This article presents the discography of American country music singer, Jimmy Dean.
Albums 1950s–1960s Title Details Peak positions US Country US 200 Sings His Television Favorites Release date: 1957 Label: Mercury Records — — Jimmy Dean's Hour of Prayer Release date: 1957 Label: Columbia Records — — Bumming Around Release date: 1959 Label: Mercury Records — — Favorites of Jimmy Dean Release date: 1960 Label: King Records — — Hymns by Jimmy Dean Release date: 1960 Label: Harmony Records — — Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales Release date: 1961 Label: Columbia Records — 23 Portrait of Jimmy Dean Release date: 1962 Label: Columbia Records — 144 Everybody's Favorites Release date: 1963 Label: Columbia Records — — Golden Favorites Release date: 1964 Label: Hilltop Records — — Jimmy Dean Guest Star Release date: 1964 Label: 4 Star Records — — The Songs We All Love Best Release date: 1964 Label: Columbia Records — — Bummin' Around(with Johnny Horton) Release date: 1965 Label: Starday Records — — Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card Release date: 1965 Label: Columbia Records — — Sings His Television Favorites Release date: 1965 Label: Wing Records — — The First Thing Ev'ry Morning Release date: 1965 Label: Columbia Records 1 — Big Ones Release date: 1966 Label: Columbia Records — — Greatest Hits Release date: 1966 Label: Columbia Records 22 — Jimmy Dean Is Here! Release date: 1966 Label: RCA Victor 10 — Jimmy Dean Show Release date: 1967 Label: RCA Victor — — Most Richly Blessed Release date: 1967 Label: RCA Victor — — Mr. Country Music Release date: 1967 Label: Harmony Records — — Everybody's Favourite Release date: 1967 Label: Hallmark Records — — A Thing Called Love Release date: 1968 Label: RCA Victor 20 — Country's Favorite Son Release date: 1968 Label: Harmony Records — — Dean's List Release date: 1968 Label: Columbia Records — — Jimmy Dean Show Release date: 1968 Label: RCA Victor — — Gotta Travel On Release date: 1969 Label: Harmony Records — — Speaker of the House Release date: 1969 Label: RCA Victor — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1970s–1980s Title Details Peak positions US Country The Dean of Country Music Release date: 1970 Label: RCA Victor — Country Boy and Country Girl(with Dottie West) Release date: December 1970 Label: RCA Victor 42 Everybody Knows Release date: 1971 Label: RCA Victor 41 These Hands Release date: 1971 Label: RCA Victor 43 Bummin' Around Release date: 1973 Label: Hilltop Records — I.O.U. Release date: 1976 Label: Casino Records — Country Music Show 1954-55 Release date: 1981 Label: Castle Records — American Originals Release date: 1989 Label: Columbia Records — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1990s–2000s Title Details 24 Greats Release date: 1994 Label: Deluxe Records Greatest Songs Release date: 1995 Label: Curb Records Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card Release date: 1995 Label: Legacy Recordings Inspirational Songs Release date: 1998 Label: Curb Records 20 Great Story Songs Release date: 1999 Label: Curb Records The Complete Columbia Hits & More Release date: 2004 Label: Collectors' Choice Music
Singles 1950s singles Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country US 1952 "Bumming Around" 5 — Favorites by Jimmy Dean 1953 "The Queen of Hearts" — — 1954 "Release Me" — — 1955 "Big Blue Diamonds" — — rowspan="2" "Find 'Em, Fool 'Em, Leave 'Em Alone" — — 1956 "Freight Train Blues" — — Jimmy Deans Sings His Television Favorites "Hello Mr. Blues" — — 1957 "Losing Game" — — "Look on the Good Side" — — "Deep Blue Sea" — 67 rowspan="2" "Little Sandy Sleightfoot" — 32 1958 "Bumming Around" (re-recording) — — Jimmy Dean Sings His Television Favorites "Starlight, Starbright" — — "What This Old World Needs" — — Jimmy Dean Sings His Television Favorites "School of Love" — — rowspan="3" "Shark in the Bathtub" — — 1959 "Weekend Blue" — — "Bumming Around" (re-release) — 106 Bumming Around "Counting Tears" — — rowspan="2" "Thanks for the Dream" — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1960s singles Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Country US US AC CAN (CHUM) CAN Country UK 1960 "Little Boy Lost" — — — — — — rowspan="2" 1961 "Give Me Back My Heart" — — — — — — "Big Bad John"(b-side "I Won't Go Huntin' With You Jake" was #10 in Canada) 1 1 1 1 — 2 Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales "Oklahoma Bill" — — — — — — "Dear Ivan" 9 24 6 14 — — Jimmy Dean's Greatest Hits 1962 "The Cajun Queen" 16 22 4 25 — — "To a Sleeping Beauty" 15 26 6 — — — Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs and Tales "PT-109"(b-side "Walk On Boy" was #28 in Canada) 3 8 2 33 — — Portrait of Jimmy Dean "Steel Men" — 41 12 — — — "Little Black Book" 10 29 10 18 — 33 "Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonite" — 73 — 36 — — 1963 "This Ole House" — 128 — — — — Everybody's Favorite "Mile Long Train" — — — — — — rowspan="3" "The Funniest Thing I Ever Heard" — — — — — — "Mind Your Own Business" 35 — — — — — 1964 "Shenandoah" — — — — — — The Songs We All Love Best "Sam Hill" — — — — — — Jimmy Dean's Greatest Hits "Yes, Patricia, There Is a Santa Claus" — — — — — — Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card 1965 "The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev'ry Night)" 1 91 19 — — — The First Thing Ev'ry Morning "Harvest of Sunshine" 35 — — — — — "Blue Christmas" — — — — — — Jimmy Dean's Christmas Card 1966 "Things Have Gone to Pieces" — — — — — — The Big Ones "Once a Day" — — — — — — "Stand Beside Me" 10 — — — — — Jimmy Dean Is Here 1967 "Sweet Misery" 16 — 13 — — — The Jimmy Dean Show "Ninety Days" 41 — — — — — rowspan="2" "I'm a Swinger" 30 — — — — — 1968 "A Thing Called Love" 21 — — — 14 — A Thing Called Love "Born to Be by Your Side" 52 — — — — — "A Hammer and Nails" 22 — — — 12 — Mr. Country Music 1969 "A Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose" 52 — — — — — A Thing Called Love "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1970s singles Year Single Peak chart positions Album US Country US US AC AUS CAN Country CAN CAN AC 1970 "When Judy Smiled" — — — — — — — Dean of Country Music "Us" — — — — — — — rowspan="2" "Weakness in a Man" — — — — — — — 1971 "Everybody Knows" 54 — — — — — — Everybody Knows 1972 "Who Put the Leaving in Your Eyes" — — — — — — — "The One You Say Good Morning To" 38 — — — — — — 1973 "I'm Gonna Be Gone" — — — — — — — rowspan="3" "The Days When Jim Liked Jenny" — — — — — — — 1973 "Your Sweet Love (Keeps Me Homeward Bound)" 90 — — — — — — 1976 "I.O.U" 9 35 47 18 38 30 3 I.O.U. "To a Sleeping Beauty" (re-recording) 85 — — — — — — "Angel in an Apron" — — — — — — — 1977 "I.O.U." (re-release) 90 — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart
1980s singles Year Single Peak positions Album US Country 1983 "I.O.U." (re-recording) 77
Other singles Singles with Dottie West Year Single Peak positions Album US Country 1971 "Slowly" 29 Country Boy and Country Girl
Featured singles Year Single Artist(s) Peak positions Album US Country 1967 "Chet's Tune" Some of Chet's Friends 38
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