George Jones singles discography explained

Artist:George Jones
Singles:182
Music Videos:21
Option:136
Option Name:As a solo artist
1Option:31
1Option Name:As a collaborative artist
2Option:8
2Option Name:As a featured artist
3Option:7
3Option Name:Promotional singles
4Option:14
4Option Name:Other charted songs

The singles discography of American country artist, George Jones, contains 182 singles. Of the total, 136 were released with Jones as the solo artist. In addition, 31 were issued with Jones being part of a collaboration (not counting his duets with Tammy Wynette). Thirdly, eight singles were issued with Jones being part of a featured act. Fourthly, seven released were promotional singles. Additionally, 14 songs that are not released as singles are included that made any major chart. Finally, 21 music videos which were first issued as singles are also listed. Jones had his first chart success in 1955 with several top ten Billboard Hot Country Songs singles: "Why Baby Why", "What Am I Worth" and "You Gotta Be My Baby". After several more top ten releases, "White Lightning" became his first to top the Billboard country chart. Along with "Who Shot Sam", both singles were also his first to make the Hot 100 charts.

During the sixties decade, Jones's success on the country charts continued. He reached the top of the Billboard country songs list twice in the early decade with "She Thinks I Still Care" and "Tender Years". He later topped the charts in 1967 with "Walk Through This World with Me". Among his highest-charting top ten singles that decade were "The Window Up Above" (1960), "Aching, Breaking Heart" (1962), "A Girl I Used to Know" (1962), "You Comb Her Hair" (1963), "The Race Is On" (1964), "As Long as I Live" (1968) and "I'll Share My World with You" (1969). Jones also collaborated with Margie Singleton, Melba Montgomery and Gene Pitney respectively during the decade. Among his collaborative releases with the artists were "Waltz of the Angels" (1962), "We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds" (1963) and "Things Have Gone to Pieces" (1965).

Jones had more commercial success during the seventies. He reached the number one spot on both the Billboard and RPM country charts with "The Grand Tour" (1974) and "The Door" (1974). Most of his singles reached the top ten during the first half of the decade: "A Good Year for the Roses" (1970), "Right Won't Touch a Hand" (1971), "Loving You Could Never Be Better" (1972) and "A Picture of Me (Without You)" (1973). As the seventies progressed, his singles reached the top ten and top 20 with less frequency. In 1980, Jones returned to the number one spot with "He Stopped Loving Her Today". It was followed in the eighties by the chart-topping singles "Still Doin' Time" (1981) and "I Always Get Lucky with You" (1983). Thirteen additional singles reached the top ten during the eighties. Among his most successful were "I'm Not Ready Yet" (1980), "Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)" (1982), "She's My Rock" (1984), "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" and "I'm a One-Woman Man" (1988).

Jones's singles continued to make charting positions into the nineties. The songs "You Couldn't Get the Picture" (1991), "I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair" (1992), "High-Tech Redneck" (1993) and "Choices" (1999) reached the top 40 of the Billboard country list. In the 2000s, a duet with Garth Brooks reached the top 25 of the country chart. During the nineties, Jones was featured on several singles by other artists. Both "A Few Ole Country Boys" (a duet with Randy Travis) and "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" (a duet with Patty Loveless) made the top 20 of the Billboard country chart.

As a solo artist

1950s

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart
positions
Album
US
[1]
US
Cou.

[2]
"No Money in This Deal"1954
"Play It Cool, Man"Grand Ole Opry's New Star
"Let Him Know"[3]
"You All Goodnight"
"Hold Everything"[4] 1955Grand Ole Opry's New Star
"Why Baby Why"4
"What Am I Worth"7
"I'm Ragged But I'm Right"1956
"Rock It"
"You Gotta Be My Baby"7 Grand Ole Opry's New Star
"Boat of Life"[5]
"Just One More"3 George Jones Singing 14 Top Country Favorites
"Gonna Come Get You"
"Don't Stop the Music"195710
"Uh Uh No"
"Too Much Water"13
"Tall, Tall Trees"
"Cup of Loneliness"[6] Country Church Time
"A New Baby for Christmas"[7]
"Color of the Blues"19587
"Wandering Soul"[8] Country Church Time
"Treasure of Love"6
"White Lightning"195973 1 George Jones Sings White Lightning and Other Favorites
"Who Shot Sam"93 7
"If You Want to Wear a Crown"[9] Country Church Time
"Big Harlan Taylor"19The Novelty Side of George Jones
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1960s

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart
positions
Album
US
US
Cou.

CAN
Cou.

[10]
"Accidentally on Purpose"196016 rowspan="5"
"Have Mercy on Me"[11]
"Out of Control"25
"The Window Up Above"2
"Family Bible"16
"Tender Years"196176 1 George Jones Sings from the Heart
"Aching, Breaking Heart"19625
"She Thinks I Still Care"1 The New Favorites of George Jones
"Beacon in the Night"[12] Homecoming in Heaven
"Open Pit Mine"13 The New Favorites of George Jones
"Magic Valley"[13] Homecoming in Heaven
"A Girl I Used to Know""3 George Jones Sings More New Favorites
"Not What I Had in Mind"7
"Lonely Christmas Call"[14]
"You Comb Her Hair"19635 George Jones Sings More New Favorites
"Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right)"19645
"Where Does a Little Tear Come From"10 I Get Lonely in a Hurry
"The Race Is On"96 3
"Least of All"196515
"Love Bug"6 Take Me
"Take Me"8
"I'm a People"19666 I'm a People
"Old Brush Arbors"30 Old Brush Arbors
"Four-O-Thirty Three"5 We Found Heaven Right Here on Earth at "4033"
"Walk Through This World with Me"19671 Walk Through This World with Me
"I Can't Get There from Here"5 George Jones Sings the Songs of Dallas Frazier
"Take the World But Give Me Jesus"[15] Cup of Loneliness
"If My Heart Had Windows"7 If My Heart Had Windows
"Say It's Not You"19688
"Small Time Laboring Man"35 Cup of Loneliness
"As Long as I Live"3 6 My Country
"Milwaukee, Here I Come" 12 I'll Share My World with You
"When the Grass Grows Over Me"2 2
"I'll Share My World with You"19692 2
"If Not for You"6 16Where Grass Won't Grow
"She's Mine"6 33
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1970s

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart
positions
Album
US
Bub.

US
Cou.

CAN
Cou.

"Where Grass Won't Grow"197028 31Where Grass Won't Grow
"Going Life's Way"[16] George Jones with Love
"Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong"13 31The Best of George Jones
"A Good Year for the Roses"12 2 4George Jones with Love
"Sometimes You Just Can't Win"197110 7First in the Hearts of Country Music Lovers
"Right Won't Touch a Hand"7 10
"I'll Follow You (Up to Our Cloud)"13 George Jones with Love
"We Can Make It"19726 4George Jones (We Can Make It)
"Loving You Could Never Be Better"2 1
"A Picture of Me (Without You)"5 13A Picture of Me (Without You)
"What My Woman Can't Do"19736 Nothing Ever Hurt Me
(Half as Bad as Losing You)
"Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)"7 8
"Once You've Had the Best"3 65The Grand Tour
"The Grand Tour"19741 2
"The Door"1 1The Best of George Jones
"These Days (I Barely Get By)"197510 9
"Memories of Us"21 20Memories of Us
"The Battle"197616 31The Battle
"You Always Look Your Best (Here in My Arms)"37
"Her Name Is"3 3Alone Again
"Old King Kong"197734 I Wanta Sing
"If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You)"24 25
"Bartender's Blues"6 8Bartender's Blues
"I'll Just Take It Out in Love"197811 41
"Someday My Day Will Come"197922 Still the Same Ole Me
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1980s

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YearPeak chart
positions
Album
US
Cou.

CAN
Cou.

"He Stopped Loving Her Today"19801 2 I Am What I Am
"I'm Not Ready Yet"2 4
"If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)"8 25
"Still Doin' Time"19811 2 Still the Same Ole Me
"Same Ole Me" 19825 1
"Shine On (Shine All Your Sweet Love on Me)"3 8 Shine On
"I Always Get Lucky with You"19831 6
"Tennessee Whiskey"2 1
"You've Still Got a Place in My Heart"19843 6 You've Still Got a Place in My Heart
"She's My Rock"2 1 Ladies' Choice
"Hallelujah, I Love You So" 15 13
"Size Seven Round (Made of Gold)"
198519 11
"Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes"3 2 Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes
"The One I Loved Back Then (The Corvette Song)"3 2
"Somebody Wants Me Out of the Way"19869 20
"Wine Colored Roses"10 13 Wine Colored Roses
"The Right Left Hand"19878 6
"I Turn to You"26 40
"The Bird"26 39 Too Wild Too Long
"I'm a Survivor"198852
"The Old Man No One Loves"63
"If I Could Bottle This Up" 43 Friends in High Places
"I'm a One-Woman Man"5 5 One Woman Man
"The King Is Gone (So Are You)"198926 31
"Writing on the Wall"31 29
"Radio Lover"62 83
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1990s

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YearPeak chart
positions
Album
US
Cou.

CAN
Cou.

"Hell Stays Open (All Night Long)"1990You Oughta Be Here with Me
"Six Foot Deep, Six Foot Down"
"All Fall Down" 199184 Friends in High Places
"You Couldn't Get the Picture"32 52 And Along Came Jones
"She Loved a Lot in Her Time"55 82
"Honky Tonk Myself to Death"199260 98
"I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair"34 63 Walls Can Fall
"Wrong's What I Do Best"199365
"Walls Can Fall"[17]
"High-Tech Redneck"24 62 High-Tech Redneck
"Never Bit a Bullet Like This" 199452
"A Good Year for the Roses" 56 65 The Bradley Barn Sessions
"Honky Tonk Song"199666 I Lived to Tell It All
"Billy B. Bad"[18]
"Wild Irish Rose"[19] 1998It Don't Get Any Better Than This
"Choices"199930 30 Cold Hard Truth
"The Cold Hard Truth"45
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

2000s

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YearPeak chart
positions
Album
US
Bub.

US
Cou.

"Sinners and Saints"200055 Cold Hard Truth
"The Man He Was"200147
"Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)"
18 24
"50,000 Names"200255
"The Blues Man" [20] 2005Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't
"You and Me and Time" [21] 2008Burn Your Playhouse Down – The Unreleased Duets
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As a collaborative artist

See also: George Jones and Tammy Wynette discography.

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
US
Cou.

CAN
Cou.

AUS
[22]
"Wrong About You"
[23]
1954rowspan="2"
"Heartbroken Me"
[24]
"Yearning"
195710
"Flame in My Heart"
[25]
"I'm with the Wrong One"
[26]
1958
"Did I Ever Tell You"
196115 Duets Country Style
"Waltz of the Angels"
196211
"When Two Worlds Collide"
[27]
"We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds"
19633 What's in Our Hearts
"I Don't Hear You"
[28]
Duets Country Style
"Let's Invite Them Over"
17 What's in Our Hearts
"Please Be My Love"
196431 Bluegrass Hootenanny
"Multiply the Heartaches"
25 What's in Our Hearts
"Things Have Gone to Pieces"
19659 For the First Time! Two Great Stars -
George Jones and Gene Pitney
"I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night"
99 16 65
"House of Gold"
[29]
Bluegrass Hootenanny
"Louisiana Man"
25 It's Country Time Again!
"I Let You Go"
[30]
Blue Moon of Kentucky
"Big Job"
50 It's Country Time Again!
"Blue Moon of Kentucky"
[31]
Blue Moon of Kentucky
"That's All It Took"
196647 It's Country Time Again!
"Close Together (As You and Me)"
70 Close Together (As You and Me)
"Party Pickin'"
196724 Party Pickin
"The Lonesome End of Love"
[32]
1969
"The Telephone Call"
[33]
197425 George & Tammy & Tina
"Maybellene"
19787 4 Double Trouble
"You Can Have Her"
197914 26
"When You're Ugly Like Us (You Just Naturally Got
to Be Cool)
"
198031 29
"You Better Move On"
18 25
"Yesterday's Wine"
19821 5 A Taste of Yesterday's Wine
"C.C. Waterback"
10 18
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As a featured artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart
positions
CertificationsAlbum
US
US
Cou.

CAN
Cou.

"We Didn't See a Thing"
19836 7Friendship
"One Big Family"
198561
"A Few Ole Country Boys"
19908 4Heroes & Friends
"You Don't Seem to Miss Me"
199714 37Long Stretch of Lonesome
"A Country Boy Can Survive"
199975 30 66Yes!
"She Treats Her Body Like a Temple"
200259 Unleashed
"4th of July"
200526 Put the "O" Back in Country
"Country Boy"
201087 50 Town Line
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

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YearPeak chart
positions
Album
US
Cou.

CAN
Cou.

"You're Still on My Mind"196228 Country & Western No. 1 Male Singer
"The Last Town I Painted"196439 The Ballad Side of George Jones
"Wrong Number"196514 George Jones Sings More New Favorites
"What's Money"40
"World's Worst Loser"196646 The Race Is On
"A Day in the Life of a Fool"197230 George Jones with Love
"Wrapped Around Her Finger"46 48 Wrapped Around Her Finger
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart
positions
AlbumNotes
US
Bub.

US
Cou.

CAN
Cou.

"If I Don't Love You (Grits Ain't Groceries)"195829
"Money to Burn"195915
"Sparkling Brown Eyes"196030
"Sometimes You Just Can't Win"196217 The New Favorites of George Jones
"Big Fool of the Year"13
"I Saw Me"29 I Wish Tonight Would Never End
"Ain't It Funny What a Fool Will Do"196324
"What's in Our Heart" 20 What's in Our Heart
"My Tears Are Overdue"196415 George Jones Sings More New Favorites
"Something I Dreamed"31
"I'm a Fool to Care" 196515 For the First Time! Two Great Stars -
George Jones and Gene Pitney
"No Blues Is Good News"196972 36 Where Grass Won't Grow
"I Just Don't Give a Damn"197592 Memories of Us
"He Stopped Loving Her Today" (re-entry)201321 I Am What I Am
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
1985"One Big Family" (Heart of Nashville)Steve Von Hagel
"Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?"Marc Ball
1987"The Old Man No One Loves"
1991"She Loved a Lot in Her Time"
"You Couldn't Get the Picture"
1992"I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair"
1993"Wrong's What I Do Best"
"Walls Can Fall"
"High Tech Redneck"
1994"The Love in Your Eyes"
"A Good Year for the Roses" (with Alan Jackson)Gerry Wenner
1995"One" (with Tammy Wynette)
1996"Honky Tonk Song"Marc Ball
1998"Wild Irish Rose"John Lloyd Miller
1999"Choices"Greystone Communications
"The Cold Hard Truth"[34] Jim Shea
2000"Angel Band" (with Vestal Goodman)[35]
2002 "50,000 Names"
2005"The Blues Man" (with Dolly Parton)Joe Thomas
2006"Funny How Time Slips Away"
2010"Country Boy"
(with Chris Young, Charlie Daniels and Aaron Lewis)
Alex Castino

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. George Jones chart history (Hot 100) . . 28 December 2022.
  2. George Jones chart history (Hot Country Songs) . . 28 December 2022.
  3. Jones . George . "Let Him Know"/"Let Me Catch My Breath" (7" vinyl single) . . July 1954 . 45-160.
  4. Jones . George . "Hold Everything"/"What's Wrong with You" (7" vinyl single) . . May 1955 . 45-188.
  5. Jones . George . "Boat of Life"/"Tagging Along" (7" vinyl single) . . May 1955 . 42-256.
  6. Jones . George . "Cup of Loneliness"/"Take the Devil Out of Me" (7" vinyl single) . . October 1957 . 71224x45.
  7. Jones . George . "A New Baby for Christmas"/"Maybe Next Christmas" (7" vinyl single) . . October 1957 . 71225x45.
  8. Jones . George . "Wandering Soul"/"Jesus Wants Me" (7" vinyl single) . . June 1958 . 71340x45.
  9. Jones . George . "If You Want to Wear a Crown"/"My Lord Has Called Me" (7" vinyl single) . . September 1959 . 71506x45.
  10. Web site: Search results for "George Jones" under Country Tracks . . 28 December 2022.
  11. Jones . George . "Have Mercy on Me"/"If You Believe" (7" vinyl single) . . April 1960 . 71615x45.
  12. Jones . George . "Beacon in the Night"/"He Made Me Free" (7" vinyl single) . . April 1962 . UA-442.
  13. Jones . George . "Magic Valley"/"He is Good to Me" (7" vinyl single) . . May 1962 . UA-463.
  14. Jones . George . "Lonely Christmas Call"/"My Mom and Santa Claus" (7" vinyl single) . . December 1962 . UA-530.
  15. Jones . George . "Take the World But Give Me Jesus"/"Cup of Loneliness" (7" vinyl single) . . May 1967 . MU-1244.
  16. Jones . George . "Going Life's Way"/"Uncloudy Day" (7" vinyl single) . . April 1970 . MU-1404.
  17. Single Reviews. Billboard. June 26, 1993.
  18. Single Reviews. Billboard. November 30, 1996.
  19. George Jones Comes Back Strong. Billboard. February 28, 1998.
  20. Jones . George . Parton . Dolly . "The Blues Man" (CD Single) . Bandit Records . September 13, 2005 . Grassroots Promotion (615-242-1234).
  21. Jones . George . Jones . Georgette . "You and Me and Time" (CD Single and Information) . Bandit Records . 2008 . C.R.S. 2008.
  22. Book: Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. David Kent. 978-0-646-11917-5. 1993. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W..
  23. Burns . Sonny . Jones . George . "Wrong About You"/"Play It Cool Man, Play It Cool" (7" vinyl single) . . May 1954 . 45-146.
  24. Burns . Sonny . Jones . George . "Heartbroken Me"/"Tell Her" (7" vinyl single) . . November 1954 . 45-165.
  25. Jones . George . Spurlock . Virginia . "Flame in My Heart"/"No, No, Never" (7" vinyl single) . . June 1957 . 71141x45.
  26. Jones . George . Spurlock . Virginia . "I'm with the Wrong One"/"Nothing Can Stop Me" (7" vinyl single) . . June 1958 . 71339x45.
  27. Jones . George . Singleton . Margie . "When Two Worlds Collide"/"I Want to Be Where You're Gonna Be" (7" vinyl single) . . October 1962 . 72034.
  28. Jones . George . Singleton . Margie . "I Don't Hear You"/"Are You Mine?" (7" vinyl single) . . July 1963 . 72159.
  29. Jones . George . Montgomery . Melba . "House of Gold"/"I Dreamed My Baby Came Home" (7" vinyl single) . . March 1965 . UA-828.
  30. Jones . George . Montgomery . Melba . "I Let You Go"/"Don't Go" (7" vinyl single) . . July 1965 . UA-899.
  31. Jones . George . Montgomery . Melba . "Blue Moon of Kentucky"/"I Can't Get Over You" (7" vinyl single) . . December 1965 . UA-941.
  32. Carter . Brenda . Jones . George . "The Lonesome End of Love"/"Just an Average Couple" (7" vinyl single) . . September 1969 . MU-1375.
  33. Byrd . Tina . Jones . George . "The Telephone Call" (7" vinyl single) . . March 1974 . 5-11099 (credited as Tina & Daddy).
  34. Web site: CMT : Videos : George Jones : The Cold Hard Truth. Country Music Television. October 14, 2011.
  35. Web site: "Angel Band" By Vestal Goodman & George Jones (MUSIC VIDEO) . YouTube. November 11, 2015.