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Georgie Fame discography
Studio albums34
EPs10
Live albums14
Compilation albums18
Singles50

This article is the discography of English R&B and jazz musician Georgie Fame, both with the Blue Flames and as a solo artist.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
NL
NOR
SWE
US
1964 Fame at Last! 15
1965 Yeh Yeh
  • Released: April 1965
  • Label: Imperial
  • With the Blue Flames
  • US-only release
137
1966 Get Away
  • Released: March 1966
  • Label: Imperial
  • With the Blue Flames
  • US and Canada-only release
Sweet Things
  • Released: May 1966
  • Label: Columbia
  • With the Blue Flames
  • UK-only release
6
Sound Venture
  • Released: October 1966
  • Label: Columbia
  • With the Harry South Big Band
9
1967 The Two Faces of Fame
  • Released: July 1967
  • Label: CBS
  • Live first half with the Harry South Big Band; studio second half with the Georgie Fame Band
22
1968 The Third Face of Fame
  • Released: May 1968
  • Label: CBS
  • Released in the US by Epic in April 1968 as The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
185
1969 Georgie Does His Thing with Strings
1970 Seventh Son
  • Released: January 1970
  • Label: CBS
1971 Going Home
  • Released: May 1971
  • Label: CBS
  • UK-only release
Fame & Price / Price & Fame / Together
1972 All Me Own Work
1974 Georgie Fame
  • Released: October 1974
  • Label: Island
1979 Right Now!
  • Released: March 1979
  • Label: Pye
That's What Friends Are For
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Pye
1980 Closing the Gap
1981 In Hoagland 1981 15
1983 In Goodmansland
1986 Georgie, Lena, Lasse
  • Released: July 1986
  • Label: Four Leaf Clover
  • With Lena Ericsson and Lasse Samuelson
  • Sweden-only release
1988 No Worries
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Four Leaf Clover, CBS
  • Sweden and Australia-only release
  • Re-recordings with the uncredited Aussie Blue Flames
1989 A Portrait of Chet
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Four Leaf Clover
  • Sweden-only release
1991 Cool Cat Blues
  • Released: May 1991
  • Label: Go Jazz, Blue Moon
1992 The Blues and Me
  • Released: June 1992
  • Label: Go Jazz
City Life
1994 Three Line Whip
  • Released: May 1994
  • Label: Three Line Whip
1995 How Long Has This Been Going On
  • Released: 4 December 1995
  • Label: Verve
  • Credited as Van Morrison with Georgie Fame & Friends
  • Recorded live without an audience
76 81 47 55
1996 Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison
2000 Poet in New York
  • Released: August 2000
  • Label: Go Jazz
2001 Relationships
  • Released: September 2001
  • Label: Three Line Whip
2003 Charlestons
  • Released: 20 October 2003
  • Label: Three Line Whip
2008 Jazz My Way
  • Released: 17 November 2008
  • Label: Curling Legs
  • Credited as Grethe Kausland featuring Georgie Fame
  • Original recordings from the 1970s and 1980s
  • Norway-only release
30
2009 Tone-Wheels 'A' Turnin'
  • Released: 15 June 2009
  • Label: Three Line Whip
  • With the Last Blue Flames
2012 Lost in a Lover's Dream
  • Released: 8 October 2012
  • Label: Three Line Whip
2015 Swan Songs
  • Released: 6 November 2015
  • Label: Three Line Whip
  • With the Last Blue Flames
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Live albums

Year Title Details
1964 Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo
  • Released: January 1964
  • Label: Columbia
  • With the Blue Flames
1970 Shorty Featuring Georgie Fame
  • Released: 1970
  • Label: Epic
  • Credited as Shorty Featuring Georgie Fame
  • US, Canada and Germany-only release
1983 Live at Montreux Jazzfestival
1991 Georgie on My Mind
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Jazette
  • Croatia-only release
1992 Live in Japan
1993 Endangered Species
1997 Name Droppin': Live at Ronnie Scott's
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Go Jazz
1998 Walking Wounded: Live at Ronnie Scott's
  • Released: October 1998
  • Label: Go Jazz
1999 Ring Tenth Anniversary
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Jazette
  • With Ring All Stars
  • Croatia-only release
2004 Georgie Fame & the Birthday Big Band
  • Released: 27 September 2004
  • Label: Three Line Whip
2008 Live at the Royal Garden Jazz Club
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Royal Garden Jazz Club
  • With the Boško Petrović Trio
  • Austria-only release
2014 Singer: The Musical
Steve Gray and Georgie Fame
Rhythm and Blues at the Ricky Tick
  • Released: 14 April 2014
  • Label: Rhythm & Blues
  • Limited vinyl-only release
2015 A Declaration of Love

Compilation albums

Year Title Details Peak chart
positions
UK
1967 Hall of Fame
  • Released: March 1967
  • Label: Columbia
12
1972 Fame Again!
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Starline
1980 20 Beat Classics
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: RSO
1989 The First Thirty Years
  • Released: December 1989
  • Label: Connoisseur
1993 Get Away with Georgie Fame
1995 Georgie Fame at His Best
1996 The Best of Georgie Fame 1967–1971
  • Released: August 1996
  • Label: Columbia
1997 The Very Best of Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Spectrum Music
1999 Master Series
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Polydor
  • With the Blue Flames
2001 Funny How Time Slips Away: The Pye Anthology
2004 A Complete Hit Collection 1964–1971
  • Released: 13 July 2004
  • Label: Raven
  • Australia-only release
Superhits
  • Released: 26 July 2004
  • Label: Columbia
  • With Alan Price
2007 Somebody Stole My Thunder: Jazz-Soul Grooves 1967–1971
2010 Mod Classics: 1964–1966
  • Released: February 2010
  • Label: BGP
2015 Yeh Yeh: The Georgie Fame Collection
  • Released: 22 May 2015
  • Label: Spectrum Music
The Whole World’s Shaking: Complete Recordings 1963–1966
  • Released: 9 October 2015
  • Label: Polydor
  • 5-CD box set
2016 Survival: A Career Anthology 1963–2015
  • Released: 25 November 2016
  • Label: UMC
  • 6-CD box set
2019 South Venture
  • Released: 5 April 2019
  • Label: 1960s
  • With the Harry South Band and Lulu
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

EPs

Year Title Details Peak chart
positions
UK
1964 Rhythm and Blue-Beat
  • Released: May 1964
  • Label: Columbia
  • With the Blue Flames
Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo
  • Released: December 1964
  • Label: Columbia
8
1965 Fame at Last
  • Released: February 1965
  • Label: Columbia
  • With the Blue Flames
Fats for Fame
  • Released: May 1965
  • Label: Columbia
  • With the Blue Flames
15
Move It On Over
  • Released: November 1965
  • Label: Columbia
  • With the Blue Flames
1966 Getaway
  • Released: December 1966
  • Label: Columbia
7
1967 Georgie Fame
  • Released: 2 June 1967
  • Label: CBS
2
2015 Soul
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album Label
UK
AUS BE (FLA)
BE (WA)
CAN
GER
IRE
NL
NZ
SWE
US
1962 "Baby, Baby (Don't You Worry)" (by Perry Ford and the Sapphires with the Blue Flames)
b/w "Prince of Fools"
Non-album single Decca
1964 "Do the Dog" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "Shop Around"
Rhythm and Blues at the Flamingo Columbia
"Do-Re-Mi" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "Green Onions"
Non-album single

Fame at Last!

"Bend a Little"
b/w "I'm in Love with You"
Non-album single
"Yeh, Yeh" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "Preach and Teach"
1 14 19 1 3 6 21 Non-album single
1965 "In the Meantime" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "Telegram"
22 66 30 97 Non-album singles
"Like We Used to Be" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "It Ain't Right"
33
"Something" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "Outrage"
23
1966 "Get Away" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "El Bandido"
1 40 1 32 6 20 10 7 70 Non-album single
"Don't Worry" (with the Blue Flames)
b/w "Talkin' in My Sleep"
Non-album singles
"Sunny"
b/w "Don't Make Promises"
13 8 2
"Sitting in the Park"
b/w "Last Night"
12 92
Sweet Things
1967 "Because I Love You"
b/w "Bidin' My Time ('Cos I Love You)"
15 Non-album singles CBS
"Knock on Wood" (Continental Europe-only release)
b/w "Road Runner"
"Try My World"
b/w "No Thanks"
37
"The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde"
b/w "Beware of the Dog"
1 4 4 7 1 9 4 5 2 6 7 The Third Face of Fame

Non-album track

1968 "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
b/w "For Your Pleasure"
51 Non-album singles
"Hideaway" (US and Canada-only release)
b/w "Kentucky Child"
Epic
"Bullets Laverne" (Netherlands and Germany-only release)
b/w "St. James Infirmary"
The Third Face of Fame CBS
"Someone to Watch Over Me" (US and Canada-only release)
b/w "For Your Pleasure"
The Third Face of Fame

Non-album track

Epic
1969 "Down Along the Cove" (US and Canada-only release)
b/w "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
Non-album singles
"Peaceful"
b/w "Hideaway"
16 CBS
"Seventh Son"
b/w "Fully Booked"
25 Seventh Son
1970 "Somebody Stole My Thunder"
b/w "Entertaining Mr. Sloane"
Seventh Son

Non-album track

"Fire and Rain"
b/w "Someday Man"
Non-album single
1971 "Rosetta" (with Alan Price)
b/w "John and Mary"
11 91 1 29 43 16 3 Fame & Price / Price & Fame / Together
"Follow Me" (with Alan Price)
b/w "Sergeant Jobsworth"
Non-album single
1972 "Hey Baby, I'm Getting Ready"
b/w "City Hicker"
All Me Own Work Reprise
1973 "Don't Hit Me When I'm Down" (with Alan Price)
b/w "Street Lights"
Non-album single
1974 "Everlovin' Woman"
b/w " That Ol' Rock and Roll"
Georgie Fame Island
"Ali Shuffle"
b/w "Round Two"
55 Non-album singles
1976 "Yes Honestly"
b/w "Lily"
"Sweet Perfection"
b/w "Thanking Heaven"
1977 "Daylight"
b/w "Three Legged Mule" (with the Blue Flames)
1979 "A Different Dream"
b/w "Ollie's Party"
Right Now! Pye
"Maybe Tomorrow"
b/w "Cats Eyes"
That's What Friends Are For
1980 "Give a Little More"
b/w "Give a Little More" (Dub Version)
Closing the Gap Piccadilly
1981 "Drip-Drop!" (with Annie Ross)
b/w "One Morning in May (Foxtrot)" (by the Famous Flamingo Orchestra)
In Hoagland 1981 Bald Eagle
1982 "Hong Kong Blues" (with Annie Ross)
b/w "The Old Music Master" (with Annie Ross and the Famous Flamingo Orchestra)
"The Hurricane"
b/w "The Hurricane" (Part 2)
Non-album single My
1983 "I Love Jamaica" (Germany-only release)
b/w "Everything I Own"
I Love Jamaica Telefunken
1984 "Swinging on a Star" (with Patti Boulaye)
b/w "I Feel Like Loving You"
Non-album singles Hollywood
1986 "New York Afternoon" (by Mondo Kané featuring Dee Lewis, Coral Gordon and Georgie Fame)
b/w "Manhattan Morning" (by Mondo Kané)
70 Lisson
"Samba (Toda Menina Baiana)"
b/w "Willow King"
81 Ensign
1990 "Go for It" (Theme from Granada TV Series El C.I.D.)
b/w "I Still Care About Us"
Food for Thought
1992 "Moondance" (Germany-only release)
b/w "Yeah Yeah"/"Georgia"
Cool Cat Blues Go Jazz
"Maybe It's Because of Love" (featuring Dr. John; Germany-only release)
b/w "How Long Has This Been Going On"/"Roll with My Baby"
The Blues and Me
1996 "That's Life" (by Van Morrison with Georgie Fame & Friends)
b/w "Moondance"/"That's Life"
92 Non-album single

How Long Has This Been Going On

Verve
2002 "Summertime in the Park" (Netherlands-only release) Non-album single Capitol
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory

Notes

  1. Released in Canada by Capitol in May 1965 with the addition of "Yeh, Yeh".
  2. Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart and at number 1 on the Traditional Jazz Albums chart.
  3. This is a list of EPs released in the UK. Various other EPs were released elsewhere.
  4. Unless stated otherwise, the B-side is by the same artist as the A-side.
  5. Both tracks were included on the US album Yeh Yeh.
  6. Both tracks were included on the US/Canada album Get Away.
  7. "Sitting in the Park" did not chart on the Single Top 100, but did peak at number 31 on Top 40
  8. Both tracks were included on the US/Canada album Get Away.
  9. "Knock on Wood" was released in the UK as a promo-only single with the B-side "No Thanks".
  10. ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
  11. From the film of the same name.
  12. German release of Closing the Gap.

References

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  2. "how long going on? | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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  5. "swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  6. "Georgie Fame – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  7. "Billboard 200 Chart, Week of February 3, 1996". Billboard. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  8. "Georgie Fame – Jazz Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  9. "Georgie Fame – Traditional Jazz Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  10. "everyHit.com - UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts". www.everyhit.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  11. "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  12. "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". ultratop.be. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  13. Georgie Fame singles chart positions in Canada:
  14. "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  15. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  16. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  17. "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  18. "HITS ALLER TIJDEN". www.hitsallertijden.nl. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  19. "Georgie Fame – Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  20. "Perry Ford And The Sapphires With The Blue Flames – Baby, Baby (Don't You Worry)". 45cat.com. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  21. "Georgie Fame – Sitting In The Park". Top40.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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