Connie Smith discography

Connie Smith discography

Connie Smith performing (2007).
Releases
↙Studio albums	33
↙Live albums	1
↙Compilation albums	12
↙Singles	49
↙B-sides	2
↙No. 1 Singles (Overall)	3
↙Other appearances	13

The discography of Connie Smith, an American country music artist, consists of 33 studio albums, 12 compilation albums, 1 live album, and 49 singles. She debuted in 1964 after being discovered by country artist, Bill Anderson in 1963, and signed a recording contract with RCA Victor Records in Nashville, Tennessee.^[1] Connie Smith released her debut single, "Once a Day" in August 1964, which reached #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart, spending eight weeks in the top position, making it the longest-running to remain at #1 by a female country artist. Her self-titled debut album was released in March 1965 and spent 30 weeks on the Top Country Albums chart, also reaching #1.^[2]

Smith had an additional 15 Top 10 hits under RCA Victor, including 1969's "You and Your Sweet Love," 1970's "I Never Once Stopped Loving You," and 1972's "If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)." Signing with Columbia Records in 1973, Smith recorded more Gospel material, and focused more on religion, therefore her chart success declined, having only Top 10 hits under the label: "Ain't Loved a Good Thing" and "(Till) I Kissed You."^[1] Between 1977 and 1979, she recorded for Monument Records, which produced two LP's and one Top 20 single, a cover of Andy Gibb's "I Just Want to Be Your Everything." However, her further singles for the label charted outside of the Top 40 and she left the label shortly afterward.^[3] In 1985, she briefly recorded for Epic, but returned to family life and did not release an album until 1993's Live In Branson, Missouri, USA, and then a self-titled album for Warner Bros. Records in 1998.

Connie Smith's singles have accounted for 20 Top 10 hits and 29 Top 20 hits, three of which reached #1 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. In addition, three of her first four studio albums reached #1 on the Top Country Albums chart, and six in total reaching the Top 10 that albums chart. Thirdly, Smith collaborated with Nat Stuckey in 1969 and 1970 for two LP's which released two singles. In 2003, she released a Gospel album with country artists, Barbara Fairchild and Sharon White entitled, Love Never Fails.

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [4]	US [4]
Connie Smith	Release date: March 1965 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	1	105
Cute 'n' Country	Release date: October 1965 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	1	—
Miss Smith Goes to Nashville	Release date: March 1966 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	2	—
Connie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs	Release date: June 1966 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	19	—
Born to Sing	Release date: September 1966 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	1	—
Downtown Country	Release date: January 1967 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	5	—
Connie in the Country	Release date: February 1967 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	—	—
Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson	Release date: May 1967 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	11	—
Soul of Country Music	Release date: December 1967 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	7	—
I Love Charley Brown	Release date: April 1968 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	14	—
Sunshine and Rain	Release date: October 1968 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	32	—
Connie's Country	Release date: April 1969 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	14	—
Back in Baby's Arms	Release date: October 1969 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	12	—
I Never Once Stopped Loving You	Release date: September 1970 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	15	—
Where Is My Castle	Release date: January 1971 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	39	—
Just One Time	Release date: June 1971 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	20	—
Come Along and Walk with Me	Release date: October 1971 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	—	—
Ain't We Havin' Us a Good Time	Release date: April 1972 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	25	—
If It Ain't Love and Other Great Dallas Frazier Songs	Release date: July 1972 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	14	—
A Lady Named Smith	Release date: May 1973 Label: Columbia Formats: LP	31	—
God Is Abundant	Release date: November 1973 Label: Columbia Formats: LP	20	—
That's the Way Love Goes	Release date: March 1974 Label: Columbia Formats: LP	41	—
I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before)	Release date: August 1974 Label: Columbia Formats: LP	22	—
I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/ I've Got My Baby On My Mind	Release date: January 1975 Label: Columbia Formats: LP	30	—
Connie Smith Sings Hank Williams Gospel	Release date: May 1975 Label: Columbia Formats: LP	47	—
The Song We Fell in Love To	Release date: March 1976 Label: Columbia Formats: LP	34	—
I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore	Release date: October 1976 Label: Columbia Formats: LP	33	—
Pure Connie Smith	Release date: April 1977 Label: Monument Formats: LP	—	—
New Horizons	Release date: March 1978 Label: Monument Formats: LP	—	—
Connie Smith	Release date: October 6, 1998 Label: Warner Bros. Formats: Cassette, CD, music download	—	—
Long Line of Heartaches	Release date: August 23, 2011[5] Label: Sugar Hill Formats: CD, music download	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Collaborations

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		US Country [4]
Young Love (with Nat Stuckey)	Release date: July 1969 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	29
Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith (with Nat Stuckey)	Release date: January 1970 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP,	—
Love Never Fails (with Barbara Fairchild and Sharon White)	Release date: August 12, 2003 Label: Daywind Formats: CD, music download	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Holiday albums

Title	Album details
Joy to the World	Release date: October 1975 Label: Columbia Format: LP

Live albums

Title	Album details
Live in Branson, MO, USA	Release date: 1993 Label: Laserlight Format: Cassette, compact disc

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		US Country [4]
The Best of Connie Smith	Release date: September 1967 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	22
The Best of Connie Smith, Vol. 2	Release date: May 1970 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	26
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own	Release date: May 1971 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	—
City Lights: Country Favorites	Release date: April 1972 Label: RCA Camden Formats: LP	—
Love Is the Look You're Looking for	Release date: February 1973 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	24
Dream Painter	Release date: July 1973 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	39
Connie Smith's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1	Release date: October 1973 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	39
Connie Smith Now	Release date: July 1974 Label: RCA Victor Formats: LP	40
The Best of Connie Smith	Release date: September 1977 Label: Columbia Formats: LP	—
Greatest Hits on Monument	Release date: March 9, 1993 Label: Sony Formats: Cassette, compact disc	—
The Essential Connie Smith	Release date: April 1966 Label: RCA Formats: Cassette, compact disc	—
Connie Smith Sings Her Hits	Release date: 1997 Label: Sony Special Products Formats: Compact disc	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

1960s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Country [6]	US [6]	CAN Country [7]
1964	"Once a Day"	1	101	—	Connie Smith
1965	"Then and Only Then"	4	116	—
	"I Can't Remember"	9	130	—	Cute 'n' Country
	"If I Talk to Him"	4	—	—	Miss Smith Goes to Nashville
1966	"Nobody But a Fool (Would Love You)"	4	—	—
	"Ain't Had No Lovin'"	2	—	—	Born to Sing
	"The Hurtin's All Over"	3	—	—	Downtown Country
1967	"I'll Come Runnin'"	10	—	—	The Best of Connie Smith
	"Cincinnati, Ohio"	4	—	—	Connie Smith Sings Bill Anderson
	"Burning a Hole in My Mind"	5	—	—	I Love Charley Brown
	"Baby's Back Again"	7	—	7
1968	"Run Away Little Tears"	10	—	18
	"Cry, Cry, Cry"	20	—	—	Connie in the Country
1969	"Ribbon of Darkness"	13	—	1	Connie's Country
	"You and Your Sweet Love"	6	—	—	The Best of Connie Smith, Vol. 2
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

1970s

Year	Single	Peak chart positions			Album
		US Country [6]	US [6]	CAN Country [7]
1970	"I Never Once Stopped Loving You"	5	—	17	I Never Once Stopped Loving You
	"Louisiana Man"	14	—	—
	"Where Is My Castle"	11	—	20	Where Is My Castle
1971	"Just One Time"	2	—	2	Just One Time
	"I'm Sorry If My Love Got in Your Way"	14	119	—	Connie Smith Now
1972	"Just for What I Am"	5	—	4	Ain't We Havin' Us a Good Time
	"If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)"	7	—	14	"If It Ain't Love" and Other Great Dallas Frazier Songs
	"Love Is the Look You're Looking For"	8	—	6	Love Is the Look You're Looking For
1973	"Dream Painter"	23	—	39	Dream Painter
	"You've Got Me (Right Where You Want Me)"	21	—	—	A Lady Named Smith
	"Ain't Love a Good Thing"	10	—	12	That's the Way Love Goes
1974	"Dallas"	35	—	—
	"I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before)"	13	—	—	I Never Knew What That Song Meant Before
	"I've Got My Baby on My Mind"	13	—	31	I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today/ I Got My Baby on My Mind
1975	"I Got a Lot of Hurtin' Done Today"	30	—	45
	"Why Don't You Love Me"	15	—	20
	"The Song We Fell in Love To"	29	—	—	The Song We Fell in Love To
1976	"(Till) I Kissed You"	10	—	1
	"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)"	31	—	—	I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore
	"I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore"	13	—	—
1977	"The Latest Shade of Blue"	42	—	—
	"Coming Around"	58	—	—	Pure Connie Smith
	"I Just Want to Be Your Everything"	14	—	23	New Horizons
1978	"Lovin' You Baby"	34	—	—
	"They'll Never Be Another for Me"	68	—	—
	"Smooth Sailin'"	68	—	—	non-album singles
1979	"Ten Thousand and One"	88	—	—
	"Don't Say Love"	93	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

1980s

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
		US Country [6]
1983	"Rough at the Edges"	—	non-album singles
1985	"A Far Cry from You"	71
1986	"Hold Me Back"	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Other singles

Collaborative singles

Year	Single	Artist(s)	Peak positions	Album
			US Country [6]
1969	"Young Love"	Nat Stuckey	20	Young Love
1970	"If God Is Dead (Then Who's This Living in My Soul)"		59	Sunday Morning with Nat Stuckey and Connie Smith
2003	"Closer to Home"	Barbara Fairchild, Sharon White	—	Love Never Fails
2004	"Love Never Fails"		—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Featured singles

Year	Single	Artist(s)	Peak positions	Album
			US Country [6]
1967	"Chet's Tune"	Some of Chet's Friends	38	non-album single

B-sides

Year	Single	Peak positions	A-Side
		US Country [6]
1965	"Tiny Blue Transistor Radio"	25	"Then and Only Then"
1979	"Lovin' You, Lovin' Me"	flip	"Ten Thousand and One"

Other appearances

Year	Song	Album
1988	"Once a Day" (re-recording)	Country Ladies[8]
	"Jesus Is Your Ticket to Heaven"	More Gospel Country[9]
1990	"Silent Night"	The Nashville Christmas Album[10]
1991	"We've Got Love" (with Tommy Cash)	The 25th Anniversary Album[11]
1995	"What Child Is This?" (live)	Christmas in Branson[12]
1999	"So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" (with John Prine)	In Spite of Ourselves[13]
	"Loose Talk" (with John Prine)
2002	"Meet Me in Heaven" (with Janette Carter, Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Earl Scruggs, Marty Stuart, and Darrin Vincent)	Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash[14]
2005	"Big Foot" (Marty Stuart featuring Connie Smith)	Badlands: Ballads of the Lakota[15]
2006	"Over the Next Hill We'll Be Home"	Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South[16]
2007	"The Prayer of Drunkard's Little Girl"	Always Life Him Up: A Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed[17]
	"A Good Place to Turn Around" (with Gene Watson)	In a Perfect World[18]
2009	"What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul" (with Bobby Osborne and Marty Stuart)	Bluegrass & Beyond[19]
2010	"I Run to You" (with Marty Stuart)	Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions[20]
2011	"Didn't We Shine" (Randy Travis with George Jones, Lorrie Morgan, Joe Stampley, and Gene Watson)	Anniversary Celebration[21]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Bush, John. "Connie Smith > Biography". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p2398. Retrieved 2009-07-31. 
2. ^ "Opry member: Connie Smith". Opry.com. http://opry.com/MeetTheOpry/Members.aspx?id=104. Retrieved 2009-07-31. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Thomas Erlewine, Stephen. "Greatest Hits on Monument > Review". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r168958. Retrieved 2009-07-31. 
4. ^ ^{a b c d} "Billboard chart positions > albums". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p2398/charts-awards. Retrieved 2009-07-31. 
5. ^ "Upcoming and Recent CD Releases". Country Standard Time. http://www.countrystandardtime.com/cdreleases.asp. Retrieved 20 May 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc.. pp. 387–388. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "Search results for "Connie Smith"". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=gmrhouli7kvfvaeu848ka389j0&q1=Connie+Smith&x=0&y=0. Retrieved 2009-07-31. 
8. ^ "Country Ladies > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r94970. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
9. ^ "More Gospel Country > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r95055. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
10. ^ "The Nashville Christmas Album > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r133594. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
11. ^ "The 25th Anniversary Album". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r120090. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
12. ^ "Christmas in Branson > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r238395. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
13. ^ "In Spite of Ourselves > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r432113. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
14. ^ "Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to the Songs of Johnny Cash > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r608662. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
15. ^ "Baldlands > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r804696. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
16. ^ "Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r818278. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
17. ^ "Always Life Him Up: A Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1214364. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
18. ^ "In a Perfect World > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1205918. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
19. ^ "Bluegrass & Beyond > Overview". allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r1534879. Retrieved 2009-08-21. 
20. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions > Overview". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/album/ghost-train-the-studio-b-sessions-r1940860. Retrieved 1 July 2011. 
21. ^ "Anniversary Celebration > Overview". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/album/anniversary-celebration-r2207457. Retrieved 1 July 2011.