| Don Williams discography | |
|---|---|
 Don Williams performing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on November 5, 2006 | |
| Studio albums | 25 |
| Live albums | 2 |
| Compilation albums | 13 |
| Singles | 62 |
| Music videos | 7 |
| #1 Singles | 21 |
This is a detailed discography for American country music singer-songwriter Don Williams that includes information on all of his studio albums, singles, greatest hits compilations and live albums. Don Williams was active from 1967 until his death in 2017. He was one of the best-selling male vocalists in country music in the 1970s and early 1980s.
Studio albums
See also: List of songs written by Don Williams1970s
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
US |
AUS | CAN Country | ||
| Don Williams Volume One |
|
5 | — | — | — |
| Don Williams Volume Two |
|
13 | — | — | — |
| Don Williams Vol. III |
|
3 | — | — | — |
| You're My Best Friend |
|
5 | — | — | — |
| Harmony |
|
1 | — | — | — |
| Visions |
|
4 | — | 98 | — |
| Country Boy |
|
9 | — | — | 11 |
| Expressions |
|
2 | 161 | — | 1 |
| Portrait |
|
11 | — | — | — |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
1980s
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
US |
AUS | CAN Country | |||
| I Believe in You |
|
2 | 57 | 47 | 3 | |
| Especially for You |
|
5 | 109 | — | — | |
| Listen to the Radio |
|
6 | 166 | — | — | |
| Yellow Moon |
|
12 | 44 | — | — | |
| Cafe Carolina |
|
13 | — | — | 1 | |
| New Moves |
|
29 | — | — | — | |
| Traces |
|
— | — | — | — | |
| One Good Well |
|
54 | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
1990s
| Title | Album details | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| US Country | ||
| True Love |
|
56 |
| Currents |
|
— |
| Borrowed Tales |
|
— |
| Flatlands |
|
— |
| I Turn the Page |
|
69 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||
2000s and 2010s
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
US | ||
| My Heart to You |
|
— | — |
| And So It Goes |
|
20 | 100 |
| Reflections |
|
19 | 124 |
Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| An Evening with Don Williams: Best Of Live |
|
| Live Greatest Hits, Volume Two |
|
| Don Williams in Ireland |
|
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
Certifications (sales threshold) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
AUS | CAN Country | |||
| Greatest Hits, Volume One |
|
5 | — | — | |
| The Best of Don Williams, Volume II |
|
7 | — | 2 |
|
| Now & Then |
|
— | 31 | — | |
| The Best of Don Williams, Volume III |
|
18 | — | — |
|
| Greatest Hits Volume IV |
|
60 | — | — | |
| Lovers and Best Friends |
|
— | — | — | |
| 20 Greatest Hits |
|
14 | — | — | |
| Greatest Country Hits |
|
— | — | — | |
| The Best of Don Williams |
|
— | — | — | |
| 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection |
|
74 | — | — | |
| Gold |
|
— | — | — | |
| 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection, Vol. 2 |
|
— | — | — | |
| The Definitive Collection |
|
48 | — | — | |
| Icon: Don Williams |
|
43 | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||
Singles
1970s
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
US Bubbling |
AUS |
CAN Country | UK | |||
| 1973 | "The Shelter of Your Eyes" | 14 | — | — | — | — | Don Williams Volume One |
| "Come Early Morning" | 12 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Amanda" | 33 | — | 65 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | "Atta Way to Go" | 13 | — | — | 57 | — | Don Williams Volume Two |
| "We Should Be Together" | 5 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Down the Road I Go" | 62 | — | — | 50 | — | ||
| "I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me" | 1 | — | — | 10 | — | Don Williams Vol. III | |
| "The Ties That Bind" | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | ||
| 1975 | "You're My Best Friend" | 1 | — | 50 | 1 | 35 | You're My Best Friend |
| "(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight" | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | ||
| "'Til the Rivers All Run Dry" | 1 | — | — | — | — | Harmony | |
| 1976 | "Say It Again" | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | |
| "I Recall a Gypsy Woman" | — | — | — | — | 13 | Don Williams Volume One | |
| "She Never Knew Me" | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | — | Harmony | |
| 1977 | "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" | 1 | 8 | — | 6 | — | Visions |
| "I'm Just a Country Boy" | 1 | 10 | — | 1 | 57 | Country Boy | |
| 1978 | "I've Got a Winner in You" | 7 | — | — | 10 | — | |
| "Rake and Ramblin' Man" | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | ||
| "Tulsa Time" | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | — | Expressions | |
| 1979 | "Lay Down Beside Me" | 3 | — | 88 | 2 | — | |
| "It Must Be Love" | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | ||
| "Love Me Over Again" | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | Portrait | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||
1980s
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
US |
US AC |
AUS |
CAN Country | CAN AC | |||
| 1980 | "Good Ole Boys Like Me" | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | — | Portrait |
| "I Believe in You" | 1 | 24 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 7 | I Believe in You | |
| 1981 | "Falling Again" | 6 | — | 39 | — | 3 | — | |
| "Miracles" | 4 | — | 32 | — | 2 | — | Especially for You | |
| "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| 1982 | "Listen to the Radio" | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | Listen to the Radio |
| "Mistakes" | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | ||
| "If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)" | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| 1983 | "Love Is on a Roll" | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | Yellow Moon |
| "Nobody but You" | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | ||
| "Stay Young" | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | ||
| 1984 | "That's the Thing About Love" | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | Cafe Carolina |
| "Maggie's Dream" | 11 | — | — | — | 13 | — | ||
| 1985 | "Walkin' a Broken Heart" | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | — | |
| "It's Time for Love" | 20 | — | — | — | 49 | — | ||
| 1986 | "We've Got a Good Fire Goin'" | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | New Moves |
| "Heartbeat in the Darkness" | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | ||
| "Then It's Love" | 3 | — | — | — | 4 | — | ||
| 1987 | "Señorita" | 9 | — | — | — | 12 | — | |
| "I'll Never Be in Love Again" | 4 | — | — | — | 15 | — | ||
| "I Wouldn't Be a Man" | 9 | — | — | — | 7 | — | Traces | |
| 1988 | "Another Place, Another Time" | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Desperately" | 7 | — | — | — | 5 | — | ||
| 1989 | "Old Coyote Town" | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
| "One Good Well" | 4 | — | — | — | 3 | — | One Good Well | |
| "I've Been Loved by the Best" | 4 | — | — | — | 11 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||
1990s and beyond
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
CAN Country | |||
| 1990 | "Just as Long as I Have You" | 4 | 11 | One Good Well |
| "Maybe That's All It Takes" | 22 | 47 | ||
| "Back in My Younger Days" | 2 | 1 | True Love | |
| 1991 | "True Love" | 4 | 5 | |
| "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy" | 7 | 17 | ||
| 1992 | "It's Who You Love" | 73 | — | Currents |
| "Too Much Love" | 72 | — | ||
| "Catfish Bates" | — | — | ||
| 1995 | "Fever" | — | — | Borrowed Tales |
| "Games People Play" | — | — | ||
| 1998 | "Cracker Jack Diamond" | — | 87 | I Turn the Page |
| "Pretty Little Baby Child" | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | "My Heart to You" | — | — | My Heart to You |
| 2012 | "I Just Come Here for the Music" (with Alison Krauss) | — | — | And So It Goes |
| 2014 | "I'll Be Here in the Morning" | — | — | Reflections |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||
Other singles
Featured singles
| Year | Single | Artist | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
CAN Country | ||||
| 1981 | "If I Needed You" | Emmylou Harris | 3 | 1 | Cimarron |
Promotional singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | |||
| 1980 | "Could You Ever Really Love a Poor Boy" | 97 | — |
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "Heartbeat in the Darkness" | Sherman Halsey |
| 1989 | "I've Been Loved by the Best" | Phil Olsman |
| 1995 | "Fever" | Bob Gabrielsen |
| 2004 | "My Heart to You" | John Donegan |
| 2012 | "Imagine That" (with Keith Urban) | David McClister |
| 2014 | "I'll Be Here in the Morning" | Bill Filipiak |
| "Sing Me Back Home" |
See also
Notes
- Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
References
- Don Williams, Country's 'Gentle Giant,' Dead at 78. Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 8, 2017
- Roslyn Sulcas (September 8, 2017). "Don Williams, Singer of Plain-Spoken Country Songs, Dies at 78". New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
- ^ "Artist Chart History – Don Williams". Billboard. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 338. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum Database Search: Don Williams". RIAA. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 463–464. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- "UK Singles Chart history for Don Williams". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
- Whitburn, Joel (2007). Top Adult Songs 1961–2006. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-169-7.
- "Single Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. August 22, 1992.
- "Future Releases for Country Radio Stations". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013.
- "CMT : Videos : Don Williams : I'll be Here in the Morning". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- "CMT : Videos : Don Williams : Sing Me Back Home". Country Music Television. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2014.