | |
| 1958 | "Color of the Blues" | 7 | — | Blue & Lonesome |
| "I'm With the Wrong One" | — | — | White Lightning and Other Favorites | |
| "Wandering Soul" | — | — | ||
| "Treasure of Love" | 6 | — | N/A | |
| 1959 | "White Lightning" | 1 | 73 | White Lightning and Other Favorites |
| "Who Shot Sam" | 7 | 93 | N/A | |
| "Big Harlan Taylor" | 19 | — | Singing the Blues | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
1960s[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | |||
| 1960 | "Accidentally On Purpose" | 16 | — | — | The Fabulous Country Music Sound |
| "Have Mercy on Me" | — | — | — | The Great George Jones | |
| "Out of Control" | 25 | — | — | Country and Western No. 1 Male Singer | |
| "The Window Up Above" | 2 | — | — | Sings Country and Western Hits | |
| 1961 | "Family Bible" | 16 | — | — | Cup of Loneliness |
| "Tender Years" | 1 | 76 | — | Sings from the Heart | |
| 1962 | "Aching, Breaking Heart" | 5 | — | — | |
| "She Thinks I Still Care" | 1 | — | — | The New Favorites of George Jones | |
| "Beacon In the Night" | — | — | — | Homecoming in Heaven | |
| "Open Pit Mine" | 13 | — | — | The New Favorites of George Jones | |
| "A Girl I Used to Know" (George Jones and the Jones Boys) | 3 | — | — | Sings More New Favorites | |
| "Lonely Christmas Call" (George Jones and the Jones Boys) | — | — | — | N/A | |
| 1963 | "Not What I Had in Mind" (George Jones and the Jones Boys) | 7 | — | — | Sings More New Favorites |
| "You Comb Her Hair" | 5 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | "Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right)" | 5 | — | — | |
| "Where Does a Little Tear Come From" | 10 | — | — | I Get Lonely in a Hurry | |
| "The Race Is On" | 3 | 96 | — | ||
| 1965 | "Least of All" | 15 | — | — | |
| "Love Bug" | 6 | — | — | New Country Hits | |
| "Take Me" | 8 | — | — | Love Bug | |
| 1966 | "I'm a People" | 6 | — | — | I'm a People |
| "Old Brush Arbors" | 30 | — | — | Old Brush Arbors | |
| "Four-O-Thirty-Three" | 5 | — | — | We Found Heaven Right Here On Earth At "4033" | |
| 1967 | "Walk Through This World with Me" | 1 | — | — | |
| "I Can't Get There from Here" | 5 | — | — | Sings The Songs Of Dallas Frazier | |
| "If My Heart Had Windows" | 7 | — | — | If My Heart Had Windows | |
| 1968 | "Say It's Not You" | 8 | — | — | |
| "Small Time Laboring Man" | 35 | — | — | Cup of Loneliness | |
| "As Long as I Live" | 3 | — | 6 | My Country | |
| "Milwaukee, Here I Come" (with Brenda Carter) | 12 | — | — | I'll Share My World with You | |
| "When the Grass Grows Over Me"' | 2 | — | 2 | ||
| 1969 | "I'll Share My World with You" | 2 | 124 | 2 | |
| "If Not for You" | 6 | — | 16 | Where Grass Won't Grow | |
| "She's Mine" | 6 | — | 33 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
1970s[]
1980s[]
1990s[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1990 | "Hell Stays Open (All Night Long)" | —[b] | — | You Oughta Be Here with Me |
| "Six Foot Deep, Six Foot Down" | —[c] | — | ||
| 1991 | "All Fall Down" (with Emmylou Harris) | — | 84 | Friends in High Places |
| "You Couldn't Get the Picture" | 32 | 52 | And Along Came Jones | |
| 1992 | "She Loved a Lot in Her Time" | 55 | 82 | |
| "Honky Tonk Myself to Death" | 60 | 98 | ||
| "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" | 34 | 63 | Walls Can Fall | |
| 1993 | "Wrong's What I Do Best" | 65 | — | |
| "Walls Can Fall"[4] | — | — | ||
| "High-Tech Redneck" | 24 | 62 | High-Tech Redneck | |
| 1994 | "Never Bit a Bullet Like This" (with Sammy Kershaw) | 52 | — | |
| "A Good Year for the Roses" (with Alan Jackson) | 56 | 65 | The Bradley Barn Sessions | |
| 1996 | "Honky Tonk Song" | 66 | — | I Lived to Tell It All |
| "Billy B. Bad"[5] | — | — | ||
| 1998 | "Wild Irish Rose"[6] | — | — | It Don't Get Any Better Than This |
| 1999 | "Choices" | 30 | 30 | Cold Hard Truth |
| "The Cold Hard Truth" | 45 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
2000s[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | |||
| 2000 | "Sinners and Saints" | 55 | — | Cold Hard Truth |
| "Our Bed of Roses" | — | — | ||
| 2001 | "The Man He Was" | 47 | — | The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001 |
| "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)" (with Garth Brooks) | 24 | 118 | ||
| 2002 | "50,000 Names" | 55 | — | |
| 2005 | "The Blues Man" (with Dolly Parton) | — | — | Hits I Missed…And One I Didn't |
| 2006 | "Funny How Time Slips Away" | — | — | |
| "God's Country" | — | — | God's Country: George Jones and Friends | |
| 2008 | "You and Me and Time" (with Georgette Jones) | — | — | Burn Your Playhouse Down - The Unreleased Duets |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Other singles[]
Thumper Jones[]
Because of the heat Starday Records was feeling from the current mainstream popularity of rock n' roll in 1956, Jones was requested to do a rock n' roll slide himself. Hesitantly, he agreed to record the songs and release them under the name 'Thumper Jones'. He later regretted ever cutting the songs and tried to buy all of the copies he could so that it wouldn't surface again, however, unsuccessfully.
| Year | Single |
|---|---|
| 1956 | "Rock It" |
Promotional singles[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||
| 1962 | "You're Still on My Mind" | 28 | — | Country and Western No. 1 Male Singer |
| 1964 | "The Last Town I Painted" | 39 | — | The Ballad Side |
| 1965 | "Wrong Number" | 14 | — | Sings More New Favorites |
| "What's Money" | 40 | — | N/A | |
| 1966 | "World's Worst Loser" | 46 | — | Race Is On |
| 1972 | "A Day in the Life of a Fool" | 30 | — | George Jones with Love |
| "Wrapped Around Her Finger" | 46 | 48 | Wrapped Around Her Finger | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Other charted songs[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | |||
| 2013 | "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (re-entry) | 21 | I Am What I Am |
Collaborations[]
| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | ||||
| 1954 | "Wrong About You" | Sonny Burns | — | — | — | N/A |
| "Heartbroken Me" | — | — | — | The Crown Prince of Country Music | ||
| 1957 | "Yearning" | Jennette Hicks | 10 | — | — | The Grand Ole Opry's New Star |
| "Flame In My Heart" | Virginia Spurlock | — | — | — | White Lightning and Other Favorites | |
| 1961 | "Did I Ever Tell You" | Margie Singleton | 15 | — | — | Duets Country Style |
| 1962 | "Waltz of the Angels" | 11 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" | Melba Montgomery | 3 | — | — | What's in Our Heart |
| "Let's Invite Them Over" | 17 | — | — | What's in Our Heart | ||
| 1964 | "Please Be My Love" | 31 | — | — | Bluegrass Hootenanny | |
| "Multiply the Heartaches" | 25 | — | — | What's in Our Heart | ||
| 1965 | "Things Have Gone to Pieces" | Gene Pitney | 9 | — | — | For the First Time Two Stars Together |
| "I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night"A | 16 | 99 | — | |||
| "Louisiana Man" | 25 | — | — | It's Country Time Again | ||
| "Big Job" | 50 | — | — | |||
| 1966 | "That's All It Took" | 47 | — | — | ||
| "Close Together (As You and Me)" | Melba Montgomery | 70 | — | — | N/A | |
| 1967 | "Party Pickin" | 24 | — | — | Party Pickin' | |
| 1974 | "The Telephone Call" | stepdaughter Tina | 25 | — | — | George & Tammy & Tina |
| 1978 | "Maybellene" | Johnny Paycheck | 7 | — | 4 | Double Trouble |
| 1979 | "You Can Have Her" | 14 | — | 26 | ||
| 1980 | "When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got to Be Cool)" | 31 | — | 29 | ||
| "You Better Move On" | 18 | — | 25 | |||
| 1982 | "Yesterday's Wine" | Merle Haggard | 1 | — | 5 | A Taste of Yesterday's Wine |
| "C.C. Waterback" | 10 | — | 18 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
- A"I've Got Five Dollars And It's Saturday Night" also peaked at No. 65 on Australian Kent Music Report
Guest singles[]
| Year | Single | Artist(s) | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | |||||
| 1983 | "We Didn't See a Thing" | Ray Charles (with Chet Atkins) | 6 | — | 7 | Friendship | |
| 1985 | "One Big Family" | Heart of Nashville | 61 | — | — | N/A | |
| 1990 | "A Few Ole Country Boys" | Randy Travis | 8 | — | 4 | Heroes & Friends | |
| 1997 | "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" | Patty Loveless | 14 | 109 | 37 | Long Stretch of Lonesome | |
| 1999 | "A Country Boy Can Survive" (Y2K Version) | Chad Brock (with Hank Williams, Jr.) | 30 | 75 | 66 | Yes! | |
| 2002 | "She Treats Her Body Like a Temple" | Confederate Railroad | 59 | — | — | Unleashed | |
| 2005 | "4th of July" | Shooter Jennings | 26 | — | — | Put the "O" Back in Country | |
| 2010 | "Country Boy" | Aaron Lewis (with Charlie Daniels) | 50 | 87 | — | Town Line | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
Single B-sides[]
The following songs are B-sides that charted separately and the flip side features to 45 singles.
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Original A-side | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | |||
| 1956 | "Gonna Come Get You" | flip sides | — | — | "Just One More" |
| 1957 | "Uh, Uh, No" | — | — | "Don't Stop the Music" | |
| 1958 | "If I Don't Love You (Grits Ain't Groceries)" | 29 | — | — | "Treasure of Love" |
| 1959 | "Money to Burn" | 15 | — | — | "Big Harlan Taylor" |
| 1960 | "Sparkling Brown Eyes" | 30 | — | — | "Accidentally On Purpose" |
| 1962 | "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" | 17 | — | — | "She Thinks I Still Care" |
| "Big Fool of the Year" | 13 | — | — | "A Girl I Used to Know" | |
| 1963 | "I Saw Me" | 29 | — | — | "Not What I Had in Mind" |
| "Ain't It Funny What a Fool Will Do" | — | 124 | — | "You Comb Her Hair" | |
| "What's in Our Heart" (with Melba Montgomery) | 20 | — | — | "Let's Invite Them Over" | |
| 1964 | "My Tears Are Overdue" | 15 | — | — | "Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right)" |
| "Something I Dreamed" | 31 | — | — | "Where Does a Little Tear Come From" | |
| 1965 | "I'm a Fool to Care" (with Gene Pitney) | — | 115 | — | "Louisiana Man" |
| 1969 | "No Blues Is Good News" | 72 | — | 36 | "She's Mine" |
| 1975 | "I Just Don't Give a Damn" | 92 | — | — | "Memories of Us" |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Music videos[]
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | "One Big Family" (Heart of Nashville) | Steve Von Hagel |
| "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?" | Marc Ball | |
| 1987 | "The Old Man No One Loves" | |
| 1991 | "She Loved a Lot in Her Time" | |
| "You Couldn't Get the Picture" | ||
| 1992 | "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" | |
| 1993 | "Wrong's What I Do Best" | |
| "Walls Can Fall" | ||
| "High Tech Redneck" | ||
| 1994 | "The Love in Your Eyes" | |
| "A Good Year for the Roses" (with Alan Jackson) | Gerry Wenner | |
| 1995 | "One" (with Tammy Wynette) | |
| 1996 | "Honky Tonk Song" | Marc Ball |
| 1998 | "Wild Irish Rose" | John Lloyd Miller |
| 1999 | "Choices" | Greystone Communications |
| "The Cold Hard Truth"[8] | Jim Shea | |
| 2000 | "Angel Band" (with Vestal Goodman)[9] | |
| 2002 | "50,000 Names" | |
| 2005 | "The Blues Man" (with Dolly Parton) | Joe Thomas |
| 2006 | "Funny How Time Slips Away" | |
| 2010 | "Country Boy" (with Chris Young, Charlie Daniels and Aaron Lewis) |
Alex Castino |
Notes[]
- ^ "The King Is Gone (So Are You)" was originally titled "Ya Ba Da Ba Do (So Are You)", but was re-titled shortly after release.[1]
- ^ "Hell Stays Open (All Night Long)" did not chart on Hot Country Songs, but peaked at No. 1 on Hot Country Radio Breakouts.[2]
- ^ "Six Foot Deep, Six Foot Down" did not chart on Hot Country Songs, but peaked at No. 3 on Hot Country Radio Breakouts.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "George Jones caves in on song title". Courier-Post. June 8, 1989. pp. 6C. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ "Hot Country Radio Breakouts" (PDF). Billboard. May 5, 1990.
- ^ "Hot Country Radio Breakouts" (PDF). Billboard. September 1, 1990.
- ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. June 26, 1993.
- ^ "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. November 30, 1996.
- ^ "George Jones Comes Back Strong" (PDF). Billboard. February 28, 1998.
- ^ "American single certifications – Aaron Lewis – Country Boy". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : George Jones : The Cold Hard Truth". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
- ^ ""Angel Band" By Vestal Goodman & George Jones (MUSIC VIDEO)". YouTube. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
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