Connie Smith albums discography

Connie Smith discography

Connie Smith at the Grand Ole Opry (2007).
Releases
↙Studio albums 34
↙Live albums 1
↙Compilation albums 13
↙Boxed sets 2
↙Other appearances 15

The albums discography of Connie Smith, an American country artist, consists of thirty four studio albums, one live album, thirteen compilation albums, two box sets, and fifteen other appearances. After the success of her 1964 single "Once a Day", Smith's self-titled debut album was released in March 1965 on RCA Victor Records. The album reached number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums, spending thirty weeks on the chart, while also becoming her only album to reach the Billboard 200 list (#105).[1] Smith's next two secular albums, Cute 'n' Country and Miss Smith Goes to Nashville went to number one and number two respectively between 1965 and 1966. In September 1966 Smith released her fifth studio album, Born to Sing, which was her third album to reach the top spot on the Billboard country albums chart.[2] Due to Smith's popularity, RCA Victor issued five albums between 1967 and 1968 including Downtown Country (1967), Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson (1967), and I Love Charley Brown (1968). In 1969, Smith collaborated with country artist Nat Stuckey on the album Young Love.[3]

In the early 70s, Smith released a series of albums including I Never Once Stopped Loving You (1970), Just One Time (1971), Ain't We Havin' Us a Good Time (1972), and If It Ain't Love and Other Great Dallas Frazier Songs.[3] In addition, Smith released her third Gospel album in 1971 entitled Come Along and Walk with Me. After signing with Columbia Records in 1973, Smith issued her first label release that May entitled A Lady Named Smith, which peaked at #31 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[4] In 1974 she released the albums That's the Way Love Goes and I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before), the latter of which went to #22 on the Billboard country albums chart.[5] Before departing Columbia in 1977, Smith released three more studio releases including 1975's Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel and 1976's I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore.[3] In 1977 Smith moved to Monument Records where she recorded two albums. Taking a twenty-year break to raise her five children, Smith returned in 1998 with a self-titled album on Warner Bros. Records.[6] In 2003 she collaborated with Barbara Fairchild and Sharon White on the Gospel album Love Never Fails.[7] In August 2011, Smith released her thirty fourth studio album on the Sugar Hill label entitled Long Line of Heartaches.[8]

Contents

Studio albums

1960s

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US Country
[9]		 US
[9]
Connie Smith 1 105
Cute 'n' Country
  • Release date: October 1965
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 1 —
Miss Smith Goes to Nashville
  • Release date: March 1966
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 2 —
Connie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs
  • Release date: June 1966
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 19 —
Born to Sing
  • Release date: September 1966
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 1 —
Downtown Country
  • Release date: January 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 5 —
Connie in the Country
  • Release date: February 1967
  • Label: RCA Camden
  • Formats: LP
 — —
Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson
  • Release date: May 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 11 —
Soul of Country Music
  • Release date: December 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 7 —
I Love Charley Brown
  • Release date: April 1968
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 14 —
Sunshine and Rain
  • Release date: October 1968
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 32 —
Connie's Country
  • Release date: April 1969
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 14 —
Back in Baby's Arms
  • Release date: October 1969
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 12 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

1970s

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
Country
[9]
I Never Once Stopped Loving You
  • Release date: September 1970
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 15
Where Is My Castle
  • Release date: January 1971
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 39
Just One Time
  • Release date: June 1971
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 20
Come Along and Walk with Me
  • Release date: October 1971
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 —
Ain't We Havin' Us a Good Time
  • Release date: April 1972
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 25
If It Ain't Love and Other Great Dallas Frazier Songs
  • Release date: July 1972
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 14
A Lady Named Smith
  • Release date: May 1973
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 31
God Is Abundant
  • Release date: November 1973
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 20
That's the Way Love Goes
  • Release date: March 1974
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 41
I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before)
  • Release date: August 1974
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 22
I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/
I've Got My Baby on My Mind
  • Release date: January 1975
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 30
Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel
  • Release date: May 1975
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 47
The Song We Fell in Love To
  • Release date: March 1976
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 34
I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore
  • Release date: October 1976
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 33
Pure Connie Smith
  • Release date: November 1977
  • Label: Monument
  • Formats: LP
 —
New Horizons
  • Release date: March 1978
  • Label: Monument
  • Formats: LP
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

1990s

Title Album details
Connie Smith

2010s

Title Album details
Long Line of Heartaches
  • Release date: August 23, 2011
  • Label: Sugar Hill
  • Formats: CD, music download

Collaborative albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
Country
[9]
Young Love
(with Nat Stuckey)
  • Release date: July 1969
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 29
Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith
(with Nat Stuckey)
  • Release date: January 1970
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 —
Love Never Fails
(with Barbara Fairchild and Sharon White)
  • Release date: August 12, 2003
  • Label: Daywind
  • Formats: CD, music download
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Holiday albums

Title Album details
Joy to the World
  • Release date: October 1975
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP

Live albums

Title Album details
Live in Branson, MO, USA
  • Release date: 1993
  • Label: Laserlight
  • Formats: Cassette, CD

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart
positions
US
Country
[9]
The Best of Connie Smith
  • Release date: September 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 22
The Best of Connie Smith, Vol. 2
  • Release date: May 1970
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 26
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own
  • Release date: May 1971
  • Label: RCA Camden
  • Formats: LP
 —
City Lights: Country Favorites
  • Release date: April 1972
  • Label: RCA Camden
  • Formats: LP
 —
Love Is the Look You're Looking for
  • Release date: February 1973
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 24
Dream Painter
  • Release date: July 1973
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 39
Connie Smith's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
  • Release date: October 1973
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 39
Connie Smith Now
  • Release date: July 1974
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Formats: LP
 40
The Best of Connie Smith
  • Release date: April 1977
  • Label: Columbia
  • Formats: LP
 —
Greatest Hits on Monument
  • Release date: March 9, 1993
  • Label: Sony
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
 —
The Essential Connie Smith
  • Release date: April 1996
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: Cassette, CD, music download
 —
Connie Smith Sings Her Hits
  • Release date: 1997
  • Label: Sony Special Products
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Box sets

Title Album details
Born to Sing
  • Release date: May 8, 2001
  • Label: Bear Family
  • Formats: CD
Just for What I Am
  • To be released: February 27, 2012
  • Label: Bear Family
  • Formats: CD

Other appearances

Year Song Album
1988 "Once a Day" (re-recording) Country Ladies[10]
"Jesus Is Your Ticket to Heaven" More Gospel Country[11]
1990 "Silent Night" The Nashville Christmas Album[12]
1991 "We've Got Love" (with Tommy Cash) The 25th Anniversary Album[13]
1995 "What Child Is This?" (live) Christmas in Branson[14]
1999 "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" (with John Prine) In Spite of Ourselves[15]
"Loose Talk" (with John Prine)
2002 "Meet Me in Heaven" (with Janette Carter, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Earl Scruggs,
Marty Stuart, and Darrin Vincent)		 Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash[16]
2005 "Big Foot" (Marty Stuart featuring Connie Smith) Badlands: Ballads of the Lakota[17]
2006 "Over the Next Hill We'll Be Home" Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South[18]
2007 "The Prayer of Drunkard's Little Girl" Always Life Him Up: A Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed[19]
"A Good Place to Turn Around" (with Gene Watson) In a Perfect World[20]
2009 "What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul" (with Bobby Osborne and Marty Stuart) Bluegrass & Beyond[21]
2010 "I Run to You" (with Marty Stuart) Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions[22]
2011 "Didn't We Shine" (Randy Travis with George Jones, Lorrie Morgan, Joe Stampley, and Gene Watson) Anniversary Celebration[23]

References

  1. ^ Larkin, Collin. "Connie Smith Biography". Oldies.com. http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Connie-Smith.html. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  2. ^ Coyne, Kevin John. "100 Greatest Women of Country Music -- Connie Smith (#24)". Country Universe. http://www.countryuniverse.net/2008/06/07/100-greatest-women-24-connie-smith/. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c Escott, Colin (2001). Born to Sing [Liner Notes]. Bear Family Records. pp. 28-30. 
  4. ^ "A Lady Named Smith > Charts". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/album/a-lady-named-smith-r575656/charts-awards. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  5. ^ "I Never Knew > charts". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/album/i-never-knew-what-that-song-meant-before-r575670/charts-awards. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  6. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Connie Smith > Review". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/album/connie-smith-1998-r377744/review. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  7. ^ "Connie Smith Bio". CBN.com. http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/artists/connie-smith.aspx. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  8. ^ Burh, John. "Connie Smith > Biography". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/artist/connie-smith-p2398/biography. Retrieved 20 December 2011. 
  9. ^ a b c d e "Billboard chart positions > albums". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p2398/charts-awards. Retrieved 2009-07-31. 
  10. ^ "Country Ladies > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r94970. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  11. ^ "More Gospel Country > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r95055. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  12. ^ "The Nashville Christmas Album > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r133594. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  13. ^ "The 25th Anniversary Album". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r120090. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  14. ^ "Christmas in Branson > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r238395. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  15. ^ "In Spite of Ourselves > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r432113. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  16. ^ "Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r608662. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  17. ^ "Baldlands > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r804696. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  18. ^ "Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r818278. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  19. ^ "Always Life Him Up: A Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1214364. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  20. ^ "In a Perfect World > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1205918. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  21. ^ "Bluegrass & Beyond > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1534879. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
  22. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions > Overview". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/album/ghost-train-the-studio-b-sessions-r1940860. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
  23. ^ "Anniversary Celebration > Overview". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/album/anniversary-celebration-r2207457. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
Connie Smith
Albums · Singles
Studio albums
Gospel albums
Collaborations
Live albums
Compilation albums
See also