During his career as a singer and composer, Pat Boone released 63 singles in the United States, mostly during the 1950s and early 1960s when Boone was a successful pop singer and, for a time, the second-biggest charting artist behind Elvis Presley according to Billboard. Boone has had over 25 singles reach the top 20 on the U.S. singles charts, including the number-one hits "Ain't That a Shame" (1955), "I Almost Lost My Mind" (1956), "Don't Forbid Me" (1957), "Love Letters in the Sand" (1957), "April Love" (1957), and "Moody River" (1961). "I'll Be Home" (1956) reached No. 1 in the UK. He set a Billboard record, which he still holds, for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week.
Boone also had several top 20 albums during this time, including the EP Four by Pat (1957) which peaked at No. 5 on the U.S. album charts, and his highest-charting album, Star Dust (1958), which reached No. 2. He also released two hit soundtracks for musical films in which he starred, April Love (1957) and State Fair (1962). Most of his records during the 1950s and 1960s were released on the Dot Records label.
In 1967, Boone recorded several spoken word essays, which were released on record, along with selections from other narrators, by an organization called the Family Achievement Institute.
Boone had a single release in 2024 entitled "My Stupid Tattoo”, and he has continued to release both studio albums and compilation albums regularly for six decades, in addition to several soundtracks and video albums. His post-1960s output has been on a variety of different labels, and has increasingly focused on Christian music. A notable exception was his controversial 1997 album In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy, which featured Boone covering well-known hard rock and heavy metal songs such as "Stairway to Heaven", "Smoke on the Water" and "Crazy Train" in a jazz/ big band style. It reached No. 125 on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart, thus becoming Boone's first album to chart in 35 years.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales and certifications Year Title Album details Peak chart positions US Billboard US Cashbox UK OCC 1956 Pat BooneReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3012) 20 — — Howdy!Colin Larkin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2011 - Page 2006 "ALBUMS: Pat Boone (Dot 1956), Howdy! (Dot 1956), 'Pat' (Dot 1957), Pat Boone Sings Irving Berlin (Dot 1957), Hymns We Love (Dot 1957)Released: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3030) 14 12 — 1957 "Pat"Released: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3050) 19 15 — Hymns We LoveReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3068) 21 — 12 Pat Boone Sings Irving BerlinReleased: December 1957 Label: Dot Records (DLP 3077) — — — 1958 Star DustReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3118, 25118) 2 — 10 Yes Indeed!Released: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3121, 25121) 13 — — 1959 TenderlyReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3180, 25180) 17 22 — Side by Side (with Shirley Boone)Released: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3199, 25199) — — — He Leadeth MeReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3234, 25234) — — — White ChristmasReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3222, 25222)39 — — 1960 MoonglowReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3270, 25270) 26 44 — This and ThatReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3285, 25285) — — — Great! Great! Great!Released: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3346, 25346) — — — 1961 Moody RiverReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3384, 25384) 29 18 — My God and IReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3386, 25386) — — — 1962 I'll See You in My DreamsReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3399, 25399) — — — Pat Boone Reads from the Holy BibleReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3402) — — — I Love You Truly (with Shirley Boone)Released: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3475, 25475) — — — 1963 Pat Boone Sings Guess Who?Released: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3501, 25501) — — — Pat Boone Sings Days of Wine and Roses and Other Movie ThemesReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3504, 25504) — — — The Star Spangled BannerReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3520, 25520) — — — Tie Me Kangaroo Down SportReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3534, 25534) — — — 1964 Sing Along Without Pat Boone!Released: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3513, 25513) — — — The Touch of Your LipsReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3546, 25546) — — — Ain't That a ShameReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3573, 25573) — — — The Lord's Prayer and Other Great HymnsReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3582, 25582) — — — Boss Beat!Released: Label: Dot Records — — — Near YouReleased: Label: Dot Records — — — 1965 Blest Be the Tie That BindsReleased: Label: Dot Records — — — The Golden Era of Country HitsReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3626, 25626) — — — My 10th Anniversary with Dot RecordsReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3650, 25650) — — — Pat Boone Sings Winners of the Reader's Digest PollReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3667, 25667) — — — 1966 Great Hits of 1965Released: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3685, 25685) — — — MemoriesReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 25748) — — — Wish You Were Here, BuddyReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3764, 25764) — — — Christmas Is A Comin'Released: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3770, 25770) — — — 1967 How Great Thou ArtReleased: Label: Dot Records — — — I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman with Pat Boone Whistling Plus Nine Vocal PerformancesReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3805, 25805) — — —1968 Look AheadReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3876, 25876) — — —1969 DepartureReleased: Label: Tetragrammaton Records (T-118) — — —1970 Songs for Jesus FolkReleased: Label: Supreme — — — 1972 In the Holy LandReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion Records — — — The New Songs of the Jesus PeopleReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion Records — — — 1973 All in the Boone FamilyReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion — — — Born AgainReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion Records — — — Family Who PraysReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion Records — — — Pat Boone S-A-V-E-DReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion Records — — — I Love You More and More Each DayReleased: Label: MGM Records — — — Pat Boone with the First Nashville Jesus BandReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion Records — — — Thank You Dear LordReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion Records — — — 1974 The Pat Boone FamilyReleased: Label: Word Records — — — Songs from the Inner CourtReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion Records — — —1975 Something SupernaturalReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion Records — — —1976 Texas WomanReleased: Label: Hitsville / Motown — — — 1977 The Country Side of Pat BooneReleased: Label: MC Records / Motown — — — Miracle Merry-Go-RoundReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion Records — — —1979 Just the Way I AmReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion Records — — —1981 SongmakerReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion Records — — —1982 A Pocketful of HopeReleased: Label: Thistle Records — — —1984 Pat Boone Sings Golden HymnsReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion Records — — — 1994 I Remember Red: A Tribute to Red FoleyReleased: November 10, 1994 Label: Delta Records Format: CD — — — The Pat Boone Family ChristmasReleased: Label: Delta Format: Cassette, CD — — — 1997 In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice GuyReleased: January 28, 1997 Label: Hip-O Records 125 — — 1999 Echoes of MercyReleased: Label: Word — — — 2000 The Miracle of ChristmasReleased: Label: Delta — — — 2002 American GloryReleased: Label: The Gold Label — — — 2005 Nearer My God to TheeReleased: Label: Curb Records — — — Glory Train: The Lost SessionsReleased: Label: The Gold Label — — — Dream of IrelandReleased: Label: The Gold Label — — — 2006 Hopeless RomanticReleased: February 7, 2006 Label: The Gold Label — — — We Are Family: R&B ClassicsReleased: September 19, 2006 Label: The Gold Label Format: CD 86 — — Ready to RockReleased: Label: The Gold Label Format: CD — — — In A Symphonic MoodReleased: Label: The Gold Label Format: CD — — — 2007The True Spirit of ChristmasReleased: Label: The Gold Label Format: CD — — — 2010NearReleased: Label: The Gold Label Format: CD — — — 2014LegacyReleased: Label: The Gold Label Format: CD — — — 2015Pat Boone's Favourite Bible Stories & Sing-Along SongsReleased: Label: Lamb & Lion Records Format: CD — — —
EPs + List of selected EPs, with chart positions Year Title Album details Peak chart positions US BB 1957 A Closer Walk with TheeReleased: Label: Dot Records (DEP 1056) 13 Four by PatReleased: Label: Dot Records (DEP 1057) 5
Soundtracks Year Title Album details Peak chart positions US BB1957April Love Released: Label: Dot Records 121962 State Fair Released: Label: 20th Fox Records 121972Come Together: A Musical Experience in Love Released: Label: Light Records —
Compilations + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Year Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US BB US CB UK OCC1957 Pat's Great Hits Released: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3071) 3 2 — RIAA GoldPat Boone RIAA certification. Retrieved on January 28, 20241959 Pat Boone SingsReleased: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3158, 25158) — 19 —1960 Pat's Great Hits, Vol. 2 Released: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3158, DLP 25158) — — —1962Pat Boone's Golden Hits Featuring Speedy Gonzales Released: Label: Dot Records (DLP 3455, 25455) 66 — —1967 Golden Hits – 15 Hits of Pat Boone Released: Label: Dot Records (DLP 25814) — — —1976 Pat Boone Originals Released: Label: ABC (ABSD301) — — 161993Pat Boone's Greatest Hits Released: Label: MCA Records (MCAD 10885) Format: CD — — — Other 1964: The Gold Collection (The Gold Label) 1982: Best of Pat Boone (Prism Platinum) 1982: The Best of Pat Boone (MCA) 1986: Jivin' Pat (Bear Family) 1986: All the Hits (Topline) 1987: Love Letters (Dominion) 1990: Greatest Hits (Curb) 1990: The Best of Pat Boone: April Love (Delta) 1993: Love Letters in the Sand (Delta) 1994: Pat Boone (Bellaphon) 1994: More Greatest Hits (Varèse Sarabande) 1994: Remember (Eclipse) 1995: Greatest Hits (Bellaphon) 1995: Greatest Hymns (Curb) 1995: His Greatest Hits (Laserlight) 1996: The Best of Pat Boone (Hallmark) 1997: Pat Boone (Members Edition) 1997: Fifties: Complete (Bear Family) 1997: EP Collection (See For Miles Records) 1998: My God is Real: The Inspirational Collection (Varese) 1998: The Best of Pat Boone (Music Club) 1999: Hymns We Love (Universal Special Products) 1999: Golden Treasury of Hymns (The Gold Label) 1999: My Greatest Songs (IMS) 2000: Love Letters in the Sand (Hallmark) 2000: At His Best: Love Letters in the Sand (Castle Music) 2000: I Believe In Music (Acrobat) 2000: The Very Best of Pat Boone (Big Eye Music) 2000: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Pat Boone (MCA) 2000: Best of the Best (Legacy) 2001: Blast from the Past: Pat Boone (Direct Source) 2001: Greatest Hits & Favorite Hymns (Goldies) 2001: Pat's 40 Big Ones (Connoisseur) 2002: On the Sentimental Side (MRA) 2002: Best Selection (Universal) 2002: Pat Boone Best Selection (Universal) 2002: The Ultimate Collection (Universal) 2003: Ultimate Legends: Pat Boone (Ultimate Entertainment) 2003: The Singles+ (BR Music) 2003: Pat Boone (Weton) 2004: Greatest Contemporary Christian Songs (Curb) 2004: Greatest Love Songs (Curb) 2004: Greatest Rock N' Roll Songs (Curb) 2004: Greatest Hits (Elap) 2004: Christmas with Pat Boone (Noel) 2004: I'll Be Home for Christmas (Christmas Legends) 2005: Remember You're Mine (Brentwood Records) 2005: Platinum Collection (Platinum Entertainment) 2006: Best of Pat Boone (Platinum Disc) 2006: The Sixties (1960–1962) (Bear Family) 2006: Kid in the White Buckskin Shoes! (Canetoad International) 2007: Encore of Golden Hits (Musicpro) 2008: Gee Whittakers (Xtra) 2008: Sweet Hour of Prayer (Remember Records) 2008: Rock N Roll Legends (RNR Music) 2008: Ain't That a Shame (Hallmark) 2008: Pat's Great Hits (Hallmark) 2008: Pledging My Love (Hallmark) 2009: Pat Boone Rocks (Bear Family) 2009: My God Is Real (Delta Leisure Group) 2009: Spotlight on Pat Boone (Mbop Direct-Zone 5) 2010: Christmas Songs 2015: Duets 2017: Greatest Hits 2019: Greatest Hits Live 2019: Old-Fashioned Christmas