The discography of the American country, pop, and novelty artist Ray Stevens consists of 50 studio albums, 125 singles, 3 live albums, 67 compilation albums, 3 box sets, and 1 extended play. Stevens released his first single in 1957 and his first full album in 1962. Dozens of Stevens' singles have charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and two of them reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart: "The Streak" and "Everything Is Beautiful". The former and a cover of the jazz standard "Misty" are his biggest hits on the country charts.
Studio albums 1960s Year Album US 1962 1,837 Seconds of Humor 135 1963 This Is Ray Stevens — 1968 Even Stevens — 1969 Gitarzan 57 Have a Little Talk with Myself —
1970s Year Album Chart positions US Country US AUS CAN 1970 Everything Is Beautiful — 35 — 28 Unreal!!! — 141 — — 1972 Turn Your Radio On 14 175 — — 1973 Losin' Streak — — — — Nashville 36 — — — 1974 Boogity Boogity 10 159 85 82 1975 Misty 3 106 37 — 1976 Just for the Record 34 — — — 1977 Feel the Music 50 — — — 1978 There Is Something on Your Mind — — — — Be Your Own Best Friend — — — —
1980s Year AlbumChart positions RIAA US Country US AUS 1980 Shriner's Convention 4 132 — — 1981 One More Last Chance — — — — 1982 Don't Laugh Now — — — — 1983 Me — — — — 1984 He Thinks He's Ray Stevens 3 118 — Platinum 1985 I Have Returned 1 — 98 Gold 1986 Surely You Joust 11 — — — 1987 Crackin' Up! 25 — — — 1988 I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like 52 — — — 1989 Beside Myself 51 — — —
1990s Year Album Chart positions US Country US Comedy 1990 Lend Me Your Ears — — 1991 #1 with a Bullet 60 14 1993 Classic Ray Stevens — — 1997 Hum It — — Ray Stevens Christmas: Through a Different Window 69 —
2000s Year Album Chart positions US Country 2000 Ear Candy — 2002 Osama—Yo' Mama: The Album 29 2004 Thank You! — 2007 New Orleans Moon — 2008 Hurricane — 2009 Ray Stevens Sings Sinatra...Say What?? — One for the Road — Christmas —
2010s Year Album Chart positions US Country US Comedy 2010 We the People 58 4 2011 Spirit of '76 — — Bozo's Back Again — — 2014 Ray Stevens Gospel Collection, Volume One — — 2015 Here We Go Again! — 4 2016 Just a Closer Walk with Thee: Gospel Favorites — — Love Lifted Me — — Mary and Joseph and the Baby and Me — —
2020s Year Album 2021 Great Country Ballads Melancholy Fescue (High Class Bluegrass) Slow Dance Nouveau Retro (What's Old Is New Again) Ain't Nothin' Funny Anymore 2025 Say Whut? 2026 Favorites Old & New
Live albums
Year Album 1995 Ray Stevens Live! 2012 Such a Night! 50 Years of Hits & Hilarity 0n Stage…Alive! Patriots and Politics: Live on Stage
EPs
Year Album 1963 Ray "Ahab the Arab" Stevens and Hal Winters
Box sets
Year Album 1995 The Incredible World of Ray Stevens 2006 Box Set 2012 Encyclopedia of Recorded Comedy Music 2021 Iconic Songs of the 20th Century: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Compilation albums
Year AlbumChart positions RIAA US Country US Comedy 1967 The Best of Ray Stevens — — — 1968 The Best of Ray Stevens — — — 1971 Rock & Roll Show (reissue of 1,837 Seconds of Humor) — — — Ray Stevens' Greatest Hits 15 95 — 1975 The Very Best of Ray Stevens 19 173 — 1976 Both Sides of Ray Stevens — — — 1977 The Many Sides of Ray Stevens — — — The Remarkable Ray Stevens: 20 Incredible Hits — — — 1979 The Feeling's Not Right Again — — — The Ray Stevens Greatest Hits Collection — — — The Best of Ray Stevens — — — 1980 Wild and Crazy — — — 1981 Oh Lonesome Me — — — 1983 Greatest Hits 67 — — 1984 Ray Stevens Collection — — — Ray Stevens Greatest Hits — — — 1985 Ray Stevens Collector's Series — — — 1986 The Very Best of Ray Stevens/Roger Miller — — — 1987 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 41 — Platinum Get the Best of Ray Stevens — — — Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 62 — Gold 1989 Funny Man — — — 1990 His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits — — Gold 1991 Greatest Hits — — — 1992 Ahab the Arab — — — Everything Is Beautiful & Other Hits — — — Mississippi Squirrel Revival (reissue of He Thinks He's Ray Stevens) — — — A Brighter Day — — — The Gospel Side of Ray Stevens — — — Ray Stevens/Jim Stafford — — — Ray Stevens – At His Best (reissue of Beside Myself) — — — 1995 Get Serious! Soundtrack — — — Cornball — — — Serious Side of Ray Stevens — — — 20 Comedy Hits — — 1997 The Streak — — — Gitarzan — — — The Biggest and the Best — — — The Best of Ray Stevens — — — Golden Classics — — — The Country Hits Collection — — — 1998 Back 2 Back — — — 1999 The Last Laugh — — — Misty: The Very Best of Ray Stevens — — — 2000 Funniest Characters — — — 2002 12 Hits — — — 2003 Classic Masters — — — The Collection — — — 2004 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ray Stevens — — — The Ones You Want — — — 2005 The NRC Years — — — 2008 Greatest Hits: The 50th Anniversary Collection — — — Only The Best of Ray Stevens — — — 2009 Laughter Is the Best Medicine — — — 2010 A Funny Thing Happened in Church Today — — — 2014 Ahab, Jeremiah, Sgt Preston and More...: The Early Ray Stevens — — — 2016 Face the Music: The Complete Monument Singles, 1965-1970 — — — Love Lifted Me — — —
Singles 1950s and 1960s Year Single (A-side, B-side)Both sides from same album except where indicated Peak chart positions AlbumUS CB US BB US R&B CAN AUS 1957 "Rang Tang Ding Dong"b/w "Silver Bracelet" — — — — — rowspan="8" "Five More Steps"b/w "Tingle" — — — — — 1958 "Chickie-Chickie Wah Wah"b/w "Crying Goodbye" — — — — — "Love Goes on Forever"b/w "Cat Pants" — — — — — "The Clown"b/w "School" — — — — — 1959 "High School Yearbook - A Deck of Cards"b/w Truly True" — — — — — "My Heart Cries for You"b/w "What Would I Do Without You?" — — — — — "Sgt. Preston of the Yukon"b/w "Who Do You Love" 112 108 — — — 1960 "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills"b/w "Teen Years" (from This Is Ray Stevens) 38 35 — — 83 1,837 Seconds of Humor1961 "Scratch My Back"b/w "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Non-album track) 147 — — — — "White Christmas"b/w "Happy Blue Year" — — — — — 1962 "Ahab the Arab"b/w "It's Been So Long" (from This Is Ray Stevens) 2 5 9 — 7 1,837 Seconds of Humor "Further More"b/w "Saturday Night at the Movies' 97 91 — — — "Santa Claus Is Watching You"b/w "Loved and Lost" (from This Is Ray Stevens) 37 45 — — — 1963 "Funny Man"b/w "Just One of Life's Little Tragedies" 83 81 — 14 — This Is Ray Stevens "Harry The Hairy Ape"b/w "Little Stone Statue" 19 17 14 30 72 "Speed Ball"b/w "It's Party Time" (Non-album track) 74 59 29 — — 1964 "Butch Barbarian"b/w "Don't Say Anything" (Non-album track) 117 — — — — rowspan="6" "Bubble Gum the Bubble Dancer"b/w "Laughing Over My Grave" (Non-album track) — — — — — 1965 "The Rockin' Teenage Mummies"b/w "It Only Hurts When I Laugh" — — — — — "Mr. Baker the Undertaker"b/w "The Old English Surfer" — — — — — "Party People"b/w "A-B-C" 130 130 — — — 1966 "Devil May Care"b/w "Make a Few Memories" — — — — — "Freddie Feelgood (and His Funky LittleFive Piece Band)"b/w "There's One in Every Crowd" (Non-album track) 96 91 — — 22 Gitarzan 1967 "Answer Me, My Love"b/w "Mary My Secretary" — — — — 95 1968 "Unwind"b/w "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" 44 52 — 29 — Even Stevens "Mr. Businessman"b/w "Face the Music" 15 28 — 7 33 "The Great Escape"b/w "Isn't It Lonely Together" 88 114 — 43 34 1969 "Gitarzan"b/w "Bagpipes - That's My Bag" 7 8 — 10 3 Gitarzan "Along Came Jones"b/w "Yakety Yak" 24 27 — 28 13 "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"Ab/w "The Minority" (from Even Stevens) 76 81 — 59 34 Have a Little Talk with Myself "—" denotes released that failed to chart or were not released
A^ "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" peaked at number 55 on U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles and number 46 on Canada RPM Country Tracks.
1970s Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Country US US AC US CB UK CAN Country CAN CAN AC AUS 1970 "Have a Little Talk with Myself"b/w "The Little Woman" 63 123 — 115 — — — — 50 Have a Little Talk with Myself "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"b/w "The Fool on the Hill" — 112 — 117 — — — — — "Everything Is Beautiful"b/w "A Brighter Day" 39 1 1 1 6 — 1 — 1 Everything Is Beautiful "America, Communicate with Me"b/w "Monkey See, Monkey Do" — 45 12 38 — — 34 — — Unreal!!! "Sunset Strip"b/w "Islands" — 81 17 79 — — 68 30 — 1971 "Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues)"b/w "Night People" (from Unreal!!!) — 50 — 43 2 — 37 — 61 Boogity Boogity "A Mama and a Papa"b/w "Melt" (Non-album track) — 82 4 66 — — 72 6 — Turn Your Radio On "All My Trials"b/w "Have a Little Talk with Myself" (from Have a Little Talk with Myself) — 70 6 74 — — 82 — — "Turn Your Radio On"b/w "Loving You on Paper" (from Unreal!!!) 17 63 24 102 33 10 — 3 99 1972 "Love Lifted Me"b/w "Glory Special" — — — — — — — — — "Losing Streak"b/w "Inside" — — — — — — — — — Losin' Streak 1973 "Nashville"b/w "Golden Age" 37 — 44 — — 70 — 29 83 Nashville "Love Me Longer"b/w "Float" — — — — — — — — — 1974 "The Streak"b/w "You've Got the Music Inside" (from Nashville) 3 1 12 1 1 1 1 1 2 Boogity Boogity "Moonlight Special"b/w "Just So Proud to Be Here" — 73 — 55 — — 59 26 — "Everybody Needs a Rainbow"b/w "Inside" (from Losin' Streak) 37 — 18 83 — — — 16 — 1975 "Misty"b/w "Sunshine" 3 14 8 16 2 2 15 6 5 Misty "Indian Love Call"b/w "Piece of Paradise" (Non-album track) 38 68 — 63 34 — — — — 1976 "Young Love"b/w "Deep Purple" 48 93 44 87 — 47 — — — "Lady of Spain"b/w "Mockingbird Hill" — 108 — — — — — — — "You Are So Beautiful"b/w "One Man Band" 16 101 — — — 17 — — — Just for the Record "Honky Tonk Waltz"b/w "Om" 27 — — — 38 — — — 1977 "In the Mood"b/w "Classical CluckShown as "Henhouse Five Plus Too" 39 40 38 37 31 — — — — "Get Crazy with Me" / 81 — — — — — — — — Feel the Music "Dixie Hummingbird" 44 — — — — 43 — — — 1978 "Be Your Own Best Friend"b/w "With a Smile" 36 — 50 — — 16 — — — Be Your Own Best Friend 1979 "I Need Your Help Barry Manilow"b/w "Daydream Romance" 85 49 11 34 — — 63 — 92 The Feeling's Not Right Again "—" denotes released that failed to chart or were not released
1980s and 1990s