American entertainer Bill Cosby released 23 albums of stand-up comedy, 16 studio albums of music, and six singles. He was known mainly for his stand-up comedy, with his first album of comedy Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right! being released in 1963. He has also recorded several albums of music. Additionally, Cosby charted six singles on various Billboard charts, including "Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)", a number four hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967.
Stand-up albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions USBB US CB Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!Released: 1963 Label: Warner Bros. Records Format: LP 21 32 I Started Out as a ChildReleased: 1964 Label: Warner Bros. Records Format: LP 32 48 Why Is There Air?Released: 1965 Label: Warner Bros. Records Format: LP 19 19 WonderfulnessReleased: 1966 Label: Warner Bros. Records Format: LP 7 8 RevengeReleased: 1967 Label: Warner Bros. Records Format: LP 2 2 To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept WithReleased: 1968 Label: Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Records Format: LP 7 4 200 M.P.H.Released: 1968 Label: Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Records Format: LP 16 17 It's True! It's True!Released: 1969 Label: Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Records Format: LP 37 43 8:15 12:15Released: 1969 Label: Tetragrammaton Records Format: LP 62 55 SportsReleased: 1969 Label: Uni Records Format: LP — — Live: Madison Square Garden CenterReleased: 1970 Label: Uni Records Format: LP 165 — When I Was a KidReleased: 1971 Label: Uni Records Format: LP 72 74 For Adults OnlyReleased: 1971 Label: Uni Records Format: LP 181 — Inside the Mind of Bill CosbyReleased: 1972 Label: Uni Records Format: LP 191 — Fat AlbertReleased: 1973 Label: MCA Records Format: LP — — My Father Confused Me... What Must I Do? What Must I Do?Released: 1977 Label: Capitol/EMI Records Format: LP — — Bill's Best FriendReleased: 1978 Label: Capitol/EMI Format: LP — — HimselfReleased: 1982 Label: Motown Format: LP; Bill Cosby: Himself video released in 1983 — — Hardheaded BoysReleased: 1985 Label: Nicetown Records Format: LP — — Those of You with or Without Children, You'll UnderstandReleased: 1986 Label: Geffen Records Format: LP — — Bill Cosby: 49Released: 1987 Label: Format: VHS only Recorded live at the Chicago Theatre, September, 1986 — — Oh, Baby!Released: 1991 Label: Geffen Records Format: LP — — Bill Cosby: Mr. Sapolsky, with LoveReleased: 1996 Label: Format: Special — — Far from Finished...Released: 2013 Label: Format: Special and album — 77Unreleased Netflix special "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Music albums
Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings (1967) (No. 18 Billboard, No. 15 Cashbox) Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band! (1968) (No. 74 Billboard, No. 46 Cashbox) Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral & Marching Band (1971) Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs (1971) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concertas master of ceremonies (Columbia, 1972) Bill Cosby Presents Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral Marching Band (1972) At Last Bill Cosby Really Sings (1974) Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days (1976) Disco Bill (1977) Where You Lay Your Head (1990) My Appreciation (1991) Hello Friend: To Ennis, With Love (1997) Quincy Jones & Bill CosbyThe Original Jam Sessions 1969 (2004) Quincy Jones & Bill CosbyThe New Mixes Vol. 1 (2004) State of Emergency (2009) Keep Standing (2010)
Compilations
The Best of Bill Cosby (1969) (No. 51 Billboard, No. 44 Cashbox) More of the Best of Bill Cosby (1970) (No. 80 Billboard, No. 75 Cashbox) Bill (1973) Down Under (1975) Cosby and the Kids/Cosby Classics (1986) Bill Cosby At His Best (1992) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill Cosby (2001) The Bill Cosby Collection (2004) Icon (2011)
Singles + List of singles, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album US US R&B US AC Canada "Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)" 1967 4 18 — 2 Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings "Hooray for the Salvation Army Band" 1967 71 — — — Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band! "Funky North Philly" 1968 91 — — — "Hikky Burr" 1969 — — — 77rowspan="2" "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" 1970 70 — 17 74 "Yes, Yes, Yes" 1976 46 11 — — Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days "I Luv Myself Better Than I Luv Myself" 1976 — 59 — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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