This is a detailed discography for American country music singer Don Williams that includes information on all of his studio albums, singles, greatest hits compilations and live albums. Don Williams was active from 1967 until his death in 2017.Don Williams, Country's 'Gentle Giant,' Dead at 78. Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 8, 2017 He was one of the best-selling male vocalists in country music in the 1970s and early 1980s.
In March 2026, Williams' son, Tim Williams, announced the first collection of new material and the first posthumous release for Williams since he died in 2017, with Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes, which is to be released on May 29, 2026.
Studio albums
1970s Title Album details Peak chart positions US Country US AUS CAN Country Don Williams Volume One Release date: June 1973 Label: JMI Records Formats: LP 5 — — — Don Williams Volume Two Release date: January 1974 Label: JMI Records Formats: LP 13 — — — Don Williams Vol. III Release date: September 25, 1974 Label: ABC/Dot Records Formats: LP 3 — — — You're My Best Friend Release date: April 1975 Label: ABC/Dot Records Formats: LP, cassette 5 — — — Harmony Release date: April 5, 1976 Label: ABC/Dot Records Formats: LP, cassette 1 — — — Visions Release date: January 17, 1977 Label: ABC/Dot Records Formats: LP, cassette 4 — 98 — Country Boy Release date: September 13, 1977 Label: ABC/Dot Records Formats: LP, cassette 9 — — 11 Expressions Release date: August 23, 1978 Label: ABC/Dot Records Formats: LP, cassette 2 161 — 1 Portrait Release date: October 19, 1979 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette 11 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country US AUS CAN Country I Believe in You Release date: August 4, 1980 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette 2 57 47 3 CAN: Gold US: Platinum Especially for You Release date: June 26, 1981 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette 5 109 — — Listen to the Radio Release date: March 26, 1982 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette 6 166 — — Yellow Moon Release date: March 25, 1983 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette 12 44 — — Cafe Carolina Release date: May 14, 1984 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette 13 — — 1 New Moves Release date: January 17, 1986 Label: Capitol Records Formats: LP, cassette 29 — — — Traces Release date: October 14, 1987 Label: Capitol Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette — — — — One Good Well Release date: April 28, 1989 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, LP, cassette 54 — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1990s Title Album details Peakpositions US Country UK Country True Love Release date: August 7, 1990 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette 56— Currents Release date: March 10, 1992 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette —— Borrowed Tales Release date: August 8, 1995 Label: American Harvest Records Formats: CD, cassette —3 Flatlands Release date: October 8, 1996 Label: American Harvest Records Formats: CD, cassette —4 I Turn the Page Release date: October 27, 1998 Label: Giant Records Formats: CD, cassette 6911 "—" denotes releases that did not chart
2000s–2020s Title Album details Peak chartpositions US Country USUK Country My Heart to You Release date: April 27, 2004 Label: Vanguard Records Formats: CD — —10 And So It Goes Release date: June 19, 2012 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD, music download 20 1001 Reflections Release date: March 11, 2014 Label: Sugar Hill Records Formats: CD, music download 19 1241 Epilogue: The Cellar Tapes Release date: May 29, 2026 Label: Craft Recordings Formats: CD, LP, music download To be released
Live albums Title Album details An Evening with Don Williams: Best Of Live Release date: May 27, 1994 Label: American Harvest Records Formats: CD, cassette Live Greatest Hits, Volume Two Release date: April 17, 2001 Label: Row Music Group Formats: CD Don Williams in Ireland Release date: April 15, 2016 Label: Don Williams Music Group Formats: CD, LP
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chartpositions Certifications(sales threshold) US Country AUS CAN Country Greatest Hits, Volume One Release date: September 22, 1975 Label: ABC/Dot Records Formats: LP, cassette 5 — — The Best of Don Williams, Volume II Release date: April 23, 1979 Label: ABC/Dot Records Formats: LP, cassette 7 — 2 CAN: Gold US: Gold Now & Then Release date: 1982 Label: J&B Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette — 31 — The Best of Don Williams, Volume III Release date: February 13, 1984 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette 18 — — US: Gold Greatest Hits Volume IV Release date: November 11, 1985 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette 60 — — Lovers and Best Friends Release date: September 22, 1986 Label: MCA Records Formats: LP, cassette — — — 20 Greatest Hits Release date: February 16, 1987 Label: MCA Records Formats: CD, LP, cassette 14 — — Greatest Country Hits Release date: September 10, 1990 Label: Curb Records Formats: CD, cassette — — — The Best of Don Williams Release date: May 23, 1995 Label: RCA Nashville Formats: CD, cassette — — — 20th Century Masters:The Millennium Collection Release date: May 9, 2000 Label: MCA Nashville Formats: CD 74 — — Gold Release date: October 17, 2000 Label: Hip-O Records Formats: CD — — — 20th Century Masters:The Millennium Collection, Vol. 2 Release date: September 25, 2001 Label: MCA Nashville Formats: CD — — — The Definitive Collection Release date: June 22, 2004 Label: MCA Nashville Formats: CD 48 — — Icon: Don Williams Release date: August 31, 2010 Label: MCA Nashville Formats: CD 43 — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Singles 1970s Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Country US Bubbling AUS CAN Country UK 1973 "The Shelter of Your Eyes" 14 — — — — Don Williams Volume One "Come Early Morning" 12 — — — — "Amanda" 33 — 65 — — 1974 "Atta Way to Go" 13 — — 57 — Don Williams Volume Two "We Should Be Together" 5 — — — — "Down the Road I Go" 62 — — 50 — "I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me" 1 — — 10 — Don Williams Vol. III "The Ties That Bind" 4 — — 2 — 1975 "You're My Best Friend" 1 — 50 1 35 You're My Best Friend "(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight" 1 — — 5 — "'Til the Rivers All Run Dry" 1 — — — — Harmony 1976 "Say It Again" 1 — — 4 — "I Recall a Gypsy Woman" — — — — 13 Don Williams Volume One "She Never Knew Me" 2 3 — 2 — Harmony 1977 "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" 1 8 — 6 — Visions "I'm Just a Country Boy" 1 10 — 1 57 Country Boy 1978 "I've Got a Winner in You" 7 — — 10 — "Rake and Ramblin' Man" 3 — — 2 — "Tulsa Time" 1 6 — 1 — Expressions 1979 "Lay Down Beside Me" 3 — 88 2 — "It Must Be Love" 1 — — 2 — "Love Me Over Again" 1 — — 1 — Portrait "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Country US US AC AUS CAN Country CAN AC 1980 "Good Ole Boys Like Me" 2 — — — 3 — Portrait "I Believe in You" 1 24 8 20 1 7 I Believe in You 1981 "Falling Again" 6 — 39 — 3 — "Miracles" 4 — 32 — 2 — Especially for You "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" 1 — — — 1 — 1982 "Listen to the Radio" 3 — — — 1 — Listen to the Radio "Mistakes" 3 — — — 3 — "If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)" 1 — — — 1 — 1983 "Love Is on a Roll" 1 — — — 1 — Yellow Moon "Nobody but You" 2 — — — 1 — "Stay Young" 1 — — — 3 — 1984 "That's the Thing About Love" 1 — — — 1 — Cafe Carolina "Maggie's Dream" 11 — — — 13 — 1985 "Walkin' a Broken Heart" 2 — — — 3 — "It's Time for Love" 20 — — — 49 — 1986 "We've Got a Good Fire Goin'" 3 — — — 2 — New Moves "Heartbeat in the Darkness" 1 — — — 2 — "Then It's Love" 3 — — — 4 — 1987 "Señorita" 9 — — — 12 — "I'll Never Be in Love Again" 4 — — — 15 — "I Wouldn't Be a Man" 9 — — — 7 — Traces 1988 "Another Place, Another Time" 5 — — — — — "Desperately" 7 — — — 5 — 1989 "Old Coyote Town" 5 — — — 2 — "One Good Well" 4 — — — 3 — One Good Well "I've Been Loved by the Best" 4 — — — 11 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1990s–2010s Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country CAN Country 1990 "Just as Long as I Have You" 4 11 One Good Well "Maybe That's All It Takes" 22 47 "Back in My Younger Days" 2 1 True Love 1991 "True Love" 4 5 "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy" 7 17 1992 "It's Who You Love" 73 — Currents "Too Much Love" 72 — "Catfish Bates" — — 1995 "Fever" — — Borrowed Tales "Games People Play" — — 1998 "Cracker Jack Diamond" — 87 I Turn the Page "Pretty Little Baby Child" — — 2004 "My Heart to You" — — My Heart to You 2012 "I Just Come Here for the Music" (with Alison Krauss) — — And So It Goes 2014 "I'll Be Here in the Morning" — — Reflections "—" denotes releases that did not chart
Other singles Featured singles Year Single Artist Peak chartpositions Album US Country CAN Country 1981 "If I Needed You" Emmylou Harris 3 1 Cimarron
Promotional singles Year Single Peakpositions Album US Country 1980 "Could You Ever Really Love a Poor Boy" 97
Music videos Year Video Director 1986 "Heartbeat in the Darkness" Sherman Halsey 1989 "I've Been Loved by the Best" Phil Olsman 1995 "Fever" Bob Gabrielsen 2004 "My Heart to You" John Donegan 2012 "Imagine That" (with Keith Urban) David McClister 2014 "I'll Be Here in the Morning" Bill Filipiak "Sing Me Back Home"
See also Pozo-Seco Singers JMI Records Bob McDill Allen Reynolds
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