Bill Cosby discography explained

Artist:	Bill Cosby
Studio:	16
Live:	23
Singles:	6

American former comedian Bill Cosby released 23 albums of stand-up comedy, 16 studio albums of music, and six singles. He was known mainly for his stand-up comedy, with his first album of comedy Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right! being released in 1963. He has also recorded several albums of music. Additionally, Cosby charted six singles on various Billboard charts, including "Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)", a number four hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967.

Stand-up albums

Year	Title	Notes
1963	Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right!	album
1964	I Started Out as a Child
1965	Why Is There Air?
1966	Wonderfulness
1967	Revenge
1968	To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With
	200 M.P.H.
1969	It's True! It's True!
	Sports
1970
1971	When I Was a Kid
	For Adults Only
1972	Inside the Mind of Bill Cosby
1973	Fat Albert
1977	My Father Confused Me... What Must I Do? What Must I Do?
1978	Bill's Best Friend
1982	Himself	album; video released in 1983
1985	Hardheaded Boys	album
1986	Those of You with or Without Children, You'll Understand
1987	Bill Cosby: 49	Recorded live at the Chicago Theatre, September, 1986, released as VHS only
1991	Oh, Baby!	album
1996	Bill Cosby: Mr. Sapolsky, with Love	special
2013	Far from Finished...	special and album^[1]
2014	77	cancelled unreleased Netflix special

Music albums

• (1967)
• Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band! (1968)
• Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral & Marching Band (1971)
• Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs (1971)
• Charles Mingus and Friends in Concertas master of ceremonies (Columbia, 1972)
• Bill Cosby Presents Badfoot Brown & the Bunions Bradford Funeral Marching Band (1972)
• At Last Bill Cosby Really Sings (1974)
• Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days (1976)
• Disco Bill (1977)
• Where You Lay Your Head (1990)
• My Appreciation (1991)
• Hello Friend: To Ennis, With Love (1997)
• Quincy Jones & Bill CosbyThe Original Jam Sessions 1969 (2004)
• Quincy Jones & Bill CosbyThe New Mixes Vol. 1 (2004)
• State of Emergency (2009)
• Keep Standing (2010)

Compilations

• The Best of Bill Cosby (1969)
• More of the Best of Bill Cosby (1970)
• Bill (1973)
• Down Under (1975)
• Cosby and the Kids/Cosby Classics (1986)
• Bill Cosby At His Best (1992)
• 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill Cosby (2001)
• The Bill Cosby Collection (2004)
• Icon (2011)

Singles

Year	Title	Peak positions^[2]				Album
		US	US R&B	US AC	Canada
1967	"Little Ole Man (Uptight, Everything's Alright)"	4	18	—	2^[3]	Silver Throat: Bill Cosby Sings
	"Hooray for the Salvation Army Band"	71	—	—	—	align=left rowspan=2	Bill Cosby Sings Hooray for the Salvation Army Band!
1968	"Funky North Philly"	91	—	—	—
1969	"Hikky Burr"	—	—	—	77^[4]	align=left rowspan=2
1970	"Grover Henson Feels Forgotten"	70	—	17	74^[5]
1976	"Yes, Yes, Yes"	46	11	—	—	align=left rowspan=2	Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days
	"I Luv Myself Better Than I Luv Myself"	—	59	—	—

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lowry. Brian. November 19, 2013. TV Review: 'Bill Cosby: Far From Finished'. November 5, 2020. Variety. en-US.
2. Web site: Chart history for Bill Cosby . Billboard . August 19, 2020.
3. Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - October 21, 1967.
4. Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - January 31, 1970.
5. Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - May 23, 1970.