Norma Jean discography explained

Artist:Norma Jean
Studio:20
Compilation:6
Singles:37
B-Sides:2

The discography of American country artist Norma Jean consists of twenty studio albums, six compilation albums and thirty-seven singles.

Studio albums

1960s

TitleDetailsPeak positions
US Country
[1]
Let's Go All the Way
  • Release date: October 1964
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
Pretty Miss Norma Jean
  • Release date: November 1965
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
3
Please Don't Hurt Me
  • Release date: May 1966
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
8
Norma Jean Sings a Tribute to Kitty Wells
  • Release date: October 1966
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
23
Norma Jean Sings Porter Wagoner
  • Release date: March 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
19
Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town
  • Release date: July 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
11
Heaven's Just a Prayer Away
  • Release date: December 1967
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
44
Heaven Help the Working Girl
  • Release date: February 1968
  • Label: RCA Camden Records
Body and Mind
  • Release date: May 1968
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
37
Love's a Woman's Job
  • Release date: November 1968
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
39
Country Giants
  • Release date: May 1969
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
36
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

TitleDetailsPeak positions
US Country
Another Man Loved Me Last Night
  • Release date: April 1970
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
It's Time for Norma Jean
  • Release date: October 1970
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
45
Norma Jean
  • Release date: May 1971
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
Norma Jean Sings Hank Cochran Songs
  • Release date: August 1971
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
Thank You for Loving Me
  • Release date: April 1972
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
I Guess That Comes from Being Poor
  • Release date: August 1972
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
The Only Way to Hold Your Man
  • Release date: May 1973
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s

Compilation albums

TitleDetailsPeak positions
US Country
The Country's Favorite
The Best of Norma Jean
  • Release date: 1969
  • Label: RCA Victor Records
26
It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
  • Release date: 1971
  • Label: RCA Camden
My Best to You
  • Release date: 1996
  • Label: Roma Records
The Best of Norma Jean
Heaven Help the Working Girl
  • Release date: 2011
  • Label: Omni Recording Corporation
The Essential Norma Jean: The RCA Years
  • Release date: November 16, 2018
  • Label: RCA Nashville/Legacy
Columbia Singles
  • Release date: March 29, 2019
  • Label: Columbia Nashville/Legacy
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

1950s–1960s

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
Album
US Country
[2]
US
1959"Chapel Bells"The Country's Favorite
"The Gambler and the Lady"
1960"What Does a Poor Girl Do"
"I Didn't Mean It"
1963"Call Me a Fool"
"Let's Go All the Way"11Let's Go All the Way
1964"I'm a Walking Advertisement (For the Blues)"32
"Go Cat Go"8134Pretty Miss Norma Jean
1965"I Cried All the Way to the Bank"21
"I Wouldn't Buy a Used Car from Him"8
"You're Driving Me Out of My Mind"41Please Don't Hurt Me
1966"The Shirt"28
"Pursuing Happiness"28The Game of Triangles
"Don't Let That Doorknob Hit You"24
1967"Conscience Keep an Eye on Me"48Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town
"Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town"38
"Heaven, Help the Working Girl"18Heaven Help the Working Girl
1968"Truck Drivin' Woman"53Body and Mind
"You Changed Everything About Me but My Name"35Love's a Woman's Job
"One Man Band"61
1969"Dusty Road"44Country Giants
"Homemade Love"Another Man Loved Me Last Night
"Long Ago Is Gone"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1970s

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
US Country
1970"Two Good Reasons"Another Man Loved Me Last Night
"Another Man Loved Me Last Night"
"Whiskey Six Years Old"48It's Time for Norma Jean
1971"Heavenly"Norma Jean
"That Song Writin' Man (Has Wrote My Mind)"
"The Kind of Needin' I Need"42Thank You for Loving Me
1972"Thank You for Loving Me"
"I Know an Ending"Norma Jean Sings Hank Cochran
"Hundred Dollar Funeral"I Guess That Comes from Being Poor
1973"The Only Way to Hold Your Man"The Only Way to Hold Your Man
"I Can't Sleep with You"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Other singles

Collaborations

YearSingleArtist(s)Peak positionsAlbum
US Country
1966"The Game of Triangles"Liz Anderson
Bobby Bare
5The Game of Triangles
1982"Let's Go All the Way" (re-recording)Claude Gray68

B-sides

YearSongPeak positionsA-Side
US Country
1965"Put Your Arms Around Her"25"I'm a Walkin' Advertisement (For the Blues)"
"Then Go Home to Her"48"You're Driving Me Out of My Mind"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p24679/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} Billboard chart positions > albums]. Allmusic. 22 August 2010.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc.. 2008. 978-0-89820-177-2.