Melba Montgomery discography

The discography of American country artist Melba Montgomery contains twenty nine studio albums, eleven compilation albums, sixty two singles, one charting B-side and five other appearances. Signing with United Artists Records in 1962, she recorded with George Jones on the self-penned "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds". It reached the top three of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[1] The pair's follow-up "Let's Invite Them Over" reached the top twenty, as did its B-side. Jones and Montgomery issued their debut studio album What's in Our Heart in November 1963, which peaked in the top ten of the Billboard Top Country Albums list.[2] They continued releasing albums together including Close Together (1966) and Party Pickin' (1967).[3] In 1963, Montgomery's debut solo singles reached the top-thirty of the country songs chart and the following year, her first pair of solo studio albums were issued.[1] She collaborated with Gene Pitney in 1965, releasing "Baby Ain't That Fine" that year. The song reached number fifteen and the duo then issued the studio album Being Together (1965).[2] Between 1965 and 1968 Montgomery released six solo studio efforts on both United Artists and Musicor, including Hallelujah Road (1966) and Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long (1967). Through Capitol Records, she recorded with Charlie Louvin in 1970 and "Something to Brag About", reached number eighteen in early 1971. The pair would release two studio albums together in 1971 and several more singles.[1]

Melba Montgomery discography
A trade ad for the single "What I Can Tell the Folks Back Home", 1967.
Studio albums	29
Compilation albums	11
Singles	62
B-sides	1
Other appearances	5

Focusing more on a solo career, Montgomery's 1973 single "Wrap Your Love Around Me" reached the top forty. In 1974, her solo single "No Charge" topped the Hot Country Singles chart and hit the top-forty of the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the biggest solo hit of her musical career.[1][2] An album of the same name would peak at number fourteen.[4] The following year, "Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" reached the top-twenty of the country singles chart and Montgomery released two more albums on the Elektra label.[2] Her second self-titled studio album was released in 1977 via United Artists Records, which included a cover of "Angel of the Morning".[5] In 1982, Montgomery released I Still Care, an album of cover songs.[3] Her 1986 single "Straight Talkin'" became her final Billboard chart appearance, reaching the top-seventy that year. After a several-year hiatus, Montgomery released the studio album Do You Know Where Your Man Is on Playback Records in 1992.[1] In 1997, Montgomery released her twenty-seventh studio record entitled This Time Around via a Swedish label. Things That Keep You Going, her most recent studio recording, was issued in December 2010 via RPM Music.[6]