The discography of Syl Johnson (1936–2022), an American blues and soul singer and record producer, consists of at least 19 studio albums, 18 compilation albums and a large number of singles and EPs.
Albums
Source:
- 1968: Dresses Too Short (Twinight)
- "Dresses Too Short"
- "I Can Take Care of Business"
- "Different Strokes"
- "Soul Drippin'"
- "Fox Hunting on the Weekend"
- "Ode to Soul Man"
- "Come On Sock It to Me"
- "I'll Take Those Skinny Legs"
- "Try Me #2"
- "Same Kind of Thing"
- "I've Got the Real Thing"
- "Sorry 'Bout Dat!"
- 1970: Is It Because I'm Black? (Twinight)
- "It Is Because I'm Black"
- "Come Together"
- "Together, Forever"
- "Concrete Reservation"
- "Black Balloons"
- "Walk a Mile in My Shoes"
- "I'm Talkin' Bout Freedom"
- "Right On"
- 1973: Back for a Taste of Your Love (Hi)
- "Feelin' Frisky"
- "Back for a Taste of Your Love"
- "I'm Yours"
- "I Let a Good Girl Go"
- "Anyway the Wind Blows"
- "You Don't Know Me"
- "We Did It"
- "Wind, Blow Her Back My Way"
- "I Hate I Walked Away"
- "The Love You Left Behind"
- 1974: Diamond in the Rough (Hi)
- "Let Yourself Go"
- "Don't Do It"
- "I Want to Take You Home"
- "Could I Be Falling in Love"
- "Stuck in Chicago"
- "Diamond in the Rough"
- "Keeping Down Confusion"
- "Please, Don't Give Up on Me"
- "Music to My Ears"
- "I Hear the Love Chimes"
- 1975: Total Explosion (Hi)
- "I Only Have Love"
- "Bustin' Up or Bustin' Out"
- "Star Bright Star Lite"
- "Watch What You Do to Me"
- "Steppin' Out"
- "Take Me to the River"
- "It Ain't Easy"
- "'Bout to Make Me Leave Home"
- "That's Just My Luck"
- 1979: Uptown Shakedown (Hi)
- "Mystery Lady"
- "Let's Dance for Love"
- "Gimme Little Sign"
- "You're the Star of the Show"
- "Blue Water"
- "Who's Gonna Love You"
- "Otis Redding Medley"
- "Respect"
- "Wholesale Love"
- "Snatch a Little Piece"
- "I Can't Turn You Loose
- "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"
- "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
- 1980: Bring Out the Blues in Me (Shama 8001)
- "Brings Out the Blues in Me"
- "How You Need to Be Loved"
- "Last Night Was the Night"
- "Got My Eyes on You"
- "Liberated Lady"
- "Sock It to Me"
- "Is It Because I'm Black"
- "Crazy People"
- 1982: Ms. Fine Brown Frame (Boardwalk 33260)
- "Ms. Fine Brown Frame"
- "Keep On Loving Me"
- "They Can't See Your Good Side"
- "Groove Me"
- "Sweet Thing"
- "You Don't Have to Go"
- "It Ain't Easy"
- 1983: Suicide Blues (Isabel 900.517)
- "If I Had a Hammer"
- "This Little Light of Mine"
- "Amen"
- "Baby Workout"
- "Before You Accuse Me"
- "Take Me to the River"
- "The Blues in Me"
- "Sock It to Me"
- "Got to Make a Change"
- "Crazy Men"
- 1988: Foxy Brown, Volume 1, December 1988 (Shama 8003)
- "Tripping on Your Love"
- "Love Baby"
- "Here We Go"
- "Gimme Some (I Want a Taste of Fonk)"
- "Do You Know What Love Is"
- "Foxy Brown"
- "They Can't See Your Good Side"
- "Ms. Fine Brown Frame"
- 1994: Back in the Game (Delmark)
- 1995: This Time Together by Father and Daughter (Twinight) with Syleena Johnson
- "Lover Man"
- "Sweet Love Hang Over"
- "Keep On Loving Me"
- "I Needed Some Body"
- "They Can't See Your Good Side"
- "A Time for Us"
- "Sister"
- "Ms. Fine Brown Frame"
- "I'm Woman"
- "Trippin"
- "Different Strokes"
- "Piece of the Rock"
- "Here We Go"
- "Goodie Goodie Good Times"
- 1995: Bridge to a Legacy (Antone's)
- "Who's Still in Love"
- "I Been Missin' You"
- "Half a Love"
- "Unconditional Love"
- "Midnight Woman"
- "Piece of the Rock"
- "I Don't Know Why"
- "Let's Get It On Again"
- "They Can't See Your Good Side"
- "Sexy Wayz"
- 1999: Talkin' About Chicago (Delmark)
- "Cheryl"
- "Sweet Dynamite!"
- "Talkin' Bout Chicago"
- "Diff'rent Strokes (B.E.T.)"
- "I'm Back into You"
- "Different Kind of Man"
- "Surrounded"
- "Caribbean Beach"
- "Get Free – Call Me"
- "Trade Secret"
- "Finger Lickin' Good"
- "All Night Long"
- "Woo-Wee!"
- 2000: Hands of Time (Hep-Me Records)
- "Hands of Time"
- "Beyond the Finish Line"
- "Talk to Me"
- "Wake Up Cryin'"
- "Superwoman"
- "You're Number One"
- "Listen to Me Closely"
- "Touch of Your Love"
- "Funky Situation"
- "Bonus" / "Wake Up Cryin'"
- 2002: Two Johnsons Are Better Than One (Evangeline) with Jimmy Johnson
- "Two Johnsons Are Better Than One"
- "Uncomplicated Life"
- "I Used to Be a Millionaire"
- "Is It Because I'm Black"
- "If I Wuz White"
- "I Feel the Pain"
- "Oprah"
- "Ashes in the Ashtray"
- "Dangerous"
- "Let Her Go"
- "Living the Life"
- "I Can't Survive"
- "Goodie Goodie Goodtime"
- "Bottoms Up"
- 2003: Straight Up (P-Vine PCD-25004, Japan)
- 2013: Syl Johnson with Melody Whittle, Featuring Syleena Johnson (Twinight 4086-CD2)
- LP: My Funky Funky Band
- "Send Me Some Lovin'"
- "Try Me"
- "I Feel an Urge"
- "I Resign"
- "Love Condition"
- "Going to the Shack"
- "Don't Give It Away"
- "My Funky Band"
- Sockin' Soul Power"
- "Double Whammy"
- "Take Me Back"
- "I Take Care of Homework"
- "Let Them Hang High"
Compilations
Source:
- 2000: The Complete Syl Johnson on Hi Records (Demon, UK)
- 2003: Vanthology - A Tribute To Van Morrison (Evidence) (performing Morrison's Jackie Wilson Said)
- 2010: Syl Johnson: Complete Mythology (Numero Group)
- 2012: Backbeats Artists Series: Syl Johnson: Mississippi Mainman (Backbeats)
Singles and EPs
Sources:
- "I've Got Love" / "Lonely Man" (7-inch) (1958)
- "Please, Please, Please / I'm Looking for My Baby (7-inch)
- Little Sally Walker / I Resign from Your Love (7-inch)
- Lulu Reed / Syl Johnson, Rhythm & Blues Volume Four, Blue Beat Style (7-inch EP)
- "Do You Know What Love Is" (7-inch)
- "Falling in Love Again" / "I've Got to Get Over" (7-inch)
- "Straight Love No Chaser" / "Surrounded", 5 versions
- "She's All Right" / "I Know" (7-inch)
- "Come On Sock It to Me" / "Try Me", 2 versions
- "Ode to Soul Man" / "I´ll Take Those Skinny Legs", 3 versions
- "Sorry Bout Dat" / "Different Strokes", 5 versions (#9CanR&B)
- "Is It Because I'm Black" / "Let Them Hang High", 4 versions
- "Take Me Back" / "I Take Care of Homework", 2 versions
- "Dresses Too Short" / "I Can Take Care of Business", 2 versions
- "Going to the Shack" / "Don't Give It Away" (7-inch)
- "One Way Ticket to Nowhere", 3 versions
- The Syl Johnson & Pieces of Peace – "Concrete Reservation" / "Together, Forever" (7-inch)
- "Annie Got Hot Pants Power", 2 versions
- "We Do It Together" / "Thank You Baby", 2 versions
- "The Love You Left Behind" / "Anyone But You", 2 versions
- "Get Ready" / "Same Kind of Thing" (7-inch)
- "That's Why" / "Everybody Needs Love" (7-inch)
- "We Did It" / "Any Way the Wind Blows", 2 versions
- "I Wanna Satisfy Your Every Need", 2 versions
- "Back for a Taste of Your Love" / "Wind, Blow Her Back My Way", 5 versions (1973)
- "Please Don't Give Up on Me" /"Let Yourself Go", 2 versions
- "I Want to Take You Home (to See Mama)" / "I Hear the Love Chimes", 6 versions
- "I'm Yours", 3 versions
- "Goodie-Goodie-Good-Times" / "Love Baby", 6 versions
- "Take Me to the River" / "Could I Be Falling in Love", 8 versions (#95Can)
- "Bout to Make Me Leave Home" / "It Ain't Easy", 2 versions
- "I Only Have Love", 2 versions
- "Star Bright, Star Lite" / "That's Just My Luck", 4 versions
- "Let Yourself Go" / "Please Don't Give Up on Me" (7’’ single)
- "Can't Nobody Stop Me Now" / "Let Me Love You" (7-inch)
- "Fonk You" / "That Wiggle" (7-inch)
- "Stand by Me" / "Main Squeeze", 2 versions
- "Otis Redding Medley" / "Mystery Lady", 2 versions
- "Mystery Lady" / "Let's Dance for Love" (7-inch)
- "Brings Out the Blues in Me" / "How You Need to Be Loved" (7-inch single)
- "Ms. Fine Brown Frame", 12 versions
- "Steppin" (7-inch)
- "I Got Your Beef" /"John, Muddy, Bob & Marvin" (7-inch single)
- "I Been Missin' You" / "Sexy Wayz" (7-inch single)
- Labi Siffre / Syl Johnson – "I Got The" / "Is It Because I'm Black?" (12-inch promo)
- "Different Strokes / Is It Because I'm Black (7-inch single)
- "All I Need Is Someone Like You" / "Do You Know What Love Is" (7-inch RE)
- Syl Johnson / Kendra Morris – "Everybody Needs Love" / "Seaside" (7-inch promo)
- "I Wanna Know" / "Well Oh Well" (7-inch)
- "Send Me Some Lovin'" / "I Resign" (7-inch single)
- Syl Johnson / E Rodney Jones & Friends, "Is It Because I'm Black" / "Soul Heaven" (7-inch single)
- Syl Johnson / Notations – "Come On Sock It to Me" / "I'm Still Here" (7-inch)
- Mellow-D with Sil-J's New Old Soul / Syl Johnson – "Half of Love" / "Lovin' on the Run" (7-inch single)
- Syl Johnson / Charles Mann – "I've Got to Get Over" / "Hey, Little Girl" (7-inch single)
- "I Feel an Urge" / "Try Me" (7-inch)
References
- "Syl Johnson Albums and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
- "Syl Johnson Albums and Discography". AllMusic.
- "Syl Johnson Albums and Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
- "RPM Top R&B - November 25, 1967" (PDF).
- "RPM Top 100 Singles - July 5, 1975" (PDF).
External links
- Syl Johnson at discogs.com
- Syl Johnson at 45cat.com