Bill Anderson singles discography

The singles discography of American country singer-songwriter Bill Anderson contains 84 singles, three promotional singles, 6 other charted songs and four music videos. After signing to Decca Records in 1958, Anderson released a series of early singles that became hits, reaching the top ten and 20. This included "That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome" (1958), "The Tip of My Fingers" (1960) and "Po' Folks" (1961). The following year, he reached number one on the Billboard Country and Western Sides chart with "Mama Sang a Song."[1] In 1963, Anderson released his most commercially successful single, "Still."[2] The song was his second number one country single[3] and his first (and only) top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, climbing to number eight.[4] His follow-up single, "8×10" reached similar crossover success.[1] Anderson released 11 more top ten country hits during the rest of the decade.[1] This included the number one singles "I Get the Fever" (1966) and "My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)" (1969). He also had a number one hit with Jan Howard called "For Loving You" in 1968. Anderson also had top ten hits with "I Love You Drops" (1965), "Happy State of Mind" (1968) and a cover of "But You Know I Love You" (1969).[2]

Bill Anderson singles discography
Bill Anderson at the Grand Ole Opry.
Music videos4
Singles84
Promotional singles3
Other charted songs6

Anderson would have 16 additional top ten country hits during the 1970s. In the early decade he had hits with "Love Is a Sometimes Thing," "Quits" and "If You Can Live with It (I Can Live Without It)."[2] His 1973 single "World of Make Believe" reached number one on the Billboard country chart.[5] He collaborated with Mary Lou Turner in 1976 on the single "Sometimes," which became his final number one hit.[6] Anderson's style shifted towards a Countrypolitan direction in the late 1970s, but he continued having major hits.[1] This included "I Can't Wait Any Longer" (1978), which was his final top ten hit, reaching number four.[7] Anderson's final top 20 hit was "This Is a Love Song" in 1979.[8] Before leaving Decca (now MCA Records), he released his final top 40 single, "Make Mine Night Time."[9] Anderson recorded sporadically during the 1980s for independent labels, but continued to have charting singles. Among these tunes was "When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back" in 1985.[2] His 1991 release, "Deck of Cards," was also his final charting single, reaching number 60 on the country songs chart.[10]

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[11]
US
Country

[12]
US
AC

[13]
AUS
[14]
CAN
Country

[15]
"Take Me"[2] 1957 N/A
"City Lights"[2] 1958 N/A
"That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome" 12 N/A
"Ninety-Nine" 1959 13 N/A
"Dead or Alive" 19 N/A
"The Tip of My Fingers" 1960 7 N/A
"Walk Out Backwards" 9 N/A
"Po' Folks" 1961 9 N/A
"Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands" 1962 14 Still
"Mama Sang a Song" 89145 Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs
"Still" 1963 81332 Still
"8×10" 53218 Bill Anderson Sings
"Five Little Fingers" [lower-alpha 1]5
"Me" 1964 8 Showcase
"Three A.M." 8
"Certain" 1965 12 I Love You Drops
"Bright Lights and Country Music" 11 Bright Lights and Country Music
"I Love You Drops" 4 I Love You Drops
"I Get the Fever" 1966 1
"Get While the Gettin's Good" 1967 5 Get While the Gettin's Good
"No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore" 10 Wild Weekend
"Stranger on the Run" 42 N/A
"Wild Week-End" 1968 21 Wild Weekend
"Happy State of Mind" 21 Happy State of Mind
"My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)" 1969 12 My Life/But You Know I Love You
"But You Know I Love You" 26
"Love Is a Sometimes Thing" 1970 510 Love Is a Sometimes Thing
"Where Have All Our Heroes Gone" 9369 Where Have All Our Heroes Gone
"Always Remember" 1971 65 Always Remember
"Quits" 32 Bill Anderson's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
"All the Lonely Women in the World" 1972 52 All the Lonely Women in the World
"Don't She Look Good" 22 Don't She Look Good
"If You Can Live with It (I Can Live Without It)" 1973 22 Bill
"The Corner of My Life" 21
"World of Make Believe" 11
"Can I Come Home to You" 1974 242 "Whispering" Bill Anderson
"Every Time I Turn the Radio On" 74 Every Time I Turn the Radio/
Talk to Me Ohio
"I Still Feel the Same About You" 1975 1416
"Country D.J." 3623
"Thanks" 2419 Peanuts and Diamonds and Other Jewels
"Peanuts and Diamonds" 1976 107
"Liars One, Believers Zero" 65
"Head to Toe" 1977 74 Scorpio
"Still the One" 1113
"I Can't Wait Any Longer"[lower-alpha 2] 1978 8041 Love...& Other Sad Stories
"Double S" 3043 Ladies Choice
"This Is a Love Song" 1979 2015
"The Dream Never Dies" 4042 N/A
"More Than a Bedroom Thing" 5171 Nashville Mirrors
"Make Mine Night Time" 1980 35
"Rock 'n' Roll to Rock of Ages" 58 N/A
"I Want That Feelin' Again" 83 Nashville Mirrors
"Mister Peepers" 1981 44 N/A
"Homebody" 74 N/A
"Whiskey Made Me Stumble (The Devil Made
Me Fall)"
76 N/A
"Southern Fried" 1982 42 Southern Fried
"Laid Off" 82
"Thank You Darling" 1983 70
"Son of the South" 71
"Your Eyes" 1984 76 A Place in the Country
"We May Never Pass This Way Again"[2][lower-alpha 3]
"Pity Party" 1985 62 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
"Wino the Clown" 58
"When You Leave That Way You Can Never
Go Back
"
75
"Sheet Music" 1986 80 A Place in the Country
"No Ordinary Memory" 1987 78
"The Deck of Cards" 1991 60 The Best of Bill Anderson
"Country Music Heaven"[17] 1992 Country Music Heaven
"Him and Me"[18] 2005 The Way I Feel
"Thanks to You"[19] 2010 Songwriter
"Gone Away" (featuring The Oak Ridge Boys)[20] 2012 N/A
"Until the Light Comes on Again"[21] 2018 N/A
"Everybody Wants to Be Twenty One"[22] Anderson
"Waffle House Christmas"[23]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As a collaborative artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Year Peak chart
positions
Album
US
Country

[12]
CAN
Country

[15]
"I Know You're Married (But I Love You Still)"
(with Jan Howard)
1965 29 If It's All the Same to You
"For Loving You"
(with Jan Howard)
1967 19 For Loving You
"If It's All the Same to You"
(with Jan Howard)
1969 28 If It's All the Same to You
"Someday We'll Be Together"
(with Jan Howard)
1970 43 Bill and Jan (Or Jan and Bill)
"Dis-Satisfied"
(with Jan Howard)
1971 411
"Sometimes"
(with Mary Lou Turner)
1975 13 Sometimes
"That's What Made Me Love You"
(with Mary Lou Turner)
1976 72
"Where Are You Going, Billy Boy"
(with Mary Lou Turner)
1977 1822 Billy Boy and Mary Lou
"I'm Way Ahead of You"
(with Mary Lou Turner)
1978 2530
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Year Peak
chart
positions
Album
US Country
[12]
"Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands"
(David Allan Coe featuring Bill Anderson)
1980 46 I've Got Something to Say

Promotional singles

List of singles, showing all relevant details
Title Year Album Ref.
"Down Came the Rain" 1964 Still [24]
"Cincinnati, Ohio" 1964 Showcase [25]
"Homebody" 1981 N/A [26]

Other charted songs

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details
Title Year Peak
chart
positions
Album Notes
US Country
[12]
"Easy Come – Easy Go" 1964 14 Bill Anderson Sings [lower-alpha 4]
"In Case You Ever Change Your Mind" 38 Showcase [lower-alpha 5]
"Time Out"
(with Jan Howard)
1965 44 If It's All the Same to You [lower-alpha 6]
"Golden Guitar" 11 Bright Lights and Country Music [lower-alpha 7]
"Papa" 1967 64 I Can Do Nothing Alone [lower-alpha 8]
"20th Century Fox" 1983 71 Southern Fried [lower-alpha 9]

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s) Ref.
"I Wonder If God Likes Country Music" 1991 Stan Moore
"Thanks to You" 2010 Billy Brown, Lee Willard [29]
"Old Army Hat" 2014 [30]
"Waffle House Christmas" (featuring various artists) 2018 Lee Willard [31]

Notes

  1. "Five Little Fingers" did not enter the Hot 100, but peaked at number 14 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, which acts as a 25-song extension of the Hot 100.[2]
  2. "I Can't Wait Any Longer" also peaked at number 99 on the RPM Pop Singles chart in 1978.
  3. "We May Never Pass This Way Again" is included on the 1988 version of A Place in the Country.[16]
  4. Released as the B-side to "Five Little Fingers".[2]
  5. Released as the B-side to "Three A.M."[27]
  6. Released as the B-side to the single "I Know You're Married (But I Love You Still)"[2]
  7. Released as the B-side to "I Love You Drops".[28]
  8. Released as the B-side to "No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore".[2]
  9. Released as a double A-side single to "Son of the South".[2]

References

  1. Huey, Steve. "Bill Anderson: Biography & History". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  3. ""Still" chart history (Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ""Still" chart history (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. ""World of Make Believe" chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. ""Sometimes" chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  7. ""I Can't Wait Any Longer" chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  8. ""This Is a Love Song" chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  9. ""Make Mine Night Time" chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  10. ""Deck of Cards" chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  11. "Bill Anderson: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  12. "Bill Anderson: Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  13. "Bill Anderson: Adult contemporary songs". Billboard. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  14. Kent, David (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 978-0-646-11917-5.
  15. "Search results for "Bill Anderson" -- Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  16. "Bill Anderson -- A Place in the Country (UK version)". Discogs. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  17. "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. December 5, 1992.
  18. Morris, Edward. "Bill Anderson Bows First Country Album in Four Years". Country Music Television. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  19. ""Thanks to You" -- Single by Bill Anderson". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  20. ""Gone Away" by Bill Anderson (Released -- January 30, 2012)". Bill Anderson.com. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  21. ""Until the Light Comes on Again" by Bill Anderson (Released April 13, 2012)". Apple Music. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  22. "Bill Anderson Releases 72nd Album". Bill Anderson.com. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  23. ""Waffle House Christmas" -- Single by Bill Anderson". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  24. "Bill Anderson -- "Down Came the Rain" (1964, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  25. "Bill Anderson -- "Cincinnati, Ohio" (1964, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  26. "Whispering Bill Anderson -- "Homebody" (1981, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  27. "Bill Anderson -- "Three AM"/"In Case You Ever Change Your Mind"". Discogs. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  28. "Bill Anderson -- "Golden Guitar"/"I Love You Drops"". Discogs. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  29. "CMT : Videos : Bill Anderson : Thanks to You". Country Music Television. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  30. "CMT : Videos : Bill Anderson : Old Army Hat". Country Music Television. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  31. Watts, Cindy. "Video debut: Kid Rock joins country stars to celebrate 'Waffle House Christmas'". The Tennessean. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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