The discography of American country music singer Mel Tillis includes 38 studio albums, 5 live albums, 17 compilation albums, and charted 98 singles over the course of his recording career, which spanned from the late 1950s through the 2010s.
Tillis recorded for several major labels including Kapp Records, MGM Records, MCA Records, and Elektra Records. Among his most successful singles are "I Ain't Never" (1972), "Good Woman Blues" (1976), "Heart Healer" (1977), "I Believe in You" (1978), "Coca-Cola Cowboy" (1979), and "Southern Rains" (1980), each of which reached number one on the US Country chart. He also recorded collaborations with artists including Sherry Bryce, Nancy Sinatra, Bobby Bare, Waylon Jennings, and Jerry Reed.
Studio albums 1960s Title Album details Peak positions US Country Stateside Release date: September 1966 Label: Kapp Records — Life's That Way (re-released as Life Turned Her That Way) Release date: January 1967 Label: Kapp Records 21 Mr. Mel Release date: August 1967 Label: Kapp Records 20 Let Me Talk to You Release date: January 1968 Label: Kapp Records 17 Something Special Release date: August 1968 Label: Kapp Records 36 Who's Julie Release date: March 1969 Label: Kapp Records 35 Mel Tillis Sings "Old Faithful" Release date: August 1969 Label: Kapp Records 26 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1970s Title Album details Peak chartpositions US Country CAN Country She'll Be Hanging Round Somewhere Release date: 1970 Label: Kapp Records — — One More Time Release date: August 1970 Label: MGM Records 30 — The Arms of a Fool/Commercial Affection Release date: January 1971 Label: MGM Records 22 — Would You Want the World to End Release date: May 1972 Label: MGM Records 38 — I Ain't Never Release date: October 1972 Label: MGM Records 18 — Sawmill Release date: August 1973 Label: MGM Records 3 — Stomp Them Grapes Release date: July 1974 Label: MGM Records 24 — Mel Tillis and the Statesiders Release date: March 1975 Label: MGM Records 35 — M-M-Mel Release date: August 1975 Label: MGM Records 21 — Welcome to Mel Tillis Country Release date: October 1976 Label: MGM Records 36 — Love Revival Release date: 1976 Label: MCA Records 14 — Heart Healer Release date: 1977 Label: MCA Records 6 — Love's Troubled Waters Release date: 1977 Label: MCA Records 15 — I Believe in You Release date: 1978 Label: MCA Records 14 — Are You Sincere Release date: 1979 Label: MCA Records 17 11 Mr. Entertainer Release date: 1979 Label: MCA Records 21 11 Me and Pepper Release date: 1979 Label: Elektra Records 46 4 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s and 1990s Title Album details Peak chartpositions US Country CAN Country Your Body Is an Outlaw Release date: 1980 Label: Elektra Records 25 — Southern Rain Release date: 1980 Label: Elektra Records 22 — It's a Long Way to Daytona Release date: 1982 Label: Elektra Records 38 — After All This Time Release date: 1983 Label: MCA Records 34 — New Patches Release date: 1984 Label: MCA Records 34 14 California Road Release date: 1985 Label: RCA Records — — New Patches Release date: 1988 Label: Radio Records — — Big Balls in Cowtown Release date: 1988 Label: Radio Records — — Beyond the Sunset Release date: 1993 Label: Radio Records — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s and 2010s Title Album details Peak chartpositions US Country US Comedy Wings of My Victory Release date: 2001 Label: Radio Records — — The Father's Son Release date: 2005 Label: Radio Records — — You Ain't Gonna Believe This Release date: September 21, 2010 Label: Show Dog-Universal Music 75 3 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Collaborations Title Album details Peak positions US Country Living and Learning (with Sherry Bryce) Release date: November 1971 Label: MGM Records 29 Let's Go All the Way Tonight (with Sherry Bryce) Release date: 1974 Label: MGM Records 22 Mel and Nancy (with Nancy Sinatra) Release date: 1981 Label: Elektra Records 56 Old Dogs (with Bobby Bare, Waylon Jennings, and Jerry Reed) Release date: December 1, 1998 Label: Atlantic Records 61
Live albums Title Album details Peak positions US Country Recorded Live at theSam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas Release date: July 1971 Label: MGM Records 22 Mel Tillis On Stage at theBirmingham Municipal Auditorium Release date: February 1973 Label: MGM Records 34 Mel Tillis and the Statesiders Live Release date: 1978 Label: MGM Records 47 M-M-Mel Live Release date: 1980 Label: MCA Records 24 Branson City Limits Release date: July 13, 1999 Label: Unison Records — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak positions US Country Heart Over Mind Release date: 1962 Label: Columbia Records — Walk on Boy Release date: February 1966 Label: Harmony Records — Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits Release date: January 1969 Label: Kapp Records 32 Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Release date: September 1971 Label: Kapp Records — The Very Best of Mel Tillis Release date: 1972 Label: MGM Records 32 Detroit City Release date: 1973 Label: Pickwick/Hilltop — Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits Release date: 1974 Label: MGM Records 17 The Best of Mel Tillis Release date: 1975 Label: MGM Records 30 The Best of Mel Tillis and the Statesiders Release date: 1976 Label: MGM Records 28 24 Greatest Hits Release date: 1977 Label: MGM Records 49 Great Release date: 1979 Label: Gusto Records — The Very Best of Mel Tillis Release date: 1981 Label: MCA Records — Greatest Hits Release date: 1982 Label: Elektra Records 58 American Originals Release date: 1990 Label: Columbia Records — Greatest Hits Release date: 1991 Label: Curb Records — Memory Maker Release date: 1995 Label: Mercury Records — All His Greatest Hits Release date: September 1, 1998 Label: PolyGram — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles 1950s Year Single Peak positions Album US Country 1957 "Honky Tonk Song" — rowspan="4" "Case of the Blues" — "Juke Box Man" — "Take My Hand" — 1958 "Lonely Street" — Walk on Boy "The Violet and the Rose" 24 "Finally" 28 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1960s Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country CAN Country 1960 "Loco Weed" — — Walk on Boy "Walk on Boy" — — 1961 "Hearts of Stone" — — 1962 "If I Lost Your Love" — — "Half Laughing, Half Crying" — — rowspan="4" 1963 "How Come Your Dog Don't Bite Nobody But Me" 25 — "Couldn't See the Forest for the Trees" — — 1964 "It'll Be Easy" — — 1965 "Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back" — — Great "Wine" 15 — Stateside "Mr. Dropout" — — 1966 "Mental Revenge" — — "Stateside" 17 — 1967 "Life Turned Her That Way"[A] 11 — Life Turned Her That Way "Goodbye Wheeling" 20 — Mr. Mel "Survival of the Fittest" 71 — "All Right (I'll Sign the Papers)" 26 — Let Me Talk to You 1968 "Something Special" 17 — Something Special "Destroyed by Man" 31 26 1969 "Who's Julie" 10 11 Who's Julie "Old Faithful" 15 16 Old Faithful "These Lonely Hands of Mine" 9 13 Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits "She'll Be Hanging Round Somewhere" 10 4 She'll Be Hanging Round Somewhere "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1970s Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country CAN Country 1970 "Heart Over Mind" 3 5 She'll Be Hanging Round Somewhere "Heaven Everyday" 5 3 One More Time "Too Lonely, Too Long" 25 29 Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 "Commercial Affection" 8 14 The Arms of a Fool/Commercial Affection "The Arms of a Fool"[B] 4 13 1971 "One More Drink" 56 — Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 "Brand New Mister Me" 8 46 The Very Best of Mel Tillis "Untouched" 14 17 1972 "Would You Want the World to End" 12 24 Would You Want the World to End "I Ain't Never" 1 1 I Ain't Never "Neon Rose" 3 3 1973 "Thank You for Being You" 21 12 Sawmill "Sawmill" 2 5 "Midnight, Me, and the Blues" 2 2 Stomp Them Grapes 1974 "Stomp Them Grapes" 3 4 "Memory Maker" 3 3 I Ain't Never 1975 "The Best Way I Know How" 7 13 Mel Tillis and the Statesiders "Woman in the Back of My Mind" 4 5 "Lookin' for Tomorrow (And Findin' Yesterdays)" 16 4 M-M-Mel 1976 "Mental Revenge" 15 9 "Love Revival" 11 15 Love Revival "Come on Home" — — Welcome to Tillis Country "Good Woman Blues" 1 1 Love Revival "Heart Healer" 1 1 Heart Healer 1977 "Burning Memories" 9 3 "I Got the Hoss" 3 3 Love's Troubled Waters "What Did I Promise Her Last Night" 4 2 1978 "I Believe in You" 1 1 I Believe in You "Ain't No California" 4 2 1979 "Send Me Down to Tucson" 2 4 Are You Sincere "Coca-Cola Cowboy" 1 3 Mr. Entertainer "Blind in Love" 6 16 Me and Pepper "Lying Time Again" 6 12 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s and 1990s Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country CAN Country 1980 "Your Body Is an Outlaw" 3 32 Your Body Is an Outlaw "Steppin' Out" 9 — "Southern Rains" 1 1 Southern Rain 1981 "Million Old Goodbyes" 8 10 "One Night Fever" 10 — 1982 "It's a Long Way to Daytona" 36 — It's a Long Way to Daytona "The One That Got Away" 37 — "Stay a Little Longer" 17 — Greatest Hits 1983 "In the Middle of the Night" 10 10 After All This Time "A Cowboy's Dream" 49 — "She Meant Forever When She Said Goodbye" 53 — 1984 "New Patches" 10 10 New Patches "Slow Nights" (with Glen Campbell) 47 — 1985 "You Done Me Wrong" 37 46 California Road "California Road" 61 — 1988 "You'll Come Back (You Always Do)" 31 — Tough Guys Don't Dance (soundtrack) 1989 "City Lights" 67 — New Patches (1988) 1991 "Tall Drink of Water" — — Greatest Hits (1991) "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Other singles Collaborations Year Single Artist Peak chartpositions Album US Country CAN Country 1959 "Sawmill" Bill Phillips 27 — rowspan="3" "Georgia Town Blues" 24 — 1967 "I Wish I Felt This Way at Home" Bob Wills — — 1971 "Take My Hand"[C] Sherry Bryce 8 15 Living and Learning "Living and Learning" 9 16 1972 "Anything's Better Than Nothing" 38 — 1973 "Let's Go All the Way Tonight" 26 63 Let's Go All the Way Tonight 1974 "Don't Let Go" 11 17 "You Are the One" 14 46 1975 "Mr. Right and Mrs. Wrong" 32 — 1981 "Texas Cowboy Night" Nancy Sinatra 23 — Mel and Nancy 1982 "Play Me or Trade Me" 43 — 1999 "Still Gonna Die" Old Dogs — — Old Dogs "—" denotes releases that did not chart
B-sides Year B-side Peak positions Original A-side US Country 1979 "Charlie's Angel" flip "Send Me Down to Tucson" 1982 "Where Would I Be" (with Nancy Sinatra) flip "Play Me or Trade Me"
Notes
A ^ "Life Turned Her That Way" also peaked at number 28 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. B ^ "The Arms of a Fool" also peaked at number 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. C ^ "Take My Hand" also peaked at number 10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
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