- Chris LeDoux discography
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Chris LeDoux discography Releases ↙Studio albums 31 ↙Live albums 1 ↙Compilation albums 9 ↙Singles 33 ↙Music videos 7 ↙Collaborations 2 Chris LeDoux was a Rodeo Cowboy who sang and recorded songs in his spare time and sold his albums from the back of his truck. With his father, he started his own record label, American Cowboy Songs in 1970. Under that label he released 22 albums between 1971 and 1990. After gaining recognition from the 1989 Garth Brooks song, "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" he was signed to Liberty Records, where he released 4 studio albums in four years. He released 6 more albums including a live album under Capitol Records. "Horsepower" in 2003 was his last studio album before his death in 2005. Nine official compilation albums have been released between 1994 and 2008. 20 Greatest Hits has been certified platinum by the RIAA.[1]
LeDoux has released a total of 33 singles, most of them from his major label albums. While most of his singles failed to chart or missed the top 40, his most famous song is the duet with Garth Brooks, "Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy" which charted at #7 on Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart. The follow-up single, "Cadillac Ranch" reached #18.[2]
Contents
Albums
Year Album Chart positions[3][4] RIAA[1] Label US Country US 1971 Songs of Rodeo Life — — — self-released 1973 Rodeo Songs "Old & New" — — — 1974 Songs of Rodeo and Country — — — 1975 Rodeo And Living Free — — — Life As A Rodeo Man — — — 1976 Songbook of the American West — — — 1977 Sing Me a Song Mr. Rodeo Man — — — 1978 Cowboys Ain't Easy to Love — — — Paint Me Back Home in Wyoming — — — 1979 Western Tunesmith — — — 1980 Sounds of the Western Country — — — Old Cowboy Heroes — — — 1981 He Rides the Wild Horses — — — 1982 Used to Want to Be a Cowboy — — — 1983 Old Cowboy Classics — — — Thirty Dollar Cowboy — — — 1984 Melodies and Memories — — — 1986 Wild and Wooly — — — 1987 Gold Buckle Dreams — — — 1988 Chris LeDoux and the Saddle Boogie Band — — — 1989 Powder River — — — 1990 Radio and Rodeo Hits — — — 1991 Western Underground[A] 36 — — Liberty 1992 Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy 9 65 Gold 1993 Under This Old Hat 21 131 — 1994 Haywire 17 128 — 1996 Stampede 33 — — Capitol Nashville 1997 Live 26 — — 1998 One Road Man 24 180 — 2000 Cowboy 17 134 — 2002 After the Storm 14 121 — 2003 Horsepower 24 162 — "—" denotes the album failed to chart, not released, or not certified Compilations
Year Album Chart positions RIAA US Country US 1994 The Best of Chris LeDoux 51 — Gold American Cowboy — — — 1995 Rodeo Rock and Roll Collection — — — 1999 20 Greatest Hits 17 145 Platinum 2002 The Capitol Collection (1990-2000) 63 — — 2004 20 Originals: The Early Years 58 — — 2005 Anthology, Volume 1 20 126 — 2006 The Ultimate Collection 33 — — 2008 Classic Chris LeDoux 26 175 — "—" denotes the album failed to chart, not released, or not certified - Notes
- A ^ Also reached #22 on the U.S. Top Heatseekers chart.
Singles
Year Single Chart positions[2][4][5] Album US Country CAN Country 1979 "Lean, Mean and Hungry" 99 — Paint Me Back Home in Wyoming "Caballo Diablo" 98 — single only 1980 "Ten Seconds in the Saddle" 96 — Western Tunesmith "Buckin' Machine" — — single only 1982 "I Used to Want to Be a Cowboy" — — Used to Want to Be a Cowboy 1983 "Sons of the Pioneers" — — single only 1984 "Even Cowboys Like a Little Rock and Roll" — — Melodies and Memories 1987 "It Ain't The Years, It's The Miles" — — Gold Buckle Dreams 1991 "This Cowboy's Hat" 63 — Western Underground 1992 "Workin' Man's Dollar" 69 — "Riding for a Fall" 72 — "Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy" 7 5 Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy "Cadillac Ranch" 18 16 1993 "Look at You Girl" 52 56 Chris LeDoux & the Saddle Boogie Band "Under This Old Hat" 54 53 Under This Old Hat "Every Time I Roll the Dice" 61 68 1994 "For Your Love" 50 73 "Honky Tonk World" 71 — Haywire 1995 "Tougher Than the Rest" 67 — "Dallas Days and Fort Worth Nights" 68 — 1996 "Gravitational Pull" 71 77 Stampede 1997 "When I Say Forever" 65 — "Five Dollar Fine" — — 1998 "Runaway Love" 62 — One Road Man "Bang a Drum" (with Jon Bon Jovi) 68 — 1999 "Life Is a Highway" 64 — "Stampede" 66 — 20 Greatest Hits 2000 "Silence on the Line" 65 — Cowboy 2001 "He Rides the Wild Horses" — — 2002 "Bareback Jack" — — After the Storm "Cowboy Up" — — 2004 "Horsepower" 56 — Horsepower 2005 "The Ride" — — "Airborne Cowboy" — — Anthology, Vol. 1 "—" denotes the single failed to chart or not released Music videos
Year Title Director 1991 "Riding for a Fall" Gary Eckert 1992 "Working Man's Dollar" Joanne Gardner "Cadillac Ranch"[6] Michael Merriman 1993 "Look at You Girl"[7] "Under This Old Hat"[8] R. Brad Murano/Steven T. Miller "For Your Love"[9] Michael Salomon 1994 "Honky Tonk World"[10] "Tougher Than the Rest"[11] Michael Merriman 1996 "Five Dollar Fine"[12] Michael Salomon 1997 "This Cowboy's Hat"[13] Ken Carpenter 1998 "Bang a Drum" (with Jon Bon Jovi)[14] Anthony M. Bongiovi 1999 "Life Is a Highway"[15] Michael Salomon "Stampede"[16] 2000 "Silence on the Line"[17] 2001 "He Rides the Wild Horses"[18] Various 2003 "Horsepower"[19] Eric Welch References
- ^ a b "RIAA - Chris LeDoux albums". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ a b "Canadian Hot 100 search results for Chris LeDoux". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?exp=y&Ntt=Chris+LeDoux&Ntk=Keyword&an=bbcom&nor=10&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=37. Retrieved 2009-05-13.[dead link].
- ^ "Billboard Chart Positions - Albums". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p97087. Retrieved 2009-05-13..
- ^ a b "RPM - Chris LeDoux". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=sp19smnjn4io5g2nmhli5tdfo5&q1=Chris+LeDoux&x=33&y=18. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
- ^ "Billboard Chart Positions - Singles". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p97087. Retrieved 2009-05-13..
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : Cadillac Ranch". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-ledoux/384151/cadillac-ranch.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : Look At You Girl". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-ledoux/384202/look-at-you-girl.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : Under This Old Hat". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-le-doux/384291/under-this-old-hat.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : For Your Love". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-ledoux/69925/for-your-love.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : Honky Tonk World". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-ledoux/384605/honky-tonk-world.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : Tougher Than The Rest". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-ledoux/384720/tougher-than-the-rest.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : Five Dollar Fine". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-ledoux/385111/five-dollar-fine.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : This Cowboy's Hat". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-ledoux/72598/this-cowboys-hat.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : Bang A Drum". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-ledoux/385406/bang-a-drum.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : Life Is A Highway". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-ledoux/69928/life-is-a-highway.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : Stampede". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-ledoux/161439/stampede.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : Silence On The Line". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-ledoux/385550/silence-on-the-line.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : He Rides The Wild Horses". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-ledoux/161440/he-rides-wild-horses.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Chris LeDoux : Horsepower". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/videos/chris-ledoux/28706/horsepower.jhtml. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
Liberty Records albums Western Underground · Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy · Under This Old Hat · HaywireCapitol Records albums Stampede · Live · One Road Man · Cowboy · After the Storm · HorsepowerRelated articles Discography · Kaycee, Wyoming · "Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy" · "Cadillac Ranch" · "Good Ride Cowboy" · National Cowboy & Western Heritage MuseumCategories:- Country music discographies
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